但以理书生命读经 · 第10篇

得胜之但以理的异象（一）关于从地中海出来之四个兽的异象（二）

The Visions of the Overcoming Daniel (1) The Vision Concerning the Four Beasts out of the Mediterranean Sea (2

1读经：但以理书7:9-10,13-14,26-27。在本篇信息中，我们要进一步来看但以理七章，关于从地中海出来之四个兽的异象。我们看过，这四个兽是可怕可惧的，随己意为所欲为，好像宇宙中没有神。然而，本章启示那亘古常在者仍在宝座上。

1Scripture Reading: Dan. 7:9-10, 13-14, 26-27 In this message we will consider further the vision in Daniel 7 concerning the four beasts out of the Mediterranean Sea. We have seen that these four beasts are dreadful and terrible, doing whatever they desire as if there were no God in the universe. However, this chapter reveals that the Ancient of Days is still on the throne

参神和祂宇宙的权柄

III. GOD AND HIS UNIVERSAL DOMINION

2但以理七章九、十节说到神和祂宇宙的权柄。

2Daniel 7:9 and 10 speak of God and His universal dominion

一有一些宝座设立，那亘古常在者坐下了

A. Thrones Being Set and the Ancient of Days Sitting Down

3九节上半说，『我观看，直到有一些宝座设立，那亘古常在者坐下了。祂的衣服洁白如雪，头发如纯净的羊毛。』这表征神是亘古常在的。

3Verse 9a says, "I watched / Until thrones were set, / And the Ancient of Days sat down. / His clothing was like white snow, / And the hair of His head was like pure wool." This signifies that God is ancient

二祂的宝座乃火焰

B. His Throne Being Flames of Fire

4祂的宝座乃火焰，其轮乃烈火。从祂面前有火河流出。（9下～10上。）祂周围的一切都是火，就是说神是绝对公义的，完全圣别的。非圣别没有人能见主或接触主。（来十二14。）

4His throne was flames of fire; its wheels were burning fire; and a stream of fire issued forth and came out from before Him (vv. 9b-10a). Everything around Him is fire, meaning that God is absolutely righteous and altogether holy. Without holiness no one can see the Lord or contact Him (Heb. 12:14

三事奉祂的有千千

C. Thousands of Thousands Ministering to Him

5事奉祂的有千千，在祂面前侍立的有万万。（但七10中。）这大批的天使事奉祂，是为著服事祂；侍立在祂面前，是为著祂的荣耀。

5Thousands of thousands ministered to Him, and ten thousands of ten thousands stood before Him (Dan. 7:10b). This vast number of angels ministered to Him for His service and stood before Him for His glory

四审判者已经坐庭

D. The Court of Judgment Sitting

6审判者已经坐庭，主要的是要审判四个野兽所表征的四个属人的帝国。（10下，26。）在宇宙中已经设立了一个特别的法庭，神的宝座就在当中，要来审判四个属人的帝国。这法庭所审判的一切都要被扔进烈火里。肆人子基督的来临在审判的事上，神已经将一切的能力和权柄交给作人子的耶稣基督。（约五22。）因此，但以理七章十三、十四节描述人子基督的来临。

6The court of judgment sat, mainly to judge the four human empires signified by the four wild beasts (vv. 10c, 26). A special court, with God's throne as the center, has been set up in the universe to judge the four human empires. Everything that is judged by this court will be cast into the burning fire. IV. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN—CHRIST Concerning His judgment, God has given all power and authority to Jesus Christ as the Son of Man (John 5:22). Hence, Daniel 7:13 and 14 describe the coming of the Son of Man—Christ.

一基督要像人子，驾著天云而来

A. Christ Coming Like a Son of Man with the Clouds of Heaven

7按照十三节上半，基督要像人子，驾著天云而来。

7According to verse 13a, Christ came like a Son of Man with the clouds of heaven

二来到亘古常在者那里，被领近祂面前

B. Coming to the Ancient of Days and Being Brought Near before Him

8人子基督来到亘古常在者那里，被领近祂面前。（13下。）这里的来，就是基督的升天。但以理九章二十六节说到弥赛亚被剪除，是指著基督为救赎我们死在十字架上。这是伟大的成就，就是基督在地上第一次显现时所完成之救赎的工作。基督完成救赎的工作之后，就升到诸天之上去。

8The Son of Man, Christ, came to the Ancient of Days and was brought near before Him (v. 13b). The coming here is Christ's ascending. Daniel 9:26, referring to the death of Christ on the cross for our redemption, speaks of Messiah's being cut off. This was a great achievement, the work of redemption, accomplished by Christ in His first appearance on earth. After Christ accomplished the work of redemption, He ascended to the heavens

9但以理七章可以题到这事，因为在神没有时间的因素。在神眼中，基督完成了救赎之后，就立刻升到诸天之上，到神那里得了国度。这指明从神看来，国度在救赎之后立刻就来到了。但以理一点也没有想到召会。就像亚伯拉罕、大卫、以及别的申言者一样，他没有看见历世历代所隐藏之召会的奥秘。他没有看见在基督第一次和第二次显现之间有一段时期，在这期间神基于基督的救赎，作了一件奇妙并奥秘的工作。这工作就是重生祂所救赎的人，然后圣别他们，更新他们，变化他们，使他们模成基督荣耀的形像。按照但以理的异象，基督完成了救赎之后，立刻就升天来到神那里得了国度。

