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利未记生命读经 · 第14篇

实际的经历并享受基督作供物

The Practical Experience and Enjoyment of Christ as the Offerings
1在本篇信息中，我的负担是要与你们交通，如何实际的经历并享受基督作供物。
1My burden in this message is to fellowship with you concerning the practical experience and enjoyment of Christ as the offerings
基督－惟一的供物
CHRIST—THE UNIQUE OFFERING
2基督今天乃是各样供物的实际。按照希伯来十章七至九节，基督在肉体里来实行神的旨意，是要以自己顶替旧约的供物。九节下半说，『祂除去那先有的，为要立定那后来的。』那先有的，乃指旧约的动物祭牲；那后来的，乃指基督作那惟一的祭物，惟一的供物。旧约里有许多供物，但新约里只有一个惟一的供物－基督这奇妙的一位。
2Christ today is the reality of the offerings. According to Hebrews 10:7-9, Christ came in the flesh to do the will of God, which was to replace the Old Testament offerings with Himself. Verse 9b says, “He takes away the first that He may establish the second.” The “first” denotes the animal sacrifices of the Old Testament, and the “second” denotes Christ as the unique sacrifice, the unique offering. In the Old Testament there were many offerings, but in the New Testament there is one, unique offering—the wonderful person of Christ
3希伯来书向我们启示，基督是何等奇妙的一位。一章接一章的，保罗揭开幔子，给我们看见基督那美妙、奥秘、包罗万有的人位。希伯来书特别说到基督的祭司职任。基督不仅是我们的救主，祂也是我们的大祭司。我们在十章又看见，这一位成了旧约一切供物的顶替。祂来实行神的旨意。（希十７，９。）在新约的经纶里，神的旨意乃是要以基督顶替旧约的供物。我们若要认识基督的人位，就需要研读希伯来书。这奇妙的人位不仅是神的儿子，也不仅是三一神－祂乃是经过过程的三一神。基督也是人，因为祂是调和著人性，经过过程的三一神。至终，基督经过了死，并进入复活。不仅如此，祂还是人升上了第三层天；在那里祂是经过过程的神人坐在宝座上。在祂的成为肉体里，祂将神带到地上；在祂的升天里，祂将人带到诸天。按照希伯来书，基督这位升天的神人，是我们的大祭司。在旧约，大祭司的责任是献祭给神，或是献上祭物，或是献上礼物；这不仅是为遮罪，也是为讨神喜悦。我们这些有罪性与罪行的罪人，与神有了难处，神也与我们有了难处。我们与神之间没有平安。要平息我们与神之间的光景，就必须作一些事。基督已经为我们遮罪，平息了这光景。不仅如此，基督也作了一些事叫神快乐。神要喜悦我们，但我们的罪使祂无法喜悦我们。我们得救以前，神爱我们，却不喜悦我们。所以，基督献上自己，不仅是为著罪作祭物，也是作礼物来讨神喜悦，使祂高兴。基督这惟一的供物，已经为我们成就平息，也使神高兴。
3The book of Hebrews reveals to us what a wonderful person Christ is. In chapter after chapter, Paul opens the veil to show us the marvelous, mysterious, all- inclusive person of Christ. In particular, Hebrews speaks of the priesthood of Christ. Christ is not only our Savior—He is also our High Priest. In chapter ten we see that this One has become the replacement of all the Old Testament offerings. He came to do God’s will (Heb. 10:7, 9). In the New Testament economy, God’s will is to replace the Old Testament offerings with Christ. If we would know Christ’s person, we need to study the book of Hebrews. This wonderful person is not only the Son of God and not only the Triune God—He is the processed Triune God. Christ is also a man, for He is the processed Triune God mingled with humanity. Eventually, Christ passed through death and entered into resurrection. Furthermore, as a man He ascended to the third heaven where, as a processed God - man, He is sitting on the throne. In His incarnation He brought God to earth, and in His ascension He brought man to the heavens. According to the book of Hebrews, Christ, the ascended God-man, is our High Priest. In the Old Testament, the duty of the high priest was to offer something to God, either a sacrifice or a gift, not only to make propitiation but also to please God. As sinners with a sinful nature and sinful deeds, we had a problem with God, and God had a problem with us. There was no peace between us and God. Something had to be done to appease the situation between us and God. Christ has appeased this situation by making propitiation for us. Moreover, Christ has done something to make God happy. God wanted to be happy with us, but our sins made Him unhappy with us. Before we were saved, God loved us, but He was not happy with us. Therefore, Christ offered Himself not only as a sacrifice for sin but also as a gift to please God and thereby make Him happy. As the unique offering, Christ has made propitiation for us, and He has made God happy.
