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创世记生命读经 · 第35篇

在复活里的生活（四）

Life In Resurrection (4)
ｂ国度的小影
2. A Shadow of the Kingdom
1在前几篇信息中，我们已经看过创世记里的许多丰富。在本篇信息中，我们要来看这些丰富的另一项－国度。国度乃是许多真理之一，也像种子一样撒在创世记里，在全本圣经中发展，然后在启示录里成熟收成。我们已经看过，洪水以后，挪亚和他一家在复活里过生活，这样的生活乃是召会的小影。现在我们要来看，这种在复活里的生活，也是国度的小影。在圣经里，国度是非常大的题目，是极其有意义的事。
1In previous messages we have seen many of the riches that are found in the book of Genesis. In this message we shall see another item of these riches—the kingdom. The kingdom is one of the many truths that is sown as a seed in the book of Genesis, developed throughout the Bible, and reaped as a harvest in Revelation. We have already seen that, after the flood, Noah and his family lived a life in resurrection and that such a life was a shadow of the church. Now we shall see that this life in resurrection was also a shadow of the kingdom. The kingdom is a very great subject in the Bible. It is a most significant matter
（一） 人治的开始
a. The Beginning of Human Government
（1） 人受权管理人
1) Man Being Given Authority over Others
2创世记九章一至七节含示国度。六节说，『凡流人血的，他的血也必被人所流。』这是创世记重要的经文。所有的圣经教师都同意，这节经文指明神给人权柄管理人；在这一节，我们看见人治的开始。在那时以前，神从来没有给人权柄管理人；所有的人都直接在神之下。但由于堕落，人类里面有了背叛的性情。因这缘故，神就在地上设立了权柄，作祂的代表管理人。从创世记开头直到九章六节的时候，除了丈夫是妻子的头（创三16）以外，并没有指明神给人权柄管理人。然而，洪水以后，人在复活里以新的方式活在地上时，神就在地上设立了代表权柄。
2The kingdom is implied in Genesis 9:1-7. Verse 6 says, “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.” This is a crucial verse in the book of Genesis. All Bible teachers agree that in this verse, a verse which indicates that God has given man authority over other men, we can see here the beginning of human government. Before that time, God had never given man authority over others. All men were directly under God. But, due to the fall, there is a rebellious nature in mankind. For this reason, God established a certain authority on earth to be His deputy to rule over man. From the beginning of the book of Genesis until the time of 9:6, there was no indication that, apart from the husband being the head over his wife (3:16), God had given man authority over others. However, after the flood, when in resurrection man lived on the earth in a new way, God established a deputy authority on earth
（2） 挪亚是代表权柄
2) Noah Being the Deputy Authority
3洪水以后，挪亚是神的代表权柄。他作新族类的头，是在神之下的代表权柄。亚当不是神在人之上的代表权柄。亚当被指派，有权管理受造之物，不是管理人。你仔细读创世记一章，会看见亚当有权管理鱼、飞鸟、牲畜、爬物和『地上各样行动的活物。』（创一26，28。）但那里没有一句话指明亚当得了权柄管理人。但挪亚成了新族类的头以后，神给他权柄，不但管理人以外的受造之物，也管理人。
3Noah was God’s deputy authority after the flood. As the head of a new race, he was the deputy authority under God. Adam was not God’s deputy authority over man. He was appointed to have authority over the creatures, not over man. If you read Genesis 1 carefully, you will see that Adam had authority over the fish, the fowl, the cattle, the creeping things, and “over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (vv. 26, 28). But there is not one word to indicate that Adam was given authority over other men. But after Noah became the head of a new race, God gave him authority not only over creatures other than man, but also over man.
（3） 神的国在地上人间
3) God’sKin gdom on Earth among Men
4你若仔细读创世记九章，就会在那里看见国度的小影。国度是甚么？国度乃是一种管治，一种掌权。在创世记九章那里，我们看见神的国在地上人间的小影。在新地上用神所给的权柄在人间管治，表征神的国在复活生命里的掌权。
4If you read Genesis 9 carefully, you will see a shadow of the kingdom. What is a kingdom? A kingdom is a rule, a reign. There, in Genesis 9, we see the shadow of the kingdom of God on earth among men. The ruling with God-given authority among men on the new earth signifies the reigning of God’skin gdom in resurrection life
（二） 在那国度以前
b. Before that Kingdom
（1） 地上满了强暴
1) The Earth Being Filled with Violence
5在那国度时期以前，地上的光景如何？首先，地上满了强暴。（创六，13。）为甚么地上满了强暴？因为没有代表权柄，没有受权管治人的人。在洪水以前，没有代表权柄管理人。假定今天没有省、市或中央政府，我们还能平安度日么？不能，地上会满了强暴。晚上没有人能安睡，因为大家都怕财物失窃。因为在洪水以前没有政府，地上就满了强暴。我们在下篇信息要看见，那时候的政府就是人的良心。在伊甸园里，在堕落以前，人直接在神的管治，神的行政之下。在堕落以后，人在自己良心的管治之下。然而，良心的管治，或者说自治，效果并不好。这种自治的结果是全地满了强暴。所以，在洪水以后，神授权给人管治人，人治就开始了。
5What was the situation on earth before the time of that kingdom? Firstly, the earth was filled with violence (6:11, 13). Why was the earth filled with violence? Because there was 11 no deputy authority, no one who was authorized to rule over others. There was no deputy authority over man before the flood. Suppose that today there were no local, state, or federal government. Would we still be able to live peacefully? No, the land would be filled with violence. No one could sleep well at night, for all would fear that their possessions would be stolen. Because there was no government before the flood, the earth was filled with violence. As we shall see in the next message, the government during that time was man’s conscience. In the garden, before the fall, man was directly under the rule of God, the divine government. After the fall, man was under the rule of his own conscience. However, the government of the conscience, or we may say self-government, did not work well. The result of this self-government was that the whole earth was filled with violence. Thus, after the flood, God authorized man to rule over other men and human government began.
