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出埃及记生命读经 · 第39篇

属天的粮食─吗哪（五）

The Heavenly Diet—Manna (5)
1读经：出埃及记16:13下-15,31-36；希伯来书9:4；启示录2:17。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 16:13b-15, 31-36; Heb. 9:4; Rev. 2:17
（二） 在金罐内
B. In a Golden Pot
2在十六章三十三节我们看见，一满俄梅珥吗哪盛在罐子里，存在耶和华面前，留到世世代代。希伯来九章四节说到『盛吗哪的金罐』。因此，隐藏的吗哪是在金罐里。吗哪藏在金罐内，表征我们的生命与基督一同藏在神里面。在歌罗西三章三节保罗告诉我们，我们的『生命与基督一同藏在神里面。』藏在神
2In 16:33 we see that an omer full of manna was placed in a pot and laid up before the Lord to be kept for future generations. Hebrews 9:4 speaks of “the golden pot that had the manna.” Thus, the hidden manna was in a golden pot. The manna concealed in the golden pot signifies that our life is hidden with Christ in God. In Colossians 3:3 Paul tells us that our “life has been hidden with Christ in God.” The Christ hidden in God is the manna hidden in the golden pot
3里面的基督就是藏在金罐里的吗哪。
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4在圣经里，金代表神圣的性情。根据彼得后书一章四节，我们有分于这神圣的性情。惟有神的性情，神圣的性情，才能保存基督作我们隐藏的吗哪。赞美主，在我们里面有金罐；那就是说，我们有神圣的性情。我们不能把基督保存在我们的心思里或情感里。我们只能把祂保存在我们里面藉著重生所得的神圣性情里。事实上，我们里面的神圣性情就是神自已。金罐内的吗哪表明我们所享受作我们生命供应的基督，被保存在神圣的性情里，这神圣的性情如今在我们全人的最深处。基督乃是隐藏在神圣的性情里，是我们特殊的一分食物。当我们摸著神圣的性情─金罐时，我们就享受基
4In the Bible gold signifies the divine nature. According to 2 Peter 1:4, we are partakers of this divine nature. Only the nature of God, the divine nature, can preserve Christ as our hidden manna. Praise the Lord that within us we have a golden pot; that is, we have the divine nature. We cannot preserve Christ in our mind or emotion. We can preserve Him only in the divine nature which we have within us through regeneration. Actually, the divine nature within us is God Himself. The manna in the golden pot indicates that the very Christ whom we enjoy as our life supply is preserved in the divine nature which is now in our inmost being. Christ is our special portion of food hidden in the divine nature. When we touch the divine nature, the golden pot, we enjoy Christ as the manna hidden within it
5督作为隐藏在其中的吗哪。
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（三） 在至圣所见证的柜里面金罐和隐藏的吗哪是在至圣所见证
C. Within the Ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies The golden pot with the hidden manna was inside
6的柜里面。（来九4。）我们多半都知道这柜豫表基督。作为吗哪的基督被保存在神圣的性情里，而神圣的性情乃是在约柜所豫表的基督里面。这位基督在我们的灵里，在经历中我们的灵就是至圣所。
6the ark of the testimony in the Holy of Holies (Heb. 9:3-4). Most of us realize that the ark typifies Christ. Christ as the manna is preserved in the divine nature, and the divine nature is in Christ typified by the ark. This Christ is in our spirit, which in our experience is the Holy of Holies
7我们又一次看见这件事在道理上很难领会。然而，我们若将吗哪、金罐和约柜的这幅图画应用到属灵的经历上，我们就能了解它了。我们都能作见证，我们的确享受了基督。我们也看见，我们享受的基督成了我们所保存的基督。我们享受一俄梅珥吗哪，我们也保存一俄梅珥。我们所享受的基督保存在我们里面的神圣性情里。神圣的性情完全在约柜的实际─基督里面。再者，基督在我们的灵里。当我们留在灵里，我们就接触到基督。我们在基督里所摸著的是神圣的性情，保存我们所享受作为隐藏吗哪的基督。
7Once again we see that this is difficult to understand doctrinally. However, if we apply this picture of the manna, the golden pot, and the ark to our spiritual experience, we shall be able to understand it. We all can testify that we surely have enjoyed Christ. We have also seen that the Christ whom we enjoy becomes the Christ we preserve. We enjoy one omer of manna, and we also preserve one omer. The Christ we enjoy is preserved in the divine nature that is within us. This divine nature is altogether in Christ, the reality of the ark. Moreover, Christ is in our spirit. As we remain in the spirit, we contact Christ. In the Christ we contact is the divine nature which preserves the Christ we enjoy as the hidden manna.
