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但以理书生命读经 · 第1篇

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An Introductory Word
1读经：但以理书一章一至二节。在许多卷申言者书中，有四卷是奥秘的，就是以赛亚书、以西结书、但以理书、和撒迦利亚书。我们感谢主，这些年来，祂把这几卷书向我们打开了。在但以理书生命读经的这篇介言中，我们要来看但以理书的主题、内容、中心思想、与分段。
1Scripture Reading: Dan. 1:1-2 Among the many books of the prophets, four books are mysterious: Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Zechariah. We thank the Lord that, through the years, He has opened these books to us. In this introductory message to the life-study of Daniel, we will consider the subject, the contents, the central thought, and the sections of the book of Daniel
壹 主题
I. THE SUBJECT
2但以理书的主题是神截定给以色列的定命，就是七十个七的内容。（但九24～27。）七十个七是神截定给以色列的定命。
2The subject of the book of Daniel is the destiny of Israel apportioned out by God, the contents of the seventy weeks (Dan. 9:24-27). The seventy weeks are the destiny apportioned out by God to Israel
3这卷书不仅说到以色列人的定命，也说到外邦人的政权，更说到基督。但以理二章的大人像，表征从创世记十章到启示录十九章所有人类的政权。若没有这卷书，我们就无法充分了解犹太人和外邦政权的历史。但以理书给我们看见，以色列和人类的政权都是为著基督。基督是神行动的中心和普及，这行动与以色列和外邦政权有密切的关系。但以理书启示五个关于基督特别的点。头一个点是基督的死。但以理九章二十五、二十六节说，『从出令重新修造耶路撒冷，直到弥赛亚君的时候，必有七个七，和六十二个七，…过了六十二个七，弥赛亚必被剪除。』这论到弥赛亚被『剪除』的话，是旧约里论到基督被钉死最清楚的一段话。基督的钉死是两个时代的界碑，在此旧造被了结，使新造得以在基督的复活里有新生的起头。
3This book not only covers the destiny of Israel but also covers the Gentile government and Christ. The large human image in Daniel 2 signifies all of human government from Genesis 10 to Revelation 19. Our understanding of the history of the Jewish people and of the Gentile government would be inadequate without this book. The book of Daniel shows us that Israel and human government are for Christ. Christ is the centrality and the universality of God's move, and this move is intrinsically involved with Israel and the Gentile government. The book of Daniel reveals five particular points concerning Christ. The first point is the death of Christ. Daniel 9:25 and 26 say, "From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the time of Messiah the Prince will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks....And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah will be cut off." This word about Messiah being "cut off" is the clearest word in the Old Testament concerning the crucifixion of Christ. The crucifixion of Christ is the landmark of the ages. It is the landmark where the old creation was terminated for the germination of the new creation in Christ's resurrection
4基督的死是包罗万有的死。当祂死的时候，我们以及整个旧造都与祂同死了。因此，祂的死乃是包罗万有的了结。基督这了结的死带进复活，在这复活里，神的新造有了新生的起头。
4Christ died an all-inclusive death. When He died, we and the entire old creation died with Him. Therefore, His death was an all-inclusive termination. The terminating death of Christ ushered in the resurrection, and in the resurrection the germination of God's new creation began
5第二点是基督要来的显现。（二34～35，45。）祂要显现如一块非人手所凿的石头，打在大人像（31～）半铁半泥的脚上。整个人像，代表所有人类的政权，就要被砸碎，不是从头到脚指头，乃是从脚指头到头。这像从脚指头到头被粉碎，要发生在基督再来的时候，这事只有神自己能作。基督再来的时候，所有人类的政权，从创世记十章的宁录，到启示录十九章的敌基督，就是罗马帝国最后一位该撒，都要被打碎，像糠枇被风吹散。（但二35。）基督的再来也是神永远国度的开始。因此，基督的再来将是结束人类政权，并带进神永远国度的界碑。
5The second point is the upcoming appearing of Christ (2:34-35, 45). He will appear as a stone cut out without hands to strike the great image (vv. 31-45) at its feet of iron and clay. The entire image, which 34 represents all human government, will be crushed, not from the head to the toes but from the toes upward to the head. This smashing of the image from the toes to the head will occur at the coming of Christ, and it is something only God Himself can do. At Christ's coming, all human government, from Nimrod in Genesis 10 to Antichrist, the last Caesar of the Roman Empire, in Revelation 19, will be crushed and become like chaff blown away by the wind (Dan. 2:35). The coming of Christ will also be the opening of the eternal kingdom of God. Hence, Christ's coming will be the landmark which closes human government and brings in the eternal kingdom of God.