（2） 人不关心神的权益
2) Man Not Caring for God’sIn te rest
6第二，在那国度以前，人不关心神的权益。按照路加十七章二十六至二十七节，洪水以前，人吃喝嫁娶。没有人关心神的权益。最终神的审判临到了他们。
6Secondly, before that kingdom, man did not care for God’sin te rest. According to Luke 17:26-27, before the flood, men were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage. No one cared for God’sin te rest. Eventually God’s judgment came upon them
（三） 在那国度里
c. In that Kingdom
7洪水以后，情形不同了。在神代表权柄的管治之下，（那是神国的小影，）情形就不同了。
7Things were different after the flood. Under the ruling of God’s deputy authority, which was a shadow of the kingdom of God, the situation was different
（1） 地上满了和平
1) The Earth Being Filled with Peace
8洪水以后，地上满了和平。我们所以知道这个，因为创世记九章二十节说，挪亚栽了一个葡萄园。弥迦四章三至四节指明，当神的百姓有了葡萄园，意思就是地上有了和平。弥迦书的这些经文，乃是指要来的国度。那里告诉我们，人要将刀打成犁头，把枪打成镰刀，因为不再有战争。人人都要坐在自己的葡萄树和无花果树下。这意思就是有了和平。挪亚栽了一个葡萄园，证明他是在国度里享受和平。那时候没有强暴。今天正确的召会生活是真葡萄园，其中没有争斗，只有安息。
8After the flood the earth was filled with peace. We know this because 9:20 says that Noah planted a vineyard. Micah 4:3-4 indicates that when the people of God have a vineyard, it means that there is peace on earth. These verses in Micah, which refer to the coming kingdom, tell us that men shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks because there will no longer be war, and that every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree. This means that there is peace. That Noah planted a vineyard proves that he was enjoying peace in the kingdom. At that time there was no violence. The proper church life today is a real vineyard where there is no fighting but rest.
（2） 人恢复到起初
2) Man Being Recovered Back to the Beginning
9在那国度里，人恢复到神起初对人的目的，就是彰显神并代表神。（创九1～7。）我们看见在创世记一章二十六至二十八节所说的一些话，在九章这里又重说一次，这是非常有趣的。这意思是说，在洪水以后，人被带回到起初来达成神的目的，就是有一个彰显神并代表神的目标。
9In that kingdom, man was recovered back to the purpose that God had for man at the beginning: to express and represent God (9:1-7). It is very interesting to see that some of the words spoken in 1:26-28 are repeated here in Genesis 9. This means that after the flood man was brought back to the beginning to fulfill God’s purpose, to have the one goal of expressing God and representing Him
（四） 结果带来巴别的背叛
d. Resulting in the Rebellion of Babel
10当我们来到圣经的末了，我们看见国度的结果带来非常不愉快的局面，就是一次大背叛。创世记的豫表也是这样。当挪亚在国度里享受和平，人类恢复到起初来达成神的目的，那是何等美好。然而，这一切的结果却是巴别的背叛。人类在巴别的背叛，完全是由于撒但的工作。
10When we come to the end of the Bible, we see that the kingdom will result in a very unpleasant situation—in a great rebellion. It is the same with the type in the book of Genesis. How good it was that Noah enjoyed peace in the kingdom and that mankind was recovered back to the beginning to fulfill God’s purpose. However, the issue of it all was the rebellion at Babel. The rebellion of mankind at Babel was altogether due to the work of Satan
（1） 撒但霸占人，使人误用神所给的权柄形成邦国
1) Satan Usurping Man to Misuse the God-given Authority to Form Nations
11撒但霸占人，使人误用神所给人管治人的权柄，形成邦国。神给人权柄管治人，好有和平；撒但却霸占人，使人误用这权柄形成邦国。神虽然有意要人管治人，却无意要人形成邦国。邦国的形成乃是撒但的工作。撒但使人误用人的权柄，用其形成邦国，为人自己建立小王国。
11Satan usurped man to misuse the God-given authority over others to form nations. God gave man authority to rule over others that there might be peace, but Satan usurped man and caused him to misuse this authority to form nations. Although God did have the intention that man rule over others, He did not intend for man to form nations. The forming of nations was the work of Satan. Satan caused man to misuse his authority, using it to form nations and to establish little empires for man himself
（2） 撒但煽动人背叛神
2) Satan Instigating Man to Rebel against God
12撒但煽动人建造巴别城和巴别塔背叛神。建造巴别城和巴别塔，乃是宣告向神独立。人类宣告他们已经向神独立了。
12Satan instigated man to rebel against God by building the city and tower of Babel. The building of the city and tower of Babel was a declaration of independence from God. Mankind was declaring that it had become independent of God.
