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约伯记生命读经 · 第37篇

在圣经神圣启示里的

Two Trees, Two Sources, Two Lines,
两棵树、两个源头、两条线、两个原则、两种结局
Two Principles, and Two Ends in The Divine Revelation of the Holy Scriptures
1读经：启示录1:1下，创世记2:9，诗篇上，创世记2:17，马太福音19:17上，创世记3:3,6下，4:4-5，希伯来书，马太福音25:41，犹大书11，创世记4:16-24;10:6-12，彼得后书2:15，
1Scripture Reading: Rev. 1:1b; Gen. 2:9; Psa. 36:9a; Gen. 2:17; Matt. 19:17a; Gen. 3:3, 6b; 4:4-5; Heb. 36:9 11:39-40; Matt. 25:41; Jude 11; Gen. 4:16-24; 10:6-12; 2 Pet. 2:15; Rev. 20:15; 21:2, 11, 23; 22:1-2, 14; John 11:39-40 16:11; Rev. 21:8, 27; 22:15
2启示录20:15;21:2,11,23;22:1-2,14，约翰福音16:11，启示录21:8,27;22:15。
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3我们在这几篇信息里所作的，乃是照著整本圣经来看约伯记的意义。在圣经的神圣启示里有两棵树、两个源头、两条线、两个原则、两种结局。在本篇信息中，我们要说到这些事。
3In these messages we have been considering the significance of the book of Job according to the Bible as a whole. In the divine revelation in the holy Scriptures there are two trees, two sources, two lines, two principles, and two ends. These are the matters that we will cover in this message
4在创世记二章有两棵树－生命树和善恶知识树。但到了启示录二十一至二十二章，我们只看见一棵树－生命树－在一座圣城里。在这城的中心有神和羔羊的宝座，（二二１，）指明神的行政。神和羔羊在宝座上不是并排而坐；神乃是在羔羊里，就像光在灯里。羔羊是灯，（二一２３，）而神乃是灯里的光。这指明神和羔羊，光和灯乃是一。从神和羔羊的宝座，就是从这一位神，流出一道河，在河两岸长著生命树。（二二２上。）按原则说，若是生命树结束于水城，善恶知识树就必是结束于火湖。启示录二十二章里所有邪恶的东西，都联于火湖。因此，两个结局乃是一座水城和一个火湖。在这两个源头和两个结局之间，有两条线，成为两条路。每一个源头带进一条线，成为一条路，总结于一个结局。
4In Genesis 2 there are two trees—the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. However, in Revelation 21 and 22 we see only one tree—the tree of life—in a holy city. In the center of this city is the throne of God and of the Lamb (22:1), indicating God'sad ministration. God and the Lamb are not sitting side by side on the throne; rather, God is in the Lamb much like light is in a lamp. The Lamb is the lamp (21:23), and God is the light in the lamp. This indicates that God and the Lamb, the light and the lamp, are one. Out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, that is, out of the one God, flows a river, and on the two sides of this river grows the tree of life (22:2a). According to the principle, if the tree of life ends in the city of water, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil must end in the lake of fire. All the evil things in Revelation 22 are involved with the lake of fire. Thus, the two ends are the city of water and the lake of fire. Between the two sources and the two ends are two lines, which become two ways. Each source issues in a line that becomes a way consummating in an end
壹 两棵树
I. TWO TREES
一 圣经是神圣启示的全部记载，乃是一本表号的书
A. The Bible, as a Full Record of the Divine Revelation, Being a Book of Signs
5圣经是神圣启示的全部记载，乃是一本表号的书。（启一１下。）例如，启示录里有许多表号，如金灯台，（一１２，）星，（２０，）犹大支派中的狮子，（五５，）羔羊，（６，）四匹马，（六１～８，）宇宙的妇人。（十二１。）启示录里最末了并最大的表号，乃是新耶路撒冷。
5The Bible, as a full record of the divine revelation, is a book of signs (Rev. 1:1 b). In the book of Revelation, for example, there are many signs, such as the golden lampstands (1:12), the stars (v. 20), the Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5), the Lamb (v. 6), the four horses (6:1-8), and the universal woman (12:1). The last and the greatest sign in Revelation is the New Jerusalem.
