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创世记生命读经 · 第8篇

神的恢复与进一步的创造（五）终极的完成

GOD’S RESTORATION AND FURTHER CREATION (5) ULTIMATE CONSUMMATION
d. Ultimate Consummation
1在本篇信息中，我们要来看终极的完成，这是创世记一章的极峰。我们需要复习一下，在神复造和进一步创造里的几个过程。那灵覆翼在黑暗和死亡之上。光来了，就把光暗分开。神造了空气，将其上的与其下的事物分开。接著神叫旱地从死水里出来，叫旱地长出植物的生命。在植物的生命之后，第四天的光来了，普照在地上。然后鱼的生命、鸟的生命，牲畜的生命、野兽的生命、以及一切爬物的生命都出现了。最后神创造了人。人是神创造的极峰，因为人有神的形像。这不是一件小事。
1In this message we come to the ultimate consummation, the climax of Genesis 1. We need to recall the various steps in the process of God’s restoration and further creation. The Spirit was brooding over the darkness and death. Light came, and there was a division between light and darkness. God made the expanse to divide the things above from the things beneath. Next God called the dry land out of the death waters. Out of the dry land the plant life was generated. After the plant life, the fourth-day lights came in to shine upon the earth. Then came the fish life, the bird life, the cattle life, the beast life, and all the creeping things. Eventually, God created man. Man is the climax of God’s creation because man bears God’sim age. This is not a small thing
（一） 神得著彰显与代表
1) God Was Expressed and Represented
2人是神的彰显，因为人有神的形像。人也有神的管治权。神授权绐人，使人管治海、空、地，特别是各种爬物。人有能力、权柄和管治权，因为人像神。人有神的形像，因此人有权柄。神创造的极峰是人有神的形像，并有神的权柄，代表神治理一切。
2Man is the expression of God because he bears God’sim age. He also has the dominion of God. Man was committed with God’s dominion over these as, the air, the earth, and especially over all the creeping things. Man has power, authority, and dominion because man looks like God. Man bears the image of God; so, man has authority. The climax in God’s creation is man bearing God’sim age and representing God with His authority overall things
3人看看神，神也看看人，二者很像。这就如我拿一张你的照片，你看起来很像照片，照片看起来也很像你。同样，神能说，『人阿，你看起来非常像我。』人要回答说，『神阿，你太像我了。我们两个非常像。』还有，当人从神面前出来时，他是一切受造之物的管理者。他有权柄治理。这就是管治，国度。
3When man looks at God and God looks at man, they look alike. If I take a photograph of you, you will look like the photograph and the photograph will look like you. Likewise, God can say, “Man, you are very much like Me.” Man will reply, “God, You are so much like me. We two are very much alike.” Also, when man comes out of the presence of God, he is the ruler over all created things. He has authority to rule. This is dominion, the kingdom
4在创世记一章有两个关键的辞，就是形像和管理。你可以忘掉爬物和鱼，但是不可以忘掉人有形像和管治。人不是照著蛇或蝎子的形像造的。乃是照著神的形像造的。这是极峰:人有神的形像，运用神的权柄来维护管治。
4The two crucial words in chapter one of Genesis are image and dominion. You may forget the creeping things and the fish, but don’t forget man with image and dominion. Man was not made in the image of a serpent or scorpion, but in the image of God. This is the climax: man bearing God’sim age, exercising God’s authority to maintain dominion
5形像和管治是撒在创世记一章的两粒种子。这些种子需要整本圣经来长大、发展。牠的收获，完全的成熟，是在启示录二十一、二十二章。整个新耶路撒冷彰显神，有神的样子。新耶路撒冷也运用神的权柄，维护神的管治，直到永远。今天这两粒种子也在你我里面生长。神的形像和神的权柄一直在我们里面长大。
5Image and dominion were sown as two seeds in Genesis 1. However, these seeds need the whole Bible to grow and develop. The harvest, the full maturity, is in Revelation 21 and 22. The whole New Jerusalem expresses God, bearing God’s appearance. The New Jerusalem also exercises God’s divine authority to maintain God’s dominion for eternity. Today, these two seeds are growing in you and me. The image of God and the authority of God are constantly growing within us.
6以一对年轻夫妇为例。丈夫爱妻子，妻子也爱丈夫。虽然妻子爱她的丈夫，她心里会说，『虽然我爱你，不过你只是个任性的年轻人。』对作妻子的说，丈夫是她的头，这在道理上是对的。但妻子还是会在心里说，『我知道丈夫是我的头，可是他实在是个任性的年轻人，我很难敬重他。』有一天丈夫得救了，神的生命进到了他里面。这是种子。这种子一天又一天，一月又一月的在这年轻人里面长大。也许十八个月以后，妻子看著丈夫要说，『我当然要敬重他。他以前只是个任性的年轻人，不过今天再瞧瞧他，他持重多了，他不再那么松散，那么轻浮，他有分量了。』作丈夫的不需要运用权柄，说，『你该知道，我现在是一个基督徒丈夫。你要服从我。』丈夫不必这么说。甚么时候妻子看看他，就知道他的话是有分量的，他真有一些宝贝、有价值的东西。她就自然的敬重他。以前她争辩，现今她敬重、尊重他，认真考虑他所说的每一件事。因为他现在有神的形像，并且因这形像带来神的权柄。这就是管理。
6Consider the case of a young married couple. The husband loves the wife, and the wife loves the husband. Although she loves her husband, the wife says within herself, “Although I love you, you are just a naughty young man.” It is doctrinally correct to tell the wife that her husband is her head. However, the wife will say within herself, “I know that my husband is my head, but actually he is a naughty young man. It is hard for me to respect him.” One day the husband is saved, and the divine life enters into him. This is the seed, and the seed grows in this young man day after day, month after month. Perhaps after eighteen months, the wife will look at her husband and say, “Surely I must respect him. Once he was just a naughty young man. But look at him today! He has some weight. He is not so loose, so light. He is weighty.” There is no need for the husband to exercise authority and say, “You must know that I am now a Christian husband. You must submit to me.” The husband need not say this. Whenever the wife looks at him, she will realize that his words are weighty, that there is something precious and valuable about him. Spontaneously she respects him. Formerly she argued. Now she respects and honors him, considering seriously everything he says because he now bears the image of God, and out of this image comes the divine authority. This is dominion
7许多人读过倪弟兄『权柄与顺服』这本书。他们只是利用那本书，说，『我们是召会的长老。我们是基督徒团体的带领人。我们是神的权柄。』如果你这样说，你在神的权柄上就了了。你没有神的形像。当主耶稣来的时候，祂对人绝没有一种态度自居是权柄，要人服从祂。祂绝没有这样作。然而，当祂在地上的时候，祂有神的形像，祂也有神的权柄。权柄总是从形像来的。
7Many people have read Watchman Nee’s book, Spiritual Authority. They simply utilize that book, saying, “We are the elders of the church. We are the leaders of a group of Christians. We are God’s authority.” If you say this, you are through with God’s authority. You do not bear the image of God. When the Lord Jesus came, He never held any attitude toward people that He was the authority and that people had to submit to Him. He never did this. However, when He was on this earth, He bore the image of God. He also had the authority of God. Authority always comes from the image
8终极的完成是神得著了彰显和代表。没有甚么比这更高。当神得著彰显并代表，这就是极峰。
8The ultimate consummation is that God is expressed and represented. Nothing can be higher than this. When God is expressed and represented, that is the climax
9人是照著神的形像造的，使人能彰显祂，这是生命的事。生命带著神的形像是为著神的彰显。神给人权柄管治万有，使人能代表祂，这是权柄的事。如果你要用权柄代表神，你就需要在生命里彰显神，整本圣经就是这个故事，说到那些代表神并彰显神的圣徒。我们现在要从新旧约中选看十八个例子。
9Man was made in God’s image that man might express Him. This is a matter of life. Life with the image is for the expression of God. God gave man dominion over all things that man might represent Him. This is a matter of authority. If you are going to represent God with authority, you need to express God in life. The whole story of the Bible is just one story, telling of the saints who expressed God and represented God. We need now to consider eighteen cases covering the Old and the New Testaments.