6第三点是说到基督是人子，到神的宝座那里，得著权柄和国度。（七13～14。）路加十九章描绘基督是一个贵胄，往远方去，要得国回来。（12。）基督到神的宝座那里，从神得著诸天的国，这事记载于但以理七章。基督得著国度之后，就要回来。第四点是但以理十章所记载基督的超越。但以理在十至十二章说到以色列的定命以前，先得著基督之超越的启示。基督的每一部分都是超越且宝贵的。（5～6。）我们需要看见这位超越的基督，才能知道神百姓的定命。最后一点说到基督是神受苦之见证人的同伴。在三章，尼布甲尼撒将但以理的三个同伴哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅扔在烈火的窑中，因他们不肯敬拜尼布甲尼撒所立的金像。（13～23。）但令尼布甲尼撒惊异的是，这三人被扔在窑里，他却看见窑中另有一个人。这第四个人『好像神子。』（25。）这一位就是超越的基督，与祂受苦的得胜者一同经过烈火。每当我们作神的见证人，为神作见证时，就会遭受苦难。然而，在我们受苦的时候，基督这位人子，这位彀资格且能在凡事上同情我们的一位，要来作我们的同伴。
6The third point is Christ as the Son of Man who comes to the throne of God to receive dominion and a kingdom (7:13-14). In Luke 19 Christ is portrayed as a certain man of noble birth who went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then to return (v. 12). Christ's coming to the throne of God to receive the kingdom from the God of the heavens takes place in Daniel 7. After Christ receives the kingdom, He will come back. The fourth point is the excellency of Christ in Daniel 10. Before Daniel spoke in chapters ten through twelve about the destiny of Israel, he received a revelation of Christ in His excellency. Every part of Christ is excellent and precious (vv. 5-6). We need to see and know this excellent Christ before we can know the destiny of God'sp eople. The last point is Christ as the companion of the suffering witnesses of God. In chapter three, Nebuchadnezzar had Daniel'st hree companions, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, thrown into the midst of a blazing furnace of fire because they would not bow down and worship the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar had set up (vv. 13-23). Three were thrown into the furnace, but to his astonishment, Nebuchadnezzar saw another person within the furnace. The fourth person was "like a son of the gods" (v. 25). This One is the excellent Christ, who goes through the same kind of blazing fire as His suffering overcomers. Whenever we are witnesses for God, testifying something for God, we may suffer. Yet, in our suffering, Christ as the Son of Man—the One who is qualified and capable of sympathizing with us in everything—comes to be our companion
贰 内容
II. THE CONTENTS
7但以理书的内容是神所截定给以色列的七十个七。（九24～27。）一个七等于七年。我们用『截定』一辞，指明神将时代截成若干段。
7The contents of the book of Daniel are the seventy weeks apportioned out by God for Israel (9:24-27). One week equals seven years. We use the word apportioned to indicate that God cuts the ages into portions.
一 头七个七的四十九年
A. The First Seven Weeks of Forty-nine Years
8这七十个七分为三部分。头一部分是七个七的四十九年，从出令重新修造耶路撒冷，直到修造完成。
8These seventy weeks are divided into three parts. The first part is seven weeks of forty-nine years, from the issuing of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the completion of the rebuilding
二六十二 个七的
B. The Sixty-two Weeks
四百三十四年
of Four Hundred Thirty-four Years
9第二部分是六十二个七的四百三十四年，从耶路撒冷修造完成，直到弥赛亚被剪除（基督被钉十字架）。
9The second part is sixty-two weeks of four hundred thirty-four years, from the completion of the rebuilding of Jerusalem to the cutting off of Messiah (the crucifixion of Christ
三 末一个七的七年
C. The Last Week of Seven Years
10第三部分是末一个七的七年，就是敌基督与以色列立盟约的时候，也就是现今恩典时代的末了七年，这七年分为两半。头一半并没有那么要紧，但后一半的三年半，却非常重要，因为那将是大灾难的时候。（太二四21。）
10The third part will be the last week of seven years, the time of Antichrist's covenant with Israel, the last seven years of the present age of grace, divided into two halves. The first half will not be that crucial, but the last half, of three and a half years, will be very important, for that will be the time of the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21
四 在头六十九个七和末一个七之间，有召会时代插在以色列的历史中
D. The Insertion of Israel's History between the First Sixty-nine Weeks and the Last Week
11在头六十九个七和末一个七之间，有召会时代插在以色列的历史中。这插入的一段可称为奥秘时代，恩典时代，或召会时代。这时代包括许多奥秘的事，诸如基督的复活、重生、基督活在我们里面、赐生命的灵。以色列的历史是物质的，毫无奥秘可言，但召会历史全然是奥秘的。
