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创世记生命读经 · 第9篇

神的恢复与进一步的创造（六）终极的完成

GOD’S RESTORATION AND FURTHER CREATION (6) ULTIMATE CONSUMMATION
1我们继续来看终极的完成这题目。在前一篇信息我们已经看见，这完成的第一项就是神得著了彰显和代表。这是极峰。根据这点，我们要来看其他的几点。
1We continue with the subject of the ultimate consummation. As we have seen in the previous message, the first item of this consummation was God expressed and represented. That was the climax. Based upon this point, we will consider several other points
（一） 神赐福给人，使人生养众多
2) God Blessed Man to Be Fruitful
2神赐福给人，使人生养众多，遍满地面，并且征服这地。（创一28。）这不是件小事。在神得著一个人彰显祂，代表祂之前，神没有路可以倾倒出祂丰满的福。神是丰富的，神的福也是丰富的，但在人被造以先，还没有对象来完满的接受神的福。神没有路，也没有机会把祂的福丰丰满满的赐给祂所造之物。按照创世记一章的记载，神乃是等到有生命之物被造出来的时候，才开始赐福。（创一22。）但只有人的生命搆得上水准接受神丰满的福。神创造人以后，祂在地上能看见一种有生命之物，有祂的形像并有祂的管治权，神就立刻把祂丰满的福赐给人。
2God blessed man to be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and conquer it (Gen. 1:28). This is not a small thing. Before the time that God had a man to express Him and represent Him, there was no way for God to pour out His full blessing. God is rich and God is rich in blessing, but before the creation of man there was no object to receive His blessing in full. There was no way and no opportunity for God to render His blessing to His creatures in a full way. According to the record of Genesis 1, God did not begin to bless until the time when the living creatures came into being (Gen. 1:22). Yet, only the human life is up to the standard to receive God’s blessing in full. After God created man, He was able to see on earth a living creature bearing His image and having His dominion. Immediately God bestowed His full blessing upon man
3福是个好字。许多人说到神的福。我们曾多次祷告：『主阿！赐福给我们。』然而，我们若要接受神的福，就必须合乎资格。那些资格，再说一次，就是形像和管治。在你的家里若有神的形像和神的管治，你就能确信在那里必定有神的福。神的福总是随著祂的形像和祂的管治权。换句话说,神的福总是随著祂的彰显和祂的代表。
3Blessing is a good word. Many talk about God’s blessing. We have prayed many times, “O Lord, bless us.” However, if we are to receive God’s blessing, we need to meet the qualifications. The qualifications, once again, are image and dominion. If there is the image of God with God’s dominion in your home, you can be assured that the blessing of God will be there. God’s blessing always follows His image and His dominion. In other words, God’s blessing always follows His expression and His representation
4神的福总是随同著祭司职任和君王职分。我们在麦基洗德身上看见这个。他是撒冷王，也是为亚伯拉罕祝福之至高神的祭司。（创十四17～19。）福总是随同著祭司职任和君王职分而来。召会若要寻求神的福，那召会就必须有祭司职任和君王职分。祭司职任和君王职分到底是甚么意思？简单的说，就是神的形像和神的管治权。祭司的职任是为著神的形像，君王的职分是为著神的管治权。只要我们运用祭司的职任接触神，观看神并返照荣耀的形像，我们就有君王的职分，神的福立刻就随之而来。
4God’s blessing is always with the priesthood and the kingship. We see this with Melchizedek. He was the king of Salem and the priest of the Most High God who blessed Abraham (Gen. 1 4:1 7-1 9). Blessing always comes with the priesthood and the kingship. If the church is seeking God’s blessing, the church must have the priesthood and the kingship. What do the priesthood and the kingship mean? They simply mean God’s image and God’s dominion. The priesthood is for God’sim age; the kingship is for God’s dominion. As long as we exercise the priesthood to contact God, to behold God and to reflect the image of glory, we have the kingship. God’s blessing follows immediately.