（1） 亚伯拉罕的例子
a) The Case of Abraham
10我们开头先看亚伯拉罕。这不是说，在亚伯拉罕以前就没有人彰显神;在亚伯拉罕以前，至少有三个伟人－亚伯、以诺和挪亚。不过我们读他们的历史，我们看不到甚么记载说到他们胜过了仇敌或征服了甚么。在亚伯拉罕之前，没有记载甚么人征服了仇敌。亚伯拉罕筑了一座坛，使他能接触神。（创十二7。）你越接触神，你就越有神的形像。你越观看神，你看起来就越像神。筑一座坛为著接触神，意思是要更多变化成神的形像。亚伯拉罕没有建塔。在巴别的人没有筑坛接触神;他们建塔传扬自己的名。（创十一4。）这是自傲。然而亚伯拉罕从这种光景中被召出来。他筑了一座小坛，在那里接触神。他越接触神，他越像神。圣经告诉我们，最后神成了亚伯拉罕的朋友，亚伯拉罕称为神的朋友。（雅二23。）你若读创世记十八章，你会看见神不是以造物主或者全能的神来就近亚伯拉罕。神是以一个朋友来就近他。神和亚伯拉罕有交通，正像两个朋友彼此交谈。那时亚伯拉罕就更像神了。因此，我们才看到亚伯拉罕征服并击败仇敌。（创十四17。）
10We begin with Abraham. This does not mean that before Abraham there was no man who expressed God. There were at least three great men—Abel, Enoch, and Noah. However, if we read their history, we find no record that they conquered the enemy or subdued anything. Until Abraham, there is no record of anyone who subdued the enemy. Abraham built an altar that he might contact God (Gen. 12:7). The more you contact God, the more you will bear God’sim age. The more you look at God, the more you will look like God. To build an altar for the purpose of contacting God means to become more and more transformed into the image of God. Abraham didn’t build a tower. The people at Babel didn’t build an altar to contact God; they built a tower to make themselves a name (Gen. 11:4). That is self-pride. Abraham, however, was called out of that environment; he built a small altar and there he contacted God. The more he contacted God, the more he looked like God. The Bible tells us that eventually God became a friend to Abraham and that Abraham was called the friend of God (James 2:23). If you read Genesis 18, you will see that God did not come to Abraham as the Creator or the Almighty God. God came to him as a friend. God and Abraham had fellowship just like two friends talking together. By that time Abraham had become more and more like God. Therefore, we are told that Abraham conquered and defeated the enemies (Gen. 14:17
（2） 约瑟的例子
b) The Case of Joseph
11约瑟是创世记历史中的最后一个人物。他活出一种圣洁得胜的生活。（创三九11～12。）他活出一种非常像神的生活。神是圣洁的;约瑟也是圣洁的。神是得胜的;约瑟也是得胜的。约瑟有神的形像。他是一个实现神心意的人。约瑟的故事是一个圣洁、得胜生活的故事，这种生活最终成了管治一切的权柄。约瑟后来治理了全埃及。（创四一39～45。）在创世记一章，我们看到一个按著神形像被造的人，神且将管治权托付给他。在创世记末了几章，我们也看到一个真正彰显神的人，代表神并治理全地。
11Joseph was the last person whose history was recorded in Genesis. He lived a holy and victorious life (Gen. 39:11-12). He lived a life that was very much like God. God was holy; Joseph was holy. God was victorious; Joseph was victorious. Joseph bore the image of God. He was a man who fulfilled God’sin tent i on. The story of Joseph is the story of a holy and victorious life, a life that eventually became the ruling authority. Joseph ruled over all of Egypt (Gen. 41:39-45). In Genesis chapter one we see a man made by God in His image and committed with God’s dominion. In the last few chapters of Genesis, we also see a man who really expressed God, represented God, and ruled over the whole earth.
