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雅歌生命读经 · 第6篇

蒙更厉害的呼召，藉著复活后的十字架在幔内过生活（一）

Called More Strongly to Live within the Veil through the Cross after Resurrection (1)
1读经：雅歌五章二节至六章三节。在五章二节至六章三节，基督的佳偶架在幔内过生活。在天上的帐幕里，（来八2，九11～12，24，）有一层幔子将圣所和至圣所隔开。幔子表征我们的肉体。（十19～20。）我们要进入至圣所，幔子就必须裂开。这指明无论我们多在升天里，多在我们的灵里，我们仍在旧造里，我们仍有肉体。因此，甚至我们经历活在升天里以后，仍需要十字架的经历。
1Scripture Reading: S. S. 5:2—6:3 In 5:2—6:3 the lover of Christ is called more strongly resurrection. In the heavenly tabernacle (Heb. 8:2; 9:11-12, 24) a veil separates the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. The veil is a figure of our flesh (10:19-20). For us to enter into the Holy of Holies the veil must be rent. This indicates that no matter how much we are in ascension, in our spirit, we are still in the old creation and we still have our flesh. Thus, even after the experience of living in ascension, we still need the experience of the cross.
2我们绝不该以为，我们仍在旧造里的时候，就能达到这样高的属灵程度，以致我们不再在肉体里。想想使徒保罗的例子，他的确是非常属灵的人。神给保罗高超的启示以后，就在肉体上给他一根刺，警告他仍有肉体。（林后十二7。）我们绝不可认为我们是『圣人』或天使。我们乃是在神经纶过程中正确的信徒。神的经纶首先重生我们的灵，然后变化我们的魂，但肉体仍在这里。我们需要受警告，我们若随便的对待肉体，就会破坏我们属灵的生命。因为基督徒常随便对待肉体，所以信徒中间的分裂非常普遍。照著使徒行传，巴拿巴对保罗有异议，就使自己与他分开。（十五35～。）这个分裂的原因是，巴拿巴有意在所题议的行程中，带他的表弟约翰（又称马可）同去，看望众召会。『但保罗以为不带他同去是适宜的，因为马可从前曾在旁非利亚离开他们，不和他们同去作工。于是二人起了争执，甚至彼此分开；巴拿巴带著马可，坐船往居比路去。』（38～39。）每次的争辩都与肉体的事有关。可能保罗争执时是在灵里，但巴拿巴是照著肉体争辩。这指明甚至对属灵的人而言，肉体仍在，并能引起破坏。
2We should never think that while we are still in the old creation we can attain such a high degree of spirituality that we are no longer in the flesh. Consider the case of the apostle Paul, who surely was a very spiritual person. After God gave Paul high revelations, there was given to him “a thorn in the flesh” to warn him that he still had the flesh (2 Cor. 12:7). We must never consider that we are a “saint” or an angel. We are proper believers in God’s process of His economy. God’s economy is first to regenerate our spirit and then to transform our soul, but the flesh is still here. We need to be warned that if we are careless with the flesh, we will damage our spiritual life. Because Christians are often careless concerning the flesh, divisions among believers are common. According to the book of Acts, Barnabas became dissenting with Paul and separated himself from him (15:35-39). This division was caused by Barnabas’ sin tent i on to take 39 his cousin John, who was also called Mark, with them on a proposed journey to visit the churches. “Paul did not consider it suitable to take with them this one who withdrew from them in Pamphylia and did not go with them to the work. And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas, taking Mark along, sailed away to Cyprus” (vv. 38-39). Every argument involves something of the flesh. Probably Paul was in the spirit as he was contending, but Barnabas was arguing according to the flesh. This indicates that even with spiritual persons the flesh remains and can cause damage.
3我们不该以为我们若活在升天里，就不再有肉体了。不，肉体仍在这里。我们也许在升天里，但幔子－肉体－仍然在这里。基督钉十字架时，殿里的幔子从上到下裂为两半。（太二七。）对基督而言，幔子已经裂开了，但我们的幔子仍在这里。所以，我们需要更厉害的呼召，不仅仅留在升天里，更要学习十字架的功课，而在幔内过生活。在我们的经历中，幔子－肉体－必须裂开，然后我们需要经过裂开的幔子，在至圣所里生活。为此，我们每天都需要学习十字架的功课。
3We should not think that if we are living in ascension the flesh is no longer with us. No, the flesh is still here. We may be in ascension, but the veil, the flesh, is still present. When Christ was crucified, the veil in the temple was split in two from top to bottom (Matt. 27:51). With Christ the veil was riven, but 51 our veil still remains. Therefore, we need a stronger call, not merely to remain in ascension but to learn the lessons of the cross and live within the veil. In our experience the veil, the flesh, must be riven, and then we need to pass the riven veil to live in the Holy of Holies. For this, we daily need to learn the lesson of the cross.