9This could be mentioned in Daniel 7 because there is no time element with God. In the sight of God, immediately after accomplishing redemption, Christ ascended to the heavens, coming to God to receive the kingdom. This indicates that from God's point of view the kingdom comes right after redemption. Daniel did not have any idea concerning the church. Like Abraham, David, and the other prophets, he did not see the mystery of the church which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations. He did not realize that between the first and second appearing of Christ there would be a period of time during which God would do a marvelous and mysterious work based on Christ's redemption. This work is to regenerate His redeemed people and then sanctify them, renew them, transform them, and conform them to the glorious image of Christ. According to Daniel's vision, Christ accomplished redemption and then immediately came to God in ascension to receive the kingdom

10C. To Him Being Given Dominion, Glory, and a Kingdom,

三祂得了权柄、荣耀、国度，使各族、各国、各种方言的人都事奉祂

that all the peoples, nations, and languages might serve Him

11祂得了权柄、荣耀、国度，使各族、各国、各种方言的人都事奉祂。祂的权柄是永远的权柄，不能废去，祂的国必不败坏。（14，路十九，15上。）这是基督的国，也是神的国。

11To Him was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages might serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion, which will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed (v. 14; Luke 19:12, 15a). This is 12 Christ'skin gdom; it is also God'skin gdom.

四祂要像一块非人手所凿的石头而来，打在大人像上

D. Coming as a Stone Cut Out without Hands to Strike the Great Human Image

12基督第二次显现的时候，要像一块石头（太二一44）而来，这石头不是人手凿出来的（不是靠人的手），打在大人像（地上人的政权）半铁半泥的脚上（在敌基督之下的罗马帝国），将铁、泥、铜、银、金（地上全人类的政权）一同砸碎。大像所有的材料就如同夏天禾场上的糠枇，被风吹散，无处可寻。（但二34～35上，45上。）由金、银、铜、铁、泥所表征各帝国所累积的文化，必被这石头砸碎。这样，主就清理了整个旧造。

12In His second appearing Christ will come as a stone (Matt. 21:44b) cut out without hands (not by man's hands) to strike the great human image (the human government on earth) on its feet of iron and clay (the Roman Empire under Antichrist) and crush the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold (the entire human government on earth). All the materials of the great image will become like chaff from the summer threshing floors, and the wind will carry them away so that no trace of them will be found (Dan. 2:34-35a, 45a). The cumulative culture of all the empires signified by the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, and the clay will be crushed by this stone. Thus, the Lord will clear up the entire old creation

五变成一座大山

E. Becoming a Great Mountain

13基督这块非人手所凿出来的石头，要变成一座大山（一个大国－神永远的国）充满全地，直到永远。（二35下，44。）在马可四章，祂是一粒小小的种子，被种下作为神的国，但祂要扩增长大成为石头，作为神扩增的国。然后祂要一直的扩增，直到成为一座大山，就是神永远的国。这就是那在万有中充满万有的基督，而召会就是祂的身体。

13As the stone cut out without hands, Christ will become a great mountain (a great kingdom—the eternal kingdom of God) and will fill the whole earth forever and ever (2:35b, 44). In Mark 4 He was sown as a little seed to be the kingdom of God, but He grows in His increase to become a stone, the increased kingdom of God. Then He will increase further and further until He becomes the great mountain, the eternal kingdom of God. This is the Christ who fills all in all, and the church is His Body

六基督的来临要了结整个人类政权，并要带进神永远的国

F. Christ's Coming Terminating the Entire Human Government and Bringing In the Eternal Kingdom of God

14基督的来临要了结地上从末了到起初整个人类的政权，并要带进神永远的国。

14Christ's coming will terminate the entire human government on earth from it send to its beginning, and it will bring in the eternal kingdom of God

15大人像从脚指头到头被砸碎，乃是基督对人类政权的集大成，从敌基督回溯到宁录的宇宙审判。这样，基督就清理了旧造。基督第一次来的时候，藉著祂在十字架上的死，了结了旧造。然后在祂的复活里，祂使新造有了新生的起头。这一切乃是奥秘的。在外面，世界没有改变，开始于宁录的人类政权仍继续存留。因这缘故，就需要基督的第二次来，祂的第二次显现，藉著祂砸碎大人像，在外面和物质一面清理旧造。清理了旧造里的人类政权，就带进神宇宙和永远的国。在国度里，主将享受到祂工作的果子－与蒙祂救赎的人成为一。

15The crushing of the great human image from the toes to the head will be Christ's universal judgment upon the aggregate of the human government from Antichrist back to Nimrod. In this way Christ will clear up the old creation. In His first coming Christ terminated the old creation through His death on the cross. Then in His resurrection He germinated the new creation. All this is mysterious. Outwardly, the world remains the same, and the human government that began with Nimrod continues to exist. For this reason, there is the need of Christ's second coming, His second appearing, to clear up the old creation outwardly and physically by His smashing the great human image. That clearing up of the old creation in its human government will usher in the universal and eternal kingdom of God. In the kingdom the Lord will enjoy the fruit of His work— being one with His redeemed people.