11There is an insertion of Israel's history between the first sixty-nine weeks and the last week, in the age of the church. This insertion may be called the age of mystery, the age of grace, or the age of the church. This age includes many mysterious things, such as the resurrection of Christ, regeneration, Christ living in us, and the life-giving Spirit. The history of Israel is physical, with nothing of a mysterious nature, but the church's history is altogether mysterious
12头一部分的七个七，和第二部分的六十二个七都已经应验了。耶路撒冷已经下令重新修造，（但九26，）且已修造完成。弥赛亚在耶路撒冷修造完成六十二个七之后被剪除了。（26。）因此，这七十个七的头两部分豫言，都已成了历史。
12The first part of seven weeks and the second part of sixty-two weeks have already been fulfilled. A decree was given to rebuild Jerusalem (Dan. 9:25), and Jerusalem was rebuilt. The Messiah was cut off sixty- two weeks from the rebuilding of Jerusalem (v. 26). Hence, these two parts of the seventy weeks, which were prophecies, have become history
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III. THE CENTRAL THOUGHT
13但以理书的中心思想，是诸天之神（二37，44）的诸天掌权，（四，）管理地上所有人类的政权，为要与神永远的经纶配合；这经纶就是基督要结束旧造，使新造有新生的起头；并要打碎压毁人类政权的集大成，建立神永远的国。
13The central thought of Daniel is that the ruling of the heavens (4:26) by the God of the heavens (2:37, 44) over all the human government on earth matches 26 God's eternal economy for Christ to terminate the old creation for the germination of the new creation and to smash and crush the aggregate of human government and establish the eternal kingdom of God.
14诸天之神管理所有人类的政权。人类的政权开始于创世记十章的宁录。在创世记十章以前，没有人的国；那时人类是一整个，并没有列国的建立。列国的建立是从宁录开始，他建立了豫表巴比伦的巴别。（创十8～10。）人类的政权要总结于要来的敌基督，就是将来罗马帝国的最后一位该撒。人类从宁录到敌基督的所有政权，一直都在且要继续在诸天之神的诸天掌权之下。在神的经纶里，基督结束了旧造，使新造藉著祂的死，在祂的复活里有新生的起头。这是基督第一次来时所完成的。在神的经纶里，基督也要藉著祂要来的显现，打碎压毁全人类历史中人政权的集大成，并建立神永远的国。这一切的事，无论在积极一面或消极一面，都在已过并在将来，与以色列有密切的关系。整个世界局势都在诸天之神的诸天掌权之下，以配合神为著基督的经纶。今天世界的局势，特别是欧洲和地中海沿岸的国家，已经被平衡，带进一种局面，豫备好为著基督的再来。祂已临近，时候快到。我们看见这局势，就该醒起，看见世界不是为著我们的。我们乃是为著基督，我们每天必须豫备好迎见祂，好得著祂的赏赐。
14The God of the heavens rules over all human government. Human government began with Nimrod in Genesis 10. Prior to Genesis 10 there were no human nations; instead, there was only mankind as a whole without established nations. Nations began to be established by Nimrod, who built Babel, a prefigure of Babylon (Gen. 10:8-10). Human government will conclude with the coming Antichrist, who will be the last Caesar of the Roman Empire. All human government from Nimrod to Antichrist has been and will continue to be under the ruling of the heavens by the God of the heavens. In God'secon o my, Christ has terminated the old creation for the germination of the new creation in His resurrection through His death. This was achieved in His first coming. In God'secon o my, Christ, by His upcoming appearing, will also smash and crush the aggregate of human government throughout the history of mankind and will establish the eternal kingdom of God. All of these matters have been and will be intrinsically involved with Israel, either positively or negatively. The entire world situation is under the rule of the heavens by the God of the heavens, to match His economy for Christ. Today the world situation, especially in Europe and the countries around the Mediterranean Sea, has been balanced and brought into a condition which is ready for Christ's return. He is at the door and the time is near. As we see this situation, we must wake up and realize that the world is not for us. We are for Christ, and every day we must prepare ourselves to meet Him. Then we will receive a reward from Him
15但以理书说到一些非常重要的事。首先，这卷书说到以色列的历史。若没有这卷书，犹太人就无法充分认识他们的历史。但以理也说到从宁录到敌基督的人类政权。因为以色列和人类的政权是为著基督的，所以但以理书也启示基督的某些方面。基督是神行动的中心、圆周与普及。
15The book of Daniel covers some very important matters. First, this book covers the history of Israel. Without this book, the Jewish people could not have an adequate understanding of their history. Daniel also covers human government from Nimrod to Antichrist. Because Israel and human government are for Christ, the book of Daniel also reveals certain aspects of Christ. Christ is the center and the circumference, the centrality and the universality, of God's move
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IV. THE SECTIONS
16本篇信息最后要说到但以理书的分段。
16The last matter to be covered in this message is the sections of the book of Daniel.
