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创世记生命读经 · 第6篇

神的恢复与进一步的创造（三）目的

GOD’S RESTORATION AND FURTHER CREATION (3) PURPOSE
1在本篇信息中，我们要来思想人类生命的创造；这生命乃是带有最高知觉的更高生命。因为前篇信息是一段插进的话，我们现在继续来研究，神复造和进一步创造的过程。
1In this message we will consider the creation of the human life, the higher life with the highest consciousness. Since the last message was a parenthesis, we now continue our study with the process of God’s restoration and further creation
（十三） 神格的会议
13) The Conference of the Godhead
2创世记一章二十六节启示出一个由神格所举行，在神格之间的会议。我们说『在神格之间，』因为神是三一的。用人的字眼，我们可以说在神格中有三个身位，一位神有三个身位。我不能解释这个，我只能说神是三一的，是一位神具有三个身位。这里有一个会议是由神格中三个身位所举行的，并且作了一个决定。这次会议及其决定引进了生命的成熟。神在第六天前半创造了牲畜、野兽和爬物以后，祂没有立刻继续造人。反之，祂先开一个会议讨论这事。创世记一章二十六节说，『神说，我们要…造人。』我们若仔细读这一节，就能看见这好像是一次会议。神说，『我们要…。』神是一位，然而代名词却是『我们。』这证明神是三一的。并且这里不说，『我要…造。』而说，『我们要…造，』『我们要…造』这辞的意思是让我们有点交通，有点商议。你也许认为我推论得太多了。不过，在圣经里『我们要…』这句话，的确含有商议的意思。
2Genesis 1:26 reveals that there was a conference held by the Godhead and among the Godhead. We say “among” because God is triune. Using human terms, we may say that there are three Persons in the Godhead, one God with three Persons. I can’t explain this. I can only say that God is triune, that we have one God with three Persons. There was a conference held by these three Persons of the Godhead, and a decision was made. This conference with its decision initiated the maturity of life. After God had created the cattle, the beasts, and the creeping things on the first part of the sixth day, He did not proceed immediately to create man. Rather, He had a conference to discuss this matter. Genesis 1:26 says, “ And God said, Let us make man....” If we read this verse carefully, we can see that there was something like a conference. God said, “Let us....” God is one: yet, the pronoun is “us.” This proves that God is triune. It does not say, “Let me make....” If the Bible had said “me” and not “us,” there would have been no need to say “let.” The phrase “Let us make” means let us have some fellowship. Although you may think that I infer too much, we nevertheless have this word in the Bible: “Let us
3在神创造了前面生命的各项之后，神还需要创造人，作为最高的受造生命，照著祂的形像，按著祂的样式来彰显祂自己。要完成这件工作，需要三一神，父、子、灵在人身上作工。这在整本圣经以下各卷书里得到充分的证明。
3After God created all the foregoing items of life, God still needed to create man as the highest created life to express Himself in His image and after His likeness. To accomplish this work, there is the need of the Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit to work on man. This is fully proven by the following books of the whole Bible
4在这一点之前，我们已经看过了生命的八个项目。不要忘记这个。神在第三天的末了，在第四天的光以前，创造了青草、菜蔬、树木。在第四天的光之后，祂在第五天创造了鱼和鸟。在第六天的前半，神创造了牲畜，以牛为代表；野兽，以狮子为代表；以及爬物。因此就有了三项植物的生命和五项动物的生命。在我们看，似乎全地都充满了生命。不过，还没有生命的成熟。
4Up to this point, we have seen eight items of life. Don’t forget this. God created the grass, the herbs, and the trees at the end of the third day, before the fourth - day lights. After the fourth - day lights, He created the fish and the birds on the fifth day. In the early part of the sixth day, God created the cattle, represented by the ox, the beasts, represented by the lion, and the creeping things. Thus, there were three items of the plant life and five items of the animal life. It may seem to us that the whole earth was filled with life. However, there was not the maturity of life.
5在这地上生命的成熟是人的生命。甚至在六千年后的今天，地上还没有生命能超越人的生命。不要小看你自己。你非常高，比青草高，比菜蔬和树木高，比牲畜、野兽、爬物高。你是最高的受造生命。没有人，就没有生命的成熟。因此三一神开了一次会，引进了生命的成熟。三一神决定创造最高的受造生命。
5The maturity of life on this earth is the human life. Even today, after six thousand years, no life on this earth can surpass the human life. Don’tlook down on yourself. You are very high, higher than the grass, higher than the herbs and the trees, higher than the cattle, the beasts, and the creeping things. You are the highest created life. Without man, there would have been no maturity of life. Thus, the Triune God held a conference and initiated the maturity of life. The Triune God decided to create the highest created life
（十四） 生出作中心的人
14) Man as the Center Was Generated
6作中心的人生出了，他是有最高知觉的更高生命。这是生命的成熟，有神的形像，能彀为神施行管治。在这地上，人是中心。我们前面已经指出，诸天是为著地，地是为著人。凡是在天空的－阳光、雨水和空气－都是为著地上生命的长大。没有阳光、雨水和空气，地上不可能有生命。所以，诸天是为著这地；这地连同各类的生命是为著人。我们都知道，矿物是为著植物，植物是为著动物，植物和动物又都是为著人，而人是为著神的。因此人是中心。
6Man as the center was generated, the higher life with the highest consciousness. This is the maturity of life that has the image of God and is able to exercise dominion for God. On this earth, man is the center. As we have pointed out before, the heavens are for the earth and the earth is for man. Everything in the sky—the sunshine, the rain, and the air—are for the growth of life on earth. Without sunshine, rain, and air there is no possibility to have life on earth. So, the heavens are for this earth, and this earth, with all kinds of life, is for man. We all know that the minerals are for the plants, the plants are for the animals, both the plants and the animals are for man, and man is for God. So man is the center
7诸天立定了，地也豫备好了，万事为著人的生存都豫备好了。赞美主！神不是先创造人，然后要人等待，等祂为人立定诸天，豫备地。相反的，神是立好了诸天，豫备了地，把一切都豫备好了，才叫人来到。末后，神才创造人。人列在末后，然而，人过去是中心，如今仍是中心。
7The heavens were fixed and the earth was prepared. Everything was ready for man to come into being. Praise the Lord! God didn’t create man and then ask man to wait until He fixed the heavens and prepared the earth for him. On the contrary, after God fixed the heavens, prepared the earth, and made everything ready, man came into being. At the last, God created man. Man ranks as the last, but he was and still is the center
8这正像东方习俗的结婚。在这样的结婚中，新郎豫备了一切，最后新娘才来到。不是新娘先来，等著新郎豫备一切；乃是一切都豫备好了之后，新娘才来到。同样的，全地是神婚娶的场地，神已经为祂的婚娶豫备了一切。新娘是谁？新娘是人。
8This is exactly like a marriage according to oriental custom. In such a marriage, the husband prepares everything and, at the last, the bride comes in. The bride does not appear and then wait for everything to be prepared. After everything has been prepared, the bride appears. Likewise, the whole earth is a place for God’s wedding. God has prepared all things for His wedding. Who is the bride? The bride is man.
