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创世记生命读经 · 第30篇

从人第三次堕落蒙拯救的路 ( 二）

The Way of Salvation from Man’s Third Fall (2)
（三） 方舟
C. The Ark
1在本篇信息中，我们要来看方舟。（创六14～16。）我们看过，创世记是一本包含许多属灵种子的书。方舟的确是一粒大种子。主已经将有关这个大豫表一些深奥的事指示我们了。
1In this message we come to the ark (Gen. 6:14-16). We have seen that Genesis is a book containing many spiritual seeds. The ark is truly a great seed. The Lord has shown us something about the depth of this great type
（1） 大小
1. The Size
2首先要说到方舟的尺寸和大小。方舟的长是三百肘，阔是五十肘，高是三十肘。（创六15。）方舟有三层。（创六16。）因全高是三十肘，所以每层必是十肘高。这些尺寸都很有意思。为甚么方舟不是八百肘长，七十肘宽，二十或四十肘高呢？为甚么是三百肘长，五十肘宽，三十肘高？因为神建造里的基本数字是三和五。
2Firstly, I would like to speak about the dimensions and size of the ark. The length of the ark was three hundred cubits, the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits (6:15). The ark had three stories (6:16). Since the height of the ark was thirty cubits, each story must have been ten cubits high. These dimensions are very meaningful. Why was the ark not eight hundred cubits long, seventy cubits wide, and twenty or forty cubits high? Why was it three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high? The answer is that the basic numbers in God’s building are three and five
3出埃及二十五章十节说到另一个方舟，就是神见证的柜。（译注：在英文里，方舟与柜同字，都是。）所以在圣经里有两个ark－挪亚的方舟和神见证的柜。第一个方舟有两个数字，三和五。但见证之柜的尺寸是二肘半长，一肘半宽，一肘半高。我们将这两个方舟（柜）作一比较，就看见二肘半是五肘的一半，一肘半是三肘的一半。第一个方舟的尺寸是全数，第二个方舟（柜）的尺寸是半数。圣经是神圣的话，里面的每一点都有特别的意义。为甚么见证之柜的量度是半数？当你看到这一半时，你就知道还有另一半，并且二者摆在一起就成为一个见证。两个一半形成完整的单位。那就是神的见证。第二个方舟（柜）是神的见证。见证怎能用数字表明？虽然人看见数字，不容易就领会到见证；不过当人看到见证之柜的量度都是半数时，他们会立刻领悟到需要另一半。他们会知道这是一个见证，因为二是见证的数字。方舟的量度见证甚么？乃是见证一个以三和五为基数的完整单位。
3Exodus 25:10 tells of another ark, the ark of God’s testimony. Thus, in the Bible there are two arks — Noah’s ark and the ark of God’s testimony. The first ark bore two numbers, three and five. But the dimensions ark of the ark of the testimony are two and a half cubits in length, one and a half cubits in width, and one and a half cubits in height. As we compare these two arks, we see that two and a half is half of five and one and a half is half of three. The first ark has the numbers in full, and the second ark has the numbers in halves. The Bible is the divine Word, and every point in it has a specific significance. Why are the measurements of the ark of the testimony in halves? When you see the half, you realize that there is another half, and that the two put together form a testimony. The two halves form a complete unit. That is God’s testimony. The second ark was God’s testimony. How could the testimony be signified by means of a figure? Although it is difficult for people to see a figure and realize the testimony, when people looked at the measurements of the ark of testimony and saw that they were halves, they would immediately realize the need of the other half. They would know that this was a testimony, for two is the number of testimony. What are the measurements of the ark a testimony of? They are a testimony of a complete unit in the basic numbers of three and five.
