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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第43篇

荣冠和华冕，作为根基的一块石头、试验过的石头、和宝贵

A Crown of Glory and a Diadem of Beauty; a Stone as a Foundation, a Tested Stone, and a Precious
1的房角石，一王像避风所、遮蔽处、河流、和大磐石的影子
1Cornerstone; and a King Like a Refuge, a Covering, Streams of Water, and the Shadow of a Massive Rock
2读经：以赛亚书28:5，16，32:1-2，33:22，罗马书9:33，马太福音21:42，使徒行传4:11-12，诗篇118:22-24，26，
2Scripture Reading: Isa. 28:5, 16; 32:1-2; 33:22; Rom. 9:33; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11-12; Psa. 118:22-24, 26; Matt. 23:39
3马太福音23:39。
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4这是论到以赛亚书包罗万有之基督第一段的最后一篇信息。以赛亚书可以分为两段。第一段包括头三十九章，第二段包括后二十七章，从四十章到六十六章。这和新旧约的分法相似。旧约有三十九卷，新约有二十七卷。在以赛亚书第一段的末了，从三十六章到三十九章，乃是关于希西家的记载。因此，最后这一篇有关以赛亚头一部分的信息，乃是说到包罗万有之基督的各方面，直到三十五章为止。下一篇信息我们要开始来看在四十章，就是以赛亚书第二段的头一章里，基督的各方面。
4This is the final message on the first section of Isaiah concerning the all-inclusive Christ. The book of Isaiah may be divided into two sections. The first section is composed of the first thirty-nine chapters, and the second section is composed of the next twenty-seven chapters, from chapters forty through sixty-six. This is similar to the division of the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament has thirty-nine books, and the New Testament has twenty-seven books. At the end of the first section of Isaiah, from chapters thirty-six through thirty-nine, there is the account concerning Hezekiah. Thus, this last message on the first part of Isaiah covers the aspects of the all-inclusive Christ up through chapter thirty-five. In the next message we will begin to see the aspects of Christ in chapter forty, the first chapter of the second section of Isaiah
5在本篇信息中，我们要来看基督是冠冕、石头和王。祂是荣冠和华冕；祂是作为根基的石头、试验过的石头、和宝贵的房角石；祂也是一个王，像一个人作避风所、遮蔽处、河流、和大磐石的影子。基督的这些项目，至终都必在神完成祂对以色列之行政对付后的复兴时代里得著应验。
5In this message we want to see Christ as a crown, a stone, and a King. He is a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty; He is a stone as a foundation, a tested stone, and a precious cornerstone; and He is a King as a man to be a refuge, a covering, streams of water, and the shadow of a massive rock. These items of Christ will all eventually be completely fulfilled in the age of restoration after God will have completed His governmental dealing with Israel
6今天以色列国局限于沿地中海一块狭长的土地。若没有神主宰的安排，有美国这样的国家保护以色列，以色列必定早已被消灭了。最近在中东的危机，乃是神运用祂的主宰，为要高举以色列，并贬抑敌对的亚拉伯国家。以色列虽然被高举了，却仍然在受苦。但有一日要来到，以色列要完全得复兴。那日子的界标乃是基督在祂荣耀里的第二次来临。
6Today the nation of Israel is confined to a narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea. Without God’s sovereign arrangement to have a nation such as the United States to protect Israel, Israel would have already been more diminished. The recent crisis in the Middle East was the exercise of God’s sovereignty for the uplifting of Israel and the putting down of the opposing Arab countries. Although Israel has been uplifted, it is still suffering. The day will come, however, when Israel will be fully restored. The landmark of that day will be the second coming of Christ in His glory.
