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路得记生命读经 · 第6篇

波阿斯与路得豫表基督与召会

Boaz and Ruth Typifying Christ and the Church
1读经：路得记2:1,14-16;3:15;4:9-10,13。在这些关于约书亚记、士师记、路得记的信息中，我一直强调我们要得著基督、经历基督、并享受基督，使我们成为召会。在本篇信息中，我们要来看波阿斯与路得如何豫表基督与召会。波阿斯是基督的豫表；路得不但是寻求之圣徒的豫表，也是召会的豫表。最终，路得豫表召会。
1Scripture Reading: Ruth 2:1, 14-16; 3:15; 4:9-10, 13 In these messages on Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, my emphasis has been on our gaining Christ, experiencing Christ, and enjoying Christ so that we may be the church. In this message we will consider how Boaz and Ruth typify Christ and the church. Boaz is a type of Christ, and Ruth is a type not only of the seeking saints but of the church. Ultimately, Ruth typifies the church
壹 波阿斯豫表基督
I. BOAZ TYPIFYING CHRIST
一 两个豫表基督的显著人物
A. Two Prominent Persons Typifying Christ
2在约书亚记至路得记这段以色列人历史的开始和结束，有两个显著的人物豫表基督。（书一1，得四21。）这两个人就是约书亚和波阿斯，他们表征一个人的两方面。
2At the beginning and at the end of the portion of Israel’s history from Joshua to Ruth are two prominent persons typifying Christ (Josh. 1:1; Ruth 4:21). These persons are Joshua and Boaz, who signify two aspects of one person
１ 开始时是约书亚
1. Joshua at the Beginning
3在开始时，约书亚豫表基督，将神所拣选的人带进神命定的福里。（书一2～4，弗一3～14。）如约书亚所豫表的，基督将我们带进美地，为我们据有那地，并将那地分给我们，作我们的产业，供我们享受。基督已为我们得著美地；至终祂就是美地，给我们享受。
3At the beginning Joshua typifies Christ in bringing God’s chosen people into God’s ordained blessings (Josh. 1:2-4; Eph. 1:3-14). As typified by Joshua, Christ has brought us into the good land, has taken possession of the land for us, and has allotted the land to us as our inheritance for our enjoyment. Christ has gained the good land for us, and eventually He is the good land for us to enjoy
２ 结束时是波阿斯
2. Boaz at the End
4在结束时，波阿斯豫表其他方面的基督，特别豫表基督作我们的丈夫，给我们满足。
4At the end Boaz typifies Christ in other aspects. In particular, he typifies Christ as our Husband for our satisfaction
二 波阿斯所豫表基督的各方面
B. The Aspects in Which Boaz Typifies Christ
5波阿斯在两方面豫表基督。
5Boaz typifies Christ in two aspects
１ 是一富于赀财，慷慨给与的人
1. As a Man Rich in Wealth and Generous in Giving
6作为一个富于赀财，慷慨给与的人，（得二1，14～16，三15，）波阿斯豫表基督的神圣丰富是追测不尽的，并2且以祂全备的供应照顾神穷乏的子民。（弗三8，林后十二9，腓一19下。）
6As a man, rich in wealth and generous in giving (Ruth 2:1, 14-16; 3:15), Boaz typifies Christ, whose divine riches are unsearchable and who takes care of God’s needy people with His bountiful supply (Eph. 3:8; Cor. 12:9; Phil. 1:19b).