（3） 受神审判
3) Judged by God
13那次背叛乃是由神自己直接审判。在洪水时代审判地时，神不是直接审判。祂乃是降下洪水审判那时代。然而在巴别，神亲自下来，直接审判那次背叛。祂没有差遣别人对付那次背叛，祂乃是亲自对付这事。
13That rebellion was judged directly by God Himself. When God judged the earth at the time of the flood, He did not do it directly. He sent a flood to judge that age. However, at Babel God came down personally and judged that rebellion directly. He did not send anyone else to deal with that rebellion; He dealt with it Himself
（五） 召会是在实际里的国度
e. The Church Being the Kingdom in Reality
14现在我们到了新约，看见真实的国度，在实际里的国度。新约是一本国度的书。整本新约都是论到国度。新约所传的头一项是甚么？是国度。在福音书的开头几章，就传扬国度。新约传福音是说到国度，不是说到上天堂。新约不是说，『你们要悔改，因为天堂为你们豫备好了。』而是说，『你们要悔改，因为诸天的国已经临近了。』（太三2，四17。）你听过成千篇的福音信息，你有没有听过一篇福音信息，告诉人要悔改，因为国度来到了？在我的一生中，我从未听过一篇这样的信息。今天基督徒传福音，多数总是说到罪、天堂和地狱，几乎没有人说到与国度有关的福音。但新约头一次传福音，就告诉我们要为国度悔改。福音是为著国度。传福音的目的是叫人进国度。宣扬福音是叫人得救、合格且被装备，好进入国度。重生是为著国度。（约三3，5。）你若还未重生，就不能进神的国。你有没有得救，蒙血洗净，并且重生？这些是为著甚么目的？在我进入召会生活以前，人告诉我说，我们必须得救、洗净并重生，好上天堂。在召会中，我们看见了更高的事－我们得救、洗净并重生，乃是为著召会。（弗五25，23，徒二十28。）国度的福音把背叛的罪人带进召会。但现在我们需要看见，召会的实际是甚么。召会的实际就是国度。你若是为著召会而得救、洗净并重生，那就是说，你是为著国度的实际经历了这些事。
14Now we come to the New Testament where we see the real kingdom, the kingdom in reality. The New Testament is a book of the kingdom. The whole New Testament is on the kingdom. What is the first item of the preaching in the New Testament? It is the kingdom. The kingdom is preached in the opening chapters of the Gospels. The New Testament preaches the gospel in the way of the kingdom, not in the way of going to heaven. The New Testament does not say, “Repent, for heaven is ready for you.” It says, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near” (Matt. 3:2; 4:17). Today people hear thousands of gospel messages. Have you ever heard a gospel message telling people to repent because the kingdom is coming? In my whole life I have not heard one such message. When Christians preach the gospel nowadays, most of them always talk about sin, heaven, and hell. Hardly anyone speaks about the gospel as related to the kingdom. But in its first preaching of the gospel, the New Testament tells us to repent for the kingdom. The gospel is for the kingdom. The purpose of the preaching of the gospel is that men might enter into the kingdom. The gospel is proclaimed that people might be saved, qualified, and equipped to enter into the kingdom. Regeneration is for the kingdom (John 3:3, 5). If you have not been regenerated, you cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Have you been saved, washed in the blood, and regenerated? For what purpose? Before I came into the church life, I was told that we had to be saved, washed, and regenerated that we might go to heaven. In the church, we have seen something higher—that we have been saved, washed, and regenerated for the church (Eph. 5:25, 23; Acts 20:28). The gospel of the kingdom brings the rebellious sinners into the church. But now we need to see what is the reality of the church. The reality of the church is the kingdom. If you have been saved, washed, and regenerated for the church, it means that you have experienced these things for the reality of the kingdom
15在本篇信息中，我的负担是要告诉你们，真实的召会生活是甚么。真实的召会生活就是国度。福音是为著国度。得救、洗净并重生，完全是国度的事。
15My burden in this message is to share with you what is the real church life. The real church life is the kingdom. The gospel is for the kingdom. Being saved, washed, and regenerated is altogether a matter of the kingdom.
