创世记生命读经 · 第20篇

蛇、女人、和女人的后裔

The Serpent, the Woman, and the Seed of the Woman

1在本篇信息中，我有负担对创世记三章十五节再多说一点，作为插进的话。我们在前篇信息看过，创世记三章十五节是福音。创世记三章十五节是全本圣经中第一处福音的宣扬。在这节里，神在审判蛇时，亲自向堕落的人传了喜信。所以，我们需要在这节上多花一点时间。

1In this message I am burdened to present, as a parenthesis, a further word on Genesis 3:15. As we saw in the last message, Genesis 3:15 is the gospel. Genesis 3:15 is the first occurrence of the proclamation of the gospel in the entire Bible. In this verse God Himself preached the glad tidings to fallen man in judging the serpent. Therefore, we need to spend more time on this verse

2我已经在前几篇信息里多次说到，3在创世记一至三章所看到的每样事物，几乎都是一粒种子，要在圣经接下去的各卷里长大，在新约的书信中出现为庄稼，而在启示录里成熟收割。我们已经看到这原则如何应用在许多项目上。在这篇信息中，当我们来思想创世记三章十五节的三个主要项目－蛇、女人、和女人的后裔，我要再次点出这原则。

2I have mentioned several times in previous messages that nearly everything found in Genesis 1 through is a seed that grows throughout the following books of the Bible, appearing as a crop in the Epistles of the New Testament and ripening into a harvest in the book of Revelation. We have seen this principle applied to many items. In this message I want to point out this principle once again as we consider the three main items found in Genesis 3:15: the serpent, the woman, and the seed of the woman.

1 蛇

I. The Serpent

3当我们读过整本圣经，会看见不仅创世记说到蛇，就是别卷书里也题到。启示录十二章九节和二十章二节都说到蛇。在启示录十二和二十章，我们看到撒但有几个不同的名字－大龙、古蛇、魔鬼和撒但。在这些名字中我们看到『古蛇』这名称。约翰用这辞，因为在他写启示录的时候，那条蛇已经非常老了，事实上至少也有四千岁了。这古蛇是谁？要回答这问题，惟一的方法只有参考创世记三章，在那里首次说到蛇。

3As we read through the Scriptures, we find the serpent is not only mentioned in Genesis, but also in other books of the Bible. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 both refer to the serpent. In Revelation 12 and 20 we find that Satan has various names—the dragon, the ancient serpent, the Devil, and Satan. Among these names we find the title “the ancient serpent.” John uses this term because at the time he wrote the book of Revelation the serpent had become very old, in fact, at least four thousand years old. Who is this “ancient serpent”? The only way to answer this question is to consult the third chapter of Genesis where the serpent is first mentioned

4约翰三章十四节是另一处说到蛇的地方。当尼哥底母这位高级的上流绅士积极的来找主耶稣，主对他说，他需要由新生命获得新生。（约三，5。）主告诉他，他的灵需要从圣灵得重生，因为『从那灵生的，就是灵。』（约三6。）没有多少基督徒注意到，主在祂与尼哥底母的谈话中，把那位绅士指为一条蛇。（约三14。）虽然尼哥底母是绅士、教师和『以色列的教师，』主却指出他是一条蛇。

4In John 3:14 we find another reference to the serpent. When Nicodemus, a high - class gentleman of superior attainment, came to the Lord Jesus in a positive way, the Lord told him that he needed a new birth with a new life (John 3:3, 5). The Lord told him that his human spirit3 needed to be reborn of the Holy Spirit, for “that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6). However, not many Christians have observed that in His conversation with Nicodemus the Lord pointed that gentleman to the serpent (John 3:1 4). Although Nicodemus was a gentleman, a teacher, and a “master of Israel,” the Lord indicated that he was a serpent.

5在主耶稣和尼哥底母的谈话中，到了某个点主耶稣就说，『摩西在旷野怎样举蛇，人子也必照样被举起来。』这是甚么意思？这是主回答尼哥底母的问题。尼哥底母问：『人已经老了，如何能重生？』又问：『怎能有这事？』尼哥底母是问，他如何能重生。主就回答：『你是以色列的教师，还不明白这事么？』虽然尼哥底母教导百姓旧约，但他并不知道重生的意义。所以主说到摩西所举挂在杆上的铜蛇的豫表。（民二一9。）主似乎是对他说，『你们的祖先都被毒蛇所伤，蛇毒已经进入他们里面。你们的祖先在神眼中已经成了蛇。因著他们快要死了，摩西为他们祷告神，神就告诉摩西把一条铜蛇举在杆上，担当祂对中毒之以色列人的审判。凡被毒蛇所伤的人，只要仰望挂在杆上的铜蛇就活了。』许多以色列人这样作，生命就得著存活。这是重生的豫表。主似乎是对尼哥底母说，『不要以为你是个绅士，你必须了解你也是一个中了蛇毒的人，在你里面有蛇的性情。表面看你是人，事实上你是蛇。在神眼中你乃是一条蛇。虽然你是蛇，我来要替你死。我要以蛇的形状死在十字架上。当我在十字架上的时候，我在神眼中不仅是罪人的代替，我还要以蛇的形状接受神的审判。惟一的不同就是真蛇有毒，但我只有蛇的形状，没有蛇的性情和毒素。我已经成为罪之肉体的样式，在蛇的形状里而来，替你们这些中了蛇毒的人死。』

