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出埃及记生命读经 · 第32篇

吗哪的经历

The Experience of Manna
1读经：出埃及记16:1-30，民数记。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 16:1-30; Num. 11:1-10, 18-23, 31-34 11:1-10, 18-23, 31-34
2出埃及记这卷书不是根据道理，而是根据经历写的。以色列人过了红海之后，主领他们来到玛拉。百姓在那里发怨言，因为水是苦的。主没有因著百姓发怨言而向他们动怒，反而指示摩西一棵医治的树，将苦水变甜。三天以前，神的百姓刚在红海边经历了祂的救恩。法老的军兵被灭绝，百姓欢乐赞美主。但到了玛拉，百姓似乎忘了他们在红海边的经历。然而，主晓得祂的百姓是孩子，而且这是他们第一次发怨言，就没有惩罚他们。反之，祂将苦水变为甜水。主带领百姓从玛拉到以琳，那里有十二股水泉涌流和七十棵棕树生长著。神的百姓在以琳的经历定规是非常令人兴奋。每当我们在属灵的经历中来到以琳，我们也是非常兴奋。以色列人在以琳的美妙经历之后，『以色列全会众从以琳起行……到了以琳和西乃中间，汛的旷野。』（十六1。）我们将看见，他们在以琳经历了涌流和生长的生命之后，就被领到一个不同的处境，对他们来说是一个相当艰难的处境。照著神的命定，有白天，也有晚上。一方面，过了白天有晚上。另一方面，过了晚上又有新的一天。在我们对主的经历中，我们需要白天，也需要晚上。我们需要红海的经历，我们也需要在玛拉的苦难。我们需要在以琳兴奋的经历，我们也需要在汛的旷野的经历。
2The book of Exodus was not written according to doctrine, but according to experience. After the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, the Lord led them to Marah. There the people murmured because the waters were bitter. Instead of being angry with the people for their murmuring, the Lord showed Moses a healing tree that changed the bitterness into sweetness. Just three days earlier, God’sp eople had experienced His salvation at the Red Sea. Pharaoh’s army had been destroyed, and the people had been rejoicing with praises to the Lord. However, at Marah it seems that the people forgot their experience at the Red Sea. Nevertheless, realizing that His people were children and that this was the first instance of their murmuring, the Lord did not punish them. Instead, He changed the bitter waters into sweet waters. From Marah, the people were led by the Lord to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water flowing and seventy palm trees growing. The experience of God’sp eople at Elim must have been very exciting. Whenever we come to an Elim in our spiritual experience, we also are very excited. After their wonderful experience at Elim, the children of Israel “took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai” (16:1). As we shall see, after experiencing the flowing and growing life at Elim, they were led into a different situation, one which was rather difficult for them. According to God’so rd i nation, there is day, and there is also night. On the one hand, after day there is night. On the other hand, after night there is a new day. In our experience with the Lord we need both the day and the night. We need the experience at the Red Sea, and we also need the bitterness at Marah. We need the exciting experience at Elim, and we also need the experience in the wilderness of Sin
3神的百姓『在出埃及后第二个月十五日』（十六1）来到汛的旷野，大约是在埃及逾越节一个月以后。逾越节以及在红海和以琳的经历都是美妙的。但在这一切美妙的经历之后，百姓被云柱领到旷野里。
3God’s people came to the wilderness of Sin “on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt” (16:1), approximately a month after the Passover in Egypt. The Passover and the experiences at the Red Sea and at Elim all were wonderful. But after all these wonderful experiences, the people were led by the pillar of cloud into the wilderness.
一 在以琳的经历之后，以色列人的肉体仍然存在
I. THE FLESH OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
（一） 向摩西亚伦发怨言
STILL REMAINING AFTER THE EXPERIENCE AT ELIM
A. Murmuring against Moses and Aaron
4出埃及记十六章二节说：『以色列全会众在旷野向摩西、亚伦发怨言。』在这里我们看见三班人：发怨言的人，怨言所指向的人，和听见怨言的主。根据第八节，摩西对百姓说：『你们向耶和华发的怨言，祂都听见了。我们算甚么？你们的怨言不是向我们发的，乃是向耶和华发的。』摩西因著百姓发怨言非常不高兴。他比主自己更生气。主吩咐摩西对百姓说，早晨他们要看见祂的荣耀。（7。）祂也应许要『将粮食从天降给』他们。（4。）虽然本篇信息的题目是『吗哪的经历』，实际上我的负担不在吗哪的本身。我的负担是要指出，在以琳的奇妙经历之后，以色列人的肉体仍然存在。在我们属灵的经历中也是这样。在以琳有了十二股涌流的水泉和七十棵生长的棕树令人兴奋的经历以后，我们仍然被肉体困扰。以琳的活水没有洗去肉体。这就是所谓的五旬节经历不能拯救我们脱离肉体的原因。信徒也许经历圣灵的浸或所谓的第二次祝福，但他们仍有肉体的难处。即使真正灵浸的经历顶多也不过是以琳的经历。就如十六章的记载指明，在以琳的经历没有解决肉体的难处。由此我们再一次看见，出埃及记这卷书不是根据道理写的，它乃是根据属灵的经历写的。照著道理上的领会，在以琳十二股涌流的水泉和七十棵生长的棕树的经历，应当使我们成为成熟的圣徒。但在以琳令人兴奋的经历决不能产生这种结果。在十六章以色列人发怨言就证实这事。他们已被救赎并蒙拯救脱离埃及，他们在玛拉经历过医治的水，并且在以琳享受了水泉和棕树。但在这一切的经历以后，他们仍然会表现出十六章中所见的行为。如果我们从道理的眼光来看这事，我们会发觉它难以领会。但我们若是从经历的观点来看这事，就要发现它不难明白了。照著我们属灵的经历，我们晓得在以琳的兴奋时期决不会使信徒成为成熟的圣徒。
4Exodus 16:2 says, “And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.” Here we see three parties: those who murmured, those against whom the murmuring was directed, and the Lord, who overheard the murmurings. According to verse 8, Moses said to the people, “Jehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah” (Heb.). Moses was very displeased with the people because of their murmurings. He was much more displeased than the Lord Himself was. The Lord charged Moses to tell the people that they would see His glory in the morning (v. 7). He also promised to “rain bread from heaven” for them (v. 4). Although this message is entitled “The Experience of Manna,” my burden actually is not on manna itself. My burden is to point out that after the marvelous experience at Elim, the flesh of the children of Israel still remained. The same is true with us in our spiritual experience. After having an exciting experience at Elim with the twelve flowing springs and the seventy growing palms, we still are troubled by the flesh. The living water at Elim does not wash away the flesh. This is the reason that the so-called Pentecostal experiences do not deliver us from the flesh. Believers may experience the baptism of the Spirit or the so-called second blessing, but they still have the problem with the flesh. Even the genuine experience of the baptism of the Spirit is nothing more than the experience at Elim. As the record in chapter sixteen indicates, the experience at Elim does not solve the problem with the flesh. By this we see, once again, that the book of Exodus is not written according to doctrine, but is written according to spiritual experience. According to doctrinal understanding, the experience of the twelve flowing springs and seventy growing palm trees at Elim should cause us to become mature saints. But the exciting experiences at Elim never have this result. The murmuring of the children of Israel in chapter sixteen proves this. They had been redeemed and delivered from Egypt, they had experienced the healing of the waters at Marah, and they had enjoyed the springs and the palms at Elim. But after all these experiences they could still exhibit the behavior shown in chapter sixteen. If we view this from the perspective of doctrine, we shall find it difficult to understand. But if we look at it from the viewpoint of our experience, we shall find chapter sixteen easy to understand. According to our spiritual experience, we realize that the exciting times at Elim never cause the believers to become mature saints.
5我们有了在以琳的经历以后，主要暴露我们天然人的肉体。这就是即使我们有了十二股水泉涌流和七十棵棕树生长的兴奋经历之后，我们发现我们还是照著肉体而生活的原因。十二股水泉解我们灵里的干渴，但它们没有使我们的肉体被置死地。事实上，我们愈经历涌流的水泉，我们的肉体就愈被暴露。倘若你想要隐藏你的肉体，你就必须避免在以琳对水泉和棕树的经历。肉体的暴露总是随著在以琳对十二股水泉的经历之后。许多年前，我读到一些书，论到圣灵的浸和所谓的第二次祝福的经历。这些书宣称，信徒只要一有了这样的经历，他所有的问题就都解决了。有些书籍甚至说，罪都连根除掉了。但我们实际的经历证实这些说法是假的。我们在以琳享受了活水以后，我们的肉体就被暴露。它无处可藏。在我们的经历中，从白天到夜晚的转变是避免不了的。我们无力延长白天，我们也无法不使夜晚来临。看透今天基督教的肤浅对我们来说是很重要的。许多基督徒谈论灵浸的经历。但即使那些真实灵浸的经历顶多也不过是以琳的经历。我们已经指出，这些经历可以解我们的干渴，但它们不能对付我们的肉体。反之，它们实际上使得肉体越发被暴露。这就是在以琳的经历之后，以色列人的肉体仍然存在并被暴露的原因。它一点也没有改变。
5After we have an experience at Elim, the Lord will expose the flesh of our natural being. This is the reason that even after we have the exciting experience of the twelve springs flowing and the seventy palm trees growing, we find that we are still living according to the flesh. The twelve springs quench the thirst in our spirit, but they do not cause our flesh to be put to death. In fact, the more we experience the flowing springs, the more our flesh will be exposed. If your intention is to conceal your flesh, you will have to avoid the experience of the springs and the palms at Elim. The experience of the twelve springs at Elim is always followed by an exposure of the flesh. Years ago, I read some books that talked about the experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and of the so-called second blessing. These books claimed that once a believer had such an experience, all his problems would be solved. Certain books went so far as to say that sin would even be eradicated. However, our actual experience proves that these claims are false. After we enjoy the living water at Elim, our flesh is exposed. It has no place to hide. In our experience, there is inevitably the turn from day to night. We are powerless to lengthen the day or to keep the night from coming. It is important for us to see through the superficiality of today’s Christianity. Many Christians talk about the experience of the baptism of the Spirit. But even those genuine experiences of the baptism of the Spirit at most are the experience at Elim. We have pointed out that these experiences may quench our thirst, but they do not deal with our flesh. To the contrary, they actually cause the flesh to be exposed all the more. This was the reason that after their experience at Elim, the flesh of the children of Israel remained and was exposed. It had not changed in any way
6同样的，尽管我们有以琳十二股水泉令人兴奋的经历，我们将很快发现自己仍未改变。解决我们灵里的干渴是一回事，但对付我们天然人肉体的一面是另一回事。不要盼望以琳的十二股水泉改变你在肉体里的所是。我有负担使我们对于这一个重点有深刻的印象。我们若是清楚这事，我们就不会受今天盛行在基督教中错误观念的影响。
6In like manner, although we may have exciting experiences of the twelve springs at Elim, we shall soon discover that we ourselves are unchanged. To quench the thirst in our spirit is one thing, but to deal with the fleshly aspect of our natural being is another. Do not expect the twelve springs at Elim to change what you are in the flesh. I am burdened that we be deeply impressed with this crucial point. If we are clear about this, we shall be freed from the influence of the erroneous concept that prevails in Christianity today.
