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出埃及记生命读经 · 第89篇

见证的柜（六）

The Ark of the Testimony (6)
1读经：出埃及记25:17-22。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 25:17-22
二十二挽回的地方
THE PLACE OF PROPITIATION
2很少基督徒看见基督是挽回的地方。保罗在罗马三章二十五节论到基督耶稣说：『神设立耶稣作蔽罪盖，是凭著耶稣的血，藉著人的信。』（直译。）在这里蔽罪盖的希腊字是『希拉斯特利恩』，意思就是挽回的地方。希伯来九章五节用这个字作为至圣所里约柜的座与盖。七十士译本在出埃及二十五章十七至二十二节、利未记十六章十二至十六节，也用这个字作为约柜的盖。钦定本采用『施恩座』的译法。这指明那些译者晓得基督是挽回的地方，祂乃是神向我们施怜悯的施恩座。要紧的是我们要看见挽回不但是一个举动；挽回也是基督自己成为一个地方。照罗马三章二十五节来看，神已设立基督这个人位作施恩座。在这个人位身上，神能彀与我们相会，我们也能彀与神相会。
2Not many Christians have seen that Christ is the place of propitiation. Speaking of Christ Jesus, Paul says in Romans 3:25, “Whom God set forth a propitiation- cover through faith in His blood.” Here the Greek word for propitiation-cover is hilasterion, which means the place of propitiation. In Hebrews 9:5 this word is used for the cover, the lid of the ark within the Holy of Holies. In Exodus 25:17-22 and Leviticus 16:12-16, the Septuagint also uses this word for the cover of the ark. The King James Version adopts the rendering “mercy seat.” This indicates that those translators regarded the place of propitiation as a seat, realizing that Christ as the place of propitiation was a seat for God to grant mercy to us. It is important to see that propitiation is not only an act; it is also Christ Himself as a place. According to Romans 3:25, God set up Christ Himself, the Person, to be a propitiation-cover. It is upon this Person that God can meet with us and we can meet with God
3在希伯来书，保罗说到施恩座就是施恩的宝座：『所以我们只管坦然无惧的，来到施恩的宝座前，为要得怜恤，蒙恩惠作应时的帮助。』（四，直译。）希伯来十章十九节、二十节说：『弟兄们，我们既因耶稣的血，得以坦然进入至圣所，是藉著祂给我们开了一条又新又活的路从幔子经过，这幔子就是祂的身体。』施恩的宝座在至圣所里面，因它就是至圣所里约柜的盖。因此，约柜的盖乃是神赐给我们恩典的地方。因这缘故，神赐恩典给我们的地方，的确就是施恩的宝座。现在我们必须看见，这个施恩的宝座，就是神赐恩典给我们的地方，实际上乃是基督自己。在这些论到见证之柜的信息中，我们已经看见，整个约柜及约柜的盖乃是基督的豫表，这是一件太有意义的事。基督是包罗万有的。我们不该以为约柜上面的施恩座是基督自己以外的东西，也不该认为挽回仅仅是基督所完成的一个举动。我再说，基督乃是整个的约柜，包括顶端的盖在内。
3In the book of Hebrews Paul speaks of the propitiation - cover as the throne of grace: “Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for timely help” (4:16). Hebrews 10:19 and 16 20 say, “Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entering the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which He dedicated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh.” The throne of grace is in the Holy of Holies, for it is the cover of the ark, which is in the Holy of Holies. Thus, the cover of the ark is a place where God gives us grace. For this reason, the place where God gives grace to us is surely the throne of grace. Now we must see that this throne of grace, the place where God gives us grace, is actually Christ Himself. In these messages on the ark of the testimony we have seen that the entire ark with its cover is a type of Christ. This is a matter of great significance. Christ is all-inclusive. We should not think that the propitiation-cover on the ark is something other than Christ Himself and regard propitiation simply as an act accomplished by Christ. To repeat, Christ is the entire ark, including the top, the cover.
