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利未记生命读经 · 第23篇

燔祭的条例

The Law of the Burnt Offering
1读经：利未记六章八至十三节。从本篇信息开始，我们要说到供物的条例。供物的条例就是供物的典章和规条。每一种供物都有条例、规条、典章。供物的条例看起来很简单；实际上我们会看到，有些深而高的属灵意义隐藏在其中。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 6:8-13 Beginning with this message, we will cover the laws of the offerings. The laws of the offerings are the ordinances and regulations of the offerings. For each offering there is a law, a regulation, an ordinance. The laws of the offerings appear to be quite simple. Actually, as we will see, something of deep and high spiritual significance is hidden in these laws
壹 燔祭要整夜到早晨
I. THE BURNT OFFERING BEING UPON
THE HEARTH (FIREWOOD) ON THE ALTAR ALL NIGHT UNTIL THE MORNING
2放在祭坛的焚烧架（柴）上
2A. Signifying That Anything Offered as a Burnt Offering
一表征凡献为燔祭之物，必须放在献祭的地方焚烧
Must Be Put on the Place of Burning to Be Burned
3利未记六章九节上半说，『你要吩咐亚伦和他的子孙说，燔祭的条例乃是这样：燔祭要整夜到早晨放在祭坛的焚烧架上。』这表征凡献为燔祭之物，必须放在献祭的地方焚烧。这是属世的人无法领会的，因为他们受的教养是叫他们成为世界的一分子。属世的父母必定不会教导他们的孩子，把自己献给神来焚烧。
3Leviticus 6:9a says, “Command Aaron and his sons and say, This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall be upon the hearth on the altar all night until the morning.” This signifies that anything offered as a burnt offering must be put on the place of offering to be burned. This is something that worldly people cannot understand, for they are raised and educated to become something in the world. Worldly parents certainly do not teach their children to offer themselves to God to be burned
4因著主的怜悯和恩典，我们的心和外邦人的心不同。我们知道，燔祭指明我们有心在今世绝对为神而活。我们不为其他的事，也没有其他的兴趣。即使我们鼓励年轻人接受最好的教育，教育却不是我们所爱的。年轻人可以受最高的教育，但他们要晓得在这地上，我们基督徒至终不过是灰而已。这是我们将自己献给神作燔祭，并被焚烧的结果。我要对有心全时间服事主的年轻人说一句话。我必须告诉你们，困苦等著你们，你们在这地上没有前途；没有属地的东西可以给你们倚靠作保障，并为著你们为人的生活。你们可能觉得自己对神很有用，但至终你们会成为灰。人人都想作大人物，但你若要全时间服事主耶稣，就必须豫备好作小人物，甚至成为灰。你愿意被焚烧么？烧成灰不是一件可享受的事，乃是一件受苦的事。全时间者的定命乃是一生受苦。凡献给神作燔祭的，必须放在焚烧的地方，不是甚么荣耀或高超的地方。这样的一生，这样受苦、没有前途、没有保障的一生，结果是一堆灰。
4By the Lord’s mercy and grace, our heart is different from the heart of the unbelievers. We know that the burnt offering indicates that we have a heart that is absolute for God in this age. We are not for anything else, and we have no other interest. Even though we encourage the young people to get the best education, education is not the thing we love. The young people may get the highest education, but they need to realize that on this earth we Christians will eventually be nothing but ashes. This will be the issue of our offering ourselves to God as a burnt offering and of our being burned. I would like to say a word to the young people who have the heart to serve the Lord full-time. I must tell you that hardships await you and that there is no future for you on earth. You will have nothing earthly on which to rely for your security and for your human living. You may feel that you will be very useful to God, but in the end you will be ashes. Everyone wants to be somebody, but if you would serve the Lord Jesus full- time, you must prepare yourself to be nobody, even to be ashes. Are you willing to be burned? To be burned to ashes is a matter not of enjoyment but of suffering. The destiny of a full-timer is a life of suffering. What is offered to God as a burnt offering must be on the place of burning, not on the place of anything glorious or high. Eventually, the outcome of such a life, a life of suffering, a life without a future and without security, will be a heap of ashes.