5神赐福给人，使人能生养众多，遍满地面。这福乃是结果子、扩增、繁增并遍满地面。假设亚当这团体人是照著蝎子或蛇的形像造的，而神赐福叫蝎子和蛇生养众多，以致遍满地面，使地上充满了蝎子和蛇，那地会是多么恐怖！如果真是这样，我就宁愿不生出来。假如你卧房里有两百只蝎子，客厅里有两百条蛇，那不是福，乃是咒诅！然而，神按著自己的形像造人，并赐人权柄为全能者管治这地。这人已准备好来接受神的福。神的福使这人能生养众多。一成十，十成百，百成千，千成万，万成百万，百万成十亿，直到全地充满了美丽的脸，来彰显神并代表神。
5God blessed man that he might be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth. The blessing is fruit bearing, increase, multiplication, and the filling of the earth. Suppose Adam, the corporate man, had been made in the image of a scorpion or serpent, and God blessed the scorpion and the serpent to multiply and fill the earth. The earth would have been filled with scorpions and serpents. What a dreadful earth that would have been! If this had been the case, I would prefer to have never been born. Suppose you had two hundred scorpions in your bedroom and two hundred serpents in your living room. That would not be a blessing, but a curse. God, however, created a man in His image, giving him authority to have dominion for the Almighty on earth. This man was ready for God’s blessing. God’s blessing was to enable this man to be fruitful. One would become ten, ten would become one hundred, one hundred would become a thousand, a thousand would become a hundred thousand, a hundred thousand would become a million, and a million would become a billion, until the whole earth was filled with beautiful faces expressing God and representing God
6虽然人类堕落了，不过还余留一件美好的事，就是神的形像。人可以爱狗，但对狗的爱和对人的爱大不相同。不管狗有多好，也远不及人的可爱。每一个人都是可爱的，因为每一个人都有神的形像。不管人类有多堕落，全地仍满了有神形像的人。
6Although human beings are fallen, something wonderful still remains. That wonderful thing is the image of God. People may love dogs, but the love for a dog is much different than the love for a human being. Regardless of how good a dog is, it is not nearly as lovable as a human being. Every human being is lovable because every human being bears the image of God. Regardless of how much human beings have fallen, the earth is filled with men bearing the image of God
7我们今天在召会生活中，乃是真正有神形像并运用神管治权的人。在召会生活中，我们已准备好让神进来，并让祂赐福给我们。神赐福我们有多少，是根据我们彰显祂并代表祂有多少。我们若充分的彰显祂并代表祂，就必定在繁衍并结果子上有祂丰满的福。
7In the church life today we are the real man bearing God’sim age and exercising God’s dominion. In the church life we are ready for God to come in and render His blessing to us. How much God is able to bless us depends on how much we express Him and represent Him. If we express Him and represent Him in an adequate way, we will surely have His full blessing in multiplication and fruit bearing
8在这一点上，我想说一句关于传福音的话。一切在基督徒范围内的事，包括传福音，都被历年可怜的实行破坏了。真正的传福音不只是外面的工作，乃是里面生命洋溢所结的果子。主耶稣在马太、马可、路加福音都说，你们去，传福音使万民作我的门徒。但祂在约翰福音说，你们要去结果子。传是一回事;结果子是另一回事。真正的传福音不是在道理上说服人，征服人的思想，改变人的观念。真正的传福音是将生命供应人。结果子是内里生命丰富的洋溢。看看一根充满生命汁浆的树枝。树枝有生命的洋溢，而这洋溢产生果子。果子是内里生命的丰富所产生的。我们必须晓得，传福音该是结果子，而结果子是来自神的赐福。虽然我们需要为传福音祷告，但传福音不是仅仅一件凭我们自己努力的事。我们必须有神的赐福。一个召会想要扩展，就一定要传福音。不过，传福音若没有神的祝福，不管我们多努力，仍是一无所获。我们所得到的果子，可能没有人的脸，而有蝎子的脸。你可以带进许多人，但神看看他们，会说，『这是一只蝎子，那是一条蛇，那是一只青蛙。你的确带进许多人，然而很少人有正确的脸彰显神。』你要带进那一种人？是有蝎子脸的人呢，还是有美丽的脸能彰显神的人？你所结的果子就是你所是的彰显。如果你是苹果树，你必定不能结橘子。如果你是桃树，也必定长不出香蕉。你要长出香蕉，你就必须是香蕉树。如果你是知识树，就不要想结出生命的果子。只有生命树才能结出生命果。我们都要尽力传福音，不过要看看我们的所是。我们若有神的形像并有神的管治，就必定能把人带进神的形像和神的管治里。所有的地方召会都需要扩展，但是绝不能藉著搞花样，那会生出『摩押人，』而长不出正确的果子。
8At this point I would like to say a word about gospel preaching. Everything in the Christian field, including gospel preaching, has been damaged by the poor practice of the past centuries. The real gospel preaching is not only an outward work. Real gospel preaching is fruit bearing out of the overflow of the inner life. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the Lord Jesus said to go, preach the gospel, and disciple the nations, but in John He said that we must bear fruit. Preaching is one thing; fruit bearing is another thing. Genuine gospel preaching is not to convince people doctrinally, to subdue their thinking, and change their concept. Genuine gospel preaching is to minister life to others. Fruit bearing is the outflow of the riches of the inner life. Look at the branch of a tree filled with the life juice. The branch has the overflow of life and this overflow produces fruit. Fruit is the issue of the inner riches of life. We must realize that gospel preaching should be fruit bearing and that fruit bearing comes from God’s blessing. Although we need to pray for the gospel preaching, it is not simply a matter of our endeavoring. We must have God’s blessing. If a church wants to increase, the gospel certainly must be preached. However, if the preaching of the gospel is not under God’s blessing, nothing will be gained regardless of how much we endeavor. The fruit gained will not have human faces, but scorpion faces. You may bring in many people, but when God looks at them He will say, “This is a scorpion, that is a serpent, and that is a frog. Yes, you brought in many people, but not many with a proper face expressing God.” What kind of person are you going to bring in? People with the faces of scorpions or people with beautiful faces expressing God Himself? The fruit you bear is an expression of what you are. If you are an apple tree, you can never bear oranges. If you are a peach tree, you can never bear bananas. If you are going to produce bananas, you must be a banana tree. If you are a tree of knowledge, don’t expect to bear the fruit of life. Only the tree of life can produce the fruit of life. We all must endeavor to preach the gospel, but consider what we are. If we are in the image of God and if we have the dominion of God, we will surely bring others into the image of God and dominion of God. All the local churches need the increase, but never use gimmicks, which may produce “Moabites” instead of the proper fruit.