二 在创世记一、二章里头一组的表号中，最显著的两个乃是两棵树
B. The Two Trees Being the Two Most Striking in the First Group of Signs in Genesis 1 and 2
6在创世记一、二章里头一组的表号中，最显著的两个乃是两棵树。（二９。）
6The two most striking in the first group of signs in Genesis 1 and 2 are the two trees (Gen. 2:9
１ 第一个表号是生命树，乃是最高的表号
1. The First Being the Tree of Life, as the Highest Sign
7第一个表号是生命树，乃是最高的表号，表征神，就是三一神，在人与神的关系上，作人的生命。（诗三六９上。）神造了人，将生命的气（创二７）吹到他里面，成了人的灵。但那时神并没有将祂自己放
7The first of these signs is the tree of life, as the highest sign, signifying God, even the Triune God, as life to man in man's relationship with Him (Psa. 36:9a). God created man, breathing into him the breath of life (Gen. 2:7), which became man's spirit; but at that time, He did not put Himself into man as man's life
2. The Second Being
8到人里面，作人的生命。
8the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
２ 第二个表号
as the Highest Negative Sign
是善恶知识树，是最高的消极表号
9第二个表号是善恶知识树，是最高的消极表号，表征魔鬼撒但，就是那恶者，在人堕落于神面前的事上，对人乃是死亡。（创二１７。）
9The second of these signs is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as the highest negative sign, signifying Satan the devil, even the evil one, as death to man in man's fall before God (Gen. 2:17
３ 这两个表号表征两个人位
3. Both Signs Signifying Persons
10这两个表号都是最显著的，表征神与撒但这两个人位，而不是表征事与物。４第一棵树表征神单单是生命第一棵树表征神单单是生命，不包含别的元素。５第二棵树表征撒但是死亡第二棵树表征撒但是死亡，包含知识、善和恶。神是简单的，撒但却是很复杂的。６善与恶不是由两棵树所表征，
10Both of these signs, as the most striking ones, signify persons—God and Satan—not things or matters. 4. The First Tree Signifying God Only as Life The first tree signifies God only as life, with no implications of other elements. 5. The Second Tree Signifying Satan as Death The second tree signifies Satan as death, with the implications of knowledge, good, and evil. Whereas God is simple, Satan is very complicated. 6. Good and Evil Not Being Signified by Two Trees
乃是由一棵树，就是第二棵树所表征
but by One Tree—the Second Tree
11善与恶不是由两棵树所表征，乃是由一棵树，就是第二棵树所表征；因此，寻求善而不寻求神，乃是属于撒但。
11Good and evil are not signified by two trees but by one tree—the second tree. Thus, seeking good other than God belongs to Satan.
12照著神圣的启示，知识是撒但，善是撒但，恶也是撒但。今天的世界是个崇拜知识的时代。亚当和夏娃在吃善恶知识树以前是无知的，不知罪，所以也没有罪。他们吃了知识树以后，眼睛明亮了，他们就有了知识，那就是罪。我们都认为犯罪才是罪；事实上，知道罪也是罪。
12According to the divine revelation, knowledge is Satan, good is Satan, and evil is Satan. Today the world is in an age that worships knowledge. Before eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve were ignorant, not knowing, so they had no sin. After they ate of the tree of knowledge, their eyes were opened, and they became knowledgeable. That was sin. We all consider that to commit sin is sin, but we may not consider that knowing sin is sin.
