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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第35篇

有一婴孩兼有神性与人性,

A Child of Both the Divine and Human Natures
为童女所生;有一子具有神性,为永远的父所赐
Born of a Human Virgin and a Son in the Divine Nature Given by the Eternal Father
1读经:以赛亚书7:14,9:6-7,马太福音1:20,23,21,约翰福音3:16。
1Scripture Reading: Isa. 7:14; 9:6-7; Matt. 1:20, 23, 21; John 3:16
2在本篇信息中,我们要来看圣经里关于基督的两个最大的豫言,记载于以赛亚七章十四节和九章六节。这两个豫言说到有一婴孩出生,有一子赐给我们。这两节所说到的『婴孩』,含示神,含示人,含示神成为人,并含示神与人调和为一。这样一个婴孩,乃是神而人者。这个兼有神圣性情与属人性情,由童女所生的婴孩,也是永远的父在神圣性情里所赐的子。
2In this message we come to two of the greatest prophecies in the Bible concerning Christ, recorded in Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6. These prophecies speak of a child born and a son given. The word child in these verses implies God, implies man, implies God becoming a man, and implies God and man mingled together as one. Such a child was a God-man. This child of both the divine and human natures born of a human virgin was also a son given in the divine nature by the Eternal Father
3在以赛亚书里所启示,关于基督的第一对含诗意的项目,乃是祂是耶和华的苗和地的果子。(四。)关于基督的第二对项目,乃是第一对的结果。这一对是基督作荣耀遮覆的罩盖,和恩典覆庇的帐幕。(四5~6。)我们是在荣耀的遮覆之下,我们也是被恩典所覆庇。基督作恩典,乃是覆庇我们的帐幕,基督作荣耀,乃是遮覆我们的罩盖。许多在以赛亚书中所看见基督的丰富,在新约里并没有指出来。譬如保罗的著作,并没有说到基督是耶和华的苗和地的果子。保罗所供应给我们,并帮助我们追求的基督,就是神的苗,将神伸枝扩展出来,也是地的果子,为使祂得以繁殖蔓衍。神的伸枝扩展,乃是为使祂自己从神性里,并带著神性,开展到人性里。在已过的永远里,并在成为肉体之前,祂仅仅在神性的范围里。然后藉著祂的成为肉体,祂伸枝扩展到另一个范围,就是人性的范围里。
3The first poetic pair of items revealed concerning Christ in the book of Isaiah is that He is the Shoot of Jehovah and the Fruit of the earth (4:2). The second pair of items2 concerning Christ is an issue of the first pair. This pair is Christ as the covering canopy of glory and the overshadowing tabernacle of grace (4:5-6). We a recovered under the glory and we are overshadowed by grace. Christ as grace is a tabernacle overshadowing us, and Christ as glory is a canopy covering us. Many of the riches of Christ seen in Isaiah are not pointed out in the New Testament. Paul’s writings, for example, do not speak of Christ as the Shoot of Jehovah and the Fruit of the earth. The Christ whom Paul ministered to us and helped us to pursue is God’s Shoot to branch out God and the Fruit of the earth for His multiplication and reproduction. God’s branching out was for Him to spread Himself from and with divinity into humanity. In eternity past and before the incarnation, He was merely in the territory of divinity. Then through His incarnation, He branched out into another territory, the territory of humanity.
4以赛亚所看见关于基督的第二个异象,乃是看见在神圣荣耀里,带著祂圣别所托住之人性美德的基督。(六1~10。)祂的神圣荣耀是由烟云所表征,祂人性的美德是由祂下垂的衣裳所表征,祂的圣别是由撒拉弗所托住。以赛亚是受充满神圣荣耀,并祂圣别所托住之人性美德的基督所差遣。
4The second revelation Isaiah saw concerning Christ was that of Christ in His divine glory with His human virtues held in His holiness (6:1-10). His divine glory is signified by the smoke, His human virtues are signified by the train of His robe, and His holiness is held by the seraphim. Isaiah was sent by the Christ who is full of the divine glory and the human virtues in His holiness.