7申命记十一章二十四节说到以色列的疆界－『凡你们脚掌所踏之地，都必归你们，从旷野和利巴嫩，并伯拉大河，直到西海;都要作你们的境界。』西海就是地中海。以色列的境界要从地中海一直延伸到伊拉克境内的幼发拉底河。今天许多国家在辩论那一块地该属于以色列，那一块地该属于巴勒斯坦人。但主在申命记里已经定了以色列的地界，并且应许祂必剪除、撵出占有这地的人。（出二三23，28，31。）世上各国对以色列的感觉并不要紧。主对以色列处境的感觉和决断才最重要。
7Deuteronomy 11:24 speaks of the boundaries of the territory of Israel—”Every place on which the sole of your foot treads will be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even unto the farmost sea will be your border.” The farmost sea is the Mediterranean Sea. The territory of Israel will stretch from the Mediterranean Sea all the way to the Euphrates within Iraq. Today the nations are debating about what land should belong to Israel and what land should belong to the Palestinians. But the Lord set the boundaries of the land of Israel in Deuteronomy, and He promised that He would cut off and drive out others who possessed this land (Exo. 23:23, 28, 31). What the nations of the world feel about Israel does not matter. The Lord’s feeling and decision regarding the situation of Israel mean everything.
壹 、荣冠和华冕
I. A Crown Of Glory And A Diadem Of Beauty
8以赛亚二十八章五节:『到那日，万军之耶和华必作祂剩余之民的荣冠和华冕。』在这一节里，基督被启示为荣冠和华冕。我们需要来看冠(crown)和冕(diadem)的不同。我们可能以为这二者是相同的，但这二者在五节里不是同位词，在二者之间有连接词－荣冠『和』华冕。这是以赛亚奇妙的写作。冠像帽子，而冕乃是冠上最华美荣耀的部分，就是头带。一般的说，冠表征荣耀，但牠的华美乃是在满了珠宝和宝石的冕上。冕是荣冠的华美。
8Isaiah 28:5 says, “In that day Jehovah of hosts / Will become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the remnant of His people.” In this verse Christ is revealed as a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty. We need to consider the difference between a crown and a diadem. We may think that these are the same, but these items are not in apposition in verse 5. There is a conjunction between them—a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty. This is Isaiah’s marvelous writing. A crown is like a hat or turban, whereas the diadem is the most beautiful, glorious part of the crown. It is the headband. Generally speaking, a crown signifies glory, but its beauty is in its diadem, which may be full of jewels and precious stones. The diadem is the beauty of the glorious crown
9在神一切对付之后的复兴时代里，对于剩余的以色列人，就是神的选民而言，基督将是荣冠和华冕。祂要作祂选民的荣耀。荣耀和华美是两项不同的东西。有些东西可能非常荣耀，却不是那么华美。基督对祂的选民是荣耀的，也是华美的。
9Christ will be a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the remnant of Israel, God’s chosen people, in the age of restoration after all the dealings of God. He will be His chosen people’s glorification. Glory and beauty are two distinct things. Something may be very glorious but not that beautiful. Christ will be both glory and beauty to His elect people
10我们必须记住，恩典时代是要来复兴时代的小影和豫尝。今天我们享受基督作我们冠冕的豫尝。很可惜，许多基督徒并不以告诉人是基督徒为荣耀。有些基督徒可能很荣耀的谈到别的人或事，但他们说到基督时，却可能觉得羞惭。这是不对的。当我们谈到基督，或告诉人我们是基督徒时，我们应当想到基督是我们的冠冕，是我们的荣耀和华美。
10We need to remember that the age of grace is a miniature and a foretaste of the coming age of restoration. Today we enjoy a foretaste of Christ as our crown and diadem. Regretfully, many do not feel glorious to tell people that they are Christians. Some Christians may talk about other persons or things in a glorious way, but when they come to the subject of Christ, they may feel shameful. This is not right. When we talk about Christ and when we tell people that we are Christians, we should consider that Christ is our crown and diadem, our glory and beauty.