７ 真正的善乃是神自己
7. The Genuine Good Being God Himself
13真正的善乃是神自己；（太十九17中；）因此，得著神就于得著真正的善。当那富有的青年官来到主耶稣那里，称祂为良善的夫子，主耶稣说，『你为甚么称我是良善的？除了神一位之外，再没有良善的。』（可十17～18。）我们若在神以外得著任何别的善，那是可怕的。我们若摸著神以外的善事，这就是说我们摸著撒但。圣经教导我们，知识、善、恶都是撒但。因此，在善恶知识树上，善和恶是相同的。三这两棵树不是为著产生材料，
13The genuine good is God Himself (Matt. 19:17a); hence, gaining God equals gaining the genuine good. When the rich young ruler came to the Lord Jesus and called Him, "Good Teacher," the Lord Jesus said, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One—God" (Mark 10:17-18). If besides God we gain any other good, that is terrible. If we touch the good things outside of God, this means that we touch Satan. The Bible teaches us that knowledge, good, and evil all are Satan. In the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, therefore, evil and good are equal. C. The Two Trees Not Being for Producing Materials
乃是为给人吃其上的果子
but for Man to Eat Their Fruit
14这两棵树不是为著产生材料，乃是为给人吃其上的果子。（创二9，三3，6下。）生命树的果子成为人的食物，是为著滋养，为著分赐生命；善恶知识树的果子是成为杀死人的毒物。吃就是把外面的东西接受进来，消化并吸收。我们必须谨慎我们吃的是甚么。今天的电视和许多种的报纸和杂志无疑是善恶知识树的枝子。
14The two trees are not for producing materials but for man to eat their fruit (Gen. 3:3, 6b), the fruit of the tree of life becoming food to man for nourishing, for the dispensing of life, and the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil becoming poison to man for killing. To eat means to take in something that is outside of us and then digest and assimilate it. We must be careful concerning what we eat. Surely, today'ste levis i on and so many different kinds of newspapers and magazines are branches of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
贰 两个源头
II. TWO SOURCES
15这两棵树是两个源头。
15The two trees are two sources
一 两棵树，作为神与撒但的表号，
A. The Two Trees, as Signs of God and Satan
16乃是两类人的两个源头两棵树，作为神与撒但的表号，乃是两类人的两个源头。第一棵树是寻求神作生命，以得著供应与享受之人的源头，其中以亚伯为带头的人。（创四4。）第二棵树是跟随撒但作毒物以至于死，并永远沉沦之人的源头，其中以该隐为带头的人。（5。）
16Being the Two Sources of Two Categories of Men The two trees, as signs of God and Satan, are the two sources of two categories of men. The first tree is the source of men who seek God as life for their supply and enjoyment, of whom Abel is the leading one (Gen. 4:4). The second tree is the source of men who follow Satan as their poison unto death and eternal perdition, of whom Cain is the leading one (v. 5).
二 这两个源头的结果成了地上的两个国
B. The Outcome of the Two Sources Becoming Two Kingdoms on the Earth
17这两个源头的结果成了地上的两个国。第一个是神的国，先是照著神旧约经纶的以色列国，然后是照著神新约经纶的召会。（太二一43。）第二个是撒但的国。（参太十二26，西一13。）
17The outcome of the two sources becomes two kingdoms on the earth. The first is the kingdom of God, which was first the kingdom of Israel according to God'sOld Testament economy and then the church according to God's New Testament economy (Matt. 21:43). The second is the kingdom of Satan (cf. Matt. 12:26; Col. 1:13
参 两条线
III. TWO LINES
18每个源头都有其结果。这两个源头的结果带进两条线。
18Every source has an issue. These two sources issue in two lines
一 道两条线乃是两条路
A. The Two Lines Being the Two Ways
19每条线也是一条路。因此，这两条线乃是两条路。
19Each line is also a way. Thus, the two lines are the two ways
１ 这两条线，就是两条路，是起源于两个源头
1. The Two Lines, as the Two Ways, Originating from the Two Sources
20这两条线，就是两条路，是起源于两个源头。
20The two lines, as the two ways, originate from the two sources
２ 第一条路是生命的路