5At a certain point in His conversation with Nicodemus the Lord Jesus said, “ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.” What does this mean? It was the Lord’s answer to Nicodemus’s question. Nicodemus had asked, “How can a man be born when he is old?” and, “How can these things be?” Nicodemus was asking how he could be born again. The Lord replied, “You are the teacher of Israel, and you don’t know these things?” Although Nicodemus taught the Old Testament to the people, he did not know the meaning of being born again. Therefore, the Lord referred to the type of the brass serpent lifted up on a pole by Moses (Num. 21:9). The Lord seemed to be saying to him, “Your fathers were all bitten by poisonous serpents, and the poison of the serpents entered into them. Your fathers became serpents in the eyes of God. Because they were dying, Moses prayed to God on their behalf, and God told Moses to lift up a brass serpent on a pole to bear His judgment upon the poisoned Israelites. Everyone who had been poisoned by the serpents and who looked to the brass serpent lifted up on the pole lived.” Many of the Israelites did this, and their lives were preserved. This is a type of regeneration. The Lord seemed to be telling Nicodemus, “Don’t consider yourself as a gentleman. You must realize that you are one of the people who has been poisoned by the serpent and that you have the serpentine nature within you. Apparently you are a man; actually you are a serpent. In the eyes of God you are one of the serpents. Although you are a serpent, I have come to die for you. I shall die on the cross in the form of the serpent. When I am on the cross, in the eyes of God I shall not only be a substitute for sinners; I shall be judged there by God in the form of the serpent. The only difference is that the real serpent has poison, but I shall only be in the form of the serpent. I do not have the nature and the poison of the serpent. I have come in the likeness of the flesh of sin, in the form of the serpent, to die for all of you who have been poisoned by the serpent

6创世记三章第一次说到的蛇，乃是一粒种子，要在接下去的各卷圣经中得著发展。我们在创世记三章看到蛇，在约翰三章十四节也看到蛇。几乎所有的基督徒都看见约翰三章十六节里永远的生命，但只有不多的人看见约翰三章十四节的蛇。然而，我们若要明白甚么是永远的生命，也必须明白甚么是蛇。我们必须看见蛇。蛇不仅在创世记和约翰福音出现，更在启示录完全被暴露。创世记三章十五节的蛇是一小粒种子，这粒种子在约翰福音长大，到启示录收成。我们读过圣经就能看见，历代神的神圣工作有一个目标：建造身体以彰显祂的儿子基督，并且要除灭蛇。神想要驱逐蛇。所以我们都必须认识蛇今天在那里。

6The first mention of the serpent in Genesis 3 is a seed that is developed in subsequent books of the Bible. We see the serpent in Genesis 3 and also in John 3:14. Nearly all Christians have seen the eternal life in John 3:16, but not many have seen the serpent in John 3:14. However, if we are to understand what is eternal life, we must also understand what is the serpent. We must see the serpent. The serpent is not only in Genesis and John but is fully exposed in the book of Revelation. In Genesis 3:15 the serpent is a little seed, in the Gospel of John this seed grows, and in the book of Revelation this seed becomes a harvest. By reading throughout the Bible we can see that in every generation God’s divine work has had a goal: to build up the Body to express His Son, Christ, and also to eliminate the serpent. God intends to expel the serpent. There fore, we all must realize where the serpent is today.

ａ已将他自己注射到人里面

A. Having Injected Himself into Mankind

7藉著人的堕落，蛇已经把他自己注射到人里面。这条蛇现今在那里？在我们的肉体里。在伊甸园中，在人堕落以前，蛇是在人外面。然而，自从人堕落以后，这条狡猾、诡诈的蛇是在人里面，在人的肉体里。

7Through the fall of man the serpent injected himself into mankind. Where is this serpent now? He is in our flesh. In the garden, before the fall of man, the serpent was outside of man. However, since the fall, the subtle, crafty serpent is in man, in his flesh

8有一天主耶稣问祂的门徒：『你们说我是谁？』彼得马上回答：『你是基督，是活神的儿子。』（太十六15～。）这话才说不久，主就斥责彼得，称他『撒但。』（太十六23。）你能相信么？一分钟前他是圣别的彼得，才过不久，他竟成了撒但！我若是彼得的兄弟安得烈，我会问主耶稣：『撒但在那里？我是安得烈，彼得是我的兄弟，撒但在那里？』主耶稣也许会回答：『撒但就在他里面，撒但就在彼得身内。』当你说话凶恶的时候，你是谁？你是撒但。当你卑劣的对待妻子或丈夫的时侯，你是谁？撒但！在这种时候，主耶稣会说你是撒但。撒但在那里？在堕落的人类里。撒但今天就在人的肉体里。我们都必须警觉，因为那曾经试探且败坏人类第一代的撒但，现今就在我们里面。

8One day the Lord Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” and Peter immediately responded, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:15-16). A short time after this the 16 Lord rebuked Peter, calling him “Satan” (Matt. 16:23). Can you believe that one minute he was a holy Peter and that soon afterward he had become Satan? If I had been Andrew, Peter’s brother, I would have asked the Lord Jesus, “Where is Satan? I am Andrew, and Peter is my brother, but where is Satan?” The Lord Jesus might have answered, “Satan is here within him. Satan is inside of Peter.” When you speak in an evil way, who are you? You are Satan. When you act in a mean way with your wife or husband, who are you? Satan. At such a time the Lord Jesus could say of you, “Satan!” Where is Satan? He is within fallen mankind. Satan today is in man’s flesh. We all must be on the alert because Satan, the one who tempted and damaged the first generation of mankind, is now within us.