16召会就是在实际里的国度。有些基督徒坚持，现今是召会时代，国度还未来到。照著他们的观念，要在召会时代过去以后，国度时代才开始。虽然就一面说，这种领会是对的，但不是全对。我们要看见，今天的召会就是国度。那正确、真实、活的召会就是国度，国度就是召会的实际。若是没有国度，就没有召会。我们的得救并重生乃是为著召会，而召会就是国度。
16The church is the kingdom in reality. Some Christians insist that this age is the church age and that the kingdom has not yet come. According to their concept, after the church age is over, the kingdom age will begin. Although this understanding is in a sense correct, it is not correct in every sense. As we shall see, the church today is the kingdom. The proper, real, and living church is the kingdom, and the kingdom is the reality of the church. If there is no kingdom, then there is no church. Our salvation and regeneration are for the church, and the church is the kingdom
（1） 召会得建造，国度得建立
1) The Church Built, the Kingdom Established
17当召会得建造，国度就得建立。召会的建造就是国度的建立。马太十六章十八至十九节证明这点。在十八节主说，『我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上，』在十九节祂对彼得说，『我要把诸天之国的钥匙给你。』主在十八节说到召会，在十九节却用『诸天之国』这辞顶替『召会。』这证明召会与国度二辞可以交互使用，是指同样的事。
17When the church was built, the kingdom was established. The building up of the church was the establishment of the kingdom. This is proved by Matthew 16:18-19. In verse 18 the Lord said, “On this rock I will build My church,” and in verse 19 He said to Peter, “I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens.” He spoke about the church in verse 18. In verse 19 He replaced the word “church” with the word “kingdom.” This proves that the church and the kingdom are interchangeable terms; they refer to the same thing
18这两处经文指明，为著召会的建造，要把国度的钥匙赐给彼得。我相信彼得只有两把钥匙。这两把钥匙是甚么？他甚么时候使用的？每个门，每个入口都有锁，需要特定的钥匙。彼得在五旬节用了第一把钥匙；（徒二；）这把钥匙为犹太人开了进国度的门。后来在哥尼流家里，（徒十，）他用了第二把钥匙；这把钥匙为外邦人开了进国度的门。主将这两把钥匙给了彼得，彼得用这两把钥匙开了进国度的两个入口：一个入口为犹太人，另一个入口为外邦人，使召会得以建造。犹太人和外邦人所进入的国度就是召会。谁能说今天的召会不是国度？譬如，你的公寓就是你的家。你不能说，『我有一间公寓，但我没有家。』只要你有一间公寓，你就有家，因为那间公寓就是你的家。同样，只要在地上有召会，神就有国度。不要说召会不是国度，因为召会就是国度。
18These two verses indicate that for the building of the church the keys of the kingdom would be given to Peter. I believe that Peter had just two keys. What were they and when did he use them? Every door, every entrance, has a special lock requiring a special key. Peter used the first key on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). This key opened the door for the Jews to come into the kingdom. Later, in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10), he used the second key, the key that opened the door for the Gentiles to come into the kingdom. The Lord gave these keys to Peter, and Peter used them to open the two entrances into the kingdom, one entrance for the Jews and the other entrance for the Gentiles, that the church might be built. The kingdom into which the Jews and Gentiles entered was the church. Who can say that the church today is not the kingdom? For example, your apartment house is your home. You cannot say, “I have an apartment, but I don’th ave a home.” As long as you have an apartment, you have a home, for that apartment is your home. Likewise, as long as there is a church on earth, God has a kingdom. Do not say that the church is not the kingdom, for the church is the kingdom
（2） 召会生活就是国度
2) The Church Life Being the Kingdom
19罗马十四章十七节指明召会生活就是国度。罗马书是一本说到基督徒生活和召会生活的书。在十二章以前，这本书论到基督徒生活；从十二章开始，说到身体生活。你从十二章读到十四章，就看见十四章是实行的身体生活的一部分，这实行的身体生活就是国度。在罗马十四章十七节，保罗题到神的国。保罗在这一节没有说到召会或身体生活；他说，『神的国…乃在于公义、和平、并圣灵中的喜乐。』这不是将来的事，乃是现在的事。身体生活，召会生活，就是国度。
19Romans 14:17 indicates that the church life is the kingdom. Romans is a book on the Christian life and on the church life. Before chapter twelve this book deals with the Christian life. In chapter twelve it begins to speak about the Body life. As you read from chapter twelve to chapter fourteen, you will see that chapter fourteen is a part of the practical Body life and that this practical Body life is the kingdom. In Romans 14:17 Paul mentions the kingdom of God. In this verse he does not speak of the church or the Body life; he says, “The kingdom of God is.. righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” This is not a matter for the future; it is present right now. The Body life, the church life, is the kingdom
（3） 召会人今天就在国度里
3) The Church People Being in the Kingdom Today
20启示录一章九节启示，召会人今天就在国度里。今天在召会里，我们是在神属天的管治之下，我们都需要受神的管治。当我们受神的管治，我们就能用属天的权柄为神管治。当国度与召会首次相题并论时，（太十六，）就题到捆绑和释放。这就是我们凭神的权柄管治。当我们在神的管治之下，我们就能运用祂的权柄管治环境。我们在召会生活中的基督徒，还需要政府或警察外面的管治么？我们若还需要外面的管治，这对我们乃是羞耻，因为在我们里面有属天的管治。假定你在速食店买食物，出纳员多找给你钱，你能平安的吃东西么？不。你必定会把多找的钱退还，因为在你身上并在你里面属天的管治，不允许你占别人的便宜。你无需警察命令你把钱退还。我们召会人是在神属天的管治之下。在我们中间有国度的实际。然而，因为我们还在堕落的性情里，有时候我们需要受别人的管治。因为我们不彀服从属天的管治，有些姊妹就需要受丈夫的管治。她们也许太情绪化了，需要丈夫管治她们。这是丈夫的管治，不是属天的管治。因为许多姊妹还是这么天然，没有真正凭基督活著，或在灵里行事，她们就需要受丈夫的管治。她们若凭基督活著，并在灵里行事，丈夫的管治就不需要了。作妻子的在属天的管治之下，就不需要从丈夫来的管治。
20Revelation 1:9 reveals that the church people are in the kingdom today. Today in the church we are under the heavenly ruling of God. We all need to be ruled by God. When we are ruled by God, then we can rule for God with heavenly authority. The first time the kingdom is related to the church (Matt. 16) there is mention of binding and loosing. This is our ruling by God’s authority. When we are under God’s ruling, we can exercise His authority to rule over our situation. Do we Christians in the church life still need the outward ruling of the government or the police? It is a shame to us if we do need such an outward ruling, for we have the heavenly ruling within. Suppose you purchase some food at a fast-food store and the cashier gives you too much change. Would you be able to eat your food peacefully? No. You would have to return the extra change, for the heavenly ruling over you and within you would not allow you to take advantage of others. You would not need a policeman to order you to return the money. We, the church people, are under the heavenly ruling of God. There is the reality of the kingdom among us. However, because we are still in our fallen nature, sometimes we need to be ruled over by others. Because our yielding to the heavenly ruling is not yet adequate, some sisters need to be ruled over by their husbands. They may be over-emotional and need their husbands to rule over them. This is the husband’s ruling, not the heavenly ruling. Because many sisters are still so natural, not really living by Christ or walking in the spirit, they need to be ruled by their husbands. If they lived by Christ and walked in the spirit, the husband’s ruling would not be needed. When the wives are under the heavenly ruling, they do not need the ruling from their husbands.