壹 复活后更厉害十字架的呼召
I. THE STRONGER CALLING OF THE CROSS
和女子的失败
AFTER RESURRECTION AND HER FAILURE
4现在我们来看复活后更厉害十字架的呼召和女子的失败。（歌五2～六3。）
4Let us now begin to consider the stronger calling of the cross after resurrection and after the lover’s failure (S. S. 5:2—6:3
一 良人的呼召
A. The Beloved’sCall ing
5五章二节是良人的呼召：『我身睡著，我心却醒。有声音！我的良人敲门，说，我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鸽子，我的完全人，给我开门；因我的头满了露水，我的发绺被夜露滴湿。』良人呼召佳偶时，认为她是良人的妹子。这就是说，她与祂有同样的性情。这里佳偶知道自己的旧人，就是外面的人，已经钉了十字架，而她的新人，就是里面的人，乃是活著的。她听见她的良人敲门，要她给祂开门，题醒她良人的受苦，就如祂在客西马尼园因要钉十字架所受的苦。祂的头『满了露水』，祂的发绺『被夜露滴湿』，指基督受死前，夜里在客西马尼园的受苦。
5In 5:2 we have the Beloved’scall ing: “I sleep, but my heart is awake. / A sound! My beloved is knocking: / Open to me, my sister, my love, / My dove, my perfect one; / For my head is full of dew, / My locks with the drops of night.” In His calling of the lover, the Beloved regarded her as His sister. This means that she had the same nature as He. Here the lover realized that her old man, the outward man, was crucified and her new man, the inward man, is living. She heard her Beloved knocking and asking her to open to Him, reminding her of His suffering as He suffered at Gethsemane for His crucifixion. His head being “full of dew” and His locks with “the drops of night” refers to Christ’s suffering at night in Gethsemane before His death
二 女子的拒绝
B. Her Refusal
6三节给我们看见女子的拒绝：『我回答说，我脱了衣裳，怎能再穿上？我洗了脚，怎能再玷污？』良人呼召，女子却拒绝祂的呼召。她藉著十字架的对付，既已脱去了从前旧人的生活样式，怎能再穿上，而需要良人再受十字架的苦？她既已蒙主救赎的血洗净，怎能再玷污，而需要良人再受死的苦？这些是她拒绝良人呼召的原因。
6Verse 3 tells us of her refusal: “I have put off my garment; / How can I put it on again? / I have washed my feet; / How can I dirty them again?” The Beloved called, but she refused His call. Since she had put off the former manner of life of her old man through the dealing of the cross, how could she put it on again, for this would need her Beloved to repeat His suffering for crucifixion? Since she had been cleansed by His redeeming blood, how could she defile herself, since this would need her Beloved to repeat His suffering of death? These were her reasons for refusing the Beloved’scall
三 女子开门
C. Her Opening of the Door
7四至五节说到女子开门。１她的良人从她狭小的开口里，
7In verses 4 and 5 she opened the door. 1. Her Beloved Showing His Pierced Hand
给她看见祂有钉痕的手
through Her Narrow Opening
8『我的良人从门孔里伸进手来，我心肠便渴慕他。』（4。）她的良人从她狭小的开口里，给她看见祂有钉痕的手，所以她的心肠便受感动而渴慕祂。我们从经历知道，一面，我们也许拒绝主，但另一面，我们没有把门完全关上。我们关门以后，也许留下一点开口，使主能从这开口伸进手来。这里良人有钉痕的手题醒她，祂为她钉十字架。
8My beloved put his hand into the opening of the door, / And my inner parts yearned for him” (v. 4). Her Beloved showed His pierced hand through her narrow opening so that her inner parts were moved to yearn for Him. From experience we know that, on the one hand, we may reject the Lord, but, on the other hand, we may not close the door entirely. After closing the door, we may leave a little opening through which the Lord can stretch His hand. Here the Beloved’s pierced hand reminded her that He was crucified for her
