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撒母耳记生命读经 · 第28篇

神渴望将祂自己建造到我们里面，并将我们建造到祂里面，产生一个相互的住处

God’s Desire To Build Himself Into Us And To Build Us Into Him To Produce A Mutual Abode
1读经：撒母耳记下7:12-14a;以弗所书3:17;启示录21:2,9在本篇信息中，我仍然有负担说到撒下七章十二至十四节上半。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Sam. 7:12-14a; Eph. 3:17; Rev. 21:2, 9 In this message I still have the burden to speak on Samuel 7:12-14a.
圣经神圣的启示
THE DIVINE REVELATION
是渐进的受造的人和堕落的人
IN THE BIBLE BEING PROGRESSIVE Man in Creation and in the Fall
2圣经神圣的启示是渐进的。起初在创世记，神造了有善良性情的人。这就是说，在神所造的人身上，没有罪恶或邪恶的东西。神看著祂一切所造的，包括人在内，祂说『甚好』。（创一。）在人类历史的开始，神将人摆在一个可喜悦的园子里，摆在生命树和善恶知识树跟前。神吩咐亚当，不可吃善恶知识树，因为他吃的日子必定死。（二17。）这指明神要人接受生命树。但人堕落了，良心就活动起来；堕落的人因此敬畏并敬拜神，知道他该弃恶从善。后来，亚伯领受了神救赎的启示。救赎没有在亚伯的时候来到，而是在神的先见里所豫期的。这豫期的救赎向亚伯启示出来。之后，有更多一些的神圣启示赐给以诺和挪亚。
2The divine revelation in the Bible is progressive. At the very beginning, in Genesis, God created man with a good nature. This means that there was nothing sinful or evil in the man created by God. When God looked at what He had created, including man, He saw that it was “very good” (Gen. 1:31). At the beginning of man’s history, God put man into a pleasant garden in front 31 of the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God commanded Adam not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, telling him that in the day that he ate thereof he would die (2:17). This indicates that God wanted man to partake of the tree of life. However, man fell. The conscience was activated, and fallen man thus feared God and worshipped Him, realizing that he should do good and abandon evil. Eventually, Abel received the revelation of God’s redemption. Redemption did not come at Abel’st i me. Rather, it was anticipated in God’s foreknowledge, and this anticipated redemption was revealed to Abel. Later, a little more of the divine revelation was given to Enoch and to Noah.
约伯的例子
The Case of Job
3从亚当到约伯，神圣的启示有一点糢糊。约伯是一个敬畏神，敬拜神，并竭力要建立自己的纯正、正直和完全的人；约伯尽其所能的行事纯正。然而，神剥夺了约伯的一切，为要给他看见，他所需要的不是纯正、完全，也不是最高标准的道德；他惟一的需要乃是神自己。神似乎是说，『约伯，我不要你建立你的纯正和完全。我要你以我来建立你自己。你不该作纯正人或完全人－你该作神人。约伯，你需要看见，你所缺少的就是我。你不需要完全或纯正－你需要我。』
3During the time from Adam to Job, the divine revelation was somewhat ambiguous. Job was a person who feared God, who worshipped God, and who endeavored to build himself up to the uttermost in his integrity, uprightness, and perfection. Job tried his best to practice his integrity. However, God stripped Job of everything to show him that his need was not integrity nor perfection nor the highest standard of morality; his only need was God Himself. God seemed to be saying, “Job, I do not want you to build yourself up in your integrity or perfection. I want you to build yourself up with Me. You should not be a man of integrity or perfection—you should be a man of God. Job, you need to realize that what you lack is Me. You do not need perfection or integrity—you need Me.”