4三和五这两个数字有甚么意思？在圣经里，三这个数字首先是表征三一神－父神、子神和灵神。（太二八19。）为甚么神必须有三个身位？到底我们是有一位神，还是有三位神？我们必须著重的说，我们只有一位神。但有些基督徒照著他们心思的理解去领悟神圣三一，竟然相信有三位神。有一次一个人告诉我，父、子、灵是三位神。我听见了就说，『请不要这样说。那实在是异端。圣经从来没有告诉我们说有三位神。圣经总是说，只有一位神。』我们的神是独一的。（申六，赛四五5，林前八4。）这位独一的神为甚么或怎能有三个身位？『身位』一辞是圣经里没有的，乃是出于人的解释。多玛格力菲(GriffithThomas)，最好的罗马书注释著者，在他的『神学原理』一书中说，『「身位」一辞有时也受到反对。这辞不能过于强调，否则会导致三神论…虽然我们不得不使用一些措辞，诸如实质(substance)及身位(Person)，但我们不要以为那等于我们所理解属人的实质和身位…对神圣三一之经历的真理并不在于神学的用辞。』多玛格力菲又说，要解释这神圣的奥秘，我们人类的语言是不彀用的。我们缺少那种语言、发表和措辞。我们对这神圣的奥秘缺少正确的领悟。我们该用甚么措辞？我们不知道。没有恰当的措辞可用。神圣三一是个奥秘，我们没有工具，没有方法来发表。当腓力求主耶稣将父显给他和别的门徒看时，主说，『腓力，我与你们同在这样长久，你还不认识我么？人看见了我，就是看见了父；你怎么说，将父显给我们看？』(约十四9。)
4What is the meaning of the numbers three and five? In the Bible the number three firstly signifies the Triune God—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit (Matt. 28:19). Why must God be in three Persons? Do we have one God or three? We must say emphatically that we have one God. However, some Christians, understanding the Trinity according to their mental apprehension, have come to believe in three gods. A man once told me that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three gods. When I heard this, I said, “Please do not say this. That is really heresy. The Bible never tells us that there are three gods. The Bible always says that there is one God.” Our God is one (Deut. 6:4; Isa. 45:5; 1 Cor. 8:4). Why or how can this one God4 have three Persons? The term “Person” is not found in the Bible; it comes from man’s interpretation. Griffith Thomas, the writer of the best exposition on Romans, said in his book, Principles of Theology, “The term Person is also sometimes objected to. It certainly must not be pressed too far, or it will lead to Tritheism.. While we are compelled to use terms like `substance’ and `Person,’ we are not to think of them as identical with what we understand as human substance and personality..The truth of the experience of the Trinity is not dependent upon theological terminology.” Griffith Thomas also said that our human language is inadequate to explain this divine mystery. We lack the language, the utterance, and the terms. We are short of the proper understanding of this divine mystery. What terms should we use? We do not know. No adequate terms are available. The Trinity is a mystery, and we have no vehicle, no means, to express it. When Philip asked the Lord Jesus to show him and the other disciples the Father, the Lord said, “Am I so long a time with you, and you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. How is it that you say, Show us the Father?” (John 14:9).
5我曾被人定罪，因为我说主耶稣就是那灵。虽然我不愿意辩论或回答，但我很愿意问那些定罪我的亲爱弟兄们，他们怎样解释林后三章十七节？那里说，『而且主就是那灵。』不要问：『那么主和那灵是不是一个？』我们没有本事，也没有方法充分的说明这一点。虽然如此，圣经里确有一节说，『而且主就是那灵。』你把这节经文放在那里？你要把这节从圣经里除去么？我也愿意将以赛亚九章六节摆给那些弟兄们看，那里说，『有一子赐给我们…祂名称为…永在的父。』祂到底是子还是父？虽然我们不能很充分的说明这点，在圣经里确有这一节说，子要称为父。林后三章十七节说，主现在就是那灵；以赛亚九章六节说，子称为父。这是神圣三一的奥秘。我们的确有父，有子，也有灵；但子称为父，并且子就是灵。祂们三者仍是一位神。
5I have been condemned for saying that the Lord Jesus is the Spirit. Although I do not like to argue or to answer, I would like to ask those dear brothers who condemn me how they interpret 2 Corinthians 3:1 7 which says, “And the Lord is the Spirit.” Do not ask, “Then are the Lord and the Spirit one?” We do not have the skill nor the means to explain this adequately. Although we cannot explain it adequately, we do have a verse in the Bible which says, “And the Lord is the Spirit.” Where do you put this verse? Will you cut it out of your Bible? I would also present to those brothers Isaiah 9:6 which says, “Unto us a son is given..and his name shall be called.. The everlasting Father...” Is He the Son or the Father? Again, although we cannot explain this adequately, we do have this verse that says that the Son shall be called the Father. Second Corinthians 3:17 says that the Lord is now the Spirit, and Isaiah 9:6 says that the Son is called the Father. This is the mystery of the Trinity. We do have the Father, the Son, and the Spirit; yet the Son is called the Father, and the Son is the Spirit. They three are still one God.
