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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第52篇

按著神新约经纶，在四个阶段里之

The All-Inclusive Christ In His Four Stages
1包罗万有的基督（三）
1According To God’s New Testament Economy (3
2读经：以赛亚书53:12a,10c;以弗所书4:8;Acts2:36;启示录17:14;以弗所书1:22b,10-11;使徒行传5:31;启示录1:5a;希伯
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3来书4:14;7:26;8:1-2;7:25;4:15-启示录1:13;2:1b;以弗所书4:11-12;1提摩太前书1:4b
3Scripture Reading: Isa. 53:12a, 10c; Eph. 4:8; Acts 2:36; Rev. 17:14; 19:16; Eph. 1:22b, 10-11; Acts 5:31; Rev. 1:5a; Heb. 4:14; 7:26; 8:1-2; 7:25; 4:15-16; Rev. 19:16; 1:13; 2:1b; Eph. 4:11-12; 1 Tim. 1:4b
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4在本篇信息中，我们来到以赛亚五十三章末了一节。我们在前面两篇信息中已经看见，以赛亚五十三章说到基督的四个阶段。在全宇宙中，基督是最奇妙的一位。基督是这样的一位，乃有四个阶段：成为肉体、钉死十架、复活和升天。整本圣经六十六卷书主要说到这四件事。宇宙中没有一件事像基督的成为肉体、钉死十架、复活与升天那么重要。在本篇信息中，我们要来看在升天阶段里的基督。
4In this message we come to the last verse of Isaiah 53. As we have seen in the previous two messages, Isaiah 53 covers the four stages of Christ. In the whole universe Christ is the most wonderful One. As such a One, Christ has four stages: incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. The entire Bible of sixty-six books speaks mainly concerning these four things. Nothing in the universe is as crucial as Christ’sin carnation, Christ’s crucifixion, Christ’s resurrection, and Christ’s ascension. In this message we will see Christ in the stage of His ascension
5歌罗西二章十五节说，当基督被挂在十字架上时，父将一切执政的和掌权的，那些邪恶的天使权势脱下。这节开了一扇窗户，给我们看见当基督被钉在十字架上时，神与撒但之间正进行著一场争战。在那时以前，撒但引诱了一班天使背叛神，跟随他成为他的部属。在以弗所二章二节，撒但被称为『空中掌权者的首领』，指明在他以下有空中执政的与掌权的，就是那些邪恶的天使。当基督被钉在十字架上时，良善的天使与邪恶的天使，甚至神与撒但，进行著一场争战。歌罗西二章十五节清楚指明这点，那里说，『既将执政的和掌权的脱下，神就把他们公然示众，仗著十字架在凯旋中向他们夸胜。』如果我们只读四福音，我们无法看见在基督钉十字架的时候，神和撒但进行著一场争战。只有歌罗西二章十五节给我们看见这样一个景象。
5Colossians 2:15 says that while Christ was hanging on the cross, the Father stripped off the rulers and authorities, the evil angelic powers. This verse opens a window to show us that while Christ was being crucified on the cross, a war was raging between God and Satan. Before that time Satan had induced a group of angels to rebel against God and to follow him and become his subordinates. In Ephesians 2:2 Satan is called “the ruler of the authority of the air,” indicating that under him are the rulers and authorities in the air, which are the evil angels. When Christ was crucified on the cross, there was a war between the good angels and the evil angels, and even between God and Satan. This is clearly indicated by Colossians 2:15, which says, “Stripping off the rulers and the authorities, He made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” The ante cedent of the pronoun He in this verse is God in verse 12. If we read only the four Gospels, we will not be able to see that during Christ’s crucifixion a war was raging between God and Satan. Only Colossians 2:15 shows us such a scene.
6我们需要看见，在宇宙中，在看得见的景象后面，有一个看不见的景象。全宇宙中有两个景象；一个是看得见的，另一个是看不见的。当基督被钉十字架时，那里有一个看得见的景象。所有站在那里的人都看见了这个景象。士兵将基督放在十字架上，钉祂的手和脚。然后他们把十字架竖起。旁观者看见了这些事，但他们无法看见，也没有看见，在看得见的景象后面有一个看不见的景象：神和撒但正在争战。在这争战中，神将一切制造麻烦的执政的和掌权的脱下，把他们公开示众，仗著基督和十字架向他们夸胜。
6We need to realize that in the universe there is an invisible scene behind the visible scene. In the entire universe there are two scenes; one is visible, and the other is invisible. When Christ was crucified, there was a visible scene. All the people standing there saw that visible scene. The soldiers put Christ on the cross and nailed His hands and His feet. Then they erected the cross. The bystanders saw these things, but they could not see and they did not see that behind the visible scene there was an invisible scene: God and Satan were fighting there. In this fighting God stripped of fall the troublesome rulers and authorities, and He made a public show of them, triumphing over them in Christ and in the cross.