基督作食物
CHRIST AS FOOD
使神和事奉神的人满足
TO SATISFY GOD AND HIS SERVING ONES
4利未记乃是圣经里最难明白的书之一。保罗是头一个打开并解释这卷书的人。历代以来，圣经教师，特别是弟兄们中间的，都曾解释过利未记。弟兄们打开了豫表。我们今天从那些走在我们前面的圣经教师得著了许多帮助，我们乃是站在他们的肩膀上。所有对利未记有正确领会的人，都看见这卷书与希伯来书之间的关联。六十多年以来，我们都在研读希伯来书，以及牠如何与利未记相联。
4One of the most difficult books in the Bible for us to understand is Leviticus. Paul was the first one to open up, to expound, this book. Throughout the centuries, Bible teachers, especially among the Brethren, have expounded Leviticus. The Brethren opened up the types. We today have received much help from the Bible teachers who preceded us, and we are standing on their shoulders. All those who have the proper understanding of Leviticus see the connection between this book and the book of Hebrews. For over sixty years we have been studying Hebrews and how it is linked to Leviticus
5司可福（C.I.Scofield）在他的圣经函授课程里说，我们在利未记的每一章都可以看见基督。我头一次听见这话时，并没有领会。我在利未记里可以看见供物，但我看不见基督。后来，我得到弟兄们的帮助，看见在利未记里，基督是在豫表里描绘出来的。所有的供物都是基督的豫表、图画。虽然我得到弟兄们的帮助，看见在豫表里的基督，但直到好些时间以后，才领悟供物乃是神的食物。（利三11，16，二一6，8，民二八2。）你晓得神饿了，祂需要食物，需要吃么？说神饿了并需要食物，这不是按照我们天然人的观念。我们说到供物作祭物时，只会想到我们与神之间有难处，需要供物来遮罪，使我们与神之间的光景可以得著平息。我们可能从来没有领悟，实际上供物主要的目的之一，是作神的食物，也作事奉神者的食物。
5In his Bible Correspondence Course, C. I. Scofield said that in every chapter of Leviticus we can see Christ. When I first heard this, I did not understand it. I could see the offerings in Leviticus, but I could not see Christ. Eventually, I was helped by the Brethren to see that in Leviticus Christ is portrayed in the types. All the offerings are types, pictures, of Christ. Although I was helped by the Brethren to see Christ in the types, I did not realize until some time later that the offerings are God’s food (Lev. 3:11, 16; 21:6, 8; Num. 28:2). Do you realize that God is hungry, that He needs food, that He needs to eat? To say that God is hungry and needs food is not according to our natural, human concept. When we speak of the offerings as sacrifices, our only thought may be that we have a problem with God and need the offerings for propitiation that our situation with God may be appeased. We may never have realized that, in reality, one of the main purposes of the offerings is that they are food for God and also for His serving ones.
