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创世记生命读经 · 第5篇

第四天的光

THE FOURTH-DAY LIGHTS (A PARENTHESIS)
1我们在研读人的创造以前，需要插进一段，看看第四天的光的事。创世记一章记载，在复造的第一天，神吩咐光出来。第一天是有光的日子，那光可以称作第一天的光。到了第四天，神进一步作一些与光有关的事，祂造了光体－太阳、月亮和众星。圣经没有告诉我们，第一天出现的是那一种光，我们也无须猜测。第一天的光不是很结实、刚强和确定。牠没有特别的称呼，只称作『光。』但是，第四天的光体－太阳、月亮和众星，乃是确定又结实，刚强且便利的。
1Before we study the creation of man, we need to consider, as a parenthesis, the matter of the fourth-day lights. In Genesis 1, it is recorded that on the first day of restoration God summoned the light. The first day was a day of light and that light may be called the first- day light. On the fourth day, God did something further regarding light. He made the light bearers—the sun, the moon, and the stars. The Bible does not tell us what kind of light was present on the first day, and there is no need for us to guess. The light of the first day was not very solid, strong, or definite. It was not given a specific designation; it was simply called “light.” However, the lights of the fourth day—the sun, the moon, and the stars—were definite and solid, strong and available
2我们若是注意创世记一章的记载，可以看见神的复造连同进一步的创造，是在六天之内完成的。这六天不是为著神原始的创造，神原始的创造是在创世记一章一节就成就了的。在创造之后，在一章二节发生了一次极大的变动，神进来审判那个宇宙。审判之后，经过一段很长的时间。然后，神来恢复并有进一步的创造，这恢复连同进一步的创造，是在六天之内完成的，可以分为两段：头三天是第一段，后三天是第二段。每段都开始于有光的日子。头一天有第一天的光，第四天有第四天的光。在头一天，神吩咐要有光；在第四天，祂复造了太阳、月亮和众星。这是非常有意义的。
2If we pay attention to the record of Genesis 1, we can see that God’s restoration with His further creation was accomplished in six days. These six days were not for God’s original creation. God’s original creation was accomplished in Genesis chapter 1, verse 1. After creation, there was a great change which occurred somewhere in chapter one, verse 2, and God came in to judge the universe. After that judgment, there was a long period of time. Then, God came in to restore and to have some further creation. This restoration with its further creation was accomplished in six days which may be divided into two sections: the first three days considered as the first section; the last three days considered as the second section. Each section begins with a day of light. The light of the first day was the first-day light; the lights of the fourth day were the fourth-day lights. On the first day, God called for the light. On the fourth day He restored the sun, the moon, and the stars. This is very meaningful
3这两个光的日子标明了神创造生命的开始。按照全本圣经的启示，光是为著生命。我们再一次看见，神的创造完全是以生命为中心。神的一切创造和造作，都是以生命为中心，并且是为著生命，因此就需要光。光和生命总是走在一起。反之，黑暗和死总是走在一起。在神复造以前，黑暗覆盖著死水，意思是黑暗和死乃是一。死是抽象的，人看不见，所以圣经用水表征死；海洋的深渊乃是一幅死的图画。在神复造以前，只有两样东西－黑暗和死。
3These days of light mark the beginning of God’s creation of life. According to the revelation of the whole Bible, light is for life. Once again, we see that God’s creation is completely focused on life. All that God created and made was focused on life and was for life. Thus, there is the need for light. Light and life always go together. On the contrary, darkness and death always go together. Before God’s restoration, darkness covered the death waters, meaning that darkness and death were one. Death is abstract and no one can see it. Therefore, the Bible uses water to signify death. The deep water of the ocean is a picture of death. Before God’s restoration, there were only two things—darkness and death.
4神是生命和光，正与死和黑暗相对。这位光的神绝不能容忍黑暗，所以祂来驱除；并且，这位生命的神也绝不能容忍死，所以祂来吞灭。当你读经的时候，不要用科学的眼光，要用神的眼光。我们若从神的观点读圣经，每一行都会满了光和生命，因为圣经乃是那是光、是生命之神圣者的记载。那位光和生命的神进来消除黑暗和死。
4God is life and light, the exact opposite of death and darkness. The very God of light can never tolerate darkness, so He came to dispel it. Also, the God of life can never tolerate death, so He came into swallow it up. When you read the Bible, don’t take a scientific view—take God’s view. If we read the Bible from God’s point of view, every line will be full of light and life because the Bible is a record of the Divine Being who is light and life. The God of light and life came into eliminate darkness and death.