9神应许亚伯拉罕一个后嗣。但神一直试验亚伯拉罕，直到他天然的能力被了结了，然后才赐给他后嗣。当亚伯拉罕被神试验的时侯，他的妻子来给他一个好建议。（创十六1～2。）这建议很有效，但没有产生神所要的以撒，乃是产生神所弃绝的以实玛利。以撒和以实玛利，都是用『以』开头，表面看两个人很相像。众召会都需要扩展，但不要模倣撒拉，不要生出以实玛利。
9God promised Abraham a seed. God was testing Abraham until Abraham’s natural energy was terminated. Then He would give him a seed. While Abraham was under God’ste sting, his wife came in with a good proposal (Gen. 16:1-2). It worked. But it did not bring forth Isaac whom God wanted, but Ishmael whom God rejected. In English letters, both Isaac and Ishmael start with “Is.” They are very much a like. All the churches need the increase, but don’tim it ate Sarah. Don’t produce Ishmaelites.
10另一个例子是罗得的两个女儿。（创十九30～38。）你们记得她们怎样商议结果子的事？她们说，『我们的父亲可能会断了后代，我们作点事帮助他产生后嗣罢！』她们作了些事，也有了成效。她们生出了摩押人和亚扪人。今天许多基督徒生出以实玛利、摩押人或亚扪人。但是没有这样的后代更好。
10Another case was the two daughters of Lot (Gen. 19:30-38). Do you remember how they discussed fruit bearing? They said, “There is a possibility that our father will have no descendants. Let us do something to help him produce an heir.” They did something, and it worked. They brought forth Moabites and Ammonites. Many Christians today bring forth Ishmaelites, Moabites, or Ammonites. It is better not to have any descendants like these.
11我们必须是有神形像并运用神权柄的人，然后我们就会蒙神赐福，生养众多并繁衍。有神形像之人的脸要遍满全地。这是终极完成的一点。不要认为传福音是低下的事。传福音必须是高的。我们的传福音必须是极峰，不是产生以实玛利、摩押人或亚扪人，乃是产生以撒。
11We must be men who bear God’sim age and exercise God’s authority. Then we will be under God’s blessing to be fruitful and multiply. Human faces with God’sim age will fill the earth. This is one of the points of the ultimate consummation. Don’t think that gospel preaching is something low. It must be high. Our gospel preaching must be the climax, not producing Ishmaelites, Moabites, or Ammonites, but Isaacs
12我们基督徒常会作白日梦。我们会引用使徒行传的记载，说在五旬节那天有三千人得救，另一天有五千人得救。虽然有这样的记载，人的繁衍却不能太快。产生一代也许需要二十年。你没有办法五年就产生一代。人过了五年，还是一个小孩子。甚至过了十五年，还不过十多岁。要产生一代的人，一般需要二十年。制作人造花很容易，你在一夜之间能把花堆满这会所，不过这些花都是人造的。要栽植一个果园，就需要时间。你每天早上起来去果园那里，牠看起来都像前一天一样。天天都是这样。一棵树要长好几年才能结果子。但是，只要一棵树长大了，牠就会繁衍。召会生活也是这样。众召会都需要扩增，但我们不要草菇式的扩增，一夜之间就成功了。我们所需要的扩增，是由在神赐福下的形像和管治而来的。这需要时间。
12We Christians always have a vain dream. We quote the record in Acts where it says that 3,000 were saved on the day of Pentecost and 5,000 saved on another day. Although there is such a record, the multiplication of human beings cannot come too fast. It may take twenty years to produce a generation. You cannot have a generation in five years. After five years a person is still a small child. Even after fifteen years he is a teenager. It generally takes twenty years to produce a generation of human beings. It is easy to make artificial flowers. In one night we can fill this meeting room with flowers, but all will be artificial. However, to grow an orchard takes time. If you come to the orchard one morning, it will appear about the same as the day before. The same will occur the following day, and every day will appear as the preceding day. It may take several years to grow trees that bear fruit. But hallelujah! Once they grow up they will multiply. This is the church life. All the churches need the increase, but we don’t want the mushrooming increase, the overnight increase. We need the increase that comes from the image and dominion under God’s blessing. This takes time
（三） 人和一切的活物都满足了
3) Man and All Other Living Creatures Were Satisfied
13人得了满足不是一件小事。（创一29。）假定亚当被造出来之后，没有甚么可吃的，神对亚当说，『我造了你，但我还没有豫备甚么给你吃。请等一两天罢。』那怎么办？但实际的情形不是这样。在亚当被造以先，凡事都豫备好了。神造了树好作食物。当亚当从神创造的手被造之后，他立刻有东西吃。他满足了;一切别的活物也都满足了。（创一30。）以后我们要看见，真正的安息是从满足而来。我们饿的时候能安息么？只要我们是饿的，就没有安息。安息是在于满足。阿利路亚，人吃并且得满足了！
