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但以理书生命读经 · 第3篇

神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，胜过

The Victory of the Young Descendants of God’s
1了撒但更进一步的诡计（二）
1Degraded Elect over Satan’s Further Devices (2
胜过那阻止人看见神关于全人类历史中人政权之异象的鬼魔蒙蔽
Over the Devilish Blinding that Prevents People from Seeing God’s Vision Concerning Human Government throughout Human History
2读经：但以理书二章。在本篇信息中，我们要来看神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，胜过那阻止人看见神关于全人类历史中人政权之异象的鬼魔蒙蔽。壹尼布甲尼撒的奇梦尼布甲尼撒作了一个大人像的奇梦。（二1。）那个梦应该给他深刻的印象，但他却把梦忘了，因为他无心为著神的权益。然后他灵里烦乱，想要知道这梦，但所有术士、所有巴比伦的哲士、以及迦勒底人，都不能将梦告诉他。（2～13。）然而有一个人但以理，立定心志，把心摆在属灵的事上，关心神在地上的权益。他并没有作这梦，却从神得著关于这梦的异象，（17～23，）并讲解了这梦。（24～25。）
2Scripture Reading: Dan. 2 In this message we will consider the victory of the young descendants of God's degraded elect over the devilish blinding that prevents people from seeing God's vision concerning human government throughout human history. I. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S MARVELOUS DREAM Nebuchadnezzar had a marvelous dream of a great human image (2:1). That dream should have impressed him deeply, but he forgot the dream because he did not have a heart for God'sin te rest. Then his spirit was troubled to know the dream, and all the magicians, all the wise men of Babylon, and the Chaldeans were unable to tell him the dream (vv. 2-13). However, there was a man, Daniel, who set his heart on the spiritual things regarding God'sin te rest on earth. He did not have the dream, yet he received the vision from God concerning it (vv. 17-23) and interpreted it (vv. 24-45
贰 但以理从神所得，
II. DANIEL'S VISION FROM GOD
关于尼布甲尼撒之梦的异象
CONCERNING NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM
3二章十四至四十五节说到但以理从神所得，关于尼布甲尼撒之梦的异象。
3In 2:14-45 we have Daniel's vision from God concerning Nebuchadnezzar's dream
一 神给但以理的异象
A. God's Vision Given to Daniel
4十七至二十三节说到神给但以理的异象。二但以理对尼布甲尼撒之梦的讲解二十四至四十五节记载了但以理对尼布甲尼撒之梦的讲解。
4Verses 17 through 23 speak of God's vision being given to Daniel. B. Daniel's Interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Verses 24 through 45 are a record of Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream
１ 但以理高举神
1. Daniel's Exalting of God
5但以理讲解尼布甲尼撒的梦时，高举了神。（25～30。）他没有高举自己。２尼布甲尼撒之梦的内容尼布甲尼撒之梦的内容，乃是大人像及其命运。（31～45。）ａ表征全人类历史中
5In his interpreting of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Daniel exalted God (vv. 25-30). He did not exalt himself. 2. The Contents of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream The contents of Nebuchadnezzar's dream were a great human image and its destiny (vv. 31-45). a. Signifying the Aggregate of Human Government
人政权的集大成
throughout Human History
6这大像表征全人类历史中人政权的集大成，（31～33，）从人类政权开始于示拿地的巴别，（创十6～，）就是巴比伦，即人像的头所表征的，到人类历史中人的政权了结于罗马帝国及其十王，即大人像的十个脚指头所表征的。从开始到终结，人类政权一直在作，并继续要作三件事：背叛神、高举人、拜偶像。（创十一4，9。）
6This great image signifies the aggregate of human government throughout human history (vv. 31-33), from the beginning of human government in Babel (Babylon) in the land of Shinar (Gen. 10:6-12), as 12 signified by the head, to the termination of human government in human history in the Roman Empire with the ten kings, as signified by the ten toes. From its beginning to its termination, human government has done and will continue to do three things: rebel against God, exalt man, and worship idols (Gen. 11:4, 9).