7在以琳的经历之后，因著我们的肉体还在，我们需要被主从以琳带进出埃及记十六章所描述的旷野里。这旷野不是一个特定的地方。我们只听说它是以琳和西乃中间的旷野。这说出我们在以琳喝了活水以后，我们将被带到一个不定的处境。在这种不定的地方，我们的肉体就要暴露出来。
7Because our flesh remains after the experience at Elim, we need to be led on by the Lord from Elim into the wilderness described in Exodus 16. This wilderness is not a specific place. We are simply told that it was the wilderness between Elim and Sinai. This indicates that after we drink of the living water at Elim, we shall be brought into a situation which is indefinite. In this kind of indefinite place our flesh will be exposed
（二） 因著缺少属天生命的供应而被暴露
B. Exposed because of the Lack of the Heavenly Life Supply
8现在我们要看见，我们的肉体被暴露是因著缺少滋养，缺少基督作属天的生命供应。这是在出埃及记十六章和民数记十一章两处题到吗哪都与百姓发怨言有关的原因。这表明赐下属天的吗哪是要对付我们的肉体。这样的工作无法藉著以琳的水泉来完成；它只能藉著属天的吗哪来成就。百姓向摩西和亚伦发怨言，因为他们在吃的事上有了贪欲。但实际上他们的怨言是向主自己发的。百姓喝了许多水，但他们仍然饥饿，因为他们没有东西吃。他们的饥饿无法因著十二股涌流水泉的水得著饱足。无论我们喝多少水，我们还是饥饿的。一方面，我们需要解渴。但另一方面，我们的饥饿需要得著饱足。十二股水泉只能解我们的干渴；但它们不能使我们的饥饿得著饱足。
8As we shall now see, our flesh is exposed because of the lack of nourishment, because of the lack of Christ as the heavenly life supply. This is the reason that the mention of manna both in Exodus 16 and in Numbers 11 is in relation to the murmuring of the people. This indicates that the heavenly manna is given to deal with our flesh. Such a work cannot be accomplished by the springs at Elim; it can only be done by the heavenly manna. The people murmured against Moses and Aaron because of their lust in the matter of eating. However, their murmuring actually was against the Lord Himself. The people had drunk a great deal of water, but they were still hungry because they had nothing to eat. Their hunger could not be satisfied by the water from the twelve flowing springs. No matter how much water we may drink, our hunger remains. On the one hand, we need our thirst to be quenched. But on the other hand, we need our hunger to be satisfied. The twelve springs can only quench our thirst; they cannot satisfy our hunger
9基督徒的经历有不同的方面。但许多基督徒以为只有一方面，就是圣灵浸的一面。据他们的说法，灵浸的经历是包罗万有的，它满足信徒各种的需要。但根据出埃及记的图画，这样的经历并非一切。不错，在以琳有十二股水泉，但没有题到食物。因这缘故，百姓仍然饥饿。他们里面缺少必须的生命供应。这种生命供应的缺乏使得他们的肉体被暴露。每当我们缺少生命的供应时，我们的肉体就不可能还藏得住。倘若你核对你的经历，你将看见有过在以琳兴奋的经历之后，你的里面仍觉得不满足。这个不满足来自缺少属天生命的供应，缺少基督作属天的吗哪。在你的经历中，你还未有分于基督作你生命的供应。
9The Christian experience has different aspects. Many Christians, however, think that there is only one aspect, the aspect of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. According to them, the experience of the baptism is all-inclusive and satisfies a believer’se very need. But according to the pictures in Exodus, this kind of experience cannot be everything. Yes, at Elim there are twelve springs, but there is no mention of food. For this reason, the people were still hungry. Within, they were short of the necessary life supply. This shortage of the life supply caused the flesh to be exposed. Whenever we lack the supply of life, it is not possible for our flesh to remain hidden. If you check your experience, you will see that the very day after you have had an exciting experience at Elim, you have had the sense of dissatisfaction within. This dissatisfaction comes from the shortage of the heavenly life supply, from the shortage of Christ as the heavenly manna. In your experience, you have not yet partaken of Christ as your life supply.
10每位信徒都有肉体和肉体情欲的难处。你知道何时肉体被对付么？只有在基督真成为我们每天生命的供应时，它才受到了对付。当基督充满并满足我们时，这个满足会使我们的肉体被置于死地。原则上，这是每位信徒的经历。我们在以琳享受主以后，发现我们仍旧有肉体和肉体情欲的难处。这个难处是因饥饿引起的。我们里面深处的营养不良。我们的饥饿还未得著饱足。在我们基督徒的经历中，我们还没有来到这个地方，天天经历基督作我们生命的供应，充满我们并使我们饱足。然而，每当我们天天享受基督作我们属天生命的供应时，我们就完全满足了。那时我们的肉体被征服，我们的情欲也被对付。然而，肉体和肉体的情欲被对付不是一次就彀了。每当我们营养不足并缺少基督时，我们又饥饿了。这将使肉体和情欲重现，再度活跃。我们的肉体要一直存在，直到我们在复活里得著了一个荣耀的身体。虽然我在主里许多年了，但我必须作见证，肉体仍然与我同在。倘若我没有被基督充满，并且因祂得饱足，我的肉体就仍然是活跃的。不要以为多年在主里的人会达到不再受肉体搅扰的地步。尽管肉体也许一再地，甚至成百上千次受到对付，但它依然与我们同在。然而，每当我们因基督作属天生命的供应而得饱足时，肉体和肉体的情欲就被征服了。但是每当我们缺少基督作我们的滋养时，肉体就会再被暴露出来。我在本篇信息中的负担就是使众圣徒明瞭这件事。
10Every believer has problems with the flesh and with the lust of the flesh. Do you know when the flesh is dealt with? It is dealt with only when Christ truly becomes our daily life supply. When Christ fills us and satisfies us, this satisfaction will cause our flesh to be put to death. In principle, this is the experience of every believer. After we enjoy the Lord at Elim, we discover that we still have a problem with the flesh and with the lust of the flesh. This problem is caused by hunger. Deep within, we are undernourished. We have a hunger that has not been satisfied. In our Christian experience we have not come to the place of experiencing Christ daily as our life supply to fill us and to satisfy us. However, when we daily enjoy Christ as our heavenly life supply, we are fully satisfied. At that time our flesh is subdued, and our lust is dealt with. Nevertheless, the flesh with its lust is not dealt with once for all. Whenever we are undernourished and are short of Christ, we shall become hungry again. This will cause the flesh and the lust to reappear and to become active once more. Our flesh will remain until we are in resurrection and have a glorified body. Although I have been in the Lord for so many years, I must testify that the flesh is still with me. If I am not filled with Christ and satisfied by Him, my flesh will still be active. Do not think that a person who has been in the Lord for many years will reach the point where he is no longer troubled by the flesh. Although the flesh may be dealt with repeatedly, even hundreds of times, it is still with us. However, whenever we are satisfied by Christ as the heavenly life supply, the flesh with its lust is conquered. But whenever we are short of Christ as our nourishment, the flesh will be exposed once again. My burden in this message is simply to make this matter clear to all the saints
11倘若我们看见肉体总是在我们缺少基督作每日生命的供应之时被暴露，我们就要在经历主的事上蒙光照。也许你会怀疑为甚么当你在主里有了某些荣耀的经历以后，发现你的肉体一如往昔。现在我们该懂得，我们需要属天的吗哪如同以琳的十二股水泉一般。如果使徒保罗还在世，连他也需要基督作每天生命的供应而得饱足，因他还会被肉体所困扰。虽然我们需要经历以琳的十二股水泉，我们的饥饿也需要基督作属天的吗哪而得饱足。一天过一天，我们需要经历基督作我们生命的供应。
11If we see that the flesh is always exposed when we are short of Christ as our daily life supply, we shall be enlightened concerning our experience with the Lord. Perhaps you have wondered why even after you have had certain glorious experiences in the Lord, you discovered that your flesh was the same as ever. By now we should realize that we need the heavenly manna as well as the twelve springs at Elim. If the apostle Paul were still on earth, even he would need to be satisfied by Christ as the daily life supply, for he would yet be troubled by the flesh. Although we need to experience the twelve springs at Elim, we also need our hunger to be satisfied by Christ as the heavenly manna. Day by day we need to experience Christ as our life supply
12对我们每天与主同活最有帮助的不是饮于以琳的十二股水泉；而是吃基督作属天的吗哪。以琳的经历偶而会有。如记载上所述，它不是以色列人常有的经历。然而，百姓天天有分吗哪达四十年之久。除了安息日之外，他们在这些年间必须每天早晨收取吗哪。这清楚指出吗哪的经历是每天不断的。倘若我们对于天天吃基督作属天的吗哪有充分的经历，我们的肉体和情欲就要受到对付。但每当我们缺少吗哪，肉体和其情欲会再度出现。这就是记载在出埃及记十六章的消极经历随著十五章二十七节在以琳的积极经历的原因。出埃及记十六章的消极经历在民数记十一章中重演。我们已经指出，百姓在玛拉发怨言时，主没有向他们发怒。当他们在以琳和西乃中间的旷野向摩西、亚伦发怨言时，主有些不悦。但在民数记十一章，『众百姓发怨言，他们的恶语达到耶和华的耳中。耶和华听见了就怒气发作，使火在他们中间焚烧，直烧到营的边界。』（1。）百姓这次发怨言，不需要摩西说一句话。主在怒中如烈火降临。第二节说：『百姓向摩西哀求，摩西祈求耶和华，火就熄了。』第三节继续说，那地方名叫他备拉，『因为耶和华的火烧在他们中间。』我们需要看见这消极的经历与吗哪的经历有关。我们再次看见每当我们缺少基督作生命的供应时，肉体就被暴露。情欲因著我们营养不足而出现。不要信靠你已往对主的经历。不要以为你已在主里这样久了，所以能不再受肉体的搅扰。我能作见证，虽然我是一个年长的人，并且在主里多年了，我仍然需要主作我现今生命的供应。请记住吗哪是每天早晨降下，而且需要每天早晨都去收取的。这说出我们不能储存基督的供应。我们昨天所经历的基督不足以应付今天。倘若你想要保存昨天的吗哪，你将发觉它不能滋养你，也不能使你饱足。反之，它生虫变臭了。（出十六20。）
12What helps us the most in our daily living with the Lord is not the drinking of the twelve springs at Elim; it is the eating of Christ as the heavenly manna. The experience at Elim comes occasionally. As the record indicates, it was not a continual experience of the children of Israel. However, the people partook of manna daily for a period of forty years. With the exception of the Sabbath days, they had to gather manna every morning for all these years. This indicates clearly that the experience of manna is daily and continual. If we have the adequate experience of eating Christ daily as our heavenly manna, our flesh and lust will be dealt with. But whenever we are short of manna, the flesh with its lust will appear again. This is the reason the negative experience recorded in Exodus 16 follows the positive experience at Elim in 15:27. The negative experience of Exodus 16 is repeated in Numbers 11. We have pointed out that when the people complained at Marah, the Lord was not angry with them. When they murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness between Elim and Sinai, the Lord was somewhat displeased. But in Numbers 11 “when the people complained, it was evil in the ears of Jehovah: and Jehovah heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp” (v. 1, Heb.). When the people complained this time, there was no need for Moses to say a word. In His anger the Lord came in as a burning fire. Verse 2 says, “And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto Jehovah, the fire was quenched” (Heb.). Verse 3 goes on to say that the name of that place was called Taberah, “because the fire of Jehovah burnt among them” (Heb.). We need to see that this negative experience is related to the experience of manna. Once again we see that whenever we are short of Christ as our life supply, the flesh will be exposed. Lust appears because we are undernourished. Do not place your trust in your past experience with the Lord. Do not think that because you have been in the Lord for such along time, you can no longer be troubled by the flesh. I can testify that although I am an elderly man and have been in the Lord for years, I still need the Lord to be my present life supply. Remember that the manna was sent every morning and had to be gathered every morning. This indicates that we cannot store up the supply of Christ. The Christ we experienced yesterday is not sufficient for today. If you attempt to preserve yesterday’s manna, you will find that it will not nourish you or satisfy you. Rather, it will breed worms and stink (Exo. 16:20).
13愿我们对于需要每天经历基督作我们生命的供应都有印象。看见缺少基督的属天供应使我们的肉体被暴露是极其重要的。不论我们在灵里有过多么令人兴奋的经历，我们仍然需要天天有分基督作属天的吗哪。倘若我们营养不足，我们的肉体会起来，我们的情欲会搅扰我们，并拦阻我们与主的交通。一天过一天，我们需要被作属天吗哪的基督所充满，并且因祂得饱足。
13May we all be impressed with the need to experience Christ daily as our life supply. It is crucial to see that the shortage of the heavenly supply of Christ is what causes our flesh to be exposed. No matter what exciting experiences we have had in the Spirit, we still need to partake of Christ daily as our heavenly manna. If we are undernourished, our flesh will rise up, and our lust will disturb us and hinder our fellowship with the Lord. Day by day we need to be filled with Christ as the heavenly manna and satisfied by Him
14二神对付祂百姓的肉体
14II. GOD’S DEALING WITH THE FLESH OF HIS PEOPLE
（一） 听见他们的怨言并向他们显出祂的荣耀
A. Hearing Their Murmurings and Showing Them His Glory
15让我们继续来看主如何进来对付祂百姓的肉体。（十六4～30。）祂藉著向他们显出祂的荣耀来对付他们的肉体。（十六7，10。）按著许多基督徒道理上的领会，一个属肉体的人不能看见主的荣耀。然而，主的百姓在以琳时，我们未曾听见主的荣耀向他们显现。但是当他们在汛的旷野发怨言时，祂的荣耀却向他们显现了。
15Let us go on to see how the Lord comes in to deal with the flesh of His people (16:4-30). He deals with their flesh by showing them His glory (16:7, 10). According to the doctrinal understanding of many Christians, a fleshly person cannot see the glory of the Lord. It is significant, however, that we are not told that the Lord’s glory appeared to His people when they were at Elim. But His glory did appear to them when they were murmuring in the wilderness of Sin
16要在你经历的光中，来看主的荣耀显现这件事。当你在以琳正有美妙而兴奋的经历时，你觉得主的荣耀呢，或者你光因著兴奋而忘形？但在你发怨言并抱怨的时候，主的荣耀岂非向你显现么？我能作见证，许多时候，主的荣耀的确在我抱怨时向我显现，而这种显现使我害怕。在以琳非常兴奋，但是少有主的荣耀确定的显现。然而，当我们向主发怨言时，常常那就是祂的荣耀向我们显现的时候。
16Consider this matter of the appearing of the Lord’s glory in the light of your experience. When you were having a wonderful and exciting experience at Elim, did you have the sense of the Lord’s glory, or were you simply carried away with your excitement? But at those times when you were murmuring and complaining, did not the glory of the Lord appear to you? I can testify that a number of times the glory of the Lord did appear to me when I was complaining, and this appearing caused me to be frightened. At Elim there is a great deal of excitement, but very little of the appearing of the Lord’s glory in a definite way. However, when we murmur against the Lord, often that is the time His glory appears to us.
17以色列人在旷野跟随主并寻求祂时，他们的肉体和情欲仍是活跃的。我们一再指出，这是因为他们营养不足。他们向主发怨言，因为缺少充分的生命供应。当他们发怨言时，神的荣耀向他们显现。原则上，我们经历同样的事。当我们跟随主并寻求祂时，有时候我们的态度变得消极，开始抱怨，并向教会或教会中领头的人发怨言。常常当我们这样抱怨的时候，我们看见了主的荣耀。在这样的时候主荣耀的显现甚是可怕。我最害怕的时候就是正当我发怨言、抱怨时，主的荣耀向我显现了。我所以抱怨是因为缺少基督作我的滋养。以色列人向主抱怨说：『巴不得我们早死在埃及地耶和华的手下，那时我们坐在肉锅旁边，吃得饱足；你们将我们领出来，到这旷野，是要叫这全会众都饿死阿。』（十六3。）我们发怨言时会这样说：『为甚么我们进到主的恢复里？在恢复里该如何往前？巴不得我们早死在宗派里！』常常当我们这样抱怨时，主的荣耀显现，使我们惧怕。
17As the children of Israel were following the Lord in the wilderness and seeking Him, their flesh and their lust were still active. We have pointed out repeatedly that the reason for this was that they were undernourished. They murmured against the Lord because they lacked the adequate supply of life. While they were murmuring, the glory of God appeared to them. In principle, we have experienced the same thing. As we were following the Lord and seeking Him, our attitude sometimes became negative, and we began to complain and murmur against the church or against the leading ones in the church. Often, when we have been complaining in this way, we have seen the Lord’s glory. The appearing of the Lord’s glory at times such as these is very frightening. The times when I have been the most fearful have been those times when the glory of the Lord appeared to me in the midst of my murmuring and complaining. The reason I complained was that I lacked Christ as my nourishment. In their murmuring against the Lord, the children of Israel said, “Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh- pots, and when we did eat bread to the full: for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” (16:3, Heb.). In our complaints we may say something like this: “Why did we ever come into the Lord’s recovery? What is going on in the recovery? Would that we had died in the denominations!” Often in the midst of our complaining in this way the Lord’s glory appears, and we are frightened.
18在出埃及记十六章屡次告诉我们，主听见百姓的怨言。（7下，8下，9下。）根据十二节，主对摩西说：『我已经听见以色列人的怨言。』要确知主听见你的怨言。不仅如此，当你发怨言时，祂在注视你；祂正观看所发生的每一件事。在十六章七节主说百姓早晨要看见祂的荣耀。十节说：『亚伦正对以色列全会众说话的时候，他们向旷野观看。不料，耶和华的荣光在云中显现。』当主的荣耀向百姓显现时，他们就停止不发怨言了。原则上，我们经历过同样的事。有些时候，因著我们营养不足，当我们寻求主时，态度就变得消极。这种缺乏基督作我们生命的供应，使我们发怨言并抱怨。那时候，我们里面看见主的荣耀并满了惧怕。我们和以色列人一样，常常真会发怨言，而且擅长抱怨，比我们在聚会中为主作见证更高明。但是主的荣耀显现，使我们的怨言和抱怨平息下来。
18In Exodus 16 we are told again and again that the Lord heard the murmurings of the people (vv. 7b, 8b, 9b). According to verse 12, the Lord said to Moses, “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.” Be assured that the Lord hears your murmuring. Furthermore, as you are murmuring, He is looking at you; He is observing everything that is taking place. In 16:7 the Lord said that in the morning the people would see His glory. Verse 10 says, “And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud” (Heb.). When the glory of the Lord appeared to the people, it caused them to stop murmuring. In principle, we have experienced the same thing. At certain times, because we were undernourished, our attitude has become negative as we were seeking the Lord. This shortage of Christ as our life supply caused us to murmur and complain. At those times, we saw the Lord’s glory inwardly and were full of fear. Like the children of Israel, we are often very eloquent in our murmuring and complaining, much more eloquent than when we testify for the Lord in the meetings. But the glory of the Lord appears to cause our murmuring and complaining to cease.
19你说主的荣耀显现是要拯救百姓，还是要定罪他们？答案是神的荣耀显现，目的是要藉著定罪他们来拯救他们。这种领会也能由我们的经历来证实。许多时候主进来，要藉著定罪我们来拯救我们。每当我们营养不足、态度消极时，我们也许害怕主会进来击杀我们。尽管我们向主发怨言，但我们没有停止追求祂。同样的原则，我们也许埋怨教会或长老；然而，我们不愿意放弃教会生活，也不愿放弃主的恢复。许多时候圣徒到我这里来抱怨教会。我问他们为甚么不离开教会到别处去，他们告诉我说，找不到更好的地方。我建议他们不要再抱怨，只要对教会生活满意就好了，他们告诉我说，那样也办不到。一方面，他们不满意教会生活；但另一方面，他们又不愿放弃。许多时候那些如此抱怨教会的人里面深觉主的荣耀显现，他们就害怕祂会击杀他们。这便是主的荣耀显现，藉著定罪我们而拯救我们。
19Would you say that the glory of the Lord appeared to rescue the people or to condemn them? The answer is that God’s glory appeared for the purpose of rescuing them by condemning them. This understanding also can be confirmed by our experience. Many times the Lord comes in to rescue us by condemning us. When we are undernourished and our attitude is negative, we may fear that the Lord may come in to slay us. Although we may complain against the Lord, we do not stop seeking Him. In the same principle, we may complain about the church or about the elders; however, we are not willing to give up the church life or to forsake the Lord’s recovery. A number of times saints have come to me with complaints about the church. When I asked them why they did not leave the church and go elsewhere, they told me that they could not find a better place. When I suggested that they stop complaining and simply be satisfied with the church life, they told me that they could not do that either. On the one hand, they would not be satisfied with the church life. But on the other hand, they would not give it up. Many times those who complain about the church in this way have a deep inner sense of the appearing of the Lord’s glory, and they fear that He may smite them. This is the appearing of the glory of the Lord to rescue us by condemning us
（二） 赐给他们鹌鹑
B. Sending Them Quails
20主的荣耀向百姓显现之后，祂就赐下他们所要的肉。祂降鹌鹑（十六，民十一31）满足他们吃的欲望，（十六12，民十一18，32，）向他们11:19-显出祂的丰富，并用祂的怒气管教他们。（民十一19～20，33～34。）在出埃及记十六章，主没有严厉地对付百姓。但是当他们在民数记十一章又发怨并抱怨时，主就藉著摩西说：『你们不止吃一天、两天、五天、十天、二十天，要吃一个整月，甚至肉从你们鼻孔里喷出来，使你们厌恶了，因为你们厌弃住在你们中间的耶和华，在祂面前哭号说，我们为何出了埃及呢？』（19～20。）根据三十三节：『耶和华……用最重的灾殃击杀了他们。』然后祂便把那地方叫作基博罗哈他瓦，意思就是贪欲之人的坟墓。（34。）
20After the glory of the Lord appeared to the people, He sent them the meat they wanted. He sent quails (16:13; Num. 11:31) to satisfy their lust in eating 13 (16:12; Num. 11:18, 32), to show them His sufficiency and to discipline them with His anger (Num. 20, 33-34). In Exodus 16 the Lord did not deal with the people in a harsh way. But when they murmured and complained again in Numbers 11, the Lord said through Moses, “Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; but even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised Jehovah which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?” (vv. 19-20, Heb.). According to verse 33, “Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.” He then called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah, which means the graves of lust (v. 34).