6我们在出埃及记和利未记看见，在帐幕里并帐幕周围事奉的祭司，是吃祭司的食物。这祭司的食物是甚么？就是各种不同的供物，有动物生命，也有植物生命。供物不仅是为平息我们的光景，不仅是为讨神喜悦并使祂高兴；也是为著满足神，并使事奉神者得著满足和加力。我们可能谈论许多关于事奉神的事，但我们该用甚么事奉祂？我们需要以基督作食物来事奉祂。这食物不该只是一种，或一道菜肴，乃要像中国人的筳席那样，有许多道菜肴。每一种供物是一道不同的菜肴。燔祭、素祭、平安祭、赎愆祭、赎罪祭、摇祭、举祭、甘心祭、奠祭－这一切供物都是基督作我们用以事奉神的不同菜肴。基督是神的食物，也是我们的食物。因著基督是我们的食物，我们就需要吃祂。有些基督徒听我们说吃基督，可能感到困扰。我们要题醒他们，主在约翰六章五十七节所说的话：『活的父怎样差我来，我又因父活著，照样，那吃我的人，也要因我活著。』基督作我们的食物，就加强我们，使我们有能力。我们是以基督作我们的食物，来事奉神。除了基督，我们没有甚么东西可以带来献给神，没有甚么东西可以献上来讨祂喜悦并满足祂。所以，我们不该空手来到神面前，乃要手里满了基督以呈献给神。基督作供物的上好部分，乃是作神的食物给祂享受，剩下的才是我们的食物给我们享受。我们由此看见，神与事奉神的人都是因基督而满足，也是藉著基督作食物而满足。
6In the books of Exodus and Leviticus we see that the priests, who served in and around the tabernacle, ate the priestly food. What was this priestly food? It was the different kinds of offerings, both of the animal life and of the vegetable life. The offerings are not only for propitiating our situation and not only for pleasing God and making Him happy. The offerings are also for satisfying God and for satisfying, strengthening, and energizing God’s serving ones. We may talk much about serving God, but with what should we serve Him? We need to serve God with Christ as food. This food should not be merely of one form or course; rather, like a Chinese feast, it should be of many courses. Each of the offerings is a different course. The burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the trespass offering, the sin offering, the wave offering, the heave offering, the free will offering, the drink offering — all these offerings are Christ as different courses with which we may serve God. Christ is God’s food, and He is also our food. Since Christ is our food, we need to eat Him. Some Christians, however, may be bothered when they hear us speak about eating Jesus. We would remind them of the Lord’s word in John 6:57. “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me shall also live because of Me.” As our food, Christ strengthens us and energizes us. We serve God with Christ as our food. Apart from Christ we have nothing to offer to God, nothing with which to please and satisfy Him. Therefore, we should not come to God empty - handed but with hands full of Christ to present to God. The top portion of Christ as the offerings is God’s food for His enjoyment, and the remainder is our food for our enjoyment. From this we see that both God and His serving ones are satisfied with Christ and by Christ as food.
经历并享受利未记
EXPERIENCING AND ENJOYING CHRIST
所启示的基督
AS HE IS REVEALED IN LEVITICUS
7四福音的每一卷都启示关于基督的事。在某种意义上，利未记也是一卷启示基督的福音书。利未记里的确启示了基督，但这里启示基督所用的『语言，』与四福音所用的不一样。我们可以说，这是『利未记语言。』这种语言的一个例子是一章的『燔祭。』这辞原文是指上升之物。我们若认识利未记的语言，就会领悟这个上升是指基督。
7Each of the four Gospels reveals something concerning Christ. In a sense, Leviticus is also a gospel revealing Christ. Christ is surely revealed in Leviticus, but He is revealed here in a “language” different from that used in the Gospels. We may say that this is a “Leviticus language.” One example of this language is the Hebrew word translated “burnt offering” in chapter one. Literally, this word denotes something that is ascending. If we know the language of Leviticus, we will realize that this ascending refers to Christ.
