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晨興聖言─創世記結晶讀經（一）(34)
第三週 ‧ 週四
晨興餧養
創一 14~16『神說，天上穹蒼之中要有光體，可以分晝夜，作記號，定節令、日子、年歲；並要發光…普照
在地上；事就這樣成了。於是神造了兩個大的光體，大的管晝，小的管夜；又造眾星。』
按照整本聖經的啓示，光是為着生命；光和生命總是並行的（詩三六 9，太四 16，約一 4，八12，約壹一 1~7）。光越高，生命就越高。第一日不確定的光（創一 3），足以產生最低等的生命；第四日來自太陽、月亮和眾星等光體（16，詩一三六 7~9）更紮實且更確定的光，是產生較高等生命（包括人的生命）所必需的。這表徵為着我們屬靈的重生，『第一日』的光就足彀了；但為着在神聖生命裏長大以至成熟，就需要『第四日』更大、更強的光（聖經恢復本，創一 14 註 2）。
信息選讀
雖然第一天光已經來了，但不是那麼紮實，不是那麼強。在第四天不只光來了，也有光體：太陽、月亮和眾星。這些光體更強、更紮實、也更便利。這是生命長大的第一個條件。
假定你不只是青草或菜蔬，也是樹木，這時你要接受更多的光。…你需要接受更高的光，更完全的光，更豐富、更強、也更便利的光。約壹一章五至七節告訴我們，我們在得救之後，需要更多的光，需要在光中行。
創世記一章十四至十九節講到光，…乃是很確定的講到太陽、月亮以及眾星。在豫表上，太陽豫表基督，基督是我們的太陽。瑪拉基四章二節說，基督是公義的日頭，其翅膀有醫治之能。祂的照耀就是祂的翅膀，在這照耀裏有醫治。本節下半告訴我們，我們必在基督的照耀下長大。
月亮是召會。…約瑟所夢見的…太陽是指他的父親，月亮是指他的母親，眾星是指他的眾弟兄〔創三七 9~11〕。根據這事實，我們可以說，召會是基督的新婦，妻子，可用月亮作豫表。…月亮這物體本身沒有光，卻能返照光。…召會被造乃是為返照基督的光。再者，月亮只能在夜間返照光。今天在召會時代，正是夜間。…雖然召會確是在黑夜（地方召會是這黑夜中發光的燈台—啓一 20），她卻能返照基督的光。然而，召會（像月亮一樣）時常上下起伏不定，有時是滿月，有時是半月，或是新月。
我們不單有日、月，還有眾星。不只有基督、召會，還有所有得勝的聖徒。但以理十二章三節說，『那使多人歸義的，必發光如星。』我們若要幫助人得救，使人從黑暗轉向光，使退後者得着恢復，我們就必須是發光的星。啓示錄一章二十節說，眾召會是黑暗中發光的燈台，眾使者（眾召會中的活肢體）是發光的星。主也說聖徒是世上的光（太五 14）。保羅說，聖徒『好像發光之體顯在世界裏』（腓二 15）。
神在第四天所造的光體，是設立來藉着照耀『管理晝夜』的（創一 18 上）。…那裏有照耀，那裏就有管理。黑暗帶來混亂，而光規律一切。為着生命的長大，我們需要第四天光體的管理和規律（創世記生命讀經，四八至五一頁）。
參讀：創世記生命讀經，第五篇。
‹‹ WEEK 3 — DAY 4 ››
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 1:14-16 "...God said, Let there be light-bearers in the expanse of heaven to separate the day
from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and
years...and let them be...to give light on the earth; and it was so. And God made
the two great light-bearers, the greater light-bearer to rule the day and the lesser
light-bearer to rule the night, and the stars."
According to the revelation of the whole Bible, light is for life; light and life always go together (Psa. 36:9; Matt. 4:16; John 1:4; 8:12; 1 John 1:1-7). The higher the light, the higher the life. The indefinite light of the first day (Gen. 1:3) was sufficient for generating the lowest forms of life; the more solid and more definite light from the light-bearers—the sun, the moon, and the stars (v. 16; Psa. 136:7-9)—on the fourth day was necessary for producing the higher forms of life, including the human life. This signifies that for our spiritual rebirth, the light of the “first day” is sufficient; but for the growth in the divine life unto maturity, more and stronger light, the light of the “fourth day,” is needed. (Gen. 1:14, footnote 1)
Today's Reading
Although light came in on the first day, it was not that solid, not that strong. On the fourth day, not only the lights came, but also the light-bearers—the sun, the moon, and the stars. These are lights which are stronger, more solid, and more available. This is the first requirement for the growth of life.