5第一天，神吩咐光来，光就来了。接著，神将光暗分开，那分开就是对黑暗的限制。那光的神好像对黑暗说，『黑暗，听我说，你已经横行一段时候，并且已经布满整个宇宙。现在，我的光进来限制你，你只能在晚上横行，白昼没有你的立足之地了。我限制你，我把光从你分开。你绝不能再占据整个宇宙，因为这宇宙至少要有一半时间属于我。』阿利路亚！
5On the first day, God commanded the light to come and light came. Then, God divided light from darkness. That division was a limitation to the darkness. The God of light seemed to say to the darkness, “Darkness, listen to Me. You have been prevailing for a time and you have filled the whole universe. Now, My light comes in to limit you. You can only prevail during the night. There is no room for you in the day. I limit you. I divide light from you. Never again can you occupy the whole universe. For at least half the time the universe must belong to Me.” Hallelujah
6这是好的，不过只有一半好。有一部分的黑暗还留著。神仍然在工作以消除这黑暗的部分，直到启示录二十一和二十二章，那里有一个宣告：『在那里原没有黑夜。』（启二一25下。）阿利路亚！有一天再也没有黑夜了。
6This was good; however, it was only half good. A certain amount of darkness remains. God is still working to eliminate this dark part until we arrive at Revelation 21 and 22 where there is the declaration, “night shall not be there” (21:25b). Hallelujah! One day there will be no more night
7神在第一天限制了黑暗，同样的原则，祂在第三天限制了死水。在耶利米五章二十二节，我们读到神用沙－最小的石子－限制死水。神对死水说，『这是你的界限，你不得越过。』因此旱地露出来，使地和海分开了。在神复造的第一天之后，一半是光，一半是黑暗；在第三天之后，一半是地，一半是水。神仍然在作工要消除另一半的黑夜和另一半的死水。在新天新地里，海就不再有了；（启二一1；）在新耶路撒冷里，也再没有黑夜了。（启二一25下，二二5。）这意思是黑暗和死二者，都要完全被消除。
7God limited the darkness on the first day and, in the same principle, He limited the death waters on the third day. In Jeremiah 5:22 we read that God limited the death waters with sand, the smallest particles of rocks. God told the death waters, “This is your limitation. You cannot go beyond it.” Thus, the dry land appeared, making a separation between the land and the sea. After the first day of God’s restoring creation, it was half light and half darkness; after the third day, it was half land and half water. God is still working to eliminate the second half of the night and the second half of the death waters. In the new heavens and the new earth, there will be no more sea (Rev. 21:1); in the New Jerusalem, there will be no more night (Rev. 21:25b; 22:5). This means that both darkness and death will be completely eliminated
8请核对你自己。你有多少黑暗？你有多少死亡？你需要回答主。你若是在基督徒的生活中，不断的在主的同在里长大，有一天你就能告诉撒但：『撒但，我没有黑夜，我的白昼是二十四小时。我没有死水，在我整个基督徒的生活中，每一处、每一角落、每一条街都是旱地，海不再有了。』我们都必须这样。
8Check with yourself. How much darkness do you have? How much death do you have? You need to answer to the Lord. If in your Christian life, you are constantly growing in the Lord’s presence, one day you will be able to tell Satan, “Satan, I have no night. My day is twenty-four hours long. There is no death water with me. In my whole Christian life, everywhere, in every corner and on every avenue, there is dry land. There is no more sea.” We all must be like this.
9我们要这样，就需要第四天的光。第一天的光只消除我们一半的黑暗和死，第四天的光体要带我们到另一世界，那里没有黑夜也没有海。
9To be like this we need the fourth-day lights. The first- day light only eliminates half of our darkness and half of our death. The fourth-day lights will bring us to another world where there is no night and no sea
10圣经一切的真理都像种子撒在创世记，特别是在第一章。创世记一章十四至十八节是全圣经所启示之光的美妙种子。按照生命的原则，第四天的光不是为著生出生命，乃是为著生命的长大。第三天，也许是这一天的后半，在神吩咐旱地出现，地从死水露出以后，生命就生出了。那时有光、空气和地，这些是生出生命三种必需的要素。旱地露出之后，植物的生命生出了。虽然神在第二天的末了并不高兴－神没有说『好。』但祂在第三天的末了看到光、空气、旱地、以及一切植物的生命，必定感到高兴。神看著青草、菜蔬和树木，就说那是好的。在那时以前，地上并没有受造的生命。
10All the truths in the Bible were sown as seeds in the book of Genesis, especially in the first chapter. Genesis 1:14-18 is a wonderful seed of the light revealed throughout the Bible. According to the principle of life, the fourth-day lights are not for generating life; they are for the growth of life. On the third day, perhaps at the last part of that day, after the Lord called out the dry land and the land emerged out of the death waters, life was generated. By that time there were light, air, and land—three elements necessary for generating life. After the dry land appeared, plant life was generated. Although God was not happy at the end of the second day—He did not say that it was good—He was surely happy at the end of the third day when He saw the light, the air, the dry land, and all the plant life. God saw the grass, the herbs, and the trees, and said that it was good. Before that time, there had been no created life on the earth
11生命生出，是从植物的生命开始。那是最低的生命，具有最低意识的生命，不能行动，不能说话，也不能认识神。神可以对一株百合说一千次话，但百合不会回答祂，因为百合的生命太低了。虽然生命出来了，但牠需要长大。第四天的光乃是生命长大所需要的。第一天的光是为著生出生命；第四天的光是为著生命的长大。在第四天，结实的光豫备好了；此外没有作别的工。