２ 她起来给良人开门
2. Rising Up to Open the Door to Her Beloved
9『我起来，要给我良人开门；我的两手滴下没药，我的指头有没药汁滴在门闩上。』（5。）她起来，要给良人开门。她的行动给她的良人看见，她对良人甜美之死的珍赏。
9I rose up to open to my beloved; / And my hands dripped with myrrh, / My fingers with liquid myrrh, / Upon the handles of the bolt” (v. 5). She rose up to open the door to her Beloved. Her action showed her Beloved her appreciation of His sweet death
四 良人隐藏
D. The Beloved’s Hiding
10『我给我的良人开了门，我的良人却已转身走了。他说话的时候，我神不守舍；我寻找他，竟寻不见；我呼叫他，他却不回答。』（6。）她给她的良人开了门，祂却已转身走了。她的良人说话的时候，她的魂沮丧；如今她寻找祂，竟寻不见；呼叫祂，祂却不回答。
10I opened to my beloved, / But my beloved had withdrawn; he was gone. / My soul failed when he spoke; / I sought him, but found him not; / I called him—he answered not” (v. 6). She opened to her Beloved, but He had withdrawn and gone. Her soul was discouraged when her Beloved spoke. Then she sought Him, but she did not find Him. She called Him, but He did not answer
五 女子受伤
E. Her Being Wounded
11『城中游行看守的人遇见我，打了我，伤了我；看守城墙的人夺去我的帕子。』（7。）那些为神的子民儆醒的人，（来十三17，）因为不知道她的难处，就打了她，伤了她，以为她会因受击打得著帮助。看守神子民的人夺去她的帕子，就是她的遮蔽，公开的羞辱她。有时候我们以为，我们能藉著责备别人来帮助他们。然而，这没有帮助他们，反而伤了他们。六女子求助于普通的信徒
11The watchmen who go about the city found me. / They struck me; they wounded me; / The keepers of the walls took my veil from me” (v. 7). The ones who watch over God’sp eople (Heb. 13:17), not knowing her problem, struck and wounded her, thinking that she would be helped by their striking. The guards of God’sp eople took away her veil, her covering, shaming her publicly. Sometimes we may think that we can help others by rebuking them. However, instead of helping them, this rebuking wounds them. F. Her Seeking Help from the Common Believers
12『耶路撒冷的众女儿阿，我嘱咐你们，若遇见我的良人，要告诉他甚么呢？要告诉他，我思爱成病。』（歌五8。）这指明她失败的感觉是如此的深，就觉得连比她年幼的信徒都能帮助她。她嘱咐她们要告诉她的良人，她思爱成病；她认为她的良人会稍微关心自己对祂的爱。七女子所求之人的第一个问题九节是女子所求之人的第一个问题：『你这女子中极美丽的阿，你的良人比别人的良人有何强处？你的良人比别人的良人有何强处，你就这样嘱咐我们？』她们认为她是女子中极美丽的，就问她说，她的良人比别人的良人有何强处，她就这样嘱咐她们。
12“I adjure, O daughters of Jerusalem, / If you find my beloved, / What shall you tell him? / That I am sick with love” (S. S. 5:8). This indicates that because her sense of failure was so deep, she felt that even the younger believers could help her. She charged them to tell her Beloved that she is sick with love, considering that her Beloved may have some concern about her love for Him. G. The First Question of the Ones Whom She Asks In verse 9 we have the first question of the ones whom she asks concerning her Beloved: “What is your beloved more than some other beloved, / O you most beautiful among women? / What is your beloved more than some other beloved, / That you adjure us so?” Considering that she is the most beautiful among females, they asked her what was so much better about her Beloved than some other beloved that she adjured them so.
