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出埃及记生命读经 · 第87篇

见证的柜（四）

The Ark of the Testimony (4)
1读经：出埃及记25:17-22。我们研究帐幕及其器具时，所关心的不仅仅是在道理上认识豫表，更是把豫表应用到我们属灵的经历中。在本篇和以下两篇信息中，我有负担进一步说到施恩座。我们已经看见，施恩座表征基督是神公义律法的遮盖，也是神在恩典中与祂的赎民说话的地方。这个施恩座是用精金作的，表征基督神圣的性情，而它的尺寸表征一个见证。再者，施恩座上两个基路伯表征神的荣耀，并且指明神的荣耀出自作施恩座的基督，好成为一个见证。在前一篇信息中，我们强调一个事实，就是神在挽回的基督里与祂的赎民相会，并和他们说话。祂从二基路伯中间和他们说话，指明祂从祂的见证─挽回的基督─所彰显的荣耀里，与祂的子民说话。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 25:17-22 In our study of the tabernacle and its furnishings, we are concerned not merely to know the types in a doctrinal way, but to apply the types to our spiritual experience. In this message and in the next two messages I am burdened to speak a further word on the propitiatory cover. We have seen that the propitiatory cover signifies Christ as the cover of God’s righteous law and also the place where God speaks to His redeemed people in grace. This cover is made of pure gold, signifying Christ’s divine nature, and its size signifies a testimony. Furthermore, the two golden cherubim on the propitiatory cover signify God’s glory and indicate that God’s glory comes out of Christ as the propitiatory cover to be a testimony. In the foregoing message we emphasized the fact that God meets with His redeemed people and speaks with them in the propitiating Christ. He speaks to them from between the two cherubim, indicating that He speaks to His people from the glory expressed in the propitiating Christ as His testimony
十一住在我们灵里的基督
THE CHRIST WHO DWELLS IN OUR SPIRIT
2我们已经指出，见证的柜是在帐幕的最内层。帐幕为外院子所包围，帐幕里有两部分─圣所和至圣所。至圣所可以比喻为我们最深的部分，就是我们的灵：至圣所乃是帐幕最深的部分，而约柜在这最深的部分里是在中心的位置。
2We have pointed out that the ark of the testimony was in the inmost part of the tabernacle. The tabernacle was surrounded by the outer court. There were two sections in the tabernacle—the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. The Holy of Holies may be likened to our deepest part, our spirit. The Holy of Holies is the deepest part of the tabernacle, and in this deepest part the ark occupies the central place
3我们如何是由体、魂、灵三部分所组成的，帐幕同外院子照样也是由三部分所组成的。外院子相当于我们的体，圣所相当于我们的魂，而至圣所相当于我们的灵。在至圣所里见证的柜，表征住在我们灵里的基督。这位复活的基督成了内住的灵，住在我们重生的灵里。事实上，本篇信息不是解释施恩座的，而是论到住在我们灵里的基督。你也许很熟悉保罗的话说：『愿主与你的灵同在。』（提后四22。）你也对于住在你里面的基督多少有点经历。但你知不知道住在你里面的基督是怎样的一位？祂既奇妙又包罗万有。然而，如果我们从来没有蒙过光照认识见证的柜，也没有得著一个异象，晓得约柜是基督的豫表，以及它在我们经历中的意义，我们对于住在我们灵里的基督，就没有充分的认识。我们也许晓得许多基督住在我们里面的辞汇和经文，但我们并不真知道基督是谁，以及住在我们灵中的基督是甚么。倘若我们要认识这位基督，就需要见证之柜的异象。我们尤其需要在施恩座的这一面蒙光照。
3Just as we are tripartite, composed of body, soul, and spirit, so the tabernacle with the outer court is composed of three parts. The outer court corresponds to our body; the Holy Place, to our soul; and the Holy of Holies, to our spirit. The ark of testimony in the Holy of Holies signifies the Christ who dwells in our spirit. Christ, the resurrected One, lives as the indwelling Spirit in our regenerated spirit. Actually, this message is not an exposition on the propitiatory covering. Rather, it is a word concerning the Christ who lives in our spirit. You may be familiar with Paul’sword, “The Lord be with your spirit” (2 Tim. 4:22), and you may have had some experience of the Christ who dwells within you. But do you know what kind of Christ lives in you? He is wonderful and all - inclusive. However, if we have never been enlightened concerning the ark of the testimony, and if we have not had a vision of the ark as a type of Christ with its significance for our experience, we do not have adequate knowledge of the Christ who is in our spirit. We may know the terminology and the verses which speak of Christ dwelling in us, but we may not actually know who is the Christ and what is the Christ who dwells in our spirit. If we would know this Christ, we need a vision of the ark of the testimony. In particular, we need to be enlightened with respect to the propitiatory cover.