6我们都知道约翰一章一节：『太初有话，话与神同在。』这里很清楚，话和神是有分别的。但接下去约翰却在下一句说，『话就是神。』这句话产生了难题。太初有话，话与神同在，话就是神。话与神到底是一位，还是两位？这是奥秘，就是三一神的奥秘。
6We all know John 1:1. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.” It is quite clear that the Word and God are distinct. However, the following clause of John 1:1 says, “and the Word was God.” This clause creates a problem. In the beginning was the Word of God, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Are they one or two? This is a mystery, the mystery of the Triune God
7以弗所四章六节说，父在我们里面。歌罗西一章二十七节说，子，基督，在我们里面。约翰十四章十七节说，圣灵在我们里面。父、子、圣灵都在我们里面。有一次我将这些经节摆给一个人看，问他是否清楚，是否相信这些经节所说的。我这样问他：『你相信这些事实么？你相信父、子、灵在你里面么？』他说相信。我就问他：『告诉我，在你里面的是几位？』他说，『一位。』我又问：『你不是承认圣经所说父、子、灵都住在你里面么？你怎么又说只有一位在你里面？』他不能回答。圣经的确说，父、子、灵三位都在我们里面。但照我们的经历，只有一位在我们里面，我们称祂为灵，也可以称祂为主。这是我们的神三一的奥秘。祂是独一的神，但祂是父，是子，又是灵。
7Ephesians 4:6 says that the Father is in us, Colossians 1:27 says that Christ, the Son, is in us, and John 14:17 says that the Holy Spirit is in us. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all in us. Once I presented these verses to a certain person, asking him if he was clear about them and if he believed what they said. I asked him, “Do you believe all these facts—that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are in you?” When he said that he did, I asked him, “Tell me, how many are in you now?” He said, “One.” Then I said, “Haven’ty ou admitted that the Bible tells us that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit all are in you? How can you say that only one is in you?” He could not answer. The Bible does say that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, all three are in us. But, according to our experience, we have only one in us, whom we call either the Spirit or the Lord. This is the mystery of the Trinity of our God. He is the only one God, yet He is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit
8神的三一是为著将祂分赐到我们里面来。食物不经过烹煮或处理，就不能进到我们里面。食物若不经过烹煮，最少也得经过咀嚼、吞咽、消化并吸收的过程；没有这过程，就没有东西能进到我们里面。三一神就是那把自己分赐到我们全人里面的神。马太二十八章十九节说，『将他们浸入父、子、圣灵的名里。』我们将人浸入父、子、灵里面是为著甚么目的？乃是为著将他们作到神里面，也将神作到他们里面。三一神，神圣三一，并不是理论或神学教训，乃是神的经纶。
8The Trinity of God is for Him to be dispensed into us. No food can get into us without being cooked or processed. If a food is not cooked, at least it must pass through the process of being masticated, swallowed, digested, and assimilated. Without this process, nothing can get in to us. The Triune God is the very God who is dispensing Himself into our being. Matthew 28:19 says, “Baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” For what purpose do we baptize people into the Father, Son, and Spirit? For the purpose of processing them into God and for processing God into them. The Triune God, the Trinity, is not a theory or a theological teaching. It is God’s dispensation.
9三这数字表征在经纶里的神。三这数字指明分赐的神，就是将祂自己分赐到人里面的神。当圣经说到神与人调和，神进到人里面，或神分赐到人里面，总是用到神圣的三一。例如林后十三章十四节：『愿主耶稣基督的恩，神的爱，圣灵的交通，与你们众人同在。』这不是三位神的道理，这是三一神在分赐的过程里，将祂自己作到我们里面，并带我们进入祂一切的丰富里。这就是三这数字的意义。
9The number three signifies God in His dispensation. The number three denotes the dispensing God, the very God who is dispensing Himself into people. Whenever the Bible speaks of God mingling with man, of God entering into man, or of God being dispensed into man, it always uses the matter of the Trinity. Consider, for example, 2 Corinthians 13:14. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” This is not a doctrine of three gods; it is the Triune God in the process of dispensing, of getting Himself into us, and of bringing us into all His riches. This is the significance of the number three.
10五这数字表征甚么？这很容易理解。十条诫命分放在两块法版上，每块法版有五条诫命。在马太二十五章有十个童女分为两组，每组五个。你看一下自己，你有十个手指和十个脚趾，都是五个一组。你每只手上的五个手指是四加一组成的，如果你有两个拇指和三个手指，作起事来就太不方便了。但有一个大拇指和四个手指，作甚么事都很方便。大拇指是一，代表那独一的创造者神。四是神造物的数字，就如四活物。（启四6。）因此，四加一的意思是神的造物－人，加上神。这里三和五这两个数字所表征的思想，乃是三一神与人的调和。甚么是神的建造？神的建造就是将祂自己建造到我们里面，并将我们建造到祂里面，使祂与我们成为一，我们与祂成为一。所以方舟的基本数字三和五，乃是表征这建造是神与人的调和。
10What does the number five signify? This is quite easy to understand. The ten commandments were divided into two tablets each containing five commandments. In Matthew 25, we have ten virgins divided into two groups of five. If you look at yourself, you will see that you have ten fingers and ten toes, all arranged in groups of five. The five fingers on each of your hands are composed of four plus one. If you had two thumbs and three fingers, it would be awkward for you to do anything. But with one thumb and four fingers we can easily do anything. The thumb is number one, representing the one God as the Creator. Four is the number of God’s creature, like the four living creatures (Rev. 4:6). Thus, four plus one means man, God’s creature, plus God. The thought here, as signified by the numbers three and five, is that of the mingling of the Triune God with man. What is God’s building? God’s building is simply to build Himself into us, and us into Him, making Him one with us and making us one with Him. So, in the ark, the basic numbers of three and five signify that this building is the mingling of God and man
11为甚么方舟的长是三百肘，阔是五十肘，高是三十肘？很明显的，三百是三的一百倍，五十是五的十倍，三十是三的十倍。基本数字是三和五。三百、五十、三十都是三和五这些基本数字的倍数。一百这数字表明完满。主耶稣说，结果子最好的是结百倍。（太十三23。）所以一百在圣经中是完满的数字。十这数字的意思是完整。（但一12，20。）你若缺了一个大拇指，你就不完整了。因为十表征完整，一百指明完满，所以方舟是三一神与人完整且完满的调和。
11Why was the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits? It is clear that the number three hundred is a hundred times of three, that the number fifty is ten times of five, and that the number thirty is ten times of three. The basic numbers are three and five, and the numbers three hundred, fifty, and thirty are the multiples of these basic numbers. The number one hundred denotes fullness. The Lord Jesus said that the best way to bear fruit is to bear it a hundredfold (Matt. 1 3:2 3). Thus, the number one hundred in the Bible is the number of fullness. The number ten means completeness (Dan. 1:12, 20). If you are lacking a thumb, you are incomplete. Since ten signifies completeness and a hundred indicates fullness, the ark is the mingling of the Triune God with man in completeness and in fullness.
