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出埃及记生命读经 · 第83篇

帐幕及其器具在材料和样式上的异象（三）

The Vision of the Tabernacle and Its Furniture Concerning the Materials and the Pattern (3
1读经：出埃及记二十五章一至九节。在前两篇信息中，我们看过帐幕及其器具的异象。以色列人有了初阶的经历，就是逾越节、过红海、玛拉和以琳、享受吗哪、享受裂开磐石流出的活水，以及与亚玛力人争战的经历之后，他们才看见这个异象。然后百姓在西乃山带入与神的交通中，在那里领受神的律法。一方面，律法启示出我们的神是怎样的一位神；另一方面，律法暴露出百姓堕落、罪恶、败坏的光景。摩西在山顶上与神同在祂的荣耀之中四十昼夜时，神把帐幕的异象赐给了他。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 25:1-9 In the two previous messages we have considered the vision of the tabernacle and its furniture. The children of Israel could see this vision only after they had had the initial experiences of the Passover, the crossing of the Red Sea, Marah and Elim, the enjoyment of manna, the enjoyment of the living water out of the cleft rock, and the war against Amalek. Then the people were brought into fellowship with God at Mount Sinai, where they received the law of God. On the one hand, the law revealed what kind of God our God is. On the other hand, it exposed the people’s fallen, sinful, and corrupt condition. The vision of the tabernacle was given to Moses on the mountaintop when he was staying with God under His glory for forty days and forty nights
2我们已经指出，二十五章一至九节题起三类的材料：矿物、植物、动物。所有的材料都是说到基督身位与工作的美德，而且都是当作举祭来献给神，为著建造祂居所的。金子是头一种题起的矿物，它表征基督神圣的性情。本篇信息我们要继续来看其它的矿物、植物、动物，以及帐幕和器具的样式。2银表征基督救赎的工作
2We have pointed out that in 25:1-9 three categories of materials are mentioned: minerals, plants, and animals. All the materials refer to the virtues of Christ’s Person and work, and all were presented to God as a heave offering for the building of His dwelling place. Gold, the first of the minerals mentioned, signifies Christ’s divine nature. In this message we shall go on to consider the other minerals, the plants, the animals, and the pattern. 2. Silver, Signifying Christ’s Redemptive Work
3第二种矿物─银子，表征基督救赎的工作。我们不该肤浅地来领会这种救赎的工作。救赎包含了结和代替。神为著他自己创造了我们，还拣选我们来为著祂。然而，因著我们堕落、失丧了，我们需要基督来救赎我们。我们既是堕落的受造之物，我们就必须被了结。因此，基督在十字架上把我们钉死，了结了我们。不仅如此，基督藉著祂的救赎，还把祂自己分赐到我们里面，作我们的代替。以上这些：救赎、了结、代替都是银子所表征的。银子证实我们蒙了救赎、被了结，并且被取代了。
3Silver, the second of the minerals, signifies Christ’s redemptive work. We should not understand this redemptive work in a superficial way. Redemption involves termination and replacement. We were created by God for Himself and chosen by God to be for Him. However, because we became fallen and lost, we need Christ to redeem us. As fallen creatures, we also need to be terminated. Thus, on the cross Christ crucified us; He terminated us. Furthermore, through His redemption Christ imparts Himself into us to be our replacement. All this—redemption, termination, and replacement—is signified by the silver. The silver testifies that we have been redeemed, terminated, and replaced
4在日常生活中，我们必须作见证说，我们乃是蒙救赎、被了结，并且被取代的人。连读中学的青年人也该有这样的见证。别人应当能彀说：『这些青年人非常有人性，但他们有些奇妙的东西；他们不寻常，我实在很难解释。』我们愈被基督取代，就愈奇妙。赞美主，基督救赎了我们、了结了我们，现今祂正在取代我们的过程中！这就是经历基督作我们的银子。
4In our daily life we need to bear the testimony that we are redeemed, terminated, andre placed people. Even the young people in high school should have such a testimony. Others should be able to say, “These young people are very human, but there is something wonderful about them. They are special in a way that I find difficult to explain.” The more we are replaced by Christ, the more wonderful we shall be. Praise the Lord that Christ has redeemed us and terminated us and that He is now in the process of replacing us! This is the experience of Christ as our silver.