十二神的见证
GOD’S TESTIMONY
4约柜乃是一个形状如台的柜子。我们灵里的基督就是约柜，而这约柜乃是一个台。在圣经里，台或根基隐含见证的意思，站在台上就是作见证。基督既是约柜，祂就是神的见证。祂在我们灵里，并在全宇宙中站立起来作为神的见证。
4The ark is a box in the shape of a stand. We have seen that the ark typifies Christ. The very Christ who is in our spirit is the ark, and this ark is a stand. In the Bible any stand or standing implies a testimony. To take a stand is to testify. As the ark, Christ is God’s testimony. He stands as the testimony of God in our spirit and in the whole universe
5约柜是一个柜子，一个容器，所以它有一个特殊的内容。出埃及记二十五章二十一节说：『又将我所要赐给你的见证放在柜里。』（直译。）这个见证，就是两块法版，可以视为神的一张照片、一幅图画。因此，基督─约柜─的内容，就是律法，而律法乃是神的图画、照片，和阐释。后来，盛吗哪的金
5Because the ark is a box, a container, it has a particular content. Exodus 25:21 says, “Into the ark you shall put the testimony which I shall give you.” This testimony, the tables of the law, can be considered a photograph, a portrait, of God. Hence, the content of Christ as the ark is the law as a portrait, a photograph, a definition, of God. Later, the golden pot with manna and Aaron’s budding rod were also put into the ark
6罐和亚伦发芽的杖，也放在柜里。
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十三神人
THE GOD-MAN
7我们已经看见，约柜是用皂荚木包上金子作成的。皂荚木和金子豫表基督的两种性情：金子豫表祂神圣的性情，而皂荚木豫表祂属人的性情。约柜里外都包上金子，这指明基督是神圣的，祂就是神。然而，祂不但是神，也是人，因此基督乃是神人。金木的约柜豫表作为神人的基督。反对基督是神人的真理，乃是瞎眼无知的表记。有些反对我们的人似乎只注意约柜的金子，只注意基督的神性，他们不彀注意约柜是木头包上金子作成的，就是基督的确是神人的这件事实。我们的的确确相信基督是神，但我们晓得，约柜怎样是木头包上金子作成的，基督也照样在神圣的性情里有属人的性情。
7We have seen that the ark was made of acacia wood overlaid with gold. The acacia wood and the gold typify the two natures of Christ: the gold typifies His divine nature, and the acacia wood, His human nature. Both within and without, the ark was overlaid with gold. This indicates that Christ is divine, that He is God. However, He is not only God, but also a man. Therefore, Christ is a God-man. The gold-wood ark typifies Christ as the God-man. It is a mark of blindness and foolishness to oppose the truth that Christ is a God - man. Certain of our opposers seem to pay attention only to the gold of the ark, only to Christ’s divinity. They do not pay adequate attention to the fact that the ark is made of wood overlaid with gold, to the fact that Christ is truly the God - man. We most assuredly believe that Christ is God. But we realize that just as the ark was made of wood overlaid with gold, so Christ has a human nature within His divine nature.