（3） 摩西的例子
c) The Case of Moses
12摩西不是大政治家，他乃是接触神的人。在接触神之后，他的脸返照出神的荣光。（出三四29～30。）当摩西的脸返照神的荣光，他就有神的形像。因此摩西成了有权柄的人。他有权柄治理以色列全家，（来三2，5，）他也有权柄击败仇敌。（出十四30～31。）他不是用机关枪或原子弹争战，他只用一根小杖。小杖不仅代表能力，也代表权柄。摩西用这根杖对红海说，『分出路来！』水就分开了。这就是权柄。摩西是一个有神的形像，并有神的权柄代表神的人。
12Moses was not a great politician. He was a man who contacted God. After contacting God, his face shone with the divine glory (Exo. 34:29-30). When Moses’ face shone with the glory of God, he bore the image of God. Thus, Moses became a man with authority. He had authority to rule over the whole house of Israel (Heb. 3:2, 5). He also had authority to defeat the enemy (Exo. 14:30-31). He did not fight the battle with machine guns or atom bombs, but with a little rod. The little rod not only represented power; it represented authority. Moses used that rod and said to the Red Sea, “Open up the way.” The waters were divided. That was authority. Moses was a man who bore God’sim age and represented God with divine authority
（4） 以色列人同会幕的例子
d) The Case of Israel with the Tabernacle
13接著摩西，我们来看以色列人。以色列人蒙召成了祭司的国度。（出十九6。）以色列人蒙召不是成为君王的国度，乃是成为祭司的国度。祭司职任完全与神的形像有关;君王职任是与神的权柄有关。无论在旧约或新约，都有这两职：祭司的职任和君王的职任。祭司的职任是为叫我们接触神并有神的形像;君王的职任是为叫我们代表神并运用神的权柄。以后我们要看见，基督徒已经蒙召成为祭司和君王。以色列人的定命是成为祭司的国度。他们要接触神，直到像摩西一样，脸上显出神的荣光。不要看以色列民消极的一面，要看积极的一面。他们是祭司抬著会幕的约柜，征服了耶利哥。（书六1～21。）如果你再读约书亚六章，你会看见全体以色列民没有用刀枪争战。他们一天又一天抬著见证的柜并吹著羊角。然后他们大声喊叫，意思是赞美神，耶利哥城就倒塌了。他们的争战不像士兵或战士，乃像祭司。只要你是祭司，你就有资格击败仇敌。
13Following Moses, we have the people of Israel. Israel was a people called to be a kingdom of priests (Exo. 19:6). Israel was not called to be a kingdom of kings, but a kingdom of priests. The priesthood is altogether related to God’sim age. The kingship is related to God’s authority. In both the Old Testament and the New Testament we have these two posts, the priesthood and the kingship. The priesthood is for us to contact God and to have the image of God; the kingship is for us to represent God and to exercise God’s authority. Later on we will see that Christians have been called to be priests and kings. The destiny of the people of Israel was to be a kingdom of priests. They were to contact God until, like Moses, their faces shone with the glory of God. Don’tlook at the negative side of the people of Israel. Look at the positive side. With the ark of the tabernacle they were the priests that defeated Jericho (Josh. 6:1-21). If you read Joshua 6 again, you will see that the whole nation of Israel did not fight the battle with swords or spears. Day by day, they bore the testimony and blew the rams’ horns. Then they shouted, meaning that they praised God. Jericho fell. They did not fight the battle like soldiers or warriors. They fought the battle like priests. As long as you are a priest, you are qualified to defeat the enemy
14你们作妻子的，为甚么在家庭生活中失败？因为你们没有祭司的脸。也许你们有蝎子、或乌龟、或蛇的脸。如果你没有彰显祭司的脸，你已经失败了。我们作丈夫的是头，但我们是甚么头？是蝎子头么？有蝎子头的丈夫，一定不是正确的头。你的头必须有祭司的脸，照耀著神的荣光。如果我们有祭司的脸，我们就会在家庭生活中得胜。我也要查对一下你们住在弟兄之家的弟兄们。你们是甚么脸呢？你们是祭司的脸，照耀著主的荣光呢，或是老鼠的脸？我们必须是祭司，然后我们才会征服一切的环境。只要你有祭司的脸，你就有权柄。耶利哥就要被征服。
14Wives, why do you lose the war in your family life? Because you don’th ave a priest’s face. Perhaps you have the face of a scorpion or a turtle or a serpent. If you don’t express the face of a priest, you have lost the war already. Husbands, we are the head, but what kind of head are we—the head of a scorpion? The husband who has a scorpion’she ad can never be a proper head. You must have a head that bears the face of a priest, shining with God’s glory. If we have a priest’s face, we will gain the victory in our family life. I would even check with you brothers in the brothers’ house. What kind of face do you bear? Do you bear the face of a priest reflecting the glory of the Lord or the face of a mouse? We must be priests. Then we will subdue the whole environment. As long as you have the priest’s face, you have authority. Jericho will be subdued.
（5） 亚伦同发芽的杖的例子
e) The Case of Aaron with the Budding Rod
15亚伦的例子很有意思。虽然神的心意是要整个以色列国成为祭司的国度，然而以色列国失败了。因此，神从全国呼召出利未一个支派，成为祭司的支派。那支派的首领就是亚伦家。到了一个时侯，以色列人发怨言，背叛亚伦，说，『神只和你同在，不和我们同在么？』于是神要十二个支派各带一根杖来，杖上写著支派的名字。杖的意思就是权柄。亚伦的杖是惟一发芽的杖。（民十七～10。）牠长出杏子来。在巴勒斯坦，春天首先开花的是杏树。在豫表上说，杏树开的花表征复活的生命。过冬之后，首先开花的是杏树－这是复活的生命。亚伦的杖是一根死木，但过了一夜，这根死木竟然发芽，变成了发芽的杖;所发出的不是苹果或是葡萄，乃是杏子，这就是说牠的存活是由于复活的生命。那里有生命，那里就有权柄。那里有神的生命，那里就有神的权柄。那里有生命，那里就有形像，而形像带进权柄。亚伦有复活的生命彰显神，因此，亚伦有权柄代表神。
15The case of Aaron is very interesting. Although God’sin tent i on was to make the whole nation of Israel a kingdom of priests, the nation failed God. So, out of the entire nation, God called out one tribe, the Levites, to be a tribe of priests. The head of that tribe was the house of Aaron. At a certain time, the people of Israel murmured and rebelled against Aaron, saying, “Is God only with you and not with us?” Then God asked each of the twelve tribes to bring a rod with the name of the tribe written upon it. A rod means authority. Aaron’sr od was the only rod that budded (Num. 1 7:2-1 0). It budded almonds. In Palestine, the first thing that2 blossoms in the springtime is the almonds. In typology, the almond blossoms signify resurrection life. After the wintertime, the first thing that blossoms is almonds— that is resurrection life. Aaron’s rod was a piece of dead wood. Overnight this piece of dead wood budded. It became a budding rod, not budding with apples or grapefruit, but with almonds. This means that it was surviving with the resurrection life. Where there is life, there is authority. Where there is divine life, there is divine authority. Where there is life, there is the image, and the image brings in dominion. Thus, Aaron had the resurrection life to express God. So, Aaron had authority to represent God.