11Starting with the plant life, life was generated. But that was the lowest life, the life with the lowest consciousness, unable to walk, unable to talk, and unable to understand God. God may speak to a lily a thousand times, but the lily cannot respond to Him because the life of a lily is too low. Although life was present, it needed to grow. The fourth-day lights were needed for the growth of life. The first-day light was for generating life; the fourth-day lights were for the growth of life. On the fourth day the solid lights were prepared; no other work was done
12你们许多年轻人已经接受了第一天的光，但我很怀疑你们是否已经进入第四天的光。第四天的光和第一天的光不同。第一天的光是不确定的，第四天的光是确定的。现在我们需要来看，太阳、月亮和众星在豫表中到底豫指甚么。
12Many of you young people have received the first-day light, but I doubt very much whether you have entered into the fourth-day lights. The fourth-day lights are different from the first-day light. The first-day light was indefinite; the fourth-day lights are definite. Now we need to see what the sun, moon, and stars prefigure in typology
1 太阳－基督和众圣徒
I. THE SUN—CHRIST AND THE SAINTS
13太阳是指基督，也是指在国度里发光像太阳的众圣徒。玛拉基四章二节说，基督是公义的日头，祂的翅膀（即祂的光线）有医治死亡之能。没有祂的照耀，就有死亡；当祂的照耀出现时，死亡就得著医治。路加一章七十八至七十九节说，基督的降生是人类真正的日出。马太四章十六节告诉我们，当基督来到加利利海时，祂出现如同大光。那坐在黑暗中的百姓，看见了大光。光照著那些坐在死亡的境域和阴影中的人，那光就是耶稣。马太十三章四十三节上半告诉我们，得胜的圣徒在要来的国度里要发光如同太阳。虽然我们今天可能是一颗星，但是要发光如同太阳还太早。为著这事，我们必须等到复兴之日。在国度里，许多圣徒要发光如同太阳。今天基督是太阳，明天得胜的圣徒也是太阳。
13The sun indicates Christ and also the saints who will shine as the sun in the kingdom. Malachi 4:2 says that Christ is the sun of righteousness. In His wings (that is, His shining) there is the healing of death. Without His shining, there is death; when His shining appears, death is healed. Luke 1:78-79 says that the birth of Christ was the real sunrise for humanity. Matthew 4:16 tells us that when Christ came to these a of Galilee, He appeared as the great light. The people who sat in darkness saw a great light. Light shone upon those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death. That light was Jesus. Matthew 13:43a tells us that the overcoming saints will shine as the sun in the future kingdom. Although we may be a star today, it is too early for us to shine as the sun. For that, we must wait until the day of restoration. In the kingdom, many saints will shine as the sun. Today Christ is the sun; tomorrow the overcoming saints also will be the sun.
2 月亮－召会
II. THE MOON—THE CHURCH
14月亮是召会。在约瑟的梦里，他的父亲被比为太阳，母亲被比为月亮，弟兄们被比为众星。（创三七9。）召会是新妇，是基督的妻子。所以，月亮是召会的表征。（参歌六10。）
14The moon is the church. In Joseph’s dream, his father was likened to the sun, his mother to the moon, and his brothers to the stars (Gen. 37:9). The church is the bride, the wife of Christ. Therefore, the moon is a figure of the church (cf. S.S. 6:10
15启示录一章二十节告诉我们，地方召会是灯台。人在夜间需要灯，在白昼就不需要。启示录一章二十节有力的证实，召会时代不是白昼，乃是夜间。召会作灯台，是在黑夜发光。不过，灯台本身并不发光，发光的是灯。七个灯台是在启示录一章，七盏灯是在四章。七灯就是七灵。（启四5。）召会是灯台，那灵是托在灯台上的灯。召会若缺了那灵，就是没有光的灯台。那样，召会就是绊脚石。然而，灯台带著发光的灯就真是美妙。我们可能有召会作灯台，但灯怎样呢？我们需要灯。另一面有人也许说，『我有圣灵作灯，我不在乎灯台。』你若这么说，你就错了。因为灯是在灯台上。在今天召会的时代里，若要有七灵的光，就必须有众召会。七灯乃是在七个灯台上。
15Revelation 1:20 tells us that the local churches are lampstands. Lamps are needed in the nighttime, not in the daytime. Revelation 1:20 proves strongly that the church age is not the daytime, but the nighttime. As a lampstand the church shines in the night. However, the lampstand itself does not shine; the lamp does. The seven lampstands are in Revelation chapter one and the seven lamps are in chapter 4. The seven lamps are the seven Spirits (Rev. 4:5). The church is the lampstand and the Spirit is the lamp held by the stand. If the church lacks the Spirit, the church is a lampstand without light. It is then a stumbling block. But, the lampstand with the shining lamp is wonderful. We may have the church as a lampstand, but what about the lamp? We need the lamp. Some may say, “I have the Holy Spirit as the lamp. I don’t care about the lampstand.” If you say this, you are wrong, for the lamp is on the lampstand. If today, during the church age, you are going to have the light of the seven Spirits, you must have the churches. The seven lamps are on the seven lampstands
16召会时代是在夜间。在夜间，我们不能直接得著日光，就是基督的光。我们需要返照。我们需要月亮返照日光，我们需要召会返照基督的光。没有召会，我们就很难看见基督的光。当我们来到召会，而召会不是月亏的时候，我们必定会接受到光。
16During the church age it is night, and during the night we cannot get the sunlight, the light of Christ, directly. We need reflection. We need the moon to reflect the sunlight; we need the church to reflect the light of Christ. Without the church it is hard for us to see the light of Christ. When we come to the church and the church is not waning, we will surely receive light.