8在要来的年日里，更多的信徒会懂得，木头包上金子作成的约柜，所豫表的这一位基督乃是神人。真理终究会传扬出去，它要折服人、征服人、光照人。我们为此赞美主。基督是神人，就是有神圣性情和属人性情的一位，这位基督是创造者，也是受造之物。几年前，有些反对这个真理的人说：『我们的基督乃是创造者─祂不是受造之物。』真瞎眼！圣经清楚地说，基督是一切受造之物的首生者。（西一15，直译。）基督是包罗万有的，所以祂是受造之物的首生者，也是万有的创造者。如果基督只是神，而不是人，只是创造者，而不是受造之物，祂就不是包罗万有的，祂也就不是宇宙中一切正面事物的实际。今天所有的反对者，不论在今世还是在来世里，最终都要相信基督是包罗万有的。在永世里我们都会知道，基督是神，也是人，是创造者，也是受造之物，因为祂就是皂荚木包上金子所作成的约柜。
8In time to come, more believers will realize that, as the One typified by the ark made of wood overlaid with gold, Christ is the God-man. The truth will go out, and it will convince, subdue, and enlighten. We praise the Lord for this. As the God-man, the One who possesses both the divine nature and the human nature, Christ is both the Creator and a creature. Several years ago some who oppose this truth declared, “Our Christ is the Creator—He is not a creature.” What blindness! The Bible says clearly that Christ is the Firstborn of all creation (Col. 1:15). Because Christ is all-inclusive, He is the first of the creatures and He is the Creator of all. If Christ were only God and not man, only the Creator and not a creature, He would not be all- inclusive. He would not be the reality of all positive things in the universe. Eventually, either in this age or in the coming age, all those who oppose today will come to believe that Christ is all-inclusive. In eternity we all shall know that Christ is God and man, the Creator and the creature, for He is the ark made of acacia wood overlaid with gold
十四基督拔尖的部分
THE TOPMOST PART OF CHRIST
9见证的柜最重要的部分乃是施恩座。古代许多建筑物有所谓的顶石，约柜的施恩座就像建筑物的顶石一样。约柜的施恩座表征基督拔尖的部分。希伯来字的座，意思是盖。然而、大多数的译者认为盖这个字繙得不恰当，因为他们知道施恩座的意义并不简单。例如，约柜的盖上有两个基路伯，虽然没有人能彀描述这些基路伯，25:20但我们知道他们有脸、有眼、有翅膀。出埃及记二十五章二十节说：『二基路伯要高张翅膀，遮掩施恩座；基路伯要脸对脸，朝著施恩座。』基路伯要安在施恩座的两头，他们的翅膀要遮掩全盖。基路伯是锤出来的，表征基督藉著受苦把神圣的荣耀彰显出来。照圣经来看，这些基路伯表征神的荣耀；基路伯在那里，那里就有神的荣耀。因此，施恩座同基路伯的图画，表明基路伯所代表神的荣耀，乃是在基督身上。
9The most crucial part of the ark of the testimony was its cover. Many buildings in ancient times had something called a topstone, or capstone. The cover of the ark was like a capstone of a building. The propitiatory cover of the ark signifies the topmost part of Christ. The Hebrew word for cover here means a lid. Most translators, however, do not regard the word lid as an adequate rendering, for they realize that this cover is not simple in its significance. For example, there were two cherubim on the lid, the cover, of the ark. Although no one can describe these cherubim, we know that they had faces, eyes, and wings. Exodus says, “And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering over with their wings the propitiatory cover, with their faces each toward the other; toward the propitiatory cover the faces of the cherubim shall be.” The cherubim were made at the two ends of the propitiatory cover, and their wings covered the entire lid. The cherubim were made of beaten work, signifying that Christ’sex press i on of the divine glory was through sufferings. According to the Bible, these cherubim signify God’s glory. Wherever the cherubim are, there the glory of God is also. Thus, the picture of the propitiatory cover with the cherubim shows that God’s glory, signified by the cherubim, is upon Christ.