12你如果读出埃及二十七章，你会发现三和五也是帐幕的基本数字。帐幕的院子，南面和北面都是一百肘长，（出二七9，11，）西面和东面都是五十肘宽。（出二七12～13。）院子的院帷是五肘高。（出二七18。）院子大门两边的帷子都是十五肘长。（出二七14～15。）这些帷子每边由三根柱子支撑，形成每个五肘的三个间隔。圣经中没有一样东西是无用的。整个帐幕院子的尺寸都是由基本数字三和五组成的。此外，全帐幕本身有三部分：外院、圣所和至圣所。圣所里有三样东西：陈设饼桌子、灯台和香炉。这些都很有意思。三和五是神建造的基本数字。
12If you read Exodus 27, you will find that the numbers three and five are also the basic numbers of the tabernacle. The court of the tabernacle was a hundred cubits long on both the south side and the north side (Exo. 27:9, 11). The breadth of the court on both the west side and the east side was fifty cubits (Exo. 27:12-13). The fence or curtains of the court were five cubits high (Exo. 27:18). The hanging so neither side of the gate were fifteen cubits in length (Exo. 27:14-15). These hangings were supported by three pillars on each side, giving three sections of five cubits each. Nothing in the Bible is vain. The measurements of the entire court of the tabernacle are composed of the basic numbers of three and five. Furthermore, the whole tabernacle itself was of three sections: the outer court, the holy place, and the holiest of all. In the holy place there were three items: the showbread table, the lampstand, and the incense altar. This is all very meaningful. The numbers three and five are the basic numbers of God’s building.
13我希望你能把这话接受到里面去，认识凡有分于召会建造的，必须是三和五；必须是三一神与人的调和。凡你为召会建造所作的，必须是三一神与你并与别人的调和。这是很深的思想。
13I hope that you take this word into your being and realize that whatever you share in building the church must be of three and five; it must be the Triune God mingled with man. Whatever you do for the building of the church must be in the mingling of the Triune God with you and others. This thought is deep
（2） 方舟的三层
2. Three Stories
14方舟有上、中、下三层。（创六16。）这三层表明方舟的高度。帐幕的三部分表征我们必须进入的深度。方舟的三层表征我们必须达到的高度。一面说，我们越过越深；另一面说，我们越过越高。无疑的，方舟的三层表征三一神。对于神格的三一，我们常说父、子、灵。那么方舟的第一层是指三一神的那一位？第二层是指那一位很容易说，因为我们都知道子是在三位的中间。但第一层是指父神，还是灵神？在路加十五章我们看见三个比喻：牧人寻回迷羊，妇人找到失去的钱，父亲接纳回家的浪子。第一个比喻说到子，第二个说到灵，第三个说到父。按我们的经历，灵先临到我们，找到我们，把我们带到子前，并感动我们相信子。我们相信子之后，就呼喊：『父阿！』灵把我们带到子，子再把我们带到父。当我们来到父面前，我们就进到第三层。
14The ark was of three stories, the lower, the second, and the third (6:16). The first, second, and third stories signify the height of the ark. The three sections of the tabernacle signify the depths into which we all must enter. The three stories of the ark signify the height which we all must attain. In one sense we are getting deeper, and in another sense we are getting higher. Undoubtedly, the three stories of the ark signify the Triune God. In the Trinity of the Godhead, we always say, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Which Person of the Trinity is the first story? It is easy to say who is the second, for we all know that the Son is in the middle. But is God the Father or God the Spirit the first story? In Luke 15 we find three parables: the shepherd recovering the lost sheep, the woman seeking and finding the lost coin, and the father receiving the returned prodigal. The first parable concerns the Son, the second concerns the Spirit, and the third concerns the Father. According to our experience, the Spirit firstly came to us, found us, brought us to the Son, and inspired us to believe in the Son. After we believed in the Son, we called, “O Father.” The Spirit brings us to the Son, and the Son brings us to the Father. When we come to the Father, we are in the third story
15约翰福音是一本说到子的书，约翰一书是一本说到父的书。在子的书里有恩典，在父的书里有爱。爱高过恩典。在约翰福音中有真理，在约翰一书里有光。光高过真理。约翰福音是好的，把我们带到子面前。然而，约翰一书更好，把我们带到父面前。我们都必须从子往前到父。
15The Gospel of John is a book of the Son, and the First Epistle of John is a book of the Father. In the book of the Son, we have grace, but in the book of the Father, we have love. Love is higher than grace. In the Gospel of John we have the truth, but in the First Epistle of John we have the light. Light is higher than truth. The Gospel of John is good, for it brings us to the Son. The First Epistle of John, however, brings us to the Father. We all must go on from the Son to the Father
16方舟的第一层是属于灵。许多基督徒喜欢讲论所谓的灵浸和灵恩，但这些都是在第一层。我们到灵那里必须是为著认识子，基督。认识基督是不同的，是更高的。有一天我们还要进到父那一层去，那是最高、最大、最奥秘的。