9人是一切受造生命的成熟；没有人，就没有成熟。看看草，又绿又嫩，不过缺少形态，缺少外表；牠没有脸孔。菜蔬，包括玉米和小麦，在形态上较为发展，不过还是没有脸孔。树是更大了，结出果子和种子来，不过全都没有脸孔来彰显自己。在这三层次的植物生命之后，有了鱼─第一层次的动物生命。鱼有脸，有两个眼晴，不过鱼的头不是清楚分别出来的，鱼没有颈项。鸟呢，有明显的脸和颈项。鸟有眼睛、耳朵和一个小嘴，有点近乎人的脸。牲畜就如马和牛，牠们的脸都像人的脸。接著牲畜，就是野兽，尤其是狮子。狮子的脸很接近人的脸。虽然达尔文愚昧的说，人是猴子的后代，不过有许多野兽的脸像人的脸，那确是真的。然而，不管鸟、牲畜、野兽、鹰、牛、羊的脸多像人的脸，牠们不是人。牠们有所缺，牠们较低级。牠们不是受造生命的成熟。
9Man is the maturity of all created life. Without man, there is no maturity. Look at the grass. It is green and tender, but it is lacking in form, in appearance. It has no face. The herbs, including corn and wheat, are more developed in form. However, they also have no face. The trees are larger, bearing fruit as well as seeds; yet, none of them has a face with which to express itself. After these three levels of plant life, we have the fish, the first level of animal life. The fish does have a face with two small eyes, but its head is not clearly distinguished. And a fish has no neck. The birds, however, have a distinct face and neck. They have eyes, ears, and a small mouth, somewhat closer to the face of man. The cattle, horses, and oxen have faces similar to a human face. Following the cattle, we have the beasts, especially the lion. The face of a lion closely resembles a human face. Although Darwin foolishly said that man is a descendent of the monkey, it is nevertheless true that the faces of some beasts resemble the face of man. However, regardless of how much the faces of birds, cattle, beasts, eagles, oxen, and lambs resemble the face of man, they are not man. They are short and they are inferior. They are not the maturity of the created life
10以西结一章五节、十节说到四活物，这四活物看起来像人。每一个活物有四个脸，人的脸在前，狮的脸在右，牛的脸在左，还有鹰的脸在后。鹰的脸在后，因为鹰的脸不太像人的脸。狮的脸和牛的脸与人的脸很近，不过人的脸是最高级的。因此，人的生命是一切受造生命的成熟，能彰显神并施行神的管治。
10Ezekiel 1:5, 10 speaks of the four living creatures. These four living creatures look like man. Each has four faces: the face of a man at the front, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle at the rear. The eagle is at the rear because an eagle’s face is not much like a man’s. The faces of the lion and the ox are much closer to man’s face. However, man’s face is supreme. Thus, the human life is the maturity of all created life, having the ability to express God and to exercise God’s dominion
11关于人的生命最显著、最奇妙的事，乃是他的知觉。我们的确有最高的知觉。我们的知觉要比鱼、鹰、牛、狮的为高。就著知觉而论，人的生命是最高的。我们要喊：『阿利路亚！』在这宇宙中，在这地上，人生出来了。人造出来了，具有带著最高知觉的生命，能彰显神，代表神的生命。这真是美妙！人的创造是这样的重要，以致三一神在造人之前先开会议。天空已经复造好了，诸天已经为著地的缘故立定了。旱地也露出来了，为著生出植物生命、动物生命和人的生命。看看天空，有太阳、月亮、星宿、雨水和空气。看看地，有青草、菜蔬和树木。空中有飞鸟，水里有鱼，地上有牲畜、野兽和爬物。而人是这一切的中心来彰显神，代表神。在神创造人以后，祂安息了，祂满足了。
11The most striking and wonderful thing about the human life is its consciousness. We do have the highest consciousness. This consciousness of ours is higher than the fish, the eagle, the ox, and the lion. As far as consciousness goes, the human life is the highest. We need to shout, “Hallelujah!” In this universe and on this earth man has been generated. Man has been created, possessing a life with the highest consciousness, a life that is able to express God and represent God. This is wonderful! The creation of man was so crucial and important that the Triune God held a conference before He did it. The sky had been restored. The heavens had been fixed for the purpose of serving the earth. The dry land appeared for the purpose of generating plant life, the animal life, and the human life. Look at the sky: we have the sun, the moon, the stars, the rain, and the air. Look at the earth: we have the grass, the herbs, and the trees. We have the birds in the air, the fish in the water, and the cattle, the beasts, and the creeping things on the earth. As the center of all this, we have man, expressing God and representing God. After God created man, He rested. He was satisfied.