10这类的经文，需要翻得准确，才能有合式的领会。然而，翻译圣经并不简单，不要以为人只要有渊博的圣经知识，就能彀繙得好。我们要繙得准确，必须认识整本圣经的真理，也该有在主里的经历。
10In verses such as these, it is necessary to have an accurate translation to obtain the proper understanding. However, it is not easy to translate the Bible. Do not think that simply because a person has a scholarly knowledge of biblical languages he is qualified to translate the Bible properly. To translate the Bible accurately we must know the truth of the Bible as a whole and we should also have experience in the Lord
11照圣经的真理来看，血是弹在约柜的施恩座上。这血来自外院子铜祭坛上所献的挽回祭，在罪人与神之间成就了和平。这些祭牲的血带进至圣所里，弹在施恩座上七次。无疑地，弹上的血至少遮掩了大半个盖。最后，整个盖子都被血所遮掩了，这样约柜就为著人与神成了一个挽回的地方。
11According to the truth of the Bible, blood was sprinkled on the propitiatory cover of the ark. This blood came from the sacrifices offered on the brass altar in the outer court for propitiation, sacrifices to make peace between sinners and God. The blood of these sacrifices was brought into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled seven times on the propitiatory cover. No doubt, at least a large area of the lid was covered by the sprinkled blood. As a result, the golden lid was eventually covered with blood. The ark in this way became a place of propitiation for man with God
12我们在前面的信息中指出，见证的柜有金牙边，钦定本用冠冕一词，这暗指约柜的盖乃是一个冠冕。这表征约柜所豫表的这位基督是戴著冠冕的。人总是把冠冕当作特别的帽子戴在头上。我们要领会见证的柜对我们属灵经历的意义时，不该倚靠天然的智力。这样作就像牛听美妙的音乐一般：能彀听见声音，却无法领会、无法欣赏。许多年前，有时候，我听信息就像这样的一头牛。虽然一年以后我还能彀记住信息中所有的点，但我不懂这个『音乐』，也不会欣赏。我没有真正属灵的异象，也缺少从主来的光。因著主的怜悯，今天我的光景大不相同了，如今我会欣赏从主话中所听见的『音乐』。我盼望更多的圣徒也来欣赏这个音乐。论到约柜，我们需要从主来的亮光。论到施恩座、基路伯、金牙边、弹血在约柜的盖上，我们尤其需要亮光。
12In a foregoing message we pointed out that the ark of testimony has a rim of gold. The King James Version uses the word crown. This may imply that the cover of the ark is a crown. This signifies that, as the One typified by the ark, Christ wears a crown. A crown is always placed on the top of a person’she ad and may be worn as a special hat, or cap. In seeking to understand the significance of the ark of testimony for our spiritual experience, we should not rely on the ability of our natural mind. To attempt to do this is to be like cows listening to beautiful music: the sounds can be heard, but there is no understanding or appreciation. There were times many years ago that I was like such a cow listening to messages. Although I could easily recite all the points of a certain message even a year afterward, I didn’t understand the “music” or appreciate it. I did not have genuine spiritual vision, and I was short of light from the Lord. By the Lord’s mercy, my situation today is very different. Now I appreciate the “music” I hear from the Word. I hope that more and more of the saints will also come to appreciate the music. Concerning the ark, we need light from the Lord. In particular, we need light regarding the cover, the cherubim, the rim, and the sprinkling of the blood on the lid of the ark
13出埃及记二十五章二十二节说：『我要在那里与你相会，又要从见证的柜施恩座上二基路伯中间，和你说我所要吩咐你传给以色列人的一切事。』（直译。）这一节指明，神能彀在约柜上二基路伯中间与人相会，并与人说话。你有胆量进到至圣所里，站在约柜前，与神面对面的相会么？虽然我认识神的恩典多年，也没有这样的胆量。
13Exodus 25:22 says, “And I will meet with you there, and will speak with you from above the propitiatory cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, all that I shall command you concerning the sons of Israel.” This verse indicates that God could meet with man and speak with man between the cherubim on the ark. Would you have the boldness to come into the Holy of Holies, stand before the ark, and meet with God face to face? Even though I have known the grace of God for many years, I would not have such boldness.
十五神与人相会的一幅图昼
A PORTRAIT OF GOD MEETING WITH MAN
14在这一点上，我们需要更详细地来看约柜的图画。见证的柜所在的至圣所，空间相当有限，只有十肘平方。神在二基路伯中间与人相会，意思是说神在荣耀里，与人相会，和人说话。在前面的信息中我们说过，神总是在荣耀里与我们相会，和我们说话。照旧约的图画来看，神乃是在基路伯的荣耀当中，祂脚下是弹了血的施恩座。这里有神与人相会的一幅图画，现在我们必须看见这幅图画乃是表征基督的总和，祂不但是约柜的本身，也是约柜顶端的顶盖，这就是在我们灵里的基督。然而，我们很少人认识住在我们灵里的基督，乃是这样的一位。