5我们虽然没有属地的保障，但是我能见证，我们有主耶稣作我们的保障。基督是我们的保障，即使祂有时为了试验我而向我隐藏起来。我从我的经历和学习可以告诉你们，享受主耶稣最好的时候，就是祂向你隐藏的时候。祂在似乎消失以后，不久会自然的再次向你显现。祂常是这样的对待我们。这样的一位基督是我们真正的保障。二所献的应当留在烧的地方，
5Although we have no earthly security, I can testify that we have the Lord Jesus as our security. Christ is my security, even though He sometimes hides Himself from me in order to test me. As a result of my experience and learning, I can tell you that the best time to enjoy the Lord Jesus is when He is hiding from you. After seeming to disappear for a while, He will spontaneously appear to us again. This is often His way with us. Such a Christ is our real security. B. What Is Offered Should Remain at the Burning Place
经过黑夜直到早晨
through the Dark Night until Morning
6燔祭要整夜到早晨放在祭坛的焚烧架（柴）上；这表征所献的应当留在烧的地方，经过黑夜直到早晨。『整夜』意思就是这整个黑暗的世代。我们所在的世代乃是黑夜。燔祭应当不断的焚烧，经过整个黑夜直到早晨。
6The burnt offering’s being upon the hearth (firewood) on the altar all night until the morning also signifies that what is offered should remain at the burning place through the dark night until morning. “All night” means all this dark age. The age we are in is a dark night. The burnt offering should be burning continually through the whole night until the morning
7无论夜有多长，早晨终会来到，太阳必要升起。真正的日出乃是主的回来，我们为此等待。然而，我们不该期望主快快回来，以免我们受黑夜的煎熬。我们越为此求祂快回，祂就越为我们的缘故，并为叫我们经过更长的黑夜而迟延回来。
7No matter how long the night may be, eventually there will be a morning, a sun rising. The real sun rising will be the Lord’s coming back, and we are waiting for this. However, we should not expect the Lord Jesus to come back quickly to spare us from the trial of the dark night. The more we ask Him to come quickly for this reason, the more He may delay His coming for our sake and for the sake of our passing through a longer dark night
8最近我对台北全时间的人说到受苦和困苦。我告诉他们，要豫备好过艰难的一生，走一条崎呕不平的道路。我们需要留在焚烧的地方，经过黑夜直到早晨，一直被焚烧。
8Recently I spoke a word to the full-timers in Taipei concerning sufferings and hardships. I told them to be prepared to have a life that will not be easy and to take a way that will not be smooth but rugged. We need to remain on the place of burning and be burned throughout the dark night until morning
贰 祭坛上要一直有火烧著，
II. THE FIRE ON THE ALTAR BEING KEPT
不可熄灭
BURNING CONTINUALLY AND NOT GOING OUT
9祭坛上要一直有火烧著。（利六9上，12上，13。）十二节上半说，『祭坛上的火要不断的焚烧，不可熄灭。』一表征在宇宙间神如同圣别的火，随时接纳（焚烧）所献给祂的作食物祭坛上一直有火烧著；这首先表征在宇宙间神如同圣别的火，随时接纳（焚烧）所献给祂的作食物。神接纳我们就是焚烧我们。我们被神焚烧时该感到高兴，因为这焚烧，意思就是神接纳我们。
9The fire on the altar should be kept burning continually (6:9b, 12a, 13). Verse 12a says, “The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it must not go out.” A. Signifying That God as the Burning Fire in the Universe Is Ready to Receive (Burn) What Is Offered to Him as Food The continual burning of the fire on the altar first signifies that God as the holy fire in the universe is ready to receive (burn) what is offered to Him as food. God’s receiving us is His burning us. When we are burned by God, we should be happy because this burning means that God is receiving us.
二 表征神悦纳人所献之祭的心愿，从来法有停止过
B. Signifying That God’s Desire to Accept What Is Offered to Him Never Ceases
10一直焚烧的火，也表征神悦纳人所献之祭的心愿，从来没有停止过。神渴望悦纳我们，祂藉著焚烧来悦纳我们。祂越焚烧我们，就越悦纳我们。
10The continual burning of the fire also signifies that God’s desire to accept what is offered to Him never ceases. God desires to accept us, and He accepts us by burning us. The more He burns us, the more He accepts us
参 祭司要每早晨
III. THE PRIEST BURNING WOOD
在祭坛上烧柴
ON THE ALTAR EVERY MORNING
11祭司要每早晨在祭坛上烧柴。（利六12下。）这表征需要服事的人与神的心愿合作。这合作就是在圣别的火上加柴，加强焚烧，好叫燔祭蒙悦纳作神的食物。我们被烧的时候，需要添加木柴来焚烧自己，也焚烧和我们一同服事的人。不要使火熄灭，却要加柴，使火一直焚烧。如果只有一个服事的人，燃料很快就会用尽。所以我们需要更多服事的人，更多同伴一起被焚烧。服事的人越多，焚烧我们自己和别人的燃料就越多。祭司要每早晨在祭坛上烧柴。早晨表征为著焚烧有新的开始。肆祭司把燔祭的灰收起来时，要穿上细麻布袍子，又要把细麻布裤子穿在身上
11The priest burned wood on the altar every morning (v. 12b). This signifies the need of the serving one’s cooperation with God’s desire. This cooperation is to add more fuel to the holy fire to strengthen the burning for the receiving of the burnt offering as God’s food. As we are being burned, we need to add more wood to burn ourselves and also to burn our fellow serving ones. Do not quench the fire but add more wood to keep the fire burning. If there were only one serving one, the burning fuel would be exhausted. Therefore, we need more serving ones, more companions in being burned. The more serving ones there are, the more fuel there will be to burn ourselves and others. The priest was to burn wood on the altar every morning. The morning signifies having a new start for the burning. IV. THE PRIEST PUTTING ON HIS LINEN GARMENT AND LINEN BREECHES OVER HIS FLESH IN TAKING UP THE ASHES OF THE BURNT OFFERING
12『祭司要穿上细麻布袍子，把细麻布裤子穿在身上。』（利六10上。）细麻布是细的、纯的、洁净的。祭司穿上细麻布袍子和细麻布裤子，表征在处理燔祭的灰（结果）时，需要细微、纯一并洁净。我们不该认为灰是废物，可以随便处理。相反的，灰乃是燔祭的结果，我们处理时要正确。我们要细微、纯一并清洁。
12“The priest shall put on his linen garment, putting on linen breeches over his flesh” (v. 10a). Linen is fine, pure, and clean. The priest’s putting on his linen garment and linen breeches thus signifies that fineness, purity, and cleanness are needed in handling the ashes (the result) of the burnt offering. We should not think of the ashes as waste that can be handled in a careless manner. On the contrary, the ashes are the result of the burnt offering, and in handling this result we need to be proper. We need to be fine, pure, and clean.