2. The First Way Being the Way of Life
21第一条路是生命的路，就是狭路，(太七14，)这道路，(徒九２,十九9，23，二二4，二四22，）正路，（彼后二，）义路，（彼后二21，）救人的道路(徒十六17，)神的道路，(太二16，徒十八26，)以及主的道路，（徒十八25，）给人寻求神，得著神，并在祂永远的生命里享受神作供应，而以祂永远的生命为目标，使他们得以从神而生，有神的生命和性情，（约一12～，）被变化并模成神荣耀的形像，（林后三180，罗八29，）并在祂这荣耀里得著荣耀，（罗八30，彼前五10上，来二10上，）以得著祂，并有分于祂，直到最完满的地步。在这条生命的道路上，有亚伯、塞特、以挪土、以诺、挪亚、亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各、摩西、大卫、撒母耳、旧约所有的申言者、和新约所有的信徒。（来十一39～40。）神对付约伯的目的，乃是要将他从善恶的路上转到这条生命的路上，使他能极
21The first way is the way of life, the constricted way (Matt. 7:14), the Way (Acts 9:2; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:22), the straight way (2 Pet. 2:15), the way of righteousness (2 Pet. 2:21), the way of salvation 15 (Acts 16:17), the way of God (Matt. 22:16; Acts 18:26), and the way of the Lord (Acts 18:25), for men to seek God, to gain God, and to enjoy God in His eternal life as the supply and unto His eternal life as the goal, that they may be born of God in His life and nature (John 1:12-13), transformed and conformed into His glorious image (2 Cor. 13 3:18; Rom. 8:29), and glorified in Him as glory (Rom. 8:30; 1 Pet. 5:10a; Heb. 2:10a) to gain Him and participate in Him to the fullest extent. In this way of life are Abel, Seth, Enosh, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, Samuel, all the Old Testament prophets, and all the New Testament believers (Heb. 11:39-40). God's purpose in dealing with Job was to turn him from the way of good and evil to this way of life that he might gain God to the fullest extent.
22完满的得著神。
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23３第二条路是善恶的路第二条路是善恶的路，死亡的路，阔路，（太七13，）让人跟随撒但，作他的儿女，（约壹三10，）以至于死，并作他的同伴，有分于他永远的沉沦。（太二五41。）在这条死亡、善恶的路上有该隐、拉麦、雅八、犹八、土八该隐、（犹11上，创四16～24、）含、古实、宁录、(创十6～12、)可拉、巴兰、(彼后二15，犹11下、)扫罗、押沙龙、敌基督和他的跟从者、(启十九19～21、)
233. The Second Way Being the Way of Good and Evil The second way is the way of good and evil, the way of death, the broad way (Matt. 7:13), for men to follow Satan to be his children (1 John 3:10a) unto death and his companions in his eternal perdition (Matt. 25:41). In this way of death and of good and evil are Cain, Lamech, Jabal, Jubal, Tubal - cain (Jude 11a; Gen. 4:16-24), Ham, Cush, Nimrod (Gen. 10:6-12), Korah, Balaam (2 Pet. 2:15; Jude 11b), Saul, Absalom, Antichrist and his followers (Rev. 19:19-21), and all unbelievers (Rev. 20:15).
24以及所有的不信者。（启二十15。）
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二 这两条路将人引到神命定的两个结局
B. These Two Ways Leading Men to the Two God-ordained Ends
25这两条路，就是生命的路与死亡的路，将人分别引到神命定的两个结局－新耶路撒冷和火湖。
25These two ways, the way of life and the way of death, lead men to the two God-ordained ends—the New Jerusalem and the lake of fire—respectively
肆 两条路构成两个原则
IV. TWO PRINCIPLES
26一两条路构成两个原则
26A. The Two Ways Constituting the Two Principles
27两条路，就是生命的路与死亡、善恶的路，构成两个支配、管治并规律人与神之关系的原则。１第一个原则是生命的原则第一个原则是生命的原则，按照这原则，所有在生命路上的人保持与神的接触，并且藉这原则一步一步的寻求神、得著神、拥有神并享受神，直至达到最完满的地步。
27The two ways, the way of life and the way of death and of good and evil, constitute the two controlling, ruling, and regulating principles by which men have their relationship with God. 1. The First Principle Being the Principle of Life The first principle is the principle of life, according to which all men in the way of life keep their contact with God, and by which they seek God, gain God, possess God, and enjoy God, step by step, until they reach the fullest extent