5在本篇信息里,我们要来看以赛亚书中,关于基督第三个主要的启示,见于七章十四节和九章六节。基督的这一对项目,乃是童女所生的婴孩,以及永远的父所赐的子。七章十四节说,『因此,主自己要给你们一个兆头:看哪,必有童女怀孕生子,她要给他起名叫以马内利。』九章六节说,『因有一婴孩为我们而生,有一子赐给我们;政权必担在祂的肩头上;祂名称为奇妙的策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君。』在九章六节里那个出生的婴孩,就是在七章十四节里由童女所生,称为以马内利的那一位。
5In this message we come to the third major revelation of Christ in Isaiah, seen in 7:14 and 9:6. This pair of items of Christ is a child born of a human virgin and a son given by the Eternal Father. Isaiah 7:14 says, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and will bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 9:6 says, “For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; and the government is upon His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” The child born in 9:6 is the One born of a virgin and called Immanuel in 7:14
壹 有一婴孩为童女所生
I. A Child Born Of A Human Virgin
6由童女所生的婴孩,乃是以马内利,就是神与人同在。(赛七14,九6上。)祂是童女所生的属人婴孩,但祂也是神。以赛亚书是在基督成为肉体大约七百年前写的,却说到一个出生的婴孩乃是神。这婴孩是『神而人婴孩』,是兼有神性与人性双重性情的婴孩;祂是一个既神圣又属人的婴孩。
6The child born of a human virgin is Immanuel, God with man (Isa. 7:14; 9:6a). He was a human child born of a human virgin, yet He was also the very God. Isaiah was written about seven hundred years before Christ’sin carnation, yet it speaks of a child born who would be the very God. This child was a “God- man child,” a child of a dual nature, the divine nature and the human nature. He was a divine- human child
一 首先,神藉著圣灵,生在童女马利亚里面
A. First, God Being Begotten in the Virgin Mary of the Holy Spirit
7首先,神藉著圣灵,生在童女马利亚里面。马太一章二十节说,有主的使者对约瑟说,『大卫的子孙约瑟,不要怕,只管娶过你的妻子马利亚来,因那生在她里面的,乃是出于圣灵。』在耶稣从童女出生之前,神就生在她里面。那生在马利亚里面的,乃是出于圣灵。在马利亚生出婴孩耶稣之前,那出于圣灵的神圣素质,已经产生在马利亚腹中。神生在马利亚里面,并留在马利亚腹中九个月。
7First, God was begotten in the virgin Mary of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 1:2 0 says that the angel of the Lord spoke to Joseph saying, “Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.” Before Jesus was born of a virgin, God was begotten in her, born into her. That which was begotten in Mary was of the Holy Spirit. The divine essence out of the Holy Spirit had been generated in Mary’s womb before she delivered the child Jesus. God was born into Mary and remained in Mary’s womb for nine months.