伍祭司要穿上别的衣袍，把灰拿到营外
V. THE PRIEST PUTTING ON OTHER GARMENTS TO CARRY THE ASHES OUTSIDE THE CAMP
13『然后脱下这衣袍，穿上别的衣袍，把灰拿到营外洁净的地方。』（利六11。）这表征在处理燔祭的灰（结果）时，是庄重的。在神眼中，我们燔祭的结果是受重视的，乃是细微、纯一、洁净的。因此，祭司把灰拿到营外时，要穿上庄重的袍子，庄重的把灰拿走。这教导我们要看重燔祭的结果。成为全时间者，乃是把自己献给神作燔祭。这应当有，也必须有一个结果。我们不该轻看这结果，以为不重要，反该重看牠。我们作燔祭的结果，将完成神新约的经纶。我们这些全时间的人所作的，不仅是传福音拯救罪人、建立地方召会、教导圣经、或帮助人在生命和真理上长大。我们所作的必须终结于基督身体的建造，这身体乃是要来之新耶路撒冷的小影。我们所作的实际上并不寻常，但对世人来说算不得甚么。他们看来，我们所作的不过是灰。然而，神对这些灰却很重视。至终，这些灰要成为新耶路撒冷。你曾领会过这些灰，就是燔祭的结果，会成为要来的新耶路撒冷么？我是这样领会，也这样相信。我相信我会在那里，并且我所作的，会成为那城的一部分。新耶路撒冷是我们的定命，也是我们的目的地。燔祭的灰怎能成为新耶路撒冷？灰指明基督之死的结果，这死把我们带到尽头成为灰。但基督的死带进复活。在复活里，灰成为建造新耶路撒冷的宝贵材料－金、珍珠、宝石。这三种宝贵的材料都是来自灰的变化。当我们成了灰，我们就被带进三一神的变化里。
13“Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place” (v. 11). This signifies the stateliness in handling the ashes (the result) of the burnt offering. In God’se yes, the result of our burnt offering is highly regarded. It is fine, pure, and clean. Thus, in carrying the ashes outside the camp, the priest wore stately garments and carried the ashes in a stately way. This teaches us to have a high regard for the result of our burnt offering. To become a full-timer is to offer ourselves to God as a burnt offering. Concerning this, there should be and must be a result. We should regard this result and not despise it or consider it insignificant. The result of our being a burnt offering will be something that carries out God’s New Testament economy. What we do as full-timers is not merely to preach the gospel to save sinners, to establish local churches, to teach the Bible, or to help people to grow in life and in truth. What we do must result in the building up of the Body of Christ, which is a miniature of the coming New Jerusalem. What we are doing is actually extraordinary, but to the worldly people it is nothing. To them what we are doing is ashes. However, God has a high regard for these ashes. Eventually these ashes will become the New Jerusalem. Have you ever realized that the ashes, the result of the burnt offering, will be the coming New Jerusalem? I realize this, and I believe it. I believe that I will be there and that what I am doing will be part of that city. The New Jerusalem is our destiny and our destination. How can the ashes of the burnt offering become the New Jerusalem? Ashes indicate the result of Christ’s death, which brings us to an end, that is, to ashes. But Christ’s death brings in resurrection. In resurrection, the ashes become precious materials—gold, pearls, and precious stones—for the building of the New Jerusalem. All three precious materials come from the transformation of the ashes. When we are brought to ashes, we are brought into the transformation of the Triune God.
