Books
列王纪生命读经 · 第10篇

亚哈作以色列王（二）

The Reign Of Ahab Over Israel (2)
1读经：列王纪上十七至十九章。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 17—19
四 、神藉申言者以利亚对付亚哈
D. God’s Dealing with Ahab through Elijah the Prophet
2我们现在来看，亚哈作以色列王时，神藉著申言者以利亚对付亚哈的事。（王上十七１～十九９上。）神在以利亚背后，藉著以利亚对付亚哈。我们也许认为自己比以利亚小，但我们有他所没有的东西。我们有三一神作到我们里面，天天将祂自己构成到我们里面，住在我们里面，并在我们里面建造祂的家。
2As we continue to consider the reign of Ahab over Israel, we come now to the matter of God’s dealing with Ahab through Elijah the prophet (17:1—19:9a). Because God was behind Elijah, He could deal with Ahab through Elijah. We may regard ourselves as smaller than Elijah, but we have something that he did not have. We have the Triune God wrought into us, constituting Himself into us every day, indwelling us, and building His home in us
１ .使天闭塞不下雨
1. Shutting Up the Heavens from Rain
3十七章告诉我们，以利亚使天闭塞不下雨。以利亚的神迹，和所罗门的财富、荣耀、光彩一样，全然是在物质的范围里。
3Chapter seventeen tells us that Elijah shut up the heavens from rain. Elijah’s miracles, like Solomon’s riches, glory, and splendor, were altogether in the physical realm
ａ.神打发以利亚去藏在基立溪旁
a. God Sending Elijah to Hide Himself by the Brook Cherith
4因著饥荒，神打发以利亚去藏在基立溪旁，靠溪水与乌鸦叼来的饼和肉养生。（２～７。）ｂ.神打发以利亚往西顿的撒勒法去溪水干了以后，神就打发以利亚往西顿的撒勒法去，神已吩咐那里的一个寡-妇供养他。（王上十七８～２４，路四２５～２６。）以利亚没有得寡妇的供养，反倒行神迹，将面和油供给寡妇和她的家人。（王上十七８～１６。）此后，以利亚行另一个神迹，叫寡妇的儿子从死里复活。（王上十七１７～２４，来十一３５上。）这两个神迹都在物质的范围里，与属灵的事无关。
4Because of the famine, God sent Elijah to hide himself by the brook Cherith to live on water from the brook and on the bread and meat brought in by ravens (vv. 2-7). b. God Sending Elijah to Go to Zarephath of Zidon After the brook dried up, God sent Elijah to go to Zarephath of Zidon, where God had commanded a widow to feed him (vv. 8-24; Luke 4:25- 26). Instead of being fed by the widow, Elijah performed a miracle to provide meal and oil for the widow and her family (1 Kings 17:8-16). After that, Elijah performed another miracle to raise up the widow’ss on from death (vv. 17-24; Heb. 11:35a). Both of these miracles were in the physical realm and did not involve anything spiritual
２ .使天开启降雨
2. Opening the Heavens to Rain
5在王上十八章，神藉以利亚使天开启降雨。使天闭塞不下雨，和使天开启降雨，都是大事。
5In 1 Kings 18 God through Elijah opened up the heavens to rain. Both the shutting up of heaven from rain and the opening of heaven to rain were great things
ａ.神打发以利亚为降雨的事去见亚哈
a. God Sending Elijah to See Ahab concerning the Raining
6神打发以利亚去见亚哈，对他说神要降雨在地上；以利亚就去使亚哈得见他。（１～２。）以利亚来见亚哈时，非常放胆。ｂ.亚哈藉著俄巴底，来见以利亚
6God sent Elijah to see Ahab and to tell him that God would send rain upon the earth, and Elijah went to appear before Ahab (vv. 1-2). In coming to Ahab Elijah was very bold. b. Ahab Coming to Meet Elijah through Obadiah