8在利未记里，我们可以看见许多与享受基督有关的细节。在约翰福音，主耶稣启示祂是生命的粮，祂是从天降下来的粮，好给人吃的。（约六38，50～51。）虽然主耶稣在约翰福音清楚说到这事，但关于这事的细节在约翰福音里却找不到。关于吃基督的细节，我们需要来看利未记。我们要找出经历并享受利未记所启示之基督的路，是很要紧的。我们需要每一天实际的经历并享受祂。我们要这样作，就需要认识各种供物的实际。
8In the book of Leviticus we can see many of the details related to the enjoyment of Christ. In the Gospel of John the Lord Jesus revealed that He is the bread of life, that He is the bread which came down from heaven and is good for our eating (6:48, 50-51). But although the Lord said this clearly in John, the details concerning this cannot be found in John. For the details concerning eating Christ, we need to come to Leviticus. It is crucial that we find a way to experience and enjoy Christ as He is revealed in Leviticus. We need to experience and enjoy Him daily and practically. If we would do this, we need to know the reality of all the offerings
实际的灵－基督作供物之于我们的实际
The Spirit of Reality— Christ Being the Reality of the Offerings to Us
9有人说供物的实际是基督。这当然是正确的。在约翰十四章，主耶稣甚至告诉我们，祂是实际。『我就是道路、实际、生命。』（约十四6。）在同一章别处，祂说到祂是实际的灵。（约十四。）基督若仅仅本身是实际，还无法对我们是实际。祂在自己里面是实际，但对我们还不是实际。基督要成为我们的实际，就需要有实际的灵。约翰一章十七节说，『律法是藉著摩西赐的，恩典和实际都是藉著耶稣基督来的。』这指明当主耶稣来了，实际也来了。基督自己乃是实际。一面，主耶稣告诉我们祂是实际；另一面，祂说到实际的灵。『我要求父，祂必赐给你们另一位保惠师，叫祂永远与你们同在，就是实际的灵。』（约十四16～17上。）按照新约的启示，实际的灵乃是基督的变化形像。当基督在肉体里成为人在地上行走时，祂还不是实际的灵。但祂被钉死完成了包罗万有的救赎，又进入复活之后，就成了赐生命的灵。（林前十五45下。）曾在肉体里的基督，已经成了赐生命的灵。这灵乃是那灵，就是经过过程之三一神的完成。今天，赐生命的灵乃是经过过程之三一神的完成。父的所是、子的所是、以及灵的所是，都已经总结于这包罗万有的灵。这就是启示录二十二章十七节说到『那灵』的原因。『那灵和新妇说，来！』
9Some may say that the reality of the offerings is Christ. This, of course, is correct. In John 14 the Lord Jesus even tells us that He is the reality. “I am the way, and the reality, and the life” (v. 6). Elsewhere in the same chapter He speaks of the Spirit of reality (v. 17). Christ cannot be the reality to us if He is simply the reality 17 itself. In Himself He is the reality, but He is not yet the reality to us. In order for Christ to be the reality to us, there is the need of the Spirit of reality. John 1:17 says, “The law was given through Moses; grace and reality came through Jesus Christ.” This indicates that when the Lord Jesus came, reality also came. Christ Himself is the reality. On the one hand, the Lord Jesus tells us that He is the reality; on the other hand, He speaks of the Spirit of reality. “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever; even the Spirit of reality” (14:16-17a). According to the revelation in the New Testament, the Spirit of reality is the transfiguration of Christ. When Christ walked on earth as a man in the flesh, He was not yet the Spirit of reality. But after He had been crucified to accomplish an all - inclusive redemption and had entered into resurrection, He became a life- giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). The Christ who was once in the flesh has become the Spirit who gives life. This Spirit is the Spirit, the consummation of the processed Triune God. The life-giving Spirit today is the consummation of the processed Triune God. What the Father is, what the Son is, and what the Spirit is have all been consummated into this all - inclusive Spirit. This is the reason Revelation 22:17 speaks of “the Spirit.” “The Spirit and the bride say, Come!”