中心点
b. Central Points
12我们现在来到神复造和进一步创造的中心点。
12We now come to the central points of God’s restoration and further creation
（一） 恢复地
1) To Recover the Earth
13神需要恢复地为著生出生命并管治。（创一9，26，28。）只要地仍在死水之下，就不可能生出生命或有管治。为著要有这两件事，地就需要被恢复。
13God needed to recover the earth for generating life and for dominion (Gen. 1:9, 26, 28). As long as the earth was under the death waters, there was no possibility to generate life or to have dominion. In order to have these two things, there was the need for the earth to be recovered
（二） 得著人
2) To Have Man
14第二个中心点是要得著人作神自己的彰显，并且对付神的仇敌。（创一26～28。）以后我们还要来看这一点。
14The second central point was to have man as the expression of God Himself and to deal with God’se ne my (Gen. 1:26-28). Later we will see more of this
（三） 生出生命
3) To Generate Life
15第三个中心点是生出生命。为了有能力彰显神，并为神管理，这是必需的。要记住这三个中心点：恢复地，得著人并生出生命。虽然神所创造之物极其众多，但在创世记一章、二章的记载里，只题到生命的事，以及与生命有关的项目，因为神的复造和进一步的创造是以生命为中心。神一切的创造都是以生命为中心。祂恢复地，创造人，生出各种的生命，乃是为著彰显祂自己并对付祂的仇敌。
15The third point was to generate life. This was necessary for the ability to express God and to have dominion for God. Remember these three central points: to recover the earth, to have man, and to generate life. Although the things created by God are numerous, in the record of Genesis 1 and 2 God only mentioned the matters of life and the items related to life, for His restoration and further creation were focused on life. All God’s creation was focused on life. He recovered the earth, created man, and produced all kinds of life for the purpose of expressing Himself and dealing with His enemy
目的
c. Purpose
16现在我们来看神复造和进一步创造的目的。这是极其重要的。
16Now we come to the purpose of God’s restoration and further creation. This is extremely important
（一） 得著人来彰显神
1) To Have Man to Express God
17神复造和进一步创造的主要目的是要得著人，一个团体人，来彰显神。（创一26～27。）神所创造的人是一个团体人。神并没有创造许多人。神在亚当这一个人里面集体的创造了人类。神创造了亚当，而亚当是一个团体人，集体人。在亚当被造时，我们都被造了。如果你今年三十岁，不要说你是三十年前被造的。你是三十年前出生的，但你是六千年前被造的。虽然我可能比你早生四十年，我们却是同时被造的。在亚当被造时，我们都被造了，因为我们都集体的在亚当里被造了。我们都包含在亚当里。
17The main purpose of God’s restoration and further creation was to have man, a corporate man, to express God (Gen. 1:26-27). The man God created was a corporate man. God did not create many men. God created mankind collectively in one person, Adam. God created Adam and Adam was a corporate man, a collective man. When Adam was created, we were all created. If you are thirty years of age today, don’ts ay that you were created thirty years ago. You were born thirty years ago, but you were created six thousand years ago. Although I might have been born forty years earlier than you, we were created at the same time. When Adam was created, we were all created because we were all created collectively in Adam. We were included in Adam.
18神并没有创造单个的人，乃是创造一个团体的人来彰显祂自己。在二十六节神说『使他们』─只有一个人，但代名词是『他们，』这证明这个人是一个团体人。在这节里，『我们』这代名词如何表明神是三一的，『他们』这代名词也照样表明人是团体的。神照著祂自己的形像，按著祂的样式，创造了这样一个团体人，使人能以彰显神自己。
18God did not create an individual man, but a corporate man to express Himself. In verse 26 God said, “Let them”—one man, but the pronoun is “them.” This proves that this man is a corporate man. In this verse, as the pronoun “us” signifies that God is triune, so the pronoun “them” signifies that man is corporate. God created such a corporate man in His own image and after His likeness so that man might express God Himself
（1） 里面有神的形像
a) With the Image of God Inwardly
19创世记一章二十六节说，『神说，我们要照著我们的形像，按著我们的样式造人。』这里我们看见两件事─形像和样式。所有优秀的圣经读者都同意，形像是指里面的东西，样式是指外面的东西。我们都有一些里面的东西－心智、意志和情感，也有外面的样式，就是身体的形状。
19Genesis 1:26 says, “ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness....” Here we find two things—the image and the likeness. All of the good Bible students agree that the image refers to something inward and the likeness refers to something outward. We all have something inward— the intellect, the will, and the emotion. Outwardly, we have the likeness, the body-form
（a）神的像是基督
1) The Image of God Is Christ
20林后四章四节和歌罗西一章十五节都说，神的像是基督。基督是那不能看见之神的像。神是看不见的，然而祂有一个像。看不见的神有一个看得见的像。从来没有人看见神，基督却将祂表明出来。（约一18。）我们都或多或少见过基督。彼得见过祂，约翰见过祂。在主复活后，五百多位弟兄同时看见祂。（林前十五6。）祂真是神的像。希伯来一章三节说到，基督是神身位的印像。
20Second Corinthians 4:4 and Colossians 1:15 both say that the image of God is Christ. Christ is the image of the invisible God. God is invisible; yet He has an image. The invisible God has a visible image. No one has ever seen God, but Christ has declared Him (John 1:18). We all, more or less, have seen Christ. Peter saw Him. John saw Him. After His resurrection, five hundred brothers saw Him at the same time (1 Cor. 15:6). He is really the image of God. Hebrews 1:3 says that Christ is the express image of God’s Person
（b）人是照著基督的形像造的
2) Man Was Created in Christ’sIm age
21人是按著神的形像造的，而神的形像是基督，所以人是照著基督的形像造的。在创世记一章二十六节神说，『我们要照著我们的形像…造人，』二十七节却说，神照著祂的形像造人。当然这里『祂的形像，』意思就是基督的形像。所以人是照著基督的形像造的。
21Since man was created in the image of God and the image of God is Christ, man was created in the image of Christ. In Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let us make man in our image....” But verse 27 says, “God created man in his image.” Surely here “his image” means the image of Christ. So, man was made in the image of Christ
（c）亚当是基督的豫像
(3) Adam Was the Type of Christ
22罗马五章十四节说，亚当这个首先的人，是基督的豫像，豫表。如果我们为某人拍一张照片，这张照片就是那人的豫像或豫表。亚当是基督的照片。基督是神的形像，而亚当是基督的照片。照片如何是某个形像的彰显，照样，人的被造是为作神形像的彰显，神这形像就是基督。
22Romans 5:14 says that Adam, the first man, was a type, a figure of Christ. If we take a photograph of a person, that picture is the figure or type of the person. Adam was a photograph of Christ. Christ was the image of God and Adam was a picture of Christ. As a photograph is the expression of a certain image, so man was made to be the expression of the image of God which is Christ
23我可以用手套来作说明。手套是照著手的形像和形状造的。手和手套都有五个手指。手套是照著手的形像造的，为著手能穿进手套里。手充满了手套，手套就彰显手。为甚么人是照著基督的形像造的呢？因为神的心意是要基督进到人里面，藉著人得著彰显。罗马九章23二十一、二十三节清楚告诉我们，人被造是一个器皿，就是一个容器。人不是刀子、锤子，或是甚么工具。人是器皿，容器。罗马九章二十一，二十三节更说，人被造是贵重的器皿，以盛装神，盛装神的荣耀。林后四章七节说，我们有这宝贝在瓦器里。这瓦器像手套：有一天手进来了，内容进到容器里来了。我们只是盛装基督的器皿。
23I may use the illustration of a glove. The glove was made in the image and according to the form of the hand. Both the hand and the glove have five fingers. The glove was made in the image of the hand that one day the hand might enter into the glove. The hand fills up the glove, and the glove expresses the hand. Why was man made in the image of Christ? Because God’sin tent i on was that someday Christ would enter into man and be expressed through man. Romans 9:21, tells us clearly that man was made as a vessel, that is as a container. Man is not a knife, a hammer, or any instrument. Man is a vessel, a container. Romans 9:21, 23 further says that man was made a vessel of honor to contain God, to contain God’s glory. Second Corinthians 4:7 says that we have this treasure in earthen vessels. This vessel is like the glove: one day the hand gets into it; the contents get into the container. We are simply a vessel to contain Christ.
