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晨興聖言創世記結晶讀經(一) (74)
第七週 ‧ 週四
晨興餧養
詩七二8『祂要執掌權柄，從這海直到那海，從大河直到地極。』
羅十一36『因為萬有都是本於祂、藉着祂、並歸於祂；願榮耀歸與祂，直到永遠。阿們。』
〔詩篇七十二篇八節的〕河與四十六篇四節所提的河一樣：『有一道河，這河的支流，使神的城快樂。』這的確很有意義。四節的河表徵三一神的流出，指明主的國度和王權，藉着三一神的湧流擴展到地極。祂的掌權是藉祂自己作滋潤的水，祂是藉滋潤執掌權柄。…雨就是河，滋潤就是湧流。主要恢復全地，不是藉察驗，不是藉審判，不是藉擊打，乃是藉滋潤！毫無疑問，主耶穌要回來，在地上施行祂公義的審判。但那
不過是祂回來的一方面，另一方面是祂要回來，像雨水滋潤地（李常受文集一九六九年第三冊，一四五
頁）。
信息選讀
今天全地就像乾旱不毛的曠野。從這種乾旱和乾涸之中，生發出許多邪惡、罪惡的事。人是罪惡的，因為他們失望且不滿足。…〔主回來〕主要的特點是，祂必降臨，如甘霖澆灌乾旱、乾渴的大地〔詩七二6〕。祂要憐憫這地，因此，祂的掌權不是藉審判和擊打，乃是藉滋潤。這樣一位基督要執掌權柄，從這海直到那海，作為大河湧流直到地極〔8〕。那裏有水流，那裏就有主耶穌的掌權。在那日，雨要臨到所有的人—黑種人和白種人，黃種人和紅種人。他們要在基督的掌權下歡樂。當基督回來時，那是何等的滋潤、滿足、平安、穩妥！
當我是個青年的基督徒時，我聽過許多關於基督再來的教訓。這些教訓都說基督是審判者。我受到教導
說，祂要在怒中擊打並摧毀人。我從沒有聽過一篇信息說，主耶穌要滿帶恩典回來，如甘霖澆灌不毛之地，並使憂鬱虛空的人滿足。但從詩篇中，我有把握說，在某種意義上，祂要回來審判，但甚至在祂審判時，地也要得着滋潤。那裏會有河。祂來據有地，不但是藉着運用能力，也是藉着三一神的湧流。祂要藉着那河，就是那從耶路撒冷流出的河，取得這地。在那日，耶路撒冷要成為地的中心，在耶路撒冷的中心有殿，有河從殿中流出。我信這河要以四個方向達到全地，如在創世記二章。祂要執掌權柄，從大河直到地極—不僅是藉着能力，也是藉着滋潤。讚美主！（李常受文集一九六九年第三冊，一四五至一四六頁）
耶利米二章十三節說，『我的百姓，作了兩件惡事，就是離棄我這活水的泉源，為自己鑿出池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。』在神的經綸裏，祂的心意是要作活水的泉源，源頭，以滿足祂的選民，作他們的享受。這享受的目標，是要產生召會作神的擴增，神的擴大，好成為神的豐滿來彰顯祂。這是神在祂經綸裏的心意，喜悅（弗一5、9）。這思想的完滿發展是在新約裏，但其種子是撒在耶利米二章十三節。
神要我們為着我們的生活，接受祂作活水的泉源。這就是說，祂要我們接受祂作我們全人的源頭、泉源。我們如何能接受祂作我們的源頭？接受神作活水的泉源，惟一的路就是天天飲於祂。藉着喝，我們將流自神這泉源的活水接受到我們裏面（耶利米書生命讀經，二一、三一二頁）。
參讀：詩篇中所啓示並豫表的基督與召會，第十一章；聖經中關於生命的重要啓示，第四章。
‹‹ WEEK 7 — DAY 4 ››
Morning Nourishment
Psa. 72:8 "And He will have dominion from sea to sea and from the River unto the ends of the
earth."
Rom. 11:36 "Because out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the
glory forever. Amen."
The significance of this river [in Psalm 72:8] is the same as the one mentioned in Psalm 46:4: “There is a river whose streams gladden the city of God.” It is really meaningful. The river in verse 4 signifies the flowing out of the Triune God, indicating that the Lord's kingdom and reign is spread to the ends of the earth by the flowing of the Triune God. His dominion is by Himself as the watering river, and He gains the dominion by watering....The rain is the river, and the watering is the flowing. The Lord will recover the entire earth, not by examining, not by judging, not by smiting, but by watering. Undoubtedly the Lord Jesus will return to exercise His righteous judgment upon this earth. But that is only one aspect of His return. The other is that He will come back as the rain to water the earth. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, pp. 107-108)
Today's Reading
Today the entire earth is as a dry and barren wilderness. Many evil and sinful things spring forth from this drought and dryness. Men are sinful because they are disappointed and dissatisfied....The primary feature [of the Lord's return] is that He will come down as abundant showers dripping on the dry and thirsty land. He will have pity on this earth, and thus His
dominion will not be by judging and smiting but by watering. Such a Christ will have dominion from sea to sea and will flow as a river to the ends of the earth. Where the flow is, there also is the dominion of the Lord Jesus. In that day all people—black and white, yellow and red—will be rained upon.They will be so happy under Christ's dominion. Oh the watering, oh the satisfaction, oh the peace, oh the security when Christ returns!
