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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第30篇

基督为耶和华的仆人（九）

Christ As The Servant Of Jehovah (9)
作救赎主，拯救雅各脱离他们的罪恶和罪孽，并成为以色列的光和荣耀，直到永远
As The Redeemer To Save Jacob From Their Sins And Iniquities And Become Israel’sLight And Glory Forever
1读经：以赛亚书59-60，42:6，49:8，54:10，启示录21;23。
1Scripture Reading: Isa. 59—60; 42:6; 49:8; 54:10; Rev. 21:23
2在以赛亚书里，隐藏著许多宝贵的点。其中两件，就是守安息日和禁食。
2In the book of Isaiah, many precious things are hidden. Two of these things are the keeping of the Sabbath and fasting
3守安息日就是『被解雇，』被基督顶替，使我们进入祂并安息在祂里面，直到永远。所以，守安息日，意思就是停下我们的工作，停下我们的打算，让我们被解雇，被顶替。这就是与基督同钉十字架，结果就不再是我们，乃是基督在我们里面活著。（加二20。）
3To keep the Sabbath is to be “fired” and replaced by Christ so that we may get into Him and rest in Him for eternity. Therefore, to keep the Sabbath means that we stop our work, that we cease from our intentions, and that we are fired and replaced. This is to be crucified with Christ with the result that it is no longer we who live, but Christ lives in us (Gal. 2:20
4我早年受教导说，禁食就是克制自己和自己的情欲。这教导没有错，但这显然不彀完全，并且会把人带到禁欲主义去。按照圣经，禁食真正的意义就是在基督之外，不再尝其他的东西。我们这样禁食的时候，就只对基督有胃口，不会吃基督以外其他的东西。
4In the early days I was taught that to fast is to restrict ourselves and our lusts. This teaching is not wrong, but it surely is not complete and it may lead to asceticism. The real meaning of fasting according to the Bible is to cease from the taste for anything other than Christ. When we fast in this way, we have an appetite only for Christ and we do not eat anything other than Christ
5以赛亚切望我们都安息在基督里，并且一直品尝基督。在永世的新耶路撒冷里，我们要有安息和禁食的生活。那时我们独一的食物是基督，就是三一神的具体化身，作生命树。不仅如此，我们因著完全被解雇，就不再工作，却要安息。这将是每一个人在新耶路撒冷里的光景。
5Isaiah’s aspiration is that we all would rest in Christ and taste Christ all the time. In the New Jerusalem for eternity, we will have a life of resting and fasting. Our unique food will be Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, as the tree of life. Furthermore, having been fully fired, we will not work but will be at rest. This will be the situation of everyone in the New Jerusalem
6到了五十九章，以赛亚书总结于守安息日和禁食。基督这三一神的具体化身，经过了一切过程，完成了神完满的救赎，现今祂正将祂完全的救恩应用到祂的信徒身上。虽然许多基督徒都在传福音，但几乎没有人接受这样的传扬。因为人都忙于工作，忙于吃喝，少有人心里有空房为著基督，少有人里面有空间为著祂。因此，人需要安息，需要守安息日，也需要禁食。藉著安息和禁食，我们能有分于经过过程之基督为我们所完成的一切。基督所是并所完成的一切总和，就是那神圣的水，也就是终极完成的灵，作三一神终极的完成，给我们饮用并享受。
6Up to chapter fifty - nine, the book of Isaiah consummates in the keeping of the Sabbath and fasting. Through all His processes, Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God has accomplished God’s full redemption, and now He is applying His complete salvation to His believers. Although many Christians are preaching the gospel, few people receive this preaching. Because people are busy working and eating, few have any room in their heart, any capacity in their being, for Christ. Thus, they all need to rest, to keep the Sabbath; they also need to fast. By resting and fasting we can partake of all that the processed Christ has accomplished for us. In totality, what He is and has accomplished is just the divine water, which is the consummated Spirit as the consummation of the Triune God for us to drink and enjoy.