（d）基督是照著人的样式造作成的
(4) Christ Was Made in the Likeness of Man
24有一天，基督来是照著人的样式造作成的。（腓二6～8。）人是照著基督的形像造作的，而基督是照著人的样式造作的，这不是很奇妙么？到底是谁照著谁呢？这是相互的。人是照著基督造的，而基督是照著人的样式造的，使人能藉著祂的死和复活得著神的生命。这是个奥秘，却是事实。阿利路亚！我们都得著了这生命。
24One day, Christ came to be made in the likeness of man (Phil. 2:6-8). Man was made according to Christ’sim age, and Christ was made in the likeness of man. Isn’tt his wonderful? Who is according to whom? It is mutual. Man was made according to Christ, and Christ was made in the likeness of man that through His death and resurrection man may obtain God’s life. It is a mystery; yet, it is a fact. Hallelujah! We have all obtained this life
（e）人能变化并模成基督的形像
(5) Man Can Be Transformed into and Conformed unto the Image of Christ
25因为我们有这神圣的生命，我们就2能变化并模成基督的形像。（林后三18，罗八29。）这里有两件事－变化和模成。变化是里面的，模成是外面的。
25Because we have this divine life, we can be transformed into and conformed unto the image of Christ (Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29m). Here we have two things — transformation and conformation. Transformation is inward and conformation is outward.
26我们有心智、情感和意志，这些是照著基督造的。毫无疑问，基督有最好的心智，最好的意志和最好的情感。我们的心智、意志和情感不是很真实。再想想看手和手套的例子，人的手有一个拇指和四个指头，手套也有一个拇指和四个指头。我们不能说手套的拇指不是拇指，然而和真的拇指相比，却有很大的差别。我们的心智和基督的心智相比，就像手套的空拇指，基督的心智就像人手的真拇指。我们有智慧，但我们的智慧也像空拇指，而基督的智慧就像真拇指。然而有一天，真拇指进到手套的拇指里来，两个拇指就成为一个了！一个是外表，是彰显；一个是实际，是内容。我们的智慧只是基督智慧的容器，基督智慧的彰显。你有爱么？是的，我们都有爱，但我们的爱像空手套。我对作妻子的说，不要盼望从你丈夫得到爱。即使你的丈夫爱你，那个爱也是空的。赞美主，那是空的！因为是空的，所以基督的爱能进来。
26We have an intellect, emotion, and will, which were made according to Christ. Christ, no doubt, has the best intellect, the best will, and the best emotion. Our intellect, will, and emotion are not very real. Consider again the illustration of the hand and the glove. The human hand has a thumb and four fingers, and the glove also has a thumb and four fingers. We cannot deny that the thumb of a glove is a thumb, but compared with the real thumb we find a great difference. Compare our intellect with the intellect of Christ. Our intellect resembles the empty thumb of a glove. Christ’s intellect resembles the real thumb of a human hand. We have wisdom, but again our wisdom is like the empty thumb and Christ’s wisdom is like the real thumb. One day, however, the real thumb will get into the thumb of the glove and the two thumbs will become one! One is the appearance, the expression; the other is the reality, the content. Our wisdom is simply the container of the wisdom of Christ, the expression of the wisdom of Christ. Do you have love? Yes, we all have love, but our love is like an empty glove. Wives, don’t expect love from your husbands. Even if your husband loves you, that love is empty. Praise the Lord that it is empty! It is empty that the love of Christ may come in
27然而事情不是一直那么容易。为著让基督的爱进到我们里面来，可能要有一些对付。手套的手指可能扭转弯曲，拦阻手伸进来。同样，我们需要一些对付，好使基督的爱能进到我们里面。有一天，基督的爱进到丈夫虚空的爱里，那时你就要藉著丈夫虚空的爱享受真实的爱，就是基督的爱。赞美主！
27But it is not always easy. It may take some dealing for the love of Christ to get into us. The fingers of a glove may be twisted or bent, giving resistance to the hand that wants to get in. Likewise, we need some dealing in order that the love of Christ may get into us. One day, Christ’s love enters into the empty love of the husband. At that time, you will enjoy the real love, the love of Christ, through your husband’s empty love. Praise the Lord
28我们一切的所有、所是和所能，都只是个空壳子，最好用来作容器，盛装基督一切的所是、所有和所能。
28Whatever we have, whatever we are, and whatever we can do is just an empty form, best used as a container to hold all that Christ is, all that Christ has, and all that Christ can do
29基督是在我们的里面。基督的生命不断的在我们里面作变化的工作。我们的爱,我们的情感，和我们的思想都不彀。我们天然的所有，没有一样是彀的，因为都是虚空有限的。基督的素质和成分必须进到我们一切的所是里。基督的智慧必须进入我们虚空的智慧里，赐给我们基督的心思。（腓二5。）我们的心思必须是一个容器，来为著基督的心思；基督的心思必须充满我们的心思。然后，我们的心思就要变化成为基督的形像。林后三章十八节说，我们都以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光，就变化成为与祂同样的形像。这是里面的变化。这里面的变化也要成为外面的模成。我们要模成神儿子的形像。（罗八29。）
29Christ is in us. Constantly, the life of Christ is doing a transforming work within us. Our love, our emotion, and our thinking are inadequate. Nothing we have by nature is adequate because it is empty and limited. The essence, the element of Christ must enter into all that we are. The wisdom of Christ must enter our empty wisdom, giving us the mind of Christ (Phil. 2:5). Our mind must be a container for the mind of Christ; the mind of Christ must fill up our mind. Then, our mind will be transformed into the image of Christ. Second Corinthians 3:18 says that we all with unveiled face behold and reflect like a mirror the glory of the Lord and are transformed into His image. This is inward transformation. This inward transformation will also become the outward conformation. We will be conformed to the image of the Son of God (Rom. 8:29m).