8我们的灵是为著教会、在教会里，也同著教会。教会不是由我们的体或魂组成的，教会乃是由我们的灵组成的。以弗所二章二十二节告诉我们，神的居所是在我们的灵里。我们甚至可以说，我们的灵与圣灵调和就是教会。当我们享受基督，我们将祂保存在神圣的性情里，神圣的性情在基督里而基督又在我们的灵里。既然我们的灵是为著教会、同著教会，且在教会里，
8Our spirit is for the church, in the church, and with the church. The church is composed not with our body or soul, but with our spirit. Ephesians 2:22 tells us that God’s dwelling place is in our spirit. We may even say that our spirit mingled with the divine Spirit is the church. When we enjoy Christ, we preserve Him in the divine nature which is in Christ who is in turn in our spirit. Since our spirit is for the church, with the church, and in the church, in experience we are actually God’s tabernacle today
9在经历中我们实在就是神今天的帐幕。
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（四） 在见证前
D. Before the Testimony
10在十六章三十四节我们读到亚伦把盛著一俄梅珥吗哪的罐子放『在见证前存留』（直译。）有些圣经译者认为这里的见证是指约柜说的。我们非常不赞成这种解释。在旧约中见证不是指约柜；它乃是指神的律法，就是十诫。约柜称为见证的柜，因为两块法版放在约柜里面。再者，帐幕称为见证的帐幕，因为它包含约柜中的见证。故此，约柜是见证的柜，而帐幕是见证的帐幕。在帐幕中的约柜里是神的见证─律法。如果我们说十六章三十四节的见证是指约柜说的，那么金罐和隐藏的吗哪定规是在约柜外面了，因为本节告诉我们，罐子放在见证前。但仔细读圣经，我们将看见，金罐和『亚伦发过芽的杖，并两块约版』，一同放在约柜里（希伯来九章四节）。金罐必须是直接放在约柜里的两块约版之前。
10In 16:34 we read that Aaron laid up the pot with an omer of manna “before the Testimony, to be kept.” Some translators of the Bible consider that the testimony here refers to the ark. We strongly disagree with this interpretation. In the Old Testament the testimony does not refer to the ark; it refers to the law of God, the Ten Commandments. The ark was called the ark of the testimony because the two tablets of the law were placed within the ark. Furthermore, the tabernacle was called the tabernacle of the testimony because it contained the testimony in the ark. Hence, the ark was the ark of the testimony, and the tabernacle was the tabernacle of the testimony. Within the ark in the tabernacle was God’s testimony, the law. If we say that the testimony in 16:34 refers to the ark, then the golden pot with the hidden manna must have been outside the ark, for this verse tells us that the pot was placed before the testimony. But by reading the Scriptures carefully, we shall see that the golden pot was within the ark along with “Aaron’sr od that budded, and the tables of the covenant” (Heb. 9:4). The golden pot must have been placed directly in front of the two tablets within the ark
11金罐在见证的版之前，这幅图画指明隐藏在罐内的吗哪与十诫相符合。这意思是说，吗哪符合神的律法。包含在神性情里的吗哪符合神的见证，神的见证描述神的性情，并且为神的性情作见证。律法乃是神之所是的见证。正如我们多次指出，律法见证神是圣洁和公义的，并且神自己就是光和爱。这四种属性乃是律法对神的属性所作之描述的主要方面。神的性情是圣洁和公义的，并且神自己就是光和爱。十诫描述并见证这些属性。隐藏在金罐里的吗哪放在见证之前的事实，指明吗哪符合神的见证，并且满足它的要求。
11This picture of the golden pot before the tables of the testimony indicates that the manna concealed in the pot corresponds to the Ten Commandments. This means that manna corresponds to God’s law. The manna contained in God’s nature corresponds to God’s testimony, which describes the nature of God and testifies concerning it. The law is a testimony of what God is. As we have pointed out a number of times, the law testifies that God is holy and righteous, and that He is light and love. These four attributes are the main aspects of the description of God’s nature afforded by the law. God’s nature is holy and righteous, and God Himself is light and love. The Ten Commandments describe these attributes and testify of them. The fact that the manna hidden in the golden pot was placed before the testimony indicates that manna corresponds to God’s testimony and meets its requirements.