16各地召会的长老们，一切服事小组中领头的人，领头的姊妹们，你们都需要清楚，在神的子民中，在召会里作领头的人，意思就是你们必须发芽。你必须发复活生命的芽。我们都不过是一根死木头。这根死木头能否成为权柄的杖，就在于这根死木头有没有发复活生命的芽。如果你想在某项服事上成为带头的，我们就要等等看，到底你这根死木头是朽烂还是发芽。如果是发了复活生命的芽，那就是一个记号，权柄在这里。这就不再是一根死木头，乃是一根权柄的杖。
16Elders in the local churches, leaders in all the service groups, leading sisters—you all must be very clear that to be a leading one in the churches among God’sp eople means that you must bud. You must bud with the resurrection life. We are all simply pieces of dead wood. Whether or not this dead wood can be a rod of authority depends on whether or not this dead wood buds with resurrection life. If you have the intention to be a leader in a certain service, we will wait to see whether or not the dead wood rots or buds. If it buds with resurrection life, that is a sign authority is there. It is no more a piece of dead wood; it is a ruling rod
（6） 约书亚和迦勒的例子
f) The Case of Joshua and Caleb
17在约书亚和迦勒的例子中，原则是一样的。他们专一跟从耶和华。（民十四24。）主自己证明迦勒专一跟从了祂。因此，他们击败了仇敌。（民十四6～9。）当他们跟从主的时候，他们就有形像。那时他们就在权柄中。
17The principle is the same in the case of Joshua and Caleb. They fully followed the Lord (Num. 14:24). The Lord Himself testified that Caleb fully followed Him. Thus, they defeated the enemy (Num. 14:6-9). When they followed the Lord, they had the image. Then they were in the authority
（7） 士师记的例子
g) The Cases of the Judges
18我喜欢士师记五章三十一节。这节说到士师时代有些人爱主，他们如同日头照耀。因此他们击败了仇敌。无论在甚么时候，若有人照耀如同日头，他在那里就胜过仇敌，叫全国得了太平。整本士师记是一本重复的记载。无论在甚么时候，有人爱神，而且照耀如同日头,这人就带进得胜，使全国因他得享太平。
18I like Judges 5:31. This verse says that during the time of the judges, there were some who loved the Lord. They who loved the Lord shone as the sunshine. So they defeated the enemy. Whenever a certain person shone as the sun, there was victory over the enemy and rest for the entire nation. The whole book of Judges is a book of repetition. Whenever there was one who loved the Lord and shone as the sun, there was victory through him. The whole nation enjoyed rest through him
（8） 大卫的例子
h) The Case of David
19大卫是一个合神心意的人。你读撒上十三章十四节，会看见起初扫罗是王。然而扫罗不合神的心，他失掉了宝座。神寻到另一个人合祂的心意。这一个人，大卫，毫无疑问有神的形像。他击败了仇敌。（代上二二8上。）
19David was a man after God’she art. If you read 1 Samuel 13:14, you will see that originally Saul was the king. However, Saul did not have a heart after God. He lost the throne, and God found another man who was after His heart. This one, David, doubtless had the image of God. It was he who defeated the enemy (1 Chron. 22:8a).
（9） 列王的例子
i) The Cases of the Kings
20我们已经看过祭司的职任，现在来看君王的职任。无论甚么时侯君王和主一致，他们就击败仇敌。（代下十四2～14。）甚么时候他们不与主一致，他们就被击败，失去了权柄。换句话说，甚么时候列王有神的形像彰显神，他们就有权柄击败仇敌。我们现在有祭司职任和君王职任。绝不要忘记，祭司职任是为著形像，君王职任是为著管治。现今我们是祭司像神，是君王代表神，运用祂的权柄制伏仇敌。
20We have seen the priesthood. Now we come to the kingship. Whenever the kings were one with the Lord, they defeated the enemy (2 Chron. 14:2-14). Whenever they were not one with the Lord, they were defeated. They lost the authority. In other words, whenever the kings were in the image of God and expressed God, they had authority to defeat the enemies. We have now both the priesthood and the kingship. Never forget that the priesthood is for the image and that the kingship is for the dominion. Now we are priests to be like God and, at the same time, we are kings to represent God, exercising His authority over the enemies
（10） 但以理的例子
j) The Case of Daniel
21但以理在巴比伦是个俘虏，是个王宫里的侍从;然而他活出一种圣别的生活，彰显神的生活。（但一8。）因此，他得著能力，在那时候有权柄治理世界。（但六28。）
21Daniel was a captive in Babylon, a waiter in the king’sp a lace. Yet, he lived a holy life, a life that expressed God (Dan. 1:8). Thus, he came into power. He had authority over the world at that time (Dan. 6:28).
（11） 耶稣的例子
k) The Case of Jesus
22当耶稣在世上的时候，祂彰显神。祂无论到那里都彰显神。祂是真正的人，典型的人，但祂一直彰显神。因此，祂得著权柄治理一切。（太二八。）撒迦利亚六章十三节说，耶稣担负两职，就是祭司职任和君王职任。祂是祭司，也是君王。今天祂仍旧是大祭司，也仍旧是万王之王。祂是彰显神者，也是代表神者。祂具有神的形像，也持有神的权柄。这是耶稣。
22When Jesus was on this earth, He expressed God. Wherever He was, He expressed God. He was a real man and a typical man, but He continually expressed God. So, He obtained authority over everything (Matt. 28:18). Zechariah 6:13 tells us that Jesus bears two posts, the 18 priesthood and the kingship. He was the priest and He was the king. Today, He is still the High Priest and is still the King of kings. He is the One who expresses God, the One who represents God. He bears God’sim age and He holds God’s authority. This is Jesus.
（12） 西庇太两个儿子的例子
l) The Case of Zebedee’sT wo Sons
23有一天，西庇太孩子的母亲带著她两个儿子来求耶稣。（太二十20～。）她有很好的祷告，愿她两个儿子在国度里坐在主的两边。我们都可能这样祷告过。主耶稣答覆她的祷告，但不是照著她祷告的方式。主耶稣说，『你该知道，你儿子是不是坐在两边，不是凭著我，乃是凭著父。但我告诉你一件事，你们必须受苦，你们必须喝我所喝的，受我所受的苦。』这意思就是说，如果你要有权柄，你就需要有生命。受苦是为得著生命。若没有死，就没有生命。若没有受苦，就没有生命。生命总是来自受苦。如果我们要得著权柄，我们就需要藉受苦得著生命。
23One day, the mother of Zebedee’s children came with her two sons to Jesus to pray (Matt. 20:20-23). She prayed a good prayer, asking that her two sons sit on the Lord’s 23 two sides in the kingdom. We all might have prayed such a prayer. The Lord Jesus answered her prayer, but not according to the way she prayed. The Lord Jesus said, “You have prayed about the two sides. Now you must know that whether or not your sons will have these two sides is not up to Me. It is up to the Father. But I tell you one thing—you must suffer. You must drink what I will drink and suffer what I will suffer.” This means that if you are going to have authority, you need to have life. To suffer is to gain life. If there is no death, there is no life. If there is no suffering, there is no life. Life always comes through suffering. If we are going to obtain authority, we need to gain life through suffering.