11五十年前，当日本侵略中国时，我被日军监禁过，我曾这样经历过基督。他们一面羞辱我，审判我，拷问我。另一面他们尊敬我，敬重我，因为我行事为人像一个基督徒。保罗在腓立比书里说，当他在罗马坐监时，他所专切期待并盼望的，没有甚么会叫他羞愧，他只要显大基督。（一。）保罗显大基督到一个地步，甚至在该撒家中的一些人也成了在基督里的信徒。（四22。）在保罗的经历中，他有基督作冠冕。我们应当以身为基督徒为荣。当我们失败时我们觉得羞惭，但是当我们悔改并重新接受分赐的基督时，我们就感觉荣耀。
11I experienced Christ in this way about fifty years ago when Japan invaded China and I was imprisoned by the Japanese army. On the one hand, they shamed me, judged me, and tortured me. On the other hand, they respected and regarded me because I behaved as a Christian. Paul said in the book of Philippians, while he was imprisoned in Rome, that he had the earnest expectation and hope not to be put to shame but to magnify Christ (1:20). Paul magnified Christ 20 to such an extent that even some in Caesar’s house hold became believers in Christ (4:2 2). In Paul’s experience, he had Christ as a crown with a diadem. We should feel glorious that we are Christians. When we are defeated, we feel ashamed, but when were pent and receive the dispensing Christ in a fresh way, we feel glorious.
贰 、作为根基的石头、试验过的石头、和宝贵的房角石
II. A Stone As A Foundation, A Tested Stone, And A Precious Cornerstone
12以赛亚二十八章十六节说，『所以主耶和华如此说，看哪，我在锡安放一块石头，作为根基，是试验过的石头，是稳固的根基，宝贵的房角石；信靠的人必不著急。』基督是我们的荣耀和华美，也是有许多面的石头。祂是神在锡安放的一块石头。
12Isaiah 28:16 says, “Therefore thus says / The Lord Jehovah: / Behold, I lay a stone in Zion as a foundation, / A tested stone, / A precious cornerstone as a foundation firmly established; / He who believes will not hasten away.” Christ, who is our glory and our beauty, is also a stone in many aspects. He is a stone laid by God in Zion
13这石头是为著神在以色列的建造所稳固建立的根基。我们今天能享受基督作这样稳固建立的根基。对不信基督的世人而言，一切都是渐渐灭没的。这是因为他们没有基督作石头，作根基，可以站立其上。作为基督徒，我们有基督作我们头上的冠冕，作我们脚下的磐石。这磐石为著神的建造，已经在祂子民中间稳固的建立了。
13This stone is a foundation firmly established for God’s building in Israel. We can enjoy Christ as such a firmly established foundation today. With the worldly people who do not believe in Christ, everything is fading. This is because they do not have Christ as a stone, a foundation, on which to stand. As Christians, we have Christ as a crown upon our heads and as a rock under our feet. This rock is firmly established for God’s building among His people
14基督是试验过的石头，是受过试验且是可靠的。基督这石头，在祂三十三年半的人性生活中受了试验。从祂成为人的时候起，在祂地上生活的每一天，祂都受试验而没有失败。祂是完美、完全、稳固、刚强的。祂完全彀资格作我们的根基，因为祂已经受过试验。
14Christ is a tested stone which has been tried and which is trustworthy. Christ as a stone was tested during the thirty-three and a half years of His human life. From the time that He became a man, He was tested every day of His earthly life, and He had no failure. He is perfect, complete, solid, and strong. He is fully qualified to be our foundation because He has been tested.