（f）我们的身体要改变形状，同形于基督荣耀的身体
6) Our Body Will Be Transfigured into the Likeness of the Glorious Body of Christ
30我们都是照著基督造的。有一天基督在我们的样式里来到。我们接受祂，祂就进到我们里面。这位基督现今在我们里面作变化的工作，不只把我们变化成祂的形像，也把我们模成祂自己的形状。至终，祂要来使我们外面的身体改变形状，同形于祂荣耀的身体。（腓三21。）那时我们就要完满的、完全的、终极的与祂相像。（约壹三2下。）当祂看自己，祂要说，『你们所有人都像我。』当我们看自己，我们要对主耶稣说，『我们都像你，你也像我们。』没有甚么两样。我们都要像基督，基督也要完全像我们。基督和我们，我们和基督─都有一样的形像、一样的样式。这就是神创造人来彰显祂自己的定旨。一面说来，人的创造已经完成了，但变化的过程却继续著。我们现今乃是在变化的过程中，等候祂的回来。
30We were made according to Christ. One day, Christ came in the likeness of this form of ours. We received Him and He came into us. This Christ is now within us doing the work of transformation, not only transforming us into His image, but also conforming us unto His very form. Eventually, He will come to transfigure our outward body into the likeness of His glorious body (Phil. 3:21). Then we will be fully, completely, and ultimately the same as He is (1 John 3:2b). When He looks at Himself, He will say, “All you people are like Me.” When we look at ourselves, we will say to the Lord Jesus, “We are all like You, and You are like us.” There will be no difference. We will all be like Christ, and Christ will be fully like us. Christ and we, we and Christ—we all will be in the same image and in the same likeness. This was God’s purpose in creating man to express God Himself. In a sense, the creation of man has been completed, but the process of transformation continues. We are now under the process of transformation, waiting for His coming back
（2） 外面有神的样式
b) With the Likeness of God Outwardly
31人的被造不只里面照著神的形像，外面也按著神的样式。在创造里，一切别的项目都是『各从其类；』然而人却不是从人的一类，乃是按著神的样式。形像如何是指神里面的所是，照样，样式必是指神外面的形状。
31Man was created not only in the image of God inwardly, but also after the likeness of God outwardly. All the other items in creation are after “their kind.” Man, however, is not after man’s kind, but after God’s likeness. As image indicates the inward being of God, so likeness must indicate the outward form of God
32神和人之间的关系是个奥秘。圣经一面说神是看不见的，另一面却说，甚至在主耶稣成肉体成为人以前，在旧约的时候，祂就有几次显现为人。基督有几次都以人身体的形状出现。当亚伯拉罕坐在帐棚门口，他看见三个人来了，（创十八2上，）这是耶和华和两位天使向他显现。亚伯拉罕邀请这三人进入他的帐棚，伺候他们一顿大餐。他们都和他同吃。神和亚伯拉罕同吃，而且他们有透切的交谈。这就是为甚么亚伯拉罕称为神的朋友。（雅二23。）我们若读创世记十八章，会发现这是一个朋友交通的记载。神是亚伯拉罕的朋友。过了一会，两位天使被耶和华打发走了，耶和华仍留下来与亚伯拉罕在一起。亚伯拉罕站在耶和华面前，就像一个朋友。（创十八16上，22。）这就是成为肉体之前的基督。
32The relationship between God and man is a mystery. On the one hand, the Bible says that God is invisible. On the other hand, it says that even before the Lord Jesus was incarnated to be a man, He appeared to people several times in the Old Testament as a man. Several times Christ appeared in the form of a man’s body. While Abraham was sitting at the door of his tent, he saw three men coming (Gen. 18:2a). The Lord and two angels appeared to him. Abraham invited the three men into his tent and served them a good meal. They all ate with him. God ate with Abraham and they had a thorough talk. That was why Abraham was called the friend of God (James 2:23). If we read Genesis 18, we will find that it is a record of a friend-fellowship. God was a friend to Abraham. After a while, the two angels were sent away by the Lord, and the Lord remained with Abraham. Abraham stood before the Lord, just like a friend (Gen. 18:16a, 22). That was Christ before His incarnation.
33基督第二次在人的形状里显现，是在毘努伊勒雅各的事例中。有一个人来，要制伏这个刚强的雅各。（创三二24。）然而，雅各竟与神摔跤！神在人的形状里与雅各摔跤。雅各真是刚强，神制伏不了他，直到摸了他的大腿窝，他就瘸了。雅各问说，『请告诉我，你的名字是甚么？』神说，『不要问我的名字，只要让我赐福与你。』至终雅各知道，他面对面遇见神了。（创三二28～30。）毘努伊勒的意思就是神的面。在那里显现出来的神乃是人，一个真实的人。祂若不是一个真实的人，如何能与雅各摔跤呢？
33The second time Christ appeared in the form of man was in the case of Jacob at Peniel. A man came to subdue this strong Jacob (Gen. 32:24). Yet, Jacob was wrestling with God! God in the form of man was wrestling with Jacob. Jacob was really strong and God could not subdue him until He touched his thigh and Jacob became lame. Jacob asked, “Please tell me—what is Your name?” God said, “Don’task My name. Just let Me give you My blessing.” Eventually, Jacob realized that he had met God face to face (Gen. 32:28-30). Peniel means the face of God. God appeared there as a man, a real man. If He had not been a real man, how could He have wrestled with Jacob
34神另一次以人身体的形状显现，是在约书亚五章。那时，约书亚背负著击败耶利哥的重担。神的军队也许第二天就要出去攻打耶利哥，他们的首领约书亚背负这次战役的重担。在黄昏的时候，我信他是在考量著局势，突然他见到一个人。约书亚问他说，『你是帮助我们呢，是帮助我们敌人呢？』那人说，『不是的；我来是要作耶和华军队的元帅。』（书五13～14。）那人也告诉约书亚说，『把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你所站的地方是圣的。』（书五15。）那是神所在的地方。
34Another occasion when God appeared in the form of a human body was in Joshua 5. At that time, Joshua bore the great burden of defeating Jericho. Perhaps it was the next day that the army of God was going out to fight against Jericho, and Joshua, as their leader, bore the burden for that battle. I believe that he was considering the situation in the evening time when suddenly he saw a man. Joshua asked him, “ Art thou for us or for our adversaries?” That man said, “Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come” (Josh. 5:13-14). The man also told Joshua, “Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy” (Josh. 5:15). That was the place where God was
35凭这些例子，我们能看见主耶稣在成为肉体以前，曾几次以人身体的形状显现。这真是奥秘。
35By all of these instances, we can see that the Lord Jesus, before His incarnation, appeared several times in the bodyform of a man. This is really mysterious
36青草没有脸，菜蔬、树木也没有。从动物的生命开始，我们看见鱼有脸，但不太像人的脸。再来是鸟类、牲畜、野兽。再来是人，他的脸和神非常像。这是个奥秘。无论如何，圣经清楚告诉我们，我们是照著神的形像造的。这就是为甚么我们有智慧、意志、情感，正如神所有的，不过没有实际罢了。我们的所有只是彰显，我们需要内容。
36The grass has no face, neither do the herbs nor the trees. Starting from the animal life, we have seen that the fish has a face, but not very close to man’s face. Next came the birds, the cattle, and the beasts. Then came man whose face is very much like God. This is a mystery. At any rate, we have been told clearly that we were made in God’sim age. This is why we have wisdom, will, and emotion, just as God does, but without the reality. What we have are simply the expressions. We need the content.
