2013-07-26 17:43:03
Joshuachang
晨興聖言─創世記結晶讀經（一）(12)
第一週 ‧ 週二
晨興餧養
創二 22『耶和華神就用那人身上所取的肋骨，建造成一個女人，領她到那人跟前。』
啓二二 17『那靈和新婦說，來！聽見的人也該說，來！口渴的人也當來；願意的都可以白白取生命的水
喝。』
聖經裏神聖啓示開頭關於伊甸園的啓示，以及聖經裏神聖啓示末了關於新耶路撒冷的啓示，彼此對照。二者都包括四件事：1. 生命樹作神永遠經綸的中心（創二 9，啓二二 2）；2. 一道河湧流到地的四方（創二 10，啓二二 1）；3. 三種寶貴的材料（創二 11~12，啓二一 11~14、18~21）；4. 一對夫婦（創二 18~25，啓二一9~10，二二 17）。聖經這兩部分所啓示的，乃是整本聖經神聖啓示的中心線，也該是解釋並領會聖經的支配原則（聖經恢復本，創二 25 註 1）。
信息選讀
創世記一至二章就像建築指導手冊開頭的藍圖。啓示錄二十一至二十二章就像插在手冊末了建築完工的照片。我們先看藍圖；然後我們讀建築指示，並進行建造；末了，我們就達成完工的建造，與手冊內的照片惟妙惟肖。聖經就是這樣一本關於神建造的指導手冊；起頭有藍圖，末了有照着原初觀念的完成。
我們必須花很多時間來看這『手冊』的詳細指導。但首先我們必須有深刻的印象，我們受造是一個器皿，有靈作內裏的接收器來接受神。我們必須學習如何一直操練我們的靈，以接觸神並接受神。其次我們必須明白，神在基督裏藉着那靈乃是生命樹，就是給我們喫並給我們享受的真食物。當我們這樣享受基督，我們裏面就有活水的湧流，藉這湧流我們要從泥土變化成為寶貴的材料。然後我們這些變化過的材料必須與別人建造起來。我們不可能作獨立又寶貴的基督徒。我們必須學習與別人相聯，並且彼此依賴。末了，這樣的建造將是在這地上的新婦，就是滿足基督的新婦。
神所要的團體人不僅是祂的彰顯和代表，也是滿足新郎的新婦。然而，只有當我們享受基督作我們的食物，我們纔能被變化；只有當我們被變化，我們纔能與別人建造起來；只有當我們與別人建造起來，基督纔能在我們身上有完全的滿足。我們就是神的彰顯和代表，也是基督的新婦。
我們都知道，在我們裏面、憑着我們、以我們自己，也就是在我們天然的生命裏，我們絕不可能與別人是一。每一個天然的人都是乖僻的人，與人分開的人。一個丈夫在天然的狀況下與妻子不能是一。雖然丈夫和妻子是地上最親密的關係，但我們卻是單獨而乖僻，天然而分開的。在這樣的狀況下不可能是一。我們天然的人必須被基督吞沒。我們必須學習如何在靈裏接觸基督並喫祂。我們必須學習如何否認己，拒絕我們天然的生命，並憑基督而活。這樣，主就要在我們裏面湧流，把我們從泥土變化成為寶石。然後，當我們與別人聯結、相聯並建造起來，神的目標就要達到。
我們必須看見這樣一個見證的恢復，乃是有一班人操練這些事，因着他們是祂在地上的身體，就將一切尊貴、榮耀歸給升天的元首。這樣，在這地上就有新婦彰顯神並滿足基督（神建造的異象，三○至三二頁）。
參讀：神建造的異象，第二章；三一神的啓示與行動，第七篇；神人，第四章。
‹‹ WEEK 1 — DAY 2 ››
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 2:22 "...Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and
brought her to the man."
Rev. 22:17 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let
him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely."
The revelation concerning the garden of Eden, as the beginning of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, and the revelation concerning the New Jerusalem, as the ending of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, reflect each other. Both contain four things: (1) the tree of life as the center of God's eternal economy (Gen. 2:9; Rev. 22:2), (2) the river flowing to reach the four directions of the earth (Gen. 2:10; Rev. 22:1), (3) three kinds of precious materials (Gen. 2:11-12; Rev. 21:11-14, 18-21), and (4) a couple (Gen. 2:18-25; Rev. 21:9-10; 22:17). What is revealed in these two parts of the Scriptures is the central line of the divine revelation of the entire Holy Scriptures and should be a controlling principle of the interpreting and understanding of the Holy Scriptures. (Gen. 2:25, footnote 1)
Today's Reading
Genesis 1 and 2 are like the blueprint in the beginning of a manual of building instructions. Revelation 21 and 22 are like a photo of the finished structure inserted at the end of the manual. First we look at the blueprint; then we read the building instructions and go to work; finally, at the end, we attain the finished structure, similar in every detail to the photo in the manual. The Scriptures are such an instruction book regarding God's building. At the beginning there is the blueprint, and at the end there is the completion according to the initial concept.