7这指明在全宇宙中只有四件事，对神并对我们这些祂所拣选的人是重要的。其他一切事都无关紧要。在新约各卷书中，我们能看见在基督的成为肉体、钉死十架、复活和升天的事上，有一个看不见的景象，在看得见的景象后面。这个景象甚至今天还在继续。
7This indicates that in the whole universe only four things are crucial to God and to us, His elect. All other things are insignificant. In the books of the New Testament we can see the invisible scene behind the visible scene concerning Christ’sin carnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. This scene is continuing even today
8在旧约的一些书里，就如但以理书，也给我们看见在那时候有一个看得见的景象，也有一个看不见的景象。在人看得见的景象里，是巴比伦来攻陷耶路撒冷。（但一1～2。）那次被掳持续七十年之久。在那些日子末了，玛代波斯帝国将巴比伦击败。这些事都是看得见的。但人无法看见在那景象后面有另一个看不见的景象。他们看不见在波斯背后有波斯魔君，在希腊背后有希腊魔君。当希腊在亚历山大大帝帅领之下与波斯争战时，两个魔君也在空中争战。（十13，20。）
8The Old Testament, in books such as Daniel, also shows that at that time there were both a visible scene and an invisible scene. In the scene that was visible to people, Babylon came to capture Jerusalem (Dan. 1:1-2). That captivity endured for seventy years. At the end of those years the Medo-Persian Empire defeated Babylon. All these things were visible. But people could not see that behind that scene there was another, invisible scene. They could not see that behind Persia was the prince of Persia, and behind Greece was the prince of Greece. When Greece under Alexander was fighting against Persia, the two princes also were fighting in the air (10:13, 20
9基督的四个阶段，每一次不只牵2:8-涉到人，也牵涉到天使。（路二～14，西二15，太二八2～7，徒一10～11。）这再次指明在基督的成为肉体、钉死十架、复活并升天的事上，有看得见的景象，也有看不见的景象。在这二者之中，看不见的景象是更重要的。
9In each of the four steps of Christ, not only men but also angels were involved (Luke 1 4; Col. 2:1 5; Matt. 2 8:2-7; Acts 1:1 0-1 1). 8 This indicates again that concerning Christ’sin carnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension there is both the visible scene and the invisible scene. However, of these two, the invisible scene is more important.
肆 、在祂升天的阶段里
IV. In The Stage Of His Ascension
一 、掳掠那些因罪和死而被撒但掳掠的人，在祂的升天里凯旋的带著他们
A. Leading Captive Those Who Were Captured by Satan because of Sin and Death, and Taking Them with Him Triumphantly in His Ascension
10以赛亚五十三章十二节上半说，『所以我〔耶和华神〕要使祂〔升天的基督〕与位大的同分，与强盛的均分掳物。』这节里『掳物』一辞，是非常重要的。这指明了一场争战。没有争战就不可能有掳物。掳物表征掠物，掠物指明在战争中所获取的俘虏。『掳物』一辞指明打了一场仗，有人赢了那场战争，赢方就得到掠物、俘虏、掳物。这一个辞向我们开了一扇阔大的窗户，使我们能看见这个看不见的景象，就是争战。基督赢得了这场争战，就与位大的和强盛的均分掳物。这里，位大的和强盛的是指神。神是那位大的，也是那强盛的。神是那位大的，祂从基督的升天得到尊荣；神是那强盛的，祂赢得了胜利。所以基督与那强盛位大的，二者均分掳物。
10Isaiah 53:12a says, “Therefore I [Jehovah God] will divide to Him [the ascended Christ] a portion with the Great, / And He will divide the spoil with the Strong.” The word spoil in this verse is very significant. It indicates that there was a war. Without a war there could be no spoil. Spoil signifies prey, and prey denotes captives taken in a war. The word spoil indicates that a war was fought and someone won that war, and the winner got the prey, the captives, the spoil. This one word opens a wide window to us, enabling us to see the invisible scene of a war. Christ, the One who won that war, divided the spoil with the Great and the Strong. Here, the Great and the Strong refer to God. God is the Great, and God is also the Strong. As the Great, He received the honor from Christ’s ascension, and as the Strong, He gained the victory. So the two, Christ and the strong and great One, shared the spoil with each other
11这指明在基督的升天里，有一个基督胜利的陈列，分享基督得胜所取得的俘虏、掳物、掠物。以赛亚五十三章十二节上半，仅仅半节，是以赛亚五十三章里惟一说到基督升天的地方。但这半节，连同藉著分享掳物而表明基督的得胜这事，给我们开了一扇阔大的窗户。父神是那位大的，也是那强盛的；子神乃是争战者。祂在十字架上和复活里打了这场仗。祂赢得胜利，藉此掳掠了撒但所有的俘虏。所有的人，从亚当开始，包括了我们，都是撒但所掳的;我们都成了撒但的俘虏。然而，按照以弗所四章八节，当基督升到诸天之上时，祂『掳掠了那些被掳的，将恩赐赐给人。』这节引自诗篇六十八篇十八节。那些被掳掠的，是指那些曾被撒但掳去的。这节指明当基督升到诸天之上时，祂帅领了一列的俘虏。这些俘虏包括所有得救的罪人。在那时以前，我们在撒但手下是俘虏。撒但掳掠了我们，并因著罪和死，使我们成为祂的俘虏。我们在罪和死之下，受撒但的奴役。然后基督藉著祂的死与复活，将撒但击败，就将撒但手下所有的俘虏掳掠过来，使他们成为祂的俘虏。我们先是撒但的俘虏，如今成了基督的俘虏。然后，在祂的升天里，基督在凯旋的行列中帅领著我们，『一列被征服的仇敌』（扩大本新约圣经），到诸天之上去。