7我能见证，我在得救以前是个既忙碌又有野心的年轻人。但当我听到福音，接受主耶稣的时候，我立刻开始守安息日并且禁食。如今过了六十多年，我仍然喜欢安息和禁食。我要一再『被解雇』，更多被基督顶替，安息在祂里面；并且在祂之外，禁食其他一切的口味。按照圣经神圣的启示，我们都要学习守安息日并禁食。
7I can testify that before I was saved, I was a busy and ambitious young man. But when I heard the gospel and received the Lord Jesus, I immediately began to keep the Sabbath and to fast. Now, more than sixty years later, I still like to rest and to fast. I want to be “fired” again and replaced by Christ more and more, resting in Him and fasting from every taste other than Him. According to the divine revelation in the Scriptures, we all need to learn to keep the Sabbath and to fast
8现在我们接著来看五十九至六十章，那里启示基督为耶和华的仆人，作救赎主，拯救雅各脱离他们的罪恶和罪孽，并成为以色列的光和荣耀，直到永远。基督已救赎我们，现今乃是我们的救主。在消极一面，祂拯救我们脱离我们的罪恶和罪孽；在积极一面，祂是我们的光和荣耀。
8Let us now go on to chapters fifty-nine and sixty, which reveal Christ, the Servant of Jehovah, as the Redeemer to save Jacob from their sins and iniquities and to become Israel’slight and glory forever. Having redeemed us, Christ is now our Savior. On the negative side, He is saving us from our sins and iniquities; on the positive side, He is our light and glory
壹 、耶和华的膀臂，并非缩短不能拯救
I. Jehovah’s Hand Not Being So Short That It Cannot Save
9耶和华的膀臂，并非缩短不能拯救，祂的耳朵，并非发沉不能听见。（赛五九1。）但雅各的罪孽使他们与神隔绝，他们的罪恶使祂掩面不听他们。（赛五九2。）
9Jehovah’s hand is not so short that it cannot save, and His ear is not so heavy that it cannot hear (59:1). But Jacob’s iniquities have become a separation between them and their God, and their sins have hidden His face from them so that He does not hear (v. 2
贰 、雅各的罪恶和罪孽
II. The Sins And Iniquities Of Jacob
10三至八节说到雅各的罪恶和罪孽。罪孽远比罪恶更为邪恶。
10Verses 3 through 8 speak of the sins and iniquities of Jacob. Iniquities are much more evil than sins
参 、雅各的罪恶和罪孽的结果
III. The Issue Of Jacob’sS in sAnd Iniquities
11九至十五节上半描述雅各之罪恶和罪孽的结果。
11Verses 9 through 15a describe the issue of Jacob’ss in sand iniquities
肆 、耶和华向著雅各拯救的膀臂
IV. The Saving Of Jehovah’s Arm Toward Jacob
12为著我们的罪恶和罪孽，我们有耶和华拯救的膀臂。（赛五九15下～。）耶和华的膀臂就是基督这耶和华的仆人，祂有耶和华的大能。
12For our sins and iniquities, we have the saving of Jehovah’s arm (vv. 15b-19). Jehovah’s arm is Christ as the Servant of Jehovah, who has the dynamic 19 might of Jehovah.