12我们需要把这个应用到我们基督徒的经历上。圣经中的启示指明，作为重生的人，我们有神的见证在我们里面。我们有生命的律法（罗八）和良心。我们在经历中学知，凭天然生命的努力要达到神的要求，结果总是失败。在天然生命中，没有甚么符合神的见证。然而，当我们有分吗哪作我们生命的供应时，我们所吃的吗哪就成为隐藏的吗哪。这隐藏的吗哪，保存在我们里面神圣的性情里，符合生命的律法，并满足它的要求。罗马八章四节说，律法义的要求，成就在照著灵而行的人身上。约柜里的两块约版表明神的见证是在基督里。这见证命令我们，并向我们要求某些东西。我们凭自己无法达到这些命令和要求，因为我们里面没有甚么符合神的见证。但是当我们接受基督到我们里面，作我们的食物和生命供应，这位隐藏的基督，就是作为隐藏吗哪的基督，便使我们与神的见证一致。换言之，保存在我们里面的基督使我们符合神的见证。我们已经看见，根据十六章三十四节，盛吗哪的罐子『放在见证前』。许多英文版本将见证这个词大写。倘若这个见证表明约柜，那么金罐和隐藏的吗哪就在约柜之外了。但希伯来九章四节明说金罐和吗哪是在约柜里。所以，十六章三十四节的见证定规不是指约柜，而是指约柜里的两块法版说的。从我们经历的光中来看，这是何等有意义！今天我们所享受的基督不是在我们外面，符合神的律法。反之，我们所享受的基督是在我们里面。再者，这位内在的基督符合律法，律法也在我们里面。为著在我们里面生命的律法，我们赞美主。这律法有所要求。但我们有基督作为内在、隐藏的吗哪，符合神的见证，并达到它的要求。我们所吃并所吸收的基督使我们赞同里面生命的律法。所以，我们有三个重要的项目﹕食物、见证以及食物与见证的一致。阿利路亚，隐藏在神圣性情里的吗哪，符合里面生命律法的要求！因著这奇妙的一致，我们能免去里面所有的挣扎、奋斗和争战。我们能在平安里。一方面，我们有律法和律法的要求；另一方面，我们有基督作我们生命的供应来符合律法。结果，我们能在平安里。
12We need to apply this to our Christian experience. The revelation in the Bible indicates that as regenerated ones we have God’s testimony within us. We have the law of life (Rom. 8:2), and we have a conscience. In our experience we have learned2 that our efforts in the natural life to fulfill God’s requirements always end in failure. There is nothing in the natural life which corresponds to God’s testimony. However, when we partake of manna as our life supply, the manna we eat becomes the hidden manna. This hidden manna, preserved in the divine nature within us, corresponds to the law of life and meets its requirements. In the words of Romans 8:4, the righteous requirements of the law are fulfilled in those who walk according to spirit. The tables of the covenant in the ark indicate that God’s testimony is in Christ. This testimony makes demands upon us and requires certain things of us. In ourselves we cannot fulfill these demands and requirements, for we have nothing in us which corresponds to God’s testimony. But when we take Christ into us as our food and as our life supply, the hidden Christ, Christ as the hidden manna, brings us into line with God’s testimony. In other words, the Christ preserved within us causes us to correspond to God’s testimony. We have seen that according to 16:34 the pot with the manna was “laid up before the Testimony.” Many versions capitalize the word testimony. If the testimony denotes the ark, then the golden pot with the hidden manna was outside the ark. But Hebrews 9:4 says plainly that the golden pot with the manna was in the ark. Therefore, the testimony in 16:34 must not refer to the ark, but to the tablets of the law which were in the ark. How significant this is when viewed in the light of our experience! The Christ we enjoy today is not outside of us, corresponding to God’s law. On the contrary, the Christ we enjoy is within us. Furthermore, this inward Christ corresponds to the law, which is also within us. We praise the Lord for the law of life within us. This law makes demands. But we have Christ as the inward, hidden manna to correspond to God’s testimony and to fulfill its demands. The Christ we eat and assimilate causes us to agree with the inner law of life. Therefore, we have three crucial items: the food, the testimony, and the correspondence of the food to the testimony. Hallelujah for the manna hidden in the divine nature, corresponding to the demands of the inner law of life! Because of this marvelous correspondence, we can be free from all struggle, strife, and fighting within. We can be at peace. On the one hand, we have the law with its demands; on the other hand, we have Christ as our life supply which corresponds to the law. As a result, we can be at peace.