11This indicates that in Christ’s ascension there was a demonstration of Christ’s victory by the sharing of the captives, the spoil, the prey, taken in Christ’s victory. Isaiah 53:12a, just one half of a verse, is the only portion in Isaiah 53 that speaks concerning Christ’s ascension. But this half verse, with the demonstration of Christ’s victory by the sharing of the prey, opens a wide window to us. God the Father was the Great and also the Strong, and God the Son was the Fighter. He fought the battle on the cross and in His resurrection. He won the battle, and by winning that battle He captured all Satan’s captives. All men, beginning from Adam and including us, were captured by Satan. We became Satan’s captives. However, according to Ephesians 4:8, when Christ ascended to the heavens, “He led captive those taken captive and gave gifts to men.” This verse is a quotation from Psalm 68:18. Those taken captive refers to those who had been captured by Satan. This verse indicates that when Christ ascended to the heavens, He led a train, a procession, of captives. These captives included all the saved sinners. Before that time, we were captives under Satan’s hand. Satan captured us and made us his captives because of sin and death. We were in slavery to Satan under sin and death. Then Christ through His death and resurrection defeated Satan, and He captured all the captives under Satan’s hand and made them His captives. First we were captives of Satan, but now we have become captives of Christ. Then, in His ascension Christ led us in a triumphal procession, “a train of vanquished foes” (The Amplified New Testament), to the heavens.
12我们也许没有看见，我们已经在诸天之上。以弗所四章告诉我们，当基督升到诸天之上时，祂帅领著一列俘虏，（他们原是撒但的俘虏，）也把这些俘虏带到诸天之上，将他们呈献给父神。这些俘虏包括你和我。我们在那些基督所征服的人当中，撒但也是被祂征服的。许多人从没有听过这样的福音。因此，我们需要按照以弗所四章八节向他们传更高的福音，告诉他们基督藉著死与复活，征服并掳掠了他们；又在祂的升天里，将他们带到诸天之上。基督这位凯旋的得胜者，帅领著一列凯旋的队伍，来庆祝祂的得胜；祂又将这些俘虏带到诸天之上，将他们献给父，说，『父阿，这些乃是掠物，掳物，是我藉著争战所赢得的。现在，父阿，我将他们全献给你作为礼物。你差遣我，我就去了。如今我回到你这里，从十字架和阴间带来一分礼物。我掳掠了这些人，如今我将他们呈献给你作礼物。』父从子接受这分礼物。然后父就将这些俘虏都给了子，作从父所给的礼物。这是基督升天里那看不见的景象。
12Perhaps we do not realize that we have already been in the heavens. Ephesians 4 tells us that when Christ ascended to the heavens, He led a procession of captives, who were originally the captives of Satan, and He brought all these captives to the heavens to present them to the Father. These captives included you and me. We were among those vanquished by Christ. Satan also was vanquished by Him. Many people have never heard such a gospel. Thus, we need to preach the higher gospel to them according to Ephesians 4:8, telling them that Christ vanquished and captured them through His death and resurrection and took them to the heavens in His ascension. As a triumphant Victor, Christ led a triumphant procession to celebrate His victory, and He brought these captives to the heavens to offer them to the Father, saying, “Father, these are the prey, the spoil, gained by Me through My fighting. Now, Father, I present them all to You as My presents. You sent Me, and I went. Now I have come back to You with a present, a gift, from the cross and from Hades. I captured these, and now I present them all together to You as a present.” The Father accepted this gift from the Son. Then the Father gave all these captives back to the Son as a gift from the Father. This is the invisible scene in Christ’s ascension
13１.使他们在祂复活的生命里成为恩赐
131. Making Them Gifts in His Resurrection Life
14子从父接受了所有的俘虏作礼物之后，就在祂复活的生命里变化这些俘虏，使他们每一个都成为恩赐。（弗四8下。）保罗被作成了这样的恩赐，我们也被作成了这样的恩赐;然后基督就将这些恩赐给了召会。因此，以弗所四章十一节说，『祂所赐的，有些是使徒，有些是申言者，有些是传福音者，有些是牧人和教师。』我们都是基督所赐给召会的恩赐。召会有许多恩赐。地方召会中的每一个肢体都是神给召会的恩赐。
14After receiving all the captives as a gift from the Father, the Son transformed all these captives in His resurrection life, making everyone of them a gift (Eph. 4:8b). Paul was made such a gift, and we also were made such gifts. Then Christ gave these gifts to the church. Thus, Ephesians 4:1 1 says that “He Himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as shepherds and teachers.” We are all gifts given by Christ to the church. The church has many gifts. Every member in a local church is a gift to the church.