5我们经历基督作银子，并且这样得著祂作我们的珍宝，就该把这个珍宝带到教会的聚会中。当我们释放灵、尽功用时，就当在敬拜中把我们所得著、所享受、所经历的银子献给神，这才是神所渴望的敬拜。神不要我们俯伏在祂面前，祂也不要听诗班的表演。神所悦纳的敬拜，乃是我们把所经历、所得著的基督，当作举祭献给祂。这样的敬拜不但是神所悦纳的，并且还能彀建造圣徒。在每一次的聚会中，我们都必须这样被建造起来。3铜表征神审判的试验
5When we experience Christ as silver and possess Him in this way as our treasure, we should bring this treasure to the church meetings. Then as we function by releasing our spirit, we should offer to God in worship the silver we have gained, enjoyed, and experienced. This is the kind of worship God desires. He does not want us to prostrate ourselves before Him, and He does not want to listen to the performance of a choir. The worship which is acceptable to God is worship in which we offer to Him as a heave offering the Christ we have experienced and possessed. Such worship will not only be acceptable to God; it will also build up the saints. Meeting by meeting, we all need to be built up in this way. 3. Bronze, Signifying the Testing of God’s Judgment
6铜表征神审判的试验。为人的基督，一再地受到试验，祂在地上的一生中都受到试验，祂站在祭司、希律、彼拉多面前的时候也在受试验，并且被定了死罪。此外，基督又被神所试验。基督一生的每一天，都在受神的试验。在豫表里，铜乃是表征神审判的试验。外院子里的祭坛是用铜造的，不是用金造的，原因就在这里。祭坛乃是试验的凭藉和场地。这样，祭坛乃是豫表十字架作为神试验我们的凭藉和场地。
6Bronze signifies the testing of God’s judgment. Christ as a man was tested again and again. He was tested throughout His life on earth, and He was tested when He stood before the priests, Herod, and Pilate to be tried and sentenced to death. Moreover, Christ was tested by God. Every day of His life Christ was under God’ste sting. In typology bronze signifies the testing of God’s judgment. This is the reason the altar in the outer court was built with bronze instead of gold. The altar is a means and a place of testing. As such, it typifies the cross as both the means and the place where we are tested by God
7民数记二十一章九节挂在杆子上的铜蛇，乃是豫表基督成为罪之肉体的形状，在十字架上被举起来，受神的审判。蛇如何挂在杆子上，基督也照样在十字架上被举起来，受神的试验。祂在各方面都禁得起神的试验，并且都通过了神的试验。我们也天天受神的试验，我们在家里、在工作中、在学校里所有的生活，都受到神的试验。弟兄对妻子说话，会受到神的试验；青年人在学校里对老师和同学的态度，也会受到试验。神甚至会试验我们的动机、意念，和我们心里所存的一切。我们经历神的试验，不但得著金、银，也得著铜，这就使我们成为不一样的人，说话、举止、态度都不随便。经历铜的人乃是在十字架之下，受神试验的人。
7The brass serpent lifted up on a pole in Numbers 21:9 was a type of Christ as the One who was made in the likeness of the flesh of sin and lifted up on the cross to be judged by God. Just as the serpent was lifted up on the pole, Christ was lifted up on the cross to be tested by God. In every way He stood God’ste stand passed through it. Daily we also are under God’ste sting. The kind of life we have at home, at work, and at school is subject to God’ste st. What a brother says to his wife will be tested by God, and the attitude of a young person toward his teachers and classmates at school will also be tested. God will even test our motives, intentions, and all that is in our heart. As we experience God’ste sting, we gain not only gold and silver, but also bronze. This causes us to be a different kind of person, a person who is not careless about the way he behaves, speaks, and expresses his attitudes. A person who experiences the bronze is a person under the cross, under God’ste st.