7亚哈藉著他的臣仆俄巴底，来见以利亚；俄巴底在亚哈的妻子耶洗别剪除耶和华众申言者的时候，曾将一百个申言者藏了，并且供养他们。（３～１６。）亚哈和以利亚是仇敌，俄巴底是他们中间的居间人。
7Ahab came to meet Elijah through Obadiah, a servant of Ahab who hid a hundred prophets and fed them when Jezebel, Ahab’s wife, cut off the prophets of Jehovah (vv. 3-16). Ahab and Elijah were enemies, and Obadiah was the middle man between them
ｃ.以利亚向亚哈挑战，在迦密山上进行试验，证明谁是真神
c. Elijah Challenging Ahab to Have a Test on Mount Carmel and Prove Who Is the Real God
8以利亚向亚哈挑战，在迦密山上进行试验，证明谁是真神－是外邦的巴力呢，或是以色列的耶和华。（１７～４０。）
8Elijah challenged Ahab to have a test on Mount Carmel and prove who is the real God—Baal of the heathens or Jehovah of Israel (vv. 17-40
（一） 巴力的申言者向巴力献公牛，求巴力焚烧他们的供物
1) The Prophets of Baal Offering a Bullock to Baal and Begging Baal to Burn Their Offering
9亚哈无法逃避这挑战，就差遣人招聚以色列众人，和巴力的四百五十个申言者，并耶洗别所供养亚舍拉的四百个申言者，都上迦密山去见亚哈。巴力的申言者向巴力献公牛，求巴力焚烧他们的供物;他们喊叫，甚至自割，直到流血。他们作这一切尽都徒然，如以利亚所嬉笑他们的。（１７～２９。）
9Ahab, unable to avoid this challenge, sent word and gathered all of Israel to him at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who ate at Jezebel’stable. The prophets of Baal offered a bullock to Baal and begged Baal to burn their offering, crying and even cutting themselves so that their blood gushed out. They did all this to no avail as Elijah mocked them (vv. 17-29
（二） 以利亚向神祷告，耶和华就降下火来，烧尽供物
2) Elijah Praying to God, and Jehovah Sending Fire to Consume the Offering
10以利亚独自一人重修（恢复）已经毁坏之耶和华的坛，取了十二块石头（表征神的选民以色列），为耶和华的名筑一座坛。然后他在坛的四围挖又深又宽的沟，把公牛切成块子放在柴上，用四桶水倒在燔祭和柴上，一共倒三次，直到水流在祭坛的四围，沟里也满了水。此后，以利亚向神祷告，耶和华就降下火来，烧尽燔祭、木柴、石头、尘土，又烧干沟里的水。（３０～３８。）
10Elijah, by himself alone, repaired (recovered) the broken-down altar of Jehovah by building it unto the name of Jehovah with twelve stones (signifying Israel, God’select). Then he dug a trench around the altar with a capacity deep and wide, cut the bullock in pieces and laid it on the wood, and poured four jars of water on the burnt offering and on the wood three times until the water went around the altar and filled the trench also with water. After this, Elijah prayed to God, and Jehovah sent fire to consume the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust and to lick up the water that was in the trench (vv. 30-38
（三） 众民俯伏在地，说耶和华是神
3) All the People Falling on Their Faces and Saying That Jehovah Is God
11众民看见所发生的事，就俯伏在地说，『耶和华是神！耶和华是神！』（３９。）
11When all the people saw what happened, they fell on their faces and said, “Jehovah—He is God! Jehovah— He is God!” (v. 39).