15得救以前的扫罗，乃是撒但的俘虏。但蒙主拯救以后的保罗，就成了一个恩赐。我们也曾是撒但的俘虏。然后基督击败了撒但，掳掠了我们，把我们带到父面前；父又将我们赐给子。子用祂复活的生命来变化我们，就使我们成为恩赐。你没有被变化么？我们都必须承认，我们今天与得救以前不一样了。如今，我们不再是撒但的俘虏，乃是召会的恩赐了。
15Before he was saved, Saul was a captive of Satan. But after being saved by the Lord, Paul became a gift. We too were once Satan’s captives. Then Christ defeated Satan and captured us and brought us to the Father; and the Father gave us to the Son. The Son made us a gift by transforming us with His resurrection life. Have you not been transformed? We all must confess that we are different today from what we were before we were saved. Now, instead of being captives of Satan, we all are gifts to the church
２ .为著祂的身体
2. For His Body
16以弗所四章十二节告诉我们，藉著成全众圣徒作恩赐，基督的身体就得著建造。这建造乃是新约职事独一的工作。我的负担不是要使你们成为阶级制度中的平信徒，而抹煞了你们的功用；我乃是要发展并成全你们作恩赐，以建造基督的身体。
16Ephesians 4:12 tells us that it is by the perfecting of the saints as gifts that the Body of Christ is built up. This building up is the unique work of the New Testament ministry. My burden is not to annul you by making you a layman in a system of clergy and laity, but to develop and perfect you as a gift to build up the Body of Christ
17我们需要学习来看那看得见之景象后面看不见的事物。在看得见的景象后面有另一个景象，是我们的肉眼看不见的。但那些有属灵眼睛的人，就能看见那看得见景象背后之看不见的景象。以赛亚五十三章十二节上半给我们看见，在看得见之景象后面那看不见的景象里，发生了一些看不见的事情。藉著这节所打开的窗户，我们能看见基督在十字架受死时，乃是争战中的战士。当祂在那里受死时，祂正在争战。按照歌罗西二章十五节，当基督在十字架上争战时，父加入了那场争战，邪恶的天使来阻挠父。父将他们脱下，把他们公然示众以羞辱他们，因而向他们夸胜。那是在基督钉死时所打的仗。然后，彼前三章十八至二十节告诉我们，基督在十字架上死了以后，就到阴间去向邪恶的天使宣扬，神藉著基督在十字架上的死，已经胜过撒但和他黑暗的权势。这也是那看不见之景象的一部分。
17We need to learn to see the invisible things behind the visible scene. Behind the visible scene there is another scene that is invisible to our physical eyes. But those who have spiritual eyes can see the invisible scene behind the visible. Isaiah 53:12a shows us the invisible things that took place in the invisible scene behind the visible one. Through the window opened up in this verse we can see that in His death on the cross Christ was a Warrior who was fighting a war. When He was dying there, He was fighting. According to Colossians 2:15, while Christ was fighting on the cross, the Father joined the war, and the evil angels came to frustrate the Father. The Father stripped them off and made them a public display to shame them, thus triumphing over them. That was the war fought during Christ’s crucifixion. Then, 1 Peter 3:18-20 tells us that after He died on the cross, Christ went to Hades to proclaim to the evil angels God’s victory over Satan and his power of darkness through Christ’s death on the cross. That too was part of the invisible scene
18争战之后，子基督复活了；在祂的复活中，祂赢取了得胜。祂掳掠了撒但所有的俘虏，在凯旋的行列中帅领著他们；又把他们带到诸天之上，将他们呈献给父作礼物。然后父把他们还给祂；祂接受了这些人，就将他们每一个作成恩赐。按照以赛亚五十三章十二节上半，在诸天之上有基督胜利的陈列。在那陈列中，子与父分享著掠物。父承认子的胜利，将一分掳物分给祂。基督在那里，与父这位大的和强盛的，分享一分掳物，俘虏。这是子与父享受基督胜利的陈列。
18After the war, Christ the Son resurrected, and in His resurrection He gained the victory. He captured all the captives of Satan and led them in a triumphal procession, and He brought them to the heavens and presented them as a gift to the Father. Then the Father returned them as a gift to Him, and He accepted them and made every one of them a gift. According to Isaiah 53:12a, in the heavens there was a demonstration of Christ’s victory. In that demonstration the Son and the Father shared the prey. The Father acknowledged the Son’s victory and divided to Him a portion of the spoil. There Christ enjoyed a portion of the spoil, the captives, with the Father as the Great and the Strong. This was a demonstration of the Son and the Father in the enjoyment of Christ’s victory
19父和子都没有得著这样陈列的最终利益。至终，基督的身体召会，赢得了所有的恩赐，所有的掳物。分给父和分给子的分，都给了召会作为恩赐。这样的好消息该叫我们欢乐。阿利路亚，我们得救脱离了撒但的手，被带到诸天之上；子将我们给了父作礼物。父喜悦接受这样的礼物，又把我们还给子，子就用祂复活的生命变化我们，藉此使我们成为恩赐。然后，祂就将我们作为恩赐，赐给我们所在地的召会，好作新约职事的工作，就是建造基督的身体。
19Neither the Father nor the Son received the ultimate benefit from such a demonstration. Eventually, the Body of Christ, the church, gained all the gifts, all the spoil. Both the portion divided to the Father and the portion divided to the Son were given to the church as gifts. Such good news as this should cause us to rejoice. Hallelujah, we were saved out of the hand of Satan and brought to the heavens, and we were given by the Son to the Father as a gift. The Father was pleased to receive such a gift, and He returned us to the Son, and the Son made us a gift through transformation with His resurrection life. Then He gave us as gifts to the church in our locality to do the work of the New Testament ministry, that is, to build up the Body of Christ
20我们虽然在这地上，却能看见诸天之上的景象。我们如今所看的，乃是地上之人绝对看不见的。当他们在看得见的景象里享受著世界的娱乐时，我们正在看不见的景象里享受著属天的事物。
20Although we are here on earth, we can see the scenery in the heavens. We are now seeing things that are absolutely invisible to the earthly people. While they are enjoying the worldly entertainments in their visible scenery, we are enjoying the heavenly things in our invisible scenery
二 、被立为主为基督
B. Being Made Both Lord and Christ
21在祂的升天里，基督被立为主（万主之主）为基督。（徒二36，启十七14上，十九16下。）
21In His ascension Christ was made both Lord (Lord of lords) and Christ (Acts 2:3 6; Rev. 17:14a; 19:16b).
