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利未记生命读经 · 第32篇

祭司事奉的结果

The Issue of the Priestly Service
1读经：利未记9:4,6,22-24。在本篇信息中，我们要专一的来看祭司事奉的结果。论到祭司职任的结果，我们很难解说，因为这结果不是物质的，乃是属灵、奥秘、属天且神圣的。新约祭司事奉的结果，是神向我们显现，（利九㎡，）神的荣耀向我们显现，（利九6，23下，）神圣的祝福，（利九22～23，）以及烈火。（利九24。）现在我们一件一件的来看。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 9:4, 6, 22-24 In this message we will pay our attention to the issue, the result, of our priestly service. It is difficult to speak about the result of our priesthood because this issue is not something material but something spiritual, mysterious, heavenly, and divine. The issue of the New Testament priestly service is the appearing of God to us (v. 4), the appearing of God’s glory to us (vv. 6, 23b), the divine blessing (vv. 22-23), and the consuming fire (v. 24). Let us now consider each of these matters
壹 神向我们显现
I. THE APPEARING OF GOD TO US
2神向我们显现，与我们取用基督作各种的祭有关。我们承认我们的错误、失败、过犯，就自然的取用了基督作我们的赎罪祭和赎愆祭。这会引导我们取用祂作我们的燔祭。我们可以告诉祂：『主耶稣，你是我的燔祭。我不能绝对为著神，但你能。主，我现在取用你，作我向著神的绝对。』这种祷告指明我们渴望活基督以满足神。赎罪祭和燔祭接著会引导我们取用基督作素祭。我们会把上好的分献给神作祂的食物，并以基督为我们每日的食物、每日的生命供应。不仅如此，我们会被带进一种平安的感觉、宁静的光景里，享受基督作我们的平安、安息、满足、和安慰。取用基督作这一切供物的结果，就是神的面光与我们同在。这就是神向我们显现。我们无法在物质上看见祂或摸著祂，但我们感觉到祂向我们显现了。我们不能否认神向我们显现的这感觉，因此就敬拜祂，向祂献上赞美和感谢。这就是神向我们显现的经历，这是我们祭司事奉的结果。我们不仅该在清晨有这样的经历，也该整天都有这样的经历。我们可以在各种情况里，经历神向我们显现。比如，我们可以在传福音时享受神的显现。我们在传福音的时候，可以应用基督作各样的祭，结果就享受神向我们显现。在召会的聚会中，我们常有这样的享受。甚至在我们散步的时候，神也会向我们显现。
2The appearing of God to us is related to our taking Christ as the offerings. As we confess our mistakes, failures, and wrongdoings, we spontaneously take Christ as our sin offering and trespass offering. This may lead us to take Him as our burnt offering. We may tell Him, “Lord Jesus, You are my burnt offering. I cannot be absolute for God, but You can. Now I take You, Lord, as my absoluteness for God.” This kind of prayer indicates that we desire to live Christ for God’s satisfaction. The sin offering and the burnt offering will then lead us to take Christ as the meal offering. We will offer the top portion to God as His food, and we will feed on Christ as our daily food, as our daily life supply. Furthermore, we will be brought into a sense of peace, into a tranquil situation, and enjoy Christ as our peace, rest, satisfaction, and comfort. As the issue of taking Christ as all these offerings, God’s presence will be with us. This is the appearing of God to us. We cannot see Him or touch Him in a physical way, but we have the sense that He has appeared to us. Unable to deny the sense that God has appeared to us, we will want to worship and adore Him, offering to Him our praise and thanksgiving. This is the experience of the appearing of God to us as the result of our priestly service. We should have such an experience not only early in the morning but also during the day. We may experience God’s appearing to us in different situations. For example, we may enjoy God’s appearing while we are preaching the gospel. In our gospel preaching we may apply Christ as the offerings, and as a result we enjoy the appearing of God to us. Often we have this enjoyment in the church meetings. God may appear to us even as we are taking a walk.