（四） 以利亚吩咐众民拿住巴力的申言者
4) Elijah Commanding the People to Seize the Prophets of Baal
12以利亚吩咐众民拿住巴力的申言者，不容一人逃脱。然后他带他们到基顺河边，在那里杀了他们。（４０。）
12Elijah commanded the people to seize the prophets of Baal, letting no one escape. Then he brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there (v. 40
（五） 以利亚在这件事上赢了
5) Elijah Winning the Case
13这样，以利亚在这件事上赢了，亚哈和众假申言者输了这场仗。
13By this, Elijah won the case, and Ahab and all the false prophets lost the battle
ｄ.告诉亚哈要下雨了
d. Telling Ahab That Rain Was Coming
14以利亚告诉亚哈要下雨了;他对亚哈说，『你现在可以上去吃喝，因为有沛雨的响声了。』（４１。）以利亚告诉亚哈这事以后，就上迦密山顶祷告，直到天降大雨。（王上十八４２～４５，雅五１８。）
14Elijah told Ahab that rain was coming, saying to him, “Go up; eat and drink, for there is the sound of an abundance of rain” (v. 41). After telling Ahab this, Elijah went up to the top of Carmel and prayed until a great downpour of rain came from the heavens (vv. 42-45; James 5:18
ｅ.耶和华的手按在以利亚身上
e. The Hand of Jehovah Being upon Elijah
15王上十八章四十六节告诉我们，耶和华的手（指耶和华的灵）按在以利亚身上;他就束上腰，奔在亚哈前头，直到耶斯列的城门。
15First Kings 18:46 tells us that the hand of Jehovah (referring to the Spirit of Jehovah) was upon Elijah and that he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel
３ .以利亚受亚哈的妻子耶洗别的威吓
3. Elijah Being Threatened by Jezebel, the Wife of Ahab
16在十九章一至九节上半我们看见，以利亚受亚哈的妻子耶洗别（参启二２０）的威吓。亚哈将以利亚一切所行的，并他杀尽众申言者的事，都告诉耶洗别。耶洗别就差遣使者去见以利亚，说，『明日约在这时候，我若不使你的性命像那些人的性命一样，愿神明重重的降
16In 19:1-9a we see that Elijah was threatened by Jezebel, the wife of Ahab (cf. Rev. 2:20). When Ahab told her all that Elijah had done and how he had slain all the prophets of Baal, she sent a message to Elijah, saying, “The gods do so to me and even more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them!” (v. 2
17罚与我。』（王上十九２。）
17
18以利亚惧怕而逃命，（３～８，）首先到别是巴，然后到旷野。他在那里求死，对耶和华说，『耶和华阿，罢了；求你取我的性命，因为我并不比我的列祖好。』（４。）因著得了天使的复苏和鼓励，以利亚往前去，到了何烈山，就是神的山，住在一个洞里。（９上。）
18Elijah was afraid and escaped for his life (vv. 3-8), first to Beer-sheba and then to the wilderness, where he requested to die and said to Jehovah, “It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers” (v. 4). Through the refreshing and encouraging by the angel, Elijah went further, to Horeb the mount of God, and there he lodged in a cave (v. 9a
19在十八章，以利亚大大得胜;但在十九章，他惧怕而逃命。这样刚强的申言者，在这样的胜利以后，怎会变得如此软弱？在答覆这问题时，我要将以利亚与保罗作个比较。没有甚么能威吓保罗。反之，保罗放胆，豫备殉道。（提后四６～７，１７～１８。）他把他的殉道当作显大基督的机会。（腓一２０～２１。）神的能力有时是在以利亚身上，但三一神却将自己不断的作到保罗里面，在生命和性情上（但不是在神格上）将他构成为神。
19In chapter eighteen Elijah had a great victory, but in chapter nineteen he was fearful and escaped for his life. How could such a strong prophet be so weak after such a victory? In answering this question, I would like to compare Elijah with Paul. Nothing could threaten Paul. On the contrary, Paul was bold and ready to be martyred (2 Tim. 4:6-7, 17-18). He took his martyrdom as an opportunity to magnify Christ (Phil. 1:20-21). The power of God was upon Elijah at times, but the Triune God Himself was continually wrought into Paul, constituting him to be God in life and in nature (but not in the Godhead).
20彼得是另一个成为软弱之人的例子。在与外邦人吃饭的事上，彼得由于惧怕他本国的人，没有守住福音的真理。（加二１１～１４。）保罗比彼得放胆。虽然彼得在主耶稣带领之下三年半，并在五旬节那天得著从高处来的能力，但三一神作到他里面，没有达到保罗那样的程度。保罗完全被三一神所构成。我们都有基督在里面，但我们天天享受基督将祂自己构成在我们里面到甚么程度？每天，每时，每刻，三一神的具体化身，我们亲爱的主耶稣基督，安家在我们心里，将祂自己构成到我们这人里面。然而，在与配偶谈话这样的事上，我们也许没有实行享受基督将祂自己构成到我们里面。以色列和犹大的四十个王都在最高的地位上，但他们在享受美地上不谨慎。甚至大卫也没有完全享受美地。我们该将他们的例子应用到自己身上。听见关于享受基督的许多信息以后，我们在享受基督的事上谨慎么？『享受基督』这辞对我们也许仅仅是教训或口号。在我们中间享受基督的实际太少了。
20Peter is another example of one who became weak. Concerning eating with the Gentiles, Peter did not keep the truth of the gospel due to his fear of his countrymen (Gal. 2:11-14). Paul was bolder than Peter. Although Peter was under the Lord Jesus for three and a half years and received power from on high on the day of Pentecost, he did not have the Triune God wrought into him to the degree that Paul did. Paul was thoroughly constituted with the Triune God. We all have Christ in us, but to what degree do we enjoy Christ constituting Himself into us day by day? Every day, moment by moment, the embodiment of the Triune God, our dear Lord Jesus Christ, is making His home in our hearts, constituting Himself into our being. However, in a matter such as talking with our spouse, we may fail to practice to enjoy Christ constituting Himself into us. The forty kings of Israel and Judah were in the highest position, but they were not careful in their enjoyment of the good land. Not even David enjoyed the good land in full. We should apply their example to ourselves. After hearing many messages on the enjoyment of Christ, have we become careful in enjoying Christ? The words “the enjoyment of Christ” may merely be a teaching or a slogan to us. There is too little reality among us of the enjoyment of Christ
21这个缺欠能见于我们彼此的接触。我们尽力不作错事，也离开罪恶的事，但我们在享受基督上不谨慎。我能见证，在我与倪柝声弟兄同工的二十年间，我们从未彼此说笑话，并且蒙保守在一里，甚至一点争吵都没有。我们这样蒙保守，因为我们都看见神经纶和主恢复的异象，并且都学习在灵里并照著灵行事为人，以经历基督。
21This shortage can be seen in our contact with one another. We try not to be wrong and we stay away from sinful things, but we are not careful in our enjoyment of Christ. I can testify that during the twenty years I worked together with Watchman Nee, we never joked with each other and we were always kept in oneness, without arguing even a little. We were kept in this way because we both saw the vision concerning God’secon o my and the Lord’s recovery, and we both learned how to live and have our being in the spirit and according to the spirit for our experience of Christ.
22我们曾指出，我们所是的，我们所愿望的，我们所想作的，我们所要的，以及我们如何行事为人，都与我们享受基督有极大的关系。我在本篇信息中的负担，不是仅仅解释圣言，乃是要在豫表一面，从历史学功课。我们必须学习儆醒、谨慎，顾到对基督的享受。今天我们很难找著一个在灵里并照著灵而活的基督徒。愿主怜悯我们。我们不该想要作今日的以利亚。反而，我们该竭力作今日的保罗。保罗能宣告，他已经与基督同钉十字架;现在活著的，不再是他，乃是基督在他里面活著。（加二２０。）他也能说，藉著耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，甚至在狱中，他也显大基督并活基督。（腓一１９～２１。）今天我们的生活应当如此。
22We have pointed out that what we are, what we desire, what we intend to do, what we want, and how we behave ourselves have very much to do with our enjoyment of Christ. My burden in these messages is not merely to expound the Word but to learn the lessons from the history in typology. We must learn to be watchful and careful in taking care of the enjoyment of Christ. It is hard to find one Christian who is really living in the spirit and according to the spirit. May the Lord be merciful to us. We should not try to be today’s Elijah. Rather, we should endeavor to be today’sP a ul. Paul could declare that he had been crucified with Christ and that he lived no longer but Christ lived in him (Gal. 2:20). He could also say that he magnified Christ and lived Christ, even in prison, through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19-21). Our life today should be like this.