１ .立为主，好管理并得著
1. Lord to Lord over and Possess
一切的人与事
All Men and All Things
22基督被立为主（万主之主），好管理并得著一切的人与事。每一个国家里所有的人都属于基督，都是祂的产业，并在基督为主的权柄下。基督是主，好管理他们，占有他们。
22Christ was made the Lord (Lord of lords) to lord over and possess all men and all things. All men in every nation belong to Christ as His possession and are under the lordship of Christ. Christ is Lord over them and possesses them.
２ .立为基督，好执行神的计画，完成神的旨意
2. Christ to Execute God’s Plan and to Accomplish God’s Will
23在祂的升天里，基督也被立为基督，好执行神的计画，完成神的旨意。基督乃是神所膏的一位，好执行神的计画，完成神的旨意。
23In His ascension, Christ was also made Christ to execute God’s plan and to accomplish God’s will. Christ is the anointed One of God to execute God’s plan and to accomplish God’s will
24三、向著召会作万有的头
24C. Given to Be Head over All Things to the Church
25升天的基督也被赐下，向著召会作万有的头。（弗一22下。）
25The ascended Christ has been given to be Head over all things to the church (Eph. 1:22b
１ .在时期满足时，将万有归一于一个元首之下
1. To Head Up All Things at the Fullness of the Times
26基督是万有的头，祂要在时期满足时，将万有归一于一个元首之下。（弗一10。）当时期满足的时候来到，基督就要将万有，包括诸天之上和地上的事物，归一于一个元首之下。今天在这地上百万计的人中间，都没有元首。但是当时期满足的时候来到，基督就要使所有人都归一于一个元首之下。
26As the Head over all things, Christ will head up all things at the fullness of the times (Eph. 1:10). When the fullness of the times comes, Christ will head up all things, including the things in the heavens and the things on the earth. Today among the millions of people on this earth there is no head. But when the fullness of the times comes, Christ will head up all the people
27２.使召会照著神旨意所决议的，成为神的基业
272. For the Church to Be the Inheritance of God
according to the Counsel of God’s Will
28基督将万有归一于一个元首之下，乃是要使召会照著神旨意所决议的，成为神的基业。（弗一11。）按照以弗所一章七节，我们蒙救赎进到基督里面，不仅是进入一个人位里，乃是进入一个范围里，一个元素里。我们得蒙救赎，是进入这范围和元素里。按照一章十一节，我们以基督作为元素，就被作成了宝贵的，成了神的奇珍。这宝贵的奇珍就是召会作神的基业，这与基督将万有归一于一个元首之下有密切的关系。为要将万有归一于一个元首之下，基督必须先把我们作成奇珍，就是神的基业。根据这点，接著基督就要将万有归一于一个元首之下，使万有在祂这元首之下有良好的次序。
28Christ’she ad ing up of all things is for the church to be the inheritance of God according to the counsel of God’s will (Eph. 1:11). According to Ephesians 1:7 we were redeemed into Christ not only as a person but also as a sphere and as an element. We were redeemed into this sphere and into this element . According to 1:11, with Christ as the element we were made something precious, a treasure to God. This precious treasure is the church as God’s inheritance. This has a great deal to do with Christ’she ad ing up of all things. In order to head up all things, first Christ has to make us a treasure, the inheritance of God. Based on this, Christ will go on to head up all things in good order under Himself as the Head
四 、作元首，作救主
D. Being Made Leader and Savior
29在祂的升天里，基督被立为元首（地上君王之元首，万王之王），为救主。（徒五31，启一5上，十七14上，十九16上。）
29In His ascension Christ was made Leader (the Ruler of the kings of the earth, King of kings) and Savior (Acts 5:31; Rev. 1:5a; 17:14a; 19:16a).