21作学生的青年弟兄姊妹可能需要老师管治他们。他们在家里可能也需要父母运用权柄管治他们。然而，严格的说，所有的青年弟兄姊妹若绝对在神属天的管治之下，就不需要别的管治了。在学校里、商店里、家里、并在每个场合，神属天的管治都是绰绰有余的。这就是国度。我们在国度里，国度在召会中。召会就是国度，国度就是召会的实际。召会的实际是国度，完全在于灵里的生活。灵里的生活是甚么？就是在神属天管治之下的生活。只要我们在灵里生活行动，我们就在神属天的管治之下。这样在神管治之下的生活，就是召会生活的实际。这就是今天国度的实际。国度确实存在于活的召会中。
21The young brothers and sisters who are students may need their teachers to rule over them. They may also need their parents to exercise authority over them at home. Strictly speaking, however, if all the young brothers and sisters are absolutely under the heavenly ruling of God, they will not need any other ruling. In the schools, in the stores, in the homes, and in every other place, the heavenly ruling of God will be more than adequate. This is the kingdom. We are in the kingdom, and the kingdom is in the church. The church is the kingdom, and the kingdom is the reality of the church. The reality of the church being the kingdom is completely dependent upon the life in the spirit. What is this life in the spirit? It is a life under the heavenly ruling of God. As long as we live and walk in our spirit, we are under the heavenly ruling of God. Such a living under the rule of God is the reality of the church life. This is the reality of the kingdom today. The kingdom truly is present in the living church.
（六） 召会带进在实现里的国度
f. The Church Bringing In the Kingdom in Manifestation
22有国度作其实际的召会，带进国度的实现。国度有不同的方面。在实际里的国度是一方面，在实现里的国度是另一方面。在召会中，我们有在实际里的国度，但没有在实现里的国度。国度藉我们的召会生活得以实化，但不是得以实现。这是里面的实化，不是外面的实现。国度的实化，内在的实际，是在今天的召会里；而外在的实现，将来才要来到。你若在国度的实际里，就会把商店或饭店出纳员多找的钱退还。当我们这样作的时候，别人无法了解我们。他们希奇我们不趁机占便宜。人们不明白，退还多找的钱，以及不占别人的便宜，乃是基督徒生活中国度内在实际的例子。世人看不见这就是国度。但是当主耶稣回来的时候，国度的实现就要被带进来。那时所有的人都要说，『这就是在实现里的国度。』
22The church with the kingdom as its reality brings in the manifestation of the kingdom. There are different aspects of the kingdom. The kingdom in reality is one aspect and the kingdom in manifestation is another. In the church we have the kingdom in reality, but not the kingdom in manifestation. The kingdom is realized by our church life, but it is not manifested. It is realized inwardly, but it is not manifested outwardly. While the realization, the inward reality, of the kingdom is in the church today, the outward manifestation will come in the future. If you are in the reality of the kingdom, you will return extra change when it is given to you by a cashier in a store or restaurant. Other people cannot understand us when we do this. They are surprised by the fact that we do not take advantage of the situation. People simply do not understand that this returning of extra change and refusing to take advantage of others is an example of the inward reality of the kingdom in our Christian life. The worldly people cannot see that this is the kingdom. But when the Lord Jesus returns, the manifestation of the kingdom will be brought in. Then all the people will say, “This is the kingdom in manifestation
23就一面说，国度就在这里；就另一面说，国度正在来临。这正像主耶稣自己一样。就一面说，主耶稣自己就在这里与我们同在；不论我们在那里，主都与我们同在。但就另一面说，主正在来临。主在里面与我们同在，同时祂还在外面正在来临。今天我们需要告诉人，我们相信主耶稣，并且有祂在我们里面。我们需要向他们说明，相信主以及有祂在我们里面是甚么意思。但是当主在外面来临，并带进国度的实现时，就不需要进一步的说明了。每个人都要看见在实现里的国度。这国度的实现，就是在实现里的国度，要藉著召会，就是国度的实际，带进来。国度的实现不会忽然来临，乃要藉著召会生活来临。为甚么？因为需要得胜者征服那恶者，胜过世界，豫备道路，并建立桥头堡，使主耶稣能回来。然后国度的实现就要被带进来。
23In a sense, the kingdom is here; in another sense, the kingdom is coming. This is just like the Lord Jesus Himself. In a sense, the Lord Jesus Himself is here with us. Wherever we are, the Lord is with us. But, in another sense, the Lord is coming. While the Lord is with us in an inward way, He is still coming in an outward way. Today it is necessary for us to tell people that we believe in the Lord Jesus and that we have Him in us. We need to explain to them what it means to believe in the Lord and to have Him in us. But when the Lord comes in the outward way and brings in the manifestation of the kingdom, there will be no need for any further explanation. Everyone will see the kingdom in manifestation. This manifestation of the kingdom, the kingdom in manifestation, will be brought in by the church which is the reality of the kingdom. The manifestation of the kingdom will not come suddenly; it will come through the church life. Why? Because there is the need for the overcomers to conquer the evil one, to overcome the world, to prepare the way, and to establish the beachhead to enable the Lord Jesus to return. Then the manifestation of the kingdom will be brought in.