13It is not a small thing to say that man was satisfied (Gen. 1:29). Suppose Adam had been created and there was nothing for him to eat. Suppose God had said to Adam, “I made you, but I didn’t prepare anything for you to eat. Please wait one or two days.” The situation was not like this. Everything had been prepared before Adam came into being. God had made trees that were good for food. When Adam came out of God’s creating hand, he immediately had something to eat. He was satisfied. Not only Adam was satisfied; all the living creatures were satisfied (Gen. 1:3 0). Later on we will see that real rest comes out of satisfaction. Can we rest if we are hungry? As long as we are hungry, we can never rest. Rest depends upon satisfaction. Hallelujah! Man ate and was satisfied.
（四） 一切都甚好
4) Everything Was Very Good
14创世记一章三十一节，神看祂所造的一切都甚好。在第六天以前，神没有说，『甚好。』祂只说，『好。』为甚么神在第六天说『甚好』？因为亚当有了神的形像，并有神赐的管治权。没有发怨言的，也没有饥饿的。神能说，『甚好！』这是极峰。神说了这事以后，第七天，安息之日，就来了。
14Genesis 1:31 says that God looked at everything that He had made and it was very good. Before the sixth day, God did not say, “very good”; He said, “good.” Why did God say “very good” on the sixth day? Because Adam was in God’sim age and had been given God’s dominion. No one murmured and no one was hungry. God could say, “Very good!” That was the climax. After God said this, came the seventh day, the day of rest
（五） 神安息了－神得著了满足
5) God Rested—God Was Satisfied
15神安息了，因为神得著了满足。（创二1～3。）这是终极完成的最后一项－神安息了，并满足了。
15God rested because He was satisfied (Gen. 2:1-3). This was the last item of the ultimate consummation—God rested and was satisfied
（1） 安息的原因
a) The Reason for Rest
16神安息的原因是祂的荣耀得了显明，因为人有了祂的形像，并要运用祂的权柄;撒但，神的仇敌，就要被神对付。只要人彰显神的形像，并对付神的仇敌，神就能安息。安息不仅是指神完成了祂的工作，更是指在祂的工作里，有人能有神的形像并征服神的仇敌。根据这两件事实，神安息了。
16The reason for God’s rest was that His glory was manifested because man had His image and His authority was about to be exercised. Satan, God’se ne my, was going to be dealt with by God. As long as man expresses God’sim age and deals with God’se ne my, God can rest. It was not simply that God had finished His work, but in His work was a man who could bear God’sim age and subdue God’se ne my. Based upon these two facts, God rested
（2） 安息的小影－创造的安息
b) The Miniature of Rest—the Rest of Creation
17创造的安息是小的安息，是安息的小影。在这安息里，人有神的形像并能运用神的管治权。这两个因素产生了安息，不过这安息只在很小的范围内。
17The rest of creation was a small rest, a miniature rest. In this rest, man had the image of God and could exercise God’s dominion. These two factors caused rest, but only rest on a very small scale
（3） 安息的豫表
c) The Types of Rest
18创世记一、二章所题的一切都是种子。我们在前面几篇信息中已经看见，光、形像、管治都是种子。安息也是一粒种子，需要整本圣经来长大、发展。安息的种子是撒在创世记，而收成在启示录。在启示录，我们有安息的完成。
18Whatever is mentioned in Genesis 1 and 2 is a seed. We have seen in previous messages that light, image, and dominion are all seeds. Rest also is a seed, needing the whole Bible to grow and develop. The seed of rest is sown in Genesis and the harvest of this seed is in Revelation. In Revelation we have the consummation of rest
19圣经有一些安息的豫表。旧约的安20:8-息日是安息的豫表。（出二十8～。）人是神的见证，彰显，人也服在神的权下。神的权柄执行在守安息日的子民身上。因此，安息日是安息的豫表。
19The Bible has some types of rest. The sabbath of the Old Testament is a type of rest (Exo. 11). Man was a testimony, an expression of God. 11 Man also was subject to God’s authority. God’s authority was exercised over the people who kept the sabbath. Thus, it was a type of rest.