１ .作元首（地上君王之元首，万王之王），管理不信者
1. Leader to Rule over the Unbelievers
30基督被立为元首（地上君王之元首，万王之王），要管理不信者。今天所有的不信者，不管如何不守法，仍是在基督的管理之下。
30Christ was made Leader (the Ruler of the kings of the earth, King of kings) to rule over the unbelievers. All the unbelievers today, regardless of how unruly they are, are under Christ’s ruling
２ .作救主，拯救信徒
2. Savior to Save the Believers
31基督被立为救主，要拯救信徒。祂同时是元首又是救主;基督对不信者是元首，对我们信徒乃是救主。
31Christ was made Savior to save the believers. He is both the Leader (the Ruler) and the Savior. Christ is the Leader (the Ruler) to the unbelievers and the Savior to us, the believers
五 、命定作尊大的大祭司
E. Ordained to Be the Great High Priest
32在祂的升天里，基督被命定作尊大的大祭司。（来四14，七26。）
32In His ascension Christ was ordained to be the great High Priest (Heb. 4:14; 7:26
33１.将属天的事和属天基督一切的丰富，供应给信徒
331. To Minister to the Believers the Heavenly Things with All the Riches of the Heavenly Christ
34基督被命定作这样一位大祭司，好将属天的事和属天基督一切的丰富，供应给信徒。（来八1～2。）今天我们所享受的基督不是属地的基督，乃是属天的基督。如果基督不在诸天之上，祂就不会如此丰富，如此高超。今天，我们所享受的这位基督乃是在诸天之上作祭司，将祂自己连同诸天之上的事物，供应给我们。
34Christ was ordained to be such a High Priest to minister to the believers the heavenly things with all the riches of the heavenly Christ (Heb. 8:1-2). Today the Christ whom we enjoy is not an earthly Christ but a heavenly Christ. If Christ were not in the heavens, He would not be so rich or so high. Today, the very Christ whom we enjoy is in the heavens as a Priest, ministering Himself to us with the things of the heavens
35许多基督徒有一种领会，以为基督的职事只包括祂的成为肉体，就是祂来成为人，祂为我们的罪死在十字架上，以及祂复活使我们与祂一同复活。我不说这是错的，但这只是基督职事的一小部分。今天，基督在诸天之上还继续在尽职事;这是祂属天的职事。在执行这样的职事时，祂乃是在天上作主，作基督、元首和大祭司。祂是这样的一位，今天在天上是很忙碌的。首先，祂在建造祂宇宙的身体。在旧造里，基督是全能者，祂只要说一句话，就使事物存在。（创一3，诗三三。）但在新造里，祂必须作很多工作，以建造祂的身体。并且就著世界，就著但以理二章的大人像，基督也必须作很多工作。以最近世界的事件来看，似乎联合国正对某些国家施行控制；但实际上，是基督在控制所有的国家。基督正管理整个世界局势。虽然共产主义是非常强大的制度，但牠只能在苏俄存留七十年。为此我们必须将荣耀、赞美归与祂这位全地的元首。基督非常忙碌，祂正豫备著局势、环境和时间，好使祂带著神永远的国回来。祂在豫备著一切，好使祂回来将大人像压毁，准确的压在十个脚指头上，就是击败敌基督、十王、以及他们的军队。（但二34～35，启十七12～14，十九11～16，19～21。）已过四十五年来，所有的国家都忙于军备竞赛。今天，基督和敌基督也在豫备。有一天将要有一个终结的战争，就是在哈米吉顿的战争。（启十六16。）在那次战争中，基督要帅领神的军队，而敌基督要帅领撒但的军队;两支军队将在那里争战。基督正在豫备祂的军队。那支军队需要我们作得胜者，就是基督所要迎娶作祂新妇的;基督的新妇要成为祂的军队。（十九7～8，11，14。）今天基督正在诸天之上作很多工作，好为著那日豫备。
35Many Christians hold the understanding that the ministry of Christ includes only His incarnation, that is, His becoming a man, His death on the cross for our sins, and His resurrection that we may be resurrected with Him. I would not say that this is wrong, but this is only a small part of Christ’s ministry. Today, Christ continues His ministry in the heavens. This is His heavenly ministry. In executing such a ministry, He is the Lord in the heavens, the Christ, the Head, and the great High Priest. As such a One He is busy today in the heavens. First, He is building up His universal Body. In the old creation Christ as the almighty One simply spoke a word, and things came into being (Gen. 1:3; Ps a. 3 3:9). But in the new9 creation, He must do a lot of work in order to build up His Body. Then, concerning the world, concerning the great image in Daniel 2, Christ must do a lot of work. In recent world events, it seems that the United Nations is exercising its control over certain nations, but actually, Christ is co nt rolling all the nations. Christ is administrating the entire world situation. Although Communism is a formidable system, it could remain in Russia for only seventy years. For this we must give the glory, the praise, to the Ruler of the entire earth. Christ is busy; He is preparing the situation, the environment, and the time so that He can come back with the eternal kingdom of God. He is getting everything ready so that He can return to smash that great image precisely on the ten toes, to defeat Antichrist, the ten kings, and their armies (Dan. 2:34-35; Rev. 17:12-14; 19:11-16, 19-21). For the past forty-five years all the nations have been busy competing in the realm of military might. Today, Christ and the Antichrist also are preparing. One day there will be an ultimate war, which will be at Armageddon (1 6:1 6). In that war Christ will lead God’s army, and Antichrist will lead Satan’s army. Two armies will fight there. Christ is preparing His army. That army needs us to be overcomers, whom Christ will marry as His bride. Christ’s bride will be His army (19:7-8, 11, 14). Today Christ is doing a lot of work in the heavens to prepare for that day.