17根据历史，召会有一段很长的时期是在月亏的光景里。月亏的时候，乃是众星发光的最好时机。当黑暗的世代，众星就发光。路德马丁是一颗星。在路德前后，有许多别的大星也发光，因为月亮亏缺了。两个世纪以前，辛生铎夫和所谓的摩尔维亚弟兄们实行召会生活，虽然他们的月亮并不是满月，但至少是一弯弦月，题醒人召会在那里。过了一个世纪，弟兄们在英国兴起，弦月转圆，几乎成了满月。人可以看见，非拉铁非─召会─在那里。不过，这种情形并没有持续很久。俗话说，月盈必亏。从十九世纪末叶到二十世纪前叶的七十年间，我们看到一些星，如慕安得烈、宾路易师母和宣信等人。那段时期有众星，但是没有月亮－召会生活。月亮亏缺了，众星在照耀著。
17According to history, there was a long period during which the church was on the wane. While the moon is on the wane, that is the best time for the stars to shine. During the Dark Ages the stars shone. Martin Luther was a star. Before and after Luther, many other great stars were shining because the moon was on the wane. Two centuries ago, Zinzendorf and the so- called Moravian brothers were practicing the church life. Although their moon was not full, it was at least a crescent moon, reminding people that the church was there. A century later, the Brethren were raised up in England and the crescent was increased to nearly a full moon. Philadelphia, the church, was there. However, it didn’t last very long. There is a proverb which says that when the moon is full it begins to wane. Within a period of seventy years covering the last part of the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth, we can see some other stars such as Andrew Murray, Mrs. Penn-Lewis, and A. B. Simpson. During that time, there were stars, but no moon—there was no church life. The moon was on the wane and the stars shone
18赞美主！今天我们若没有满月，至少也有很满的弦月。我们在众召会中不该盼望看到属灵大汉。如果有属灵大汉，这表示月亏了。只要月亮是渐满的，增长的，众星就不该这么明显。我不想作一颗大星，我只要作个小弟兄。我们有月亮时，就不太需要众星了。
18Praise the Lord! Today, if we don’th ave a full moon, we at least have a full crescent. In the churches, we should not expect to see spiritual giants. If there are giants, this means that the moon is waning. As long as the moon is waxing, is growing, the stars should not be so evident. I don’t want to be a big star, just a small brother. When we have the moon, we have little need for the stars
19我们若在夜间去找太阳要光，就太傻了。太阳会对你说，『不要来找我，到我的返照那里去。你若要来自于我的光，就到召会去，召会返照我的光。』我们必须记住，这是黑夜，白昼还未来到，我们需要召会。那灵是向众召会说话：『那灵向众召会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听。』（启三22。）我们必须到众召会去，间接得著太阳的光。
19If we go to the sun and ask for light during the nighttime, we are foolish. The sun will tell you, “Don’t come to me. Go to my reflection. Go to the church if you want the light which comes from me. The church reflects my light.” We must remember this is the night; the day has not come. We need the church. The Spirit speaks to the churches. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Rev. 3:22). We must go to the churches and get the light of the sun indirectly
20许多亲爱的基督徒说，『我不喜欢召会，我只喜欢基督。』我敢担保，谁说这话，谁就不会长大。说这样话的人可能有第一天的光，但他们缺少第四天的光。你若去查对许多圣徒，他们会告诉你，乃是等到他们进入召会，他们才长大。当我们真诚的把心转向召会，我们就间接接受了基督正确的光照。
20Many dear Christians say, “I don’t care for the churches—I only care for Christ.” I can guarantee that whoever says this will not grow. Those who say such a thing may have the first-day light, but they lack the fourth-day lights. If you check with many saints, they will tell you that they did not grow until they came into the church. When we sincerely turn our heart to the church, we receive the proper light of Christ indirectly
21许多人能见证，每当我们因召会受烦扰，因而背弃召会的时候，我们就在完全的黑暗里。你在夜间背对著月亮，你的脸就在黑暗里。然而，只要我们转向召会，并且与召会是一，光照立刻就来了。
21As many can testify, whenever we were bothered by the church and turned our backs to the church, we were in absolute darkness. When you turn your back on the moon during the nighttime, your face will be in darkness. However, when we turn to the church and are one with the church, the shining comes immediately
22有人也许说，我们太强调召会，把基督忽略了。但是，月亮岂能没有太阳光而照耀？没有基督，召会就没有光。月亮在夜间的照耀不过是日光的返照，同样，召会的光完全是基督的返照。那些谈基督谈得许多，却没有接触正确召会的人，会发现很难得到真正又实际的光，使生命得以长大。为著生命的长大我们都需要月光，那是第四天之光的主要部分。我们越有召会生活，就越多得著基督，越多接受光，越多经历生命的长大。
22Some may say that we stress the church too much and neglect Christ. But how can the moon shine without the light of the sun? Without Christ, the church has no light. The shining of the moon in the nighttime is simply a reflection of sunlight. The light of the church is altogether the reflection of Christ. People who talk so much about Christ without contacting the proper church will find it difficult to obtain the real and practical light for the growth in life. For the growth of life we all need the moonlight, which is a principal part of the fourth-day lights. The more church life we have, the more Christ we gain, the more light we receive, and the more growth in life we experience
3 众星─基督和众圣徒
III. THE STARS—CHRIST AND THE SAINTS
23众星是基督和众圣徒。虽然基督是真太阳，但在这黑夜的世代，祂的出现并不是太阳。祂的照耀是作星，作明亮的晨星。（启二二16下。）基督自己是星，一切得胜的圣徒也是星。彼后一章十九节告诉我们，要在确定的话上留意，直等到晨星，就是基督，在我们心里出现的时候。启示录一章二十节不仅告诉我们，众召会是灯台，凭著那灵发光；并且告诉我们，使者，就是众召会中领头的，是发光的星。但以理十二章三节说，那使多人归义的，必发光如星。马太五章十四节说，信徒今天是世上的光。腓立比二章十五节也说，『你们在其中好像发光之体显在世界里。』这些经文全都指明，凡在正确的路上，并有正当立场的圣徒，就是星。