13在这一点上我们需要被题醒，这个经历与教会有关，并且发生在教会中。我们已看见教会是今天的帐幕。在作为神的帐幕、神的居所的教会中，我们有三件里面的事：隐藏的吗哪、见证以及一致的平安。当我们在帐幕中经历这些事，我们事奉神，神也悦纳我们的事奉。不仅如此，这还是神说话的地方，神晓谕的所在。对于隐藏吗哪各方面的经历是过于人所能说的。最好我们不要说得太多。在我们属灵的经历中，只要有一幅地图指引我们就彀了。当我们看这幅地图，我们就晓得我们的经历，并知道在隐藏吗哪的事上我们究竟到那里了。
13At this point we need to be reminded that this experience is related to the church and takes place in the church. We have seen that the church is today’s tabernacle. Within the church as God’s tabernacle, God’s dwelling place, we have three inward matters: the hidden manna, the testimony, and the corresponding peace. As we experience these things in the tabernacle, we serve God, and God accepts our service. Furthermore, this is the place of God’s speaking, the place of His oracle. The various aspects of the experience of the hidden manna are beyond human utterance. It is better that we do not say too much concerning them. It is sufficient simply to have a map to guide us in our spiritual experience. As we read this map, we shall understand our experience and know where we are regarding the hidden manna
（五） 赐给得胜者为著建造神的居所
E. For the Overcomers for the Building of God’s Dwelling Place
14根据启示录二章十七节，隐藏的吗哪乃是为著得胜者。公开的吗哪是为著主的百姓公开地享受；隐藏的吗哪乃是特殊的一分，是为著祂得胜的追求者存留的，就是为著胜过属世教会之堕落的人所存留的。当教会走世界的路时，这些得胜者近前来，在至圣所里留在神的同在中，在那里他们享受隐藏的基督作为特殊的分，作他们每天的供应。
14According to Revelation 2:17, the hidden manna is for the overcomers. The open manna was for the enjoyment of the Lord’sp eople in a public way; the hidden manna is a special portion reserved for His overcoming seekers who overcome the degradation of the worldly church. While the church goes the way of the world, these overcomers come forward to abide in the presence of God in the Holy of Holies, where they enjoy the hidden Christ as a special portion for their daily supply
15每位正确的祭司都是得胜者。不要认为你不可能成为得胜者。藉著享受基督作吗哪，你能成为得胜者。要吃公开的吗哪，基督就要成为隐藏的吗哪。这隐藏的吗哪要把你组成一个得胜者。它也要满足里面生命律法的要求，把你带进平安里。结果，根据启示录二章十七节，你就是一个得胜者。
15Every proper priest is an overcomer. Do not think that it is impossible for you to be an overcomer. You can become an overcomer by enjoying Christ as manna. Eat the open manna, and Christ will become the hidden manna. This hidden manna will constitute you into an overcomer. It will also fulfill the requirements of the inner law of life and bring you into peace. As a result, you will be an overcomer according to Revelation 2:17.
16根据旧约，以色列人在旷野吃吗哪有四十年之久。但在一千六百年后，主耶稣对别迦摩教会以及所有在亚西亚的七个教会，说到隐藏的吗哪。经过了所有这些世纪以后，主带祂的百姓回到吗哪。神的心意乃是众教会都吃吗哪。然而，在教会中我们不该只吃公开的吗哪，我们也该吃隐藏的吗哪，这样的吃会使我们成为祭司和得胜者。藉著吃隐藏的吗哪，我们要得著一块白石。（启二17。）在圣经中，石头表征建造的材料。如果我们吃隐藏的吗哪，我们就要成为祭司和得胜者。最终，隐藏的吗哪要把我们变化成石头，为著建造神的居所。
16According to the Old Testament, the children of Israel ate manna in the wilderness for a period of forty years. But sixteen hundred years later the Lord Jesus spoke to the church in Pergamos, and to all the seven churches in Asia, concerning the hidden manna. After all these centuries, the Lord brought His people back to manna. God’sin tent i on is that all the churches eat the manna. However, in the churches we should not eat simply the open manna, but should also eat the hidden manna, which makes us priests and overcomers. By eating the hidden manna we shall receive a white stone (Rev. 2:17). In the Bible a stone signifies building material. If we eat of the hidden manna, we shall become priests and overcomers. Eventually, the hidden manna will transform us into stones for the building of God’s dwelling place
17在古代，吃吗哪与建造作为神居所的帐幕有关。今天吃基督作那隐藏的吗哪也与建造神的居所有关。圣经一贯地启示吃吗哪乃是为著建造神的居所。我们对隐藏吗哪的认识受我们经历的限制。在这件事上我所供应的不能多于我所经历的。至少我们已经看见，今天我们正在吃基督，并且保存祂。同时，祂正把我们变化成祭司和得胜者。祂也使我们成为白石，为著建造神在灵里的居所。今天许多基督徒寻求神迹，却不知道这一切与吗哪有关的要点都是真正的神迹。当许多人寻求肤浅的神迹时，我们却享受在吗哪里所发现更深的神迹。一天又一天，我们吃基督，并且享受祂。这岂不是神迹么？倘若以色列人吃吗哪是神迹，今天我们吃基督当然也是神迹。吗哪是神迹之上又加上神迹。
17In ancient times the eating of manna was related to the building of the tabernacle as God’s dwelling place. Today the eating of Christ as the hidden manna is also related to the building of God’s dwelling place. The Bible consistently reveals that eating manna is for the building up of God’s dwelling place. Our understanding of the hidden manna is limited by our experience. I cannot minister more regarding this than I have experienced. At least we have seen that today we are eating Christ and preserving Him. Simultaneously, He is transforming us into priests and overcomers. He is also making us white stones for the building of God’s dwelling place in spirit. Many Christians today are seeking miracles without realizing that all these points related to manna are genuine miracles. While many seek superficial miracles, we enjoy the deeper miracles found in manna. Day by day we are eating Christ and enjoying Him. Is this not a miracle? If the eating of manna by the children of Israel was a miracle, surely our eating of Christ today is also a miracle. Regarding manna, there is miracle upon miracle