16The first story of the ark is of the Spirit. Many Christians like to talk about the so-called baptism in the Holy Spirit and about the charismatic things, but this is all in the first story. We all must go to the Spirit in order to know the Son, Christ. To know Christ is different; it is higher. Someday we shall all reach the story of the Father. This is the highest, greatest, and most mysterious
17假定我有一栋三层的楼房。你如果不是我特别的朋友，我只会让你进第一层，不会让你上第二层。你若是我的好朋友，我会让你上第二层。但除非你与我非常亲密，我绝不会带你到第三层去，把我的奥秘、秘密和宝藏给你看。我不敢将我的秘密和财富揭示给你看。谁可以得许可进入第三层？我的妻子必然会在那里。外人绝不能进去。
17Suppose I have a residence of three stories. If you are not my special friend, I would only admit you into the first story. I would not allow you into the second. If you are my good friend, I would admit you into the second story. However, unless you are so intimately related to me, I would never bring you into the third story to show you some of my mysteries, secrets, and hidden treasures. I would not dare to reveal to you my secrets and my riches. Who would be allowed into the third story? Certainly my wife would be there. The outsiders could never get into the third story
18假定你现在已经在方舟里，你愿意留在第一层，第二层，还是第三层？我绝对相信，挪亚和妻子，儿子和媳妇，都是在第三层。低等动物以及爬虫类可能在第一层，高等动物在第二层。我能向你们作见证，我已经过了第一层，我要上得更高、更高。
18Suppose that you are now in the ark. Would you prefer to stay in the first, second, or third story? I have no doubt that Noah, his sons, and daughters- in-law were in the third story. The lower beasts and creeping things might have been in the first story and the higher animals in the second. I can testify to you that I have passed the first story. I want to go higher and higher
（3） 向天透光的窗
3. One Window toward the Heaven for Light
19接著我们来看关于光的事。在方舟上有一个向著天的窗。（创六16。）那是天窗。希伯来文的窗字，与正午同字根。这意思是说，当你在窗下，你就是在正午。你是在阳光下，满了光。究竟你是在第一层，第二层，还是第三层，乃是从你所得光的程度得著证明。我曾见过许多热心的基督徒，他们可说相当火热，但他们并不太在光中。我也遇见过另外一些亲爱的圣徒，他们和人相处就叫人觉得每一样东西都很清楚。我曾多次和倪弟兄在一起。无论何时人坐在他面前，一切的黑暗就消除了，每一样事情都清楚了。在他的面前就是在正午。你是在方舟的那一层？你在那一层是由你有多少光来指明的。你的光越多，你的层次就越高；你的光越少，你就越低。
19Following this, we come to the matter of light. In the ark there was one window towards the heavens (6:16). That was the skylight. The Hebrew word for window has the same root as the word for noon. This means that when you are under the window, you are in the noontime. You are in the sunshine and are full of light. Whether you are in the first, second, or third story is proved by the degree of light that you have. I have seen a good number of fervent Christians. In a sense they were on fire, but they were not so much in the light. I have also met some other dear saints whose presence made everything clear. I had many good times with Brother Nee. Whenever a persons at down with him, all of his darkness vanished, and everything became clear. In his presence it was noontime. What story are you in? The story you are in is indicated by the amount of light you have. The more light you have, the higher you are, and the less light you have, the lower you are.
20在方舟上只有一个窗。今天人们对于不同的职事有许多争论，但我不在乎职事的数目。窗只有一个，光只有一个。使徒保罗告诉我们，必须弃绝与他所传讲所教导不同的教训。（加一6～9，罗十六17，提前一3。）在神的经纶和神的召会中只该有一个窗。光不该从东、南、西、北各方来，只该从天上来。在神的建造中只有一个窗，一个启示，一个异象。光是从上头来的。
20There was only one window in the ark. Today people argue a great deal about different ministries. I do not care for the number of ministries. There is only one window and only one light. The Apostle Paul said that we must reject the doctrines different from what he preached and taught (Gal. 1:6-9; Rom. 16:17; 1 Tim. 1:3). In God’secon o my and in God’s church there should be only one window. The light should not come from the north, south, east, or west, but from the sky. In the building of God, there is only one window, one revelation, and one vision. The light comes from above
（4） 边上的门
4. One Door on the Side
21方舟只有一个门，开在边上。（创六。）从来没有一个人是从天上落到方舟里，我们都是从边门进入的。只有一个门、一条路进入方舟。有人也许争论说，在新耶路撒冷有十二个门，城的四面各有三个门。但你知不知道三就是一？甚么是三？三乃是神格的分赐。在方舟上只有一个窗口让光进来，并且只有一个门让众人进来。我们众人，包括使徒保罗，都从这同一个门进入。这门就是基督。
21The ark had one door on the side (6:16). No one has ever dropped into the ark from the heavens. We all 16 came in through the side. There is only one door, one way, to get in. Some may argue that there are twelve gates in the New Jerusalem, three gates on each of the four sides of the city. But do you not know that the three are in one? What is three? It is the dispensing of the Godhead. In the ark there is one opening for the light and one entrance for all to get in. We all, including the Apostle Paul, came through the same door. The door is Christ.