10那灵不仅是大能、力量和能力，祂乃是一个人位。然而我们也许没有领会，有这样一个人位活在我们里面，且与我们同行。我们不是单独的，乃是有另一个人－基督这实际的灵－在我们里面并与我们在一起。这就是说，当我们接受基督进来并享受祂的时候，我们乃是接受并享受一个人位。我们都需要领会，我们有基督这人位在里面。在马太二十八章二十节主耶稣说，『看哪，我天天与你们同在。』这就是说，祂每一天都与我们同在。你感觉到主耶稣是一个人位与你同在么？虽然这人位仍有人性和神性，但祂不再在肉体里，祂已经变化形状成为那灵。如今祂乃是完成的灵，就是经过过程之三一神完成的灵。你有没有领会我们有一位经过过程的神，并且这位经过过程的神已经成了完成的灵？我能见证，我深深感觉有这样一个人位在我里面，并与我同在，帮助我、加强我并看顾我。因著保罗有这种领会，他就能说，『我在那加我能力者的里面，凡事都能作。』（腓四13。）
10The Spirit is not only power, strength, and energy— He is a person. However, we may not realize that we have such a person living in us and walking with us. We are not alone; we have another person— Christ as the Spirit of reality—in us and with us. This means that when we take Christ in and enjoy Him, we are taking in and enjoying a person. We all need to realize that we have Christ as a person within us. In Matthew 28:20 the Lord Jesus said, “Behold, I am with you all the days.” This means that He is with us every day. Do you have the sense that the Lord Jesus is with you as a person? Even though this person still has the human nature as well as the divine nature, He is no longer in the flesh, for He has been transfigured to be the Spirit. He is now the consummated Spirit, the Spirit who is the consummation of the processed Triune God. Do you realize that we have a processed God and that this processed God has become the consummated Spirit? I can testify that I have the deep sense that such a person is in me and with me, helping me, strengthening me, energizing me, and watching over me. Because Paul had this kind of realization, he could say, “I can do all things in Him who empowers me” (Phil. 4:13
11圣经启示基督是奇妙的人位，而这奇妙的人位今天乃是赐生命的灵。祂乃是完成的三一神作复合的灵，常时与我们同在，给我们享受。我们可以享受祂作各样的供物。我们可以享受基督作供物的思想，隐含在利未记里。譬如，我们可以享受基督作燔祭。我们无法绝对为著神，但基督作燔祭是绝对为著神的。所以，我们该接受基督作燔祭，享受祂作燔祭。我们要这样经历并享受基督，就需要祷告说，『主耶稣，你是奇妙的人位。你是那完成的灵，常时与我同在，作我的燔祭。主，我不能满足神，但你能满足神。我无法绝对为著神，但你一直是且仍然是绝对为著神的。现在，主耶稣，我接受你作我的燔祭。』藉著这样的祷告，我们就享受基督作我们的燔祭。
11The Bible reveals that Christ is a wonderful person and that this wonderful person is today the life-giving Spirit. He is the consummated Triune God as the compound Spirit who is with us all the time for our enjoyment. How may we enjoy Him? We may enjoy Him as all the offerings. The thought that we may enjoy Christ as the offerings is hidden in the book of Leviticus. For example, we may enjoy Christ as the burnt offering. We cannot be absolute for God, but Christ as the burnt offering is absolute for Him. Therefore, we should take Christ as the burnt offering and enjoy Him as the burnt offering. To have this experience and enjoyment of Christ we need to pray, saying, “Lord Jesus, You are a wonderful person. You are the consummated Spirit with me all the time, and You are with me to be my burnt offering. Lord, I cannot satisfy God, but You can satisfy Him. I cannot be absolute for God, but You have always been and still are absolute for Him. Now, Lord Jesus, I take You as my burnt offering.” By praying like this we will enjoy Christ as our burnt offering
12我们也可以享受基督作我们的素祭。基督作素祭，乃是神的食物，也是我们的食物。这食物里有乳香和盐，却没有酵和蜜。盐是指基督的死，乳香是指基督的复活。所以，在素祭里满了基督的死与复活。我们越祷告到基督是供物，领会祂是赐生命的灵，就越享受祂作供物。享受基督的路就是接触祂，并接受祂作实际的灵。
12We may also enjoy Christ as our meal offering. As the meal offering, Christ is food for God and also for us. With this food we have frankincense and salt but no leaven or honey. The salt refers to Christ’s death and the frankincense to Christ’s resurrection. The meal offering, therefore, is full of the death and resurrection of Christ. The more we pray concerning Christ as the offerings with the realization that He is the life-giving Spirit, the more we will enjoy Him as the offerings. The way to enjoy Christ is to contact Him and take Him in as the Spirit of reality