Suppose that you are not only the grass or the herb, but also the tree. By this time you will receive more light....You need to receive some higher lights, some fuller lights, some richer, stronger, and more available lights. First John 1:5-7 tells us that after we are saved we need more light, that we need to walk in the light.
Genesis 1:14-19 [speaks about lights]...in a very definite way—the sun, the moon, and the stars. In typology, the sun typifies Christ. Christ is our sun. Malachi 4:2 tells us that Christ is the Sun of Righteousness and that there is healing in His wings. His shining forth is the wings, and with this shining forth there is healing. The second half of this verse tells us that we all will grow up under the shining of Christ.
The moon is the church....[In] Joseph's dream...the sun was his father, the moon his mother, and the stars his brothers [Gen. 37:9-11]. Based upon this fact, we may say that the church as the wife, the bride of Christ, may be typified by the moon....The moon is an object that has no light in itself, but has the ability to reflect light....The church was made in a way to reflect the light of Christ. Furthermore, the moon is able to reflect light only in the night time. Today, during the church age, it is the night time....Although the church is really in a dark night (the local churches are lampstands shining in this dark night, Rev. 1:20), she can reflect the light of Christ. However, frequently the church (like the moon) is not very stable, coming up and going down. The church may be the full moon, the half moon, or the new moon.
We not only have the sun, the moon, but also the stars: not only Christ, the church, but also all the overcoming saints. Daniel 12:3 says that those who turn many to righteousness shine like the stars. If we are going to help people to be saved, if we are going to turn people from darkness to light, if we are going to recover all the backsliders, we must be the shining stars. Revelation 1:20 tells us that the churches are the lampstands shining in the darkness and that the angels (the living ones in the churches) are the shining stars. The Lord said that the saints are “the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14), and Paul said that the saints shine “as luminaries in the world” (Phil. 2:15).
The lights God made on the fourth day were established “to rule over the day and over the night” by their shining (Gen. 1:18a)....Where there is shining, there is ruling. Darkness brings in confusion, but light regulates. For the growth of life, we need the ruling and the regulating of the fourth-day lights. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 39-41)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 5
晨興餧養
創一 14~16『神說，天上穹蒼之中要有光體，可以分晝夜，作記號，定節令、日子、年歲；並要發光…普照
在地上；事就這樣成了。於是神造了兩個大的光體，大的管晝，小的管夜；又造眾星。』
按照整本聖經的啓示，光是為着生命；光和生命總是並行的（詩三六 9，太四 16，約一 4，八12，約壹一 1~7）。光越高，生命就越高。第一日不確定的光（創一 3），足以產生最低等的生命；第四日來自太陽、月亮和眾星等光體（16，詩一三六 7~9）更紮實且更確定的光，是產生較高等生命（包括人的生命）所必需的。這表徵為着我們屬靈的重生，『第一日』的光就足彀了；但為着在神聖生命裏長大以至成熟，就需要『第四日』更大、更強的光（聖經恢復本，創一 14 註 2）。
信息選讀
雖然第一天光已經來了，但不是那麼紮實，不是那麼強。在第四天不只光來了，也有光體：太陽、月亮和眾星。這些光體更強、更紮實、也更便利。這是生命長大的第一個條件。
假定你不只是青草或菜蔬，也是樹木，這時你要接受更多的光。…你需要接受更高的光，更完全的光，更豐富、更強、也更便利的光。約壹一章五至七節告訴我們，我們在得救之後，需要更多的光，需要在光中行。
創世記一章十四至十九節講到光，…乃是很確定的講到太陽、月亮以及眾星。在豫表上，太陽豫表基督，基督是我們的太陽。瑪拉基四章二節說，基督是公義的日頭，其翅膀有醫治之能。祂的照耀就是祂的翅膀，在這照耀裏有醫治。本節下半告訴我們，我們必在基督的照耀下長大。
月亮是召會。…約瑟所夢見的…太陽是指他的父親，月亮是指他的母親，眾星是指他的眾弟兄〔創三七 9~11〕。根據這事實，我們可以說，召會是基督的新婦，妻子，可用月亮作豫表。…月亮這物體本身沒有光，卻能返照光。…召會被造乃是為返照基督的光。再者，月亮只能在夜間返照光。今天在召會時代，正是夜間。…雖然召會確是在黑夜（地方召會是這黑夜中發光的燈台—啓一 20），她卻能返照基督的光。然而，召會（像月亮一樣）時常上下起伏不定，有時是滿月，有時是半月，或是新月。
我們不單有日、月，還有眾星。不只有基督、召會，還有所有得勝的聖徒。但以理十二章三節說，『那使多人歸義的，必發光如星。』我們若要幫助人得救，使人從黑暗轉向光，使退後者得着恢復，我們就必須是發光的星。啓示錄一章二十節說，眾召會是黑暗中發光的燈台，眾使者（眾召會中的活肢體）是發光的星。主也說聖徒是世上的光（太五 14）。保羅說，聖徒『好像發光之體顯在世界裏』（腓二 15）。
神在第四天所造的光體，是設立來藉着照耀『管理晝夜』的（創一 18 上）。…那裏有照耀，那裏就有管理。黑暗帶來混亂，而光規律一切。為着生命的長大，我們需要第四天光體的管理和規律（創世記生命讀經，四八至五一頁）。
參讀：創世記生命讀經，第五篇。
‹‹ WEEK 3 — DAY 4 ››
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 1:14-16 "...God said, Let there be light-bearers in the expanse of heaven to separate the day
