2013-07-30 17:13:11
Joshuachang
晨興聖言─創世記結晶讀經（一）(13)
第一週 ‧ 週三
晨興餧養
約十四6『耶穌說，我就是道路、實際、生命；若不藉着我，沒有人能到父那裏去。』
十五1『我是真葡萄樹，我父是栽培的人。』
啓二二14『那些洗淨自己袍子的有福了，可得權柄到生命樹那裏，也能從門進城。』
關於伊甸園的啓示，作聖經裏神聖啓示的開始，包含四件事（創二8~14、18~24）。首先乃是生命樹，作神永遠經綸的中心（9 上）。第二，創世記二章十至十四節說到一道河，流分四道，達到地的四方。第三，在河流裏有三種寶貴的材料：金、珍珠、紅瑪瑙（11~12）。在此這些材料是分散的，尚未建造在一起。第四，有一對夫婦，表徵基督與召會（18~24，弗五22~29）。妻子從丈夫（表徵基督）而出，是丈夫沉睡（表徵基督的死）時，神從他取出來的一部分（一條肋骨，表徵基督復活的生命），神用這部分建造成一個女人（表徵召會）（創二21~22 上）。然後神把女人領到那人面前，使她與她丈夫成為一體，成為他的配偶，作他的擴增和彰顯（22 下~24，約三29 上、30，弗一23）（神人，七○頁）。
信息選讀
關於新耶路撒冷的啓示，作聖經裏神聖啓示的結束，也包含四件事（啓二一1~ 二二2）。首先有生命樹，作神永遠經綸的中心（二二2）。第二，按照二十二章一節，有一道生命水的河，湧流達到地的四方（參二一13）。第三，有三種寶貴的材料：金、珍珠、寶石。這些材料由經過過程並終極完成之三一神建造成為一座城，就是新耶路撒冷城（18~21）。第四，新耶路撒冷整座城是一對夫婦。經過過程並終極完成在基督裏救贖的三一神是丈夫，救贖的三一神所揀選並救贖的人乃是妻子，由經過過程並終極完成的三一神藉着基督的死與復活，用救贖之神的神聖生命作元素所產生，成為祂的配偶，作祂在永世的擴大與彰顯（2、9，弗一23，三19）（神人，七○至七一頁）。
墮落的結果，使撒但這知識樹進到人的肉體中。我們相信基督的結果，使神這生命樹進到我們的靈裏。因此，那從前在人身外園子中的兩棵樹，現今到了我們的裏面，一棵在我們的肉體裏，另一棵在我們的靈中。…保羅說，在他的肉體中沒有善，只有罪〔羅七〕。罪實在就是撒但邪惡的性情。說罪住在我們的肉體中，意思就是說，撒但那邪惡者在我們的肉體中。八章十六節證明神在我們的裏面。那裏說，那靈自己同我們的靈見證。因此，每一個真正的基督徒都是伊甸園的縮影。你魂的心思代表你自己，你肉體中的罪代表撒但，而你靈中的那靈代表神。就像在伊甸園裏，這三方在我們裏面形成了三角的局面。
這三角局面的種子撒在創世記二章，它的生長是在羅馬八章，在那裏我們看到那兩棵樹的出現。六節說，『心思置於肉體，就是死；心思置於靈，乃是生命平安。』創世記二章的兩棵樹是客觀的，羅馬八章的兩棵樹是主觀的。…從前我期盼將我肉體中的知識樹連根拔去，但是我越對付，它越留在我裏面。最後我發現了羅馬八章。我看見另有一棵樹住在我的靈裏。因此在八章我們看到一個今日的伊甸園。二節說到生命之靈的律，釋放我們脫離了罪與死的律。所以，在八章有兩個律—生命的律和死的律。這兩個律是在我們主觀經歷中兩棵樹的兩個原則（創世記生命讀經，二一七至二一八頁）。
參讀：神人，第四章；創世記生命讀經，第十一、十三至十四篇。
‹‹ WEEK 1 — DAY 3 ››
Morning Nourishment
John 14:6 "Jesus said..., I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father
except through Me."
15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman."
Rev. 22:14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have right to the tree of life
and may enter by the gates into the city."