七但以理书特别的特征

G. The Book of Daniel Bearing a Particular Characteristic

16但以理书有一特别的特征，就是划出时代的分界线。

16The book of Daniel bears a particular characteristic, that is, to draw the marking lines of the ages

１弥赛亚被剪除

1. The Cutting Off of Messiah

17首先，九章二十六节弥赛亚的被剪除（基督的钉十字架），了结旧造的时代，使新造的时代在基督的复活里能有新生的起头。在祂的钉死里，祂这位末后的亚当，了结了旧造；而在祂的复活里，祂成为萌发生命的灵，就是赐生命的灵，（林前十五45下，）使我们在祂的复活里有新生的起头。保罗告诉我们，基督的死了结了旧造，因为我们的旧人已经与祂同钉十字架。（罗六6。）旧造的了结，乃是为著新造有新生的起头。保罗在林后五章十七节说，『若有人在基督里，他就是新造。』在加拉太六章十五节他接著说，『受割礼不受割礼，都无关紧要，要紧的乃是作新造。』这新造乃是召会。我们藉著基督的复活，得著新生的起头，就是被点活过来，得重生成为神的众子，作新造成为基督的身体。当祂作王管治全地时，我们要成为祂的一部分。祂作王，我们也要与祂一同作王。

17First, the cutting off of Messiah (the crucifixion of Christ) in 9:26 terminated the age of the old creation for the germination of the age of the new creation in Christ's resurrection. In His crucifixion He, the last Adam, terminated the old creation, and in His resurrection He became the germinating Spirit, the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b) to germinate us in His resurrection. Paul tells us that Christ's death terminated the old creation, for our old man was crucified with Him (Rom. 6:6). This termination of the old creation is for the germination of the new creation. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul says, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation." In Galatians 6:15 he goes on to say, "Neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation." This new creation is the church. Through Christ's resurrection we have been germinated—that is, made alive, regenerated—to become the sons of God as the new creation to be the Body of Christ. When He becomes the King to rule over the entire earth, we will be a part of Him. He will be the King, and we will be His co-kings

２基督要来的显现

2. The Upcoming Appearing of Christ

18基督要来的显现，（但七13～，）要结束地上旧造里人政权的时代（始于示拿地的巴别－创十8～，十一2～4，毁于今世的末了），并引进神在千年国并新天新地里掌管全地的时代。那时，整个宇宙就成为新的。

18The upcoming appearing of Christ (Dan. 7:13-14) will end the age of man's government on earth of the old creation 14 (which began from Babel in the land of Shinar — Gen. 10:8-12; 11:2-4—and will be destroyed at the end of the 12 present age), and it will initiate the age of God's dominion over the entire earth in the millennium and in the new heaven and new earth. The entire universe will be new.

19神有两个问题－由亚当所产生的旧造，以及人类政权。按照但以理七章的异象，每一种人类政权都是兽。头一个问题－旧造，是藉著基督的死得了解决。第二个问题－人类政权，是要藉著基督这块非人手所凿出的石头来砸碎大人像，而得以解决，这样就结束了地上在旧造里人政权的时代。

19Two things are problems to God—the old creation produced out of Adam and the human government. According to the vision in Daniel 7, every kind of human government is a beast. The first problem—the old creation—was solved through Christ's death. The second problem—human government—will be solved by Christ's coming as the stone cut out without hands to crush the great human image, thus ending the age of man's government on earth in the old creation

３七十个七

3. The Seventy Weeks

20九章二十四至二十七节所揭示的七十个七，给我们看见以下的分界线：以色列从被掳归回，重新修造圣殿圣城，直到基督钉十字架的时代；奥秘的时代（召会时代），这一时代有多久，并不知道；今世末了的七年，引进千年国和新天新地，直到永远。我们需要对但以理七章有清楚的看见。这章涵盖很大的范围－从第一个兽巴比伦，到新天新地。我们若有这样清楚的看见，就会知道我们今天是在大人像的那一部分。我信我们很接近十个脚指头的时期。

20The seventy weeks unveiled in 9:24-27 show the lines of the age of the return of Israel from their captivity and the rebuilding of their holy temple and their holy city until the crucifixion of Christ; the age of mystery (the age of the church), the length of which is unknown; and the last seven years of the present age, which usher in the millennium and the new heaven and new earth for eternity. We need to have a clear view concerning chapter seven of Daniel. This chapter covers a vast span—from Babylon, the first beast, to the new heaven and new earth. If we have such a clear view, we will know where we are today with respect to the parts of the great human image. I believe that we are close to the time of the ten toes

伍异象的讲解

V. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE VISION

21七章十五至二十八节但以理得著他在一至十四节所看见之异象的讲解。

21In 7:15-28 Daniel was given the interpretation of the vision which he had seen in verses 1 through 14