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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第36篇

向积极的人作为圣所，

A Sanctuary to the Positive Ones
1以及向消极的人作绊脚的石头，跌人的磐石，圈套和网罗
1and a Stone to Strike Against, a Rock of Stumbling, a Trap, and a Snare to the Negative Ones
2读经：以赛亚书8:14-15，约翰福音，2:19，21，启示录21:2-3，22，马太福音21:44a，彼得前书2:7-8，
2Scripture Reading: Isa. 8:14-15; John 1:14; 2:19, 21; Rev. 21:2-3, 22; Matt. 21:44a; 1 Pet. 2:7-8; 1 Cor. 1:14 1:22-23
3哥林多前书1:22-23。
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4在前一篇信息，我们看见在以赛亚七章十四节和九章六节里关于基督的启示。在那几节经文里，祂被启示为兼有神、人二性，为童女所生的婴孩，以及永远的父所赐在神性里的子。在本篇信息，我们要来看在以赛亚八章十四至十五节里关于基督的启示。这几节经文启示基督向积极的人是圣所，也给我们看见祂向消极的人是绊脚的石头，跌人的磐石，圈套和网罗。
4In the previous message, we saw the revelation of Christ in Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6. In those verses He is revealed as a child of both the divine and human natures born of a human virgin and as a son in the divine nature given by the Eternal Father. In this message we want to see the revelation of Christ in Isaiah 8:14-15. In these verses Christ is revealed as a sanctuary to the positive ones. He is also seen as a stone to strike against, a rock of stumbling, a trap, and a snare to the negative ones
壹 、向积极的人作为圣所
I. A Sanctuary To The Positive Ones
5基督向积极的人是圣所。（赛八14上。）为了要进入这启示，我们需要看见三一神乃是我们的居所。在诗篇九十篇一节摩西说，『主阿，你世世代代作我们的居所。』我们的神是我们的居所。因为祂是我们的居所，我们能安息在祂里面。在祂里面也有食物和饮料。一个合式的居所也有光、空气、保护居住者的围墙、以及入口。我们的神对我们是这样可以进入的居所，有这一切的讲究。
5Christ is a sanctuary to the positive ones (Isa. 8:14a). In order to enter into this revelation, we need to see that the Triune God is our dwelling place. In Psalm 90:1, Moses said, “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.” Our God is our eternal dwelling place. Because He is our dwelling place, we can rest within Him. There is also food and drink within Him. Light, air, a wall for the dweller’s protection, and entrances also accompany a proper dwelling place. Our God is such an enterable dwelling place to us with all of these aspects
6旧约给我们看见，神得著了一班人民，就是以色列人。祂将他们带到西乃山，吩咐他们建一座帐幕。后来他们进了美地，就建造圣殿来代替帐幕。圣殿和帐幕不仅是神的居所，也是事奉祂的人（祭司）的居所。他们在神的殿中生活并事奉。神是他们的『室友』。我们必须看见，神不仅是我们的救主、救赎主、主人、主和生命，祂也是我们的居所。祂也是居住者之一，所以祂是我们的室友。我们所信的神是我们的室友，我们与祂每日生活在一起。
6The Old Testament shows that God gained a collective people, the people of Israel. He brought them to Mount Sinai and charged them to build a tabernacle. Eventually, when they entered into the good land, they built the temple to replace the tabernacle. The tabernacle and the temple were not only the dwelling place of God but also the dwelling place of His serving ones, the priests. They lived and served in the temple of God. They were living together with God. God was their “roommate.” We have to realize that God is not only our Savior, Redeemer, Master, Lord, and life but also our dwelling place. He is also one of the dwellers, so He is our roommate. The very God in whom we believe is our roommate, with whom we are living every day.