五 、耶和华在以利亚沮丧时给他的托付
E. Jehovah’s Commission to Elijah in His Discouragement
23王上十九章九节下半至十八节记载耶和华在以利亚沮丧时给他的托付。以利亚完全失望时，神进来给他进一步的托付，使他更有学习。
23In 1 Kings 19:9b-18 we have the record of Jehovah’s commission to Elijah in his discouragement. When Elijah was thoroughly disappointed, God came in to give him a further commission so that he might learn something more
24以利亚使天闭塞，使天开启，并且吩咐火降下，这些事迹都与神的经纶无关。门徒约翰问主耶稣，是否要他们吩咐火降下来烧灭村庄，祂责备他们说，『你们的灵如何，你们并不知道。』（路九５５。）这指明主耶稣不是来作以利亚。祂乃是藉著被摆在十字架上，来完成神的经纶。神的经纶全然在物质世界之外。然而，今天的基督教专注于物质界的事物，许多人喜欢看见神迹和神医。主耶稣多次医治人，甚至叫死人复活。但祂被捉拿时，没有吩咐火降下。祂将自己交在杀祂的人手中。即使他们来杀祂，祂也不作甚么来拯救自己。保罗的情形是类似的。在保罗尽职的开始，他行了许多神迹。然而，后来提摩太患病，保罗只对他说，『因你胃口不清，…要稍微用点酒。』（提前五２３。）保罗在豫备殉道时，没有行神迹。惟有三一神作保罗在灵里的享受，作全备的供应，使他甘愿并得胜的忍受逼迫。保罗豫备好受逼迫并殉道，因为他满了神，被神浸透，且被神构成。虽然该撒尼罗杀了他，但藉著他的十四封书信，保罗得著了全世界。
24Elijah’s shutting up of the heavens, his opening of the heavens, and his calling fire down had nothing to do with God’secon o my. When the disciple John asked whether the Lord Jesus wanted them to command fire to come down and consume a village, He rebuked them, saying, “You do not know of what kind of spirit you are” (Luke 9:55). This indicates that the Lord Jesus did not come to be an Elijah. Rather, He came to accomplish God’secon o my by being put on the cross. God’secon o my is altogether beyond the physical world. Today’s Christianity, however, focuses on the physical world, and many like to see miracles and healings. The Lord Jesus did many healings and even raised people from the dead. But when He was arrested, He did not call fire down. He delivered Himself into His killers’ hands. Even though they came to kill Him, He did not do anything to save Himself. The situation was similar with Paul. At the beginning of his ministry, Paul did many miracles. However, later, when Timothy was sick, Paul only said to him, “Use a little wine for the sake of your stomach” (1 Tim. 5:23). When Paul was ready to be martyred, there was no miracle. Instead, there was only the Triune God to be Paul’s enjoyment in the spirit as the bountiful supply, enabling him to endure persecution willingly and triumphantly. Paul was ready for persecution and martyrdom because he was full of God, saturated with God, and constituted with God. Caesar Nero killed him, but through his fourteen Epistles Paul gained the entire world
25以利亚没有学到这些功课。他惧怕的逃走，因为他不像保罗，他没有三一神作到他里面。他进到洞里躲藏，以为他不能作甚么，不如死去。神没有责备他，反倒指明还有托付要以利亚完成。
25Elijah had not learned these lessons. He ran away in fear because, unlike Paul, he did not have the Triune God wrought into him. He entered into a cave to hide, thinking that he could do nothing and that it was better for him to die. God did not rebuke him, but instead He indicated that there was still a commission for Elijah to carry out
１ .耶和华的话临到以利亚
1. The Word of Jehovah Coming to Elijah
26耶和华的话临到以利亚，问他说，『以利亚阿，你在这里作甚么？』（王上十九９下。）以利亚回答说，『我为耶和华万军之神大发热心，因为以色列人背弃了你的约，毁坏了你的坛，用刀杀了你的申言者，只剩下我一个人，他们还要寻索我的命。』（１０。）
26The word of Jehovah came to Elijah, asking him, What are you doing here, Elijah?” (1 Kings 19:9b). Elijah answered, saying, “I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life” (v. 10
２ .神嘱咐他出来站在山上，在耶和华面前听祂的话
2. God Charging Him to Go Out and Stand upon the Mountain before Jehovah to Hear His Word