２ .为信徒代求，拯救他们到底
2. To Save the Believers to the Uttermost by Interceding for Them
36基督被命定作尊大的大祭司，要为信徒代求，拯救他们到底。（来七25。）基督正在诸天之上为召会代求。祂不仅为一般的信徒代求，更是个别的为每一个信徒代求。我们需要相信并有把握，基督正在按名为我们每一个代求。这代求的工作不是祂属地的职事，乃是祂属天的职事，是基督作大祭司的职事。
36Christ has been ordained to be the great High Priest to save the believers to the uttermost by interceding for them (Heb. 7:25). Christ is in the heavens interceding for the church. He is interceding not only for the believers in general but also for every believer individually. We need to believe and be assured that Christ is interceding for each of us by name. This interceding work is not His earthly ministry but His heavenly ministry, a ministry by Christ as the High Priest
37３.同情照顾信徒，将他们引到施恩的宝座前
373. To Take Care of the Believers with Sympathy
by Ushering Them to the Throne of Grace
38基督被命定作尊大的大祭司，以同情照顾信徒，将他们引到施恩的宝座前，使他们受怜悯，得恩典，作应时的帮助。（来四15～16。）我们进入至圣所，摸著施恩的宝座时，可能没有看见是基督把我们引到那里。祂把我们带进至圣所，又把我们放在施恩座，使我们受怜悯，得恩典，作应时的帮助。基督执行这样的职事时，不是一般的，乃是非常细致、详尽的。
38Christ was ordained to be the great High Priest to take care of the believers with sympathy by ushering them to the throne of grace that they may receive mercy and find grace for timely help (Heb. 4:15-16). When we enter into the Holy of Holies to touch the throne of grace, we may not realize that it was Christ who ushered us there. He brings us into the Holy of Holies and places us at the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely need. Such a ministry is carried out by Christ not in a general way but in a very fine and detailed way.
４ .行走在众召会这些灯台中间，整理众召会
4. To Walk among the Churches as the Lampstands and to Dress Them
39基督作尊大的大祭司，行走在众召会这些灯台中间，整理众召会。（启一13，二1下。）基督在其中行走的灯台，不是在地上的，乃是在诸天之上的。今天所有的召会都在诸天之上。基督在诸天之上并在祂属天的职事里，正在照顾众召会并整理众召会这些灯台，就是修剪烧焦的灯芯（对付老旧并烧焦的天然生命），并加入更多的油（供应圣灵），使灯台照耀更明亮。这是基督今天在祂属天职事里的工作。
39As the great High Priest, Christ walks among the churches as the lampstands and dresses them (Rev. 1:13; 2:1b). The lampstands among which Christ is walking are not on the earth but in the heavens. All the churches today are in the heavens. In the heavens and in His heavenly ministry Christ is caring for all the churches and dressing them as the lampstands by trimming off the charred wicks (dealing with the old and charred natural life) and adding more oil (supplying the Holy Spirit) to make them shine brighter. This is Christ’s work in His heavenly ministry today
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40F. Sharing the Prey of His Victory by His Death and
六.与位大的、强盛的神均分藉祂死与复活所得的胜利掳物
Resurrection with God, the Great and the Strong
41我们在前面已经看过，在祂的升天里，基督与位大的、强盛的神均分藉祂死与复活所得的胜利掳物。（赛五三12上。）然后基督就将祂得胜的掳物赐给召会作恩赐－有些是使徒，有些是申言者，有些是传福音者，有些是牧人和教师－为著建造基督的身体。（弗四8下，11～12。）
41As we have seen previously, in His ascension Christ shared the prey of His victory by His death and resurrection with God, the Great and the Strong (Isa. 53:12a). Then Christ gave the prey of His victory to the church as gifts—some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers—for the building up of the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:8b, 11-12
七 、终极完成于：
G. Consummating in
42基督的升天终极完成于以下三件主要的事：
42The ascension of Christ consummates in the following three main things
１ .在诸天之上基督的属天职事
1. The Heavenly Ministry of Christ in the Heavens
43首先，基督的升天终极完成于诸天之上基督的属天职事。在这样一个职事里，基督作神的受膏者，完成神永远的经纶，为著传播福音，兴起召会作神的国，并建造基督的身体。
43First, Christ’s ascension consummates in the heavenly ministry of Christ in the heavens. In such a ministry, Christ ministers as the anointed One of God to carry out God’s eternal economy for the propagating of the gospel, the raising up of the church as the kingdom of God, and the building up of the Body of Christ
２ .将祂凯旋胜利所得的掳物，当作恩赐分配给祂的身体
2. The Distributing of the Prey from His Triumphant Victory as Gifts to His Body
44第二，基督的升天终极完成于将祂凯旋胜利所得的掳物，当作恩赐分配给祂的身体。这是为要照著神的心意和计画，完成耶和华所喜悦的事，这些事必在祂手中亨通。（赛五三10下。）耶和华所喜悦的事就是建造基督的身体。惟一使神喜悦的，乃是基督身体的建造。成就神所喜悦的，就是来完成神新约的经纶。（提前一4下。）
44Second, Christ’s ascension consummates in the distributing of the prey from His triumphant victory as gifts to His Body. This is for the accomplishing of the pleasure of Jehovah, which will prosper in His hand according to God’s desire and plan (Isa. 53:10c). The pleasure of Jehovah is the building up of the Body of Christ. God is pleased only with the building up of the Body of Christ. The accomplishing of God’s pleasure is for the fulfillment of God’s New Testament economy (1 Tim. 1:4b).