15按照以赛亚二十八章十六节，凡信靠这受过试炼且可靠之石头的人，『必不著急』。钦定英文译本把这句话译为『必不匆忙』。达秘（Darby）在他的一个脚注里说，这句话可译为『必不惧怕而匆促』。这个意思也可以是『必不惊惶而忙乱』。基督是可靠的石头，我们信靠祂。无论甚么事临到我们，我们都不必著急惊惶。我们可以安心。属世的人，甚至包括不太信靠主的基督徒在内，一有甚么事临到他们，就著急惊惶。他们慌慌张张的，不知道该作甚么。
15According to Isaiah 28:16, he who believes in this tried and trustworthy stone “will not hasten away.” The King James Version renders this portion as “shall not make haste.” Darby says in a note that this can be translated as “shall not hasten with fear.” This can also mean “will not hurry in panic.” Christ is a trustworthy stone, and we believe in Him. Whatever happens to us, we do not need to be in haste or in panic. We can be at peace. The worldly people, even including Christians who do not trust the Lord so much, are always in haste, in panic, whenever something happens to them. In their haste they do not know what they should do
16我愿意再交通一点，关于五十多年前当入侵的日军逮捕我时，我对主这试验过的石头的经历。在星期一早晨，我刚到会所不过几分钟，就有两个日本宪兵队的人来找我。他们晓得我经常从八点钟到中午，在会所作我的事。我把他们迎进会所楼上的书房里。我一点没有著急、慌乱、惊惧，反而是镇定的。他们告诉我，他们要我到他们的总部去。我同意和他们去，并送给他们一本袖珍本圣经全书。后来在他们询问我的时候，这本圣经成了我的帮助。当我和他们一同走的时候，我请一位在会所的弟兄告诉我妻子，我去了宪兵总部。我被他们监禁了三十天。他们每天审查我两次，每次大约三小时之久。我一直在他们的威吓之下。
16I would like to share a little more about my experience of the Lord as the tested stone when the invading Japanese army arrested me about fifty years ago. Two men from the Japanese military police came to the meeting hall to see me early on Monday morning. I had been there only a few minutes. They came to know that I always went to the hall to do my work from eight to noon. I welcomed them to my study room, which was upstairs in the meeting hall. I was not hastening away in panic, in fear. Instead, I was steady. They told me that they wanted me to come to their headquarters. I agreed to go with them and presented them a small pocket version of the entire Bible. That Bible became a help to me when they interrogated me later. When I went with them, I asked a brother in the hall to please tell my wife that I was going to the military police headquarters. I was imprisoned by them for thirty days. They examined me twice a day, and each session lasted about three hours. I was always under their threatening
17有一天他们有一个人问我，为甚么我们称我们的特会作『复兴特会』。我回答说，我们这样作，因为我们的召会凡事都要照著圣经。他问我这事，因为他们怀疑我为国民政府作工，要复兴中国人。在中国那时候，基督教里的人都用『奋兴』这个字眼，只有我们用『复兴』这辞。我告诉他，我们凡事都要照著圣经之后，他问我在圣经里是否有复兴这件事。当我说，『有』的时候，他就把我送给他们作礼物的圣经扔给我，说，『指给我看在那里。』在主的主宰之下，我正好打开圣经哈巴谷三章二节那一页，在那里哈巴谷祷告说，『耶和华阿，求你在这些年间复兴你的作为。』
17One day one of them asked me why we called our conferences “revival conferences.” I replied that we did this because our church does everything according to the Bible. He asked me this because they suspected that I was doing a work for the Nationalist government to revive the Chinese people. In China at that time, those in Christianity used a word meaning endeavoring; only we used the word revival. After I told him that we do everything according to the Bible, he asked me if the matter of revival was in the Bible. When I said “yes,” he took the small Bible I had given them as a gift, threw it to me, and said, “Show me where it is.” Under the Lord’s sovereignty, I opened the Bible to the very page of Habakkuk 3:2, where Habakkuk prays, “O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years.”