ｂ人已成了『蛇』

B. Men Having Become “Serpents

由于撒但已把他自己注射到人里面，所

9有的人在神眼中就都成了蛇。虽然你认为自己是人，但在神眼中你乃是蛇。按照马太三章七节，施浸者约翰称宗教的犹太人为『毒蛇之种。』他们是蛇。约翰似乎是说，『你们以为自己是宗教人士，你们很宗教，但你们不认识你们是毒蛇之种。』主耶稣在解释撒种的比喻时，曾用过『恶者之子』（太十三38）这辞。恶者是谁？就是那蛇撒但，他是那恶者，一切跟从他的人都是他的儿子。撒但的跟从者不是他的养子，乃是他亲生的儿子。因此，主耶稣在约翰八章四十四节说，『你们是出于那父魔鬼。』主似乎是说，『你们的父是魔鬼，因为你们有魔鬼的生命，魔鬼的生命和性情就在你们里面。你们是从你们的父生的，如今你们有他的生命和性情。』使徒约翰说到『魔鬼的儿女，』并且说，『犯罪的是出于魔鬼。』（约壹三10，8。）所以，保罗称那行法术的以吕马为『魔鬼的儿子。』（徒十三。）甚至像尼哥底母这样的绅士，看起来是这样上流的人，在神的眼中也是一条蛇，具有蛇的性情。这就是为甚縻一切属蛇的人，需要主耶稣成为蛇的形状，作他们的代替。

9Because Satan has injected himself into man, all men have become serpents in the eyes of God. Although you may consider yourself a man, in the eyes of God you are a serpent. According to Matthew 3:7, John the Baptist called the religious Jewish people a “brood of vipers.” They were serpents. John seemed to be saying to them, “You think of yourselves as religionists. You are so religious, yet you don’t realize that you are a generation of vipers.” In His explanation of the parable of the sower the Lord Jesus used the term “the sons of the evil one” (Matt. 13:38). Who is the evil one? The serpent, Satan— he is the evil one and all his followers are his sons. The followers of Satan are not his adopted sons; they are his sons by birth. Thus, in John 8:44 the Lord Jesus said, “You are of your father the Devil.” The Lord appeared to be saying, “Your father is the Devil because you have the Devil’s life. The Devil’s life and nature are in you. You were born of your father and now you have his life and nature.” The apostle John mentions “the children of the Devil” and says, “He who practices sin is of the Devil” (1 John 3:10, 8). There fore, Paul called Elymas the sorcerer the “son of the Devil” (Acts 13:10). Even a 10 gentleman such as Nicodemus, who appeared to be such an upper-class person, was a serpent in the eyes of God, possessing the serpentine nature. This is the reason that all the serpentine people need the Lord Jesus to be their Substitute in the form of a serpent.

ｃ人有了蛇的性情和生命

C. Men Having the Serpentine Nature and Life

我们既是魔鬼的儿女，从蛇所生，就都有

10蛇的性情和生命。（约壹三12。）没有人能否认或反驳这事实，因为我们看到撒但的性情和生命就在我们自己的孩子里面。表面看小孩子很可爱，然而，他们越长大，里面蛇的性情就越显露出来。他们并没有受训练去表现蛇的性情和生命，但这性情和生命自然而然的就显出来了。我在很多孩童，包括我自己的孩子身上，观察过这事。我们必须记得，我们都像那样。不仅像而已－我们实际上就是！我们里面有蛇的性情和生命。

10As children of the Devil, people who have been born of the serpent, we all have the serpentine nature and life (1 John 3:12). No one can deny or dispute this since we see Satan’s nature and life in our own children. Apparently little children are sweet; however, the more they grow, the more the serpentine nature within them is exposed. Although they are not trained to display the serpentine nature and life, they manifest it spontaneously. I have observed this in many children including my own. We must remember that we all are like that. Not only are we like that—we are that! We have a serpentine nature and life within us

ｄ邪灵运行在堕落的人里面

D. As the Evil Spirit Working in Fallen Man

撒但，那蛇，就是那在堕落之人里面运

11行之灵的首领，他是个邪灵。（弗二2。）这邪灵不是静止休眠的，乃是活跃的运行在悖逆之子里面。举例来看，撒但怎样在出卖主耶稣的犹大里面作工。（约十三2，27,六70。）撒但在那个可怜的人身上作的是怎样的工！我们也看过，彼得被指为撒但。（太十六23。）我们若没有马太十六章这样的记载，就不会相信，那个带头的使徒彼得，会成为撒但。还有，甚至在五旬节以后，亚拿尼亚和撒非喇竟被撒但充满，以致欺骗圣灵。（徒五3。）亚拿尼亚和撒非喇不是在赌场，他们是在五旬节后的召会中。虽然如此，他们还是被撒但充满。

11Satan, the serpent, is the evil spirit that works in fallen man (Eph. 2:2). This evil spirit does not lie dormant, but actively works in the children of disobedience. Consider, as an example, how Satan worked in Judas, the man who betrayed the Lord Jesus (John 13:2, 27; 6:70). How Satan worked in that pitiful man! We have already seen that Peter was referred to as Satan (Matt. 16:23). If we did not have such a record as Matthew 16, no one would believe that Peter, a leading apostle, could have become Satan. Furthermore, even after the day of Pentecost Ananias and Sapphira were filled with Satan and lied to the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3). Ananias and Sapphira were not in a gambling casino; they were in the church after the day of Pentecost. Nevertheless, they were filled with Satan

12现在我们知道撒但的住处了。他离我们

13不远，就在我们的里面。有些基督徒自以为：『我们得救了，现今在基督的身体里，撒但与我们无分无关了。』这想法不是圣灵的声音;这是那狡猾的蛇的声音，这想法的传布乃是蛇的谎言。我们都必须保持警觉，因为就是现今，那狡滑者仍然和我们在一起。只要我们在旧造里，那蛇就留在我们里面。2女人

13Now we know Satan’s whereabouts. He is not far from us; he is within us. Some Christians think to themselves, “After we are saved and are in the Body of Christ, Satan has nothing to do with us.” This thought is not the voice of the Holy Spirit; it is the voice of the subtle serpent, and the preaching of this concept is the lie of the serpent. We all must be on the alert because even now the subtle one is still present with us. As long as we are in the old creation, the serpent remains within us.