We must spend much time in the detailed instructions of this “manual.” But first we must be deeply impressed that we are a vessel made with a spirit, an inner recipient to receive God. We must learn how to exercise our spirit continually to contact and receive God. Next we must realize that God in Christ by the Spirit is the tree of life, the real food for us to eat and enjoy. As we enjoy Christ in such a way, we will have the flowing of the living water within us, and by this flowing we will be transformed from clay into precious materials. Then as transformed materials we must be built up with others. We cannot be independent, precious Christians. We must learn to be related with others and very dependent. Finally, such a building will be the bride on this earth, the bride which will satisfy Christ.
The corporate man whom God is after is not only His expression and representative but also the bride to satisfy the Bridegroom. However, it is only when we are enjoying Christ as our food that we may be transformed, and it is only as we are being transformed that we may be built up with others, and it is only as we are built up with others that Christ will have full satisfaction with us. We will be the expression and representative of God as well as the bride of Christ.
We all know that in ourselves, by ourselves, and with ourselves—in our natural life—we can never be one with others. Every natural man is a peculiar man, a separate man. A husband in his natural state is not one with his wife. Although we may be in the closest relationship on earth as a husband and wife, we are individually peculiar and naturally divided. It is impossible in such a state to be one. Our natural life must be swallowed up by Christ. We must learn how to contact and feed on Christ in our spirit. We must learn how to deny our self, rejecting our natural life, and live by Christ. Then the Lord will flow within, transforming us from clay into precious stone. As we are united, related, and built up with others, God's goal will be attained.
We must see a recovery of such a testimony, a group of people who practice these things, giving all the honor and glory to the ascended Head because they are His Body on this earth. Then there will be a bride on this earth to express God and to satisfy Christ. (The Vision of God's Building, pp. 31-33)
Further Reading: The Vision of God's Building, ch. 2; The Triune God's Revelation and His Move,
msg. 7; The God-men, ch. 4
晨興餧養
創二 22『耶和華神就用那人身上所取的肋骨，建造成一個女人，領她到那人跟前。』
啓二二 17『那靈和新婦說，來！聽見的人也該說，來！口渴的人也當來；願意的都可以白白取生命的水
喝。』
聖經裏神聖啓示開頭關於伊甸園的啓示，以及聖經裏神聖啓示末了關於新耶路撒冷的啓示，彼此對照。二者都包括四件事：1. 生命樹作神永遠經綸的中心（創二 9，啓二二 2）；2. 一道河湧流到地的四方（創二 10，啓二二 1）；3. 三種寶貴的材料（創二 11~12，啓二一 11~14、18~21）；4. 一對夫婦（創二 18~25，啓二一9~10，二二 17）。聖經這兩部分所啓示的，乃是整本聖經神聖啓示的中心線，也該是解釋並領會聖經的支配原則（聖經恢復本，創二 25 註 1）。
信息選讀
創世記一至二章就像建築指導手冊開頭的藍圖。啓示錄二十一至二十二章就像插在手冊末了建築完工的照片。我們先看藍圖；然後我們讀建築指示，並進行建造；末了，我們就達成完工的建造，與手冊內的照片惟妙惟肖。聖經就是這樣一本關於神建造的指導手冊；起頭有藍圖，末了有照着原初觀念的完成。
我們必須花很多時間來看這『手冊』的詳細指導。但首先我們必須有深刻的印象，我們受造是一個器皿，有靈作內裏的接收器來接受神。我們必須學習如何一直操練我們的靈，以接觸神並接受神。其次我們必須明白，神在基督裏藉着那靈乃是生命樹，就是給我們喫並給我們享受的真食物。當我們這樣享受基督，我們裏面就有活水的湧流，藉這湧流我們要從泥土變化成為寶貴的材料。然後我們這些變化過的材料必須與別人建造起來。我們不可能作獨立又寶貴的基督徒。我們必須學習與別人相聯，並且彼此依賴。末了，這樣的建造將是在這地上的新婦，就是滿足基督的新婦。
神所要的團體人不僅是祂的彰顯和代表，也是滿足新郎的新婦。然而，只有當我們享受基督作我們的食物，我們纔能被變化；只有當我們被變化，我們纔能與別人建造起來；只有當我們與別人建造起來，基督纔能在我們身上有完全的滿足。我們就是神的彰顯和代表，也是基督的新婦。
我們都知道，在我們裏面、憑着我們、以我們自己，也就是在我們天然的生命裏，我們絕不可能與別人是一。每一個天然的人都是乖僻的人，與人分開的人。一個丈夫在天然的狀況下與妻子不能是一。雖然丈夫和妻子是地上最親密的關係，但我們卻是單獨而乖僻，天然而分開的。在這樣的狀況下不可能是一。我們天然的人必須被基督吞沒。我們必須學習如何在靈裏接觸基督並喫祂。我們必須學習如何否認己，拒絕我們天然的生命，並憑基督而活。這樣，主就要在我們裏面湧流，把我們從泥土變化成為寶石。然後，當我們與別人聯結、相聯並建造起來，神的目標就要達到。
我們必須看見這樣一個見證的恢復，乃是有一班人操練這些事，因着他們是祂在地上的身體，就將一切尊貴、榮耀歸給升天的元首。這樣，在這地上就有新婦彰顯神並滿足基督（神建造的異象，三○至三二頁）。
參讀：神建造的異象，第二章；三一神的啓示與行動，第七篇；神人，第四章。
‹‹ WEEK 1 — DAY 2 ››
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 2:22 "...Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and
brought her to the man."
Rev. 22:17 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let