（5） 材料－歌斐木
5. Material—Gopher Wood
22方舟是用歌斐木造的。（创六14。）歌斐木是甚么？那是一种柏树，饱含树脂；这种多树脂的木材，能耐水。没有树脂的木材，无法抵挡水侵。歌斐木能抵挡洪水的侵袭。雅歌一章十七节说到香柏树和枞树。（中文和合本译作松树。）枞树和柏树很相似。几乎所有好的译本都将希伯来文的枞树译作柏树。在豫表里，特别是在雅歌，香柏树豫表复活的基督。复活的基督是那长在利巴嫩山顶的香柏树。柏树豫表钉十字架的基督。钉十字架的基督能抵挡死水。祂尝了死味，而死对祂毫无办法。方舟是用歌斐木造的，牠经过了洪水，虽受洪水一再冲击，却没有受到伤损。这表征基督是那钉十字架的一位，祂是坚实的。基督是真歌斐木，是真柏树，满了树脂，坚强抵挡一切洪水。死亡的洪水不能伤害祂。
22The ark was made of gopher wood (6:14). What is gopher wood? It is a cypress, full of resin; it is a kind of resinous wood. It can stand the attack of water. A wood without resin cannot withstand the attack of water. Gopher wood was able to withstand the attack of the flood water. Song of Songs 1:17 speaks of cedar and fir. Fir is very similar to cypress. Nearly all of the best versions translate the Hebrew word for fir as cypress. In typology, especially in the Song of Songs, cedar wood typifies the resurrected Christ. The resurrected Christ is the cedar wood that grow son the top of Mount Lebanon. Cypress is a figure of the crucified Christ. The crucified Christ can withstand the waters of death. He tasted death, and death could do nothing to Him. The ark made of gopher wood passed through the flood, and the flood attacked it again and again, but no damage was incurred. This signifies the solidness of Christ as the crucified One. Christ is the real gopher wood. He is the true cypress, full of resin and strong to withstand any flood. The flood waters of death cannot damage Him.
（6） 里外抹上松香
6. Covered within and without with Pitch
23基督不仅是钉十字架的一位，也是流血遮盖我们，使我们免受罪的刑罚的一位。所以，方舟里外都抹上松香。（创六14。）希伯来文的松香与赎罪是同一字根，意思是遮盖。见证柜上的盖，或称施恩座，也出于这同一字根。这说出我们在基督里有完全的遮盖。我们都在祂救赎的遮盖下。死不能伤害祂，所以定罪和审判不能临到我们，因为我们在基督救赎的遮盖下。松香表征基督的救赎，抹在神建造的里外，抹在里面的是给我们看的，抹在外面的是给神看的。当洪水侵袭方舟时，在方舟里的人也许非常害怕。但他们只要看到里面所涂的松香，他们就安心了。方舟里面的松香是为著他们的平安。方舟外面的松香是为著神的满足，也是为著撒但和天使。这是一幅血的图画。甚么时候我们看到血，我们就有平安。甚么时候神看到血，祂就满足。甚么时候撒但看到血，他就无法攻击。甚么时候天使看到血，他们就欢呼。
23Christ is not only the crucified One, but also the One who shed His blood to cover us from the penalty of our sins. So, the ark was pitched within and without with pitch (6:14). The Hebrew word for pitch has the same root as the Hebrew word for atonement. The main meaning of this Hebrew root is “to cover.” The word for the cover of the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat, also comes from this same root. This means that in Christ we have the full covering. We all are covered with His redemption. Death cannot damage Him, and so no condemnation or judgment can reach us, because we are under the covering of Christ’s redemption. The pitch signifies the redeeming of Christ, which covers God’s building within and without. The covering within is for our sight, and the covering without is for God’s. Perhaps when the flood was attacking the ark, the people within were frightened. But whenever they looked at the pitch within, they could be at peace. The pitch inside the ark was for their peace. The pitch outside the ark was for God’s satisfaction. The covering of the pitch without was also for Satan and the angels. This is a picture of the blood. Whenever we look at the blood, we have peace. Whenever God looks at the blood, He is satisfied. Whenever Satan looks at the blood, he is unable to attack. Whenever the angels look at the blood, they rejoice
（7） 基督的豫表
7. A Type of Christ
24整个方舟乃是基督的豫表。（彼前三20～21。）基督不是独木舟，乃是方舟。独木舟是一块木头挖成的；方舟是由许多块木料适当装配成的，是一个建造。独木舟是单独的，方舟却是集合体。我的基督是方舟。在独木舟里，我们永远不得安全。但在方舟里，不管外面风浪多么凶猛，我都能安睡。我们都在方舟里。有些基督徒可能得著基督是作独木舟，但我们的基督是方舟。
24The whole ark is a type of Christ (1 Pet. 3:20-21). Christ is not a canoe, but an ark. A canoe is a curved piece of wood; an ark is composed of many pieces rightly framed together. An ark is a building. A canoe is individual, but an ark is a corporate entity. My Christ is an ark. We can never be safe in a canoe. However, when I am in the ark, I can sleep well regardless of how terrible the storm may be. We are in the ark. Some Christians may have Christ as a canoe, but our Christ is an ark