13二十节说到，必有一位救赎主来到锡安，到雅各族中转离过犯的人那里。然后二十一节继续说，『至于我与他们所立的约，乃是这样：我加给你的灵，放在你口中的话，必不离你的口，也不离你后裔与你后裔之后裔的口，从今直到永远，这是耶和华说的。』这约乃是基督作实际与保证之约。（赛四二6，四九8，五四10。）
13Verse 20 says that a Redeemer will come to Zion and unto those who turn from transgression in Jacob. Then verse 21 continues, “ As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says Jehovah: My Spirit which is upon you and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, nor from the mouth of your seed’s seed, says Jehovah, from now and forever.” This covenant is Christ as the reality and surety of the covenant (42:6; 49:8; 54:10
14我们的口是为著三件事：呼吸、吃、说话。这三者之中，最重要的是说话。我们需要知道说甚么，甚么时候说，甚么地方说，并向谁说。
14Our mouth is for three things: breathing, eating, and speaking. Among these three, the most crucial is speaking. We need to know what to speak, when to speak, where to speak, and to whom to speak
15我们能控制我们的呼吸和我们的吃，却不能控制我们的说话。夏娃犯罪是藉著说话。她若不对蛇说话，而转向亚当，就会胜过蛇的试诱。然而她对蛇说了话，并且因著说话堕入罪中。这例子说明一个事实，就是说话对我们所有的人都是个难处。我们的说话可以把生命服事给人，也可以把死亡带给人。我们是建造人还是破坏人，我们是把生命服事给人还是把死亡带给人，全在于我们怎么说话，并说甚么话。在召会生活中，众圣徒若都能正确的说话，众召会就都要得著复兴。
15We can control our breathing and our eating but not our speaking. It was by her speaking that Eve committed sin. If she had not spoken to the serpent but had turned to Adam, she would have overcome the serpent’s temptation. However, she spoke to the serpent, and by her speaking she fell into sin. This illustrates the fact that speaking is a problem to us all. Our speaking may minister life to others, or it may minister death to others. Whether we build up others or damage them, whether we minister life or death, depends on how and what we speak. If the saints in the church life could be corrected in their speaking, every church would be revived
16神将祂的灵，也将祂的话，放在我们口中。祂的灵是为著我们的呼吸，祂的话是为著给我们滋养，也是为著我们的说话。今天基督徒的生活就是要操练吸入那灵、吃主的话、并说主的话。为这缘故，我们强调、鼓励、促进、并提倡申言的事，也就是为神说话，说出神来，并且在神的话里把神说到人里面去，以建造基督的身体。
16God has put both His Spirit and His word into our mouth. His Spirit is for us to breathe, and His word is for our nourishment and also for our speaking. Today the Christian life is just to practice the breathing of the Spirit and the eating and speaking of the word. For this reason, we emphasize, encourage, promote, and advocate the matter of prophesying, that is, speaking for God, speaking God forth, and speaking God in His word into others for the building up of the Body of Christ
17呼吸和吃都是为著分赐。我们呼吸得越多、吃得越多，生命的元素就越多的分赐到我们里面。我们既有神的灵和神的话，倘若我们吸入那灵，并从话得滋养，就能整天活在神的分赐之下。
17Both breathing and eating are for dispensing. The more we breathe and eat, the more the elements of life are dispensed into us. Since we have God’s Spirit and God’sword, all day long we can be under God’s dispensing if we breathe the Spirit and are nourished with the word.