8青年人受神的试验，所以他在学校要说甚么或作甚么的时候，神会来察验他。弟兄和妻子的关系，也会经历神的试验。假定他想要对妻子说句重的话，主会在那一点上试验他，他就知道不该这样说。这位弟兄不但不对妻子说消极的话，反而会对主说积极的话，告诉祂说：『主，你何等有智慧，何等美善！主，我爱你，我也爱我的家。』因著这样的经历，这位弟兄就会得著一些铜的经历。首先我们应当从日常对主的经历中得著铜，然后我们该把铜带到聚会中，运用灵来尽功用，把它当作举祭献给主。我们所经历、所得著的铜，也是建造神的帐幕所用的材料。4红玛瑙表征基督救赎的工作
8Under God’ste sting, a young person may be examined by Him when he is about to say or do a certain thing at school. A brother will also experience God’ste sting in relation to his wife. Suppose he intends to say a strong word to her. At that point the Lord may test him, and he will realize that he should not utter such a word. Instead of saying a negative word to his wife, the brother may say a positive word to the Lord, telling Him, “Lord, how wise and how good You are! I love You, Lord, and I love my family.” Through such an experience, the brother will gain some experience of bronze. First we should gain bronze from our daily experience with the Lord. Then we should bring it to the meetings and, as we function by exercising our spirit, offer it to the Lord as a heave offering. This bronze, experienced and possessed by us, is also material used for the building of God’s tabernacle. 4. Onyx Stone, Signifying Christ’s Redemptive Work
成为那灵变化工作的根基
as the Base for the Spirit’s Transforming Work
9二十五章七节所题起的红玛瑙是红色的。这个红玛瑙表征基督为著救赎所流的血，成为那灵变化工作的根基。基督的救赎乃是圣灵变化工作的根据。
9The onyx stone mentioned in 25:7 was red in color. This onyx stone signifies Christ’s bloodshed for redemption as a base for the Spirit’s transforming work. Christ’s redemption is the basis for the transforming work of the Holy Spirit
5 别样的宝石表征那灵的变化
5. Other Precious Stones, Signifying the Transformation of the Spirit
10别样的宝石表征圣灵根据基督的救赎所产生变化工作的各方面。红玛瑙的经历乃是别样宝石经历的根据，我们已经指出，这意思是说，基督的救赎乃是那灵变化工作的根基。我们都必须经历那灵的变化。例如，我们必须爱父母、亲戚、邻人，尤其要爱教会里的弟兄姊妹。然而，神不悦纳我们天然的爱。在祂眼中，我们天然的爱是泥土，不是宝石。我们对天然的爱也许感觉很好，但对神来说，天然的爱是可憎而丑陋的。我们的爱必须被变化。我们需要一种爱是那灵根据基督的救赎、了结、取代所变化过的。然后我们就会以纯洁的爱来爱人，这种爱乃是圣灵变化的宝贵工作所产生的。这样爱人和天然地爱人是截然不同的。
10The other precious stones signify different aspects of the transforming work of the Holy Spirit based on Christ’s redemption. The experience of the onyx is the basis for the experience of the other precious stones. As we have pointed out, this means that Christ’s redemption is the foundation for the transforming work of the Spirit. We all need to experience the Spirit’s transformation. For example, we need to love our parents, relatives, neighbors, and especially the brothers and sisters in the church. God, however, does not accept our natural love. In His sight, our natural love is clay, not precious stones. We may feel very positively about our natural love, but to God it is loathsome and uncomely. Our love needs to be transformed. We need a love that is transformed by the Spirit with Christ’s redemption, termination, and replacement as the basis. Then we shall love others with a pure love, a love which is the product of the precious transforming work of the Holy Spirit. To love others in this way is very different from loving them in a natural way.