二 然后,有一属人婴孩带著神性,从童女而生,成为神而人者
B. Then a Human Child Being Born with the Divine Nature, out of the Human Virgin, to Be a God-man
8然后,那藉著灵神生在马利亚里面的,就生出来了。耶稣这位以马内利,是从马利亚腹中生出来的。首先,神藉著圣灵,生在童女马利亚里面。然后,有一属人婴孩带著神性,从童女而生,成为神而人者。(太一23上。)三被起名叫耶稣-耶和华救主
8Then that which was born of God the Spirit into Mary was brought forth. Jesus, Immanuel, was delivered out of Mary’s womb. First, God was begotten in the virgin Mary of the Holy Spirit. Then, a human child was brought forth with the divine nature, out of a human virgin, to be a God-man (v. 23a). C. To Be Named Jesus—Jehovah the Savior
9这一位被起名叫耶稣-耶和华救主。(太一21。)耶稣不仅是人,也是耶和华;祂是耶和华成了我们的救恩,我们的救主。
9This One was named Jesus—Jehovah the Savior (v. 21). Jesus is not only a man but also Jehovah; He is Jehovah becoming our salvation, our Savior
四 被有经历的人称为以马内利-神与我们同在
D. Called by the Experienced Ones Emmanuel—God with Us
10祂被那些经历祂的人称为以马内利-神与我们同在。(太一23下。)从马利亚所生的婴孩,乃是神而人的婴孩。耶稣乃是神而人者。在这地上,有一婴孩乃是神而人者。神没有创造这样一个人。祂在耶稣出生大约四千年前创造了亚当。在耶稣出生前,未曾有这样一个人,一个与神调和的人。耶稣是神给祂起的名,而以马内利是人所称的。这位神而人者就是以马内利,祂也是救主神。
10He was called by the ones who experienced Him Emmanuel—God with us (v. 23b). The child born of Mary was a God-man child. Jesus is a God-man. On this earth there was a child who was a God-man. God did not create such a man. He created Adam approximately four thousand years before the birth of Jesus. Before His birth, there had never been such a human being, a man mingled with God. Jesus was the name given to Him by God, while Immanuel was the name called by man. This God-man is Emmanuel, and He is also God the Savior
11祂是神,出自神性并带著神性进到人性里,成为耶和华救主,在消极一面,将我们从罪里救出来,在积极一面,将我们救来归神。我们是神所造,并归给神的,但我们堕落离开了神。神将人放在祂面前,就是放在生命树前,但人的堕落使我们背向祂。所以神亲自来成为神而人者,使祂能作耶和华救主,将我们从罪里救出来,归给祂自己。我们得救的目的地是神。我们得救以前是在罪中。现今我们得救了,我们是在神里面,神也在我们里面。(约壹四15。)在神里面,我们得了重生,有祂的生命,成为属神的人,就是神人。一位弟兄在得救之前,可能来自香港,所以是个『香港人』。但如今他得救了,他就是一个神人,就是一个在神里面,也有神在他里面的人。我们如今有耶稣,耶和华我们的救主,以及以马内利,就是神与我们同在。
11He is God coming from divinity and with divinity into humanity to be Jehovah the Savior to save us from sin, on the negative side, and to save us to God, on the positive side. We were created by God and unto God, but we became fallen and left God. God placed man in front of Him, the tree of life, but man’s fall caused us to turn our back to Him. Therefore, God Himself came to be both God and man that He might be Jehovah the Savior to save us from sin unto Himself. The destination of our salvation is God. Before we were saved, we were in sin. Now that we are saved, we are in God and God is in us (1 John 4:15). In God we have been regenerated with His life to be men of God, God-men. Before a brother was saved, he may have been from Hong Kong. He was a “Hong Kong man.” But now that he is saved, he is a God-man, one who is in God and who has God in him. We now have Jesus, Jehovah our Savior, and Emmanuel, God with us.
贰 有一子为永远的父所赐
II. A Son Given By The Eternal Father
12从童女所生的婴孩,乃是永远的父所赐的子。(赛九6上,约三16。)
12The child born of a human virgin is a son given by the Eternal Father (Isa. 9:6a; John 3:16
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13A. His Name to Be Called Wonderful Counselor
一祂的名称为奇妙的策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君
Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace
14以赛亚九章六节说,这一位的名称为『奇妙的策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君』。到目前为止,我们已经看见这一位是耶稣,也是以马内利。以赛亚九章六节启示另四项基督的所是。有些译本将奇妙的策士译为奇妙、策士,指明这是两个分开的名称。9:6但因为在九章六节里其他的项目,都是由名词和形容词所组成的,所以我们说『奇妙』应当形容『策士』,是合理的。基督是奇妙的策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君。
14Isaiah 9:6 says that this One’s name is to be called “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” Thus far, we have seen that this One is both Jesus and Immanuel. Isaiah 9:6 reveals four more items of what Christ is. Some translations separate the words Wonderful and Counselor with a comma, indicating that these are two separate titles. However, because the other items in are composed of a noun with a modifier, it is logical to say that “Wonderful” should modify “Counselor.” Christ is the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Eternal Father, and the Prince of Peace.