20新约的主日也是安息的豫表。（启一，徒二十7，林前十六2。）主日是要来之安息的豫表。召会连同众圣徒释放主的生命，彰显神自己。这是我们今天所有的安息。只要神能得著彰显，就有安息。召会连同众圣徒也运用主的权柄对付祂的仇敌。我们若释放主的生命并运用祂的权柄，我们现今就能有安息。相反的，如果我们争执吵闹，我们就没有安息，因为我们不是释放主的生命。如果我们无法运用权柄征服仇敌，就没有安息了。
20The Lord’s Day of the New Testament is also a type of rest (Rev. 1:10; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2). The Lord’s 10 Day is a type of the coming rest. The church with the saints releases the Lord’s life, expressing God Himself. This is the rest we have today. As long as God can be expressed, there is rest. The church with the saints exercises the Lord’s authority to deal with His enemy. If we release the Lord’s life and exercise His authority, we have rest even now. On the contrary, if we argue and fight, we will have no rest because we are not releasing the life of the Lord. If we fail to exercise authority over the enemy, there will be no rest.
（4） 安息的豫尝
d) The Foretaste of Rest
21我们现今所经历的安息是安息的豫尝，因为完全的安息还没有来到。
21The rest we experience now is a foretaste of rest because the full rest has not come
（a）在众圣徒身上
(1) With the Saints
22在众圣徒身上，神的生命得以涌流，神的自己得著彰显。只要神的生命得以涌流，神的自己得著彰显，就有安息。这是要来之安息的豫尝。甚至在你上班的时侯，你能经历这安息。当你让神的生命涌流并让神得著彰显，你就有安息的感觉。但你若切断了神生命的涌流，你里面立刻烦乱，没有安息。你越和妻子争吵，越要生胃病，甚至演变成胃溃疡。这说出你没有生命，没有安息。相反的，你若在妻子难为你的时候，释放主的生命，你就豫尝了安息。
22With the saints the life of God flows and God Himself is manifested. As long as the life of God is flowing and God Himself is manifested, there is rest. This is a foretaste of the coming rest. You may experience this rest even when you are on your job. When you allow the life of God to flow and you let God be expressed, you have the sense of rest. If, however, you are cut off from the flow of God’s life, immediately you will be upset within. You have no rest. The more you argue with your wife, the more you will have stomach trouble. You may even develop an ulcer, indicating that there is no life and no rest. On the contrary, if you release the Lord’s life whenever your wife troubles you, you will have a foretaste of rest
23在众圣徒身上，神的权柄得以运用，神的仇敌受了对付。当你妻子难为你的时候，你不要运用作头的权柄。不要对她说，『你不知道我是头么？』你若这样作，就失去人的脸而彰显蛇的脸，你就成了一条蛇。当你妻子难为你的时候，你要像祭司一样到主面前去，让生命涌流并释放。权柄和管治就在那里，仇敌要被征服，你和你的妻子要得著安息。我们都经历过这样的事。
23With the saints the authority of God is exercised and the enemy of God is dealt with. When your wife gives you a difficult time, don’t exercise your headship. Don’ts ay to her, “Don’ty ou know that I am the head?” If you do that you will lose the human face and express the face of a serpent. You will become a scorpion. When your wife gives you a hard time, go to the Lord as a priest. Let the life flow and be released. Authority and dominion will be there, the enemy will be subdued, and both you and your wife will have rest. We have all experienced this.
（b）在召会，就是基督的身体里
2) With the Church as the Body
24在召会，就是基督的身体里，神得著6:11-彰显，撒但受了对付。（弗一23,三19下，六11～13。）无论何时何处，只要神得著彰显，祂的仇敌受了对付，人就豫尝到安息。这在我们家庭生活、婚姻生活和个人生活中也是真实的。如果你买了一些东西，而那些东西不能帮助你彰显神并对付撒但，你就会因此失去对安息的豫尝。你若能在一切所作之事并所到之处，彰显神并对付仇敌，你就能甜美的豫尝到那要来的安息。
24With the church as the Body, God is expressed and Satan is dealt with (Eph. 1:23; 3:19b; 13). Whenever and wherever God is expressed and His enemy dealt with, there is the foretaste of rest. This is also true in our home life, marriage life, and personal life. If you buy something that will not help you to express God and to deal with Satan, you will lose the foretaste of rest. If you express God and deal with His enemy in whatever you do and wherever you go, you will have a sweet foretaste of the coming rest.