18哈巴谷书是旧约十二本小申言者书之一。圣经里这些书的次序是很难记得住的。但那一天我打开圣经时，那一页正好是说到复兴的经节。对我来说，把圣经直接翻到这一节，并指给他看『复兴』这辞，乃是一个奇迹。这给他看见，我们的实行都是照著圣经的。如果我是著急的，我可能完全忘记那一节说到『复兴』，而到圣经别处去找。这就是『信靠的人必不著急』的见证。
18The book of Habakkuk is one of the twelve minor books in the Old Testament. It is very difficult to remember the order of these books in the Bible. But that day I opened the Bible to the very page where this verse concerning revival is. It was a miracle for me to turn directly to this verse and point out the word “revive” to him. This showed him that our practice was according to the Bible. If I had been in haste, I might have fully forgotten where the verse concerning revival is, and I might have turned to another place in the Bible. This is a testimony that “he who believes will not hasten away
19我们不该忘记我们是在基督里的信徒。基督是我们的根基，这根基已经受过试验。祂是可靠的，所以我们当信靠祂。我们不该著急慌乱。我研读这一段话时，有一本参考书引一句格言说，著急是出于魔鬼。当我们匆忙慌乱时，我们不该忘记，这是出于魔鬼的。我们毋须著急，因为我们有基督这试验过的石头作我们的根基。
19We should not forget that we are believers in Christ. Christ is our foundation, and this foundation has been tested. He is trustworthy, so we should put our trust in Him. We should not be in haste, in panic. In my study of this portion of the Word, one reference book quoted a proverb which said that haste is of the devil. When we are in haste, in panic, we should not forget that this is of the devil. We do not have to be in haste because we have Christ as a tested stone to be our foundation
20这石头也是宝贵的房角石，为著神建造的连接。基石托住整个建筑，而房角石连接建筑的两部分。新约根据诗篇一百一十八篇二十二至二十四节告诉我们，基督是房角的头块石头。（罗九33，太二一42，徒四11～12，弗二20。）按照新约，基督将两面墙连接起来，一面墙是犹太信徒，另一面墙是外邦信徒。因为基督带头把犹太人和外邦人联结一起，所以祂是房角的头块石头。甚至在今天我们不仅以祂作我们的基石托住我们，也以祂作我们的房角石将我们联结在一起。我联于你，你也联于我。我们都被基督联结在一起。没有祂，我们是分开的，不相连的。今天的基督教缺少基督作联结的房角石。我们需要经历基督作试验过的、可靠的石头，作稳固建立的根基托住我们，并作房角石把我们联结起来。这个结果就是神的建造，基督的身体。
20This stone is also a precious cornerstone for the joint of God’s building. Whereas the foundation stone holds the entire building, the cornerstone joins two parts of the building . The New Testament tells us, based upon Psalm 118:22-24, that Christ is the chief cornerstone (Rom. 9:33; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11-12; Eph. 2:20). According to the New Testament, Christ as the cornerstone joins together the two walls, one of the Jewish believers and the other of the Gentile believers. Because Christ took the lead to join together the Jews and the Gentiles, He is the first cornerstone. Even today we are not only held by Him as our foundation stone but also joined together by Him as our cornerstone. I am joined to you, and you are joined to me. We are joined together by Christ. Without Him, we are separate and detached. Today’s Christianity is lacking in the experience of Christ as the joining cornerstone. We need to experience Christ as the tested, trustworthy stone to be the firmly established foundation holding us and the cornerstone joining us together. This issues in God’s building, the Body of Christ
21基督的这个项目在今天的恩典时代已经得应验，作为豫尝。当保罗在罗马九章说到那本于信的义时，他引用以赛亚二十八章十六节，说，信靠基督这石头的，必不至于羞愧。（33。）今天我们能经历基督作石头;祂是我们的房角石、基石、试验过的石头，我们信靠祂。基督作石头，要在来世的复兴时代完全得应验。
21This item of Christ has been fulfilled as a foretaste in today’sa ge of grace. When Paul spoke of the righteousness of faith in Romans 9, he quoted Isaiah 28:16 by saying that whoever believes on this stone, Christ, will not be put to shame v. 33). We can experience Christ as the stone today. He is our cornerstone, our foundation stone, our tested stone. In Him we trust. The complete fulfillment of Christ as the stone will be in the next age, the age of restoration