八 女子对她良人的印象
H. Her Impression of Her Beloved
13在十至十六节，女子答以她对她良人的印象，用许多绝佳、细致的发表称赞祂。
13In verses 10 through 16 she answered by giving her impression of her Beloved, appraising Him with many excellent and detailed expressions
１ 她的良人纯洁，满了生命和能力
1. Her Beloved Being Pure yet Full of Life and Power
14『我的良人白而且红，超乎万人之上。』（10。）她的良人纯洁，满了生命和能力；祂也是超众的，如同举起来的旗帜，用以抵挡仇敌（赛五九19）并吸引罪人（约十二32）。
14My beloved is dazzling white yet ruddy, / Distinguished among ten thousand” (v. 10). Her Beloved is pure yet full of life and power, and He is distinguished as an uplifted banner against the enemy (Isa. 59:19) and for the drawing of the sinners (John 12:32
２ 祂作头的权柄是出于神的
2. His Headship Being of God
15『祂的头像至精的金子；他的头发鬈曲，黑如乌鸦。』（歌五11。）祂作头的权柄是出于神的，（林前十一3，）祂对神的服从是旺盛且有力的。
15His head is the finest gold; / His locks are wavy, / As black as a raven” (S. S. 5:11). His headship is of God (1 Cor. 11:3), and His submission to God is flourishing and strong
３ 祂的表情是单一且纯洁的
3. His Expression of Sentiment Being Single and Pure
16『他的眼如溪水旁的鸽子，在奶中洗浴，安得合式。』（歌五12。）祂的表情是单一且纯洁的，流通如生命河，清楚且明白，又有合式的次序。
16His eyes are like doves / Beside the streams of water, / Bathed in milk, / Fitly set” (S. S. 5:12). His expression of sentiment is single and pure, flowing like the river of life, distinct and clear and in proper order
４ 祂的脸面美丽馨香
4. His Countenance Being Beautiful and Sweet
17『他的两腮如香花畦，如香草台；他的嘴唇像百合花，且滴下没药汁。』（１３。）祂的脸面美丽馨香，因祂曾受过人的击打藐视，祂的嘴清洁，凭祂的救赎，释放恩典的美言。５祂的工作满有神圣约束的能力，在完成神意愿上是稳定的『他的两手好像金管，镶嵌水苍玉；他的肚腹如同雕刻的象牙，周围镶嵌蓝宝石。』（14。）祂的工作满有神圣约束的能力，在完成神意愿上是稳定的；祂的心肠（腓一8）满了极深、柔和的感觉，那是在明净的属天景象下（出二四10）藉著受苦所作成的。
17“His cheeks are like a bed of spices, / Mounds of sweetly fragrant herbs; / His lips are lilies, / Dripping with liquid myrrh” (v. 13). His countenance is beautiful and sweet through His suffering of people’s smiting and despising, and His mouth is pure, releasing sweet words of grace based upon His redemption. 5. His Works Being Full of the Divine Binding Power and Being Stable for the Carrying Out of God’s Will “His hands are tubes of gold, / Set with beryl; / His belly is an ivory work, / Overlaid with sapphires” (v. 14). His works are full of the divine binding power and are stable for the carrying out of God’s will. His inward parts (Phil. 1:8) are full of deep, tender feelings wrought through His sufferings under a clear heavenly vision (Exo. 24:10).
６ 祂站立和支持的力量，是那基于神神圣性情之公义的立足点
6. His Standing and Supporting Strength Being of the Righteous Standing Based on God’s Divine Nature
18『他的腿好像白玉石柱，安在精金座上；他的样子如利巴嫩，卓越如香柏树。』（歌五15。）祂站立和支持的力量，是那基于神神圣性情之公义的立足点，并且祂的彰显给我们看见，祂是一个升到天上的人，祂的卓越是远超过任何人的。
18His legs are pillars of white marble, / Set upon bases of gold; / His appearance is like Lebanon, / As excellent as the cedars” (S. S. 5:15). His standing and supporting strength is of the righteous standing based upon God’s divine nature, and His expression shows that He is a person who has ascended into heaven and whose excellency transcends all others
７ 祂对神圣事物的口味是甘甜的
7. His Taste of Divine Things Being Sweet
19『他的口甘甜，他是全然可爱。』（16上。）祂对神圣事物的口味是甘甜的，祂是全然可爱、可羡慕的。
19His mouth is sweetness itself, / And he is altogether desirable” (v. 16a). His taste of divine things is sweet, and He is altogether lovely and desirable
８ 佳偶对所认识之良人的印象
8. The Impression of the Beloved Realized by the Lover
20『耶路撒冷的众女儿阿，这是我的良人，这是我的朋友。』（16下。）这是佳偶对所认识，作她朋友之良人的印象。
20This is my beloved, and this is my friend, / O daughters of Jerusalem” (v. 16b). This is the impression of the Beloved as her Friend realized by the lover
21可能也有人问我们，我们的基督比别人的有何强处，为甚么我们的基督对我们如此甘甜。我们许多人也许无法充分答覆这问题。你若问我，我就要说，『我的基督是包罗万有的一位，祂的丰富是追测不尽的。（弗三8。）祂在凡事上居首位（西一17～18）：在一切受造之物中居首位，（17，）在复活里居首位，（18，）在我生活中的每一件事上居首位。祂也是神分给我的分，作我的享受。（12。）我的基督是那成了人的神的儿子。祂是肉体，但在复活里，祂成了赐生命的灵。（林前十五45下。）不仅如此，我的基督有七眼，就是七倍加强的灵。（启五。）』我们必须忘掉传扬其他的事，单单传扬并教导包罗万有的基督。
21We might also be asked how much better our Christ is than others, that is, why our Christ is so sweet to us. Many of us may not be able to answer this question adequately. If you were to ask me, I would say, “My Christ is the all-inclusive One. His riches are unsearchable (Eph. 3:8). He is the preeminent One, the first in everything (Col. 1:17-18): the first in all creation (v. 17), the first in resurrection (v. 18), and the first in everything in my living. He is also the God-allotted portion to me for my enjoyment (v. 12). My Christ is the Son of God who became a man. He was flesh, but in His resurrection He became the life - giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). Moreover, my Christ has seven eyes, which are the sevenfold intensified Spirit (Rev. 5:6).” We must forget about preaching other things and preach and teach only 6 the all- inclusive Christ.