15在以赛亚七章十四节关于以马内利的豫言,我们可以在马太一章二十至二十三9:6节看见其应验。在以赛亚九章六节关于基督这奇妙者的豫言,我们可以在约翰9:6三章十六节看见其应验。以赛亚九章六节说,『有一婴孩为我们而生,有一子赐给我们。』约翰三章十六节说,3:16『神爱世人,甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们。』约翰三章十六节乃是基于以赛亚九章六节。有一子赐给我们,乃是藉著有一婴孩为我们而生。那婴孩出生时,神给了我们一个礼物-祂的儿子。那婴孩是人婴孩,也是神婴孩,就是神而人婴孩。永远的父给了我们一个礼物,那礼物就是祂的儿子,成了神而人者。
15The prophecy in Isaiah 7:1 4 concerning Immanuel can be seen in its fulfillment in Matthew 1:20-23. The prophecy in Isaiah concerning Christ as the wonderful One can be seen in its fulfillment in John 3:16. Isaiah says that “a child is born to us, a son is given to us.” John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.” John is based upon Isaiah 9:6. A son was given by a child being born. In the birth of that child, there was a gift given by God — His Son. That child was both a man - child and a God - child, that is, a God - man child. The Eternal Father gave us a gift, and that gift was His Son, who became the God -man.
16祂的儿子,就是那赐给我们的礼物,称为奇妙的策士。祂也是全能的神、永远的父。约翰福音启示子,以及永远的父。在这卷福音里,曾多次题到子和父。这卷福音书给我们看见,子与父原是一。(约十30,十四9~10。)祂也是和平的君。这个名称与政权有关。以赛亚九章六节说,『政权必担在祂的肩头上,』七节说,『祂的政权与平安必加增无穷。』在路加一章,天使加百列对马利亚说,『祂要作雅各家的王,直到永远,祂的国也没有穷尽。』(33。)
16His Son, the gift given to us, is called the Wonderful Counselor. He is also the Mighty God and the Eternal Father. The Gospel of John unveils the Son as well as the Eternal Father. The Son and the Father are mentioned many times in this Gospel. It shows us that the Son and the Father are one (John 10:30; 14:9-10). He is also the Prince of Peace. This title is related to government. Isaiah 9:6 says, “The government is upon His shoulders,” and verse 7 says, “To the increase of His government and to His peace there is no end.” In Luke 1 the angel Gabriel said to Mary that “He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there shall not be an end” (v. 33).
17这一位乃是童女所生的婴孩,也是永远的父所赐的子。约翰一章十四节说,祂是话,就是神,成了肉体。约翰一章十四节并没有用『生』或『赐』这样的辞。这一节乃是说,话『成了』肉体。祂原是话,后来成了肉体。祂的成为肉体,就是祂丰丰满满有恩典有实际的来。祂成了肉体,就是神的成为肉体,在其中祂成了神的具体化身。(西二9。)神来成为恩典和实际,乃是为给我们接受祂,得著祂,并享受祂。这位是恩典的神,作了我们的分,也是我们的实际。我们接受成为肉体的神以前,没有任何实际的东西。当我们享受祂,祂就成了我们的分,而这个分就是我们的实际。当话成了肉体,祂就来作恩典和实际。
17This One was a child born of a human virgin and a son given by the Eternal Father. John 1:14 says that He was the Word, the very God, who became flesh. John 1:14 does not use the words born or given. It says the Word became flesh. He was the Word, and then He became flesh. His becoming flesh was His coming full of grace and reality. His becoming flesh was God’sin carnation, in which He became God’s embodiment (Col. 2:9). God came as grace and reality for us to receive Him, gain Him, and enjoy Him. This God, who is grace as our portion, is also our reality. We had nothing real until we received the incarnated God. When we enjoy Him, He becomes our portion, and this portion is our reality. When the Word became flesh, He came as grace and reality
18童女所生的婴孩乃是耶稣和以马内利,这婴孩也是子,作为赐给我们的礼物。这子,这礼物,乃是奇妙的策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君。当我们接受了基督,我们就接受祂作这许多奇妙的项目。祂是耶和华我们的救主,将我们从罪里救出来归入祂自己;祂也是以马内利,神与我们同在。我们享受这一位作恩典,就是神自己成为我们的分,作了我们的享受。我们享受祂作我们的分,结果乃是祂成了我们的实际。这样,我们就成了真实的人。如今对我们而言,没有甚么是虚假的、不真实的。