21许多基督徒在属灵上经历过这样的事。主把他们所愿的赐给他们，满足他们的欲望。然后，从属灵方面说，祂进来击杀他们，他们就遭受属灵的死亡。这些人愈享受『鹌鹑』，他们就愈被击杀。很长一段时间，也许好几年，他们依然灵里死沉。只有在以色列人发生了这许多事情之后，主才将吗哪赐给他们。这说明吗哪赐下来并不简单。但许多基督徒持守错误的观念，以为吗哪来得很容易。事实上，我们只有在符合若干条件时才能享受吗哪。这就是虽然用一节叙述以琳的经历，却用两章论到吗哪之经历的原因。
21Many Christians have experienced such a thing in a spiritual way. The Lord satisfied their lusts by giving them what they desired. Then, spiritually speaking, He came in to smite them, and they suffered spiritual death. The more these ones enjoy the “quails,” the more they are smitten. For a long period of time, perhaps for years, they remain deadened in the spirit. Only after so many things had happened to the children of Israel did the Lord send manna to them. This indicates that manna is not given in a simple way. Many Christians, however, hold the mistaken concept that manna comes easily. Actually, we can enjoy manna only when certain conditions are met. This is the reason that, although one verse is devoted to the experience at Elim, two chapters cover the experience of the manna
22经历基督作属天的吗哪不像许多基督徒所想像的那样简单。以色列人过了红海没有立刻就享受吗哪。反之，他们必须有玛拉和以琳的经历。然后当他们的肉体被暴露，他们也受了主的管教，吗哪才来到。在我们对主的经历中也是这样。基督作属天的吗哪是这样临到我们的。许多圣徒有清晨花时间与主同在的习惯。但有时候在这清晨的时间收取不到吗哪。吗哪收不到是因为没有符合赐吗哪的条件。出埃及记十六章和民数记十一章启示，吗哪只有在许多条件都符合时才赐下。这表示在我们基督徒的生活中，在吗哪能赐给我们以前，我们需要达到某种地步。这是基本的原则。只有在我们的肉体因著缺乏里面生命的供应而被暴露之后，吗哪才赐下。当我们承认需要比以琳的十二股水泉更多的东西时，它才赐下。我们需要吗哪：我们需要基督作属天生命的供应。当以色列人在玛拉发怨言，而主指示摩西医治之树时，主没有对付百姓，反之，那棕树被丢在水里，苦水就变甜了。但在出埃及记十六章，主吩咐摩西对百姓说，祂已经听见他们的怨言，并且祂要在荣耀里向他们显现。主对他们有些不悦，祂也管教他们。施行这次管教之后，吗哪就降了下来。
22The experience of Christ as the heavenly manna is not as simple as many Christians may suppose. The children of Israel did not enjoy manna as soon as they crossed the Red Sea. Rather, they had to have the experiences at Marah and Elim. Then when their flesh had been exposed and they were disciplined by the Lord, the manna came. It is the same with us in our experience with the Lord. Christ as the heavenly manna comes to us in this way. Many saints have the practice of spending time with the Lord early in the morning. However, sometimes no manna is gathered during these early morning times. The reason for the shortage of manna is that the conditions for the giving of manna are not fulfilled. Exodus 16 and Numbers 11 reveal that manna is given only when a number of conditions have been met. This shows that in our Christian walk we need to reach a certain point before manna can be sent to us. This is a basic principle. Manna is given only after our flesh has been exposed due to the shortage of the inner life supply. It is given when we recognize our need for something more than the twelve springs at Elim. We need manna; we need Christ as our heavenly life supply. When the children of Israel murmured at Marah and the Lord showed Moses the healing tree, the Lord did not deal with the people. On the contrary, the tree was cast into the water, and the bitter waters became sweet. But in Exodus 16 the Lord told Moses to say to the people that He had heard their murmurings and that He would appear to them in His glory. The Lord was somewhat displeased with them, and He disciplined them. After this discipline had been carried out, the manna was sent.