（1） 召会产生得胜者
1) The Church Producing the Overcomers
24召会产生得胜者。这在启示录十二章完满的启示出来。在这一章我们看见那表征神全体子民的妇人，（启十二，）包括旧约圣徒和新约信徒；新约信徒就是召会。不要以为全召会连同其中的每个人都是得胜者。不，在召会中有些会成为得胜者，有些不然。这很像在家庭中有年长的、年幼的、和刚强的。在家庭中得胜者是谁？刚强的。按照民数记，凡在二十岁以上，五十岁以下的，都是打仗的人。（民一20，四3。）凡在二十岁以下，五十岁以上的，都是享受的人。打仗的人是刚强的，就是在二十岁以上，五十岁以下的人。今天在召会生活中，有些人在属灵上过了五十岁；他们是享受的人。感谢主，我们也有年轻的人，在属灵上是在二十岁以下；他们是年轻的享受者。但更感谢主，我们有些人在属灵上是在二十岁以上，五十岁以下；这些是刚强的战士。这些是打仗的人。争战是在他们的手中。其余的都是享受的人。召会正在产生刚强的人，就是得胜者；他们要与神的仇敌撒但争战，并与撒但的世界争战。
24The church produces the overcomers. This is fully revealed in Revelation 12. In this chapter we see the woman who signifies the entire body of God’sp eople (v. 1), including both the Old Testament saints and the New Testament 1 believers, who (the New Testament believers) are the church. Do not think that the whole church with everyone in it will be the overcomers. No, some in the church will be overcomers and others will not. This is very similar to a family in which there are old ones, young ones, and strong ones. Who are the overcomers in a family? The strong ones. According to the book of Numbers, those who were over the age of twenty and under the age of fifty were the fighters (Num. 1:20; 4:3). All those under the age of twenty and over the age of fifty were the enjoyers. The fighters were the strong ones, those who were over twenty and under fifty. In the church life today we have some who are spiritually over fifty; they are enjoyers. Thank the Lord that we also have some younger ones, the ones who are spiritually under twenty; they are the young enjoyers. But we thank the Lord even the more that we have some who are spiritually over twenty and under fifty. These are the strong ones who fight the battle. These are the fighters. The battle is in their hands. All the rest are the enjoyers. The church is producing the strong ones, the overcomers, who will fight the battle against Satan, God’se ne my, and against his world.
（2） 得胜者引进国度
2) The Overcomers Ushering In the Kingdom
25按照启示录十二章，当得胜者被提到天上，撒但就要被摔在地上。（启十二5，9。）然后就宣告神的国来到了。（启十二10。）神的国乃是藉著得胜者来到的。召会产生得胜者，得胜者击败仇敌，并引进国度的实现。这事。
25According to Revelation 12, when the overcomers are caught up into heaven, Satan will be cast down to the earth (vv. 5, 9). Then there will be the declaration that the kingdom of God has come (v. 10). The kingdom of God comes through the overcomers. The church produces the overcomers, and the overcomers defeat the enemy and usher in the when we have our life-study on the book of Revelation.
（七） 在复活里掌权
g. Reigning in Resurrection
26召会是国度的掌权，但这掌权不是在我们的肉体里，或在我们天然的生命里。这必须是在复活里。这种掌权不仅为著将来，必须今天就在我们的灵里。假定我们中间的长老自居地位，在召会生活中操权管治别人，这是绝不会成事的。长老若想这样作，我们在灵里深处会晓得，他们不是在复活里掌权，他们是在地位上掌权。我们都必须学习，在召会中，就是国度实际所在的地方，我们必须在灵里行事为人。我们必须在复活里生活行动。只要我们在复活里行事，我们就会有权柄。说弟兄们是头，姊妹们该在弟兄们作头之下，这是对的；然而，弟兄们若不在灵里生活行动，姊妹们反倒在灵里生活行动，我们就会深深觉得，弟兄们没有作头的地位，姊妹们却有一种权柄。在这样的情形下，姊妹们有权柄，是因她们的生活在复活里。我们凭天然的人说话，就失去了立场。但我们在灵里说话行动，就维持了权柄的地位。在召会中的管治不是属人的，或天然的，乃是在复活里的。让我对你们作丈夫的和作妻子的说一句话。作丈夫的若是天然的使用权柄，他立即不再是头，而变作尾了。然而，他若活在灵里，神的灵会告诉每个人这是头，大家必须顺从他。连家中的小孩都会认识这点。很多时候父母争吵，孩子们会说，『妈，你错了。爸是对的。你必须听他。』有时候孩子们会说，『爸，你在肉体里。你既然在肉体里，怎能作头？』这样的事常在基督徒家庭中发生。不仅在我们里面的圣灵知道，连我们家中的小孩也知道，我们究竟是在肉体里，还是在灵里。甚至你那两三岁的小女儿也知道你在那里。作丈夫的，不要仅仅在地位上作头。你必须在灵里生活行动，作一个绝对在复活里的人。你若这样作，你就是头。
26The church is the reigning of the kingdom. But this reigning is not in our flesh or in our natural life. It must be a reigning in resurrection. This kind of reigning is not only for the future; it must be in our spirit today. Suppose the elders among us assume their position, exercising authority to rule over others in the church life. This will never work. If the elders try to do this, deep in our spirit we will realize that the elders are not reigning in resurrection; they are reigning in their position. We all must learn that in the church, where the reality of the kingdom is, we must behave ourselves in our spirit. We must live and walk in resurrection. As long as we walk in resurrection, we will have authority. It is true to say that the brothers are the head and that the sisters should be under their headship. However, if the brothers do not live and act in the spirit, but the sisters do, we will have the deep sensation that the brothers have no headship, but that the sisters do have a kind of authority. In such a case the sisters have authority because their life is in resurrection. When we speak from our natural man, we lose ground immediately. But when we speak and act in the spirit, we maintain the position of authority. The ruling in the church is not human or natural; it is in resurrection. Let me say a word to the husbands and wives. If a husband exercises authority in a natural way, he immediately ceases to be the head and becomes the tail. However, if he lives in the spirit, the Spirit of God will tell everyone that this is the head and that they must submit to him. Even the little children in the homes can realize this. Many times, when the mother and father are quarreling, the children will say, “Mother, you are wrong. Daddy is right. You must listen to him.” At other times the children will say, “Daddy, you are in the flesh. Since you are in the flesh, how can you be the head?” Such things have happened many times in Christian homes. Not only the Holy Spirit within us but even the little ones in our homes know whether we are in the flesh or in the spirit. Even your little daughter who is two or three years of age knows where you are. Husbands, do not exercise your headship only in a positional way. You have to live and walk in the spirit and be a person absolutely in resurrection. If you do this, you will be the head
27在神的国里掌权，乃是在复活里的事。在复活里就是在灵里。哦，我们何等需要在灵里！虽然作妻子的有时候不公平，但她们里面的圣灵是公平的。她们里面也有公平的灵告诉她们说，『你的丈夫是对的。』然而，我们若不在灵里，我们就失去了立场。我们失去了属天的管治。我们要在复活里，就必须在灵里。当我们在灵里，我们就在属天的管治之下，并且很自然的，这种管治就掌管了整个环境。
27Reigning in the kingdom of God is a matter in resurrection. To be in resurrection is to be in the spirit. Oh, how we need to be in the spirit! Although the wives at times may not be fair, the Holy Spirit within them is fair. They also have a fair spirit within telling them, “Your husband is right.” However, if we are not in the spirit, we lose the ground. We lose the heavenly ruling. In order to be in resurrection we must be in the spirit. When we are in the spirit, we are under the heavenly ruling, and spontaneously this ruling is exercised over the entire situation.
（1） 与基督同在新时代里
1) With Christ in a New Age
28有一天得胜者要复活，与基督一同作王。（启二十4，6。）只要我们是死的，我们绝不能与基督一同作王。在那一千年里，复活的人要在新时代中与基督一同作王。
28One day the overcomers will rise up and reign with Christ (Rev. 20:4, 6). As long as we are dead, we can never reign with Christ. The resurrected ones will reign with Christ in a new age during the thousand years
（2） 辖管万国
2) Over the Nations
29复活的人要与基督一同辖管万国。（启二26～27，十二5。）我年轻时读到这事，无法相信。我对自己说，『你必定没有资格辖管万国。』你真相信你要在复活里与基督一同作王，一同辖管万国么？你若相信这事，我要请你看看自己。你看起来像王么？在召会生活中，在国度的实际里，我们正接受作王的训练。我们需要活在灵里，行在灵里，叫我们天然的生命受对付，一直活在复活里。你若在复活里，你就是最有尊严的人，你就是王。假定我在家庭中是个年长的人，在弟兄们中间也是年长的人。我若凭著天然的尊严行事，我会对家人说，『你们小孩子不知道我是一家之主么？你们不知道我是祖父，你们这些孙儿都在我以下么？』我若这样作，我会成为一只乌龟。虽然我想装作尊严的样子，实际上我会失去所有的尊严。我若对弟兄们说，『你们不知道我是最年长的，我是最彀资格的么？我在弟兄们中间需要享受尊严。』我若采取这种态度，我会成为一只蝎子，亳无尊严。然而，我越活在灵里，行在灵里，在复活里为人，我就越有真正的尊严。这就是君王权柄。我们的君王权柄是在于灵里正确的行事为人，在于复活里的生命。你不需要争取权力或权柄。得著权柄最好的方法，就是保守自己在复活里。亚伦的杖发了芽，表征复活，这给了他在服事上的权柄。（民十七3～7。）
29The resurrected ones will reign with Christ over the nations (Rev. 2:26-27; 12:5). When as a young man, I read about this, I could not believe it. I said to myself, “Certainly you are not qualified to rule over the nations.” Do you really believe that in resurrection you will be Christ’s co-kings reigning with Him over all the nations? If you believe this, I would ask you to look at yourself. Do you look like a king? In the church life, in the reality of the kingdom, we are being disciplined for kingship. We need to live in the spirit, walk in the spirit, be dealt with in our natural life, and always stay in resurrection. If you are in resurrection, you will be the most dignified person. You will be a king. Suppose I am an elderly man in my family and an elderly man among the brothers. If I behave myself with natural dignity, I will say to my family, “Don’ty ou children know that I am the head of the family? Don’ty ou realize that I am the grandfather and that all you grandchildren are under me?” If I behave in this way, I will become like a turtle. Although I may try to act dignified, I will actually lose all my dignity. If I say to the brothers, “Don’ty ou realize that I am the oldest one, that I am the most qualified one? I need to enjoy the dignity among the brothers.” If I adopt this attitude, I will become like a scorpion and have no dignity whatsoever. However, the more I live in spirit, walk in spirit, and have my being in resurrection, the more I will have true dignity. This is kingship. Our kingship is in the proper walk in the spirit, in the life in resurrection. There is no need to strive for power or authority. The best way to gain authority is to keep yourself in resurrection. It was the budding, which signifies resurrection, of Aaron’s rod that gave him authority in his ministry (Num. 17:3-10).
（八） 结果带来背叛
h. Resulting in Rebellion
30照著创世记里国度的豫表，国度带进了巴别的背叛。现在，在启示录二十章国度的实现中，我们看见真正的背叛。你能否相信，在复兴的时候（徒三21）基督王权的属天管治下，过了一千年，还会有这样的背叛？但在豫表和实际上的应验，都是一样的。结果乃是背叛。许多基督教教师说，只要主回来，一切就都好了。我坚决的说，不是这样。甚至在主回来之后，背叛的性情仍然在人里面。甚至在一千年的复兴之后，人背叛的性情仍然在人里面。
30According to the type of the kingdom found in Genesis, the kingdom issued in the rebellion at Babel. Now, in the fulfillment of the kingdom in Revelation 20, we see the real rebellion. Can you believe that after a thousand years of heavenly ruling under the kingship of Christ in restoration (Acts 3:21) there could be such a rebellion? But the fulfillment in both the type and the reality is the same. The result is rebellion. Many Christian teachers say that as long as the Lord returns everything will be all right. I strongly say that this is not so. Even after the Lord returns, the rebellious nature is still in man. Even after the restoration during the thousand years, the rebellious human nature will still be in man
（1） 撒但被释放，以暴露人背叛的性情
1) Satan Loosed to Expose Man’s Rebellious Nature
31在那一千年的末了，撒但要从监牢里被释放。（启二十7。）为甚么神允许撒但被释放？撒但被释放，是要暴20:8露人类里面隐藏的背叛性情。启示录二十章八节说到歌革和玛各。你若看圣经地图，就会知道歌革和玛各是在地球北方。今天人类的趋势指明了这种背叛。甚至在一千年属天的管治之后，背叛的性情仍然在人里面。所以神要将撒但从监牢释放出来，以暴露人里面的背叛。
31At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be loosed out of his prison (Rev. 20:7). Why will God allow Satan to be loosed? Satan will be set free to expose the hidden rebellious nature in mankind. Revelation speaks of Gog and Magog. If you look at a biblical map, you can realize that Gog and Magog are in the north of the earth. The tendency of the human race today indicates this rebellion. Even after a thousand years of heavenly ruling, the rebellious nature will still be in man. Therefore, God will loose Satan from his prison to expose the rebellion in man.
（2） 人和撒但都受神的审判
2) Both Man and Satan Judged by God
32在那次背叛之后，神要来对人和撒但施行祂的审判。那次审判要清除人类背叛的性情。
32After that rebellion, God will come and exercise His judgment over both man and Satan. That judgment will clear away the rebellious nature of mankind
33我们不该把国度当作道理来读。我们都必须看见我们今天在那里。我们乃是在属天管治之下的召会生活里。现在我们需要在复活里，并且照著灵生活行动，这样在我们中间就有国度的实际。
33We should not learn about the kingdom as a doctrine. We all must see where we are today. We are in the church life under the heavenly ruling. Now we need to be in resurrection and to live and walk according to the spirit that we may have the reality of the kingdom among us