11我们不该满足于天然的道德、伦理、品格、行为，这些东西都必须被变化。首先我们必须被救赎、被了结、被取代，然后让圣灵新陈代谢地来变化。这就是对宝石的经历。如果我们把这些宝贵的材料带到教会的聚会中，当作举祭献给神，这样，我们就会对建造教会作为神的居所有帮助。然后我们的聚会就会满了这些宝贵的材料，奇妙的建造工作就会在我们中间发生。
11We should not be satisfied with our natural morality, ethics, character, or behavior. All these things need to be transformed. First we must be redeemed, terminated, and replaced and then transformed metabolically by the Holy Spirit. This is the experience of the precious stones. If we bring these precious materials to the meetings of the church and offer them to God as a heave offering, we shall help to build the church as God’s dwelling place. Then our meetings will be filled with the offering of such precious materials and a wonderful work of building will take place among us
（四） 植物
D. Of Plants
12我们已经看见，植物的生命是为著繁衍，为著生产的。基督乃是繁衍并生产生命的根本要素，祂的生命满有生产力，而且祂把生命分赐给我们。照约翰十二章二十四节来看，祂就是那独一的麦粒，落在地里死了，为要产生我们这许多子粒来。这就是基督乃是生产、繁衍的植物生命。
12We have seen that the plant life is for generating, for producing. Christ is the essential factor of the generating and producing life. His life is very productive, and He imparts His life to us. According to John 12:24, He was the unique grain of wheat which fell into the ground and died in order to produce us as the many grains. This is Christ as the producing, generating plant life
1 麻表征基督的品行
1. Linen, Signifying Christ’s Conduct
13这种生产生命的头一项是麻，麻表征基督的品行。
13The first expression of this generating life is linen, which signifies Christ’s conduct
（1） 蓝色表征属天
a. Blue, Signifying Heavenly
14出埃及记二十五章四节说到『蓝色、紫色、朱红色的细麻。』（直译。）蓝色的麻表征基督生产的生命，不但将生命分赐给我们，也产生一种属天的品质和行为，正如蓝色所表征的。别人看见我们，应当觉得我们不是属地的，反倒有属天的性情。我们有属天的样子，就是蓝色天空的样子。
14Exodus 25:4 speaks of “blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.” Linen in the color of blue signifies that Christ’s generating life not only imparts life to us, but also produces a character and behavior which are heavenly, as signified by the color blue. When others see us, they should have the sense that we are not earthly, but have instead a heavenly nature. We have a heavenly appearance, the appearance of a blue sky
（2） 紫色表征君尊
b. Purple, Signifying Royal
15紫色的麻表征君尊。我们在行为上应当表现出君尊、庄重的特质。甚至高中生在行为上也该尊贵、端庄，他们所说所作的，都当是庄重而君尊的。
15Linen with the color of purple signifies royalty. In our behavior we should show forth a royal, or kingly, character. Even the students in high school should be dignified and kingly in their behavior. There should be a certain dignity and royalty in what they say and do.
16我们的行为有属天而君尊的特质，不是出于我们的努力改良自己。我们必须离开论到自我改良的宗教、哲学和天然的教训。我们必须经历基督作我们的属天、君尊、尊贵，并且还要长大，直到我们成为那些在日常生活中对蓝色、紫色麻有经历的人。王家的王子如何是尊贵的人，我们也该照样是尊贵的人；不是藉著自我修养，而是藉著经历基督，并在祂里面长大。我们都需要经历蓝色、紫色的麻。
16To have a heavenly and royal character in our conduct does not come from our efforts to improve ourselves. We must turn from the religious, philosophical, and natural teachings concerning self-improvement. We need to experience Christ as our heavenliness, royalty, and dignity and grow until we become those who have the experience of blue and purple linen in their daily living. Just as a prince in a royal family is a person of dignity, we also should be dignified people, not by trying to improve ourselves, but by experiencing Christ and growing in Him. We all need the experience of the blue and purple linen
（3） 朱红色表征救赎
c. Scarlet, Signifying Redemption
17帐幕也需要朱红色的麻。朱红色表征基督为著救赎我们所流的血。我们该一直作见证说，我们知道我们是有罪的，需要基督宝血的洗净。我们必须时常转向主说：『主阿，洁净我。即使我不觉得有甚么罪，我知道我仍是污秽的。主阿，我是天然的，我这样活在旧造里面，而且我还是属肉体的，我多么需要你的洁净！』别人也许会称赞我们属天的样子，君尊的特质，但我们却该晓得，我们是有罪的，一直需要主宝血的洗净。这就是有朱红色麻的经历。假定一位青年人对父母的态度总是认为他对，别人都错，他就会说：『父亲，我从来没有得罪你。家里面每一个人我都爱，而且我一直乐意替别人作事。』这种态度，就是缺少朱红色的麻。有这样态度的人，可以由黑色衣服来代表，但定规不能由朱红色衣服来代表。