18神将祂自己分赐到我们属灵的人里，乃是藉著祂的灵，也就是神自己的气息。那灵乃是神的气息，为著给我们吸入的。我们越吸入那灵，就越在神圣的分赐之下。在宣信（A.B.Simpson）所写关于那灵是气的诗歌里，头两行说，『主，求你向我吹圣灵，教我如何吸入你。』（诗歌二一○首）副歌说，『我是呼出我的愁苦，呼出我罪污；我是吸入，一直吸入，你所有丰富。』我们不需要受我们呼吸的限制，乃要操练属灵的深呼吸。我们越吸入那灵，我们属灵的生命就越健康。
18God dispenses Himself into our spiritual being through His Spirit, who is the very breath of God. The Spirit is the breath of God for our breathing. The more we breathe the Spirit, the more we are under the divine dispensing. The first two lines of a hymn by A.B. Simpson on the Spirit as the breath say, “O Lord, breathe Thy Spirit on me, / Teach me how to breathe Thee in” (Hymns, #255). The chorus says, “I am breathing out my sorrow, / Breathing out my sin; / I am breathing, breathing, breathing, / All Thy fulness in.” Instead of being limited in our breathing, we need to exercise spiritual deep breathing. The more deeply we breathe the Spirit, the healthier we will be in our spiritual life
19神所赐给我们滋养的话，就是基督这神的具体化身。三一神具体化身在基督里，基督具体化在话里，这话实化为那灵，那灵就是三一神的终极完成。藉著这样的循环，三一神就将自己分赐到我们里面。一天过一天，我们该接触话与灵。只要我们正确的接触话与灵，我们就与三一神是一，与父、子、灵是一。
19The word God has given to us for our nourishment is Christ as God’s embodiment. The Triune God is embodied in Christ, Christ is embodied in the word, the word is realized as the Spirit, and the Spirit is the consummation of the Triune God. By such a cycle the Triune God dispenses Himself into us. Day by day we should deal with the word and the Spirit. As long as we have a proper dealing with the word and the Spirit, we are one with the Triune God, one with the Father, the Son, and the Spirit
20今天我们有基督作救赎主，拯救我们脱离罪孽、罪恶和过犯。在积极一面，我们有基督作话，并作包罗万有、赐生命的灵。祂是给我们吸入的灵，也是𫗪养我们的话。当我们吸入灵，并从话得𫗪养时，我们就在神的分赐之下。
20Today we have Christ as the Redeemer to save us from our sins, iniquities, and transgressions. On the positive side, we have Christ also as the word and as the all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit. He is the Spirit for our breathing and the word for our feeding. As we breathe the Spirit and feed on the word, we are under God’s dispensing
伍 、基督为耶和华的仆人，成了以色列的光和荣耀
V . Christ As The Servant Of Jehovah Becoming Israel’sLight And Glory Forever
一 、耶和华的荣耀，升起照耀以色列
A. The Glory of Jehovah Rising upon Israel
21基督为耶和华的仆人，是耶和华的荣耀，已经升起照耀以色列。（赛六十1~3。）
21Christ as the Servant of Jehovah is the glory of Jehovah arising upon Israel (60:1-3
二 、列国要聚集到以色列这里
B. The Nations All Gathering Together to Israel
22列国要带同以色列被掳的，和列国的财宝，聚集到以色列这里。（赛六十4～9。）这是指以色列复兴的时候。当基督作拯救的救赎主回来时，以色列是神的选民，也是全地人民的中心，要在各面得著复兴。那时，外邦列国都要为著以色列。不仅以色列被掳的，就连列国的财宝，也要聚集到以色列那里。
22The nations will all gather together to Israel with Israel’s captives and with the nations’ wealth (v v. 4-9). This refers to the time of Israel’s restoration. When Christ comes back as the saving Redeemer, Israel as God’select and as the center of the world’s population will be restored in every respect. At that time, all the Gentile nations will be for Israel. Not only Israel’s captives but also the wealth of the nations will be gathered to Israel.
23八节说，『那些飞来如云，又如鸽子飞回鸽房的是谁？』这可能是个豫言，说到许多被掳的以色列人，将要坐飞机归回以色列。
23Verse 8 says, “Who are these who fly like a cloud, / And like the doves to their dovecote?” This may be a prophecy that many of Israel’s captives will return to Israel by airplane
三 、列国必建筑以色列的城墙，以财物和荣耀服事以色列
C. The Nations Building Israel’s Walls and Ministering to Her with Their Wealth and Glory
24列国必建筑以色列的城墙，以财物和荣耀服事以色列。（赛六十～14。）十三节的荣耀是指列国的出产。（创三一1，16，斯一。）列国要以他们的财物和上好的出产服事以色列。
24The nations will build Israel’s walls and will minister to her with their wealth and glory (vv. 10-14). The word glory in verse 13 refers to the products of the 10 nations (Gen. 31:1, 16; Esth. 1:4). The nations will minister to Israel with their wealth and with their 4 best products.