ａ表征所有神的子民

II. The Woman

14现在我们需要来看那女人是谁。首先,

14A. Signifying All the People of God

15毫无疑问，创世记三章十五节的女人是夏娃。其次，基要派的圣经教师都同意，这女人也是指马利亚，耶稣的母亲，因为女人的后裔是主耶稣。主耶稣不是由男人生的，乃是由童女，女人，生的。因此，祂的名称是『女人的后裔。』然而，这女人有第三面的意义，她不仅表征夏娃和童女马利亚，也表征启示录十二章所启示的那个妇人。启示录十二章一节的妇人，是一个包括

15Now we need to see who the woman is. Undoubtedly, the woman in Genesis 3:15 firstly is Eve. Secondly, as all the fundamental teachers agree, this woman also refers to Mary, the mother of Jesus, because the seed of the woman was the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus was not born of a man, but of a woman, a virgin. Hence, His title is “the seed of the woman.” However, the woman has a threefold significance, not only signifying Eve and the virgin Mary, but also the woman revealed in Revelation 12

16了所有神子民的宇宙女人，所以她是一个团体的女人。然而，有些人把启示录十二章的妇人，解释为主耶稣的母亲马利亚。但马利亚是个别的女人、地方上的童女。我们若读启示录十二章，就可以看到那里所揭示的女人是宇宙的，不是地方的。她头上有十二星，脚踏月亮，身披日头。这一切都确定的指明她是宇宙的、团体的。解经最好的方法就是参考圣经其他的部分。我们在约瑟的梦中看到类似的异象。（创三七9。）约瑟在梦中看到太阳、月亮和十一个星。太阳表征约瑟的父亲雅各;月亮表征约瑟的母亲;十一个星表征约瑟的弟兄们。所以，在原则上，太阳、月亮和众星合起来代表神全体的子民。因此，启示录十二章的妇人不是个别的、地方上的童女。她乃是宇宙的、团体的，包括神所有的子民。

16The woman of Revelation 12:1 is a universal woman who includes all the people of God. Therefore, she is a corporate woman. However, some people interpret the woman of Revelation 12 as Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus. But Mary was an individual, local virgin. If we read Revelation 12, we can see that the woman unveiled there is universal, not local. She has twelve stars upon her head, the moon under her feet, and is clothed with the sun. All of this certainly indicates that she is universal and corporate. The best way to interpret the Bible is to consult other portions of the holy Word. We see a similar vision in Joseph’s dream (Gen. 37:9). In that dream Joseph saw the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars. The sun signified Jacob, Joseph’s father; the moon signified Joseph’s mother; and the eleven stars signified Joseph’s brothers. Therefore, in principle, the sun, moon, and stars together represent the entire body of God’sp eople. Thus, the woman in Revelation 12 is not an individual, local virgin. She is universal and corporate, including all the people of God

根据圣经，神的子民可以分为三类：

17列祖、以色列民和召会。在以色列国之前的列祖，在启示录十二章是由众星所表征。活在黑暗时期的以色列人，是由妇人脚下踏的月亮所表征。当主耶稣来的时候，日头照耀了。（路一78～79。）那时召会就出现了。所以就一面意义说，召会在现今的世代是在太阳下，在白昼里。因此，召会是以太阳来代表。现在我们能看到，这女人乃是由列祖、以色列人（包括耶稣的母亲马利亚）、以及一切召会的人所组成。她包括从亚当开始乃至整个旧约时期，以及新约时代，一直到主耶稣回来之时所有神的子民。我们都包含在这女人里面。

17According to the Bible, the people of God can be classified into three categories: the patriarchs, Israel, and the church. The patriarchs, who came before the nation of Israel, are signified in Revelation 12 by the stars. Israel, which lived during the dark time, is signified by the moon under the woman’s feet. When the Lord Jesus came, the sun shone (Luke 1:78-79), and the church came into existence. In a sense, during the present age the church is in the sun, in the day. So, the church is represented by the sun. Now we can see that this woman is composed of the patriarchs, Israel, including Mary, the mother of Jesus, and all the church people. She includes all the people of God beginning with Adam and continuing throughout the Old Testament period and the New Testament age until the time that the Lord Jesus returns. We are all included in this woman

我讲过许多次，我们在神面前的地位

18乃是女人。我们的身分不是男人，乃是妻子，因为我们在神面前都是女人。不要以为你是聪明、强壮、能干的男人，你若僭取这种地位，你就立刻堕落了。不论我们是弟兄或是姊妹，我们在神面前都有同样的地位－妻子。我们必须说，『主，我站在妻子的地位上。我甚么也不知道，甚么也不会作。主，我信靠你，你是我的丈夫。』每当我们站在这样的地位上倚靠主耶稣，我们就都是这女人的一部分。所有的列祖都是这样的人。真以色列人和历代召会中所有的人也都是这样的人。我们也要成为这样的人。我们需要说，『主阿，离了你，我们是无助的，我们不能作甚么，我们信靠你。』我们必须认识，按照圣经，女人表征软弱的器皿。（彼前三7。）

18I have stated many times that our position before God is that of a woman. Our status is not that of a man, but of a wife, for we are all a woman before God. Do not consider that you are a wise, strong, capable man. If you assume this kind of position, you are immediately fallen. Whether we are brothers or sisters, we all have the same position before God—that of a wife. We must say, “Lord, I stand on the position of a wife. I know nothing and I can do nothing. Lord, I put my trust in You. You are my Husband.” Whenever we take such a position, leaning upon the Lord Jesus, we all are a part of the woman. All of the patriarchs were people like this. The genuine Israelites and all the people in the church throughout the generations have been people like this. We also must be people like this. We need to say, “O Lord, apart from You we are helpless and can do nothing. We put our trust in You.” We must realize that according to the Bible the woman signifies the weaker vessel (1 Pet. 3:7