17For the tabernacle there was also the need for scarlet colored linen. Scarlet signifies the blood of Christ shed for our redemption. We should always bear the testimony that we realize we are sinful and need the cleansing of the precious blood of Christ. Often we need to turn to the Lord and say, “Lord, cleanse me. Even if I am not conscious of any sin, I know that I am still unclean. Lord, I am natural, so much in the old creation, and I am still fleshly. How I need Your cleansing!” Others may admire our heavenly appearance and royal character, but we should have the realization that we are sinful, always in need of the cleansing of the Lord’s precious blood. This is to have the experience of scarlet linen. Suppose the attitude of a young person toward his parents is that he is always right and that others are wrong. He may say, “Father, I have never offended you. I love everyone in the family, and I am always willing to do things for others.” To have this kind of attitude is to be lacking the scarlet colored linen. Anyone with such an attitude may be represented by black clothing, but certainly not scarlet clothing
18别人能彀为我作见证，我祷告的时侯，总是求主洁净我。即使我不觉得有污秽，我也晓得我仍在旧造里面，在许多方面，我也许不知不觉仍旧在天然的生命里。因为这是我们众人的光景，我们就需要朱红色
18Others can testify that when I pray I ask for the Lord’s cleansing. Even though I may not feel defiled, I know that I am still in the old creation. Unconsciously I may still be in the natural life in many respects. Because this is the condition of us all, we need the scarlet. We need the Lord’s cleansing
19的麻，我们需要主的洁净。
19d. Fine, Signifying Even, Perfect, and Beautiful
（4） 细的表征均匀的、完全的、美丽的
20第四节指明帐幕所用的麻，不但是蓝色、紫色、朱红色的，也是细的。我们在行为举止上是柔细的，意思是说，我们在各方面都很均衡。譬如，我们笑、我们哭都该是平衡的，我们不该笑得过度，也不要哭得过度，毫无节制。然而，有些人毫无约束，在情感上一点也不均衡，爱人爱过了也有可能。爱人没有适度的节制，是一个表记说出我们的爱粗鄙而不平衡。
20Verse 4 indicates that the linen used for the tabernacle was not only blue, purple, and scarlet, but was also fine. To be fine in our conduct and behavior means that we are balanced in every way. For example, when we laugh or cry we should be balanced. We should not laugh or cry excessively or without limitation. However, there are some who laugh or weep without restraint, without any balance in the emotion. It is also possible to love others too much. To love without the proper limitation is a sign that we are coarse in our love, that our love is not balanced
21我们的行为不但该是均衡的，也该是完全的，甚至是美丽的。一个人也许非常谦卑，但他的谦卑并不美丽。我们需要美丽的谦卑。我们所有的美德和属性都该像细麻─均匀、完全而美丽。我们愈藉著祷告和交通来看蓝色、紫色、朱红色细麻的意义，就愈明瞭这里所揭开的启示，以及所隐含的经历。2皂荚木表征基督的人性建造帐幕所用的皂荚木表征基督的人性，品质坚刚，标准崇高。基督的人性不是像棉花，而是像皂荚木。主耶稣的人性品质坚刚、标准崇高。然而，许多信徒的人性不太像皂荚木而像棉花。
21Our conduct should not only be balanced, but also perfect and even beautiful. A certain person may be very humble, but his humility may not be beautiful. We need a beautiful humility. All our virtues and attributes should be like fine linen — even, perfect, and beautiful. The more we consider through prayer and fellowship the significance of the fine linen in the color of blue, purple, and scarlet, the more we shall realize what a revelation is unfolded here and what experience is implied. 2. Acacia Wood, Signifying Christ’s Human Nature The acacia wood used in building the tabernacle signifies Christ’s human nature, strong in character and high in standard. Christ’s humanity is not like cotton; on the contrary, it is like acacia wood. In His humanity, the Lord Jesus was strong in character and high in standard. However, the humanity of many believers is more like cotton than like acacia wood.