37我们也有一个形状，一个形像的形状，正像一张照片。不过，照片没有实际。当人照著神的形状，神的形像被造时，他没有神的实际。在他被造之后，他还需要把神接受进来。不管人多有神的形像和形状，他并没有神的实际或神的生命。人失败了。于是神就在人的形状里而来。祂在这形状里而死，并复活来拔高这形状。藉著祂的死和复活，我们现今很容易把祂接受进来。我们都已经接受并得著这神圣的生命，并且藉这神圣的生命能有神的实际。这神圣的生命现今在我们里面运行，要把我们虚空的生命变化成在实际里神圣的形状。这就是变化。至终我们要模成祂的形像。圣经就是这一个奥秘的启示。我们都必须看见，我们被造所照著并按著之神的形像和样式，是太重要、太中心、也太关键了。我们都必须看见，基督如何就是这形像，并且基督如何被造作成人的形状，使我们能把祂接受进来，作我们的生命和实际。至终，祂与我们要调和成为一个。我们是祂的外表和彰显，祂是我们的实际和内容。祂与我们要成为一。祂要像我们，我们要像祂。然后,我们要向全宇宙彰显神。
37We also have a form, a form of the image, just like a photograph. However, the photograph doesn’th ave the reality. When man was created in the form, in the image of God, he didn’th ave the reality of God. After he was created, man still needed to take God in. Regardless of how much man had the form and the image of God, he did not have the reality of God or the life of God. Man failed. Then the Lord came in the form of man. He died in this form and was resurrected to uplift this form. By His death and resurrection, it is now so easy for us to take Him in. We have received and obtained this divine life, and by this divine life we all can have the reality of God. This divine life is now working in us to transform our empty life into the divine form in reality. This is transformation. Eventually, we will be conformed unto His image. The Bible is a revelation of such a mystery. It is so important, so central and crucial that we all see the image of God and the form of God in which and after which we were created. We must all see how Christ was this image and how Christ was made in the form of man that we may take Him in as our life and reality. Eventually, He and we will be mingled together and made as one. We will be His appearance and expression; He will be our reality and content. He and we will be one. He will be like us and we will be like Him. Then, we will express God to the whole universe
38现在我们能看见，为甚么神创造了诸天和地，为甚么神创造了人的生命。这是宇宙的中心和意义。我们若没有看见这个，就不知道甚么是宇宙的意义，也不知道我们要往那里去。今天，我们的确知道宇宙的意义，也知道我们在那里，要往那里去。我们在这里是要彰显神，并且要与祂相会，与祂合一。
38Now we can see why God created the heavens and the earth and why God created the human life. This is the meaning and center of the universe. If we don’ts ee this, we don’t know what is the meaning of the universe and we don’t know where we are going. Today, we do know the meaning of the universe and we know where we are and where we are going. We are here to express Him and we are going to meet Him, to be one with Him
39当我们得救的时候，在我们里面神圣的生命是像青草一样。这生命长大成了菜蔬，成了树木，然后成为更高层的生命－鱼、鸟、牲畜和野兽。我们若不达到受造生命的顶点，就不能彰显神。我们需要人的生命。根据以西结一章五节、十节和启示录四章六至七节，创世记一章所记载生命的九项，只有四项在神面前有代表－鹰、牛、狮、人。这四项在神面前，代表著一切在神面前的受造之物。在以西结和启示录里，没有题到青草、菜蔬、树木、鱼或是爬物。在永世里，直到永远，不再有海，因此就没有鱼，自然也没有爬物。要在神面前作代表的乃是人连同牲畜、狮子和鹰。我们都需要长大，直至达到更高生命的层次，就是牲畜、狮子和鹰的层次。我们必须往前，直至达到人的生命所表明生命的成熟。只有这生命能彰显神，只有这生命能为神管理。这是我们的目标。我们必须不断长大，从植物的生命长到动物的生命，从动物的生命长到人的生命。
39When we were saved, the divine life within us was like the grass. It grew into the herb and into the trees. Then, it grew into a higher plane of life—the fish, the bird, the cattle, and the beast. Not until we reach the top of the created life can we ever express God. We need the human life. According to Ezekiel 1:5, 10 and Revelation 4:6-7, of the nine items of life recorded in Genesis 1, only four are represented in the presence of God—the eagle, the ox, the lion, and the man. These four are in the presence of God, representing all the creatures before God. In Ezekiel and Reve lation, there is no mention of the grass, the herb, the trees, the fish, or the creeping things. For eternity and in eternity there will be nose a. Therefore, there will be no fish. Certainly, there will be no creeping things. What will be represented in the presence of God will be the man with the cattle, the lion, and the eagle. We all must grow until we reach the higher plane of life, that is the plane of the cattle, the lion, and the eagle. We must go on until we reach the maturity of life signified by the human life. Only this life can express God. Only this life can have dominion for God. This is our goal. We must grow and grow and grow from the plant life to the animal life and from the animal life to the human life.