When I was a young Christian, I was given much teaching concerning the second coming of Christ. All these teachings set forth Christ as a judge. I was taught that He would blast and smite the people in His anger. Never did I hear a message saying that the Lord Jesus would come back so graciously as showers of rain to water the barren land and satisfy the depressed and empty people. But from the Psalms I have assurance to say that, while in one sense He will come
back to judge, yet even in His judging, the earth will be watered. The river will be there. He will come to possess the earth not only by exercising power but by the flowing of the Triune God. He will take the earth by means of that river, the river which flows from Jerusalem. Jerusalem in that day will be the center of the earth, and in the center of Jerusalem will be the house, from which the river flows. I believe that this river will reach all the earth in four directions, as in Genesis 2. His dominion will be from the River unto the ends of the earth—not just by power,
but by watering. Praise the Lord! (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, pp. 108-109)
Jeremiah 2:13 says, “My people have committed two evils: / They have forsaken Me, / The fountain of living waters, / To hew out for themselves cisterns, / Broken cisterns, / Which hold no water.” God's intention in His economy is to be the fountain, the source, of living waters to satisfy His chosen people for their enjoyment. The goal of this enjoyment is to produce the church as God's increase, God's enlargement, to be God's fullness for His expression. This is the heart's desire, the good pleasure (Eph. 1:5, 9), of God in His economy. The full development of this thought is in the New Testament, but it is sown as a seed in Jeremiah 2:13.
God wants us to take Him as the fountain of living waters for our living. This means that He wants us to take Him as the source, the fountain, of our being. How can we take Him as our source? The only way to take God as the fountain of living waters is to drink of Him day by day. By drinking we take into us the living water that issues from God as the fountain. (Life-study of
Jeremiah, pp. 17, 259)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, “Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms,” ch. 11; CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” ch. 4
晨興餧養
詩七二8『祂要執掌權柄，從這海直到那海，從大河直到地極。』
羅十一36『因為萬有都是本於祂、藉着祂、並歸於祂；願榮耀歸與祂，直到永遠。阿們。』
〔詩篇七十二篇八節的〕河與四十六篇四節所提的河一樣：『有一道河，這河的支流，使神的城快樂。』這的確很有意義。四節的河表徵三一神的流出，指明主的國度和王權，藉着三一神的湧流擴展到地極。祂的掌權是藉祂自己作滋潤的水，祂是藉滋潤執掌權柄。…雨就是河，滋潤就是湧流。主要恢復全地，不是藉察驗，不是藉審判，不是藉擊打，乃是藉滋潤！毫無疑問，主耶穌要回來，在地上施行祂公義的審判。但那
不過是祂回來的一方面，另一方面是祂要回來，像雨水滋潤地（李常受文集一九六九年第三冊，一四五
頁）。
信息選讀
今天全地就像乾旱不毛的曠野。從這種乾旱和乾涸之中，生發出許多邪惡、罪惡的事。人是罪惡的，因為他們失望且不滿足。…〔主回來〕主要的特點是，祂必降臨，如甘霖澆灌乾旱、乾渴的大地〔詩七二6〕。祂要憐憫這地，因此，祂的掌權不是藉審判和擊打，乃是藉滋潤。這樣一位基督要執掌權柄，從這海直到那海，作為大河湧流直到地極〔8〕。那裏有水流，那裏就有主耶穌的掌權。在那日，雨要臨到所有的人—黑種人和白種人，黃種人和紅種人。他們要在基督的掌權下歡樂。當基督回來時，那是何等的滋潤、滿足、平安、穩妥！
當我是個青年的基督徒時，我聽過許多關於基督再來的教訓。這些教訓都說基督是審判者。我受到教導
說，祂要在怒中擊打並摧毀人。我從沒有聽過一篇信息說，主耶穌要滿帶恩典回來，如甘霖澆灌不毛之地，並使憂鬱虛空的人滿足。但從詩篇中，我有把握說，在某種意義上，祂要回來審判，但甚至在祂審判時，地也要得着滋潤。那裏會有河。祂來據有地，不但是藉着運用能力，也是藉着三一神的湧流。祂要藉着那河，就是那從耶路撒冷流出的河，取得這地。在那日，耶路撒冷要成為地的中心，在耶路撒冷的中心有殿，有河從殿中流出。我信這河要以四個方向達到全地，如在創世記二章。祂要執掌權柄，從大河直到地極—不僅是藉着能力，也是藉着滋潤。讚美主！（李常受文集一九六九年第三冊，一四五至一四六頁）
耶利米二章十三節說，『我的百姓，作了兩件惡事，就是離棄我這活水的泉源，為自己鑿出池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。』在神的經綸裏，祂的心意是要作活水的泉源，源頭，以滿足祂的選民，作他們的享受。這享受的目標，是要產生召會作神的擴增，神的擴大，好成為神的豐滿來彰顯祂。這是神在祂經綸裏的心意，喜悅（弗一5、9）。這思想的完滿發展是在新約裏，但其種子是撒在耶利米二章十三節。
神要我們為着我們的生活，接受祂作活水的泉源。這就是說，祂要我們接受祂作我們全人的源頭、泉源。我們如何能接受祂作我們的源頭？接受神作活水的泉源，惟一的路就是天天飲於祂。藉着喝，我們將流自神這泉源的活水接受到我們裏面（耶利米書生命讀經，二一、三一二頁）。
參讀：詩篇中所啓示並豫表的基督與召會，第十一章；聖經中關於生命的重要啓示，第四章。
‹‹ WEEK 7 — DAY 4 ››
Morning Nourishment
Psa. 72:8 "And He will have dominion from sea to sea and from the River unto the ends of the
earth."
Rom. 11:36 "Because out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the
glory forever. Amen."