7可悲的是，今天许多的基督徒，在经历中并没有丰富的基督，也没有以祂作丈夫。在召会里，我们有基督作我们的丰富，也有祂作我们的丈夫。在以弗所书里，保罗说到基督追测不尽的丰富，（三8，）也说到基督是召会的丈夫。（五23～32。）启示录揭示我们的丈夫是羔羊，救赎的神。（二一2，9。）所以，圣经启示，基督同著祂追测不尽的丰富，乃是我们的丈夫。在圣经末了二章，我们看见羔羊基督是我们的丈夫，我们这些在基督里的信徒是羔羊的妻。
7Sadly, in their experience many of today’s Christians do not have Christ in His riches, and they do not have Him as the Husband. In the church we have Christ as our riches, and we also have Him as our Husband. In Ephesians Paul speaks of the unsearchable riches of Christ (3:8). He speaks also of Christ as the Husband of the church (5:23-32). In Revelation our Husband is unveiled as the Lamb, the redeeming God (21:2, 9). The Bible reveals, therefore, that Christ with His unsearchable riches is our Husband. In the last two chapters of the Bible, we see that Christ, the Lamb, is our Husband and that we, the believers in Christ, are the Lamb’s wife.
２ 作玛伦的亲人
2. As a Kinsman of Mahlon
8作为路得已死丈夫玛伦的亲人，赎回玛伦对产业已失去的权利，并娶玛伦的寡妇路得为妻，以产生必需的后嗣，（得四9～10，13，）波阿斯豫表基督救赎召会，使召会成为祂的配偶，使祂得著扩增。（弗五23～32，约三29～30。）
8As a kinsman of Mahlon, the dead husband of Ruth, who redeemed the lost right of Mahlon’s property and took Mahlon’s widow, Ruth, as his wife for the producing of the needed heirs (Ruth 4:9-10, 13), Boaz typifies Christ in redeeming the church and making the church His counterpart for His increase (Eph. 5:23-32; John 3:29-30
贰 路得豫表召会
II. RUTH TYPIFYING THE CHURCH
一 路得是在神创造里在亚当里的女人，也是在人堕落里的摩押女子，因此成了具有这两方面的旧人
A. Ruth, Being a Woman in Adam in God’s Creation and a Moabitess in Man’s Fall, Thus Becoming an Old Man with These Two Aspects
9路得是在神创造里在亚当里的女人，也是在人堕落里的摩押女子，因此成了具有这两方面的旧人；她豫表召会，在得拯救以前，是在神创造里的人，也是在人堕落里的罪人，成为『我们的旧人』。（罗六6。）路得成为摩押人，不是因著人的堕落，乃是在人的堕落里。乱伦的摩押人豫表所有的罪人，因为所有的罪人都是从乱伦生的。（约八41，44上。）这就是说，路得不是惟一有乱伦背景的人；我们都有同样的背景。亚当和夏娃与撒但联合，就是与撒但结婚。我们是神创造的人，该与我们的创造者结婚，以祂为我们的丈夫，（赛五四5，）但我们却与同是受造者的撒但结婚。这是乱伦。
9Ruth, being a woman in Adam in God’s creation and a Moabitess in man’s fall, thus becoming an old man with these two aspects, typifies the church, before her salvation, as men in God’s creation and sinners in man’s fall being “our old man” (Rom. 6:6). Ruth became a Moabitess not because of man’s fall but in man’s fall. The Moabites, an incestuous people, typify all sinners, because all sinners were born of incest (John 8:41, 44a). This means that Ruth was not the only one with an incestuous background. We all have the same background. Adam and Eve joined themselves to Satan; that is, they married Satan. As human beings created by God, we should have married our Creator, taking Him as our Husband (Isa. 54:5), but instead we married a fellow creature, Satan. This is incest
二 路得是波阿斯所赎回的寡妇，波阿斯清理了路得已死丈夫的债务，以恢复
B. Ruth, Being a Widow Redeemed by Boaz, Who Cleared the Indebtedness of Her Dead Husband for the Recovery
10她死去之丈夫对产业已失去的权利