18连我们每天一分吗哪的分量也是神奇的。我们收取吗哪，不论多么殷勤或是贪心，最后恰好是一俄梅珥。晓得这件事会使我们平安，一天一天过日子。不要试著为明天积存吗哪。反之，要凭著主奇妙的供给过今天。你所享受的基督将保存在神圣的性情里。这完全发生在我们灵中，并与教会有关。我们在教会中所享受的基督藏在神里面，并且保存在神的性情里。我们存在罐内那个基督的度量乃是在约柜里，并且符合神的律法。这一切都在至圣所里，而至圣所在帐幕里。
18Even the amount of our daily portion of manna is miraculous. No matter how diligent, or even greedy, we may be in gathering manna, we eventually end up with just one omer. Realizing this will cause us to be at peace and to live one day at a time. Do not try to save up manna for tomorrow. Instead, live by the Lord’s miraculous provision today. What you enjoy of Christ will be what is preserved with Christ in the divine nature. This takes place altogether in our spirit and is related to the church. The Christ we enjoy in the church is hidden in God and preserved in the nature of God. The measure of Christ we preserve in the golden pot is in the ark and corresponds to God’s law. All this is in the Holy of Holies, which is in the tabernacle
19那些贪心的人也许会想为明天积存吗哪。但你这样储存的吗哪，第二天不能𫗪养你，反之，它将生虫。但很奇特，保存在金罐里的一俄梅珥吗哪却没有腐坏或变臭。它存到永远。十六章二十一节也告诉我们，日头一发热，吗哪就消化了。一方面，吗哪能磨碎、捣细并用水煮。另一方面，它留在烈日下就消化了。然而，保存在金罐里的一俄梅珥吗哪没有消化。这进一步指明供应吗哪的奇妙本质。
19Those who are greedy may try to store up manna for tomorrow. But the manna you save in this way will not feed you the next day. Instead, it will breed worms. It is strange, however, that the omer of manna preserved in the golden pot does not spoil or become rotten. It remains forever. In 16:21 we are also told that when the sun became hot, the manna melted. On the one hand, manna could be ground, beaten, and boiled. On the other hand, it melted when left out in the hot sun. However, the omer of manna preserved in the golden pot did not melt. This is a further indication of the miraculous nature of the provision of manna
20无论我们收取多少，神的心意是给我们每人一俄梅珥吗哪。我们接受吗哪的数量在于神，不在于我们。数量乃是在祂手中。再者，我们吃吗哪，最后恰好能吃一俄梅珥。这指明我们吃吗哪的数量不是照著我们的胃口，而是照著神的安排。有些人听见收取吗哪和吃吗哪是照著神，不是照著我们，他们会说：『我们没有理由出去收取吗哪。不论我们收不收，主都会怜悯我们。』但如果这是我们的态度，主就不会怜悯我们了。我们必须尽本分去收取吗哪。其余的都在于祂。不论我们收多少，我们都是得一俄梅珥。同样的，不论我们能吃多少，最终我们正好接受一俄梅珥。不要以为贪吃就能吃到更多的吗哪。吗哪的各方面都是奇妙的。神降吗哪的整个故事就是一个神迹，我们天然的悟性无法解释。在第六天以色列人收双分，为了作安息日的供应。在这种情形下，那额外的分就不生虫。当然这是照著神。再者，我们看见金罐里的吗哪没有腐坏或消化。这启示吗哪的经历不是照著人的定规。决定吗哪该如何收取，如何吃以及如何保存的那位乃是神。倘若我们试著储存吗哪，它就会生虫。但若是神吩咐我们收取两天的分，吗哪就仍是新鲜的。然后神若要求我们存一俄梅珥在金罐内，那分吗哪就要永远存留。
20God’sin tent i on is to give each of us an omer of manna, whether we collect more or less. The amount of manna we receive depends on God, not on us. The measure is in His hand. Furthermore, in the eating of manna, we eventually are able to eat just one omer. This indicates that the amount of manna we eat is not according to our appetite, but according to the Lord’s arrangement. When some hear that the gathering and eating of manna are according to God, not according to us, they may say, “There is no reason for us to go out to gather manna. Whether we gather it or not, the Lord will have mercy on us.” However, if this is our attitude, the Lord will not have mercy on us. We must do our part to gather manna. All the rest is up to Him. No matter how much we collect, we shall receive one omer. Likewise, no matter how much we can eat, we shall eventually take in just one omer. Do not think that by eating greedily you can partake of more manna. All the different aspects of manna are miraculous. The whole story of God’s sending the manna is a miracle that cannot be explained by our natural understanding. On the sixth day the children of Israel collected a double portion in order to have a supply for the Sabbath day. In this case the extra portion did not breed worms. Surely this is according to God. Furthermore, we have seen that the manna in the golden pot did not spoil or melt. This reveals that the experience of manna is not according to man’s regulation. God is the One who determines how manna should be gathered, eaten, and preserved. If we try to store up manna, it will breed worms. But if God tells us to collect a portion for two days, the manna will remain fresh. Then if God requires us to preserve an omer in a golden pot, that portion of manna will remain forever.
