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利未记生命读经 · 第13篇

素祭-基督作神子民与神同享的满足(三)

The Meal Offering Christ for the Satisfaction of God’s People Enjoyed Together with God (3)
1读经:利未记二章四至七节,十三至十六节。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 2:4-7, 13-16
2在本篇信息中,我们要进一步说到素祭的各面。
2In this message we will cover further aspects of the meal offering
玖 无酵
IX. NO LEAVEN
3素祭里没有酵。(利二4~5。)『凡献给耶和华的素祭,都不可用酵作。』(利二11上。)无酵,表征在基督里面没有罪或任何消极的东西。(林前五6~8。)
3There is no leaven in the meal offering (vv. 4-5). “No meal offering which you shall bring to Jehovah shall be made with leaven” (v. 11a). No leaven signifies that there is no sin or any negative thing in Christ (1 Cor. 5:6-8
拾 不可有会发酵的蜜
X. NO HONEY, WHICH WILL FERMENT
4素祭里没有会发酵的蜜(利二11,),表征在基督里面没有天然的偏好或天然的好东西。
4In the meal offering there is no honey, which will ferment (Lev. 2:11). This signifies that there is no natural affection or natural good in Christ
5在主的恢复里有两件事搅扰我。一件是野心,我视为酵。另一件是天然的偏好,我视为蜜。有些圣徒可能声称他们彼此的爱是按照主的吩咐。(约十三34。)实际上,他们的爱是天然的偏好,与主的吩咐无关。没有甚么比野心和天然的偏好更破坏召会生活、主的职事和主的工作。有野心要带头乃是酵,酵就带进败坏。天然的偏好是蜜,蜜带进腐败。
5Two things in the Lord’s recovery bother me. One is ambition, which I regard as leaven. The other is natural affection, which I regard as honey. Certain saints may claim that their love for one another is according to the Lord’s commandment (John 13:34). Actually, their love is a matter of natural affection and has nothing to do with the Lord’s commandment. Nothing damages the church life, the Lord’s ministry, and the Lord’s work more than ambition and natural affection. Ambition for leadership is leaven, and leaven brings in corruption. Natural affection is honey, and honey brings in rottenness
6野心与偏好密切相关。假定一位弟兄有某种野心。他的野心若得著满足,他就高兴;若没有得著满足,他就不高兴。凡帮助他得著他所想望的,他就爱他们;凡拦阻他满足他野心的,他就视为仇敌。我们若要长期事奉主,必须仰望主洁净我们,脱离野心和天然的偏好。无论某些圣徒如何善待我们,无论我们是多亲密,或在一起已经有多久,我们都不该在召会生活中结交朋友。我们该看所有的圣徒是一样的-都是在主里的弟兄姊妹。我们不该有野心,也不该有天然的偏好,因为这样的偏好会带来腐败。
6Ambition and affection are closely related. Suppose a brother has a particular ambition. If his ambition is fulfilled, he will be happy. If it is not fulfilled, he will be unhappy. He will love anyone who helps him to gain what he desires. But anyone who hinders him in fulfilling his ambition will be regarded as an enemy. If we want to serve the Lord for a long period of time, we must look to the Lord to purify us from ambition and natural affection. No matter how well certain saints may treat us, and no matter how close we are or how long we have been together, we should not make friends in the church life. Rather, we should regard all the saints in the same way—as brothers and sisters in the Lord. We should not be ambitious, and we should not have natural affection, for such affection will bring in rottenness.