10of the Lost Right of Her Dead Husband’s Property
11路得是已死丈夫的寡妇，被波阿斯赎回；波阿斯清理了路得已死丈夫的债务，恢复她死去之丈夫对产业已失去的权利。因此路得豫表召会同其旧人，就是其已钉死十架的丈夫，（罗七4上，）蒙了基督的救赎；祂清理了召会旧人的罪，以恢复神所创造、堕落之天然人所失去的权利。
11Ruth, being the widow of the dead husband, redeemed by Boaz, who cleared the indebtedness of her dead husband for the recovery of the lost right of her dead husband’s property, typifies the church with her old man as her crucified husband (Rom. 7:4a) redeemed by Christ, who cleared away her old man’ss in for the recovery of the lost right of her fallen natural man created by God
12我们需要领悟，信徒的旧人是由神所创造的天然部分，和罪所败坏的堕落部分组成的。在神的创造里，我们是善的─我们是『鸽子』；但在堕落的亚当里，我们是恶的─我们是『蛇』。天然的部分是善的，渴望行善，而堕落的部分却实行恶。（罗七19，21。）由此我们看见，在路得所豫表的旧人里，有两种性情：一种是善的，另一种是恶的。与善性并行的恶性，擅自作丈夫；二者一同成为旧人，就是我们乱伦的丈夫。
12We need to realize that the believers’ old man consists of a natural part created by God and a fallen part corrupted by sin. In God’s creation we are good—we are “doves”; but in the fallen Adam we are evil—we are “serpents.” The natural part is good and desires to do what is good, whereas the fallen part practices what is evil (Rom. 7:19, 21). From this we see that in the old man typified by Ruth, we have two natures and that one of these natures is good and the other is evil. The evil nature, acting with the good one, assumed to be the husband, and together they became the old man, our incestuous husband
13我们的旧人已经与基督同钉十字架。（罗六6。）基督的钉十字架毁坏我们旧人堕落的部分，却救赎受造的部分。基督没有救赎我们旧人堕落的部分；反之，祂乃是将这部分了结。然而，祂救赎我们受造的部分，以恢复我们。所以，基督在十字架上的死，了结我们旧人堕
13Our old man has been crucified with Christ (Rom. 6:6). Christ’s crucifixion destroyed the fallen part of our old man, but it redeemed the created part. Christ did not redeem the fallen part of our old man; on the contrary, He terminated it. However, He redeemed our created part in order to recover us. Therefore, Christ’s death on the cross terminated the fallen part of our old man and redeemed the part created by God
14落的部分，却救赎神所创造的部分。
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三 路得被波阿斯赎回以后，成了他的新妻子
C. Ruth, after Being Redeemed by Boaz, Becoming a New Wife to Him
15路得被波阿斯赎回以后，成了他的新妻子，豫表召会在其天然人得了重生而得救以后，成了基督的配偶。（罗七4下。）被赎回的路得怎样成了波阿斯的新妻子，照样，得救并重生的召会，也在与祂生机的联结里，成了祂的新妻子，祂的配偶。
15Ruth, after being redeemed by Boaz, becoming a new wife to him typifies the church, after being saved, through the regeneration of the church’s natural man, becoming the counterpart of Christ (Rom. 7:4b). Just as the redeemed Ruth became a new wife to Boaz, so the saved and regenerated church has become His new wife, His counterpart, in the organic union with Him
四 路得与波阿斯的联结
D. Ruth Being United with Boaz
16路得与波阿斯的联结，豫表外邦罪人联于基督，使他们有分于神应许的产业。（弗三6。）
16Ruth being united to Boaz typifies the Gentile sinners being attached to Christ that they may partake of the inheritance of God’s promise (Eph. 3:6).