21吗哪的规则不是照著我们天然的观念。这说出对基督的享受不是照著人的方式或评估。我们对基督的享受必须照著神。享受基督的方式完全在于神的定规。虽然我们不能用言语把这事说得完全，但我们能照著经历来鉴赏它。我们甚至在追求主的事上也可能很贪心。尤其对于不喜欢受限制的青年人更是如此。然而，贪心的人需要被神减少。我们也许收了许多吗哪，但神要调整并减少到正确的分量。然而，这并非暗示我们应该懒惰。再者，我们不该试著平衡自己或量度自己。我们只该让属天的度量来平衡我们。不管我们如何贪心收取吗哪，最后我们将和别人一样，我们不会比他们得的更多。想要调整自己是不管用的。贪心的人绝不懒惰，懒惰的人也绝不会贪心。想要改变我们自己仅仅是一种宗教上的努力。我们应当单单寻求主。我们从祂所得的，照著祂的怜悯，乃是一个神迹。不论我们收取多少吗哪，吗哪量过以后，我们各人都有一俄梅珥。
21Concerning manna, the regulations are not according to our natural concept. This indicates that the enjoyment of Christ is not according to man’sway or estimation. Our enjoyment of Christ must be according to God. The way to enjoy Christ wholly depends on God’s regulations. Although we cannot fully express this in words, we can appreciate it according to our experience. We may be greedy even in our seeking after the Lord. This is especially true of young people, who do not like to be limited. Nevertheless, the greedy ones need to be scaled down by God. We may collect a great deal of manna, but God will regulate us and reduce us to the proper measure. This does not imply, however, that we should be lazy. Furthermore, we should not try to balance ourselves or measure ourselves. We should simply allow the heavenly measure to balance us. No matter how greedy we may be in gathering manna, eventually we shall be the same as others, and we shall not receive more than they receive. It does not work to try to adjust ourselves. The greedy ones will never be lazy, and the lazy ones will never be greedy. To try to change ourselves is just religious endeavor. We should simply seek the Lord. What we receive of Him will be a miracle according to His mercy. No matter how much manna we may collect, after the manna has been measured out, we each shall have one omer
22有些人听见我们无论收取多少，各人将得著一俄梅珥吗哪，他们会说：『那么我们就不该想要作甚么了。』倘若你可能停止你所作的一切，我鼓励你停下你的活动。但事实上，每件事都在于主。关乎神平衡我们这个事实，众圣徒也许不都明瞭这一点。吗哪本身是一个神迹，处理吗哪也是一个神迹。与吗哪有关的每件事都是奇妙的。吗哪降下的方式是奇妙的，照著属天的度量而平衡的方式也是奇妙的。我们很难了解为甚么收了许多吗哪之后，我们还是只得著一俄梅珥。同样的原则，我们也很难了解为甚么那些收取不足一俄梅珥的人也得到一俄梅珥。这一切都是奇妙的。
22When they hear that whether we gather more or less we shall each receive an omer of manna, some may say, “Then we should not try to do anything.” If it is possible for you to cease all that you are doing, I encourage you to stop your activity. Actually, however, everything depends on the Lord. The point regarding the fact that God balances us may not be clear to all the saints. Manna itself is a miracle, and the dealing with manna is also a miracle. Everything related to manna is miraculous. The way it was sent was miraculous, and the way of balancing according to the heavenly measure is also miraculous. It is difficult for us to understand why after collecting so much manna we still receive just one omer. In the same principle, it is also difficult to understand why those who collect less than an omer also receive one omer. All this is miraculous.