25在召会生活中，不要起争论、发怨言。一天晚上，我接到一个电话，告诉我某地召会可怜的光景。两个人在一起打电话，一个人证实另一个人所说，召会可怜、有病的光景。他们说完之后。希望听我说些甚么。我立刻说，『不要这样说。从现在开始，忘掉你们所说的罢！如果你们说召会不好，召会必然不好，因为你们不好。如果你们说召会真好，召会必然会好，因为你们好。召会是甚么？召会就是你们。当你们说召会不好，你们是在定罪自己。』我再告诉那两位弟兄，要提防仇敌的诡计。他们说，『那我们要怎么办？要去找谁？』我说，『不要去找任何人。不要再谈了，只要到召会的聚会中，并且赞美主。』他们问说，『我们该不该祷告呢？』我回答说，『是的，你们该祷告，但不要反面的祷告，要正面的祷告。召会没有难处，召会是荣耀的。召会不需要你们这样祷告说，『主阿，这里有难处！』你们越为难处祷告，你们反而成了难处。不要引起难处，就没有甚么难处了。去参加召会的聚会，赞美主，并且正面的祷告。』
25In the church life don’t argue and don’t murmur. One night I received a phone call, telling me that a certain church was in poor condition. Two people were on the phone, the one confirming what the other said about the poor and sick condition of the church. They stopped their talking and wanted to hear what I would say. Immediately I said, “Don’t talk this way. From now on forget about your talk. If you say that the church is bad, the church certainly will be bad because you are bad. If you say the church is wonderful, the church will certainly be wonderful because you are wonderful. What is the church? The church is you. When you say that the church is bad, you are condemning yourselves.” I further told the brothers that they must be aware of the subtlety of the enemy. They said, “What shall we do? To whom shall we go?” I said, “Don’t go to anyone. Don’t talk! Just go to the church meetings and praise the Lord.” They asked, “Shouldn’t we pray?” I replied, “Yes, you should pray, but don’t pray negatively. Pray positively. The church has no problems. The church is glorious. The church doesn’t need you to pray, ‘O Lord, there is a problem.’ You are the problem. The more you pray about the problem, the more you become the problem. Don’t cause a problem and there won’t be any problem. Go to the church meeting, praise the Lord, and pray positively
26我们都必须看穿仇敌的诡计。从现在起，不要再谈召会的光景，只要参加召会的聚会，并且赞美主。召会就是召会，因此我们有安息。无论何时你谈论召会的光景，你就失去了安息。你必定没有豫尝到安息。你若去参加召会的聚会，并且赞美主，你就立即豫尝到安息。
26We all must see through the wiles of the enemy. From now on don’t talk about the condition of the church. Just go to the church meeting and praise the Lord. The church is the church. So, we have rest. Whenever you talk about the condition of the church, you will lose your rest. You will never have the foretaste of rest. If you go to the church meeting and praise the Lord, you will immediately be in the foretaste of rest.
（5） 安息的实现，千年国的安息
e) The Fulfillment of Rest—the Rest of the Millennium
27安息的实现就是千年国的安息。照著希伯来书，有一个安息是应许给神子民的，我们都要竭力进入那安息。（来四1，3，9，11。）我们若不竭力进入那安息，就要失去那安息。进入那安息的路，就是在今天经历这豫尝。我们若有豫尝，就必要得著全享。我们今天若没有豫尝到那安息，就要失去那要来的全享。在千年国的安息里，众圣徒要完全像基督，彰显神的荣耀。（约壹三2，西三4，帖前二12。）众圣徒要与基督一同作王。（启二十6。）
27The fulfillment of rest is the rest of the millennium, the thousand-year kingdom. According to Hebrews, there is a rest promised for God’s people, and we all must labor to enter into that rest (Heb. 4:1, 3, 9, 11). If we do not endeavor to enter into that rest, we will miss it. The way to enter into that rest is to experience the foretaste today. If we have the foretaste, we will certainly enter into the full taste. If we don’th ave the foretaste of that rest today, we will miss the full taste to come. During the rest of the millennium, the saints will be fully like Christ, expressing God’s glory (1 John 3:2; Col. 3:4; 1 Thes. 2:12). The saints will reign with Christ (Rev. 20:6).
（6） 安息的完成
f) The Consummation of Rest
28安息的完成是在新天新地里的安息。所有蒙救赎的人成了一个身体，要彰显神的荣耀直到永远。（启二一11，。）并且所有蒙救赎的人成了一个身体，要为神作王直到永远。（启二二5下。）这就是安息的完成。创世记二章的安息只是豫表，终极的完成乃在新耶路撒冷。在那里每一个人都要得著满足。每一个人都要得享安息，因为神自己满足了，神自己在那里找著了安息。今天的召会生活是新耶路撒冷的小影。召会生活是那完满享受的豫尝。完成的安息主要包括两项：神形像的彰显和神权柄的运用。
28The consummation of rest is the rest in the new heaven and the new earth. All the redeemed ones as one Body will express the glory of God for eternity (Rev. 21:11, 23). Also, all there deemed 23 ones as one Body will reign for God for eternity (Rev. 22:5b). That will be the consummation of rest. Rest in Genesis 2 was simply a type; the consummation will be in the New Jerusalem. Everyone will be satisfied. Everyone will have rest because God Himself will be satisfied and God Himself will find His rest there. The church life today is a miniature of the New Jerusalem. The church life is a foretaste of that full taste. The consummate rest mainly includes two items: the expression of God’sim age and the exercise of God’s authority.