（13） 使徒们的例子
m) The Cases of the Apostles
24整本行传和一切的书信给我们看见，使徒们是有神形像的人，因此他们经常有神的权柄。他们有神的形像，他们也运用神的权柄。我们不该只认为他们是好讲道人或大教师，那是太低了，那不是极峰。我们必须看见他们是有神的形像，并运用神权柄的人。
24The entire book of Acts and all the Epistles show us that the apostles were persons who bore the image of God. Therefore, they constantly had God’s authority. They had God’sim age and they exercised God’s authority. We should not just consider them as good preachers or great teachers. That is too low. That is not the climax. We must look at them as persons who bore God’sim age and exercised divine authority
（14） 士基瓦七个儿子的反例
n) The Negative Case of Sceva’sS even Sons
25士基瓦的七个儿子看见保罗奉耶稣的名赶鬼。（徒十九13～16。）他们效法保罗，对恶灵说，『我靠保罗所传扬的耶稣，勒令你们出来。』但是恶灵没有那么容易对付。恶灵说，『耶稣我认识，保罗我也知道;你们却是谁要赶我走？我要扑到你们身上。』他们不仅没有击败恶灵，反被恶灵击败。如果你没有形像，你就绝不能有权柄，恶灵知道，你自己也知道。如果你没有生命，你就没有权柄。如果你没有形像，你就不能运用管治权。
25The seven sons of Sceva saw how Paul cast out demons by the name of Jesus (Acts 19:13-16). They imitated Paul, telling the demons, “I cast you out by the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches.” The demons are not so easy to deal with. The demon said, “Jes us I know and Paul I know, but who are you to cast me out? I will jump all over you.” Instead of defeating the demons, the demons defeated them. If you don’th ave the image, you can never have authority. The demons know and you yourself also know. If you don’th ave life, you don’th ave authority. If you don’t bear the image, you can never exercise dominion.
（15） 在召会时代信徒的例子
o) The Case of the Believers in the Church Age
26启示录五章十节和彼前二章九节都告诉我们，今天的基督徒乃是君尊的祭司。我们一面是祭司，一面是君王。但我们需要接触神，使我们有真实的形像，在生命中彰显神的荣耀，然后我们就有权柄代表神。然而大多数基督徒都失去了这个。他们的样子不像祭司，因此他们不是君王。如果你没有神的形像，你就失去权柄。但赞美神，历代以来总有一些圣徒是接触神的，他们保守自己在真实的祭司职任中。他们有权柄并运用君王的职任。
26Revelation 5:10 and 1 Peter 2:9 both tell us that today Christians are royal priests. On the one hand we are priests; on the other hand we are kings. However, we need to contact God that we may have the real image to bear the glory of God in life. Then we have the authority to represent God. But most Christians miss this. They don’tlook like priests and, thus, they are not kings. If you don’t bear the image, you will lose the authority. Praise God that through all the centuries there have been and there still are some saints who contact God, keeping themselves in the real priesthood. They have authority and they exercise kingship
（16） 在千年国得胜圣徒的例子
p) The Case of the Overcoming Saints in the Millennium
27在千年国，就是一千年的国度时代，得胜的圣徒是祭司并君王。（启二十4，6。）他们是祭司彰显神，也是君王代表神。
27During the millennium, the coming kingdom age of a thousand years, the overcoming saints will be priests and kings (Rev. 20:4, 6). They will be priests expressing God and kings representing God
（17） 在新天新地所有圣徒的例子
q) The Case of All the Saints in the New Heaven and the New Earth
28在永远里，所有的圣徒要作祭司事奉神。（启二二3下～4。）他们要彰显神，有神的形像。他们也要作王管治，有神的权柄代表神。（启二二5下。）
28In eternity, all the saints will serve God as priests (Rev. 22:3b-4). They will express God and bear God’sim age. The saints will also reign as kings, representing God with His authority (Rev. 22:5b
（18） 新耶路撒冷的例子
r) The Case of the New Jerusalem
29最后，新耶路撒冷要有神显出来的样子。启示录四章三节上告诉我们，神显出来的样子好像碧玉。而最终，新耶路撒冷全城的城墙是用碧玉造成的，（启二一18上，）因此全城也有神显出来的样子，（启二一11，）那时这城也要运用神的权柄。（启二一24，26。）在永远里，全体蒙救赎的圣徒要有神的形像彰显神，并运用神的权柄代表神。这是极峰和终极的完成。
29Finally, the New Jerusalem will bear God’s appearance. Revelation 4:3a tells us that the appearance of God is like jasper. Eventually, the wall of the whole city of New Jerusalem will be built with jasper (Rev. 21:18a). The entire city will have the appearance of God (Rev. 21:11). Then the city will exercise God’s authority (Rev. 21:24, 26). In eternity the whole body of the redeemed saints will bear God’sim age to express God and exercise God’s authority to represent God. That will be the climax and the ultimate consummation
30我们不必等到那日，今天就能豫尝。我们能享受神的形像并神的权柄。今天我们是祭司，也是君王。我们必须保守这长子的名分。我们在这里有神的形像彰显祂，并有神的管治权代表祂。阿利路亚，这真是何等的地位！也是何等的责任！然而也是何等的享受！赞美主，我们是神的祭司，我们是神的君王。我们有神的形像，我们有神的管治权。现今我们是在召会中彰显神并代表神的人。阿利路亚，我们的确有形像和管治权。
30We don’t have to wait for that day. We can all have a foretaste today. We can enjoy the image of God and the dominion of God. Today we are priests and we are kings. We must keep our birthright. We are here expressing God with His image and we are here representing God with His dominion. Hallelujah! What a position this is and what a responsibility—yet what an enjoyment! Praise the Lord! We are God’s priests and we are God’skin gs. We bear God’sim age and we have God’s dominion. Now we are the people in the church who express God and represent God. Hallelujah! We do have the i mage and the dominion.