四 、以色列要变为永远的荣华并喜乐
D. Israel to Be Made an Eternal Excellency and a Joy
25十五至十八节启示，以色列在复兴时，要变为永远的荣华，成为累代的喜乐。以色列要成为人类中最绝佳的（原文，荣华有绝佳之意）。
25Verses 15 through 18 reveal that in her restoration Israel will be made an eternal excellency and a joy for generations. Israel will be the excellency of the human race
26五、在耶和华的仆人基督里享受耶和华，作新耶路撒冷里永远的光
26E. To Enjoy Jehovah in Christ, the Servant of Jehovah
as the Eternal Light in the New Jerusalem
27在新耶路撒冷，（启二一23，）以色列要在耶和华的仆人基督里21享受耶和华作永远的光。（赛六十19～20。）十九至二十一节说，『日头不再作你白昼的光，月亮也不再发光照耀你；耶和华却要作你永远的光，你神要为你的荣美。你的日头不再下落，你的月亮也不退缩；因为耶和华必作你永远的光，你悲哀的日子也完毕了。那时，你的居民都成为义人，永远得地为业，是我种的栽子，我手的工作，使我得荣美。』以色列将要得著的，比太阳和月亮还要亮，因为他们有耶和华作他们永远的光。
27In the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:23) Israel will enjoy Jehovah in Christ, the Servant of Jehovah, as the eternal light (Isa. 60:19-22). Verses 19 through say, “You will no longer have the sun for your light by day, / Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; / But Jehovah will be an eternal light to you, / And your God your beauty. / Your sun will no longer god own, / Nor will your moon withdraw; / For Jehovah will be an eternal light to you, / And the days of your mourning will be ended. / Then all of your people will be righteous; / They will possess the land forever, / The branch of My planting, / The works of My hands, / That I may be beautified.” Israel will have something brighter than the sun and the moon, for they will have Jehovah as an eternal light to them.
28二十一节说，神要在以色列中得荣美。荣美，许多译本繙作『荣耀，』但『荣美』更忠于原文的繙译。复兴的以色列要成为神的荣美。在复兴的时候，以色列将要得著的是荣耀和荣美，因此成为神的荣美。得复兴并荣美的以色列要使神得著荣美。
28Verse 21 says that God will be beautified in Israel. Many translations say glorified, but beautified is a more accurate rendering of the Hebrew word. Restored Israel will be God’s beautification. In the restoration Israel will be glorified and beautified and thus become God’s beautification. God will be beautified by the restored and beautified Israel
29在五十九至六十章，基督启示为我们的救赎主。祂经过了成为肉体、为人生活、钉死并复活的过程，现今乃是拯救者，将祂的百姓从罪恶和罪孽拯救出来，并成为他们的光和荣耀。祂藉著把自己作为灵和话放在我们里面，就成为我们的荣美、荣光、和光彩。我们藉著赐生命的灵，和基督具体化的话，就接受神圣的分赐。祂越把自己分赐到我们里面作生命、作一切，我们就越有荣光、荣美、和荣耀。这就是基督成了我们的光和荣耀。至终，我们要成为神的荣耀和荣美。祂成为我们的荣美，使我们可以成为祂的荣美。这样，神与祂所拣选的人便互相得著荣耀和荣美。
29In chapters fifty-nine and sixty, Christ is unveiled as our Redeemer. Having passed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection, He is now the saving One, saving His people from their sins and iniquities and becoming their light and glory. By putting Himself into us as the Spirit and the word, He becomes our beauty, brightness, and splendor. By means of the life-giving Spirit and the word, which is the embodiment of Christ, we receive the divine dispensing. The more He dispenses Himself into us as life and everything to us, the more we become bright, beautiful, and glorious. This is Christ becoming our light and glory. Eventually, we will become God’s glory and beauty. He becomes our beauty so that we may become His beauty. In this way God and His chosen people are glorified and beautified in mutuality