7素祭必须没有酵也没有蜜。我们该以基督为细面,不加酵或蜜。我们需要求主洁净我们,好叫我们的生活没有酵也没有蜜。
7The meal offering must have neither leaven nor honey. We should take Christ as fine flour without adding leaven or honey. We need to ask the Lord to purify us so that in our living there will be no leaven and no honey
拾 壹用盐
XI. WITH SALT
8『素祭的每一样供物,你都要用盐调和;在你的素祭上,不可让神立约的盐缺少;一切的供物都要同著盐献上。『(利二13。)这里的盐不是普通的盐,乃是神立约的盐,这约是不可废坏、不可改变的。这盐调味、杀菌并防腐。素祭里的盐有甚么属灵意义?到目前为止,我们在素祭里看见了那灵(油)、基督的复活(乳香)、以及基督的人性(细面),但我们还没有看见基督的死。基督的死,就是十字架,乃是由盐所表征的。所以,素祭里的盐是指基督的死,就是十字架。召会中所以有这么多野心和天然的偏好,乃是因为盐太少了。我们不彀有基督的十字架,不彀有对基督之死的应用。召会中若有彀多的盐,就会把野心和天然的偏好除去。只要十字架在这里,盐就在这里;只要盐在这里,细菌就要死去。只要十字架在这里,野心和天然的偏好都要被除去。我盼望这会成为我们众人的经历。我们不该有野心,也不该有天然的偏好。我们只该有主的死废除的功效。这样,我们就会有纯净的人性和纯净的爱。我们会纯净,会活出主耶稣在地上所过的生活,就是一种没有酵、没有蜜、却满了盐的生活。
8Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; you shall not let the salt of the covenant of your God be lacking from your meal offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt” (v. 13). The salt here is not common; it is the salt of the covenant of God, the covenant which is incorruptible and unchangeable. This salt seasons, kills germs, and preserves. What is the spiritual significance of the salt in the meal offering? Thus far, in the meal offering we have seen the Spirit (the oil), Christ’s resurrection (the frankincense), and Christ’s humanity (the fine flour), but we have not yet seen the death of Christ. The death of Christ, the cross, is signified by the salt. The salt in the meal offering therefore refers to the death of Christ, to the cross. The reason there is so much ambition and natural affection in the church is that there is too little salt. We are short of the cross of Christ, short of the application of Christ’s death. If we have adequate salt in the church, ambition and natural affection will be crossed out. As long as the cross is here, salt is here; and as long as salt is here, the germs will die. As long as the cross is here, ambition and natural affection will be crossed out. I hope that this will be the experience of us all. We should not have ambition, and we should not have natural affection. We should have only the crossing out of the Lord’s death. Then we will have pure humility and pure love. We will be pure, and we will live a life like that of the Lord Jesus when He was on earth, a life without leaven and honey but full of salt
拾 贰细面饼
XII. CAKES OF FINE FLOUR
9『你若献炉中烤的素祭为供物,就要用调油的细面作的无酵饼,或是抹油的无酵薄饼。』(利二4。)细面饼,表征基督的人性是给神和事奉祂之人的食物。
9When you bring a meal offering baked in an oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil” (v. 4). The cakes of fine flour signify Christ’s humanity to be food for God and His serving ones
10细面是没有形状的,但细面饼却是扎实、有固定形状的。这饼指明对基督较强的经历。我们可以经历基督作细面,作没有形状的素祭。我们也可以经历基督作饼,作扎实且有固定形状之物。
10Whereas fine flour has no form, the cakes of fine flour are solid and have a definite form. These cakes indicate a stronger experience of Christ. We may experience Christ as fine flour, as meal without a form. We may also experience Christ as the cakes, as something solid and with a definite form.
一 是素祭中最大的一项
A. The Biggest Item of the Meal Offering
11细面饼是素祭中最大的一项。因此,饼表征在我们对基督的经历中,最大一分的基督。我们由此看见,对素祭的经历是有不同程度的。你的一分可能是这么大,另一位圣徒的一分,可能有不同的大小。
11The cakes of fine flour are the biggest item of the meal offering. Thus, the cakes signify the biggest portion of Christ in our experience of Him. From this we see that the experience of the meal offering differs in degree. You may have a portion of a certain size, and another saint may have a portion of a different size
二 是穿孔的,或刺洞的
B. Perforated, or Pierced
12细面饼是穿孔的,或刺洞的;这表征基督在人性里的一种苦难。在主为人的一生里,有许多种的苦难,这些饼是穿孔的或刺洞的,表征基督一种的苦难。
12The cakes of fine flour are perforated, or pierced. This perforating, this piercing, signifies a kind of Christ’s suffering in His humanity. In the Lord’s human life there were many different kinds of sufferings, and the cakes’ being perforated, or pierced, signifies one kind of Christ’s sufferings