一 、是给神居住的内殿
A. The Inner Temple for God’s Dwelling
7我们必须看见神对积极的人，就是对祂所拣选的人中心的思想。积极的人乃是蒙神拣选、呼召、救赎、并拯救的人，也就是得了重生，并渐渐被变化成为神形像的人。神对他们不仅是平常的居所而已，神对他们乃是圣所；圣所乃是给神居住的内殿。圣殿最里面的部分是至圣所，就是神的居所。神的住处成了我们的住处。神是我们的圣所这样的启示，应当使我们渴慕一直与神这位室友共同生活。我们与神这位室友，必须有确定的、亲切的、甜美的在一起的时间。我们应当一直同神、并在神里生活、停留并居住。
7We have to see the central thought of God toward the positive ones, His chosen people. The positive ones are the ones who were chosen, called, redeemed, and saved by God, the ones who have been regenerated and are being transformed into the divine image. God to them is not just an ordinary dwelling place. God to them is a sanctuary, and the sanctuary is the inner temple for God’s dwelling. The most inward part of the temple is the Holy of Holies, the dwelling place of God. God’s dwelling becomes our dwelling. Such a revelation of God as our sanctuary should cause us to aspire to live a life with God as our roommate all the time. We need to have definite, intimate, and sweet times with God as our roommate. We should live, stay, and dwell all the time with God and in God
二 、是给祭司停留并事奉神的圣处
B. The Holy Place for the Priests to Stay and to Serve God
8基督是给我们这些祭司停留并事奉神的圣所、圣处。
8Christ is the sanctuary, the Holy Place, for us as the priests to stay and to serve God
三 、成为肉体的基督，乃是神子民的帐幕
C. The Incarnated Christ Being a Tabernacle to God’sP eople
9当神成为肉体来作人时，祂乃是在地上支搭帐幕在人间。成为肉体的基督，乃是神子民的帐幕。（约一14。）祂是神的帐幕。
9When God was incarnated to be a man , He tabernacled among men on earth. The incarnated Christ is a tabernacle to God’sp eople (John 1:14). He is the tabernacle of God
四 、神人基督乃是神的内殿
D. The God-man, Christ, Being the Inner Temple of God
10当耶稣出来尽职时，祂告诉犹太人，祂是神的殿。（约二19，21。）神人基督乃是神的内殿。在约翰一章，祂乃是神的帐幕；在约翰二章，祂乃是神的殿。以赛亚书写于基督成为肉体前约七百年，豫言这要来的一位乃是神选民的圣所，使他们能同神活著，以神作他们的室友。
10When Jesus came out to minister, He told the Jewish people that He was God’stem ple (John 2:19, 21). The God-man, Christ, is the inner temple of God. In John 1 He is God’s tabernacle; in John 2 He is God’stem ple. The book of Isaiah, written about seven hundred years before the incarnation of Christ, prophesied that this coming One would be the sanctuary of God’s chosen people for them to live with God, taking God as their roommate
11当我们享受祂作我们的居所，并作我们的室友时，我们就有光、空气、水、食物、和一切的所需。当我离家外出时，我所住的地方虽然有很多东西，但那里缺少我家中所有能应付我需要的东西。在地上没有一个地方像我们的家那么好。每当我回家时，我就有『家，甜美家』的感觉。今天我们的家乃是一个人位－基督，祂也是神的居所。
11When we enjoy Him as our dwelling place and as our roommate, we have light, air, water, food, and everything that we need. When I am away from my home, the place where I stay may have many things, but it does not have what I have at home to meet my needs. There is no place on earth as good as our home. Whenever I return to my home, I have a feeling of “home, sweet home.” Our home today is a person — Christ, who is also God’s dwelling place.