18The child born of the virgin is Jesus and Immanuel, and this child is the gift given as the Son. This Son, this gift, is the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Eternal Father, and the Prince of Peace. When we received Christ, we received Him as so many marvelous items. He is Jehovah our Savior, to save us from sin into Himself, and He is Immanuel, God with us. We enjoy this One as grace, which is God Himself as our portion for our enjoyment. The issue of our enjoyment of Him as our portion is that He becomes our reality. We then become real men. Nothing with us now is false, unreal
19我们每日也享受基督作我们的策士。有时候当我们向我们的妻子或丈夫问一件事,对方会说没有时间回答我们的问题。但无论甚么时候我们到耶稣那里,祂绝不会对我们说祂很忙。祂立即给我们忠告。在我们与人的一切关系上,祂是我们的策士,给我们最好的忠告。我们的策士乃是全能的神;没有祂,我们就没有能力或力量实行祂的忠告。祂给我们忠告,然后又是我们的能力和力量,使我们能实行这忠告。
19We also enjoy Christ as our Counselor every day. Sometimes when we go to our wives or husbands to ask them something, they will say that they do not have the time at that moment to answer us. But whenever we go to Jesus, He never tells us that He is busy. He immediately gives us the counsel. In all of our relationships with others, He is our Counselor to give us the best counsel. Our Counselor is the Mighty God. Without Him, we do not have the power or the strength to carry out His counsel. He gives us counsel, and then He is our power and strength for carrying out this counsel
20我们也享受祂作永远的父,并作和平的君,在我们里面和平的掌权管理。当我们有了祂,我们就有了祂的管理、祂的政权、祂的和平。当作丈夫的向妻子发脾气时,他就不在任何管理之下,所以也就没有任何平安。如果他肯安静的接受十字架,并接受基督作管理他的君王,他里面就立即有平安。这平安是来自基督内里的管理。
20We also enjoy Him as the Eternal Father and as the Prince of Peace, reigning and ruling within us in peace. When we have Him, we have His ruling, His government, His peace. When a husband is angry with his wife, he is not under any ruling, so there is no peace. If he would silently receive the cross and receive Christ as the Prince ruling over him, he would immediately have peace within. This peace comes from Christ’sinner ruling
21我们今天所拥有并享受的这奇妙的一位,乃是耶稣,耶和华救主,和以马内利,神与我们同在。祂是恩典、实际、奇妙的策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君。耶稣是一切!我们只有一位神,但我们的神乃是包罗一切的神。无论我们所需的是甚么,无论我们所缺的是甚么,祂就是甚么。
21The wonderful One we possess and enjoy today is Jesus, Jehovah the Savior, and Immanuel, God with us. He is grace, reality, the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Eternal Father, and the Prince of Peace. Jesus is everything! We have only one God, but our God is an all- inclusive God. Whatever we need and whatever we lack, He is
22二政权必担在祂的肩头上
22B. The Government to Be upon His Shoulders
23政权必担在基督这奇妙者的肩头上。(赛九6。)担在祂肩头上的政权与祂的平安必加增无穷。祂必在大卫的宝座上,治理祂的国,以公平公义使国坚定稳固,先在千年国里,然后在新天新地里,直到永永远远。(7。)
23The government is upon the shoulders of Christ, the wonderful One (Isa. 9:6). The government which is upon His shoulders will be increased with His peace without end. He will be upon the throne of David to rule over His kingdom, to establish and uphold His kingdom in justice and righteousness firstly in the millennium and then in the new heaven and new earth unto eternity (Isa. 9:7