ｂ为蛇所伤

B. Attacked by the Serpent

历代以来，这女人,就是神的子民，已

19为蛇所伤。蛇攻击约伯，（伯一6～12，二1～7，）他也攻击以色列人、大卫、（代上二一1、）和大祭司约书亚。（亚三1～2。）因此，我们在启示录看到蛇反对、逼迫、攻击那女人。（启十二4，13～14。）

19Throughout the gene rations the woman, the people of God, has been attacked by the serpent. The serpent attacked Job (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7). He also attacked Israel, David (1 Chron. 21:1), and Joshua the high priest (Zech. 3:1-2). Hence, in Revelation 12 we see that the serpent opposes, persecutes, and fights against the woman (Rev. 12:4, 13-17).

虽然这女人是软弱的器皿，在她里面却

20有刚强的部分，就是男孩子。现在我们需要来看这男孩子，就是女人的后裔。3女人的后裔

20Although the woman is the weaker vessel, within her is a stronger part, the man-child. Now we need to consider this man-child, the seed of the woman

男孩子是谁？我们在十九篇信息

III. The Seed of the Woman

21里曾指出，有些基要派的基督徒说，男孩子是主耶稣基督。从一面说我同意这说法，但我不是全面同意。我不相信启示录十二章的男孩子单指基督，有两个主要12原因：第一，我已经说过，男孩子的母亲不是一个地方的、个别的女人，乃是一个宇宙的、团体的女人。母亲既然是团体的，她的孩子也必定是团体的。第二，我们仔细读启示录十二章，会看到男孩子是在五节被提。他不是被提到空中，乃是被提到神宝座那里。有些人说，这是描写主耶稣的升上诸天。然而，下面一节说，在男孩子被提之后，有一段『一千二百六十天』的时期。这是指明四十二个月的期间，因为四十二个月乘三十等于一千二百六十天。这一千二百六十天或四十二个月等于『一年、二年、半年。』（启十二14。）一年、二年、半年，总共是三年半，等于四十二个月或一千二百六十天。但以理九章二十五到二十七节说到七十个七，以及最后的一个七;这段三年半的时期就是最后一七的后半。但以理九章二十七节的『一七』特指一段七年的期间，所有的圣经教师都认为，这段期间就是大灾难的时期。大灾难在七年的后半要加强，这七年的后半就是指那四十二个月或一千二百六十天。我说这一切的用意是：你若说男孩子是单指主耶稣，祂早在一千九百多年前就升天了，怎么可能在祂升天之后只有三年半的时间？这是不可能的。然而，在男孩子被提到神的宝座之后，只有最后一个七年的后半而已。我们由此可以领悟，男孩子一定不是基督自己。

21Who is the man-child? As we pointed out in message nine teen, some fundamental Christians say that the man-child is the Lord Jesus Christ. Although I agree with this in a sense, I do not agree with it in every sense. There are two main reasons why I do not believe that, in every respect, the man-child of Revelation refers to Christ. Firstly, I have already mentioned that the mother of the man-child is not a local, individual woman, but a universal, corporate woman. Since the mother is corporate, her child must also be corporate. Secondly, if were ad Reve lation 12 care fully, we will see that the man - child is raptured in verse 5. He is not raptured to the air, but to the throne of God. Some people say that this describes the ascension of the Lord Jesus into the heavens. However, in the following verse it says that after the rapture of the man - child there will be a period of “a thousand two hundred and sixty days.” This denotes a period of forty-two months, for forty - two multiplied by thirty days equals one thousand two hundred sixty days. This one thousand two hundred sixty days, or forty- two months, is the equivalent of “a time, and times, and half a time” (Rev. 12:14). “Time” means one year, “times” means two years, and “half a time” means a half year, giving a total of three and a half years, which equals forty-two months, or one thousand two hundred sixty days. This period of three and a half years is the second half of the last seven years, the last week of the seventy weeks mentioned in Daniel 9:25-27. The “one week” of Daniel 9:27 specifies an era of seven years considered by all Bible teachers as the period of the great tribulation. The great tribulation will be intensified during the last half of the seven years, referring to the forty-two months, or to the one thousand two hundred sixty days. Here is my point in mentioning all of this: if you say that the man - child is only the Lord Jesus, who ascended to the heavens over nineteen hundred years ago, how could it be that after He ascended to the heavens there will only be three and a half years? This is impossible. Nevertheless, after the rapture of the man-child to the throne of God, there will only be the last half of the last seven years. By this we can realize that the man-child must be other than Christ Himself.

启示录十二章的男孩子，必然是创

22世记三章十五节，关于女人后裔之豫言的完全应验。在十九篇信息中我会指出，创世记三章十五节和启示录十二章这两段圣言，是怎样彼此呼应的。在创世记三章十五节，我们看到三个主要人物－蛇、女人和女人的后裔。在启示录十二章，我们看到同样的三个主要人物－蛇、女人和男孩子。我们看过，创世记三章十五节所说女人的后裔，毫无疑问就是基督。然而，一旦这后裔发展成为启示录十二章所揭示的男孩子，他就不仅是主耶稣自己，乃是主和祂身体中得胜的部分。本来是单个的后裔，到启示录十二章成了团体的后裔。当主耶稣降生在马槽的时候，祂是那女人单个的后裔。当祂钉在十字架上成为我们的救赎主时，祂仍然是单个的后裔。然而，在祂复活之后，祂繁殖并且扩增了。一粒麦子成了许多子粒。（约十二24。）从前祂是那独一的神的独生子,（约一14,）但是经过死和复活,祂成了许多弟兄中头生的，众子中的长子。（罗八29；来二10。）这位头生的儿子是身体的头，所有的弟兄，就是众子，乃是身体的众肢体。现在女人的后裔不再是单个的人，乃是团体的人，有个人的基督作元首并所有的肢体作身体。所以基督是男孩子的头。祂也是男孩子的中心、实际、生命和性情。头已经升到诸天之上，但是身体仍留在地上。就著头说，祂已在一千九百多年前升到诸天之上;但就著身体说，我们还在这里等候要来的被提。男孩子被提之后要有三年半的时期。