九 女子所求之人的第二个问题
I. The Second Question of the Ones Whom She Asks
22雅歌六章一节是佳偶为著良人所求之人的第二个问题：『你这女子中极美丽的，你的良人往何处去了？你的良人转向何处去了？我们好与你同去寻找他。』她们仍然认为她是女子中极美丽的，问她说，她的良人转向何处去了，她们要与她同去寻找祂，这指明她们因她为良人所作的见证，受了吸引。她是追求基督的人，她的追求就影响、左右、吸引了别人。
22In Song of Songs 6:1 we have the second question of the ones whom the lover asks concerning her Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, / O you most beautiful among women? / Where has your beloved turned, / That we may seek him with you?” Still considering that she is the most beautiful among females, they asked her where her Beloved has turned that they may seek Him with her, indicating that they had been attracted by her testimony concerning her Beloved. She was a pursuer after Christ, and her pursuit influenced, affected, and attracted others
十 女子的回答
J. Her Reply
23二至三节是女子的回答。
23Verses 2 and 3 are her reply
１ 知道她的良人乃是在她这作主园子者里面
1. Realizing That Her Beloved Is within Her as His Garden
24『我的良人下到自己的园中，下到香花畦，在众园内牧养群羊，采百合花。』（2。）女子在寻求别人帮助之后，知道她的良人乃是在她这作主园子者里面，也是在那作主香花畦者，就是所有别的信徒里面，在她和别的信徒，就是主的众园内牧养，并聚集纯洁信靠的人。基督的园子乃是在我们的灵里。在我们的灵里，我们生长一切美丽、属灵、神圣、并属天的事物，这些对祂是甘甜的。我们惟有活在我们的灵里，才有可能这样发生。信徒最宝贵的事就是活在灵里。我们若活在我们的灵里，我们的灵就成为园子。主在𫗪养、牧养、并牧放我们，使我们生长各种香料和香品，以满足祂。２告诉她们，她属她的良人『我属我的良人，我的良人也属我；他在百合花中牧放群羊。』（3。）女子照著自己的信心告诉她们，她属她的良人，她的良人也属她，并且告诉她们，她的良人在𫗪养纯洁并信靠祂的人。她这里的话指明，她如今比她在二章十六节说话时，生命更为成熟。
24“My beloved has gone down to his garden, / To the beds of spices, / To feed in the gardens / And gather lilies” (v. 2). After seeking help from others, she realized that her Beloved is within her as His garden and in all other believers as His beds of spices, feeding in her and other believers as His gardens and gathering the pure and trusting ones. Christ’s garden is in our spirit. In our spirit we grow all the beautiful, spiritual, divine, and heavenly things, which are sweet to His taste. This is possible only if we live in our spirit. The most precious thing for a believer is to live in the spirit. If we live in our spirit, our spirit becomes a garden. The Lord is feeding, shepherding, and pasturing us that we may grow all kinds of spices and fragrances to satisfy Him. 2. Telling Them That She Belongs to Her Beloved “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; / He pastures His flock among the lilies” (v. 3). She tells them, according to her faith, that she belongs to her Beloved and He to her and that He is now feeding His pure and trusting ones. Her word here indicates that she is now more matured in life than when she spoke the same word in 2:16.