17我们越思想路得所豫表召会的这些方面，就越能认识今天我们身为在基督里之信徒的身分。首先，我们被神创造；其次，我们成了堕落的人；第三，我们蒙了基督的救赎；第四，我们被那是灵的基督这赐生命的灵所重生。因此，我们可用四个辞概述我们的身分：受造、堕落、救赎和重生。现在让我们进一步思想，在豫表里，路得情形的各方面今天如何应用在我们身上。在神的创造里，路得是善的，但她在亚当里堕落了。她转向以色列，就相信拯救的神，并且蒙救赎。于是她成了新人，嫁给波阿斯，成为他的新妻子。如路得和她已死丈夫的豫表所表征的，神所创造路得天然的部分，与她堕落的部分合作，擅自作丈夫，离弃神作丈夫。这丈夫是她旧人的主要部分，是由神所创造的部分，和她堕落的部分组成的。旧人这非法的丈夫犯了许多错，欠了许多债，因此出卖了自己，并且因著他的罪，失去了他身为神所创造之人的权利。路得的丈夫死后，她不但成了寡妇，也在欠债的光景里。离开这光景惟一的路，就是藉著婚姻与正确的人联结。路得嫁给波阿斯，就从她的欠债里被赎回，并且成为他的新妻子，以产生必需的后嗣。这是今天我们情形的图画。我们的丈夫基督死了，为要救赎我们，并清理我们旧人的罪所造成的欠债。然后在复活里，祂这赐生命的灵重生我们，使我们这些受造、堕落、并蒙救赎的人，成为新造，而嫁给了祂。现今，在基督与我们之间生机的联结里，我们能生出基督，并扩展基督，作祂的扩增。现在，我要请你们留意与路得豫表召会有关的以下五件事。我盼望这些事会帮助我们理解路得豫表召会的内在意义。
17The more we consider these aspects of Ruth as a type of the church, the more we can know our status as believers in Christ today. First, we were created by God. Second, we became fallen persons. Third, we were redeemed by Christ. Fourth, we were regenerated by the pneumatic Christ as the life-giving Spirit. Thus, we may summarize our status in four words: created, fallen, redeemed, and regenerated. Let us now consider further how, in typology, the various aspects of Ruth’s situation apply to us today. In God’s creation Ruth was good, but she became fallen in Adam. When she turned to Israel, she believed in the saving God and was redeemed. Then, having become a new person, she married Boaz and became his new wife. As signified by the type of Ruth and her dead husband, Ruth’s natural part created by God and her fallen part cooperated to assume to be the husband, forsaking God as the Husband. This husband was the main part of her old man, which was composed of her God- created part and her fallen part. The old man as the illegal husband made many mistakes and incurred a great deal of debt, thereby selling himself and losing his right as a God-created being because of his sins. After Ruth’s husband died, she was not only a widow but was also in a condition of indebtedness. The only way out of this condition was to be united in marriage to the proper person. When Ruth married Boaz, she was redeemed from her indebtedness, and she became his new wife for the producing of the needed heirs. This is a picture of our situation today. Christ, our Husband, died to redeem us and to clear the indebtedness caused by the sins of our old man. Then in resurrection He, as the life-giving Spirit, regenerated us to make us, as created, fallen, and redeemed persons, a new creation married to Him. Now, in the organic union between Christ and us, we can bring forth Christ and spread Christ for His increase. At this juncture, I would ask you to note the following five matters related to Ruth typifying the church. I hope that these matters will help us to grasp the intrinsic significance of Ruth as a type of the church.
18（一） 信徒的旧人由两部分所组成：神所创造的天然部分，和罪所败坏的堕落部分。我们这旧人已经与基督同钉十字架。基督这钉十字架，救赎了我们天然受造的部分，毁坏了我们堕落的部分，并清理我们因这堕落部分所造成的罪。
181) The believers’ old man is composed of two parts: the natural part created by God and the fallen part corrupted by sin. This old man of ours has been crucified with Christ. This crucifixion of Christ has redeemed our natural created part and destroyed our fallen part and cleared our sin caused by this fallen part.