4在约伯的时候，神圣的启示没有往前多少。其中所启示的，大多是人需要神，人是神所创造，是为著神，并且需要接受神作生命。人应当完完全全、绝绝对对的是属神的人。到那时为止，尚未启示神的建造。我们若停在约伯记，就可能以为我们有神就足彀了。然而，光是有神还不彀，因为我们会看见，神需要一个建造。
4At the time of Job, the divine revelation had not proceeded very far. What had been revealed was mainly that man needed God, that man had been created by God and for God, and that he needed to receive God as life. A man should be solely, wholly, and absolutely a man of God. Thus far, nothing had been revealed concerning God’s building. If we stop with the book of Job, we may think that it is sufficient for us to have God. However, to have God is not adequate, for, as we will see, God wants a building
给亚伯拉罕的启示
The Revelation Given to Abraham
5神得著亚伯拉罕后，就应许要赐给亚伯拉罕美地，并赐给他一个后裔享受这地。享受美地的以撒，乃是基督的豫表。美地本身也是基督的豫表。美8:7-地丰富的出产，（申八7～10，）表征基督作我们生命的供应。这生命的供应至终成了赐生命的灵，这灵就是基督的实际。神向亚伯拉罕所应许福音的福，事实上就是在实际里的基督，也就是那灵。（加三14。）
5After God gained Abraham, He gave him the promise of the good land and of a descendant to enjoy the land. Isaac, one who enjoyed the good land, was a type of Christ. The good land itself also was a type of Christ. The rich produce of the good land (Deut. 10) signifies Christ as our life supply. This life supply eventually becomes the life-giving Spirit, who is the reality of Christ. The blessing of the gospel that God promised to Abraham is actually Christ in reality as the Spirit (Gal. 3:14).
给大卫的启示
The Revelation Given to David
6到了大卫的时候，神圣的启示更往前，给人看见人不只需要神，更需要神建造到人里面。神不只要作我们的生命和生命的供应；祂更要建造到我们里面。神渴望将祂自己建造到我们里面，并将我们建造到祂里面。大卫想要为神建殿，但神阻止他，告诉他神要为他建立家室，并且从那个建造里，神要给他一个后裔。这里我们看见，神将祂自己建造到人里面，为要产生一个家，这个建造的结果就是后裔，就是基督。这位基督进到我们里面以后，就在我们里面作建造的工作，安家在我们心里。（弗三17。）基督用神性和人性的元素，在我们心中建造祂的家。这家乃是一个相互的住处。在约翰十四章二十三节主耶稣说，『人若爱我，…我父也必爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，同他安排住处。』安排住处就是建造一个家。这个家，这个住处，乃是为著相互的居住。因此，主耶稣接著说，『你们要住在我里面，
6With David the revelation went further to show that man not only needs God but needs God to be built into him. God wants not only to be our life and our life supply; He wants to be built into us. God desires to build Himself into us and to build us into Him. David wanted to build a house for God, but God stopped him and told him that He would build a house, a family, for David, and out of that building He would give him a seed. Here we see that God builds Himself into man to produce a house, and the issue of this building is a seed, which is Christ. After this Christ enters into us, He does a building work in us, making His home in our hearts (Eph. 3:17). Christ builds His home in our hearts with the elements of divinity and humanity. This home is a mutual abode. In John 14:23 the Lord Jesus said, “If anyone loves Me,..My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” To “make an abode” is to build a house. This house, this abode, is for mutual abiding. Hence, the Lord Jesus went on to say, “Abide in Me and I in you” (15:4a).
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7In the New Testament
8我也住在你们里面。』（十五4上。）在新约里，
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9神圣的启示达到最高的标准在新约里，神圣的启示达到最高的标准。这启示包括在撒下七章向大卫所启示的目标。神要得著一个建造，而圣经终极的结果，乃是一个建造。这个建造就是新耶路撒冷，作妻子和配偶与基督相配。（启二一2，9。）新耶路撒冷是基督团体的妻子，由旧约的圣徒和新约的信徒所组成，（12～，）他们已经与三一神建造在一起。这建造要成为羔羊（基督）的妻，也要成为神与祂所救赎之人相互的住处。（3，22。）
9the Divine Revelation Reaching the Highest Standard In the New Testament the divine revelation reached the highest standard. This revelation includes the goal which had been revealed to David in 2 Samuel 7. God wants a building, and the consummate issue of the Bible is a building. This building is the New Jerusalem as a wife, a counterpart, to match Christ (Rev. 21:2, 9). The New Jerusalem as the corporate wife of Christ is composed of the Old Testament saints and the New Testament believers (vv. 12-14), who have been built together with the Triune God. 14 This building will become the wife of the Lamb, Christ, and will be a mutual abode for God and His redeemed (vv. 3, 22).