22在马太二十一章四十二节，主耶稣对犹太首领说的话，指明他们原是匠人，但他们没有鉴别力，没有看见他们乃是弃绝神建筑物的房角石，就是基督。主耶稣引用诗篇一百一十八篇二十二至二十三节说，匠人所弃的石头，神已经作成了房角石。在行传四章十一至十二节，彼得引用主的话。在十一节他题到基督是房角石，在十二节他指明今天这房角石是我们的救主。很少基督徒知道，耶稣基督他们的救主乃是房角石。我们的救主耶稣，将我们救到神的建造里，并将我们联于神的建造。
22The Lord Jesus’ word to the Jewish leaders in Matthew 21:42 indicates that they were the builders, but they did not have the discernment to see that they were rejecting the cornerstone of God’s building, Christ. The Lord Jesus quoted Psalm 118:22-23 by saying that the stone which the builders rejected was made the cornerstone by God. Peter quoted the Lord’sword in Acts 4:11-12. In verse 11 he mentioned Christ as the cornerstone, and in verse 12 he indicated that today this cornerstone is our Savior. Very few Christians know that Jesus Christ, their Savior, is the cornerstone. Our Savior, Jesus, saves us into God’s building and joins us to God’s building
23在复兴时代，基督的这一切项目要完全得著应验。在复兴的时代，诗篇一百一十八篇二十二至二十四节必然要得应验，因为这一篇二十六节，在马太二十三章三十八至三十九节被主引用，当时主告诉犹太人:『看哪，你们的家要成为荒场，留给你们。我告诉你们，从今以后，你们不得再见我，直等到你们说，在主名里来的，是当受颂赞的！』这是主第二次来时的复兴之日，那时所有以色列的遗民都要回转相信基督并得救。（罗十一23，26。）
23In the age of restoration, all these items of Christ will be completely fulfilled. Psalm 1 1 8:2 2-2 4 will definitely be fulfilled in the time of the restoration, because verse 26 of this psalm was quoted by the Lord in Matthew 23:38-39 when He told the Jews, “Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you, You shall by no means see Me henceforth until you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.” This will be the day of restoration at the Lord’s second coming, when all the remnant of Israel will turn to believe in Christ and be saved (Rom. 11:23, 26).
24参、一王好像避风所、遮蔽处、河流、以及大磐石的影子
24III. A King Like A Refuge, A Covering, Streams Of Water
and the Shadow of a Massive Rock
25基督不仅是冠冕和石头，祂也是王。（赛三二1～2，三三22。）以赛亚启示祂是王，为要供应我们，照顾我们，并遮盖我们。基督这王是耶和华神，也是人。我们的王是非常有人性的，甚至是低微的。美国总统可能尽力降卑自己到百姓中间，但没有一位能与主耶稣相比。祂是王，却又是非常有人性的，也是低微的。
25Christ is not only a crown and a stone, but also a King (Isa. 32:1-2; 33:22). Isaiah reveals Him as a King for supplying us, caring for us, and covering us. Christ as the King is Jehovah, God, and He is also a man. Our King is very human and even lowly. The presidents of the United States may try their best to lower themselves down to be among the people, but no one can compare with the Lord Jesus. He is a King, yet He is very human and lowly.
26以赛亚三十二章一节说，『看哪，必有一王凭公义作王，必有首领按公平掌权。』祂不是凭自己直接的掌权，乃是藉著首领按公平间接的掌权。我们需要来看公义和公平的不同。公义就是对的，而公平乃是带著审判的公义。没有审判，就不可能有公平。公平来自人按公义的审判，并表明他的公义。当一个人按照他的所是所作受审判时，那个决断，那个审判，乃是公平的。这就是为甚么公平是由审判的首领所施行的。基督要按公义治理，祂必藉著祂的助手（就是首领）掌权，按公理审判百姓。全地都缺少公义，几乎所有的政府都缺少公平。
26Isaiah 32:1 says, “Behold, a King will reign according to righteousness, / And the rulers will rule according to justice.” He does not rule directly by Himself but indirectly through the rulers according to justice. We need to consider the difference between righteousness and justice. Righteousness is to be right, whereas justice is righteousness with a judgment. Without judgment, there is no possibility of justice. Justice comes from the judgment according to a person’s righteousness, and it declares his righteousness. When judgment is exercised on someone according to what he is and has done, that verdict, that judgment, is justice. This is why justice is carried out by the rulers who judge. Christ will reign according to righteousness, and He will rule through His helpers, the rulers, to judge the people according to justice. The entire earth is lacking in righteousness, and nearly all the governments are short of justice