27神嘱咐以利亚出来站在山上，在耶和华面前。（１１上。）以利亚等候托付的话，以为这话必在烈风中、地震中、或在火中，但耶和华不在风中，也不在地震或火中。（１１下～１２上。）以利亚完全失望时，有了一个柔细低微的声音。（１２下。）这是新约的原则。神以柔细低微的声音对以利亚说话，这事实指明神将以利亚引进新约时代。今天神不是藉著打雷对我们说话;神总是用柔细低微的声音对我们说话。在这托付中，神嘱咐以利亚去膏三个人。（１５～１６。）首先，神托付他膏哈薛作叙利亚王。这指明新约顾到外邦人的原则。其次，以利亚要膏耶户作以色列王。第三，以利亚受嘱咐膏以利沙作他的继任者；以利沙豫表恩典的基督。
27God charged Elijah to go out and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah (v. 11a). Elijah waited for the word of commission, thinking that it must be in the big windstorm or in the earthquake or in the fire, but Jehovah was not in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire (vv. 11b-12a). When Elijah became fully disappointed, a gentle, quiet voice came (v. 12b). This is the New Testament principle. The fact that God spoke to Elijah in a gentle, quiet voice indicates that God was ushering Elijah into the New Testament age. Today God does not speak to us by thundering. God always speaks to us gently and quietly. In this commission God charged Elijah to anoint three persons (vv. 15-16). First, God commissioned him to anoint Hazael as king over Syria. This indicates the New Testament principle of taking care of the Gentiles. Second, Elijah was to anoint Jehu as king over Israel. Third, Elijah was charged to anoint Elisha, who is a type of the gracious Christ, as his successor
３ .告诉以利亚，祂在以色列人中为自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的
3. Telling Elijah That He Had Left Himself Seven Thousand in Israel Who Had Not Bowed Down Their Knees to Baal
28以利亚告诉神，以色列人背弃了祂的约，毁坏了祂的坛，杀了祂的申言者，只剩下他一个人。（１４。）神告诉以利亚，祂在以色列人中为自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝，未曾与巴力亲嘴的。（１８。）这些忠信的人，就是得胜者，仍站在神这边。至终，神将以色列人赶出列祖之地，使他们成为俘虏，藉此惩罚他们。将他们带回来的乃是得胜者。其中一位得胜者是但以理，他把窗户开向耶路撒冷来祷告。藉著他恩典的祷告，神将以色列人带回他们列祖之地。
28Elijah had told God that the children of Israel had forsaken His covenant, thrown down His altars, and slain His prophets and that he alone was left (v. 14). God told Elijah that He had left Himself seven thousand faithful ones in Israel who had not bowed down their knees to Baal and had not kissed him with their mouth (v. 18). These faithful ones, the overcomers, were still standing on God’ss i de. Eventually, God punished Israel by sending them away from their fathers’ house as captives. It was the overcomers who brought them back. One of the overcomers, Daniel, prayed with his window open toward Jerusalem. Through his gracious prayer God brought Israel back to their fathers’ land
29神不是以旧约的方式完成祂的经纶。一切关于神经纶的实际，都是以父神的爱，子的恩，灵的交通的方式。（林后十三１４。）在哥林多的召会毁谤保罗时，（十二１６～１８，）他没有咒诅他们或控告他们，反而为他们祷告。在哥林多的召会稍微悔改以后，保罗就写后书给他们，告诉他们，神的子民该享受祂作三一神爱的源头，恩的流道，和交通的流，而被变化成为祂的形像。（三１８。）
29God does not accomplish His economy in the Old Testament way. All the realities concerning God’secon o my are in the way of God the Father’s love, the Son’s grace, and the Spirit’s fellowship (2 Cor. 13:14). When the church in Corinth defamed Paul (12:16- 18), he did not curse them or accuse them; he prayed for them. After the church in Corinth repented a little, Paul wrote a second letter to them, telling them that the people of God should be transformed into His image (3:18) by enjoying Him as the source, the course, and the flow of the Triune God’s love in grace through fellowship
六 、以利亚遇见以利沙并得著他
F. Elijah Finding Elisha and Gaining Him
30最终，照著王上19:19-21，以利亚遇见以利沙，就得著他跟随自己，以顶替自己。
30Finally, according to 1 Kings 19:19-21, Elijah found Elisha and gained him to follow him and replace him