ｂ金的头
b. The Head of Gold
7大人像的金头，与但以理七章三至四节的头一个兽相符，表征尼布甲尼撒，即巴比伦的创建者和王。（二36～38。）
7In the great human image, the head of gold, corresponding to the first beast in Daniel 7:3 and 4, signifies Nebuchadnezzar, the founder and the king of Babylon (2:36-38
ｃ银的胸膛和膀臂
c. The Breast and the Arms of Silver
8银的胸膛和膀臂，与七章五节的第二个兽相符，表征玛代波斯。（二39上。）
8The breast and the arms of silver, corresponding to the second beast in 7:5, signify Medo-Persia (2:39a
ｄ铜的肚腹和腰股
d. The Abdomen and Thighs of Bronze
9铜的肚腹和腰股，与七章六节的第三个兽相符，表征希腊，包括马其顿。（二39下。）
9The abdomen and thighs of bronze, corresponding to the third beast in 7:6, signify Greece, including Macedonia (2:39b
ｅ铁的腿和半铁半泥的脚
e. The Legs of Iron and the Feet Partly of Iron and Partly of Clay
10铁的腿和半铁半泥的脚，与七章七至八节的第四个兽相符，表征罗马帝国及其末了的十王。（二40～43。）在圣经里，按照但以理二章的人像，只有四个帝国。所以，整个人类历史中人的政权，在神看来就是由这四个帝国组成的：巴比伦帝国、玛代波斯帝国、马其顿希腊帝国、以及罗马帝国。照人的观点看，希腊帝国结束于亚历山大大帝的死亡。然而，照神的看法，这帝国藉著亚历山大的四个继承者延续下去，就是由亚历山大的四个将军把帝国分为四部分，直到罗马帝国开始，牠才告结束。表面看罗马帝国也已经终结了；实际上罗马帝国仍继续存在。按照但以理书和启示录，罗马帝国最后一位该撒乃是敌基督，带同著大像十个脚指头所表征的十王。罗马帝国约开始于基督降生前三十年，然后要持续到三年半大灾难的末了。宁录在巴别开始了人类帝国，其集大成要总结于罗马帝国最后一位该撒同他的十王。因此，按照圣经，我们今天仍在罗马帝国里。
10The legs of iron and the feet partly of iron and partly of clay, corresponding to the fourth beast in 7:7 and 8, signify the Roman Empire with its last ten kings (2:40-43). In the Bible, according to the human image in Daniel 2, there are only four empires. In the sight of God, therefore, all of human government throughout human history is composed of four empires: the Babylonian Empire, the Medo-Persian Empire, the Macedonian- Grecian Empire, and the Roman Empire. According to the human point of view, the Grecian Empire ended with the death of Alexander the Great. However, according to God's viewpoint, this empire continued with Alexander's successors — his four generals who divided the empire into four sections — and it lasted until the beginning of the Roman Empire. Apparently the Roman Empire has also been terminated. Actually the Roman Empire continues to exist. According to the books of Daniel and Revelation, the Roman Empire will have as its last Caesar the Antichrist, with the ten kings signified by the ten toes of the great image. The Roman Empire, which began approximately thirty years before the birth of Christ, will last until the very end of the three and a half years of the great tribulation. The aggregate of human empires that began with Nimrod at Babel will consummate with the last Caesar of the Roman Empire with his ten kings. Thus, according to the Bible, we are still in the Roman Empire today.
