约伯记生命读经 · 第10篇

神给约伯的答案

God’s Answer to Job

1读经：约伯记1:1;10:2,13;13:3,18-28;19:25-26;42:5。在本篇信息中，我有负担说到神给约伯的答案。这个答案回答了约伯记所题出的一个重要的问题。

1Scripture Reading: Job 1:1; 10:2, 13; 13:3, 18-28; 19:25-26; 42:5 28; 19:25-26; 42:5 In this message I have the burden to say a word regarding God's answer to Job. This answer addresses a crucial question raised by the book of Job.

一个重要的问题

a crucial question

2许多读约伯记的人试著为本书的真确性辩护，特别是基要派和弟兄会的人，他们强调某些『金句』，如十九章二十五节：『我知道我的救赎主活著，末了必站立在地上。』这一节包含一点关于基督作救赎主的启示。另一节金句是四十二章五节：『我从前风闻有你，现在亲眼看见你。』这节当然是绝妙佳句。但即使有这些金句，约伯记的四十二章经文仍留给我们一个重要的问题，这个问题有两部分：神创造人的目的是甚么？神对付祂选民的目的是甚么？要回答这问题，我们需要来看整本圣经，尤其是新约，那是约伯问题的一个长的答案。

2In their efforts to vindicate the authenticity of the book of Job, many readers of this book, especially among the fundamentalists and the Brethren, have emphasized certain "golden verses." One of these verses is 19:25: "I know that my Redeemer lives,/And at the last He will stand upon the earth." This verse conveys some amount of revelation concerning Christ, the Redeemer. Another golden verse is 42:5: "I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear,/But now my eye has seen You." This surely is an excellent verse. However, in spite of verses such as these, the forty- two chapters in Job leave us with a crucial question of two parts: What was the purpose of God in His creating of man, and what is the purpose of God in His dealing with His chosen people? To answer this question, we need the entire Bible. In particular, the New Testament is a long answer to Job's question

3约伯说他要与神理论，甚至与神在『法庭』上『诉讼』，他作原告，神作被告。但约伯没有机会这样作，所以关于他受苦的问题就没有答案。新约乃是神给约伯的答案。我们可以说，新约是从神『传真』给约伯的信息。这分『传真』，这个答案，启示神并非审判或惩罚约伯，乃是要剥夺并销毁他，好叫约伯能由三一神重新建立起来。虽然千万人读过新约圣经，但明白里面所记载之答案的人却不多。因此，我们要来看新约所启示给约伯答案的主要部分，这是极其重要的。

3Job said that he wanted to argue with God and even "litigate" with God in "court," making himself the plaintiff and God the defendant. But Job did not have the opportunity to do this, and his question concerning his suffering remained unanswered. The New Testament is God's answer to Job. We may say that it is a message "faxed" from God to Job. This "fax," this answer, reveals that God was not judging Job or punishing him but was stripping and consuming him so that Job could be rebuilt with the Triune God. Although millions of people have read the New Testament, not many understand the answer that it contains. Thus, it is extremely important that we consider the vital aspects of the answer to Job revealed in the New Testament

神答案的项目成为肉体

THE ITEMS IN GOD'S ANSWER Incarnation

4我们若读旧约从创世记到玛拉基各卷书，以及其中的豫言、豫表和内容，就会看见旧约结束于一个应许，说到有一位要来。（玛四５～６。）新约开始于神成为肉体。（太一１８～２５。）这位原在永远里的神，创造了天地万物，也造了人，又在人身上作了许多的事，至终祂来成为所应许的那一位。祂的来是很奥秘的，没有广告，没有宣传。祂进到一个童女腹中；根据马太一章二十节的记载，祂是生到那个童女里面。祂留在那里九个月，然后从那个童女的腹中生出来。从这里我们看见，成为肉体乃是神从永远里出来，进到时间里，带著祂的神性进到人性里。在成为肉体以前，神是在永远里，人是在时间里。藉著成为肉体，神就将神性和人性联在一起，成为一个实体，甚至成为一个奇妙的人位，名叫耶稣。这位是神又是人的耶稣，乃是成为肉体之结果的总和。

4If we read the Old Testament with its prophecies, types, and plain words from Genesis through Malachi, we will see that the Old Testament ends with the promise that One was coming (Mal. 4:5-6). The New Testament begins with God ' sin carnation (Matt. 1:18-25). The very God who was in eternity, who created the heavens and the earth and billions of items and man, and who did so many things with mankind, came as the promised One. He came in a mysterious way without advertisement and without public notification. He entered into a virgin's womb and, according to Matthew 1:20, was born in that womb. He remained there for nine months, and then He was born out of that womb. From this we see that the incarnation was God's coming out of eternity into time, to enter with His divinity into humanity. Prior to the incarnation, God was in eternity and man was in time. Through incarnation God brought the divine nature and the human nature together to make them one entity, even one wonderful person, named Jesus. Jesus, who is both God and man, is the totality of the result of the incarnation.