14陆祭司长把燔祭牲摆在祭坛上，把平安祭牲
14VI. THE PRIEST ARRANGING THE BURNT OFFERING ON THE ALTAR AND BURNING THE FAT PORTIONS
的脂油烧在其上
OF THE PEACE OFFERING ON IT
15『祭司…要把燔祭牲摆在祭坛上，把平安祭牲的脂油烧在其上。』（利六12下。）这指明烧燔祭是为平安祭的甘美立定根基。所以燔祭是为了平安祭的享受。在属灵的意义上，平安祭含示与三一神有交通，也包括对三一神的享受。燔祭被焚烧了，但牠是为平安祭被焚烧的。
15The priest shall…arrange the burnt offering on it; and he shall offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it” (6:12b). This indicates that to burn the burnt offering is to lay the foundation for the sweetness of the peace offering. The burnt offering is therefore for the enjoyment of the peace offering. In its spiritual significance, the peace offering implies fellowship with the Triune God and includes the enjoyment of the Triune God. The burnt offering was burned, but it was burned for the peace offering
一 表征我们该有燔祭的焚烧为根基，
A. Signifying That We Should Have the Burning of Our Burnt Offering Laid
16好叫我们与神有甘美的交通六章十二节平安祭脂油的焚烧，表征我们该有燔祭的焚烧为根基，好叫我们与神有甘美的交通。不管我们感觉自己享受基督有多少，我们若没有真正献上燔祭，我们的享受就是自欺。对主真正的享受乃是基于我们把自己献给神作燔祭。我们对主若是认真，且把自己献给祂，过绝对为著祂的生活，那么我们对祂的享受就是真实的，不是幻想的。我们不该自欺，而该想想，我们有没有这种享受神的必要根基。这不是我们的感觉如何；乃是我们实际上有否享受基督的正确根基。我们把自己献给神作燔祭，藉此立下这根基，因此我们愿意绝对为著主，也在实际上绝对为著祂。我们若有这样的根基，那么无论我们是否感觉自己享受主，实际上我们就是在享受主。然而，我们若是每天过著松懈的生活，却觉得自己是在享受主，我们就是自欺，因为我们的享受没有根基。我们需要有享受基督的根基，这里在豫表中已经明画了出来。二表征在燔祭的根基上，
16as a Foundation for Our Sweet Fellowship with God The burning of the fat portions of the peace offerings in 6:12 signifies that we should have the burning of our burnt offering laid as a foundation for our sweet fellowship with God. Regardless of how much we feel that we are enjoying Christ, if we do not have the real offering of the burnt offering, our enjoyment is in self-deceit. The real enjoyment of the Lord is based on our offering ourselves to God as a burnt offering. If we mean business with God and offer ourselves to Him and live a life that is absolute for Him, then our enjoyment of Christ will be real and not imaginary. We should not deceive ourselves but consider whether we have the necessary foundation for us to enjoy the Triune God. This is not a matter of how we feel; it is a matter of actually having a proper foundation for the enjoyment of Christ. We lay this foundation by offering ourselves to the Lord as a burnt offering, and therefore we are willing to be absolute for the Lord, and we actually are absolute for Him. If we have such a foundation, then, whether we feel like we are enjoying the Lord or not, we are enjoying Him in reality. However, if we live a loose life day by day, yet feel that we are enjoying the Lord, we deceive ourselves, because our enjoyment has no foundation. Our need to have a foundation for the enjoyment of Christ is clearly pictured here in the type. B. Signifying That on the Foundation of the Burnt Offering
我们该烧平安祭，献给神为香气
Our Peace Offering Should Be Burned for a Fragrance to God
17利未记六章十二节下半表征，在燔祭的根基上，我们该烧平安祭，献给神为香气。不仅作根基的燔祭该被焚烧，连我们所享受的平安、交通，也该被焚烧。燔祭该被焚烧，平安祭也该被焚烧。这就是说，我们对神的绝对，以及我们对三一神的享受，该是一件焚烧的事。因此，这是焚烧加上焚烧。
17Leviticus 6:12ba lso signifies that on the foundation of the burnt offering our peace offering should be burned for a fragrance to God. Not only the foundation should be burned, but even the very peace, the very fellowship, we enjoy should also be burned. The burnt offering should be burned, and our peace offering also should be burned. This means that both our absoluteness for God and our enjoyment of the Triune God should be a matter of burning. Thus, there is burning upon burning
18在本篇信息中，我们看见关于燔祭的规章。我们若想要献上基督作我们的燔祭，取用祂作我们的燔祭，并享受祂作我们向著神的绝对，我们就需要遵从这一切规章。
18In this message we have seen the regulations concerning the burnt offering. If we desire to offer Christ as our burnt offering, taking Him as our burnt offering and enjoying Him as our absoluteness toward God, we need to follow all these regulations