25方舟既是基督的豫表，挪亚如何能建造牠？无论如何，方舟是挪亚建造的。许多基督徒只是传福音，期望有一天神将方舟从天上送下来。你若说我们必须作工建造方舟，就是救恩，人会定罪你说，『我们乃是靠恩典得救，不是靠行为得救。』但挪亚是靠他作工所建造的方舟得救的。腓立比二章十二至十六节说，『就当恐惧战兢，作成你们自己的救恩，因为乃是神为著祂的美意，在你们里面运行，使你们立志并行事…使你们无可指摘、纯洁无杂，在弯曲悖谬的世代中，作神无瑕疵的儿女；你们在其中好像发光之体显在世界里，将生命的话表明出来。』这里所说『作成你们自己的救恩』是甚么意思？这是将生命的话表明出来，将基督照亮、照耀、活出来。这需要藉著神在我们里面运行，使我们立志并行事。神既在我们里面运行，我们就必须作成我们的救恩。虽然我们已经得救，但神仍在我们里面作工，使我们能作出我们的救恩。千万的人得救了，但有多少人有腓立比二章十五节所描述的生活？许多人没有作出他们的救恩。
25Since the ark is a type of Christ, how could Noah have built it? Nevertheless the ark was built by Noah. Many Christians simply preach the gospel, expecting that one day God will send the ark down from heaven. If you say that we must work to build the ark, the salvation, people will condemn you, saying, “We are saved by grace, not by work.” Noah was saved by the ark which was built by his work. Philippians 2:12-16 says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.. that you may become blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life.” What does it mean to “work out your own salvation”? It means to hold out the Word of life, to illuminate, to enlighten, to live out Christ. This is through God’s working within us both to will and to do. As God is working within us, so we have to work out our salvation. Although we have been saved, God is still working in us that we may work out our salvation. Thousands of people have been saved, but how many have the life described in Philippians 2:15? Many are not working out their salvation.
26我们现在是否正在作出我们的救恩？挪亚建造方舟，最终不仅将他从神的审判下救出来，也将他从那弯曲悖谬的世代中救出来。我们必须作出这样的救恩。不错，我们已经从永远的灭亡被拯救出来；但挪亚不仅从灭亡被救出来，他也从那邪恶的世代被救到新的世代。他所造的方舟结束了旧的世代，引进了新的世代。这就是挪亚所建造的那一种救恩。这不是仅仅脱离永远灭亡的救恩，乃是脱离那弯曲悖谬之世代的救恩。这一种救恩不仅是神所豫备的，也是藉著得救之人团体的合作建造的。
26Are we now working out our salvation? Noah built the ark that eventually saved him not only from God’s judgment, but also from that crooked and perverse generation. We must work out this kind of salvation. There is no doubt that we have been saved from eternal perdition. But Noah was not only saved from perdition; he was also saved out of that evil age into a new age. The ark which he built terminated the old generation and ushered in a new one. That was the kind of salvation that Noah was building. It was not simply a salvation from eternal perdition, but a salvation from that crooked and perverse generation. That kind of salvation was not only prepared by God; it was built through the corporate cooperation of the saved ones
27凡得救的人就绝不会再灭亡。但我们需要更前、更高的救恩，把我们从这弯曲悖谬的世代救出来。你得救了没有？在来世你将如何？你在其中有分么？当基督回来得著全地作王掌权的时候，你在不在那里？你是否有分于祂的王权？虽然我们都已蒙拯救不再永远灭亡，但许多人并没有作出甚么来救自己脱离这邪恶的世代。挪亚所建造的方舟乃是一种救恩，不仅救他脱离神的审判，也将他从那弯曲悖谬的世代分别出来，并带他进入新的时代。就神的审判而论，我们都已经得救了。但就神的经纶而论，我们仍有缺欠。神已经定罪了这世界，但你仍然爱牠。神已经警告你逃避这世代，但你仍牢牢的生根其中。你缺少那更前、更高的救恩。腓立比二章所说的救恩，不是脱离灭亡的救恩，乃是脱离弯曲悖谬之世代的救恩。
27No one who has been saved will ever perish. Nevertheless, you need a further and higher salvation that will save you from this crooked and perverse generation. Have you been saved? What about the coming age? Will you have a share in it? Will you be there when Christ returns to take possession of the whole earth and to exercise His reigning power over it? Will you share in His reign? Although we all have been saved from eternal perdition, many of us are not working on something which will bring us out of this evil age. The ark which Noah built was a salvation that not only saved him from God’s judgment, but that also separated him from that crooked and perverse generation and brought him into a new age. As far as God’s judgment is concerned, we all have been saved, but as far as God’s economy is concerned, we are lacking. God has condemned the world, but you still love it. God has warned you to escape from this age, but you still keep yourself firmly planted in it. You are short of the further and higher salvation. The salvation mentioned in Philippians 2 is not salvation from perdition, but from the crooked and perverse generation.