22The man - child in Revelation 1 2 certainly is the complete fulfillment of the prophecy regarding the seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15. In message nine teen I pointed out how Genesis 3:15 and Revelation 12 are two portions of the Divine Word which correspond to one another. In Genesis 3:15 we see three main figures — the serpent, the woman, and the seed of the woman. In Reve lation 12 we see the same three crucial figures — the serpent, the woman, and the man-child. As we saw in the last message, the seed of the woman mentioned in Genesis 3:15 undoubtedly is Christ. However, once this seed reaches the development of the man - child unveiled in Revelation 12, it is no longer only the Lord Jesus Himself, but the Lord and the overcoming part of His Body. What was once an individual seed has become corporate by the time of Revelation 12. When the Lord Jesus was born in the manger, He was the individual seed of the woman, and when He was crucified on the cross to be our Redeemer, He was still this individual seed. However, after His resurrection He was reproduced and multiplied. The one grain of wheat became many grains (John 12:24). Once He was the unique One, the only begotten Son (John 1:14), but through death and resurrection He became the Firstborn among many brothers, the first Son among many sons (Rom. 8:29; Heb. 2:10). The firstborn Son is the Head of the Body, and all the brothers, the many sons, are the members of the Body. Now the seed of the woman is no longer an individual person, but a corporate person with the individual Christ as the Head and with all His members as the Body. Therefore, Christ is the Head of this man- child. He is also the center, reality, life, and nature of the man - child. The Head has gone to the heavens, but His Body remains on the earth. As far as the Head is concerned, He ascended to the heavens more than nineteen hundred years ago. But as far as His Body is concerned, we are still here awaiting the coming rapture. After the rapture of the man-child will be a time of three and a half years.

男孩子和他母亲一样，是宇宙的、

23团体的。童女马利亚是这宇宙母亲的一部分。所以，首先有一个单个的母亲同一个单个的后裔，至终有团体的母亲同团体的男孩。我们和祂是相同的。祂是领头的得胜者，我们是跟随的得胜者。祂是男孩子的头，我们是身体。祂是男孩子的中心，我们是圆周。祂是男孩子的实际，我们是男孩子的彰显。祂是男孩子的生命和性情，我们是那男孩子。

23The man-child, like the mother, is universal and corporate. The virgin Mary was a part of this universal mother. Therefore, firstly we have an individual mother with an individual seed, but eventually we have a corporate mother with a corporate man-child. We are the same as He. He is the leading overcomer, and we are the following overcomers. He is the Head of the man- child, and we are the Body. He is the center of the man- child, and we are the circumference. He is the reality of the man-child, and we are the expression of the man- child. He is the man-child’s life and nature, and we are the man-child

ａ基督

A. Christ

我们已经看过，首先，女人的后裔是基

24督。这基督是从女人而生，且是从童女所生。（赛七14，太一23，加四4。）这女人的后裔在地上的时候，祂捆绑了那壮者，就是蛇。（太十二29。）当主耶稣在地上时，那蛇撒但就是那壮者，而主运用祂的权柄捆绑了他。耶稣，就是女人的后裔，捆绑了蛇并抢夺他一切的财产。在约翰十四章三十节祂告诉门徒，那蛇，就是这世界的王，在祂里面亳无所有。虽然蛇尽了全力，但在女人的后裔身上却找不到一点地位。当主耶稣上到十字架时，祂伤了蛇的头，全然毁坏了他。因此，希伯来二章十四节说，基督藉著死废除了那掌死权的魔鬼。基督已消除了魔鬼的作为。（约壹三8。）将来基督要用铁杖辖管万国。（诗二8～9，启十二5。）

24We have seen that firstly the seed of the woman is Christ. This Christ was born of a woman, even of a virgin (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Gal. 4:4). When this seed of the woman was on earth, He bound the serpent as the strong man (Matt. 12:29). When the Lord Jesus was on earth, Satan, the serpent, was the strong man, and the Lord exercised His authority to bind him. Jesus, as the seed of the woman, bound the serpent and plundered all his wealth. In John 14:30 He told His disciples that the serpent, as the prince of the world, had nothing in Him. Although the serpent tried his best, he could find nothing for himself in the seed of the woman. When the Lord Jesus went to the cross, He bruised the head of the serpent, destroying him entirely. Thus, Hebrews 2:14 says that through death Christ destroyed the Devil who holds the power of death. Christ has destroyed the works of the Devil (1 John 3:8). In the future Christ will rule over the nations with a rod of iron (Psa. 2:8-9; Rev. 12:5).