藉著话释放我们的灵
Releasing Our Spirit through the Word
13我们若要经历并享受利未记所启示的基督，就不该单用心思来祷告，乃要藉著圣经的话释放我们的灵来祷告。这会使圣经里常时的话对我们成为即时的话。这就是享受基督的路。在今天的基督徒中间，包括我们在内，都缺少这样藉著圣经的话释放自己的灵己来享受基督的情形。我们可以学习许多东西，用许多作法，但还没有充分的用圣经里常时的话，在祷告中运用我们的灵，使这话在我们的经历中成为即时的话，叫我们可以实际的享受基督。我们若藉著话释放我们的灵来祷告一段时间，就会深深的感觉主耶稣与我们同在，供应我们一切所需的。
13If we would experience and enjoy Christ as He is revealed in Leviticus, we should pray not in a mental way but by releasing our spirit through the word in the Bible. This will cause the constant word in the Bible to become the instant word to us. This is the way to enjoy Christ. Among Christians today, including us, there is a lack of enjoying Christ by releasing our spirit through the word in the Bible. We may learn many things and we may pick up different practices, but we still do not have the adequate exercise of our spirit in prayer with the constant word in the Bible to make it the instant word in our experience that we may enjoy Christ in a practical way. If for a period of time we pray by releasing our spirit through the word, we will have the deep sense that the Lord Jesus is with us to supply us with whatever we need
供应基督给人
Ministering Christ to Others
14我们若每天藉著话释放我们的灵，并摸著那灵来享受基督，我们就会满了基督。这样，就会供应基督给所接触的人。即使我们实际上没有题到基督，也会藉著与他们的交通，将基督供应给他们。
14If we daily enjoy Christ by releasing our spirit through the word and touching the Spirit, we will be full of Christ. Then we will minister Christ to whomever we contact. Even if we do not actually mention Christ, we will minister Christ to others through our fellowship with them
15享受基督作供物就是吃基督，叫我们可以事奉神。我们越吃基督，就越被祂充满，越因祂满足。这使我们能事奉神并敬拜祂。敬拜神并不需要我们下跪或俯伏。甚至在我们将基督供应给人的时候，我们也可以敬拜神。这样将基督供应给人，乃是真正以基督敬拜神。
15Enjoying Christ as the offerings is a matter of eating Christ that we may serve God. The more we eat Christ, the more we will be filled with Him and be satisfied with Him. This will enable us to serve God and to worship Him. Worshipping God does not require that we kneel or bow down. We may worship God even as we minister Christ to others. Such a ministering of Christ to others is a real worshipping of God with Christ.
16首先，我们自己需要因基督作供物而得著满足。然后，我们享受了基督作爱人的能力，就会将基督供应给人。比方说，一面我们需要接受基督作我们的赎罪祭，享受祂的遮罪。另一面，我们需要将所享受的基督供应给人，特别是给较软弱、仍活在罪中的人。藉著这样的供应基督，他们就得著供应，并蒙光照承认自己的罪。至终，他们会在生命里长进，并在他们的罪上得胜。我在本篇信息里的负担，就是要主恢复里的圣徒知道，如何实在且实际的享受基督，看见祂这位奇妙、活的人位是我们的供物。基督既是经过过程之三一神那完成的灵，祂就是一切。祂是父，是子，也是灵；祂是经过过程的一位；祂是与神调和的人。祂也是我们圣别的食物。这就是说，祂是各种供物，成了我们的食物。祂甚至是我们向神的敬拜，以及在我们里面讨神喜悦的一位。我们今天的需要就是享受这样的一位基督，使我们可以传扬祂，并将祂供应给人。
16First, we ourselves need to be satisfied with Christ as the offerings. Then, enjoying Christ as the capacity to love others, we will minister Christ to them. For instance, on the one hand, we need to take Christ as our sin offering, enjoying His propitiation. On the other hand, we need to minister the Christ we have enjoyed to others, especially to weaker ones who are still living in sin. Through such a ministering of Christ, they will be supplied and enlightened to confess their sins. Eventually, they will go on to be victorious over their sin and to overcome it. My burden in this message is that the saints in the Lord’s recovery would know how to enjoy Christ actually and practically, realizing that He, a wonderful, living person, is our offerings. As the consummated Spirit of the processed Triune God, Christ is everything. He is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit; He is the processed One; He is a man mingled with God. He is also our holy food. This means that He is the offerings becoming our food. He is even our worship to God and the One within us who pleases God. Our need today is to enjoy such a Christ that we may preach Him and minister Him to others