五 、基督连同祂身体的众肢体，要终极完成为神扩大的帐幕和殿－新耶路撒冷
E. Christ with All the Members of His Body to Be Consummated as the Enlarged Tabernacle and Temple of God—the New Jerusalem
12在新约里，神使我们成为这圣所的一部分，所以在书信里告诉我们，我们是神的殿。（林前三16。）基督作头，我们作祂身体的肢体，乃是神的殿。至终，这殿要终极完成于新耶路撒冷，就是神扩大、延伸的圣所。基督连同祂身体的众肢体，要终极完成为神扩大的帐幕和殿－新耶路撒冷。（启二一2～3，22。）
12In the New Testament, we are made a part of this sanctuary, so in the Epistles we are told that we are God’stem ple (1 Cor. 3:16). Christ as the Head and we as the members of His Body are the temple of God. Eventually, this temple will consummate in the New Jerusalem, the enlarged, extended sanctuary of God. Christ with all the members of His Body will be consummated as the enlarged tabernacle and temple of God—the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2-3, 22
13在启示录二十一章，约翰说他未见新耶路撒冷内有殿，因神和羔羊就是殿。在新天新地里，新耶路撒冷乃是神和我们永远相互的居所。圣城作神的帐幕，乃是为给神居住；神和羔羊作为殿，乃是为给我们居住。神住在我们里面，我们住在神里面。神是我们的居所、日光、空气、水、食物、安息和一切。我们也成为祂的享受、满足和安息。在新耶路撒冷，神历世历代以来所有的儿女，都要作祂的室友，直到永远。所有跟从撒但的人，要在火湖里作他的室友。召会生活就是以我们的神，我们的主，我们的基督作我们的圣所，并作我们的室友的一种生活。
13In Revelation 21, John said that he did not see the temple in the New Jerusalem, because God and the Lamb are the temple. In the new heaven and new earth, the New Jerusalem will be a mutual dwelling place for both God and us for eternity. The holy city as the tabernacle of God is for God to dwell in, and God and the Lamb as the temple are for us to dwell in. God dwells in us, and we dwell in Him. God is our dwelling place, our sunshine, our air, our water, our food, our rest, and our everything. We also become His enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. In the New Jerusalem, all of God’s children throughout the ages will be His roommates for eternity. All of those who followed Satan will be his roommates in the lake of fire. The church life is a life in which we take our God, our Lord, our Christ as our sanctuary and as our roommate
14在新约里，主耶稣吩咐我们，要住在祂里面。（约十五5。）『住』这字的意思不仅是停留，也是居住。在约翰十四章二十三节，主说，『人若爱我，就必遵守我的话，我父也必爱祂，并且我们要到他那里去，同他安排住处。』住处就是居所。这是相互的住处，让三一神住在信徒里面，也让信徒住在祂里面。在以弗所三章，保罗祷告，求父加强我们到里面的人里，使基督能安家在我们心里。（16～17。）这乃是基督使我们成为祂的家，好叫我们也以祂为我们的家。如果基督以我们为祂的家，我们就能确信，我们有基督作我们的家。这样，祂就同我们活著，我们也同祂活著。这乃是神与人作室友，生活在一起。至终，神圣启示的总结乃是新耶路撒冷。新耶路撒冷乃是神和人生活在一起的集大成。神爱人，人爱神，并且神和人成为室友，生活在一起，直到永远。
14In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus charges us to abide in Him (John 15:5). The word abide means not only to remain but also to dwell. In John 14:23 the Lord said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” The abode is the dwelling place. This is a mutual abode for the Triune God to abide in the believers and for the believers to abide in Him. In Ephesians 3 Paul prayed that the Father would strengthen us into our inner man, so that Christ could make His home in our hearts (v v. 16-17). This is Christ making us His home for us to take Him as our home. If Christ takes us as His home, we can be assured that we will have Christ as our home. Then He will live with us and we will live with Him. This is God and man living together as roommates. Eventually, the conclusion of the divine revelation is the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem is the aggregate of God and man living together. For eternity God will love man, man will love God, and God and man will live together as roommates.