4因著很少基督徒看见基督是挽回的地方，是施恩座，他们就不会重看血在这盖上的宝贵。反之，基督徒多半欣赏在十字架上血的宝贵。他们没有进入至圣所，只是一直逗留在十字架─祭坛那里。论到救赎之血的诗歌多半集中在十字架。你能彀找出一首诗歌，是论到救赎之血在蔽罪盖上的宝贵么？我找不出来。
4Because few Christians have seen that Christ is the place of propitiation, the propitiation-cover, they do not appreciate the preciousness of the blood on this cover. Rather, the majority of Christians appreciate the preciousness of the blood at the cross. Instead of entering into the Holy of Holies, they continue to linger at the cross, the altar. Most of the hymns written about the redeeming blood are centered on the cross. Can you find one hymn which speaks about the preciousness of the redeeming blood on the propitiatory cover? I do not know of such a hymn
二十三约翰修补职事里的约柜
THE ARK IN THE MENDING MINISTRY OF JOHN
5我们已经看见，保罗和约翰都说到基督是施恩座的事。保罗的完成职事和约翰的修补职事都论到这一点。在约翰修补职事里的一些点，比保罗完成职事里的点还要强。一样东西修补过了，往往比从前的还要坚固。比方说，你把一件衣服破损的地方缝补起来，所补上的部分通常比原来的布还要结实。约翰的修补职事在基督作为约柜的一面也是这样。
5We have seen that both Paul and John spoke of matters related to Christ as the propitiatory cover. Both Paul’s completing ministry and John’s mending ministry cover this point. Certain points in the mending ministry of John are stronger than the points in the completing ministry of Paul. When something is mended, often it is stronger than it was before. For example, when you mend a worn part of a garment, the area that is mended is usually stronger than the original cloth. This is true of the mending ministry of John with respect to Christ as the ark
6在约翰一章一节和十四节我们看见，太初有话，话就是神，话成了肉身。根据十四节，门徒见过主的荣光。换言之，他们见过基路伯，就是基督神性的照耀。约翰一章二十九节说：『看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的！』与神的羔羊有关的一个重要成分，乃是救赎的血。约翰十九章三十四节说：『惟有一个兵拿枪扎祂的肋旁，随即有血和水流出来。』在约翰十七章，我们读到更多关乎荣耀和基路伯的事。在一节主耶稣祷告说：『父阿，时候到了；愿你荣耀你的儿子，使儿子也荣耀你。』二十二节主继续祷告说：『你所赐给我的荣耀，我已赐给他们，使他们合而为一，像我们合而为一。』在约翰一书第一章，我们读到生命、交通和血。一节说到生命的话，二节说这生命已经显现出来。在三节约翰说：『我们将所看见，所听见的，传给你们，使你们与我们相交，我们乃是与父并祂儿子耶稣基督相交的。』七节论到7血说：『我们若在光明中行，如同神在光明中，就彼此相交，祂儿子耶稣的血也洗净我们一切的罪。』永远的生命已经宣扬出来说，我们可以与父并与子有交通。我们虽然有罪，但耶稣的血却洗净我们。
6In John 1:1 and 14 we see that the Word which was in the beginning and which was God became flesh. According to verse 14, the disciples beheld the Lord’s glory. In other words, they saw the cherubim, the shining of Christ’s divinity. John 1:29 says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” An important element related to the Lamb of God is the redeeming blood. John 19:34 says, “But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.” In John 17 we read more concerning the glory, concerning the cherubim. In verse 1 the Lord Jesus prayed, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You.” In verse 22 the Lord went on to pray, “And the glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one.” In chapter one of the First Epistle of John we read of life, fellowship, and the blood. Verse 1 speaks of the Word of life, and verse 2 says that the life was manifested. In verse 3 John says, “That which we have seen and heard we report also to you, that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed the fellowship which is ours is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” Concerning the blood, verse says, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Eternal life has been proclaimed that we may have fellowship with the Father and the Son. Although we are sinful, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us.
