启示录里面,就是用魂指代死去信徒的灵的。
启(Rev)
6:9 揭开第五印的时候,我看见在祭坛底下,有为神的道,并为作见证,被杀之人的灵魂。
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
启(Rev)
20:4 我又看见几个宝座,也有坐在上面的,并有审判的权柄赐给他们。我又看见那些因为给耶稣作见证,并为神之道被斩者的灵魂和那没有拜过兽像,也没有在额上和手上受过他印记之人的灵魂,他们都复活了,与基督一同作王一千年。
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
为什么用魂指代灵呢? 类比一下,就知道了
我们知道魔鬼,或鬼都是灵,天使也是灵,神也是灵。可是为什么又叫鬼或鬼魂,天使,神呢?
很明显,那是加以区分嘛。
一般说来,人的灵当人活着的时候,就叫灵。但是当死去的时候,叫魂的时候比较多。注意: 这不是绝对的,好多时候灵魂互用。
耶稣复活后怎么说的?
路(Luk)
24:39 你们看我的手,我的脚,就知道实在是我了。摸我看看。魂无骨无肉,你们看我是有的。
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
这里魂,原文是,pneuma就是灵的意思。 圣灵又称为Holy Ghost。可见叫法不同,不影响实质。