三 是无酵的
C. Unleavened
13细面饼是无酵的。无酵表征没有罪或任何消极的事物。
13The cakes of fine flour are unleavened. Being unleavened signifies being without sin or any negative thing
四 是调油的
D. Mingled with Oil
14细面饼是调油的。调油表征与圣灵调和。基督的人性总是与祂的神性调和的。今天在我们的经历和享受里,素祭是无法与灵神分开的。
14The cakes of fine flour are mingled with oil. Being mingled with oil signifies being mingled with the Holy Spirit. Christ’s humanity was always mingled with His divinity. In our experience and enjoyment today, the meal offering cannot be separated from God the Spirit
拾 参薄饼
XIII. WAFERS
15素祭也可以用『抹油的无酵薄饼。』(利二4下。)
15A meal offering may also be of “unleavened wafers anointed with oil” (v. 4b
一 是空心的,容易吃的
A. Hollow, Easy to Eat
16薄饼是空心的,容易吃。这表征基督在祂的人性里也给幼稚的信徒享受并经历。基督作细面饼适合强壮者,基督作薄饼适合年幼者。祂对任何年龄的人都是便利的。赞美主,祂是可吃的。
16Wafers are hollow and easy to eat. This signifies Christ in His humanity enjoyed and experienced by the younger believers. Christ as cakes is good for the strong ones, and Christ as wafers is good for the young ones. He is available to all ages. Praise the Lord that He is so edible
二 是无酵的
B. Unleavened
17是无酵的,再次表征基督作素祭是没有罪或任何消极事物的。
17Again, being unleavened signifies that Christ as the meal offering is without sin or any negative thing.
三 是抹油的
C. Anointed with Oil
18薄饼是抹油的。这表征基督为圣灵所膏,有圣灵浇灌在祂身上。
18The wafers are anointed with oil. This signifies that Christ is anointed with the Holy Spirit, having the Holy Spirit poured upon Him.
拾 肆鏊上的细面
XIV. FINE FLOUR ON THE GRIDDLE
19『你的供物若是鏊上作的素祭,就要用调油无酵的细面。你要把面分成块子,浇上油;这是素祭。』(利二5~6。)这种素祭里的细面是没有形状的,甚至不成面团,只是鏊上的细面。
19And if your offering is a meal offering on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened. You shall break it into pieces and pour oil on it; it is a meal offering” (vv. 5-6). In this kind of meal offering, the fine flour is without form. It is not even dough but simply flour on the griddle
一 是无酵的
A. Unleavened
20无酵,再次表征没有罪或消极事物。
20Once again, being unleavened signifies being without sin or negative things
二 是调油的
B. Mingled with Oil
21细面不是调著水的,乃是调著油的。虽然这调和不产生面团,却使素祭成为一单块。调著油,再次表征与圣灵调和。
21The fine flour was mingled not with water but with oil. Although this mingling did not produce dough, it did cause the meal offering to be of a single piece. Here again, being mingled with oil signifies being mingled with the Holy Spirit
三 是分成块子的
C. Broken into Pieces
22这素祭是分成块子的。这表征基督的人性是完全的,却总是破碎的,从未保持完整。这破碎是指基督在祂的人性里所经过的另一种苦难。
22This meal offering was broken into pieces. This signifies that Christ’s humanity is perfect but is never kept whole. It is always broken. This breaking refers to another kind of suffering which Christ passed through in His humanity
四 浇油在块子上
D. The Pieces with Oil Poured upon Them
23块子有油浇在其上,表征基督被圣灵所膏。这里有一幅基督对神的灵之经历的图画。首先,祂由神的灵所生,(太一18,20,)这是祂与那灵调和。然后,在三十岁时,祂为神的灵所膏。祂受了水浸之后,圣灵浇灌在祂身上。(太三16。)所以,甚至在这小小的素祭里,我们也能看见基督对圣灵两面的经历。
23The pieces with oil poured upon them signify Christ’s being anointed with the Holy Spirit. Here we have a picture of Christ’s experience of the Spirit of God. First, He was born of the Spirit of God (Matt. 1:18, 20). This was a matter of His being mingled with the Spirit. Then, at the age of thirty, He was anointed with the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit was poured upon Him after His water baptism (Matt. 3:16). Therefore, even in this small meal offering we can see the two aspects of Christ’s experience of the Holy Spirit
拾 伍煎盘中的细面
XV. FINE FLOUR IN A PAN
24『你的供物若是煎盘中作的素祭,就要用细面和油作成。』(利二7。)煎盘中的细面,表征基督人性的另一种苦难。这供物里一切别的项目,与鏊上细面作的供物之项目意义相同。
24“And if your offering is a meal offering in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil” (Lev. 2:7). The fine flour in a pan signifies Christ’s humanity in another kind of suffering. All the other items in this offering are the same in significance as those in the offering of fine flour on the griddle.