（7） 人也同神安息
g) Man Also Rested with God
29你若仔细读创世记一章，就要看见在神造人之后，祂没有告诉人作甚么事。神只说到人吃的事。（创一29。）
29If you read Genesis 1 carefully, you will see that after God created man He didn’t tell him to do anything. God simply spoke about man’seating (Gen. 1:29
（a）神的第七日是人的第一日
1) God’sS even th Day Was Man’s First Day
30按照圣经的历法，一日的开始不是在早晨，乃是在傍晚。我信人是在第六日末了造的。当人从神创造的手出来，就立即进入第七日。对神来说，第七日是安息日。（创二2～3。）神的第七日是人的第一日，这意思是神已经为人的享受豫备了一切。人被造以后，并没有加入神的工作，乃是进入神的安息。阿利路亚！不要想你一定要作些甚么。神不需要你作任何事。神丰富有余，祂要你来享受这一切。不要作工！你若想要作工，神要说，『傻孩子，我没有工给你作，却有许多丰富给你享受。来罢，与我同享安息！我的安息是你的头一日。我已经工作了六天。现在，来罢，与我同享安息作你的第一日。让我们一同安息。』人就这样作了。
30According to the calendar of the Bible, a day does not start in the morning, but in the evening. I believe that man was made late on the sixth day. When man came out of God’s creating hand, he immediately entered the seventh day. The seventh day was to God the day of rest (Gen. 2:2-3). God’ss even th day was man’s first day. This means that God had prepared everything for man’s enjoyment. After man was created, he didn’t join in God’s work; he entered into God’s rest. Hallelujah! Don’t think that you must do something. God doesn’t need you to do anything. God has plenty of riches and He wants you to come and enjoy them. Don’t work! If you try to work, God will say, “Foolish child, I have no work for you to do, but I do have great riches for you to enjoy. Come, join Me in My rest. My sabbath day is your first day. I have worked for six days. Now, come and join Me in rest as your first day. Let us go together and rest.” Man did.
31我花了相当多时间去找，到底人在受造后作了甚么。我发现除了吃和安息之外，他没有作甚么。这真太好了！人在得救以后，总想要作点甚么。忘掉作，来吃耶稣！来得满足，来与神同享安息！神要说，『孩子，忘掉你的作，我已经作成了一切。现在是我安息的时候。来与我同享安息罢。』
31I have spent a good deal of time to find out what man did after he was created. I found out that he did nothing but eat and rest. Isn’tt his wonderful! After people are saved, they always think that they must do something. Forget about doing. Come to eat Jesus. Come to be satisfied. Come to join God in His rest. God will say, “Little child, forget your doing. Forget your working. I have done everything. Now is My time to rest. Come to join Me in My rest
32一九三六年，我在华北作工，为著主的工作负担沉重。工作相当艰难而试验人，环境也不顺利。我常骑脚踏车到郊外，放倒脚踏车，平躺在地上，喊著说，『主阿，帮助我！』我很为难且受试验。有一天，在释放信息之前，有话临到我，说，『你知不知道人的头一日就是神的第七日，神的第七日就是人的头一日？为甚么你这么劳苦？傻孩子，放下罢，丢掉你的工作，单单来就近我，与我同享安息。』在那个主日早晨，我释放了一篇信息，说到神的第七日是人的头一日。我告诉大家：『阿利路亚！今天是我的头一日。几个月来我非常劳苦，但现在我把工作抛开了。我不再劳苦了。今天我开始同神安息了。祂的第七日是我的头一日。』你也许问说，『第七日的后一日又怎样呢？』那是一周的头一日，主日，一个新的安息，新的安息日。赞美主！
32In 1936, I was working in north China, very burdened for the Lord’s work. The work was hard and testing and circumstances were difficult. I would ride by bicycle to the suburbs, throw it down, fall flat on the ground and cry, “Lord, help me!” I was bothered and tested. One day, before giving a message, the word came to me and said, “Do you know that man’s first day is God’ss even th day? God’ss even th day was man’s first day. Why do you labor so hard? Stupid child, give up. Throw away your work. Just come to Me and join Me in My rest.” On that Sunday morning I gave a message that God’ss even th day was man’s first day. I told people, “Hallelujah! Today is my first day. For months I have been laboring very hard, but now I am throwing away my work. I will labor no longer. Today I have begun to rest with God. His seventh day is my first day.” You may ask, “What about the day after the seventh day?” That was the first day of the week, the Lord’s day, a new rest and a new sabbath. Praise the Lord
（b）安息日是为著人
2) The Sabbath Was Made for Man
33法利赛人强迫每个人都要为著安息日。主定罪他们说，他们完全错了。祂说，安息日是为著人的，人不是为著安息日的。（可二27。）阿利路亚！人的定命不是作工，乃是安息。
33The Pharisees forced every man to be for the sabbath. The Lord condemned them, telling them that they were absolutely wrong. He said that the sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath (Mark 2:27). Hallelujah! Man’s destiny is not work—it is the sabbath
