45三十七节把五种祭和承接圣职摆在一起,这指明五种祭乃是为著承接圣职的。在承接圣职的时候,神将这些供物的各面,分配给祭司享受。我们在一至五章看见,这些供物有特别的次序:燔祭、素祭、平安祭、赎罪祭和赎愆祭。这记载不是照著道理,乃是照著实际的经历。但在颁布五种祭的条例时,次序却大大更改了。这里燔祭的条例在先,接著是素祭、赎罪祭、赎愆祭和平安祭的条例。后者的次序是照著神经纶的整个图画。在神的心里,祂的心愿是要基督作我们的四种祭:燔祭、素祭、赎罪祭和赎愆祭。燔祭是赎罪祭的资格,素祭是赎愆祭的资格。这四种供物,两种是为著资格,两种是为著结果。赎罪祭和赎愆祭是为著特别的结果。当这四种祭进行的时候,结果就是平安。这平安乃是神所要的。神的心是要我们享受祂那围绕著祂儿子基督的经纶。基督是我们的燔祭、素祭、赎罪祭和赎愆祭,使我们可以享受祂作平安。在我们的感谢、许愿、和甘心祭里,我们享受基督作我们与神的平安。这乃是神经纶总和的记载。
45Our text (v. 37) uses the term “the consecration offering.” Actually, this should simply be “the consecration.” There is not here a sixth offering called the consecration offering. Rather, the five offerings are for the consecration. At the time of consecration, God assigned these offerings, in different aspects, for the priests’ enjoyment. We have seen that in chapters one through five, the offerings are in a particular sequence: the burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. This record is not according to doctrine but according to our practical experience. But in giving the laws of the five offerings, the sequence has changed greatly. Here the law of the burnt offering is first, followed by the law of the meal offering, of the sin offering, of the trespass offering, and of the peace offering. This latter sequence is according to the total picture of God’s economy. In God’s he art and in His desire, God would have Christ to be four kinds of offerings to us—the burnt offering, the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. The burnt offering is the qualification for the sin offering, and the meal offering is the qualification for the trespass offering. With these four offerings, two are for the qualification, and two are for the result. The sin offering and the trespass offering are for a particular result. When these four offerings are in action, the result is peace. This peace is what God desires. God’she art is that we would enjoy His economy around His Son, Christ. Christ is our burnt offering, meal offering, sin offering, and trespass offering so that we may enjoy Him as peace. In our thanksgiving, in our vows, and in our freewill offerings, we enjoy Christ as our peace with God. This is the record of the totality of God’secon o my.