我们需要基督这位三一神的具体化身建造到我们里面
Our Need For Christ, The Embodiment Of The Triune God, To Be Built Into Our Being
10我们已经指出，约伯寻求建立自己的纯正和完全，乃是错误的。至终，约伯知道他所需要的乃是神。然而，在约伯身上，我们看不见建造。因此，我们必须看见，光是接受神作我们的生命和生命的供应是不彀的。今天我们可能说，基督是我们的一切：我们的生命、我们的呼吸、我们的食物和饮料、我们的衣服，和我们的住处。但甚至有基督作为这些，仍然是不彀的。我们需要基督，就是三一神的具体化身，建造到我们里面，并且构造
10We have pointed out that Job was mistaken in seeking to build up his integrity and perfection. Eventually, Job learned that what he needed was God. With Job, however, we cannot see the building. We need to realize, therefore, that it is not adequate simply to take God as our life and life supply. We today may say that Christ is everything to us: our life, our breath, our food and drink, our clothing, and our abode. Yet even to have Christ in all these aspects still is not adequate. We need Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, to be built into our being, to be constituted into us. This is what Christ is doing today
11到我们里面。这就是今天基督所作的。
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12腓立比三章十二至十六节说到追求基督并取得基督。我年轻时听见人说，我们该追求基督并取得基督。后来我发现，甚至连追求并取得基督还是不彀的。我们需要这位住在我们灵里的基督，将祂自己建造到我们心里，使我们的心连同我们的人性成为祂的家。
12Philippians 3:7-11 speaks of pursuing Christ and gaining Christ. When I was a youth I heard that we should pursue Christ and gain Him. Later I discovered that it is not adequate even to pursue and gain Christ. We need the Christ who is dwelling in our spirit to build Himself into our heart, making our heart, with our humanity, His home
13你在追求基督么？你在取得基督么？作一个追求并取得基督的人非常好，但这还不彀。约翰十四章和以弗所三章都启示，基督来到我们里面，不只是居住在我们里面，更是特别为著在我们里面的人里，为祂自己建立一个家。这就是建造。
13Are you pursuing Christ? Are you gaining Christ? It is wonderful to be a person who is pursuing and gaining Christ, but this is not adequate. John 14 and Ephesians 3 both reveal that Christ comes into us not just to dwell, or abide, in us but especially for the purpose of making a home for Himself in our inner being. This is building.