3 油表征基督的灵
3. Oil, Signifying the Spirit of Christ
22『点灯的油』（6）表征基督的灵。我们应当一直在主膏油的涂抹之下。我们该是用油调和的细面，并且完全被油所饱和、所浸透。无论我们是甚么，无论我们作甚么，都该被基督的灵所饱和。
22The “oil for the lamp” (v. 6) signifies the Spirit of Christ. We should continually be under the Lord’s anointing. We should be the fine flour mingled with oil and thoroughly saturated and permeated with oil. Whatever we are and whatever we do, we should be saturated with the Spirit of Christ
23基督的灵与神的灵有点分别，但这不是说，有两位神圣的灵。圣灵不但是神的灵，更是基督的灵，祂包含了道成肉身、钉十字架、复活、升天基督的所有美德。我们必须经历这灵不断的涂抹，然后我们就会有油献给神，为著教会的建造。
23The Spirit of Christ can be distinguished from the Spirit of God. However, this does not mean that there are two divine Spirits. The Holy Spirit is not only the Spirit of God, but also the Spirit of Christ, including all the virtues of the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended Christ. We need to experience the continual anointing of this Spirit. Then we shall have the oil to offer to God for the building of the church
4 香料表征基督
4. Spices, Signifying the Effectiveness and
24死而复活的功效和香气
24the Sweet Odor of Christ’s Death and Resurrection
25出埃及记二十五章六节说到『作膏油和香的香料。』这些香料豫表基督死而复活的功效和香气。这些香料用来作膏油，也用来作香焚烧在神面前。我们必须在日常生活中经历这些香料。首先，基督的死对付消极的事物很有功效，它会击退所有的『臭虫』，还会把牠们赶走。有些香料的作用好像抗生素，杀死属灵的病菌。我们经历香料的功效，在我们的生活中，就有基督死而复活的馨香之气。别人会感觉出，基督的死和复活在我们里面是有功效的，并且能产生出一种甜美的芳香来。
25Exodus 25:6 speaks of “spices for the anointing oil and for the incense of perfumes.” These spices typify the effectiveness and sweet odor of Christ’s death and resurrection. These spices were used both for making the anointing oil and for making the incense which was burned before God. We need to experience these spices in our daily living. First, Christ’s death will be effective in dealing with negative things. It will repel all the “bugs” and drive them away. Certain spices function as antibiotics to kill spiritual germs. When we experience the effectiveness of the spices, in our living there will be the fragrance of Christ’s death and resurrection. Others will sense that Christ’s death and resurrection are effective in us and are also producing a sweet-smelling aroma.
（五） 动物
E. Of Animals
26基督的生命也由动物的生命所豫表。我们已经指出，动物的生命乃是为著救赎。人堕落以前，神没有定规人要吃动物的肉，人可以靠著神创造时所豫备的水果、蔬菜、坚果而生活。但是人堕落了，犯罪又败坏，所以需要流血为著救赎，也需要动物的肉作为营养与食物。这指明有罪的人需要救赎的基督，这位基督在十字架上流出宝血，并且牺牲了生命来救赎我们。我们因著基督救赎的生命，便得著滋养、𫗪养、扶持，使我们可以活著。1山羊毛表征基督曾为我们成为罪出埃及记二十五章四节、五节说到动物生命的三方面：山羊毛、公羊皮、海狗皮。根据马太二十五章三十三节、四十一节，山羊表征罪人。因此，山羊毛表征基督在救赎的工作里，替我们成为罪。（林后五21。）神使基督为我们成为罪，虽然祂不犯罪，也没有罪恶的性情，但在外
26Christ’s life is also typified by the animal life. As we have pointed out, the animal life is for redemption. Before man fell, God did not ordain for man to eat the flesh of animals. Man could live on the fruits, vegetables, and nuts prepared by God in His creation. But because man fell and became sinful and corrupt, he needed the shedding of blood for redemption and also the flesh of animals for nourishment and sustenance. This indicates that sinful man needs the redeeming Christ, the Christ who shed His blood on the cross and sacrificed His life to redeem us. With Christ’s redemptive life we are nourished, fed, and sustained so that we may live. 1. Goats’ Hair, Signifying Christ Made Sin for Us Exodus 25:4 and 5 refer to three aspects of the animal life: goats’ hair, rams’ skins, and porpoise skins. According to Matthew 25:33 and 41, the goats signify sinners. Hence, goats’ hair signifies Christ being made sin for us in His redemptive work (2 Cor. 5:21). God caused Christ to be made sin on our behalf. Although He was not sinful and did not have the sinful nature, in appearance He looked like a goat
27表上，祂看起来却像一只山羊。
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2 染红的公羊皮表征基督流血所完成的救赎
2. Rams’ Skins Dyed Red, Signifying Christ’s Redemption through the Shedding of His Blood
28染红的公羊皮表征基督流血所完成的救赎。基督乃是为我们的罪死在十字架上的公羊，祂在祭坛上献给神，并且流出祂的血来洗净我们的罪。
28The rams’ skins dyed red signify Christ’s redemption accomplished through the shedding of His blood. Christ was the ram who died on the cross for our sins. He was offered to God on the altar and shed His blood to wash us from our sins.