15何等希奇，在基督出生七百年前，以赛亚就豫言这一位将在神性里之耶和华，伸枝到人性里的耶和华的苗，要成为祂一切拣选之人的圣所。当我们在神我们的圣所里，享受祂作我们的室友时，我们在随处都看见祂。祂是我们的日光、饮水、食物、以及所呼吸的空气。我们能深深呼吸神作我们新鲜的空气，这是何等好。当我们住在神里，以祂作我们的圣所，作我们的居所时，我们就在这一切方面享受祂。
15It is amazing that seven hundred years before Christ was born, Isaiah prophesied that this One, who is Jehovah’s Shoot to branch out Jehovah, in His divinity, into humanity, would be the sanctuary of all His chosen ones. When we are in God as our sanctuary, enjoying Him as our roommate, we see Him everywhere. He is our sunshine, our drinking water, our food, and our air for us to breathe. It is wonderful that we can take a deep breath of God as our fresh air. We enjoy God in all these aspects when we dwell in Him as our sanctuary, our dwelling place
16贰、向消极的人作绊脚的石头，跌人的磐石，圈套和网罗
16II. A Stone To Strike Against, A Rock Of Stumbling
a Trap, and a Snare to the Negative Ones
17以赛亚很诚实忠信的给我们看见，基督向积极和消极的人是甚么。基督向积极的人是非常的奇妙，但祂向消极的人却是令人不愉快的。祂向积极的人，乃是包罗万有的圣所。祂向消极的人却是绊脚的石头，跌人的磐石，圈套和网罗。（赛八14下～15。）
17Isaiah was very honest and faithful to show us what Christ is to both the positive and negative ones. Christ is so wonderful to the positive ones, but He is unpleasant to the negative ones. To the positive ones, He is an all-inclusive sanctuary. To the negative ones, He is a stone to strike against, a rock of stumbling, a trap, and a snare (Isa. 8:14b-15
一 、绊脚的石头，跌人的磐石
A. A Stone to Strike against and a Rock of Stumbling
18法利赛人和犹太首领碰倒在基督这石头上，（太二一44上，）不信的人绊跌在基督这磐石上。（彼前二7～8，林前一22～23。）法利赛人和犹太首领轻看基督。他们因著轻弃祂，就用脚踢祂，却不能移动祂。祂反而成了他们绊脚的石头，（罗九33，）他们也跌在祂身上。（太二一44上。）历世纪以来，许多消极的人都因基督而绊跌。
18The Pharisees and the Jewish leaders struck against Christ as a stone (Matt. 21:44a), and the unbelieving ones stumbled at Christ as a rock (1 Pet. 2:7-8; 1 Cor. 1:22-23). Christ was despised by the Pharisees and Jewish leaders. Because they despised Him, they struck against Him but could not move Him. Instead, He became a stumbling stone to them (Rom. 9:33), and they fell upon Him (Matt. 21:44a). Many negative ones throughout the centuries have been stumbled by Christ.
19有许多关于基督的事使人绊跌。旧约豫言祂是大卫的后裔，（撒下七12～14上，）并且祂是出于大卫的城伯利恒。（弥五2。）祂母亲马利亚是大卫的儿子拿单的后裔，（路三31下，）约瑟是大卫另一个儿子所罗门的后裔。（太一6下。）约瑟和马利亚都是穷苦的人，住在受人藐视的加利利地区，拿撒勒城内。因著该撒亚古士督出了申报户口的谕诏，约瑟必须回到大卫的城伯利恒，因为他是大卫一家一族的人。（路二1～5。）因著这次的申报户口，马利亚和约瑟从拿撒勒被带到伯利恒，使救主能在那出生，以应验关于祂出生地的豫言。祂出生后，被放在马槽里，因为客房里没有为著他们的地方。（7。）后来，约瑟和马利亚回到拿撒勒，耶稣就在那里长大，成为拿撒勒人。（太二23。）这使不信的犹太人绊跌，他们以为祂是出于拿撒勒。（约七41～42，52。）祂是以使人绊跌的方式，生在伯利恒。
19There are many things concerning Christ that stumble people. The Old Testament prophesied that He would be of the seed of David (2 Sam. 7:12-14a) and that He would come out of the city of David, Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). His mother Mary was a descendant of Nathan, David’ss on (Luke 3:31b), and Joseph was a descendant of Solomon, another of David’ss ons (Matt. 1:6b). Joseph and Mary were poor people who lived in the despised region of Galilee in the city of Nazareth. Because of the enrollment decreed by Caesar