（c）人安息因为神安息了
3) Man Rests Because God Rests
34甚么时候神满足了，你就满足了。甚么时候你满足了，就证明神安息了。
34Whenever God is satisfied, you are satisfied. Whenever you are satisfied, that is a proof that God is at rest. He is satisfied
（d）当神在人身上的工作达到祂的目标时，人就安息了
(4) Man Rests When God’s Work on Man Reaches His Goal
35不要作工。只要注意一件事：让神达到祂的目标。神的目标是甚么？神的目标是祂的形像得著彰显，祂的管治得著施行。只要你彰显神的形像，并施行祂的管治对付仇敌，神就达到了祂的目标。神要说，『我满足了。』然后你要说，『神阿，我也满足了。』因此，你与神一同安息了。
35Don’t work. Just take care of one thing: to let God reach His goal. What is God’s goal? God’s goal is to have His image expressed and to have His dominion exercised. As long as you have God’s image expressed and God’s dominion exercised to deal with His enemy, God has reached His goal. God will say, “I am satisfied.” Then you will say, “God, I am satisfied too.” Thus, you rest with God.
36前述一切的安息都根据于神已达到祂的目标，并人与神同享安息这事实。赞美主！这太好了。
36All the aforementioned rests are due to the fact that God has reached His goal and man enjoys the rest with God. Praise the Lord! This is wonderful
37我真喜乐，主给我们机会释放这九篇关于创世记的信息。从这些信息中我们能看见，每件记载在圣经上的事，1中心点都在生命。创世记一、二章只是一个大纲。亚当、亚伯、以诺、挪亚、亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和约瑟这八个人的传记，要托出整幅图画。最终我们要看到，雅各和约瑟是一对。这两个人实际上是一个人：雅各成了有神形像的以色列，神的王子。约瑟成了施行神的管治，管治一切的人。在创世记末了，我们会看见一个双重的人：一面－雅各－彰显神的形像，另一面－约瑟－施行神的管治。神的形像得著彰显，神的权柄得以运用，这就是安息。阿利路亚！
37I am so happy that the Lord has afforded us the opportunity to release these nine message son Genesis. From these messages we can see that everything written in the divine record is fully focused on life. Genesis and 2 are simply an outline. The biographies of the eight men—Adam, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph — will present the full picture. Eventually we will see that Jacob and Joseph are coupled together. These two are actually one man: Jacob becomes Israel, the prince of God, bearing the image of God; Joseph becomes the one to rule over everything, exercising God’s dominion. At the end of Genesis, we will see a dual man: one aspect—Jacob—expressing God’sim age and the other aspect—Joseph—exercising God’s dominion. God’sim age is expressed, God’s authority is exercised, and there is rest. Hallelujah!
38整本圣经连同其一切故事、历史、传记和教训，都集中在生命。这生命要产生出神的彰显和神的代表。神要得著显明，祂的仇敌要被对付。阿利路亚！那时，宇宙中终极的安息就要来到。我们为著旧约和新约感谢神。没有新约，我们很难明瞭旧约的隐喻、豫表、图画和影儿。不过，没有旧约，我们就只有新约直接的话，而缺少图画。赞美主，我们有两约。我们有图画，也有明言，使我们知道我们在那里－在神的形像和神的管治权里。我们也要在神的安息里。要记得我们所已经看过，五个重要的辞－形像、管治权、福、满足和安息。当我们有神的形像彰显祂，我们就有神的管治权代表祂。然后祂丰满的福就要临到我们，我们就要得著满足。最后神和我们都要在祂的祝福下，有祂的形像和管治权，而在完全的满足中安息了。
38The whole Bible, with all its stories, histories, biographies, and teachings, is focused on life. This life will produce the expression of God and the representation of God. God will be manifested and His enemy will be dealt with. Hallelujah! Then there will be ultimate rest in this universe. We thank God for the Old Testament and the New Testament. Without the New Testament, it would be difficult for us to understand the allegories, types, figures, and shadows of the Old Testament. However, without the Old Testament, we would have only the direct words of the New Testament. We would lack the pictures. Praise the Lord that we have both testaments. We have the pictures and we have the clear words that we may know where we are — in God’s image and God’s dominion. We shall be in God’s rest. We need to remember the five crucial words that we have covered thus far — image, dominion, blessing, satisfaction, and rest. When we bear the image of God expressing Him, we will have the dominion of God representing Him. Then His full blessing will be upon us and we will be satisfied. Eventually, God and we will all rest in full satisfaction under His blessing with His image and dominion.