拾 陆青穗
XVI. GREEN EARS
25在十四至十六节,我们读到另一类的素祭-青穗。一是在田地劳力的收获所产生的青穗是在田地劳力的收获所产生的。这表征我们对基督的劳力产生青穗的收成。青穗是非常脆嫩、新鲜且可口的。
25In verses 14 through 16 we read of another category of meal offering—green ears. A. Produced of the Harvest of the Labor on the Field The green ears are produced of the harvest of the labor on the field. This signifies that our labor on Christ produces the harvest with green ears. Green ears are very tender, very fresh, and very tasty
二 青穗当作初熟之物
B. As the Firstfruit of Green Ears
26初熟的青穗,表征在基督的复活里对基督新鲜的享受。基督是那粒种到地里的麦子;祂死了,又在复活里长起来,产生青穗。(约十二24。)这些青穗是祂复活的初熟果子。
26The firstfruit of the green ears signifies the fresh enjoyment of Christ in His resurrection. Christ was the grain sown into the earth; He died and grew up in resurrection to produce green ears (John 12:24). These green ears are the firstfruit of His resurrection
三 是轧了的
C. Crushed
27利未记二章十四节说到『轧了的新穗。』轧了,表征受基督十字架的对付。青穗必须是轧了的,就是必须经过基督之死的废除。这指明我们若要过一种凭基督作素祭的生活,就无法避开十字架。我们需要经历被轧;就是经历基督之死的废除。
27Leviticus 2:14 speaks of “crushed grain from fresh ears.” The word crushed signifies being dealt with by the cross of Christ. The green ears had to be crushed; that is, they had to pass through the crossing out of Christ’s death. This indicates that if we would live a life by Christ as the meal offering, we cannot avoid the cross. We need to experience the crushing; this is the experience of being crossed out by Christ’s death
四 是在素祭上加上油的
D. With Oil on the Meal Offering
28『你且要加上油并放上乳香;这是素祭。』(利二15。)在素祭上的油,表征浇灌在基督人性上的圣灵。
28And you shall put oil on it and place frankincense upon it; it is a meal offering” (v. 15). The oil upon the meal offering signifies the Holy Spirit poured upon Christ’s humanity
五 是在素祭上放上乳香的
E. With Frankincense upon the Meal Offering
29乳香要放在素祭之上。我们已经指出,这表征在基督的人性上有祂复活的馨香之气。
29Frankincense was to be placed upon the meal offering. As we have pointed out, this signifies the fragrance of Christ’s resurrection upon His humanity
六 把一些穗子和一些油并所有的乳香都烧在祭坛上
F. Some Ears, Some Oil, and All the Frankincense Burned on the Altar
30『祭司要从其中取一些轧了的穗子,和一些油并所有的乳香,都熏著献上,作素祭记念的部分,当作献给耶和华的火祭。』(利二16。)把一些穗子和一些油并所有的乳香都烧在祭坛上,表征基督在新鲜的人性里带著圣灵并基督复活的馨香,一起献给神作食物,使神满足。我们再次看见,素祭的一分,最好的一分,是给神作食物的。
30And the priest shall offer up in smoke as its memorial portion some of its crushed grain and its oil, with all its frankincense, as an offering by fire to Jehovah” (v. 16). The burning on the altar of some ears, some oil, and all the frankincense signifies that Christ’s humanity in its freshness, with the Holy Spirit and the fragrance of Christ’s resurrection, is offered to God as food for His satisfaction. Again we see that a portion of the meal offering—the best portion—is for God’s food
七 作为记念
G. As a Memorial
31神那分的素祭,要献上作为记念。这祭是个记念,因为牠有满足的果效。这一分满足神到一个地步,就成为一个记念。
31God’sport i on of the meal offering is offered up as a memorial. It is a memorial because of its satisfying effect. This portion is so satisfying to God’st as te that it becomes a memorial