The significance of this river [in Psalm 72:8] is the same as the one mentioned in Psalm 46:4: “There is a river whose streams gladden the city of God.” It is really meaningful. The river in verse 4 signifies the flowing out of the Triune God, indicating that the Lord's kingdom and reign is spread to the ends of the earth by the flowing of the Triune God. His dominion is by Himself as the watering river, and He gains the dominion by watering....The rain is the river, and the watering is the flowing. The Lord will recover the entire earth, not by examining, not by judging, not by smiting, but by watering. Undoubtedly the Lord Jesus will return to exercise His righteous judgment upon this earth. But that is only one aspect of His return. The other is that He will come back as the rain to water the earth. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, pp. 107-108)
Today's Reading
Today the entire earth is as a dry and barren wilderness. Many evil and sinful things spring forth from this drought and dryness. Men are sinful because they are disappointed and dissatisfied....The primary feature [of the Lord's return] is that He will come down as abundant showers dripping on the dry and thirsty land. He will have pity on this earth, and thus His
dominion will not be by judging and smiting but by watering. Such a Christ will have dominion from sea to sea and will flow as a river to the ends of the earth. Where the flow is, there also is the dominion of the Lord Jesus. In that day all people—black and white, yellow and red—will be rained upon.They will be so happy under Christ's dominion. Oh the watering, oh the satisfaction, oh the peace, oh the security when Christ returns!
When I was a young Christian, I was given much teaching concerning the second coming of Christ. All these teachings set forth Christ as a judge. I was taught that He would blast and smite the people in His anger. Never did I hear a message saying that the Lord Jesus would come back so graciously as showers of rain to water the barren land and satisfy the depressed and empty people. But from the Psalms I have assurance to say that, while in one sense He will come
back to judge, yet even in His judging, the earth will be watered. The river will be there. He will come to possess the earth not only by exercising power but by the flowing of the Triune God. He will take the earth by means of that river, the river which flows from Jerusalem. Jerusalem in that day will be the center of the earth, and in the center of Jerusalem will be the house, from which the river flows. I believe that this river will reach all the earth in four directions, as in Genesis 2. His dominion will be from the River unto the ends of the earth—not just by power,
but by watering. Praise the Lord! (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, pp. 108-109)
Jeremiah 2:13 says, “My people have committed two evils: / They have forsaken Me, / The fountain of living waters, / To hew out for themselves cisterns, / Broken cisterns, / Which hold no water.” God's intention in His economy is to be the fountain, the source, of living waters to satisfy His chosen people for their enjoyment. The goal of this enjoyment is to produce the church as God's increase, God's enlargement, to be God's fullness for His expression. This is the heart's desire, the good pleasure (Eph. 1:5, 9), of God in His economy. The full development of this thought is in the New Testament, but it is sown as a seed in Jeremiah 2:13.
God wants us to take Him as the fountain of living waters for our living. This means that He wants us to take Him as the source, the fountain, of our being. How can we take Him as our source? The only way to take God as the fountain of living waters is to drink of Him day by day. By drinking we take into us the living water that issues from God as the fountain. (Life-study of
Jeremiah, pp. 17, 259)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, “Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms,” ch. 11; CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” ch. 4