一 神选民堕落的结果
A. The Issue of the Degradation of God'sElect
17在但以理一章一至二节的介言里，我们看见神选民堕落的结果－被掳到巴比伦。
17In Daniel 1:1 and 2, an introductory word, we see the issue of the degradation of God'select—the captivity to Babylon
二 神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，在他们被掳之中，胜过了撒但更进一步的诡计
B. The Victory, in Their Captivity, of the Young Descendants of God's Degraded Elect over Satan's Further Devices
18事实上，但以理书只有两部分。第一部分包括一至六章，说到神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔（包括但以理），在他们被掳之中，胜过了撒但更进一步的诡计。这得胜乃是胜过属鬼的饮食；（一3～21；）胜过那阻止人看见尼布甲尼撒梦中大人像（全人类历史中人政权的总和）之鬼魔的蒙蔽；（二；）胜过拜偶像的引诱；（三；）胜过那拦阻人看见诸天之神的诸天掌权的遮盖；（四；）胜过对在神前荒淫放荡，亵渎神的圣别之结果的无知；（五；）胜过禁止得胜者忠信敬拜神的诡计。（六。）
18Actually, the book of Daniel has just two sections. The first section, comprising chapters one through six, concerns the victory, in their captivity, of the young descendants (including Daniel) of God's degraded elect over Satan's further devices. This victory was over the demonic diet (1:3-21); over the devilish blinding that prevents people from seeing the great human image (the totality of human government throughout human history) in Nebuchadnezzar's dream (ch. 2); over the seduction of idol worship (ch. 3); over the covering that hinders people from seeing the ruling of the heavens by the God of the heavens (ch. 4); over the ignorance concerning the result of the debauchery before God and the insult to His holiness (ch. 5); and over the subtlety that prohibited the faithfulness of the overcomers in the worship of God (ch. 6
三 得胜之但以理的异象
C. The Visions of the Overcoming Daniel
19但以理书的第二段说到得胜之但以理的异象。（七～十二。）但以理的忠信和得胜，给他地位和对的角度，得以从神接受异象。头一个异象是关于从地中海出来的四个兽。（七。）这四个兽是指巴比伦、波斯、希腊、罗马帝国，他们与二章三十一至三十三节里大人像的头、胸膛和手臂、肚腹和腰股、腿和脚相符合。第二个异象是关于公绵羊和公山羊及其继承者。（八。）下一个异象是关于所截定的七十个七中的以色列。（九。）最后一个异象（十～十二）是关于以色列的定命。按照十至十一章，以色列的定命与南方（埃及）王和北方（叙利亚）王有关。按照十二章，以色列的定命也与天使长米迦勒为以色列站住的事有关。
19The second section of Daniel covers the visions of the overcoming Daniel (chs. 7—12). Daniel's faithfulness and victory gave him the position and the right angle to receive visions from God. The first vision concerns the four beasts out of the Mediterranean Sea (ch. 7). These beasts refer to Babylon, Persia, Greece, and the Roman Empire, and they correspond to the head, the breast with the arms, the abdomen with the thighs, and the legs with the feet of the great human image in 2:31-33. The second vision concerns a ram and a male goat with its successors (ch. 8). The next vision concerns Israel in the seventy weeks apportioned out to them (ch. 9). The last vision (chs. 10—12) concerns the destiny of Israel. According to chapters ten and eleven, Israel's destiny is related to the king of the south (Egypt) and the king of the north (Syria). According to chapter twelve, Israel's destiny is also related to the archangel Michael's standing for Israel