进一步的话
A FURTHER WORD
40你们听说过，圣经中一切的真理都撒在创世记，尤其在第一章。我们已经看见，创世记一章说到关乎光的事，而这光发展贯串整本圣经。我们已经看见第一天的光，第四天的光，以及这些光发展，直到圣经的末了，就是末了的两章，那里说，『不再有黑夜。』至终，神自己是祂所救赎之人的光。我们在新耶路撒冷里是一班蒙救赎的人，我们不需要日光、月光和任何别的光。光就是神自己。因此，在创世记一章所撒下的种子，到启示录二十二章就发展完全了。
40You have heard that all the truths in the Bible were sown in Genesis, especially in chapter 1. As we have seen, Genesis 1 says something about the light and this light has been developed through the whole Bible. We have seen the light on the first day, the lights on the fourth day, and the development of these lights to the end of the Bible where, in the last two chapters, it says, “night shall be no more.” Eventually, God Himself is the light to His redeemed ones. As the redeemed ones in the New Jerusalem, we will not need the sun, the moon, or any other light. The light will be God Himself. So, the seed of light sown in Genesis 1 has been fully developed in Revelation 22
41同样的原则，我们有『形像』这辞。『神照自己的形像造人。』神的形像是为著神的彰显。彰显神就是彰显神的荣耀。这小小的辞『形像』一直发展，直到圣经的末了，就长成了新耶路撤冷。整座城有碧玉的外表。（启二一11。）你若读启示录四章三节，你能看见坐在宝座上的看来像碧玉。神显出来的样子像碧玉。至终，新耶路撒冷整座城是用碧玉建造成的，城的墙也是用碧玉造的。（启二一18上。）从每一角度，每一方向，每一边来看，新耶路撒冷都有神的外表。这是神形像的彰显。
41In the same principle, we have the word image. “God made man in His own image.” The image of God is for the expression of God. To express God is just to manifest God’s glory. This little word image has been developed and developed until, at the end of the Bible, it has grown into the New Jerusalem. The whole city has the appearance of jasper (Rev. 21:11). If you read Revelation 4:3, you can see that the One sitting on the throne looks like jasper. God’s appearance is like jasper. Eventually, the whole city of New Jerusalem is built with jasper. The wall of the city is also built with jasper (Rev. 21:18a). From every angle, from every direction, and from every side the New Jerusalem has the appearance of God. This is the expression of the image of God.
42今天早晨，当我们祷读的时侯，有弟兄问我以西结一章五节、十节，以及启示录四章六至七节四活物的事。在以西结里，每个活物有四个脸：前面的脸是人，后面的脸是鹰，右面的脸是狮，左面的脸是牛。然而，你从以西结往前看到启示录四章，你会发现有一点点不同。那里的四活物，每一个只有一个脸。第一个不是人，乃是狮子。第二个不是牛，乃是牛犊。牛和牛犊不同，牛比较老。这很奇怪。依我看，以西结的牛该是牛犊，而启示录的牛犊该是牛。先是较幼的，然后是较老的。然而圣经是先题较老的，再题较幼的；先是牛，再是牛犊。我告诉你，我们基督徒不是越过越老，乃是越过越年轻。我们越长大，就越年轻。
42This morning, while we were pray-reading, Brother Al asked me about the four living creatures in Ezekiel 1:5, 10 and Revelation 4:6-7. In Ezekiel, each living creature has four faces: the front face is a man; the rear face is an eagle; the right face is a lion; and the left face is an ox. However, if you go on from Ezekiel to Revelation chapter 4, you see a little difference. There, each of the four living creatures has only one face. The first is not a man, but a lion. The second is not an ox, but a calf. You know the difference between an ox and a calf. An ox is older. This is strange. In my opinion, the ox in Ezekiel should be a calf, and the calf in Revelation should be an ox—first the younger, then the older. But the Bible first mentions the older and then the younger—first the ox, then the calf. I tell you, we Christians are not going to be older, but younger. The more we grow, the younger we are
43在启示录中，狮子是第一，牛犊是第二，人是第三，鹰是第四。那位弟兄问我，以西结和启示录为甚么有这个差别。原因是，在启示录中，四活物的次序是根据四福音的次序。在马太有狮子，是君王；在马可有仆人，奴仆，是牛犊；在路加有人；在约翰有神，是飞翔的鹰。这是甚么意思？在以西结中的四活物，严格说来，是神荣耀的彰显。甚么是神的荣耀？就是基督。当神的荣耀得彰显时，那就是基督。然而，请注意这差别。以西结的四活物是神荣耀的彰显，启示录的四活物是基督自己的彰显。从神的荣耀到基督自己，有一个进步。因此，在启示录里，四活物的外表就像四福音中的主耶稣。这就是说，启示录中的四活物，就是基督的彰显。我不是说他们是基督；他们不是基督，但他们彰显基督，他们彰显基督的所是。基督有四面：君王、奴仆、人、神。基督有这四面，而这位基督需要在祂的造物里面得著彰显。因此，在这宇宙中有四活物，代表每一层次上各种的生命，来彰显基督。
43In Revelation, the lion is first, the calf second, the man third, and the eagle fourth. Brother Al asked me why there is this difference between Ezekiel and Revelation. The reason is that the order of the living creatures in Revelation is according to the order of the four Gospels. In Matthew we have the lion, the king. In Mark we have the servant, the slave, the calf. In Luke we have the man. In John we have God, the soaring eagle. What does this mean? The four living creatures in Ezekiel, strictly speaking, were the manifestation of God’s glory. In the conference we had on Ezekiel, we covered Ezekiel 1 and saw how the four living creatures were the manifestation of God’s glory. What is God’s glory? That is Christ. When God’s glory is expressed, that is Christ. But notice the difference. The four living creatures in Ezekiel were the manifestation of God’s glory. The four living creatures in Revelation are the expression of Christ Himself. There has been an improvement from God’s glory to Christ Himself. Thus, in Revelation, the appearance of the four living creatures is just like the four Gospels. This means that the four living creatures in Revelation are just the expression of Christ. I do not say they are Christ. They are not Christ, but they express Christ. They express what Christ is. Christ is in four aspects: the king, the slave, the man, and the very God. Christ bears these four aspects and this Christ needs an expression in His creation. So, in this universe there are four living creatures, representing all kinds of life on every plane, to express Christ
44创世记一章中的每件东西，除了黑暗、死水和爬物以外，全是基督。那灵来覆翼，那是基督。基督就是那灵。基督也是话。光来了，光是基督。空气，毫无疑问是基督。灵是基督，话是基督，光是基督，空气也是基督。旱地是基督。青草是基督，因为基督是我们的青草地。菜蔬是基督。基督是五谷、小麦、凤仙花、和各种美丽的菜蔬。各样的树是基督。基督是橄榄树、无花果树、葡萄树、生命树。鱼也是基督。基督用五个饼两条鱼𫗪饱五千人。基督徒大多只注意五个饼，忽略了两条鱼。基督不仅是五个饼，也是两条鱼，出于死水来滋养我们。基督也是鸟，祂是鹰。出埃及十九19:4章四节说，基督是大鹰，将以色列人背在祂的翅膀上。祂是一只大鹰，将祂的百姓从埃及拯救出来。有一天基督说，祂是一只大母鸡。在马太二十三章末了，基督说，『我是母鸡，我要把你们都聚集在我翅膀底下，只是你们不愿意到我这里来。』（太二三37。）基督是牲畜，是公牛、牛犊、母牛、绵羊、羔羊。基督也是狮子。（启五5。）最后，基督是人，是真正的亚当。基督也是日头、晨星、以及月光的真源头。在创世记一章，一切是基督，基督是一切。