关于基督是女人后裔的这一切，实

25在是美妙，但还是在我们身外。祂尚未进到我们里面。然而，主耶稣出生之后，捆绑了那壮者，丝毫不给这世界的王余地，并且在十字架上毁坏了仇敌，然后祂复活了，且在复活里成为赐生命的灵。（林前十五45。）无论何时何地有人说，『主耶稣！』这赐生命的灵就立刻进到他里面。这是一个奥秘，却是事实。基督藉著成为赐生命的灵进到信徒里面，而把祂自己作为得胜的种子种到信徒里面。

25All of this concerning Christ as the seed of the woman is wonderful, but it is still outside of us. He has not yet come into us. Nevertheless, after Jesus was born, had bound the strong man, had given no ground to the prince of the world, and had destroyed the enemy on the cross, He was resurrected and in resurrection became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). Whenever and wherever a person will say, “Lord Jesus,” this life- giving Spirit will immediately come into him. This is a mystery, yet it is a fact. By coming into His believers as the life-giving Spirit, Christ works Himself into them as the conquering seed

26基督已经作为一粒种子种到我们里面。

27马太十三章撒种之人的比喻，表明这位基督已把祂自己当作种子种到我们心里。结果，我们得著重生。彼得说，我们重生不是由于能坏的种子，乃是由于不能坏的种子，是藉著神活而常存的话。（彼前一23。）这活的话就是基督，而基督就是那种子。再者，使徒约翰说，『凡从神生的，就不犯罪，因为神的种子住在他里面;他也不能犯罪，因为他是从神生的。』（约壹三。）这里的种子就是女人的后裔基督。那征服者的种子、得胜者的种子，就是这粒种子。最先的得胜者是这粒种子。我们有一粒征服的种子在我们里面。我们若让这粒种子长大，牠一定会得胜。我们都要喊：『阿利路亚！我们里面有这粒得胜的种子！』

27Christ has been sown into us as the seed. The parable of the sower in Matthew 13 shows that this Christ has sown Himself as the seed into our hearts. As a result, we have been regenerated. Peter says that we were regenerated, not by a corrupted or a corrupting seed, but by an incorruptible seed, the living and abiding Word of God (1 Pet. 1:23). This living Word is Christ, and Christ is the seed. Furthermore, the apostle John says, “Everyone who has been begotten of God does not practices in, because His seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has9 been begotten of God” (1 John 3:9). The seed here is Christ, the seed of the woman. The seed of the conqueror, the seed of the overcomer, is this very seed. The foremost overcomer is the seed. We have a conquering seed within us. If we let this seed grow, it will be victorious. We all must shout, “Hallelujah, we have the conquering seed within us!”

有一天我很惊讶的看到，卫斯理查理

28在二百多年前所写的一首诗歌：『听哪，天使高声唱』（诗歌第七四首）的最后一节。在这节，我们很清楚的看到这位得胜之女人的后裔：

28One day I was surprised to see the last stanza of “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing,” a hymn written by Charles Wesley over two hundred years ago. In this stanza we see a clear reference to the conquering seed of the woman

万国『羡慕，』万民『望，』愿你安家我心房;女人后裔－得胜者，在我里面毁古蛇;亚当旧样全除尽，

Come, Desire of nations, come! Fix in us Thy humble home: Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring seed, Bruise in us the serpent’she ad

29你的形像将我印;末后亚当的丰盛，将我这人全复兴。这节开始于恳求万国所羡慕的那

29Adam’s likeness now efface, Stamp Thine image in its place: Final Adam from above, Reinstate us in Thy love.

30位，引自哈该书二章七节。基督是万国所羡慕的。作者没有求基督－万国所羡慕的那位，来为我们死在十字架上乃是来『安家我心房。』下一行没有说，『以马内利，耶稣基督，神的儿子，』乃是说，『女人后裔－得胜者。』我喜欢这一行。然后作者求这位『得胜者』来『在我里面毁古蛇。』虽然祂在十字架上已经毁了古蛇，但祂现今必须在我们里面毁坏蛇的头。还有，亚当的旧样必须被除尽，因为他已经满了蛇的性情。卫斯理接著说，『你的形像将我印，』意思是将我们变化成主的形像。诗歌结束于一个祷告，愿末后的亚当用祂的丰盛将我们全人复兴。我们都要赞美主，因祂已安家在我们里面，现今祂在我们里面毁坏蛇的头。祂是女人得胜的后裔。ｂ众得胜者

30This stanza opens with an appeal for the “Desire of nations” to come, an allusion to Haggai 2:7. Christ is the Desire of all the nations. The writer does not ask Christ, the Desire of nations, to come to die on the cross for us, but to “fix in us Thy humble home.” The next line does not say, “Rise Emmanuel, rise Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” It says, “Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring seed.” I like this line. The writer then beseeches this “conqu’ring seed” to “bruise in us the serpent’she ad.” Although He bruised the serpent on the cross, He must now bruise the serpent’she ad within us. Furthermore, Adam’s likeness must be effaced, because it has been filled with the serpentine nature. Then Wesley says, “Stamp Thine image in its place,” which means to transform us into the image of the Lord. The hymn ends with a prayer that the “Final Adam” would reinstate us in His love. We all must praise the Lord that He has fixed His humble home in us and that He is now bruising the head of the serpent within us. He is “the woman’s conqu’ring seed

这粒得胜的种子也要使我们成为众

B. The Overcomers

31得胜者。我们是与基督同得胜的，因为我们里面有得胜的种子。罗马十六章二十节有一个应许，神快要将撒但践踏在我们脚下。不过，我们既与基督同是得胜者，就是蛇所攻击和控告的。（林后十二7,启十二10。）蛇也想要来吞吃我们，（启十二4，）但我们能胜过他。我们得胜不是靠著我们的功劳;我们得胜乃是靠著羔羊的血和我们见证的话。（启十二11。）我们必须宣告我们见证的话，告诉蛇：『你已经被打伤了。』我们不该只传福音给人，也要对蛇宣告关于女人得胜后裔的事实。你若受试诱要发脾气，不要想办法去克服，只要对撒但说，『撒但，不要试诱我。难道你不知道你已经被打伤了？』下一次撒但要引诱你发脾气，你就这么说。不要祷告，乃要题醒蛇，牠已经被打伤了。对蛇说，『撒但，读一读圣经，读希伯来二章十四节。我要题醒你，你已经被毁坏了。』我们胜过蛇乃是藉著我们见证的话，藉著宣告耶稣所已经作成的。这是我们的胜利。此外，得胜者是至死也不爱惜魂生命的。