Augustus, Joseph had to return to David’s city, Bethlehem, because he was out of the house and family of David (Luke 2:1-5). By this enrollment Mary and Joseph were brought from Nazareth to Bethlehem so that the Savior might be born there for the fulfillment of the prophecy concerning the place of His birth. After His birth, He was laid in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn (Luke 2:7). Later, Joseph and Mary returned to Nazareth, where Jesus grew up as a Nazarene (Matt. 2:23). This was a stumbling to the unbelieving Jews, who thought He came out of Nazareth (John 7:41-42, 52). He was born in Bethlehem in a stumbling way
20甚至在今天，许多关于基督的事仍使消极的人绊跌。历世纪以来，千万的人因著基督而绊跌。大多数特别智慧、聪明、有权、上层阶级的人，并不在意基督。（太十一25，林前一26～29。）神的召会主要不是由上层阶级的人所构成，乃是由世上出身卑下的，以及被人藐视的人所构成。重视上层的人乃是违背神的心意，也是召会的羞耻。因为倪弟兄看见了这个，所以他去探望贫苦圣徒的家，而不去富有圣徒的家。神大多拣选了愚拙的、软弱的、出身卑下的、以及被人藐视的，好叫无人能在祂面前夸口。
20Even today many things concerning Christ are a stumbling to the negative ones. Throughout the centuries thousands of people have been stumbled by Christ. Most of the people who are extremely wise, intelligent, powerful, and of the upper class do not care for Christ (Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 1:26-29). The church of God is composed not mainly of the upper class, but of the lowborn of the world and the despised. To appreciate the upper class is against God’s mind and a shame to the church. Because Brother Nee realized this, he visited the homes of the poor saints, not the wealthy ones. God chose mostly the foolish, the weak, the lowborn, and the despised, so that no one would be able to boast before Him
二 、圈套和网罗
B. A Trap and a Snare
21在以赛亚八章十四节，基督也启示为圈套和网罗。祂对如同走兽的消极之人，乃是圈套；对如同飞禽的消极之人，乃是网罗。捉狮子不能用网罗，必须用圈套。鸟则必须用网罗。法利赛人和犹太人可以比作走兽，被主耶稣用圈套套住。他们想要用圈套套住主耶稣，祂反而成了他们的圈套。马太二十二章记载法利赛人、希律党人、和撒都该人如何合作，尽他们所能的要套住主。他们好像猎人，在一起打猎，要套住主。在回答了他们的一切问题，躲开了他们的圈套之后，主耶稣就问他们一个问题。藉著那一个问题，祂套住了他们众人。（44～46。）基督对这些人乃是圈套。
21Christ is also revealed in Isaiah 8:14 as a trap and a snare. He is a trap for the negative ones as the running animals and a snare for the negative ones as the flying fowls. A lion cannot be snared; it must be trapped. A bird, on the other hand, must be snared. The Pharisees and the Jewish leaders can be likened to the running animals who were trapped by the Lord Jesus. They attempted to trap the Lord Jesus, but instead He became a trap to them. Matthew 22 records how the Pharisees, the Herodians, and the Sadducees worked together to confront Him with questions, doing their best to trap Him. They were like hunters, hunting together to trap Jesus. After answering all of their questions and avoiding their traps, Jesus asked them one question. Through that one question, He trapped all of them (vv. 41-46). Christ was a trap to these ones
22使徒行传记载犹太人跟著保罗，到处反对他。我们可以说，反对保罗的这些犹太人和逼迫者，为他张设网罗。因为保罗很有才能，他能用他的智慧逃避他们的网罗。他有一位救主，一直拯救祂脱离这些反对者的手。他们不但没有使保罗陷入网罗，基督反而成了他们的网罗。