7在启示录，我们看见照耀的基督，开始于第一章基督的启示：祂的头与发皆白，如白羊毛，如雪；眼目如同火燄；脚好像在炉中煆炼光明的铜；面貌『如同烈日放光』。（14～16。）启示录十章一节也描述一位照耀的基督：『我又看见另有一位大力的天使，从天降下，披著云彩，头上有虹；脸面像日头，两脚像火柱。』启示录十八章一节也说到基督是照耀的一位：『此后，我看见另有一位有大权柄的天使从天降下；地就因祂的荣耀发光。』启示录也强调血。启示录一章五节说：『祂爱我们，用自己的血使我5:9们脱离罪恶。』启示录五章九节宣告说：『你曾被杀，用自己的血从各族各方，各民各国中买了人来，叫他们归于神。』启示录七章十四节说到；『这些人是从大患难中出来的，曾用羔羊的血，把衣裳洗白12:11净了。』论到得胜者，启示录十二章十一节说：『弟兄胜过他，是因羔羊的血。』用来洗净我们的血，也封住魔鬼毁谤、控告的口。在启示录，我们也看见由皂荚木包金作成的约柜所豫表的基督。这本书也多次说到金子。在金灯台中间的人子，就是由皂荚木所豫表的那位。
7In the book of Revelation we see the shining Christ, beginning with His unveiling in chapter one: His head and hair are white as white wool, as snow; His eyes as a flame of fire; His feet like shining brass; and His face “as the sun shines in its power” (vv. 14-16). Revelation 10:1 also describes a shining Christ: “And I saw another strong Angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon His head, and His face was as the sun, and His feet as pillars of fire.” Revelation 18:1 also speaks of Christ as the shining One: “After these things I saw another Angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was illumined with His glory.” The book of Revelation also emphasizes the blood. Revelation 1:5 says, “To Him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins by His blood.” Revelation declares, “You were slain and did purchase to God by Your blood men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.” Revelation 7:14 speaks of “those who come out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” Speaking of the overcomers, Revelation says, “They overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb.” The blood with which we are cleansed also shuts the slandering, accusing mouth of the Devil. In the book of Revelation we can see the very Christ typified by the ark made of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Much is said concerning gold in this book. The Son of Man in the midst of the golden lampstands is the One typified by the acacia wood.
二十四在希伯来书里的约柜
THE ARK IN HEBREWS
8在这一点上我们必须看见，希伯来书乃是约柜的阐释。如果我们要认识见证的柜，就必须研读希伯来书。希伯来一章三节论到基督说：『祂是神荣耀所发的光辉，是神本体的真像。』基督是神荣耀所发的光辉，所以就是基路伯。祂是神，祂有金的性情，从其中发出基路伯─荣耀来。希伯来二章有皂荚木的成分，就是基督属人的性情。我们由十四节看见，基督穿上血肉的人性。十七节说：『所以祂凡事该与祂的弟兄相同，为要在神的事上，成为慈悲忠信的大祭司，为百姓的罪献上挽回祭。』
8At this point we need to see that the book of Hebrews is a definition of the ark. If we would know the ark of the testimony, we need to study Hebrews. Speaking of Christ, Hebrews 1:3 says, “Who being the effulgence of His glory and the express image of His substance.” Christ as the effulgence of God’s glory is the cherubim. He is God, and He has the golden nature out of which come the cherubim, the glory. In Hebrews 2 we have the element of acacia wood, the human nature of Christ. From verse 14 we see thatCh rist took on a human nature of blood and flesh. Verse 17 says, “Wherefore He ought to be made like His brothers in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.”
9希伯来书中多次说到救赎的血。希伯来九章二十二节说：『若不流血，12罪就不得赦免了。』十二节说，基督『用自己的血，只一次进入圣所，成了永远赎罪的事。』十四节继续说：『何况基督藉著永远的灵，将自己无瑕无疵献给神，祂的血岂不更能洗净你们的良心，除去你们的死行，使你们事奉那永生神么？』（直译。）在希伯来九章五节，保罗清楚地说到约柜上面的施恩座。这一节说：『柜上面有荣耀基路伯的影罩著施恩座。』约柜所表征的基督真是太丰富，太包罗万有了！我们永远不能述尽说竭这约柜的定义。见证的柜如何在至圣所里，如今约柜所豫表的基督也照样住在我们的灵里。
9The book of Hebrews has much to say concerning the redeeming blood. Hebrews 9:22 says that “without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” Verse says that Christ “through His own blood, entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, having found an eternal redemption.” Verse 14 goes on to say, “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” In Hebrews 9:5 Paul speaks explicitly of the propitiation - cover on the ark. This verse says, “And above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the propitiation-cover.” How rich and all-inclusive is the Christ signified by the ark! We can never exhaust the definition of this ark. Just as the ark of the testimony was in the Holy of Holies, so now the Christ typified by the ark dwells in our spirit.