11世界的文化，累积了从宁录时期直到如今的文化。开始于宁录的，要结束于敌基督。巴比伦、玛代波斯、以及马其顿希腊帝国已经灭亡了，但他们的文化仍在。玛代波斯帝国采纳了巴比伦文化的某些方面，而马其顿希腊帝国又采纳了玛代波斯文化的某些方面。同样的原则，罗马帝国采纳了希腊文化和先前文化里的许多元素。今天我们仍在罗马文化的影响之下，特别在法律、政治和行政的事上。就这意义说，罗马帝国是继续存在的，我们仍在这个帝国里。
11The culture of the world is an accumulation of culture from the time of Nimrod until the present. What began with Nimrod will conclude with Antichrist. The Babylonian, Medo-Persian, and Macedonian-Grecian Empires have vanished, but their culture remains. The Medo-Persian Empire adopted aspects of Babylonian culture, and the Macedonian-Grecian Empire adopted aspects of Medo-Persian culture. In the same principle, the Roman Empire adopted many elements of Greek culture and of the cultures that preceded it. Today we are still under the influence of Roman culture, especially in the matters of law, politics, and government. In this sense, the Roman Empire continues to exist, and we are still in this empire
ｆ大人像的定命
f. The Destiny of the Great Human Image
12但以理二章三十四至三十五节，四十四至四十五节启示大人像的定命。
12Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45 reveals the destiny of the great human image
（１） 被非人手所凿出来的石头，在其显出时砸碎
1) To Be Crushed by a Stone Cut without Hands, at Its Appearing
13大人像的定命就是被非人手所凿出来的石头，在其显出时砸碎。（34～35上，44下～45，七13～14。）这块非人手所凿出来的石头乃是基督。
13The destiny of the great human image is to be crushed by a stone cut out without hands, at its appearing (vv. 34-35a, 44b-45; 7:13-14). This stone cut without hands is Christ
14基督这砸碎人类整个人政权的石头，不是人手所凿出来的，（如二章三十四节、四十五节的『非人手』所指明的，）祂是神藉著祂的钉死与复活所凿出来的。藉著祂的钉十字架，祂被治死而被凿；（徒二；）在祂的复活里，祂首先被凿成为房角石以建造召会，再成为砸人的石头以毁灭全部人的政权。（徒二24，太二一42，44下。）
14As the stone that will crush the entire human government of mankind, Christ was not cut out with human hands (as indicated by "without hands" in 2:34, 45); He was cut by God through His crucifixion and resurrection. Through His crucifixion He was cut by being put to death (Acts 2:23), and in His resurrection He was cut out to be, first, the cornerstone for the 23 building up of the church and the crushing stone to destroy the totality of human government (Acts 2:24; Matt. 21:42, 44b).
15当基督这块非人手所凿的石头显现时，祂就把大人像从脚指头到头，砸得粉碎。这就是说，祂要击打十王连同敌基督。启示录十九章说到基督与敌基督的争战。同著基督的乃是由得胜者所组成，祂新娶的新妇；同著敌基督的乃是十王和他们的军队。这战争乃是地对抗天，人反对神的争战。基督要打败并毁灭敌基督和十王。按但以理二章，这争战要使整个人像从脚指头到头被砸得粉碎。三十四节和三十五节上半说，『有一块非人手所凿出来的石头，打在这像半铁半泥的脚上，把脚砸碎，于是铁、泥、铜、银、金，都一同砸得粉碎，如同夏天禾埸上的糠枇，被风吹散，无处可寻。』这表征从宁录到敌基督所有人政权完全被毁灭。所以，人的政权要在基督这神所凿的石头显现时被了结。圣经启示基督是石头，有三方面的讲究。首先，对信徒而言，基督是他们所信靠的基石。以赛亚二十八章十六节论到基督作石头的这一面，说，『看哪，我在锡安放一块石头，作为根基，是试验过的石头，是稳固的根基，宝贵的房角石。』第二，对不信的犹太人而言，基督是跘跌人的石头。（赛八14，罗九33。）马太二十一章四十四节上半论到这一面说，『那跌到这石头上的，必要跌碎。』第三，对列国而言，基督将是砸人的石头。『这石头掉在谁身上，就要把谁砸得粉碎，簸散如糠枇。』（太二一44下。）但以理二章启示基督是砸人的石头，把大人像砸得粉碎，如同糠枇被风吹散。