27这位藉首领按公义和公平掌权并治理的，不仅是神，也是低微的人。在以赛亚三十二章一节，这王是一个人，而这位为人的王乃是我们的避风所。（2。）在我们人生的过程里，总是有『风』临到我们。作丈夫的必须承认，他们的妻子是大风的来源。作妻子的，大多数时间在『吹袭』她们的丈夫。要作一个适当的丈夫并不容易，因为常有风从妻子那里吹来。作丈夫的需要以耶稣作他们的避风所。每当风吹的时候，我们需要跑到这人这里，以祂作我们的避难所。这样，我们就得著保护。
27This One who reigns and rules through the rulers according to righteousness and justice is not only God but also a lowly man. In Isaiah 32:1 this King is a man, and this Man-king is a refuge to us from the wind (v. 2). “Wind” always comes to us in the course of our human life. The husbands have to admit that their wives are the source of much wind. The wives “blow upon” their husbands much of the time. To be a proper husband is not easy because the wind from the wife always comes. The husbands need to take Jesus as their refuge from the wind. Whenever the wind blows, we need to run to this man, taking Him as our refuge. Then we are protected
28作为人祂也是避暴雨的遮蔽处。（2。）我们看过冠和冕的不同，以及公义和公平的不同。现在我们需要来看风和暴雨的不同。不论风如何猛烈，风本身不是暴雨。暴雨是一场风暴骚乱,比风更猛烈、更麻烦。暴雨比风更难应付。那人耶稣不仅是避风所，也是避暴雨的遮蔽处。因为祂是我们的遮蔽处，暴雨、风暴就不能困扰我们，或伤害我们。我们应当在这些方面经历主。特别在已过三年，暴雨临到我。我以主作为躲避这场暴雨的遮蔽处。
28As a man, He is also a covering from the tempest (v. 2). We have seen the difference between a crown and a diadem and between righteousness and justice. Now we need to see the difference between the wind and the tempest. Regardless of how strong the wind is, in itself it is not a tempest. A tempest is a turmoil, a tumult. It is much stronger and more troublesome than just wind. A tempest is much harder to face than wind. The man Jesus is not only a refuge from the wind but also a covering from the tempest. Because He is our covering, the tempest, the turmoil, cannot bother us or damage us. We should learn to experience the Lord in these aspects. Especially in the past three years, the tempest came to me. I took the Lord as a covering from this tempest.
29这人也是在干旱之地的河流。（2。）这些河流是我们的供应、安慰、和满足。今天有谁的光景不是干旱之地？有谁的婚姻不是干旱之地？婚姻生活常常使人枯干。有些作丈夫的很有办法使他们的妻子枯干，有些作妻子的也是一样。我们的事业和工作也是非常干旱的地。在这些干旱之地，我们需要喝饮料。我们不必喝咖啡，我们应当『喝耶稣』。这样，我们就会在干旱之地得著滋润。祂不仅是少量的水，祂乃是河流。我们基督徒应当能作这样的见证。
29This man is also streams of water in a dry place (v. 2). These streams of water are our supply, comfort, and satisfaction. Today whose situation is not a dry place? Whose marriage is not a dry place? Married life always dries people up. Some husbands are so capable in drying up their wives. Some wives are the same. Our businesses and jobs are also very dry places. In these dry places, we need to take a drink. Instead of taking a cup of coffee, we should “take a cup of Jesus.” Then we will be watered in a dry place. He is not merely a small amount of water, but He is streams of water. We Christians should be able to testify of this
30祂也是大磐石的影子在荒废之地。（2。）荒废之地是沙漠，但不是自然的沙漠。自然的沙漠不是人手所造成的，但荒废之地乃是被一些人破坏过，被一些人损毁过的。因为这个荒废之地非常炎热，所以需要荫影。这个荫影在炎热之地的功用就像今天的空气调节机。我们需要基督作这样的荫影，作我们的罩盖。我们的基督是奇妙的！作为那人耶稣，祂乃是我们的王，我们的避难所，我们的遮蔽处，我们的河流，也是我们的荫影，我们的遮蔽。在我们的日常生活中，祂对我们是如此的实际。