23圣经没有告诉我们，以色列人将吗哪带回帐棚以后，吗哪就消化了。然而，若是留在露天之下，日头一发热，吗哪就消化了。也许帐棚里的温度比外面还高。然而，吗哪留在露天之下就消化了，在以色列人的帐棚里却没有消化。这表示对吗哪的整个经历不是照著天然或科学的观念。此外，它也不是照著人的安排。以色列人必须照著神和神的定规来收取、享受并保存吗哪。在经历基督作我们生命供应的事上也是这样。我们已经看见，保存在金罐里的吗哪，存到世世代代，没有腐坏或消化。这里的原则和其它与吗哪有关的每一件事都是说到吗哪是从主而来的奇妙豫备。而且这个神迹不是短暂的。降吗哪是一个长期的神迹，大约有四十年之久。每天早晨，吗哪以奇妙的方式来到。不论以色列人旅行到那里，每天早晨吗哪都降下。降吗哪不限于某一个地方。虽然吗哪在旷野是一个长久持续的神迹，但它却不如基督之于我们那样持久。基督作我们的食物要持续直到永世。有分于基督乃是一个神迹。它不是照著天然的观念，并且它也不能靠科学的研究来了解它。
23The Bible does not tell us that manna melted after the children of Israel brought it back to their tents. However, if it was left in the open air, it melted when the sun became hot. Perhaps the temperature in the tents was higher than the temperature outside. Nevertheless, the manna melted when left in the open air, but it did not melt in the tents of the Israelites. This shows that the whole experience of manna is not according to the natural or scientific concept. Furthermore, it is not according to man’s arrangement. The children of Israel had to collect, enjoy, and keep manna according to God and according to His regulations. The same is true of us with respect to the experience of Christ as our life supply. We have seen that the manna preserved in the golden pot remained for generations without spoiling or melting. The principle here, as with everything else related to manna, is that manna was a miraculous provision from the Lord. This miracle, moreover, was not short-lived. The sending of manna was a long-term miracle which continued for about forty years. Morning after morning, the manna came in a miraculous way. No matter where the children of Israel were in their travels, manna came each morning. The sending of manna was not confined to a certain place. Although the manna in the wilderness was a long-lasting miracle, it was not as lasting as Christ is to us. As our food, Christ will last for eternity. Partaking of Christ is a miracle. It is not according to the natural concept, and it cannot be understood by scientific investigation
24如果你不相信有分于基督是一个神迹，我请问你为甚么在今日这么多的基督徒中间，你渴慕基督，而其他许多人则不然呢？这岂不是神迹么？为甚么你有分于基督，而别人对祂没有胃口呢？在同一个家庭里的孩子当中，有些人有心为著基督，其余的却漠不关心。一群基督徒也许听见同样的信息，并接受同样的属灵真理，但有些人寻求主，其余的则不然。这是进一步的指明，我们有分于基督乃是奇妙的。
24If you do not believe that partaking of Christ is a miracle, I would ask you why among the vast number of today’s Christians you hunger after Christ and so many others do not. Is this not a miracle? Why do you partake of Christ when others have no appetite for Him? Among children in the same family, some have a heart for Christ and others are indifferent. A group of Christians may hear the same messages and receive the same spiritual truth, but some seek the Lord and others do not. This is a further indication that our partaking of Christ is miraculous.
25旧约中的帐幕描绘出属灵的经历。在帐幕里有至圣所。在至圣所里有约柜，在约柜里有盛吗哪的金罐。这一切都是我们经历的一幅图画。在我们的灵─至圣所里，有基督─神的约柜。在基督里有金罐，就是有神圣的性情，保存著我们所享受的基督。这幅图画启示出隐藏的吗哪保存在我们全人的深处，就是在基督里，基督隐藏并保存在神圣的性情里。这位隐藏且保存起来的基督要成为记念，直到永世。如果问我们今天隐藏的吗哪在那里，我们不该只说它在我们灵中。我们必须继续说，隐藏的吗哪是在金罐里，金罐是在约柜里，而约柜又在至圣所里面。这是我们享受基督的一幅图画。圣经是一本奇妙的书。以色列人开始吃吗哪以后，神吩咐他们要保存一俄梅珥吗哪在金罐里，并把这罐子放在见证的柜里。在这里神的心意是要描绘出我们对基督的经历。有些基督教教师不是这样来解释这幅图画，因他们对事情的看法是客观的。根据他们的解释，至圣所是指天上说的。倘若他们的解释是正确的，那么盛著隐藏吗哪的金罐定规是离我们十分遥远了。这个解释只包含天上的一面，没有包含属灵经历的一面。为了顾及经历的一面，我们需要以主观的方式解释这幅图画。根据这个观点，至圣所是指我们的灵说的。今天隐藏的吗哪在那里？它乃是在我们灵中神圣的性情里面。倘若我们对基督有真实的经历，就会在我们灵中神圣的性情里面赏识基督，并享受祂。
25The tabernacle in the Old Testament portrays spiritual experience. In the tabernacle there was the Holy of Holies. Within the Holy of Holies was the ark, and in the ark was a golden pot containing manna. All this is a picture of our experience. In the Holy of Holies, our spirit, we have Christ, the ark of God. Within Christ there is the golden pot, the divine nature, preserving the Christ we have enjoyed. This picture reveals that the hidden manna is preserved in the depths of our being, in the Christ hidden and held in the divine nature. This hidden and preserved Christ will be a memorial for eternity. If we are asked where the hidden manna is today, we should not simply say that it is in our spirit. We must go on to say that the hidden manna is in the golden pot, that the golden pot is in the ark, and that the ark is in the Holy of Holies. This is a picture of our enjoyment of Christ. The Bible is a wonderful book. After the children of Israel had begun to eat manna, God commanded them to preserve an omer of manna in a golden pot and to place this pot in the ark of testimony. God’sin tent i on here is to portray our experience of Christ. Certain Christian teachers do not interpret the picture this way because their view of things is objective. According to their interpretation, the Holy of Holies refers to heaven. If their interpretation is accurate, then the golden pot containing the hidden manna is far away from us. This interpretation covers only the heavenly aspect, not the aspect of spiritual experience. To care for the aspect of experience, we need to interpret the picture in a subjective way. According to this point of view, the Holy of Holies refers to our spirit. Where is the hidden manna today? It is in the divine nature within our spirit. If we have the genuine experience of Christ, we shall appreciate Christ and enjoy Him in the divine nature within our spirit.