The revelation concerning the garden of Eden, as the beginning of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, contains four matters (Gen. 2:8-14, 18-24). First, there is the tree of life as the center of God's eternal economy (v. 9a). Second, [there is] a river flowing into four heads to reach the four directions of the earth [vv. 10-14]. Third, at the flow of the river are three kinds
of precious materials: gold, pearl, and onyx (vv. 11-12). Here these materials are scattered and not yet builded together. Fourth, there is a couple, signifying Christ and the church (vv. 18-24; Eph. 5:22-29, 32). The wife came out of the husband (signifying Christ) as a part (a rib, signifying the resurrection life of Christ) of him taken out of him in his sleep (signifying the death of Christ) by God, which part God built into a woman (signifying the church)—Gen. 2:21-22a.Then God brought the woman to the man and made her one flesh with him as her husband to be his counterpart as his increase and expression (vv. 22b-24;John 3:29a, 30; Eph. 1:23). (The God-men, pp. 62-63)
Today's Reading
The revelation concerning the New Jerusalem, as the ending of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, also contains four matters (Rev. 21:1—22:2).First, there is the tree of life as the center of God's eternal economy (22:2).Second, according to 22:1 a river of water of life flows to reach the four directions of the earth (cf. 21:13). Third, there are three kinds of precious materials: gold,pearls, and precious stones. These materials are built together into a city, the city of New Jerusalem, by the processed and consummated Triune God (21:18-21).Fourth, the entire city is a couple. The processed and consummated redeeming Triune God in Christ is the Husband. The chosen and redeemed people of the redeeming Triune God are the wife, produced by the processed and consummated Triune God through Christ's death and resurrection with the divine life of the redeeming God as the element to be His counterpart as His enlargement and expression in eternity (vv. 2, 9; Eph. 1:23; 3:19). (The God-men, p. 63)
As a result of the fall, Satan as the tree of knowledge came into man's flesh. As a result of our believing in Christ, God as the tree of life came into our spirit. Therefore, the two trees that were once in the garden outside of man are now within us, one in our flesh and the other in our spirit....Paul said in his flesh nothing good dwells, only sin [Rom. 7]. Sin is actually the evil nature of Satan. To say that sin dwells in our flesh means that Satan, the evil one, is in our flesh. Romans 8:16, a verse which proves that God is in us, says that the Spirit of God witnesses with our spirit. Thus, every genuine Christian is a miniature garden of Eden. The mind of your soul represents your self, sin in your flesh represents Satan, and the Spirit in your spirit
represents God. As in the garden of Eden, the three parties form a triangular situation within us.
The seed of this triangular situation was sown in Genesis 2, and the growth of the seed is found in Romans 8, where we see the outcrop of the two trees.Romans 8:6 says that the mind set on the flesh is death and that the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. In Genesis 2 the two trees were objective;in Romans 8 they are subjective....In the past I expected to uproot the tree of knowledge in my flesh, but the more I dealt with it, the more it remained within me. Eventually I discovered Romans 8. I saw that there is another tree abiding in my spirit. Thus, in Romans 8 we find a present-day garden of Eden.Romans 8:2 mentions the law of the Spirit of life, which sets us free from the law of sin and death. Therefore, in Romans 8 we have two laws—the law of life and the law of death. These two laws are the two principles of the two trees in our subjective experience. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 177-178)
Further Reading: The God-men, ch. 4; Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 11,13-14
晨興餧養
約十四6『耶穌說，我就是道路、實際、生命；若不藉着我，沒有人能到父那裏去。』
十五1『我是真葡萄樹，我父是栽培的人。』
啓二二14『那些洗淨自己袍子的有福了，可得權柄到生命樹那裏，也能從門進城。』
關於伊甸園的啓示，作聖經裏神聖啓示的開始，包含四件事（創二8~14、18~24）。首先乃是生命樹，作神永遠經綸的中心（9 上）。第二，創世記二章十至十四節說到一道河，流分四道，達到地的四方。第三，在河流裏有三種寶貴的材料：金、珍珠、紅瑪瑙（11~12）。在此這些材料是分散的，尚未建造在一起。第四，有一對夫婦，表徵基督與召會（18~24，弗五22~29）。妻子從丈夫（表徵基督）而出，是丈夫沉睡（表徵基督的死）時，神從他取出來的一部分（一條肋骨，表徵基督復活的生命），神用這部分建造成一個女人（表徵召會）（創二21~22 上）。然後神把女人領到那人面前，使她與她丈夫成為一體，成為他的配偶，作他的擴增和彰顯（22 下~24，約三29 上、30，弗一23）（神人，七○頁）。
信息選讀
關於新耶路撒冷的啓示，作聖經裏神聖啓示的結束，也包含四件事（啓二一1~ 二二2）。首先有生命樹，作神永遠經綸的中心（二二2）。第二，按照二十二章一節，有一道生命水的河，湧流達到地的四方（參二一13）。第三，有三種寶貴的材料：金、珍珠、寶石。這些材料由經過過程並終極完成之三一神建造成為一座城，就是新耶路撒冷城（18~21）。第四，新耶路撒冷整座城是一對夫婦。經過過程並終極完成在基督裏救贖的三一神是丈夫，救贖的三一神所揀選並救贖的人乃是妻子，由經過過程並終極完成的三一神藉着基督的死與復活，用救贖之神的神聖生命作元素所產生，成為祂的配偶，作祂在永世的擴大與彰顯（2、9，弗一23，三19）（神人，七○至七一頁）。