30He is also the shadow of a massive rock in a wasted land (v. 2). A wasted land is a desert, but not a natural desert. A natural desert was not made that way by human hands, but a wasted land has been touched by some, wasted by some. Because this wasted land is full of heat, there is the need of a shadow. This shadow in a land full of heat functions like today’s air conditioner. We need Christ as such a shadow to be a canopy over us. Our Christ is wonderful! As the man Jesus, He is our King, our refuge, our covering, our streams of water, and our shadow, our shade. He is so practical to us in our daily life
31以赛亚三十三章二十二节说，祂是审判我们的，是给我们设律法的，也是拯救我们的王。在祂神圣的行政里，祂是这样一个有三面讲究的人位。美国政府也同样的分为三部分。这个政府有三个分支：行政、立法、和司法部门。已过我以为是美国发明这个权力平衡的美好政府。至终我发现，按照以赛亚三十三章二十二节，神早已如此行了。基督作王，乃是神圣行政的行政部门。祂也是设律法的立法者，作为立法部门。最后，祂是审判我们的，作为司法部门。祂是在这三面运用祂的神圣行政，拯救祂的子民。在美国政府里，这三个分支一直是彼此平衡的，但许多时候牠们彼此相争。然而，主耶稣在祂的神圣行政里，在每一面都是完全平衡的。神圣行政的三部分，乃是一个人位。我们的耶稣在祂神圣的行政里，乃是行政、立法、司法的部门。
31Isaiah 33:22 says that He is our Judge, our Lawmaker, and our King to save us. In His divine government, He is such a person of three aspects. The United States government is divided into three sections in a similar way. This government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. In the past I thought that the United States invented such a marvelous government with the balance of powers. Eventually, I found out that according to Isaiah 33:22, God had already practiced this. Christ as the King is the executive branch of the divine government. He is also the Lawmaker, the Legislator, as the legislative branch. Finally, He is our Judge as the judicial branch. He is in these three aspects to exercise His divine government in saving His people. In the United States government these three branches are always balancing one another, but many times they fight against one another. The Lord Jesus in His divine government, however, is perfectly balanced in every way. The three sections of the divine government are one person. Our Jesus is the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in His divine government.
32一切在圣经里的，远优于人的发明。共产主义是马克斯按照行传二章里信徒凡物共用的实行（44）而规画的。但历史给我们看见，共产主义是行不通的。在旧约里，神给以色列人一个平衡财富的路，并在新约里以属灵的方式如此行，（林后八14～15，）但堕落的人无法在肉体里实行这事。在人类文化里没有一事能超过圣经中所题的。没有一事能与圣经中的神圣启示相匹，因为圣经是我们的神所写的，祂知道一切的事。
32Whatever is in the Bible is much superior to man’sin vent i on. The system of communism was formulated by Karl Marx according to the biblical practice in Acts 2 of the believers having all things common (v. 44). But history has shown that the practice of communism does not work. God gave the children of Israel a way to balance the wealth in the Old Testament, and He does this in a spiritual way in the New Testament (2 Cor. 8:14-15), but fallen man has no way of practicing this in the flesh. Nothing in human culture can exceed what is mentioned in the Bible. Nothing can compete with the divine revelation in the Bible because the Bible is the writing of our God, who knows everything
33-圣经给我们看见包罗万有之基督一切的丰富。以赛亚告诉我们，我们的救主基督是王，按公义治理，按公平掌权。祂也是人，作为避风所、遮蔽处、河流、以及大磐石的影子。不仅如此，祂也是神圣行政里司法、立法、和行政的部门。祂是一切。除了这些项目之外，祂又是石头。祂也是我们的荣冠和华冕。祂是我们奇妙、包罗万有的基督。
33The Bible shows us all the riches of the all- inclusive Christ. Isaiah tells us that our Savior, Christ, is a King to reign according to righteousness and to rule according to justice. He is also a man as a refuge, a covering, streams of water, and a shadow. Furthermore, He is the judicial, legislative, and executive branches in His divine government. He is everything. In addition to these items, He is the stone. He is also our glory as a crown and our beauty as a diadem. He is our wonderful, all- inclusive Christ