44Everything in Genesis 1, except the darkness, the death waters, and the creeping things, is Christ. The Spirit came to brood. That is Christ. Christ is the Spirit. Christ is also the Word. The light came in. The light is Christ. The air, no doubt, is Christ. The Spirit is Christ, and the Word is Christ; the light is Christ, and the air is Christ. The dry land is Christ. The grass is Christ because Christ is our green pasture. The herbs are Christ. Christ is the corn, the wheat, the henna flower, and all kinds of beautiful herbs. All the trees are Christ. Christ is the olive tree, the fig tree, the vine tree, the life tree. And the fish are Christ. Christ fed 5,000 people with five loaves and two fishes. Most Christians only pay attention to the five loaves, forgetting the two fishes. However, Christ is not only the five loaves; He is also the two fishes, something from the death waters to nourish us. Christ is also the birds. He is the eagle. Exodus says that Christ was the big eagle which bore the Israelites upon His two shoulders. As a great eagle, He delivered His people out of Egypt. One day Christ said that He was a big hen. At the end of Matthew 23 (v. 37), Christ said, “I am a hen. I want to gather you all under My wings, but you would not come to Me.” Christ is the cattle, the ox, the calf, the cow, the sheep, and the lamb. Christ is also a lion (Rev. 5:5). Finally, Christ is the man, the real Ad am. Christ is also the sun, the morning star, and the real source of the moon’slight. In chapter 1 of Genesis, everything is Christ and Christ is everything.
45你若只享受基督作青草，你就不彀资格彰显祂。你就是享受祂作菜蔬和各样的树木，你仍然不彀资格。甚至你若享受祂作鱼，你还不彀资格。虽然你可能享受基督这么多，但你不彀资格彰显祂。你必须从这些生命的层次，进步到鸟的生命，然后你才开始有资格彰显基督。
45If you only enjoy Christ as the grass, you are not qualified to express Him. If you enjoy Him as the herbs and as all the trees, you are still not qualified. Even if you enjoy Him as the fish, you are not qualified. Although you may enjoy Christ so much, you are not yet qualified to express Him. You must progress from all these levels of life to the level of the bird life. Then you begin to be qualified to express Christ
46鸟的生命是在神宝座前作代表之四类生命中的一类。我们题过，在创世记一章九类的生命中，只有四类在神宝座前作代表。我再告诉你那九类：青草、菜蔬、树木、鱼、鸟、牲畜、野兽、爬物和人。
46The bird life is one of the four categories of life represented before the throne of God. As I mentioned last night, of the nine categories of life in Genesis 1, only four are represented before the throne of God. Let me give you the nine categories again: the grass, the herbs, the trees, the fish, the birds, the cattle, the beasts, the creeping things, and the man
47在这九类中，只有四类、鸟、牲畜、野兽和人－彀资格彰显基督。青草不彀资格。牠是好的，却是最低层次的生命。菜蔬、树木、鱼也都不彀资格。当然，一切爬物是永远被弃绝的，牠们是要下火湖的。
47Out of nine categories, only four—the bird, the cattle, the beast, and the man—are qualified to express Christ. The grass is not qualified. It is good, but it is a kind of life on the lowest level. Neither the herbs, the trees, nor the fish are qualified. Of course, all the creeping things are forsaken for eternity. They go to the lake of fire.
48只有鸟、牲畜、野兽和人有清楚的脸。你的脸是你里面所是的外在表现。你里面的所是，藉著你外面的脸彰显出来。我已经题过，青草、菜蔬、树木都没有脸。鱼有脸，但不彀清楚，而且没有颈项。我们需要较长的颈项，使我们的脸更分明。在这九类中间，只有四类有清楚的脸；而在这四类中间，人的脸最好，最高且最分明。以你的脸与鹰、牛犊或狮子的脸比较，你要看见，你的脸更清楚。为甚么呢？因为在你里面人的生命，比鸟的生命、牲畜的生命和野兽的生命更具特征。
48Only the birds, the cattle, the beasts, and the man have a distinguished face. Your face is the outward appearance of your inward being. What you are inwardly is expressed outwardly by your face. As I have mentioned already, the grass, the herbs, and the trees have no face. The fish have a face, but their face is not distinguished. And the fish have no neck. We need a longer neck to make our face more distinct. Among all the nine categories, only four have a distinguished face, and among these four, the human face is the best, the highest, and the most distinct. Compare your face with the face of an eagle, calf, or lion. You will see that your face is much more distinguished. Why? Because, the human life within you is much more distinctive than the bird life, the cattle life, and the beast life.
49照著神的经纶，基督有四方面。祂是人，然而祂像牛犊一样服事人。祂是人，然而祂像狮子一样争战、支配并管治。祂是人，然而祂能像鹰一样飞得远、飞得高。虽然我们需要人的生命来彰显基督，我们仍需要牛犊的生命、狮子的生命、鹰的生命。当我们有这四者，我们就能完满的彰显基督。
49According to God’secon o my, Christ has four aspects. He is a man, but He serves people like a calf. He is a man, but He fights the battle, exercises control, and has dominion like a lion. He is a man, but He can fly far away, soaring like an eagle. Although we need the human life to express Christ, we still need the calf life, the lion life, and the eagle life. When we have all four we can express Christ in full
50现在我们能看见，创世记一章『形像』这个小辞；已经经过了大的发展。不只有四活物在四面彰显基督，至终有新耶路撒冷，一座具有神的形像，彰显基督的高大的城。神看起来像碧玉，而新耶路撒冷的外观也是碧玉，与神的外观一样。这是创世记一章二十六节的实现。阿利路亚！阿利路亚！
50Now we can see that the little word image in Genesis 1 has undergone a great development. We not only have the four living creatures expressing Christ in four aspects. Eventually we have the New Jerusalem, a high city with the image of God expressing Christ. God looks like jasper, and the appearance of the New Jerusalem is also jasper, the same as God’s appearance. This is the fulfillment of Genesis 1:26. Hallelujah! Hallelujah