him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely."
The revelation concerning the garden of Eden, as the beginning of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, and the revelation concerning the New Jerusalem, as the ending of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, reflect each other. Both contain four things: (1) the tree of life as the center of God's eternal economy (Gen. 2:9; Rev. 22:2), (2) the river flowing to reach the four directions of the earth (Gen. 2:10; Rev. 22:1), (3) three kinds of precious materials (Gen. 2:11-12; Rev. 21:11-14, 18-21), and (4) a couple (Gen. 2:18-25; Rev. 21:9-10; 22:17). What is revealed in these two parts of the Scriptures is the central line of the divine revelation of the entire Holy Scriptures and should be a controlling principle of the interpreting and understanding of the Holy Scriptures. (Gen. 2:25, footnote 1)
Today's Reading
Genesis 1 and 2 are like the blueprint in the beginning of a manual of building instructions. Revelation 21 and 22 are like a photo of the finished structure inserted at the end of the manual. First we look at the blueprint; then we read the building instructions and go to work; finally, at the end, we attain the finished structure, similar in every detail to the photo in the manual. The Scriptures are such an instruction book regarding God's building. At the beginning there is the blueprint, and at the end there is the completion according to the initial concept.
We must spend much time in the detailed instructions of this “manual.” But first we must be deeply impressed that we are a vessel made with a spirit, an inner recipient to receive God. We must learn how to exercise our spirit continually to contact and receive God. Next we must realize that God in Christ by the Spirit is the tree of life, the real food for us to eat and enjoy. As we enjoy Christ in such a way, we will have the flowing of the living water within us, and by this flowing we will be transformed from clay into precious materials. Then as transformed materials we must be built up with others. We cannot be independent, precious Christians. We must learn to be related with others and very dependent. Finally, such a building will be the bride on this earth, the bride which will satisfy Christ.
The corporate man whom God is after is not only His expression and representative but also the bride to satisfy the Bridegroom. However, it is only when we are enjoying Christ as our food that we may be transformed, and it is only as we are being transformed that we may be built up with others, and it is only as we are built up with others that Christ will have full satisfaction with us. We will be the expression and representative of God as well as the bride of Christ.
We all know that in ourselves, by ourselves, and with ourselves—in our natural life—we can never be one with others. Every natural man is a peculiar man, a separate man. A husband in his natural state is not one with his wife. Although we may be in the closest relationship on earth as a husband and wife, we are individually peculiar and naturally divided. It is impossible in such a state to be one. Our natural life must be swallowed up by Christ. We must learn how to contact and feed on Christ in our spirit. We must learn how to deny our self, rejecting our natural life, and live by Christ. Then the Lord will flow within, transforming us from clay into precious stone. As we are united, related, and built up with others, God's goal will be attained.
We must see a recovery of such a testimony, a group of people who practice these things, giving all the honor and glory to the ascended Head because they are His Body on this earth. Then there will be a bride on this earth to express God and to satisfy Christ. (The Vision of God's Building, pp. 31-33)
Further Reading: The Vision of God's Building, ch. 2; The Triune God's Revelation and His Move,
msg. 7; The God-men, ch. 4