3 海狗皮表征基督忍受苦难的力量
3. Porpoise Skins, Signifying Christ’s Strength in Bearing Sufferings
29海狗皮是坚固的、强韧的、耐用的，它们表征基督忍受苦难的力量。海狗皮是作为帐幕的遮盖，并且用来保护帐幕的。今天我们有基督作海狗皮来遮盖我们、保护我们。祂忍受各样的苦难、伤害、艰难。在动物生命所表征的生命里面，基督首先救赎我们，然后成为一种遮盖和保护，能彀禁得起试炼、攻击、难处和苦难。我们应当在这种动物生命的各方面来经历基督，然后把山羊毛、染红的公羊皮、海狗皮所表征的基督，带到聚会中来献给神，为著建造教会和所有的圣徒。
29The porpoise skins are strong, tough, and long-lasting. They signify Christ’s strength in bearing sufferings. The skins were used as a covering for the tabernacle and served to protect the tabernacle. Today we have Christ as the porpoise skins to cover and protect us. He bears every kind of suffering, injury, and difficulty. In the life signified by the animal life Christ first redeemed us and then became a covering and protection that can withstand trials, attacks, troubles, and sufferings. We should experience Christ in the aspects of this animal life and then bring Him as signified by the goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and porpoise skins to the meetings and offer Him to God for the building up of the church and of all the saints
30如果我们把建造帐幕所用的材料，与基督徒所用的那些材料相比较，我们就会看见，今天的基督徒多半远离了神的启示。二十五章一至九节有神的启示，而不是人造的宗教。我们遗憾地说，在基督徒中间，人的宗教多于神的启示。
30If we compare the materials used in building the tabernacle with those used by Christians, we shall see that most of today’s Christians have gone far astray from God’sr evelation. In 25:1-9 we have God’sr evelation, not a man-made religion. We regret to say that among Christians there is much more of man’s religion than of God’sr evelation
三 关于样式
III. CONCERNING THE PATTERN
31出埃及记二十五章八节、九节说：『又当为我造圣所，使我可以住在他们中间。制造帐幕和其中的一切器具，都要照我所指示你的样式。』帐幕和其中一切器具的样式，表征教会和教会生活的所有细节。摩西在山顶上神的荣耀之中，神把这个样式指示摩西。最近我一直强调，我们必须看见在神的经营中，基督与教会这个中心的异象。但这不是说，我们只注意异象，而忽略了教会生活许多实行的方面。不论我们多么清楚神经营的异象，我们仍然需要整洁会所、剪草，并顾到教会生活许多其它方面的事。正如帐幕及其器具所指明的，教会生活并不简单。我们必须注意这些豫表所指明的许多细节，为要有正当的教会生活，并与众圣徒有合式的交通，包括那些软弱的和只是偶而来参加教会聚会的人。帐幕及其器具表征教会生活及其所有的细节。
31Exodus 25:8 and 9 say, “And they shall make for Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. According to all that I am showing you, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture; even so you shall do.” The pattern of the tabernacle and of all its furniture signifies the church and all the details of the church life. This pattern was shown by God to Moses when Moses was on the mountaintop under God’s glory. Recently I have emphasized a need for us to see the central vision concerning Christ and the church in God’secon o my. This does not mean, however, that we pay attention only to the vision and neglect the many practical aspects of the church life. No matter how clear we may be concerning the vision of God’secon o my, we still need to clean the meeting hall, cut the grass, and care for many other aspects of the church life. As indicated by the tabernacle and its furnishings, the church life is not simple. We must pay attention to many details indicated by the types in order to have a proper church life and the proper fellowship with all the saints, including the weaker ones and those who come to the church meetings only occasionally. The tabernacle with its furnishings signifies the church life with all its details.
32启示给摩西的样式乃是照著属天的事物，就是天上的事物。（来九23。）整个帐幕的设计和其中的一切器具，都是照著属天的事物。帐幕及其器具的样式乃是教会生活完整而完全的豫表。
32The pattern revealed to Moses was according to the heavenly things, the things in the heavens (Heb. 9:23). Both the design of the tabernacle as a whole and of all its furnishings was according to the heavenly things. The pattern of the tabernacle and its furnishings is a full and complete type of the church life