31我盼望你们都能看见，整本圣经乃是关于形像和管治权发展的记载。这两项不是小事，这是创世记一章记载的极峰。这一章的开头是黑暗、空虚、荒废和死水。然后那灵来覆翼，光来分别，空气来分开。旱地显出来为要生出生命。然后有最低的生命、较低的生命、较高的生命、和最高受造的生命－人。看看各式各样的生命：青草、菜蔬和树木没有脸面。鱼有脸面，却不清楚。鸟的脸面较为清楚。其次有牲畜和野兽。最后有我们人的脸。我们都得承认，人的脸是最清楚的。这张脸是有神形像的脸。神的权柄就是托付给这脸面，也就是这彰显。
31I hope that you all can see that the whole Bible is a record of the development of image and dominion. It is not a small thing that these two items are the climax of the record in Genesis 1. That chapter began with darkness, emptiness, waste, and death waters. Then the Spirit brooded, the light separated, and the expanse divided. The dry land appeared to generate life. Then came the lowest life, the lower life, the higher life, and the highest created life—man. Look at all of the life forms. With the grass, the herbs, and the trees there is no face. A fish does have a face, but it is not very distinct. The face of a bird is more distinguished. Then we have the cattle and the beasts. Eventually, we have man’s face. We all must admit that the human face is the most distinctive. This face is the face that bears God’sim age. With this face, that is, with this expression, God’s authority has been committed
32一切都决定于你的样子像甚么。如果你看起来像蝎子，那就与鬼相当有关联。如果你看起来像蛇，那就与撒但有关联。但如果你看起来像一个真正的人，这就和神的形像有关联了。一个真正的人是有权柄的。
32Everything is determined by what you look like. If you look like a scorpion, that is something related to demons. If you look like a serpent, that is something related to Satan. But if you look like a real man, that is related to God’sim age. A real man has authority
33甚么是真正的人？真正的人乃是神的祭司。如果你是祭司，你也就是君王。如果你是在祭司的职任中，你就必然有君王的职任。这意思是，如果你在生命中有神的形像，你就必然有神的管治权为祂掌权。
33What is a real man? A real man is a priest to God. If you are a priest, then you are a king. If you are in the priesthood, you surely have the kingship. This means that if you have the image of God in life, you certainly have the authority of God for His dominion
34整本圣经乃是形像和管治权发展的记载。在创世记一章我们看见亚当有神的形像，并有神的管治权。但那只是一粒小种子。接下去是亚伯拉罕。亚伯拉罕是第一个使神的形像和权柄成熟并发展的人。他接触神并击败仇敌。然后到了约瑟，一个非常成熟的人。当我们读约瑟的故事，我们看见一个人有神圣别和得胜的丰满形像。我们也看见约瑟这个人运用权柄。那时权柄不在埃及的法老，乃在约瑟。约瑟治理全地。我们继续看旧约，就看见神呼召出一班人成为祭司的国度。全国都接触神，有神的形像，作神的祭司。因此他们能在每一种光景中作君王。他们无须争战，整个情形都要降服在他们的脚下。然后来到列王和申言者。最后，来到耶稣。祂完全是祭司，也是君王。在祂有祭司职任彰显神，并有君王职任代表神。基督是头，随著祂的就是身体，是所有蒙救赎之圣徒的组成。既是身体，我们就像头一样，是祭司有形像，并且是君王运用权柄。今天我们对神是祭司，并且在每一种情况之下是君王。我们在召会生活中彰显神，并在每一景况中代表神。然后千年国，就是时期满足的时候到了，在其中所有得胜的圣徒都实实在在是祭司，有神的形像彰显神，并且是君王，有神的权柄代表神，完全管治这地。最终，到了永世。在永世里，我们看见一个美妙的完成－新耶路撒冷。那才是真正的极峰，没有甚么能比这更高超、更丰满了。新耶路撒冷全城有神的形像，并且全城都运用神的管治权。阿利路亚！这就是圣经的记载。圣经记载神形像并神管治的发展。神要藉祂所救赎的人，永远得著彰显并永远得著代表。
34The whole Bible is a record of the development of image and dominion. In Genesis 1 we have Adam in God’sim age and with God’s dominion, but that is only a little seed. We go on to Abraham. Abraham was the first person who matured and developed something of God’sim age and authority. He contacted God and defeated the enemy. Then we come to Joseph, a very matured person. As we read Joseph’s story, we see a man bearing God’s full image of holiness and victory. We see the man Joseph exercising authority. At that time, the authority was not Pharaoh of Egypt—it was Joseph. Joseph ruled over the whole earth. As we continue through the Old Testament, we see that God called out a people to be a nation of priests. The whole nation was to contact God and bear God’s image as His priests. There fore, they would be kings in every kind of situation. There would be no need for them to fight. The whole situation would be subdued under their feet. Then we come to the kings and the prophets. Finally, we come to Jesus. He is fully a priest as well as a king. With Him there is the priesthood to express God and the kingship to represent God. Christ is the Head. Following Him, is the Body, the composition of all the redeemed saints. As the Body, we are the same as the Head, bearing the image as priests and exercising the authority as kings. Today we are priests to God and kings over every situation. We express God in the church life and represent Him in every situation. Then will come the millennium, the fullness of time, during which all the overcoming saints will literally be the priests expressing God with God’s image and the kings representing God with God’s authority, having full dominion over this earth. Eventually, we will have eternity. In eternity we will see a wonderful consummation — the New Jerusalem. That will be the real climax. Nothing can be higher and fuller than that. The whole city of New Jerusalem will bear the image of God and the whole city will exercise God’s dominion. Hallelujah! This is the record of the Bible. The Bible records the development of God’s image with God’s dominion. God will be eternally expressed and God will be eternally represented by His redeemed people.