31This conquering seed also makes us overcomers. We are the co-overcomers with Christ because we have the overcoming seed within us. InRo mans 16:20 we have the promise that God will soon crush Satan under our feet. Nevertheless, as co-overcomers with Christ, we are attacked and accused by the serpent (2 Cor. 12:7; Rev. 12:10). The serpent will also try to devour us (Rev. 12:4), but we can overcome him. We do not overcome by our merit; we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony (Rev. 12:11). We must declare the word of our testimony, telling the serpent, “You have been bruised.” We should not only preach the gospel to human beings, but must also declare to the serpent the facts regarding the conquering seed of the woman. If you are tempted to lose your temper, do not try to overcome it. Simply speak to Satan, “Satan, don’t tempt me. Don’t you know that you have been bruised?” Say this the next time Satan entices you to lose your temper. Do not pray, but remind the serpent that he has been bruised. Say to him, “Satan, read your Bible. Read Hebrews 2:14. I want to remind you that you have been destroyed.” We overcome him by the word of our testimony, by declaring what Jesus has done. This is our victory. Moreover, the overcomers do not love their soulish life even to the death.

至终，我们要与基督一同掌权，用铁杖

32辖管万国。（启二26～27。）启示录二章二十六至二十七节是引用诗篇第二篇的话，那是一篇关于基督的豫言，豫言祂的辖管列国。不过，这豫言的应验关系到众得胜者。藉此我们可以看见，实际上圣经把基督和祂所有的得胜者结合为一个身体。这给我们进一步的立场说，启示录十二章的男孩子不仅仅是基督自己，更是基督作头，所有的得胜者作身体。在诗篇第二篇的豫言里，基督是那位要用铁杖辖管万国的。在启示录二章二十六至二十七节的应验里，那些得胜者是要用铁杖辖管万国的。豫言和应验把基督和祂的得胜者连在一起，成为一个男孩子。所以，启示录十二章五节说，这男孩子是将来要用铁杖辖管万国的。阿利路亚！我们是与基督一同掌权的。按照启示录二十章一至六节，我们也要与基督一同作王，在千年国里与祂一同掌权。4结果

32Eventually, we will be co-rulers with Christ, ruling over the nations with a rod of iron (Rev. 2:26-27). Revelation 2:26-27 is a quotation from Psalm 2, a prophecy concerning Christ that predicts His rule over the nations. However, the fulfillment of this prophecy concerns the overcomers. By this we can see that the Bible actually combines Christ and all His overcomers as one Body. This gives us further ground to say that the man-child in Revelation 12 is not only Christ Himself, but Christ as the Head and all the overcomers as His Body. In the prophecy of Psalm 2 Christ is prophesied as the One who will rule over the nations with a rod of iron. In the fulfillment in Revelation 2:26-27 the overcomers are revealed as the ones who will rule over the nations with a rod of iron. The prophecy and its fulfillment bring together Christ and His overcomers as one man- child. Therefore, Revelation 12:5 says that this man- child will rule all nations with a rod of iron. Hallelujah! We are co-rulers with Christ. According to Revelation 20:1-6, we will also be co-kings with Christ to rule with Him in the millennial kingdom

IV. The Result

33现在我们来看结果。种子是在创世记三

34章十五节，结果－收获－是在启示录二十至二十二章。这三项的每一项都已从种子长到成熟的形态。蛇已经长成大龙，（启十二9，二十2，）单个的女人已经长成团体的女人，并且单个的女人后裔已经长成团体的男孩子。ａ蛇要被扔到火湖里

34Now we come to the result. The seed is in Genesis 3:15, and the result, the harvest, is in Revelation 20 through 22. Each of the three items has grown from a seed into a highly developed form. The serpent has grown into a dragon (Rev. 12:9; 20:2), the individual woman has grown into a corporate woman, and the individual seed of the woman has grown into a corporate man-child

启示录二十章十节宣告，蛇至终要

A. The Serpent to Be Cast into the Lake of Fire

35被扔到火湖里。这是撒但这项的收获。撒但的定命和终局乃是火湖。ｂ女人要终结于新耶路撒冷

35Revelation 20:10 declares that the serpent ultimately will be cast into the lake of fire. This is the harvest of Satan. Satan’s destiny and destination are the lake of fire

36女人自己要终结于新耶路撒冷。

36B. The Woman to Issue in the New Jerusalem

37（启二一2，9～10。）这是女人这项的收获。女人的定命和终局乃是新耶路撒冷。

37The woman herself will issue in the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2, 9-10). This is the harvest of the woman. The destiny and destination of the woman are the New Jerusalem

ｃ女人的后裔要成为

新耶路撒冷的中心女人的后裔要怎样？女人的后裔要

C. The Seed of the Woman to Be the Center of the New Jerusalem

38成为新耶路撒冷的中心。（启二一～23，二二1。）这是女人后裔的结果。女人后裔的定命和终局乃是成为新耶路撒冷的中心。

38What about the seed of the woman? The seed of the woman will be the center of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 22 21:22-23; 22:1). This is the harvest of the seed of the woman. The destiny and destination of the seed of the

39我相信主已经把蛇、女人、和女人的后裔清楚的向我们表明了。这三项的种子是在创世记三章十五节，而牠们的收获全是在启示录二十至二十二章。

39woman are to be the center of the New Jerusalem. I believe that the Lord has shown us clearly the serpent, the woman, and the seed of the woman. The seed of these three items is in Genesis 3:15, and the harvest of

40them all is in Revelation 20 through 22