二十五在我们灵里施恩的宝座
THE THRONE OF GRACE IN OUR SPIRIT
10基督徒对约柜的领会多半是极其肤浅的。大多数的圣经教师仅仅在道理上阐释约柜的记载，他们没有强调约柜在基督徒经历中的地位。你知道有那一位圣经教师说过，约柜就是住在我们灵里的基督？许多基督徒甚至不认识人的灵；他们认为灵与魂是同义字。许多圣经教师甚至相信二分法─人是由体和魂两部分构成的道理，而不相信三分法─人是由灵、魂、体三部分构成的真理。有些著重内里生命的基督徒，的确强调人是由三部分构成的，而且灵与魂不相同。如果我们不了解我们有人的灵，就无法看见至圣所里的约柜，豫表住在我们灵里的基督。
10The understanding of most Christians regarding the ark is extremely superficial. Most Bible teachers have expounded the record of the ark merely in a doctrinal way. They do not emphasize the place of the ark in Christian experience. Do you know of any Bible teacher who has said that the ark is the Christ who dwells in our spirit? Many believers do not even know the human spirit; they consider the spirit and the soul synonymous terms. Even many Bible teachers believe in dichotomy— the doctrine that man is made of two parts, body and soul—and not trichotomy—the truth that man is composed of three parts, spirit, soul, and body. Certain Christians who emphasize the inner life do stress that man is made of three parts and that the spirit and the soul are not identical. If we do not realize that we have a human spirit, there is no way to see that the ark in the Holy of Holies typifies Christ dwelling in our spirit
11我们必须由经历的观点实际地来看这件事。你在那里与神交通呢？你到天上去与祂交通么？当然不是。希伯来四章十六节鼓励我们要来到施恩的宝座前。但你照著这一节来到施恩的宝座前，你是来到甚么地方？岂不是来到你蒙了重生的人的灵里么？实在说来，施恩的宝座如今就在我们的灵里。倘若我们不认识基督是我们灵里的约柜，我们就不知道如何来到施恩的宝座前。
11We need to consider this matter in a practical way from the standpoint of our experience. Where is it that you have fellowship with God? Do you go to the heavens to have fellowship with Him? Certainly not. Hebrews 4:16 encourages us to come forward to the throne of grace. But when you come forward to the throne of grace according to this verse, where do you come? Do you not come to your regenerated human spirit? Practically speaking, the throne of grace is now in our spirit. If we do not know Christ as the ark in our spirit, we shall not know how to come to the throne of grace.
12就著实际和经历而论，施恩的宝座乃是在我们的灵里。这不仅仅是一件道理的事，每当我们转到灵里祷告时，我们就摸著施恩的宝座。施恩的宝座是甚么？就是约柜所豫表包罗万有的基督，尤其是蔽罪盖，是由包罗万有基督的拔尖部分所豫表的。
12To say that the throne of grace is in our spirit is practical and experiential. It is not merely a matter of doctrine. Whenever we pray by turning to the spirit, we touch the throne of grace. What is the throne of grace? It is the all-inclusive Christ typified by the ark, in particular typified by the top part of the all-inclusive Christ, the propitiatory cover
二十六血和基路伯
THE BLOOD AND THE CHERUBIM
13有两个重要的表征与约柜的盖有关：血和基路伯。血表征基督在祂的人性里所完成的救赎，而基路伯表征基督神性的荣耀。在这个盖上，就是在带著荣耀的基路伯并弹上救赎之血的蔽罪盖之上，神和我们才能彀相会。在这个盖上，我们与神有交通。此外，这也是我们听见从神而来的话语，并领受异象、启示、教导，来控制我们日常生活的地方。
13Two important symbols are related to the cover of the ark: the blood and the cherubim. The blood signifies the redemption accomplished by Christ in His humanity, and the cherubim signify the glory of Christ’s divinity. It is on this cover, the propitiatory cover with the cherubim of glory and sprinkled with the redeeming blood, that God and we can meet together. Here on this cover we and God have fellowship. Furthermore, this is also the place where we hear a word from God and receive vision, revelation, and instruction to control our daily life
二十七被异象控制
CONTROLLED BY VISION
14我们既是基督徒，我们日常的生活行动就不该受伦理、道德、热心、虔诚和宗教的控制。甚至我们的日常生活也不该单由圣经来支配。那么我们的日常生活由甚么来控制？我们的日常生活该由我们在约柜的盖上与基督相会时所看见的异象来控制。箴言二十九章十八节说，没有异象，民就放肆。这指明控制我们的，乃是异象。我们在那里领受这个异象？我们乃是在蔽罪盖─基督拔尖的部分─上与神相会时所领受的。这实在太有意义、太深奥了！
14Our daily walk as Christians should not be controlled by ethics, morality, devotion, piety, or religion. Our daily life should not even be controlled by the Scriptures alone. Then by what should our daily living be controlled? It should be controlled by the vision we see when we meet with Christ on the cover of the ark. Proverbs 29:18 says that where there is no vision, the people run wild (lit.). This indicates that it is the vision which controls us. Where do we receive this vision? We receive it when we meet with God on the top part of Christ, the propitiatory cover. How meaningful and deep this is
15我们可以天天藉著耶稣在祂的人性里流出的血，所打开又新又活的路，进入至圣所。我们进到至圣所里，就遇见包罗万有的基督。我们以救赎的血为根基，就能彀与神相会，并且在基督照耀的荣耀里与祂有交通。然后我们就会被神所注入，并得著启示、异象、教导、指示。我们就当照著这个注入和指示来生活行动。这就是要作一个真基督徒，而不是作一个热心的基督徒，或虔诚的、伦理的、道德的、宗教的基督徒。
15Daily we may enter into the Holy of Holies through the new and living way opened by the blood of Jesus shed in His humanity. When we come into the Holy of Holies, we meet the all-inclusive Christ. With the redeeming blood as our standing, we can meet with God and have fellowship with Him in the midst of Christ’s shining glory. Then we shall be infused with God and receive revelation, vision, instruction, and direction. We should then walk according to this infusion and direction. This is to be a genuine Christian and not a devotional Christian or a pious, ethical, moral, or religious Christian
16在至圣所里得著神的注入，并且照著神的注入来生活行动的基督徒，乃是最有意义的基督徒。我们要成为这样的基督徒，就必须转离热心、虔诚、宗教、道德、伦理，并且完全归向基督。有些人因著缺少认识，就反对我们所说的。他们的反对不过暴露他们可怜的光景，并且显明他们没有看透神话语的深处。因著神的怜悯，祂向我们开启了许多事，而且我们相信祂还要开启得更多。我们也相信，我们是在末了的恢复里，就是在地上神终极的行动里。世界的局势已经到了终点。主终极的恢复乃是恢复基督与教会，这就是恢复约柜所豫表包罗万有的基督。然而，我们必须记得，约柜的尺寸乃是完整单位的一半。这指明妻子怎样是丈夫的另一半，约柜所豫表的基督也照样需要有另一半─教会。基督是新郎，而教会要成为祂的新妇。我们有新郎，同时有新妇，就能彀有完全的见证。因这缘故，今天在主的恢复里，主不但强调基督，也强调基督与教会这极大的奥秘。赞美主，我们乃是在祂的恢复里！藉著主终极的恢复，主要结束这个时代，并带进国度的时代。
16To be a Christian who receives God’sin fusion in the Holy of Holies and walks according to it is to be a Christian in the most wonderful sense of all. In order to be such Christians, we need to turn from devotion, piety, religion, morality, and ethics and turn wholly to Christ. Because of their lack of understanding, some may oppose what we say regarding this. Their opposition simply exposes their pitiful situation and shows that they do not see into the depths of God’sWord. In His mercy, God has opened many things to us, and we believe that He intends to open more. We also believe that we are in the last recovery, the ultimate move of God on earth. The world situation has come to an ultimate point. The Lord’s ultimate recovery is the recovery of Christ and the church. It is the recovery of the all-inclusive Christ typified by the ark. However, we must remember that the measurements of the ark are halves of complete units. This indicates that just as a wife is the other half of her husband, so the Christ typified by the ark also has another half—the church. Christ is the Bridegroom, and the church will be His bride. With the Bridegroom and bride we have the testimony in full. For this reason, in His recovery today, the Lord is emphasizing not only Christ, but Christ and the church, the great mystery. Praise the Lord that we are in His recovery! By His ultimate recovery the Lord will terminate this age and usher in the age of the kingdom