14At this point, we need to consider the portrait of the ark in more detail. God was between the cherubim, ready to meet with man. The Holy of Holies, in which the ark of testimony was situated, was a rather restricted space; it was only ten cubits square. Under the glory and in the glory, God meets with man and talks with him. In the foregoing message we said that God always meets with us and speaks to us in glory. According to the picture in the Old Testament, God was in the midst of the glory of the cherubim, and under His feet was the propitiatory cover sprinkled with the blood. Here we have a portrait of God meeting with man. Now we must see that this portrait signifies Christ in His totality, Christ not only as the ark itself, but also as the top, the cap, of the ark. This is the Christ who is in our spirit. However, few of us have realized that the Christ who dwells in our spirit is such a One
15我们需要新的话语来描述住在我们里面的基督。这位基督乃是约柜、台，祂是见证，也是容器。基督既是约柜，祂的内容就是作为神阐释、描述及图画的律法。再者，基督有两种性情，就是神圣的性情和属人的性情。祂也有顶端的部分，就是约柜的盖─施恩座所表征的。盖的两头有基路伯，与神的荣耀有关。这一些都描绘出在我们灵里的基督。
15We need a new language to describe the Christ who lives in us. This Christ is the ark, a stand, as a testimony and container. The content of Christ as the ark is God’s law as the definition, description, and portrait of God. Furthermore, Christ has two natures, a divine nature and a human nature. He also has a top part, signified by the lid of the ark, which is the propitiatory cover. At the ends of the lid there are cherubim, which are related to God’s glory. All this portrays the Christ who is in our spirit
十六施恩座上的血
THE BLOOD ON THE PROPITIATORY COVER
16弹在施恩座上的血是从祭牲来的。虽然祭牲是在外院子的祭坛那里被杀，血却是带进至圣所里，并且弹在约柜上。这指明祭牲之血的功效，主要不是在外院子的祭坛那里，而是在至圣所的约柜那里。然而，今天基督徒对血的领会，多半局限在十字架上所流的血，许多诗歌说到十字架的血。信徒们在基督徒的生活中，也许把所有的时间都花在祭坛─十字架─那里。有些人把整个基督徒生活全花在十字架四周兜圈子，很少人进到至圣所里。
16The blood sprinkled on the propitiatory cover came from the sacrifices. Although the sacrifices were slain at the altar in the outer court, the blood was brought into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled on the ark. This indicates that the effectiveness of the blood of the sacrifices is not mainly at the altar in the outer court, but at the ark in the Holy of Holies. However, the understanding of most Christians today regarding the blood is limited to the blood shed on the cross. Many hymns speak of the blood of the cross. In their Christian life, believers may spend all their time at the cross, at the altar. Some may spend their entire Christian life making one circle after another around the cross. Few enter into the Holy of Holies
17想想看你以往的经历。你在宗派里的时候，曾经进入至圣所么？你岂不花了许多时间留在十字架那里么？你所唱的诗歌岂不是只强调祭坛那里的血么？加略山上所流的血，已经被带进至圣所里，而且弹在施恩座上了。照旧约来看，在祭坛那里所流的血，首先弹在祭坛上，这表征救赎的完成。救赎或挽回完成以后，这血就被带进至圣所里，并且弹在约柜的盖上，这样就使神能彀与人相会，并从二基路伯中间与人说话。神来与我们相会，祂的立场乃是救赎的血。因著血已经弹在施恩座上，而且神的立场是在血上，神就能彀在祂照耀的荣耀中与我们相会。这一切都与住在我们里面的基督有关。现今我们有这样一位奇妙的基督住在我们的灵里，但因著我们的盲目无知，很少人对祂有充分的认识。大多数的基督徒从来没有彻底晓得，住在我们里面的基督，乃是约柜同施恩座所描绘的那一位。然而，我们不该满意于光听见这样的一位基督，只在道理上懂得祂而已，我们必须更多更多来经历祂。
17Consider your experience in the past. When you were in the denominations, did you ever enter into the Holy of Holies? Did you not spend a great deal of time only at the cross? Did you not sing hymns which only emphasized the blood at the altar? The blood shed on Calvary has been brought into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled on the propitiatory cover. According to the Old Testament, the blood shed at the altar was first sprinkled at the altar. This signifies the accomplishment of redemption. Then after redemption, or propitiation, had been accomplished, this blood was brought into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled on the cover of the ark. This made it possible for God to meet with man and speak with him from between the cherubim. When God comes to meet with us, His standing is the redeeming blood. Because the blood has been sprinkled on the propitiatory cover and because God’s standing i son the blood, He can meet with us in the midst of His shining glory. All this is related to the Christ who lives in us. We now have such a wonderful Christ dwelling in our spirit. But because of our blindness and ignorance, not many of us have an adequate realization concerning Him. Most Christians have never realized in a full way that the Christ who lives in us is the very One portrayed by the ark with the propitiatory cover. However, we should not be satisfied simply to hear of such a Christ and learn of Him in a doctrinal way. We must go on to experience Him more and more