人性生活

Human Living

5主耶稣活在地上三十多年。许多基督徒将注意力放在主耶稣所行的神迹上，却不认识基督人性生活的真实、属灵和内在意义。基督的人性生活，就是人将神活出，在人性的美德里彰显神的属性。

5The Lord Jesus lived on earth for more than thirty years. Many Christians, paying their attention to the miracles done by the Lord Jesus, do not know the real, spiritual, and intrinsic significance of Christ's human living. Christ's human living was just man living God to express the attributes of God in the human virtues

钉十字架

Crucifixion

6最终主耶稣上到十字架，在那里被钉死。照著新约的启示，主在十字架上所受的死，乃是包罗万有的死，也是代替我们的死。

6Eventually, the Lord Jesus went to the cross to be crucified there. According to the revelation of the New Testament, the death that Christ died on the cross was all-inclusive and also vicarious for us

复活

Resurrection

7基督进入死里，进到阴间并访问阴间。祂在那里停留了三天，然后从那里出来，进到复活里。在复活里，祂从神而生，成为神的长子。（徒十三３３。）不仅如此，在复活里祂也成了赐生命的灵－不仅是神人，更是赐人生命的灵。（林前十五４５下。）此外，当祂复活，从神而生，成为神的长子时，祂也重生了所有信祂的人，（彼前一３。）使他们成为神许多的儿子，并祂许多的弟兄，作祂身体上的肢体。

7Christ entered into death and went into Hades to visit Hades. He stayed there for three days. Then He came out and entered into resurrection. In resurrection He was begotten of God to be God's firstborn (Acts 13:33). Not only so, in resurrection He was made the life-giving Spirit --not just a God-man but a Spirit that gives life (1 Cor. 15:45). Moreover, when He was resurrected to be begotten of God to be God's firstborn Son, He regenerated all His believers, making them the many sons of God and His many brothers as members of His Body (1 Pet. 1:3

8从这里我们看见，藉著基督的成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架和复活，产生了神性与人性调和的一位。这一位成了神的长子来彰显神。祂也成了赐生命的灵，叫一切在旧造里蒙神拣选的人有新生的起头，使他们成为神的新造。如今，在复活那天以后，宇宙中出现了四件美妙的东西：神与人的调和、神的长子、赐生命的灵、以及三一神的生机体。

8From this we see that through Christ ' sin carnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection, there is One who is the mingling of divinity with humanity. This One became the firstborn Son of God to express God. He also became the life - giving, life - imparting Spirit to germinate all those of the old creation who had been chosen by God to make them the new creation of God. Now, after the day of resurrection, there are four marvelous things in the universe: the mingling of God with man, the firstborn Son of God, the life-giving Spirit, and the organism of the Triune God.

升天

Ascension

9关于约伯的受苦，神对这问题的答案，前四项是基督的成为肉体、基督的人性生活、基督的钉十字架、基督的复活，第五项是基督的升天。主耶稣复活后，四十天之久向祂的门徒显现，然后就升到诸天之上。

9The first four items in God's answer to the question concerning Job's suffering are Christ'sin carnation, Christ's human living, Christ's crucifixion, and Christ's resurrection. The fifth item is Christ's ascension. After His resurrection the Lord Jesus appeared to His disciples during a period of forty days, and then He ascended to the heavens

召会是新人，是基督的身体，是三一神的生机体，终极完成于新耶路撒冷

The Church as the New Man, as the Body of Christ, and as the Organism of the Triune God Consummating in the New Jerusalem

10基督在祂的升天里，将祂自己作为终极完成的三一神，并作为包罗万有的灵，浇灌在祂的肢体身上，将他们众人构成一个生机的身体，作经过过程、终极完成之三一神的生机体。这就是召会，新人，基督的身体，三一神的生机体；这实体要终极完成于新耶路撒冷。因此，对于约伯的受苦，神这很长的答案包括十个项目：成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、复活、升天、召会、新人、基督的身体、三一神的生机体、以及新耶路撒冷。

10In His ascension Christ poured out Himself as the consummated Triune God and as the all-inclusive Spirit upon His members, to constitute all of them into one organic Body to be the organism of the processed and consummated Triune God. This is the church as the new man, as the Body of Christ, and as the organism of the Triune God, and this entity will consummate in the New Jerusalem. Thus, in God's long answer to Job's suffering there are ten main items: incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, the church, the new man, the Body of Christ, the organism of the Triune God, and the New Jerusalem

新约的主要内容

THE MAIN CONTENTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

11新约的主要内容，乃是三一神照著祂的喜悦有一个永远的经纶，要在生命和性情上，将祂自己分赐到祂所拣选并救赎的人里面，使他们众人在生命和性情上与祂一样，作祂的复制以彰显祂。这团体的彰显要终极完成于新耶路撒冷。因此，新耶路撒冷就是扩大之『成为肉体』完满的终极完成，就是三一神的丰满，使祂在神人二性的调和中彰显祂自己。这就是新约的内容，是约伯所需要的答案，也是神所给关于约伯受苦之目的的答案。

11The main contents of the New Testament are that the Triune God has an eternal economy according to His good pleasure to dispense Himself into His chosen and redeemed people in His life and in His nature, to make all of them the same as He is in life and nature, to make them His duplication that they may express Him. This corporate expression will consummate in the New Jerusalem. Thus, the New Jerusalem is simply the enlarged, the increased, incarnation consummated in full, that is, the fullness of the Triune God for Him to express Himself in His divinity mingled with humanity. These are the contents of the New Testament, and this is the answer that Job needed. This is God's answer concerning the purpose of Job's suffering.