22The book of Acts records that the Jews were following Paul in their opposition of him. We can say that these Jewish opposers and persecutors of Paul set snares for him. Because Paul was so capable, he could use his wisdom to escape their snares. He had a Savior who was always delivering him out of the hands of these opposers. Instead of them snaring Paul, Christ became a snare to them
23任何自以为比耶稣更聪明、更有智慧的人，至终必定吃苦。向消极的人，不信的人，基督乃是碰倒并绊跌在其上的石头。祂向不尊重祂的人乃是绊跌的磐石。祂向消极的人也是圈套和网罗。没有人能从基督逃脱。每一个人都和基督有些关系，有些关联。我们可以向著祂作积极的人，或向著祂作消极的人。虽然我们或许说我们不在意祂，但祂在意我们。祂是众人的主和创造的主。甚至在今天的基督徒中间，也有些人是积极的，有些人是消极的。许多人承认耶稣是他们的主、救主、并救赎主，但他们对祂漠不关心，并不在意。但祂在意我们，并且要对付我们。
23Anyone who thinks that he is more clever or wiser than Jesus will eventually suffer. To the negative ones, the unbelievers, Christ is a stone to strike against and to fall upon. He is a rock of stumbling to those who do not regard Him. He is also a trap and a snare to catch those who are negative. No one can escape from Christ. Everyone has something to do with Christ and is related to Christ. We can either be a positive one toward Him or a negative one toward Him. We may say that we do not care for Him, but He cares for us. He is the Lord and the Creator of all men. Even among today’s Christians, some are positive and others are negative. Many may acknowledge that Jesus is their Lord, their Savior, and their Redeemer, yet they may be in different toward Him, not caring for Him. However, He cares for us and will deal with us
24祂对积极的人乃是圣所。我们能生活在祂这圣所里，在祂里面我们能得著祂作我们丰盈的供备和包罗万有的供应。但对消极的人，不信的人，祂乃是绊脚的石头、跌人的磐石、圈套和网罗。有一日每一个人都必须站在祂面前，经过祂的审判。（启二十11～。）甚至我们基督徒也必须在被提到空中之后，在基督的审判台前显露出来。（林后五10。）那时，关于我们的生活和事奉，我们都必须向祂交账。
24To the positive ones He is a sanctuary. We can live in Him as our sanctuary, and in Him we can receive Him as our bountiful provision and all-inclusive supply. To the negative ones, however, the unbelieving ones, He is a stone to strike against, a rock of stumbling, a trap, and a snare. One day everyone will have to stand before Him to pass through His judgment (Rev. 2 0:1 1-1 5). Even we Christians will have to 15 appear before the judgment seat of Christ after our rapture to the air (2 Cor. 5:1 0). At that time we will have to give an account to Him concerning our life and service.
25我盼望在和基督的关系上，我们都是积极的人。我们要住在祂里面，享受祂作我们的居所，甚至作我们的至圣所。祂是我们的圣所，我们在其中能享受一切神圣的丰富。在祂里面，我们能享受祂作我们神圣的日光、神圣的空气、神圣的水、和神圣的食物。在祂这圣所里一切丰富的供备，都是神圣的。这就是说，神在这里作我们的一切，给我们享受。我们在每一面都享受祂，惟一的路乃是在祂里面生活，接受祂作我们的圣所，以祂为我们的室友，与祂一同生活。
25We hope that we are the positive ones in our relationship with Christ. We want to dwell in Him and enjoy Him as our dwelling place, even our Holy of Holies. He is our sanctuary in whom we can enjoy all the divine riches. In Him we can enjoy Him as our divine sunshine, our divine air, our divine water, and our divine food. All of the rich provision in Him as our sanctuary is divine. This means that God is here as everything to us for us to enjoy. The only way that we can enjoy God in every way is to live in Him, taking Him as our sanctuary and living with Him as our roommate