墮落的結果，使撒但這知識樹進到人的肉體中。我們相信基督的結果，使神這生命樹進到我們的靈裏。因此，那從前在人身外園子中的兩棵樹，現今到了我們的裏面，一棵在我們的肉體裏，另一棵在我們的靈中。…保羅說，在他的肉體中沒有善，只有罪〔羅七〕。罪實在就是撒但邪惡的性情。說罪住在我們的肉體中，意思就是說，撒但那邪惡者在我們的肉體中。八章十六節證明神在我們的裏面。那裏說，那靈自己同我們的靈見證。因此，每一個真正的基督徒都是伊甸園的縮影。你魂的心思代表你自己，你肉體中的罪代表撒但，而你靈中的那靈代表神。就像在伊甸園裏，這三方在我們裏面形成了三角的局面。
這三角局面的種子撒在創世記二章，它的生長是在羅馬八章，在那裏我們看到那兩棵樹的出現。六節說，『心思置於肉體，就是死；心思置於靈，乃是生命平安。』創世記二章的兩棵樹是客觀的，羅馬八章的兩棵樹是主觀的。…從前我期盼將我肉體中的知識樹連根拔去，但是我越對付，它越留在我裏面。最後我發現了羅馬八章。我看見另有一棵樹住在我的靈裏。因此在八章我們看到一個今日的伊甸園。二節說到生命之靈的律，釋放我們脫離了罪與死的律。所以，在八章有兩個律—生命的律和死的律。這兩個律是在我們主觀經歷中兩棵樹的兩個原則（創世記生命讀經，二一七至二一八頁）。
參讀：神人，第四章；創世記生命讀經，第十一、十三至十四篇。
‹‹ WEEK 1 — DAY 3 ››
Morning Nourishment
John 14:6 "Jesus said..., I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father
except through Me."
15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman."
Rev. 22:14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have right to the tree of life
and may enter by the gates into the city."
The revelation concerning the garden of Eden, as the beginning of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, contains four matters (Gen. 2:8-14, 18-24). First, there is the tree of life as the center of God's eternal economy (v. 9a). Second, [there is] a river flowing into four heads to reach the four directions of the earth [vv. 10-14]. Third, at the flow of the river are three kinds
of precious materials: gold, pearl, and onyx (vv. 11-12). Here these materials are scattered and not yet builded together. Fourth, there is a couple, signifying Christ and the church (vv. 18-24; Eph. 5:22-29, 32). The wife came out of the husband (signifying Christ) as a part (a rib, signifying the resurrection life of Christ) of him taken out of him in his sleep (signifying the death of Christ) by God, which part God built into a woman (signifying the church)—Gen. 2:21-22a.Then God brought the woman to the man and made her one flesh with him as her husband to be his counterpart as his increase and expression (vv. 22b-24;John 3:29a, 30; Eph. 1:23). (The God-men, pp. 62-63)
Today's Reading
The revelation concerning the New Jerusalem, as the ending of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, also contains four matters (Rev. 21:1—22:2).First, there is the tree of life as the center of God's eternal economy (22:2).Second, according to 22:1 a river of water of life flows to reach the four directions of the earth (cf. 21:13). Third, there are three kinds of precious materials: gold,pearls, and precious stones. These materials are built together into a city, the city of New Jerusalem, by the processed and consummated Triune God (21:18-21).Fourth, the entire city is a couple. The processed and consummated redeeming Triune God in Christ is the Husband. The chosen and redeemed people of the redeeming Triune God are the wife, produced by the processed and consummated Triune God through Christ's death and resurrection with the divine life of the redeeming God as the element to be His counterpart as His enlargement and expression in eternity (vv. 2, 9; Eph. 1:23; 3:19). (The God-men, p. 63)
As a result of the fall, Satan as the tree of knowledge came into man's flesh. As a result of our believing in Christ, God as the tree of life came into our spirit. Therefore, the two trees that were once in the garden outside of man are now within us, one in our flesh and the other in our spirit....Paul said in his flesh nothing good dwells, only sin [Rom. 7]. Sin is actually the evil nature of Satan. To say that sin dwells in our flesh means that Satan, the evil one, is in our flesh. Romans 8:16, a verse which proves that God is in us, says that the Spirit of God witnesses with our spirit. Thus, every genuine Christian is a miniature garden of Eden. The mind of your soul represents your self, sin in your flesh represents Satan, and the Spirit in your spirit
represents God. As in the garden of Eden, the three parties form a triangular situation within us.
The seed of this triangular situation was sown in Genesis 2, and the growth of the seed is found in Romans 8, where we see the outcrop of the two trees.Romans 8:6 says that the mind set on the flesh is death and that the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. In Genesis 2 the two trees were objective;in Romans 8 they are subjective....In the past I expected to uproot the tree of knowledge in my flesh, but the more I dealt with it, the more it remained within me. Eventually I discovered Romans 8. I saw that there is another tree abiding in my spirit. Thus, in Romans 8 we find a present-day garden of Eden.Romans 8:2 mentions the law of the Spirit of life, which sets us free from the law of sin and death. Therefore, in Romans 8 we have two laws—the law of life and the law of death. These two laws are the two principles of the two trees in our subjective experience. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 177-178)
Further Reading: The God-men, ch. 4; Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 11,13-14