15At His appearing as the stone cut out not by human hands, Christ will crush the great image from the toes to the head. This means that He will strike the ten kings with Antichrist. Revelation 19 speaks of the war between Christ and Antichrist. With Christ there will be His newly-married bride, composed of the overcomers, and with Antichrist there will be the ten kings with their armies. This war will be a fighting of the earth against the heavens, of man against God. Christ will defeat and destroy Antichrist and the ten kings. According to Daniel 2, this will entail the crushing of the entire human image from the toes to the head. Verses 34 and 35a say, "A stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the image at its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed all at once, and they became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. " This signifies the complete destruction of all human government from Nimrod to Antichrist. Human government will therefore be terminated by Christ at His appearing as the God-cut stone. The Bible reveals that Christ is a stone in three aspects. First, to the believers Christ is the foundation stone in whom they trust. Concerning this aspect of Christ as a stone, Isaiah 28:16 says, " Behold, I lay a stone in Zion as a foundation, / A tested stone, / A precious cornerstone as a foundation firmly established. " Second, to the unbelieving Jews Christ is the stumbling stone (Isa. 8:14; Rom. 9:33). Regarding this aspect, Matthew 21:44a says, " He who falls on this stone shall be broken to pieces." Third, to the nations Christ will be the smiting stone. "On whomever it falls, it shall crush him to powder and scatter him like chaff " (Matt. 21:44b). Daniel 2 reveals Christ as the smiting stone crushing the great human image and causing it to become like chaff carried away by the wind.
16当基督这砸人的石头来临时，祂不是单独的来。反之，祂要带著祂的新妇一同来。那时基督已经得著了召会，娶得了祂的新妇，就如启示录十九章所描述的。在祂的婚娶之后，祂要来到，同时要作砸人的石头，并作踹酒醡的那位。（启十九15，十四19～20，赛六三2～3。）敌基督要聚集大批邪恶、背叛的人类围绕耶路撒冷，这就豫备了『葡萄，』给基督来踹『酒醡。』祂的来临将使人大大惊讶，因为这些背叛的人不相信基督，也不相信神，只相信自己。敌基督甚至夸称自己就是神，（帖后二4，但十一36，）并在美地和地中海中间，竖立帐幕给自己享受。（十一45。）那时基督这块神所凿出来的石头要同著祂的新妇来临，击打人像的脚指头，把牠从脚到头毁灭。这样，人的政权就被砸碎而了结。
16When Christ comes as the smiting stone, He will not come alone. Rather, He will come with His bride. By that time Christ will have already gained the church, and He will have married His bride, as described in Revelation 19. After His wedding He will come both as the smiting stone and as the One who will tread the winepress (Rev. 19:15; 14:19-20; Isa. 63:2-3). Antichrist will gather a vast number of evil, rebellious human beings around Jerusalem, thus preparing the "grapes" to be trodden in the "winepress" by Christ. His coming will be a great surprise, for these rebellious ones will believe neither in Christ nor in God but only in themselves. Antichrist will even go so far as to say that he is God (2 Thes. 2:4; Dan. 11:36), and for his enjoyment will set up his tent between the good land and the Mediterranean Sea (v. 45). Then Christ as the God-cut stone will come with His bride to strike the toes of the image, destroying it from the toes to the head. In this way, human government will be crushed and terminated.