进一步的话
A FURTHER WORD
35让我们转到马太十六章末节和十七章头二节。主耶稣说，『我实在告诉你们，站在这里的，有人还没有尝到死味，必看见人子在祂的国里来临。过了六天，耶稣带著彼得、雅各、和雅各的兄弟约翰，暗暗的领他们上了高山，就在他们面前变了形像，脸面发光如日头，衣服变白如光。』在这几节经文里，我们看见耶稣在祂的国里来临。当耶稣变了形像而发光时，那就是国度的来临。无论那里有耶稣的照耀，那里就有国度。这照耀就是神的形像。形像一有，管治权随即出现。当我们照耀出神的荣光，我们不需要特意运用管治权，神的权柄就在那里。我们怎能照耀主的荣光？我们需要读林后三章十八节：『但我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光，就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。』我喜欢『脸』这字。一个没有帕子遮蔽的脸。在变化2山上，主耶稣的脸面发光如日头。不过林后三章十八节所题到的脸，不仅是外面的脸，也是里面的脸。我们都有外面的和里面的脸。外面的脸只是里面的脸的彰显。外面的脸是我们外面的人;里面的脸是我们里面的人。脸是我们整个人的标示，整个人的彰显。我们这里没有人在外面脸上有帕子，但我怕许多人在里面脸上仍有一些帕子。我们需要一个没有帕子遮蔽的脸。
35Let us turn to the book of Matthew and read the last verse of chapter sixteen and the first two verses of chapter seventeen. The Lord Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, There are some of those standing here who shall by no means taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom. And after six days Jesus takes with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart. And He was transfigured before them, and His face shone as the sun, and His garments became white as the light.” In these verses we see the coming of Jesus in His kingdom. When Jesus was shining in the transfiguration, that was the coming of the kingdom. Where there is the shining of Jesus, there is the kingdom. This shining is the bearing of God’sim age. The image is present, and immediately the dominion appears. When we shine with God’s glory, there is no need for us to exercise dominion purposely. The authority of God is just there. How can we shine with the glory of God? We need tore ad 2 Corinthians 3:18. “And we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” I like the word face, unveiled face. In the transfiguration the face of the Lord Jesus shone as the bright sun. However, the face mentioned in Corinthians 3:18 is not simply the outward face, but the inward face. We all have an outer face and an inner face. The outer face is simply the expression of the inner face. The outer face is our outward being; the inward face is our inward being. The face is the index of our whole being, the expression of our whole being. None of us here has a veil upon his outward face, but I am afraid that many of us still have some veils over our inner face. We need an unveiled face.
36宗教与圣别的事，可能和犯罪、世界的事一样，对我们是帕子。你研读林后三章，会看见这里所题的帕子，特别是指旧约的字句。连圣经也能成为帕子。连圣经的字句也能成为帕子遮蔽我们，使我们不能看见活的主。如果圣经的字句能成为我们的帕子，那凡事就都能成为帕子，你的妻子、丈夫、朋友、子女、你自己、弟兄姊妹、你的好行为、坏行为、热心的活动、你为神的工作－一切的事。凡事只要不是主自己，就能成为帕子。不论那件事多圣别，多属天，多属灵，或多宗教，若不是主自己，都能成为帕子。你可能仍在这种遮蔽之下。这就是你为甚么坐在这里，而无法看见主的原因。
36Religious things and holy things as well as sinful things and worldly things can be a veil to us. If you study the context of 2 Corinthians 3, you will see that the veil mentioned there is specifically the Old Testament in letters. Even the Bible can be a veil. Even the letters in the Bible can be a veil to cover us, keeping us from seeing the living Lord. If the letters of the Bible can be a veil to us, then everything can be a veil—your wife, your husband, your friends, your children, your self, your brothers and sisters, your good behavior, your bad behavior, your zealous activity, your work for God— everything. All things, provided they are not the Lord Himself, can be a veil. It doesn’t matter how holy a thing is, how heavenly it is, how spiritual it is, or how religious it is, as long as it is not the Lord Himself, it can be a veil. You may still be under this kind of veiling. That is why you sit here, but you cannot see the Lord
37林后三章十八节说，我们众人以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看。我们是一面镜子，我们好像镜子观看。镜子所观看的是甚么，返照的就是甚么。我们需要一个没有遮蔽的脸，观看并返照主的荣光，就像摩西四十天之久观看神的荣光，这荣光就从他的面皮放射出来。当他从山上下来，他就照耀并发出神的荣光。我们都需要那样。我们要忘掉一切好的、坏的;圣的、不圣的;宗教的、非宗教的;属灵的、非属灵的。不管是甚么，只要不是主自己，我们就必须摆在一边。我们需要识破仇敌的诡计。撒但能利用一切使我们转离不观看神。只有主自己是撒但惟一不能利用的。
37Second Corinthians 3:18 says that we all with an unveiled face behold as a mirror. We are a mirror. As a mirror, we behold. What a mirror beholds, it reflects. We need to have an unveiled face beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord, just like Moses when he beheld the glory of God for forty days and God’s glory radiated from the skin of his face. When he came down from the mountain, he was shining, glowing with God’s glory. We all need to be like that. We all need to forget everything bad, good, holy, unholy, religious, unreligious, spiritual, unspiritual. Regardless of what a thing may be, if it is not the Lord Himself, we must put it aside. We need to recognize the subtlety of the enemy. Satan can utilize anything to turn you away from beholding the Lord. The only thing that Satan cannot utilize is the Lord Himself
38在新约里至少有四卷书特别说到那些阻挠人观看神，遮蔽人不能接触神、享受神的事物。加拉太书说到律法、宗教和遗传，这些全是叫人与神隔绝的帕子。律法是神赐的，是圣别的。甚至新约都说律法是圣的。（罗七12。）然而，甚至像律法那样圣的事物，仍能使你与基督隔绝，切断你对基督的享受。（加五4。）不只那些不道德的书，甚至神所颁赐的律法，都可能使你与基督隔绝。怎会这样？因为你的脸可能转向律法而不转向基督。这样一来，律法立刻成了帕子。律法总是形成宗教，而宗教总是有久远的遗传。因此，律法、宗教和遗传，这一切就形成了绝缘层，使你和属天的电流，就是主自己，绝缘了。
38In the New Testament there are at least four books written specifically about the things that frustrate people from beholding the Lord, things that veil people from contacting and enjoying the Lord. The book of Galatians deals with the law, religion, and tradition. All of these are a veil of separation. The law was given by God and was holy. Even the New Testament says that the law is holy (Rom. 7:1 2). Yet, even something holy such as the law can sever you from Christ, cutting you off from the enjoyment of Christ (Gal. 5:4 ASV). It is possible to be severed from Christ, not just by immoral books, but by the God - given law. How? Because your face can be turned to the law instead of Christ. Thus, the law immediately becomes a veil. The law always forms a religion, and religion has long traditions. So we have the law, religion, and traditions, all forming layers of insulation, insulating you from the heavenly electricity which is the Lord Himself.