28使徒们在传福音的时候，也在建造方舟，在其中享受完满的救恩。方舟是甚么？方舟就是团体的基督。使徒一面传讲个人的基督，一面建造团体的基督。藉著这团体的基督，千万人不仅蒙拯救脱离神的审判，也蒙拯救脱离那弯曲悖谬的世代。
28While the apostles were preaching the gospel, they were also building the ark in which they would enjoy full salvation. What was that ark? It was the corporate Christ . While the apostles were preaching the individual Christ, they were building up the corporate Christ. Through that corporate Christ, thousands of people were not only saved from God’s judgment , but also from that crooked and perverse generation
29今天我们向神若是忠信的，就必须作同样的事。一面我们传福音，另一面我们建造方舟。我们所传的就是我们所建造的。我们所传的不是理论或道理，我们传讲我们正在建造的。藉著我们的生活和工作，我们把向别人所传的建造起来。至终，我们要进入我们所正在建造的。别人也可以进入这建造。建造的方舟要拯救我们脱离这被定罪的世代。你不相信我们在建造方舟么？我很快乐，我们在建造方舟。我的亲戚朋友常常问我：『你在作甚么？』我答说，『我在作你们很难了解的事。你们若要了解，惟一的路就是自己进来。』我们不仅在传讲，更在建造所传讲的。我们不是传讲基督么？我们是在传讲基督，也是在建造基督。这就是说，我们凭基督活著并与基督同活。我们是活出基督。我们持守基督并活出基督。这就是我们建造的工作。
29Today, if we are faithful to God, we must do the same thing. On the one hand, we preach the gospel; on the other hand, we build the ark. What we preach is what we build. What we preach is not a theory or a doctrine. We preach what we are building up. By our life and work, we build up the very thing that we are preaching to others. Eventually, we shall enter into that which we are building. Others may also enter in. The builded ark will save us from this condemned generation. Do you not believe that we are building the ark? I am so happy that we are building the ark. My friends and relatives always ask me, “What are you doing?” I reply, “I am doing something which is difficult for you to understand. The only way for you to understand it is to get in it yourself.” We are not just preaching, but also building what we preach. Do we preach Christ? We are building Christ as well as preaching Christ. This means that we are living by Christ and with Christ. We are living out Christ. We hold on to Christ and live Him out. This is our building work
30同时，我们在建造召会。召会就是团体的基督，（林前十二12，）这基督可以说就是今天的方舟。千万的人因著进到召会生活里蒙了拯救。许多人能作见证，他们如何因著来到召会蒙了拯救。你可能已经得救多年，但直至你来到召会，你才脱离了这弯曲悖谬的世界。那团体的方舟分别了你们。我们一来到召会里，就不需别人告诉我们从世界出来；我们就是这样过召会生活，常常来聚会；至终，那些长头发以及许多属这世代的东西都不见了。藉著过召会生活，一切属这弯曲世代的东西都不见了。甚么能救我们脱离这悖谬的世代？过召会生活能救我们。我们在建造方舟，那方舟能救我们，也能救别人脱离神所定罪的世代。
30At the same time, we are building the church. The church is the corporate Christ (1 Cor. 12:12) which, in a sense, is today’s ark. Thousands of people have been saved by entering into the church life. Many can testify how they have been saved by coming into the church. Although you might have been saved for many years, you were not separated from this crooked world until you came into the church. That corporate ark separated you. Once we came into the church, no one had to tell us to come out of the world. We simply began a life of “churching,” coming to the meetings again and again. Eventually, the long hair and so many other things of this age disappeared. By churching, everything of this crooked age will disappear. What is able to save us from this perverse age? Churching can save us. We are building the ark that can save us as well as others from the age condemned by God.
（8） 不仅为著人类，也为著一切活物
8. Not Only for Mankind but Also for All Living Things
31方舟不仅是为著拯救人，也是为著拯救一切活物。这表征甚么？希伯来二章九节说，基督尝到死昧不仅是为人人，按希腊文所指的，也是为样样。所以在歌罗西一章二十节说，神藉著基督叫万有都与自己和好了。受造之物也和人类一样在方舟里。基督为著一切受造之物，为著万有，完成了包罗万有的死。因此，方舟不仅是为著人的救恩，也是为著一切活物的救恩。
31The ark was not only for the salvation of man, but for the salvation of all living creatures. What does this signify? Hebrews 2:9 says that Christ tasted death not only for every man, but, as the Greek indicates, for everything. So, Colossians 1:20 says that God has reconciled all things to Himself through Christ. The creatures as well as the human beings were in the ark. Christ has accomplished an all-inclusive death for every creature, for all things. Thus, the ark was not only for the salvation of man, but for the salvation of all living creatures