为何神没有应允我的祷告？
我恳求 I pleaded — ואתחנן
申命记（Deu）： 3:23 – 7:11
以赛亚书（Isa）： 40:1 – 26
马太福音（Mat）： 23:31 – 39
马可福音（Mak）：12:28 – 34
本周妥拉摘要 Portion Summary
Va'etchanan (ואתחנן) 是第45周的妥拉阅读段落的名字，同样也是申命记第二部分的阅读段落的名字。此名字的含义为“我恳切”。此希伯来语标题出自本周阅读经文的第一节“那时我恳求耶和华说”（申3:23）。此部分妥拉阅读段落完成了申命记契约文件的历史性序言，并开始了对律法诫命的重申。部分重申内容为十诫诫命与著名的Shema诫命首段：申命记6:4-9。
The forty-fifth reading from the Torah and the second reading from the book of Deuteronomy is named Va'etchanan (ואתחנן), which means "and I besought." The title comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, "I also pleaded (va'etchanan) with the LORD at that time" (Deuteronomy 3:23). The portion completes the historical prologue of the Deuteronomy covenant document and begins a rehearsal of the stipulations. Part of that rehearsal is a repetition of the Ten Commandments and the famous first passage of the Shema: Deuteronomy 6:4-9.
本周妥拉纲要 Portion Outline
妥拉
申命记 3:23 ｜ 摩西在毗斯迦山观看迦南地
申命记 4:1 ｜ 摩西命令百姓顺服
申命记 4:41 ｜ 约旦河东的庇护城
申命记 4:44 ｜ 地点的转化
申命记 5:1 ｜ 十诫
申命记 5:22 ｜ 摩西——神旨意的传递者
申命记 6:1 ｜ 最大的诫命
申命记 6:10 ｜ 悖逆的警告
申命记 7:1 ｜ 蒙拣选的子民
先知书
以赛亚书 40:1 ｜ 神的子民被安慰
TORAH
Deuteronomy 3:23 | Moses Views Canaan from Pisgah
Deuteronomy 4:1 | Moses Commands Obedience
Deuteronomy 4:41 | Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan
Deuteronomy 4:44 | Transition to the Second Address
Deuteronomy 5:1 | The Ten Commandments
Deuteronomy 5:22 | Moses the Mediator of God's Will
Deuteronomy 6:1 | The Great Commandment
Deuteronomy 6:10 | Caution against Disobedience
Deuteronomy 7:1 | A Chosen People
PROPHETS
Isaiah 40:1 | God's People Are Comforted
本周妥拉教导 Portion Teaching
祷告的回应
为什么神没有应允我的祷告？
我们的祷告并不是每次都能得到神的应允。
摩西曾极力想进应许之地。他梦想着结束旷野，跨过约旦河，把脚掌踏在圣地上。但是神却说，“不行”！
摩西向神乞求说，“求你容我过去，看约旦河那边的美地，就是那佳美的山地和黎巴嫩”（申命记3：25）。一般来说，摩西平时的祷告神都应允了。不论是求超自然供应，神迹奇事，直接从天堂而来的回答，或是神圣的帮助和拯救，神都垂听，并给出了直接的应允。
但是，就连摩西也不是全部所求都满足了。即使他连连恳求，神却回绝了他进入迦南地的祷告。神回应到，“够了！你不要向我再提这事”（申命记3：26）。
神的本性是既慷慨又充满怜悯的。祂喜悦回应孩子们的每个祷告。祂的手向他们张开，满足每个受造物的渴望。若地上的父亲会将上好的礼物给自己的孩子，满足他们的愿望，我们在天上的父岂不更乐意应允我们的祷告吗？Yeshua主耶稣教导我们，“你们奉我的名，不论向父求什么，他就赐给你们”（约翰福音15：16）。然而，有时候神也用“不”来回答。
如果我祷告要什么，神都满足，那么就等于给了我变成神的能力。
我可以随心所欲地改变天空的颜色，重新排列水分子的化学结构，把时间逆转，或者让宇宙毁灭……所以很明显，神必须对祷告保留说不的权利。主的弟兄雅各说，“你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，要浪费在你们的宴乐中”（雅各书4：3）。
即使有时候我们怀着正确的动机祷告，神仍然可能会回绝。所以当我们祷告时，我们交托给神的智慧和良善，明白祂始终知道什么是对我们最好的。虽然不能总得到肯定的回应，但可以确信祂实实在在听见了我们的呼求。
正如摩西渴望进入应许之地一样，Yeshua主耶稣也在等待重回以色列的那一天。他等待着最后拯救的大日，重回祂的土地，回到他的民、他的门徒那里施行拯救，将祂伟大的救赎之功彻底成全。
Answer to Prayer
Why doesn't God answer my prayers?
We don't always get what we ask for. Moses wanted to enter the promised land. More than anything, he wanted to finish the journey, cross the Jordan and stand on the soil of the holy land. God said, "No."
Moses pleaded with the LORD, "Let me, I pray, cross over and see the fair land that is beyond the Jordan" (Deuteronomy 3:25). Ordinarily Moses got what he asked for. Whether he asked for miraculous provision, amazing signs and wonders, direct answers from heaven, or divine assistance and rescue, God heard the prayers of Moses and answered them immediately. But not even Moses got everything he wanted. Despite his earnest entreaties, God refused to allow Moses to enter Canaan. The LORD replied to his prayers, saying, "Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter" (Deuteronomy 3:26).
The LORD is gracious and compassionate. He delights to answer the prayers of His children. He opens His hand and satisfies the desire of every living thing. If an earthly father gives good gifts to his children when they ask him, how much more so does our heavenly Father delight to answer our prayers? Yeshua teaches us, "Whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you" (John 15:16). Nevertheless, the answer to prayer is sometimes "No."
If God gave me everything I asked for in prayer, it would be the same as giving me the power of being God. I might arbitrarily change the color of the sky, reorganize the chemical composition of water, turn time backward or wish the universe out of existence. Obviously God has to reserve the right to say no to our prayers. James the brother of the Master says, "You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures" (James 4:3).
Even when we ask with the right motives, God still might have to say no. When we pray, we need to trust in God's wisdom and kindness, knowing that He has our best interests in mind. Though we don't always get an affirmative answer, we can be confident that our prayers are heard.
Just as Moses longed to enter the land, so too Yeshua awaits His return to Israel. He awaits the day of redemption when He can return at last to His land, His people and His disciples and thereby bring His great redemptive work to its conclusion.
First Fruits of Zion