39另一卷书是歌罗西书。在这卷书里用了哲学这辞，意思是指智慧派。这是一种较高的哲学，是希腊、埃及和巴比伦哲学的混合，加上包括犹太哲学的基督教哲学。这是相当大的混杂。这种人类文化最高产品的哲学，进入早期的召会，引起了相当的搅扰。虽然哲学可能是好的，且是人类文化最高的产品，但因那不是主，就成了帕子，所以需要受对付。
39Colossians is another book. In Colossians the word philosophy is used. The word philosophy in Colossians really means Gnosticism. Gnosticism was a higher philosophy, a composition of Greek, Egyptian, and Babylonian philosophy, plus the philosophy of Christianity, which included the Jewish philosophy. That was quite a mixture. That philosophy, the highest product of human culture, came into the early church, causing considerable frustration. Although philosophy may be good and the best product of human culture, since it is not the Lord it becomes a veil. It must be dealt with
40另一卷书是希伯来书。如果你读希伯来书，你就看见这卷书把犹太教里一切好的事物都一一列举出来。希伯来书告诉我们，在犹太教中，一切好的事物都只能当作基督的豫表、比喻和影儿。
40We come to another book, the book of Hebrews. If you read the book of Hebrews, you will see that it itemizes all the good things of Judaism. Hebrews shows us that all the good things in Judaism should just be considered as types, figures, and shadows of Christ
41假定你在访问我以前，送我一张你的照片。因为我爱你，我宝贝这张照片，这是对的。我很爱你的照片。现在你亲自来访问我，可是我不看你，却一直看你的照片，爱这张照片，甚至叫你的照片成为我眼睛的帕子。你会说，『傻瓜，丢掉照片，看看我罢！』
41Suppose, before you come to visit me, you send me a picture of yourself. Since I love you, I will treasure your picture. This is right. I simply love your picture. Now you come to visit me in person. Instead of looking at you, I continue to look at your picture, loving the picture. Even your picture becomes a veil to my eyes. You would say, “Stupid man, throw away the picture. Look at me
42在耶稣降生以前，神用旧约，从各种不同的角度给祂子民许多张基督的照片。然而犹太人只抓住照片。这些照片不只有四面，可能有三十二面。这就把他们圈住了，使他们无法看见基督。基督是在这圈子之外。犹太人看见了许多关于基督的事，却不能看见基督自己。因此，希伯来书写出来是告诉所有犹太的信徒，他们必须丢弃照片，就是整个犹太教体系，来注视基督。应当留意思想那为使徒、为大祭司的耶稣基督。（来三1。）忘掉摩西、天使、约书亚，只思想我们的使徒，我们的大祭司－耶稣基督，注视祂。不只注视祂，还望断以及于祂。（来十二2。）要转离一切犹太教的事物，甚至转离圣经而仰望耶稣自己。
42Before Jesus came, God used the Old Testament to present to His people many pictures of Christ from different angles. But the Jewish people just held on to the pictures, not only pictures in four directions, but maybe in thirty-two directions. That enclosed them, keeping them from seeing Christ. Christ is outside of that enclosure. The Jewish people saw so many things about Christ, but they couldn’t see Christ Himself. Thus, the book of Hebrews was written to tell all the Jewish believers that they must drop the pictures, the whole system of Judaism, and look at Christ. Consider the Apostle and High Priest, Jesus Christ (Heb. 3:1). Forget Moses, forget the angels, and forget Joshua. Just consider our Apostle, Jesus Christ. Consider our High Priest, Jesus Christ. Look at Him. Not only look at Him, but look away unto Him (Heb. 12:2). Look away from all the Jewish things. Look away from the Bible unto Jesus Himself.
431还有另一卷书－哥林多前书。保罗在这卷书警告我们，甚至属灵的恩赐，诸如说方言、繙方言、医病、行神迹，都可能是基督徒的帕子。你看到仇敌的诡计么？
43We have still another book, 1 Corinthians. In Corinthians Paul warned us that even the spiritual gifts—speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues, healings, miracles—can all be veils to the Christian. Do you see the subtlety of the enemy?
44律法、哲学、犹太教连同牠合乎圣经的各项与教训、属灵的恩赐，这一切事物都是好的，但已经成了许多真基督徒脸上的帕子。我们都需要告诉主耶稣说，『主耶稣，我爱你。我爱圣经，因为圣经启示你。但我绝不让圣经成为帕子。我爱你，主耶稣。我亲自爱你，我直接的爱你，我最亲密的爱你。我亲吻著爱你。我不喜欢远远的看你，我喜欢面对面的看见你。主阿，我甚至要亲吻你。』我信许多人已经进入这样的经历，但是我们需要留在这经历里。我们需要告诉主:『主耶稣，我爱恩赐，因为恩赐帮助我摸著你。但如果恩赐成了帕子，我就要把这些全丢弃。我只爱你，主。我亲自、直接、亲密的爱你自己。我爱你，我要随时都能亲吻你。在你我之间没有距离，没有间隔，没有隔离。我是直接的、亲密的在你的面光中。』如果你是这样，你就在变化山上。你要变化形像，你要发光照耀。
44The law, philosophy, Judaism with its scriptural items and teachings, spiritual gifts—all these things are good, but have become veils over the faces of many real Christians. We all need to tell the Lord Jesus, “Lord Jesus, I love You. I love the Bible because it reveals You, but I will never let the Bible become a veil. I love You, Lord Jesus. I love You personally, I love You directly, I love You most intimately. I love You by kissing You. I don’t like to see You faraway. I like to see You face to face. Lord, I would even kiss You.” Many of you, I believe, have entered into this experience already, but we all need to be preserved in this experience. We need to tell the Lord, “Lord Jesus, I love the gifts because the gifts help me to touch You, but if the gifts become a veil, I will throw them away. I just love You Lord. I love You personally, directly, intimately. I love You in the way that I can kiss You at any time. There is no distance between You and me, no distance, no separation, and no isolation. I am directly, intimately in Your presence.” If you are like this, you will be on the mount of transfiguration. You will be transfigured and you will shine
45许多人都能为自己的家人作见证。当他们在主的面光中一段时间，从房间出来的时候，他们的脸是发光的，我们就知道他们曾亲近过主。这种照耀征服一切背叛的造物，征服丈夫、妻子、孩子和一切的环境。这就是国度，这就是管治。管治是从照耀来的。耶稣变化形像，那就是祂显现在祂的国度里。祂发光像日头。祂有形像，也有管治。
45Many of us can testify about our folks. When they came out of their room after spending time in the presence of the Lord, their faces were shining, causing us to realize that they had been with the Lord. That shining subdues every rebellious creature. It subdues the husband, the wife, the children, and every kind of environment. This is the kingdom. This is dominion. Dominion comes from the shining. Jesus appeared in His kingdom when He was transfigured. He was shining as the sun. He had the image and He had dominion