26今天我们就是神的帐幕。作为帐幕，我们灵中有约柜─基督。我们已一再地指出，金罐在约柜里，而吗哪在金罐里。在我们的经历中，我们享受三样宝贵的东西：约柜、金罐和吗哪。基督作为隐藏的吗哪是何等的主观﹗祂是我们所接受并享受的吗哪。这吗哪要保存起来，作为记念，直到永世。你所享受的基督要保存在神圣的性情里直到永世。我信当我们进入永世的时侯，我们对于这事会更加清楚。
26We today are God’s tabernacle. As the tabernacle, we have the ark, Christ, in our spirit. We have pointed out again and again that the golden pot is in the ark and that the manna is in the golden pot. In our experience we enjoy three precious things: the ark, the golden pot, and the manna. How subjective is Christ as the hidden manna! He is the manna we have taken in and enjoyed. This manna will be preserved as a memorial for eternity. What you enjoy of Christ will be preserved in the divine nature for eternity. I believe that when we enter into eternity we shall become more clear concerning this.
27吗哪保存在金罐里的图画与我们对基督的经历有关。因著许多基督徒不了解这幅图画的意义，他们只知道吗哪好作食物。他们一点也没有概念，我们所享受的吗哪要保存起来，且要在我们里面的神圣性情里作为记念。为著出埃及十六章末了的图画，我们感谢主。这幅图画描绘对于作吗哪之基督的经历。倘若我们吃作吗哪的基督，我们所吃的吗哪将保存在我们里面的神圣性情里。这隐藏的吗哪乃是记念基督作神百姓的供应，为著建造神的居所。这样的记念是直到永世的记念。其它的一切会改变，但我们对基督的经历要存到永世。今天我们所享受的基督要成为将来的记念。我们从祂所吃的要保存在神圣的性情里，作为永远的记念。这就是在十六章末了的图画的意义。我们不该随从那些仅以客观方式解释这幅图画的圣经教师。我们需要照著我们的经历，以主观的方式来认识这幅图画。我们若这样来看保存吗哪的这幅图画，就要看见我们是帐幕，并且帐幕的物件就在我们里面。约柜与见证，生命的律法，在我们里面。此外盛吗哪的金罐也在我们里面，作为记念直到永世。
27The picture of the preserving of the manna in the golden pot is related to our experience of Christ. Because many Christians do not grasp the significance of this picture, they only realize that manna is good for food. They have no idea that the manna we enjoy is to be preserved as a memorial in the divine nature within us. We thank the Lord for the picture at the end of Exodus 16. This picture portrays the experience of Christ as manna. If we eat Christ as manna, the manna we eat will be preserved in the divine nature within us. This hidden manna is a memorial of Christ as the supply to God’sp eople for the building of God’s dwelling place. Such a memorial will be a remembrance for eternity. Everything else may change, but our experience of Christ will remain for eternity. What we enjoy of Christ today will become a memorial in the future. Whatever we eat of Him will be preserved in the divine nature as an eternal memorial. This is the significance of the picture at the end of chapter sixteen. We should not follow those Bible teachers who interpret this picture only in an objective way. We need to understand this picture in a subjective way according to our experience. If we view the portrait of the preserving of manna in this way, we shall see that we are the tabernacle and that the contents of the tabernacle are within us. The ark and the testimony, the law of life, are within us. Furthermore the golden pot with the manna is in us as a memorial for eternity.