19（二） 我们天然的人被神创造，是要成为神的配偶，以神为我们的丈夫和头；但在我们堕落时，我们天然的人将神摆在一边，使天然的人自己作我们的丈夫和头，因而成为我们旧人的主要部分。
192) Our natural man was created by God to be God’s counterpart taking God as our Husband and Head, but in our fall our natural man put God aside and made himself our husband and head, thus becoming the main part of our old man
20（三） 在蒙救赎并得重生以后，我们天然的人（不包括我们堕落的部分），在我们与基督神圣生机的联结里，成为我们的新人，并以基督为我们的新丈夫。（罗七4。）
203) After being redeemed and regenerated, our natural man, not including our fallen part, becomes our new man and takes Christ as our new Husband in the divine organic union with Him (Rom. 7:4
21（四） 路得的旧丈夫豫表我们旧人堕落的部分，旧丈夫的债务豫表因我们堕落的部分而有的罪。路得自己豫表我们天然的人，为神所创造、救赎并重生，成为新人，作基督的配偶。
214) Ruth’sold husband typifies our fallen part of our old man, and his indebtedness typifies our sin caused by our fallen part. Ruth herself typifies our natural man created by God and redeemed and regenerated to be the new man as the counterpart of Christ
22（五） 路得丈夫的第一个亲人豫表我们天然的人，不能也不愿意把我们从旧人的债务（罪）里赎回。波阿斯，路得丈夫的第二个亲人，豫表基督，祂有分于血肉之体，（来二14，）成为我们的亲人，能救赎我们脱离罪，恢复我们在神创造里天然之人所失去的权利，在祂与我们神圣生机的联结里，作我们的新丈夫，并娶我们作祂的配偶，使祂得著扩增。
225) The first kinsman of Ruth’s husband typifies our natural man who cannot and will not redeem us from the indebtedness (sin) of our old man. Boaz, the second kinsman of Ruth’s husband, typifies Christ, who partook of blood and flesh (Heb. 2:14) to be our Kinsman and who can redeem us from our sin, recover the lost right of our natural man in God’s creation, be our new Husband in His divine organic union with us, and take us for His counterpart for His increase
23有些人也许说，基督救赎了我们堕落的人；但这种说法非常含糊。事实上，基督不会救赎任何堕落的事物。在堕落的人里面，有神所创造，仍能为祂所用的部分。基督救赎旧人里神所创造的部分，毁坏堕落的部分，并清理因这堕落部分而有的罪。所以，关于信徒的旧人，基督的钉十字架成就三件事：救赎我们这人由神所创造的部分，毁坏我们这人堕落的部分，并清理我们由这堕落部分所造成的罪。
23Some may say that Christ has redeemed our fallen man, but this kind of speaking is ambiguous. Actually, Christ will not redeem anything that is fallen. Within fallen man is a part that was created by God and that can still be used by Him. Christ redeemed this God- created part of the old man, destroying the fallen part and clearing away the sin caused by this fallen part. Therefore, with respect to the believers’ old man, Christ’s crucifixion accomplished three things. It redeemed the God-created part of our being, it destroyed the fallen part of our being, and it cleared away our sin, which was caused by this fallen part
24基督能被视为我们的亲人，因为祂有分于血肉之体来作人。然而，祂作我们的亲人，不如我们的己、天然的人我们第一个亲人─对我们那样的近。神所创造天然的人是第一个亲人，基督是第二个。因为由路得至近的亲人所豫表的第一个亲人，没有救赎我们的能力，基督这第二个亲人便来救赎我们，恢复我们失去的权利，在神圣生机的联结里，成为我们的新丈夫，并娶我们作祂的配偶，使祂得著扩增。
24Christ can be regarded as our Kinsman because He partook of blood and flesh to be a man. However, as our Kinsman He is not as close to us as our self, our natural man—our first kinsman. The natural man created by God is the first kinsman, and Christ is the second. Because the first kinsman, typified by Ruth’s closest kinsman, did not have the capacity to redeem us, Christ came as the second one to redeem us, to recover our lost birthright, to become our new Husband in the divine organic union, and to take us for His counterpart for His increase