from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and
years...and let them be...to give light on the earth; and it was so. And God made
the two great light-bearers, the greater light-bearer to rule the day and the lesser
light-bearer to rule the night, and the stars."
According to the revelation of the whole Bible, light is for life; light and life always go together (Psa. 36:9; Matt. 4:16; John 1:4; 8:12; 1 John 1:1-7). The higher the light, the higher the life. The indefinite light of the first day (Gen. 1:3) was sufficient for generating the lowest forms of life; the more solid and more definite light from the light-bearers—the sun, the moon, and the stars (v. 16; Psa. 136:7-9)—on the fourth day was necessary for producing the higher forms of life, including the human life. This signifies that for our spiritual rebirth, the light of the “first day” is sufficient; but for the growth in the divine life unto maturity, more and stronger light, the light of the “fourth day,” is needed. (Gen. 1:14, footnote 1)
Today's Reading
Although light came in on the first day, it was not that solid, not that strong. On the fourth day, not only the lights came, but also the light-bearers—the sun, the moon, and the stars. These are lights which are stronger, more solid, and more available. This is the first requirement for the growth of life.
Suppose that you are not only the grass or the herb, but also the tree. By this time you will receive more light....You need to receive some higher lights, some fuller lights, some richer, stronger, and more available lights. First John 1:5-7 tells us that after we are saved we need more light, that we need to walk in the light.
Genesis 1:14-19 [speaks about lights]...in a very definite way—the sun, the moon, and the stars. In typology, the sun typifies Christ. Christ is our sun. Malachi 4:2 tells us that Christ is the Sun of Righteousness and that there is healing in His wings. His shining forth is the wings, and with this shining forth there is healing. The second half of this verse tells us that we all will grow up under the shining of Christ.
The moon is the church....[In] Joseph's dream...the sun was his father, the moon his mother, and the stars his brothers [Gen. 37:9-11]. Based upon this fact, we may say that the church as the wife, the bride of Christ, may be typified by the moon....The moon is an object that has no light in itself, but has the ability to reflect light....The church was made in a way to reflect the light of Christ. Furthermore, the moon is able to reflect light only in the night time. Today, during the church age, it is the night time....Although the church is really in a dark night (the local churches are lampstands shining in this dark night, Rev. 1:20), she can reflect the light of Christ. However, frequently the church (like the moon) is not very stable, coming up and going down. The church may be the full moon, the half moon, or the new moon.
We not only have the sun, the moon, but also the stars: not only Christ, the church, but also all the overcoming saints. Daniel 12:3 says that those who turn many to righteousness shine like the stars. If we are going to help people to be saved, if we are going to turn people from darkness to light, if we are going to recover all the backsliders, we must be the shining stars. Revelation 1:20 tells us that the churches are the lampstands shining in the darkness and that the angels (the living ones in the churches) are the shining stars. The Lord said that the saints are “the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14), and Paul said that the saints shine “as luminaries in the world” (Phil. 2:15).
The lights God made on the fourth day were established “to rule over the day and over the night” by their shining (Gen. 1:18a)....Where there is shining, there is ruling. Darkness brings in confusion, but light regulates. For the growth of life, we need the ruling and the regulating of the fourth-day lights. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 39-41)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 5