（２） 被一座大山所代替，这山要充满全地
2) To Be Replaced with a Great Mountain Which Will Fill the Whole Earth
17大人像要被一座大山所代替，这山表征神的国，要充满全地。（二35下，44上。）这就是说，基督来临砸碎人政权的集大成以后，祂就带进神在地上永远的国。但以理二章三十五节下半说，『打碎这像的石头，变成一座大山，充满全地。』石头扩增成为大山，这表征基督的扩增。基督是可以扩增的，这事实在约翰三章启示出来。三十节论到基督说，『祂必扩增。』这节里的扩增乃是二十九节所说的新妇：『娶新妇的，就是新郎。』所以，基督有一个扩增，这个扩增就是祂的新妇。就如夏娃是亚当的扩增，照样，新妇乃是基督这新郎的扩增。
17The great human image will be replaced with a great mountain, signifying the eternal kingdom of God, which will fill the whole earth (2:35b, 44a). This means that after Christ comes to crush the aggregate of human government, He will usher in the eternal kingdom of God on earth. Daniel 2:35b says, "The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." This increase of the stone into a great mountain signifies the increase of Christ. The fact that Christ can increase is clearly revealed in John 3. Referring to Christ, verse 30 says, "He must increase." The increase in this verse is the bride spoken of in verse 29: "He who has the bride is the bridegroom." Christ, therefore, has an increase, and this increase is His bride. Just as Eve was the increase of Adam, the bride is the increase of Christ as the Bridegroom
18今天召会乃是基督在生命上的扩增，但神永远的国是基督在行政上的扩增。在生命上，基督扩增成为召会；在行政上，基督扩增成为神永远的国。因此，基督不仅是召会，基督也是神的国。召会和国度都是祂的扩增。马可四章二十六至二十九节种子的比喻，启示神的国如何是基督的扩增。二十六节说，『神的国是这样，如同人把种子撒在地上。』这种子就是基督作神圣生命的具体化身。按这比喻，这种子萌芽、长大、结果、成熟并带来收成。（27～28。）从基督来将自己种到人性这『泥土』里，祂就一直长大并扩增。至终，这扩增要成为充满全地的大山，作神永远的国。
18The church today is Christ'sin crease in life, but the eternal kingdom of God is Christ'sin crease in administration. In life Christ increases to become the church; in administration Christ increases to become the eternal kingdom of God. Hence, Christ is not only the church but also the kingdom of God. Both the church and the kingdom are His increase. The parable of the seed in Mark 4:26-29 reveals how the kingdom of God is the increase of Christ. Verse 26 says, "So is the kingdom of God: as if a man cast seed on the earth." This seed is Christ as the embodiment of the divine life. According to the parable, this seed sprouts, grows, bears fruit, matures, and brings forth a harvest (vv. 27-28). From the time Christ came to sow Himself into the "soil" of humanity, He has been growing and increasing. Eventually, this increase will become the great mountain that fills the whole earth to be the eternal kingdom of God
19但以理二章论到基督是石头和大山的话，启示基督是神行动的中心与普及。我们可以说，作为石头，祂乃是中心；作为大山，祂乃是普及。石头是基督作中心，大山是基督作圆周，普及。基督真是包罗万有的一位。祂是石头，也是山；祂是召会，也是国度。祂连同祂的扩增，乃是充满全地的大山。
19The word regarding Christ as the stone and the mountain in chapter two of Daniel reveals that Christ is the centrality and the universality of God's move. We may say that as the stone He is the centrality and that as the mountain He is the universality. The stone is Christ as the center, and the mountain is Christ as the circumference, the universality. Christ truly is the all- inclusive One. He is the stone and also the mountain; He is the church and also the kingdom. He with His increase is the great mountain that fills the whole earth
参 尼布甲尼撒尊崇但以理
III. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'SHO NO RING OF DANIEL
20在二章四十六至四十九节，我们看见尼布甲尼撒尊崇但以理。尼布甲尼撒俯伏在地，向但以理下拜，又吩咐人给他奉上供物和香，且说，『你既能将这隐秘的事启示出来，你们的神，诚然是万神之神，万王之王，又是隐秘事的启示者。』（46～47。）于是尼布甲尼撒派他管理巴比伦全省，又立他为总长，掌管巴比伦的一切哲士。不仅如此，尼布甲尼撒答应但以理的恳求，派他的三个同伴管理巴比伦省的政务。因此，但以理和他的同伴就被任命统治巴比伦省。
20In 2:46-49 we see Nebuchadnezzar'sho no ring of Daniel. Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, commanding that they offer an oblation and incense to him and saying, "It is certain that your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a Revealer of secrets, for you have been able to reveal this secret" (vv. 46-47). Then Nebuchadnezzar made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief of the prefects over all the wise men of Babylon. Furthermore, in response to Daniel's request regarding his three companions, Nebuchadnezzar appointed them over the administration of the province of Babylon. Thus, Daniel and his companions were appointed to govern in the province of Babylon