三 吗哪降下的方式
III. THE WAY MANNA IS SENT
（一） 在早晨
A. In the Morning
23让我们简略地看看吗哪降下的方式。（十六13～14，民十一9。）吗哪总是在早晨降下。然而，满足百姓贪欲的鹌鹑却是在晚上来临，这是很有意义的。吗哪在一天的开始来更新我们。因它在早晨降下，所以使我们有新的开始。
23Let us consider briefly the way manna is sent (16:13- 14; Num. 11:9). Manna is always sent in the morning. It is significant, however, that the quails which satisfied the lust of the people came in the evening. Manna comes to refresh us at the beginning of the day. Because it is sent in the morning, it causes us to have a new beginning
（二） 随露水而降
B. With the Dew
2411:9其次，吗哪随露水而来。民数记十一章九节说：『夜间露水降在营16中，吗哪也随著降下。』在出埃及记十五章和十六章，我们看见三种水的豫表：在玛拉的水，在以琳的十二股水泉，以及在旷野的露水。我们需要经历三种水。我们需要由苦变甜的水，我们需要从十二股水泉涌流的水，我们也需要像露水一般降下的水。事实上，我宝贵露水过于流自水泉的水。
24Secondly, manna comes with the dew. Numbers says, “And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.” In Exodus 15 and we see three types of water: the waters at Marah, the twelve springs at Elim, and the dew in the wilderness. We need to experience all three kinds of water. We need the water that has been changed from bitter to sweet, we need the water flowing from the twelve springs, and we need the water that comes as dew. Actually, I treasure the dew much more than the water that flows from the springs.
25有些人听见这话，他们会题醒我，在新耶路撒冷没有露水，只有生命水河的涌流。（启二十二1。）新耶路撒冷没有露水的原因乃在于露水在夜间凉爽时降下，而新耶路撒冷没有黑夜。如我们所指出的，在我们对主的经历中，我们目前有白昼和夜晚。夜晚过去之后，我们需要露水，需要主的自己，柔和亲切地滋润我们。因为我们还必须经过许多夜晚，经过许多充满黑暗的处境，我们需要清爽的甘露来滋润我们。每天早晨、主的恩典如同新鲜的甘露降在我们身上。我们若要在早晨与主同在的时间里享受吗哪，我们就必须经历祂作甘露。吗哪不会单独来到；它总是随著露水而来。事实上，露水先来临，作为吗哪降下的根据。吗哪没有随著由苦变甜的水而来，也没有随著流自十二股水泉的水而来。它随著露水而来。我们只要一有露水，我们也就有吗哪。这意思是说，当我们经历主清新和滋润的恩典时，我们也接受祂作属天生命的供应。
25When some hear this, they may remind me that there will be no dew in the New Jerusalem, only the flowing of the river of water of life (Rev. 22:1). The reason there will be no dew in the New Jerusalem is that dew comes during the cool of the night, and there will be no night in the New Jerusalem. As we have pointed out, in our experience with the Lord we presently have both day and night. After the night has passed, we need the dew, which is the Lord Himself, to water us softly and gently. Because we still must pass through many nights, many situations filled with darkness, we need the refreshing dew to water us. Morning by morning, the Lord’s grace descends upon us as the fresh dew. If we would enjoy manna during our time with the Lord in the morning, we must experience Him as the dew. Manna does not come alone; it always comes with the dew. In fact, the dew comes first and serves as the base for the sending of the manna. Manna does not come with the water that has been changed from bitter to sweet, nor with the water flowing from the twelve springs. It comes with the dew. Whenever we have the dew, we have manna also. This means that when we experience the Lord’s refreshing and watering grace, we also receive Him as our heavenly life supply.
26不要把这论到露水的话当作道理来接受，而要把它当作符合你经历的话来接受。即使我们中间的青年人也能见证，这样的话语符合了他们的经历。在以琳我们经历流自十二股水泉的水，但我们没有甘露。当我们从以琳往前行，我们里面觉得干旱。这表示我们需要经历清晨的甘露，这甘露乃是赐下吗哪的根据。
26Do not take this word about the dew as a doctrine, but receive it as a word that corresponds to your experience. Even the younger ones among us can testify that such a word matches their experience. At Elim we experience the water flowing from the twelve springs, but we do not have the dew. As soon as we move on from Elim, we sense a dryness within. This indicates that we need to experience the morning dew, the dew that is the foundation for the giving of the manna
（三） 在营四围
C. Around the Camp
27民数记十一章九节也指出吗哪降在营的四围。营是指神的百姓编组成军。这表明吗哪的滋养也是为著神的百姓成为一支军队，为著神在地上的权益而争战。在以下各篇信息中，我们要更多说到吗哪。本篇信息的要点是我们在以琳有了美妙而兴奋的经历之后，发现肉体仍旧与我们同在。肉体的暴露乃是营养不足的结果。这指明我们需要藉著天天充满基督，叫我们的饥饿得以饱足。只要我们一没有被祂充满，我们的肉体和其情欲就要再显出来。
27Numbers 11:9 also indicates that the manna comes around the camp. The camp refers to the arrangement of God’sp eople into an army. This indicates that the nourishment of manna is also for God’sp eople, as an army, to fight the battle for God’sin te rest son earth. In forthcoming messages we shall have much more to say about manna. The main point of this message is that after we have a wonderful and exciting experience at Elim, we discover that the flesh is still with us. The exposure of the flesh is the result of being undernourished. This indicates our need to have our hunger satisfied by being filled with Christ day by day. Whenever we are not filled with Him, our flesh with its lust will appear again