23The stars are Christ and the saints. Although Christ is the real sun, He does not appear as the sun during this age of night. He shines as a star, as the bright and morning star (Rev. 22:16b). Christ Himself is a star. All the overcoming saints are also stars. Second Peter 1:19 tells us to take heed to the sure Word until the morning star, which is Christ, arises within us. Revelation 1:20 not only tells us that the churches are the lampstands shining with the Spirit, but also that the angels, the leading ones or the messengers in the churches, are the shining stars. Daniel 12:3 says that those who turn many from the wrong way unto righteousness will shine as stars. Matthew 5:14 says that the believers today are the light of the world and Philippians 2:15 says, “among whom you shine as lights in the world.” All these verses show that the saints who are in the proper way and have the proper standing are stars
4 管理而分辨
IV. TO RULE FOR DISCERNMENT
24第四天的光是为著管理而分辨。分辨乃是来自光。没有第四天的光，就很难分辨甚么。为著生命的长大，我们都需要这种分辨。年轻人需要分辨那里可以去，那里不可以去；甚么该说，甚么不该说；甚么该作，甚么不该作；甚么是出于神的，甚么是出于撒但的；甚么是在灵里，甚么是在魂里。连读初中的少年人对于同学们也需要分辨，那些同学可以接触，那些同学绝不可以碰。
24These fourth - day lights rule for discernment. Discernment comes from light. Without the fourth - day lights, it is difficult to discern any thing. We all need this discernment for the growth in life. Young people need discernment regarding where to go and where not to go, what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do, what is of God and what is of Satan, what is in the spirit and what is in the soul. Even the junior high young people need discernment concerning their schoolmates, which classmates to contact and which ones they should never touch.
25分辨是来自光。光照耀的时候，牠就管理。我若在一间没有光的房间里，我就会摔跤。没有光就没有方向，没有管理，没有分辨。反之，我若在光的照耀下，就能分辨该走那条路。
25Discernment comes from light. When the light shines, the light rules. If I am in a room without light, I will stumble. Without light there is no direction, no ruling, and no discernment. However, if I am under the shining of the light, I can discern which way I should go
26你们这些初中的学生，在学校里和所有别的学生都不同，因为你们是白昼之子，但别人仍在黑暗里。当你和老师说话的时候，你知道该说甚么。你有辨别力。父母照顾儿女，最好的方法就是把他们摆在主手里，使他们得著光，那光就成为他们的管理。这种光的管理要给孩子们最好的辨别力，他们绝不会受引诱去吸毒。分辨乃是最大的保护。
26You junior high students are different from all other students in school because you are children of the day. The others are still in darkness. When you speak with your teacher, you know what you should say. You have discernment. The best way for parents to take care of their children is to cast them into the hand of the Lord. Then, they will have the light, and the light will be their ruling. This ruling of the light will give the children the best discernment. They would never be tempted into drugs. Discernment is the biggest protection
27我再说，这分辨是来自照耀，而光的照耀就是管理。你若好好读祷创世记一章十四、十六、十八节，以弗所五章八至十一、十三至十四节，把这几节接受到里面，让这些话光照你，你就知道甚么必须指责，甚么必须赞同；甚么应该接受，甚么应该拒绝。还有，约壹一章五至七节也是很好的一处，告诉我们：神就是光，我们若是与祂有交通，我们就在光中；并且，当我们在光中行，我们就知道黑暗和光的不同。我们有带著分辨的管理。
27Again I say, this discernment comes from the shining, and the shining of the light is just the ruling. If you read and pray over Genesis 1:14, 16, 18 and Ephesians 5:8-11, 13-14 until these verses get into you and the light shines upon you, you will know what you must reprove and what you must accept, what you should receive and what you should reject. Also, 1 John 1:5-7 is a good portion telling us that God is light, that if we have fellowship with Him we are in the light, and that when we walk in the light we know the difference between darkness and light. We have the ruling with the discernment
5 作记号－主要的为著行动
V. FOR SIGNS—MAINLY FOR MOVEMENT
28太阳、月亮和星辰乃是记号，这些记号主要的是为著行动。古时，水手航行是根据星辰；今天，我们开车是根据交通标志。因此，记号乃是为著行动。
28The sun, moon, and stars are signs. These signs are mainly for movement. In the ancient time, sailors navigated according to the stars. Today, we drive our cars according to traffic signs. Thus, signs are for movement
29法利赛人和撒都该人找主耶稣，请祂从天上显个神迹（原文与记号同字）给他们看。（太十六1～4。）主说，『愚昧的人哪！你们知道天上的气色，黄昏天发红，你们就说天必要晴；早晨天发红，变阴暗，你们就说，今日要有风雨。你们知道分辨天上的气色，倒不能分辨这时期的记号。我就是记号─我就像约拿一样。你们看不见记号，是因为你们没有光。』门徒在橄榄山上也问主，关于祂来临的兆头（原文与记号同字），这世代终结的兆头。（太二四3。）
29The Pharisees and the Sadducees came to the Lord Jesus, asking Him to show them a sign from heaven (Matt. 16:1-4). The Lord said, “Foolish people, you know the signs of the sky. When the sky is red in the evening, you say that the weather will be fine. When the morning sky is red and lowering, you say the weather will be stormy. You know the signs in the sky, but you don’t know the signs of this time. I am the sign—I am just like Jonah. You don’ts ee the sign because you don’th ave the light.” The disciples also came to the Lord on the mount of Olives and asked Him about the sign of His coming, the sign of the end of this age (Matt. 24:3).
30我们不仅有这些经文，并且在启示录十二章一节有宇宙中最大的异象（原文与记号同字），就是关于一个有日头、月亮和众星之妇人的异象。我们有这作为大记号的妇人，为要在宇宙中有正确的行动。这妇人与召会有关。我不说这妇人就是召会，我说召会是这妇人的一大部分。我们若要在这宇宙中有行动、行事、作为，就必须认识这妇人。
30We not only have these verses, but also a great sign in the universe found in Revelation 12:1—the sign of a woman with the sun, the moon, and the stars. In order to move properly in this universe, we have this woman as a great sign. This woman is something related to the church. I do not say that the woman is the church, but that the church is a great part of this woman. If we are to move and behave and act in this universe, we must know this woman
31这女人源自创世记三章。圣经是一本说到女人的书。撒但乃是藉著一个女人进入人类，主耶稣也是藉著一个女人进入人类。至终，圣经完成于新耶路撒冷，新耶路撒冷也是一个女人，她是基督的新妇。阿利路亚！我们都要成为那妇人的一部分。所以，我们都必须认识启示录十二章里的妇人。她是圣经的女人，贯串全圣经的宇宙女人。严格说来，她开始于创世记二章的夏娃，而不是开始于三章，然后从创世记二章往前到启示录二十二章。你若认识这女人，你就认识记号。她是十分显著的记号，叫神的子民知道该不该继续往前或者该停止。许多基督徒因为缺了这女人，就不知道该怎么办，没有路往前。我们需要一个记号，一个来自第四天的光的记号。
31She originates in Genesis 3. The Bible is a book of women. Satan entered the human race through a woman, and the Lord Jesus also entered the human race through a woman. Eventually, the Bible consummates with the New Jerusalem, which is a female, the bride of Christ. Hallelujah! We will all be a part of that woman. So, we all must know the woman in Revelation 12. She is a biblical woman, a universal woman covering the whole Bible. Strictly speaking, she began in Genesis 2 with Eve, not in Genesis 3, and then proceeds from Genesis 2 to Revelation 22. If you know this woman, you know the signs. She is a very prominent sign. She is a sign for God’sp eople to know whether they must go on or stop. Because many Christians lack this woman, they don’t know what to do. They have no way to go on. We need a sign, a sign which comes from the fourth- day lights
326节令─月亮所定，主要的为著长大
32VI. FOR SEASONS—APPOINTED BY THE MOON
MAINLY FOR GROWING
33记号是为著行动，节令是为著生长。主耶稣所说关于庄稼的话，表明节令是为著生长。（约四35。）传道书三章一至八节告诉我们，栽种有时，拔出所栽种的也有时，这些就是节令。节令是为著生长。你若是农夫，就必须知道节令。你会在冬天撒种，或者在夏天休息么？节令告诉我们，甚么时候该犁田，甚么时候该撒种，甚么时候该收割，甚么时候该休息。启示录二十二章二节说，生命树每月都结果子。节令是按月分定的，而月分是由月亮定的。
33The signs are for moving and the seasons are for growing. The words of the Lord Jesus regarding the harvest show that the seasons are for growth (John 4:35). Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 tells us that there is a time to sow and a time to pluck up the harvest. These are seasons. Seasons are for growing. If you are a farmer, you must know the seasons. Would you sow the seed in the winter time or rest in the summer time? The seasons tell us when to plow, when to sow, when to reap, and when to rest. Revelation 22:2 says that the tree of life bears fruit every month. The seasons are appointed by the months, and the months are decided by the moon
34关于这事，我们需要读几处利未记的经文。（利二三2，5－，15－16，24，27，34，39，。）这几节告诉我们，每年的正月百姓有节期。节期也与节令有关。正月的节期是逾越节，接著是无酵节，然后是初熟节，再后是七七节，也称五旬节。这四个节期都是在上半年。然后，七月一日是吹号节，七月十日是赎罪节，还有七月十五日是住棚节。以上七个节期全是按月分守的。
34We need to read several verses in Leviticus in this regard (Lev. 23:2, 5, 6, 24, 27, 34, 39, 41). These verses tell us that every year in the first month the people had a feast. A feast is also 6 related to the seasons. The feast in the first month was the 41 feast of Passover. Following that came the feast of unleavened bread, then the feast of the firstfruits and, following that, the feast of the seven weeks, called the feast of Pentecost. These four feasts came during the first half of the year. On the first day of the seventh month, there was the feast of the blowing of the trumpet, and on the tenth day of the seventh month was the feast of atonement. Also, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month was the feast of tabernacles. All of these seven feasts were held according to the months.
35不用一段时间来生长，就绝不能有节期;若没有生长，拿甚么来过节？节期的时候，以色列人带著他们的丰富－牛、羊、葡萄，一切来自生长的出产。特别住棚节，乃是一个享受收成的节期。神说，我们必须一同在祂面前享受收成，那就是节期。节期乃是生长的结果，而生长与月亮－召会－很有关系。我们若没有召会，就缺了节期的要素。很少基督徒有节期，因为他们没有月亮;他们没有完满的享受基督作节期，因为他们没有召会。为著生长和过节，我们需要召会来定节令。
35Without a time for growing, you could never have a feast. If there is no growth, what are you going to feast on? At the time of the feast, the people of Israel brought their riches—cows, lambs, grapes, all the produce which came from the growth. The feast of tabernacles, especially, was a feast for the enjoyment of the harvest. The Lord said that we must come together in His presence and enjoy the harvest—that is a feast. The feast is the result of growing, and this growing is very much related to the moon, the church. If we don’th ave the church, we lack the element of the feast. Very few Christians have the feast because they don’th ave the moon. They don’th ave the full enjoyment of Christ as a feast because they do not have the church. We need the church to appoint the seasons for growing and feasting
36民数记二十八章十一节说到月朔，二十九章六节说到关于月分的事。（在月朔的，原文意每月的。）这
36Numbers 28:11 speaks regarding the new moon, and Numbers 29:6 says something about the month. These verses are for the months
37两处是关于月分的。
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38耶利米八章七节说到鹳鸟知道来去的定期，也说到斑鸠、燕子与白鹤，牠们都知道牠们的时令、季节。耶和华说，祂的百姓没有节令。这就是今天的光景。基督徒没有夏季，也没有春季;他们没有上弦月、下弦月或任何月。他们没有节令，没有春夏秋冬;这意思就是天天都一样。所以他们无法生长，也没有节期。这都是因为他们缺了第四天的光。
38Jeremiah 8:7 tells of the stork which knows its appointed flying time. It also speaks of the turtledove, the crane, and the swallow which all know their time, their season. The Lord said of His people that they have no season. This is the situation today. Christians don’th ave summer time or springtime; they don’th ave the first moon, the last moon, or any moon. They have no seasons: no spring, no fall, no summer, and no winter. In a sense, every day is the same. Therefore, they have no way to grow and they don’th ave a feast— all because they are short of the fourth-day lights
39不过，一旦我们在正当的召会生活里，召会会定出月分，月分会产生节令，节令会给我们节期。我们就会有一切的节期。
39However, once we are in the proper church life, the church will appoint the months, the months will bring in the seasons, and the seasons will give us the feasts. We will have all the feasts
7 日子─地球自转所定，
VII. FOR DAYS—SET BY THE DAILY ROTATION
为著新的开始
OF THE EARTH FOR NEW STARTS
40日子和年岁都与太阳有关。地球有两种运行与太阳有关－日周转和年周转。日周转叫作自转;年周转叫作公转。我们都知道，地球自转造成一日，地球公转造成一年。『日子』（创一14下）这辞表示地球不断的旋转以产生新的开始。阿利路亚！每天都是新的开始，因为每天都有日出，每天都有破晓。基督作太阳，天天给我们新的开始。每早晨，晨更必须是我们的破晓，使晨星在我们里面升起，作一天新的开始。
40Both days and years are related to the sun. The earth makes two kinds of movements in relation to the sun—the daily revolving and the yearly revolving. The daily revolving is called rotation; the yearly revolving is called revolution. We all know that the earth’s daily rotation makes a day and the earth’s yearly revolution makes a year. The phrase “for days” (Gen. 1:1 4 b) means that the earth is continually rotating to create new starts. Hallelujah! Every day is a new start, for every day we have a sunrise. Every day we have a dawn. As the sun, Christ gives us a new start day by day. Every morning, morning watch should be our dawn, a time when the daystar arises within us for a new beginning.
41民数记二十八章三至四节说，我们每早晨必须献燔祭。每天都是新的开始。耶利米哀歌三章二十二至二十三节说，耶和华的慈爱和怜悯，每早晨都是新的。帖前五章四至八节说，我们不是黑夜之子，乃是白昼之子。
41Numbers 28:3-4 says that every morning we must present some burnt offerings. Every day is a new start. Lamentations 3:22-23 says that the mercies and compassions of the Lord are new every morning. First Thessalonians 5:4-8 says that we are not children of the night, but children of the day
428年岁－地球公转所定，为著更大的开始
42VIII. FOR YEARS—SET BY THE YEARLY REVOLUTION
OF THE EARTH FOR GREATER BEGINNINGS
43每年绕日的公转，产生更大的开始。这真是美妙。我们在基督里，也在召会里，所以我们有太阳和月亮给我们节令、日子和年岁。
43The yearly revolutions around the sun bring in greater beginnings. This is really wonderful. We are in Christ and we are in the Church. Therefore, we have the sun and moon to give us seasons, days, and years
44以色列人出埃及的时候，耶和华晓谕他们那是新年之首。（出十二2。）我们得救的时候，那也是新年，就是我们重生之年的开始，这重生乃是我们一生中真正的公转。我的第一次公转是在一九二五年，就是我得救那年。第二次是在一九三一年，就是得复兴那年。不到一年之后，一九三二年七月，我有另一次公转─我看见了召会。那大大改变了我整个基督徒的生活。除了这些，在我基督徒的生活里，还有许多别的新年。年复一年，基督作我们的真太阳，给我们新的开始。
44When the people of Israel came out of Egypt, the Lord told them it was the beginning of a new year (Exo. 12:2). When we were saved, that was also the beginning of a new year, the year of our rebirth, a real revolution in our life. My first revolution was in 1925, the year I was saved. The second was in 1931, the year I was revived. Less than a year later, in July, 1932, I had another revolution—I saw the church. That revolutionized my whole Christian life. In my Christian life, I have had many other new years besides these. Year after year, Christ as the real sun gives us a new beginning
45没有节令、日子、年岁，作物就不能生长。一切的作物都是藉著第四天的光生长的。一面说，我们是神的作物;另一面说，我们是神的田地。我们需要月亮为我们定节令，也需要太阳定日子和年岁。
45No crops can grow without the seasons, days, and years. All the crops grow by the lights of the fourth day. On the one hand, we are God’s crop; on the other hand, we are God’s farm. We need the moon to appoint the seasons for us and we need the sun to appoint the days and the years
46创世记八章十三节告诉我们，挪亚是在正月初一日回到陆地。他在头一月的头一日有了新的开始，他在新地上有了新的开始。出埃及四十章二节、十七节告诉我们，帐幕是在正月初一日立起来的，那是另一个新的开始。为甚么神不晓谕百姓在四月二十九日把会幕立起来，却要在正月初一日？45:18这乃是为著新的开始。代下二十九章十七节和以西结四十五章十八节都告诉我们，百姓洁净圣殿是在正月初一日。根据以斯拉七章九节，从巴比伦返回是在正月初一日起程。每一个基督徒都需要这四个新的开始：来到新地，立起神的会幕，洁净神的殿，并从被掳归回。这些都是基督徒生活中新的开始，为著在基督里的长大，并且这些必是在正月初一日。
46Genesis 8:13 tells us that Noah returned to the land on the first day of the first month. He had a new start on the first day of the first month, a new start on the new land. Exodus 40:2, 17 tells us that the tabernacle was erected on the first day of the first month, another new start. Why didn’t God tell the people to raise up the tabernacle on the twenty-ninth day of the fourth month, but on the first day of the first month? It was for a new beginning. Second Chronicles 29:17 and Ezekiel both tell us that the people cleansed and sanctified the temple on the first day of the first month. According to Ezra 7:9, the return from Babylon started on the first day of the first month. Every Christian needs these four new beginnings: coming to the new land, raising up God’s tabernacle, cleansing God’stem ple, and returning from captivity. All of these are new beginnings in your Christian life for your growth in Christ and they must be on the first day of the first month.
9 基督的影儿
IX. SHADOWS OF CHRIST
47一切的日子、记号、节令和年岁都是影儿，基督才是实际。（西二～17。）基督是圣日，基督是月朔，基督是安息日，基督是一年之始，基督是一切。基督是你的新开始－较大的开始是年，较小的开始是日。基督乃是月朔。
47All of the days, signs, seasons, and years are shadows. Christ is the reality (Col. 2:16-17). Christ is the holy day, Christ is the new moon, Christ is 16 the sabbath day, Christ is the beginning of the year, Christ is everything. Christ is your new beginning—a greater beginning as a year and a smaller beginning as a day. Christ is the new moon.
10 光加强
X. LIGHTS STRENGTHENED
48当千年国的时候，国度的时代，月光必像日光，日光必加七倍，像七日的光一样。（赛三十26。）神的灵加强为七灵;太阳加强为七倍的日光。这要发生在国度时代，就是神医治祂百姓的复兴时期。不过，今天我们可以有豫尝。对于有些圣徒，月亮和太阳一样的明亮。对于我，召会生活正像太阳，比普通的月光强多了。我有明亮的月亮，明亮如日光，并且太阳有七倍加强的日光。
48During the time of the millennium, the age of the kingdom, the light of the moon will equal the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like seven days (Isa. 30:26). The Spirit of God intensified becomes the seven Spirits; the sun intensified becomes the sevenfold sunlight. This will happen during the age of the kingdom, the time of restoration when God will heal His people. However, we can have a foretaste today. With some of the saints, the moon is as bright as the sun. To me, the church life is just like the sun, much stronger than the ordinary moon. I have a bright moon, as bright as the sunshine and the sun has sevenfold, intensified sunlight
4911最终不再有黑夜
49XI. ULTIMATELY THERE WILL BE NO MORE NIGHT
50在新耶路撒冷不再有黑夜。（启二一23，25下，二二5。）那城内不需要日光、月光或任何灯光，因为三一神要作光。我们仔细读启示录，会看见在新耶路撒冷城外，仍然有白昼和黑夜，但是在城内却不再有黑夜。我们有三一神作完全、独一的光照耀我们，那时白昼要有二十四小时之久。
50In the New Jerusalem, there will be no night (Rev. 21:23, 25b; 22:5). In that city there will be no need for the sun or the moon or any lamp because the Triune God will be the light. If we read Revelation carefully, we will see that outside the New Jerusalem, outside the city, there will still be day and night, but inside the city there will be no night. We will have our Triune God as the perfect and unique light shining over us. The days will be twenty-four hours long.
51不过，今天我们需要第四天的光，特别是需要月亮和星辰以返照太阳的光。这是我们长大的路。关于你们的长大，我盼望主对你们说话，好叫你们随著第四天的光而有生命的长大。第一天的光适合生出生命，适合你们的重生。但是，为著生命的长大，你们需要第四天的光。
51Today, however, we need the fourth - day lights. We especially need the moon and the stars to reflect the light of the sun. This is the way for us to grow. I hope that the Lord will speak to you concerning your growth, that your growth in life is with the fourth-day lights. The first-day light was good for generating life, good for your rebirth. But, for your growth in life you need the fourth-day lights.