３ .完成神为著祂新造的工作
3. The Accomplishment of the Work of God for His New Creation
45第三，基督的升天终极完成于完成神为著祂新造的工作。神正在祂的旧造中间，并出于这旧造，产生祂的新造。旧造好比一只鸡蛋，新造好比一只小鸡。就如鸡从蛋而出，照样，新造要从旧造中出来。
45Third, Christ’s ascension consummates in the accomplishment of the work of God for His new creation. God is producing His new creation among His old creation and out of His old creation. The old creation is like an egg, and the new creation is like a little hen. Just as a hen comes out of an egg, the new creation comes out of the old creation
ａ.在祂旧造的四个时代里，并藉著旧造的四个时代
a. In and through the Four Ages of His Old Creation
46神为著祂新造的工作，是在祂旧造的四个时代里，并藉著旧造的四个时代。神旧造的四个时代乃是：（一）法前时代，从亚当到摩西；（罗五13～14；）（二）律法时代，从摩西到基督第一次来；（约一17；）（三）恩典时代，从基督第一次来到祂第二次来；
46The work of God for His new creation is carried out in and through the four ages of His old creation. The four ages of God’sold creation are (1) the age before the law, from Adam to Moses (Rom. 5:1 3-1 4); (2) the age of the law, from Moses to the first coming of Christ (John 1:17); (3) the age of grace, from Christ’s first coming to His second coming; and (4) the age of the kingdom,
47（四） 国度时代，从基督第二次来到千年国。基督正藉著这四个
47from Christ’s second coming to the end of the thousand-year kingdom. By these four ages God
48时代，创造出新造。新造全然是在基督里，藉著基督，经过基督，并用基督所创造的。这主要是在基督属天的职事里执行出来。基督的死与复活，属于祂地上的职事，只了结旧造并使新造有新生的起头。构成新造的工作，乃在诸天之上基督属天的职事里继续进行的。
48is creating the new creation. The new creation is created altogether in Christ, by Christ, through Christ, and with Christ. This is carried out mainly in Christ’she aven ly ministry. Christ’s death and resurrection, which belong to His earthly ministry, only terminated the old creation and germinated the new creation. The continuing work of constituting the new creation is being done in the heavens in Christ’she aven ly ministry
49ｂ.完成新耶路撒冷的构成神为著祂新造的工作，乃是要完成新耶路撒冷的构成，就是经过过程之三一神与祂变化过之三部分圣徒的调和，作神的彰显，并作圣徒的福分，直到永远。在圣经六十六卷书末了，揭示了一座城，就是新耶路撒冷。新耶路撒冷乃是基督之职事的终极完成；这职事包括祂属地的职事和属天的职事。并且，这职事最大的部分不是祂属地的职事，乃是祂属天的职事。基督的职事，包括祂属地和属天的部分，乃要终极完成于一座城，这城就是经过过程的三一神与祂变化过之三部分圣徒的调和，作神的彰显，并作圣徒的福分，直到永远。在永世里，神要得著彰显；在永世里，我们要享受福分，就是新耶路撒冷作基督在四个阶段（成为肉体、钉十字架、复活与升天）里之职事的终极完成。
49b. To Complete the Constitution of the New Jerusalem The work of God for His new creation is to complete the constitution of the New Jerusalem as the mingling of the processed Triune God with His transformed tripartite saints to be God’sex press i on and the saints’ blessing for eternity. At the end of the sixty-six books of the Bible, a city is unveiled, that is, the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem is the consummation of Christ’s ministry, including His earthly ministry and His heavenly ministry. Again, the greatest part of this ministry is not His earthly ministry but His heavenly ministry. The ministry of Christ, in both its earthly and heavenly parts, will consummate in a city, and this city is the mingling of the processed Triune God with His transformed tripartite saints to be God’sex press i on and the saints’ blessing for eternity. For eternity God will have an expression, and for eternity we will enjoy a blessing, that is, the New Jerusalem as the consummation of Christ’s ministry in the four stages—incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension