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出埃及记生命读经 · 第90篇

陈设饼的桌子（一）

The Table of the Bread of the Presence (1)
1读经：出埃及记25:23-30；利未记24:5-9。在本篇信息中，我们来到帐幕的第二项器具─陈设饼的桌子。圣经把帐幕器具启示出来的先后顺序非常有意义，头一项所启示的不是帐幕本身，而是见证的柜。没有约柜，就无法有帐幕。这指明我们若没有基督作神的具体表现，就无法有基督的扩大─教会、基督的身体。因此，在出埃及记的记载里，神启示帐幕的细节以前，先说到见证的柜。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 25:23-30; Lev. 24:5-9 In this message we come to the second item of the furniture of the tabernacle—the table of the bread of the Presence. The sequence in which the furniture of the tabernacle is unveiled is very meaningful. The first item to be revealed is not the tabernacle itself, but the ark of the testimony. Without the ark there is no way to have the tabernacle. This indicates that if we do not have Christ as the embodiment of God, we cannot have the enlargement of Christ, which is the church, His Body. Thus, it is significant that in the record in Exodus God speaks about the ark of the testimony before He reveals the details regarding the tabernacle
2在外院子有铜祭坛和洗濯盆；圣所里有陈设饼桌子、灯台、香坛；至圣所里有见证的柜。虽然神的启示开始于约柜，但我们的经历却不是由这里开始。反之，我们的经历是从外院子的祭坛开始的。我们经历了祭坛与洗濯盆以后，就可以进入帐幕，来到圣所里的桌子、灯台、香坛面前。那时我们才能彀进入至圣所，站在约柜面前，根据弹在施恩座上救赎的血来与神相会。然后我们就能彀和神说话，与祂交通，并得著祂的指示。所以在经历中器具的顺序─由铜祭坛到约柜─与根据启示而有的顺序不同。根据神的启示，向摩西所启示帐幕的头一方面乃是见证的柜，豫表基督作为神的具体表现。因著基督是神的具体表现，祂就是神的见证。基督不但为神说话，也说出神来；祂就是神自己彰显出来了。基督是神的具体表现，这是由约柜里面的见证所豫表的；而基督是神的彰显，这乃是由约柜上面的金牙边或冠冕所豫表的。首先，神具体表现在基督里面，然后祂从基督里面彰显出来。这不是隐藏的神，不是在奥秘里的神，而是显出来的神，启示出来的神。基督自己就是启示出来的神；祂乃是这位神启示出来了。
2In the outer court there were the brass altar and the laver; in the Holy Place, the table of the bread of the Presence, the lampstand, and the incense altar; and in the Holy of Holies, the ark of the testimony. Although God’sr evelation begins with the ark, this is not where we begin in our experience. Rather, in experience we start with the altar in the outer court. After experiencing the altar with the laver, we then may enter the tabernacle and come to the table, the lampstand, and the golden altar in the Holy Place. Only then are we able to enter into the Holy of Holies and stand before the ark to meet with God based upon the redeeming blood sprinkled on the propitiatory cover. Then we can talk with God, have fellowship with Him, and receive His instructions. Therefore, the sequence of the furniture in experience—from the brass altar to the ark— is different from the sequence according to revelation. According to God’s revelation, the first aspect of the tabernacle revealed to Moses was the ark of the testimony, a type of Christ as the embodiment of God. Because Christ is the embodiment of God, He is God’s testimony. Not only does Christ speak for God—He speaks God. He is God Himself expressed. Christ as the embodiment of God is typified by the testimony within the ark, and Christ as the expression of God is typified by the golden rim, or crown, upon the ark. First, God is embodied in Christ, and then He is expressed from within Him. This is not the hidden God, God in a mystery, but the expressed God, God in revelation. Christ Himself is God in revelation; He is the very God revealed.
3神具体表现并彰显在基督里。这位基督扩大的时候，就产生了教会。教会是基督的身体，成为祂的扩大，这乃是约柜的扩大─帐幕─所豫表的。
3In Christ God is embodied and expressed. When this Christ is enlarged, we have the church. The church as the Body of Christ to be His enlargement is typified by the tabernacle as the enlargement of the ark.
一 桌子表征基督
I. A TABLE SIGNIFYING CHRIST
是神祭司的食物
AS THE FOOD FOR GOD’S PRIESTS
4根据神启示的顺序，在见证的柜之后有陈设饼的桌子。这暗示桌子是联于约柜的。约柜是为著神的见证，而桌子是为著我们的滋养。不仅神需要得著一个见证，我们也需要得著滋养。没有滋养，我们就会饥饿，甚至会死亡。赞美主，我们有约柜作神的见证，也有桌子作我们的滋养！我们必须由经历的观点来看约柜与桌子之间的关系。我们由经历中晓得，我们在作为蔽罪盖的基督上面与神相会，享受与神的交通，并且听见祂口中的言语，约柜就成了桌子，在那里我们享受滋养的筵席。你曾在至圣所里，在作蔽罪盖的基督上面与神相会，和祂说话，并得著从祂而来的话语，而没有摆设好的桌子作你的滋养么？在经历上甚至不需要说，桌子摆设好了，因为约柜自然而然就成了桌子。这意思是说，基督─神的见证─成了我们的滋养。基督既是神的具体表现，祂就成了一张桌子，满了生命的供应来滋养我们。这不仅仅是道理而已。那些缺少经历的人实在无法领会我们所说的。因为他们在属灵事物的文化上是门外汉，所以无法懂得这样的言语，就是见证的柜在我们的经历中成了陈设饼的桌子。然而，我们有了约柜的施恩座，就是基督作为我们挽回的地方，最终约柜就成了一张桌子，这乃是属灵经历的事实。这一切都是对基督的经历，这位基督是神的见证，祂乃是神的具体表现和彰显；祂成了桌子，也成了其上的食物，我们可来享受，作我们的滋养。陈设饼的桌子尤其表征基督作为神祭司的筵席。出埃及记二十五章二十三至二十九节没有说到祭司的事。然而，祭司是惟一有资格在圣所里的人，不是祭司就不得进入帐幕。这桌子不是摆在外院子，而是摆在帐幕里，这是很有意义的。凡吃陈设饼的人，都是祭司。因这缘故，桌子就表征基督乃是神祭司的筵席。
4According to the sequence of God’sr evelation, after the ark of the testimony we have the table of the bread of the Presence. This implies that the table is connected to the ark. The ark is for God’s testimony, and the table is for our nourishment. Not only is it necessary for God to have a testimony, but it is also necessary for us to receive nourishment. Without nourishment we would be hungry and eventually die. Praise the Lord that we have the ark for God’s testimony and the table for our nourishment! We need to consider the relationship between the ark and the table from the standpoint of our experience. We know from experience that when we meet with God upon Christ as the propitiatory cover, enjoying fellowship with God and hearing words from His mouth, the ark becomes a table where we enjoy a nourishing feast. Has there ever been a time when you have met with God in the Holy of Holies on Christ as the propitiatory cover, conversed with Him, and received a word from Him, and yet there was no table set up for your nourishment? Experientially speaking, it is not even necessary to say that a table has been set up, for the ark spontaneously becomes the table. This means that Christ, God’s testimony, becomes our nourishment. As the embodiment of God, Christ becomes a table full of life supply to nourish us. This is not a mere doctrine. Those who lack experience will have no way to understand what we are talking about. Because they are strangers to the culture related to spiritual things, they cannot understand this language about the ark of testimony becoming in our experience the table of the bread of the Presence. Nevertheless, it is a fact of spiritual experience that when we have the propitiatory cover of the ark, Christ as our place of propitiation, eventually the ark becomes a table. All of this is the experience of the one Christ, the very Christ who is the embodiment and expression of God as His testimony who becomes both the table and also the food upon which we may feast for our nourishment. In particular, the table of the bread of the Presence signifies Christ as the feast for God’s priests. Exodus 2 5:2 3-2 9 does not say anything about priests. However, the priests were the only ones qualified to be in the Holy Place. Those who were not priests were forbidden to enter the tabernacle. It is significant that this table was not set up in the outer court, but set up in the tabernacle. All those who ate of the bread displayed on this table were priests. For this reason, the table signifies that Christ is a feast for God’s priests.
5每一位在基督里的信徒都是祭司，这是一件属灵的事实。但因著今天堕落的光景，许多基督徒的生活不像祭司。他们生活不像祭司的原因，是因为他们不在帐幕里。许多人逗留在外院子，还有些人仍留在世界里。你说今天有多少百分比的基督徒生活像圣所中的祭司呢？我们必须承认，这个比例太微小了。我们来看帐幕和外院子的图画时，就可以看见今天基督徒中间的真实光景。我们讲论圣所里的桌子，不是说到在外院子的基督徒，或是那些还没有进入外院子的人。我们乃是说到那些进了帐幕，在帐幕里作神祭司事奉神的人。基督作为筵宴的桌子，乃是为著这一类的基督徒。
5Every believer in Christ is a priest. This is a spiritual fact. But because of the degraded situation today, many Christians do not live as priests. The reason they are not living as priests is that they are not in the tabernacle. Many are lingering in the outer court, and others are still in the world. What percentage of today’s Christians would you say are living as priests in the Holy Place? We must admit that the percentage is extremely small. As we consider the picture of the tabernacle and the outer court, we can see the real situation among Christians today. When we speak concerning the table in the Holy Place, we are not speaking of Christians in the outer court or those who have not yet come into the outer court. Rather, we are speaking of those who have entered the tabernacle and who are there serving God as His priests. Christ as the feasting table is for this category of Christians
6吃陈设饼的经历与吃吗哪的经历不同。陈设饼在圣所里，而吗哪是在帐幕院子的外面收取的。有些基督徒听见桌子表征基督作为神祭司的筵席，也许会争辩说，他们天天享受主作吗哪。许多信徒的确享受了吗哪，这是真的。然而，这种享受是在旷野里，甚至还没有到外院子。在本篇信息中，我们不是说到吗哪，而是说到陈设饼的桌子。能看见这个区别是非常要紧的。圣所里桌子上的陈设饼和旷野里吗哪的另一个不同乃是：吗哪豫表基督作为每天生命的供应，而桌子表征基督作为我们每周的供应。照利未记二十四章五至九节来看，每周要把新鲜的饼摆在桌子上。因此，桌子表征每周的供应。吗哪每天的供应使我们能彀活著；桌子每周的供应不但使我们能彀活著，并且能彀事奉主。它供应我们，叫我们有事奉的生活。因著吗哪，我们有生命的供应，为著我们的生活；因著桌子，我们有生命的供应，为著我们的事奉。因此，我们有每天的供应，为著生活；也有每周的供应，为著事奉。只吃吗哪的人都必须晓得，这与享受基督作每周的供应，好在帐幕中作祭司事奉神是不同的。基督不但是一般给神百姓的吗哪；祂也是专一给神祭司的桌子。
6The experience of feasting on the bread of the Presence is different from the experience of eating manna. The bread of the Presence was in the Holy Place, whereas the manna was gathered outside the court of the tabernacle. When some Christians hear that the table signifies Christ as the feast for God’s priests, they may argue that they daily enjoy the Lord as their manna. It is true that many believers do enjoy manna. This enjoyment, however, is in the wilderness, not even in the outer court. In this message we are not speaking of manna—we are speaking of the table of the bread of the Presence. It is very important that we see this distinction. Another difference between the bread of the Presence on the table in the Holy Place and the manna in the wilderness is that manna typifies Christ as the daily life supply, but the table signifies Christ as our weekly supply. According to Leviticus 24:5-9, fresh loaves were placed on the table once a week. Hence, the table signifies a weekly supply. The daily supply of the manna enables us to live; the weekly supply from the table enables us not only to live, but also to serve the Lord. It supplies us that we may have a serving life. With manna we have the life supply for our living; with the table we have the supply of life for our serving. Thus, we have both a daily supply for living and a weekly supply for serving. Those Christians who are feeding only on manna need to realize that this is different from enjoying Christ as the weekly supply to serve God as priests in His tabernacle. Christ is not only the manna for God’sp eople in a general way; He is also in particular a table for God’s priests.
（一） 在神面前
A. Before God
7陈设饼的桌子乃是摆设在神面前。这就是何以桌上的饼称为陈设饼─陈设在神面前。这表明祭司在神面前享受基督作筵席。反过来说，许多吃吗哪的人，却没有在神面前吃。他们不论在不在神面前，随处都可吃吗哪。反之，桌子乃是在神面前，它离至圣所里见证的柜不远。
7The table of the bread of the Presence was set up before God. This is why the bread on the table is called the bread of the Presence—the presence of God. This indicates that the priests enjoyed Christ as a feast before God. In contrast, many of those who ate manna did not eat in God’s presence. They could eat manna in any place, whether or not they were in the presence of God. The table, on the contrary, was before God. It was not far from the ark of the testimony in the Holy of Holies
（二） 在帐幕里
B. Within the Tabernacle
8陈设饼的桌子是在帐幕里面。这表征桌子是在建造的圣徒里面、在建造的圣徒中间。这种发表好像很不寻常，但我要问这个问题：今天的帐幕是谁？我不是问帐幕是甚么？我乃是问帐幕是谁？这个问题的答案是说，凡真实、实际地同被建造的信徒，就是现今作为神居所的帐幕。在这帐幕里面，就是在那些同被建造的圣徒里面，有一张桌子。帐幕乃是一个建筑物。这意思是说，帐幕是由许多块竖板建造起来的。因这缘故，我们可以说，桌子乃是在建筑物的里面。
8The table of the bread of the Presence was inside the tabernacle. This signifies that the table is within, or among, the builded saints. Although it may seem unusual to express it this way, I would like to ask this question: Who is the tabernacle today? I do not ask, What is the tabernacle? Instead, I ask, Who is the tabernacle? The answer to this question is that those believers who have been builded together in an actual and practical way are God’sp resent tabernacle as His dwelling place. Within this tabernacle, the saints who have been built together, there is a table. The tabernacle was a building. This means that it was built of many pieces. For this reason, we can say that the table was within a building
9我们这些在教会生活中有了一段时间的人能彀作见证说，享受基督作桌子来滋养我们，这种享受是别处找也找不到的。在教会生活以外，我们无法这样享受基督。不错，基督徒到处都可以经历吗哪。他们爱世界的事，可是他们享受基督作吗哪，基督就会供应他们，使他们离开该项活动。比方说，有些人接触基督作每天的吗哪，但他们仍旧去看电影。可是，他们一直这样来接触祂，他们就知道不可再去看电影了。夫妻甚至在争论的时候，也可以接触作吗哪的主。其中一个人也许会停下来，到另一个房间去祷告主，得著祂的供应。这乃是对吗哪的经历，不是对桌子的经历。
9We who have been in the church life for a period of time can testify that the enjoyment of Christ as a table for our nourishment cannot be found anywhere else. Apart from the church life, we cannot enjoy Christ in this way. Yes, Christians may experience manna everywhere. But if they enjoy Christ as their manna when they are doing something worldly, Christ will supply them to turn away from that activity. For example, some who still go to the movies may contact Christ as their daily manna. As a result of this contact with Him, they know they must stop going to movies. A husband or wife may touch the Lord as manna even in the midst of an argument. Then one of them may stop quarreling, go to another room, and pray to the Lord and be supplied by Him. This is the experience of manna, not of the table.
10有些基督教教师说，这桌子豫表基督作为给神百姓的滋养。然而，他们在应用时，却把桌子弄得太普通了。桌子不是普通的，而是专一的。这桌子与诗篇二十三篇所说的桌子不同。诗篇二十三篇的桌子是在战场上，在敌人面前所摆设的筵席，而这陈设饼的桌子乃是靠近帐幕里的约柜。为著这专一的、宝贵的桌子，赞美主！我再说，照豫表来看，这桌子表征享受基督作我们的滋养，好为著事奉。再者，这桌子的位置是在建造的圣徒当中，紧接在神的具体表现之旁。假定有些信徒周周聚在一起，但他们中间没有建造，只要他们没有实际地建造在一起，就无法有桌子的经历，因为桌子是在帐幕神居所的里面。既然这些信徒没有帐幕，就不可能有桌子。我愿强调这件事实：享受桌子需要帐幕─教会的建造。然后在帐幕里，我们就可以享受桌子。这意思是说，我们这些信徒必须同被建造，真实、实际地成为神现今的居所。然后在这建筑物里面，就有陈设饼的桌子。我们在教会生活中的经历能彀证实这是真的。
10Certain Christian teachers say that this table typifies Christ as the nourishment for God’sp eople. In their application, however, they make the table too general. The table is not general; rather, it is particular. In contrast to the table spoken of in Psalm 23, the table set up on the battlefield before the enemy, this table was near the ark in the tabernacle. Praise the Lord for this particular, precious table! I repeat, according to typology, this table signifies the enjoyment of Christ as our nourishment for serving. Furthermore, this table is located next to God’s embodiment in the midst of the builded-up saints. Suppose certain believers meet together week after week, yet there is no building among them. As long as they are not built up together in a practical way, they cannot have the experience of the table, for the table is located within the tabernacle, God’s dwelling place. Since these believers do not have a tabernacle, they cannot have the table. I wish to emphasize the fact that the enjoyment of the table requires the building of the tabernacle— the church. Then in the tabernacle we may enjoy the table. This means that we must be those believers who are built up together as God’sp resent dwelling place in an actual and practical way. Then within this building there will be the table of the bread of the Presence. Our experience in the church life proves that this is true
11我由对基督与教会的经历中晓得，这桌子只有在帐幕里面，在建造的圣徒们中间。许多年前，我研究帐幕的豫表，我不明瞭桌子乃是在建造的圣徒们中间。那时候我没有甚么经历，但如今我能彀刚强地作见证说，在帐幕里面，靠近作为神具体表现的约柜那里，我享受我的基督作为桌子，作为专一的分。哦，对基督的这种享受真是丰富！
11From my experience of Christ and the church I have learned that this table is found only within the tabernacle, only in the midst of the builded saints. When I studied the typology of the tabernacle many years ago, I did not realize that the table was among the builded saints. At that time I did not have any experience. But now I can strongly testify that I enjoy my Christ as a particular portion, the table, within the tabernacle and close to the ark as God’s embodiment. Oh, how rich is this enjoyment of Christ
（三） 成为他们每天生命的供应
C. To Be Their Daily Life Supply
12陈设饼的桌子也成为神的祭司每天生命的供应。藉著这个供应，他们就能彀在神的居所中生活、事奉。我们的生活以及对主的事奉，不该在任何属世的地方，甚至也不该局限在我们的家里。我们的生活和事奉必须在神的居所里面。因此，我们就有陈设饼的桌子能天天来供应我们。
12The table of the bread of the Presence was also to be the daily life supply for God’s priests. By means of this supply, they were able to live and serve in God’s dwelling place. Our living and serving of the Lord should not be in any worldly place, nor even restricted to our home. Our living and serving must be in God’s dwelling place. For this, we have the daily supply from the table of the bread of the Presence