２ 第二个原则是死亡、
2. The Second Principle
28善恶的原则第二个原则是死亡、善恶的原则，在这原则里，所有在死亡路上的人都有意识或无意识的跟随撒但；他们藉著这原则，弃绝了神和神生命的路，而成为撒但的同伴，以至于死和永远的沉沦。
28Being the Principle of Death and of Good and Evil The second principle is the principle of death and of good and evil, in which all men in the way of death follow Satan either consciously or unconsciously, and through which they reject God and His way of life to be Satan's companions unto death and eternal perdition
二 神严厉对付约伯的目的
B. God's Purpose in Dealing with Job Severely
29神严厉对付约伯的目的，乃是要将他对神与人关系的逻辑，从按照道德而有的善恶原则，调整到按照神而有的生命原则，使约伯能成为一个得著神，并有分于神的人，以完成神永远的经纶。
29God's purpose in dealing with Job severely was to adjust his logic concerning his relationship with God from the principle of good and evil according to ethics to the principle of life according to God, that he might be one who gained God and participated in God for the fulfillment of God's eternal economy
伍 两个结局
V. TWO ENDS
一 两个结局乃是两条路的两个目的地
A. The Two Ends Being the Two Destinations of the Two Ways
30两个结局乃是人在与神关系上所走之两条路的两个目的地。
30The two ends are the two destinations of the two ways men take in their relationship with God
１ 神生命之路的目的地乃是生命水的城
1. The Destination of God'sWay of Life Being a City of Water of Life
31神生命之路的目的地乃是生命水的城，也就是新耶路撒冷，神永远的居所，（启二一2，11，23，二二1～2，14，）给所有照神心愿，并为著神的喜悦，而行在生命之路上的人，作为最好、最荣耀的目标，使他们能与神一同有分于神这永远生命的一切福分，直到永远。
31The destination of God'sway of life is a city of water of life, the New Jerusalem, God's eternal dwelling Rev. 21:2, 11, 23; 22:1-2, 14), as the best and most glorious goal for all the men who walk in the way of life according to God's desire and for God's pleasure, that they may participate with God in all the blessings of God as the eternal life for eternity
２ 死亡、善恶之路的目的地，乃是硫磺火的湖
2. The Destination of the Way of Death and of Good and Evil Being a Lake of Fire of Brimstone
32死亡、善恶之路的目的地，乃是硫磺火的湖，就是火坑，（太五22下，）撒但永远的监狱，给所有照撒但恶谋，而走死亡之路的人，作为最坏、最悲惨的结局，使他们与撒但一同有分于永远的审判和永远的沉沦。（约十六11，太二五41，启二一8，27，二二15。）
32The destination of the way of death and of good and evil is a lake of fire of brimstone, the Gehenna of fire (Matt. 5:22), Satan's eternal prison, as the worst and most miserable end for all the men who take the way of death according to Satan's evil device, that they may share with Satan the eternal judgment and eternal perdition (John 16:11; Matt. 25:41; Rev. 21:8, 27; 22:15).
二 新耶路撒冷是极有力的奖励，火湖是严肃的警告
B. The New Jerusalem Being a Dynamic Incentive and the Lake of Fire Being a Solemn Warning
33新耶路撒冷是神生命之路最好、最荣耀的结局，乃是极有力的奖励，叫我们寻求神，直到我们照著祂的爱和恩，极完满的得著祂；火湖乃是撒但的死亡、善恶之路最坏、最悲惨的结局，这应当是给在撒但敌挡神经纶的路上跟随撒但之人的严肃警告，要他们从撒但的死亡之路转到神的生命之路，使他们得以逃脱撒但按照神的公义和公平所受永远的审判和永远的沉沦。
33The New Jerusalem, as the best and most glorious end of God'sway of life, is a dynamic incentive for us to seek God until we gain Him to the fullest extent according to His love and grace; and the lake of fire, as the worst and most miserable end of Satan'sway of death and of good and evil, should be a solemn warning to the men who follow Satan in his way against God'secon o my, to turn from his way of death to God'sway of life that they may escape Satan's eternal judgment and eternal perdition, according to God's righteousness and justice