14神按著祂的心意而有的经纶和目标，乃是要将祂自己建造到人里面，并将人建造到祂里面创世记二章启示生命树与一道河，还有宝贵的材料，就是金、珍珠和红玛瑙。这些材料都是为著建造，因为在这之后，神建造了一个女人，就是夏娃。这与整本圣经相符。基督成为那灵进入我们里面，作我们的生命。一面，祂在我们里面作工，将我们变化成为宝石；另一面，祂用祂自己（神性）和我们（人性），来建造一个家，一个居所。至终，这个居所，这个相互的住处，要成为新耶路撒冷。圣经中神建造的这个观点，指明神按著祂的心意而有的经纶和目标，就是要将祂自己建造到人里面，并将人建造到祂里面。我们已经看见，亚他那修曾说，『祂（基督）成为人，好使我们得以成为神。』这指明作为神的儿女，我们是『小神』，有神的生命和性情，但没有祂的神格；然而，甚至这个也不是神的目标。神在基督里，已进到我们里面，要将祂自己建造到我们的所是里，并将我们建造到祂的所是里。祂将祂的神性建造到我们的人性里，又将我们的人性建造到祂的神性里，使祂的神性与我们的人性调和成为一个实体。这就像细面调油的素祭，使神与人都得满足。
14God’sEcon o my And Goal According To His Heart’s Desire Being To Build Himself Into Man And To Build Man Into Him Genesis 2 reveals the tree of life with a river and precious materials of gold, bdellium, and onyx stone. These materials are for building, for after this, God built a woman, Eve. This corresponds to the entire Bible. Christ came into us as the Spirit to be life to us. On the one hand, He is working within us to transform us into precious stones; on the other hand, He is building with Himself (divinity) and with us (humanity) to produce a home, a dwelling place. Eventually, this dwelling place, which is a mutual abode, will issue in the New Jerusalem. This view of God’s building in the Bible indicates that God’secon o my and goal according to His heart’s desire are just to build Himself into man and to build man into Him. We have seen that Athanasius said, “He [Christ] was made man that we might be made God.” This means that as God’s children we are “baby gods,” having the life and nature of God but not the Godhead. However, not even this is God’s goal. God in Christ is within us to build Himself into our being and to build us into His being. He builds His divinity into our humanity and builds our humanity into His divinity in order to mingle and blend His divinity with our humanity into one entity. This is like the meal offering: fine flour mingled with oil for the satisfaction of both God and man
神性与人性调和，产生一个实体
The Mingling Of Divinity And Humanity To Produce One Entity
15在大卫的时候，神圣的启示达到了一个点，就是神给大卫看见祂所要的。神向大卫启示，光是得著一个合乎祂心的人，并不能使祂得著满足。祂向大卫指明，祂要将祂自己建造到合乎祂心的人里面，使这个人成为祂的建造，作祂的家。然后从这个家要产生一个人的后裔，但这后裔要成为神的儿子。这包含神性与人性的调和，这调和至终产生召会，就是神的家。
15At the time of David, the divine revelation reached the point where God showed David what He wanted. God revealed to David that He could not be satisfied simply to have a man who was according to His heart. Rather, God indicated to David that He wants to build Himself into the man who is according to His heart and to make this man His building as His house. Then out from this house would issue a seed of humanity, yet this seed would become the Son of God. This involves the mingling of divinity with humanity, a mingling that eventually produces the church, the house of God
16在这调和中，神和人，人和神都调在一起，成为一个实体。这实体就是神的建造，是神与人相互的住处。这实体有神性和人性，也是救赎之基督的妻子。这实体，就是新耶路撒冷，要存到永远，并成为新天新地的中心和普及。这就是圣经完整并完全的启示。
16In this mingling God and man, man and God, are blended together into one entity. This entity is God’s building, which is a mutual abode for God and man. This entity, possessing both the divine nature and the human nature, also is the wife of the redeeming Christ. This entity, the New Jerusalem, will remain forever and will be the centrality and universality of the new heaven and new earth. This is the entire and complete revelation of the Bible.
17圣经开始于生命树，涌流的河，金子、珍珠、红玛瑙等宝贵的材料，以及一个建造的妻子。在圣经末了，我们再次看见生命树，同著生命水的河，还有三种材料－金、珍珠、宝石，以及一个建造的妻子，就是新耶路撒冷。圣经的开始给我们看见神的目标，圣经的结束给我们看见神所成就并达到的。这就是神的目标，如今神与我们正朝著这个目标往前。我们有这启示作我们的『地图』，就能知道我们如今在那里，以及我们永世要在那里。
17The Bible begins with the tree of life, the flowing river, the precious materials of gold, bdellium, and onyx stone, and a builded wife. At the end of the Bible, we see again the tree of life with the flow of the living water, three kinds of material—gold, pearls, and precious stones—and a builded wife, the New Jerusalem. The beginning of the Bible shows God’s goal, and the end shows God’s achievement and attainment. This is God’s goal, and both God and we are heading toward it. With this revelation as our “road map,” we can know where we are and where we will be for eternity