3我们新约祭司职任的结果，就是在神的显现中享受祂。通常神的显现是宁静的，也使我们安静下来。有时神会主宰的安排我们的环境，以配合祂显现时的宁静。那时，似乎整个宇宙都安静下来，只有我们和神。神这宁静的显现，乃是我们新约祭司事奉的第一个结果。
3Our New Testament priesthood issues in the enjoyment of God in His appearing. Usually God’s appearing will be tranquil and cause us to be silent. Sometimes God will sovereignly arrange our circumstances to match the tranquility of His appearing. At such times it seems that the entire universe is quiet and that we and God are alone. This tranquil appearing of God is the first result of our New Testament priestly service
贰 神的荣耀向我们显现
II. THE APPEARING OF GOD’S GLORY TO US
4祭司事奉的第二个结果，就是神的荣耀向我们显现。我们照著神的规则享受基督，藉此在灵里事奉神的时候，就会享受神的显现，接著总会享受神荣耀的显现。神的荣耀就是彰显出来的神。当神彰显出来的时候，那就是荣耀。当我们按著神的规则，而不按著我们的拣选，以基督为祭事奉神的时候，我们常会享受到神荣耀的显现。我们会看到神以各种不同的方式彰显出来。比如，我们到不信者的家里传福音时，会感觉神的荣耀显现在我们的说话里，或显现在不信者对我们的表现或态度上。不仅如此，我们也常在召会的聚会中，享受到神的荣耀，神的彰现。也许某个聚会不是太活，但后来有人献上一个活的祷告，聚会就复活并复苏过来。那时，我们可以感觉到神在荣耀里彰显出来。
4The second issue of the priestly service is the appearing of God’s glory to us. When we serve God in our spirit by enjoying Christ according to God’s regulations, we will enjoy God’s appearing, which is often followed by the appearing of God’s glory. God’s glory is God expressed. When God is expressed, that is glory. When we serve God with Christ as the offerings according to God’s regulations and not according to our own choice, we will often enjoy the appearing of God’s glory. We will see God expressed in different ways. For example, when we enter the home of an unbeliever for the preaching of the gospel, we may sense God’s glory manifested in our speaking or in his expression or attitude toward us. Furthermore, we often enjoy God’s glory, His expression, in the church meetings. Perhaps a particular meeting is not very living, but then someone offers a living prayer, and the meeting is resurrected and revived. At such a time we may sense that God is expressed in glory
5在林后三章，保罗写到关于旧约职事的荣光和新约职事的荣光。『若那用字刻在石头上属死的职事，尚且是带著荣光立的，以致以色列子孙因摩西面上渐渐废去的荣光，不能定睛看他的脸，何况那灵的职事，岂不更带著荣光？若定罪的职事有荣光，那称义的职事，就越发充盈著荣光了。』（林后三7～9。）摩西有旧约属死和定罪的职事，他的面上有荣光，那是物质的荣光。但我们这些有新约属灵、称义职事的人，有那生命里和灵里的荣光。基督徒的聚会因为是联于神的，所以奇妙且奥秘。主耶稣说，『无论在那里，有两三个人被聚集到我的名里，那里就有我在他们中间。』（太十八20。）我们相信在每个聚会中，主都与我们同在，但祂是以不同的方式呈现祂自己，并且观看我们在聚会中的情形，使我们对聚会有各种不同的感觉。比如，有时候祂使我们有死的感觉，指出我们的光景是不对的。有时候祂把聚会中的每个人都挑旺起来，使所有的人都感觉到神在挑旺他们。这种挑旺完全是神圣的，神在这挑旺中，在祂的荣耀里，祂的彰显里，向我们显现。
5In 2 Corinthians 3 Paul wrote concerning the glory of the Old Testament ministry and the glory of the New Testament ministry. “Now if the ministry of death, in letters engraved in stone, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was being done away, how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit be in glory? For if the ministry of condemnation came in glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory” (vv. 7-9). With Moses, who had the Old Testament ministry of death and condemnation, there was a glory, a physical glory, on his face. We who have the ministry of the New Testament, of the Spirit and of righteousness, have a glory in life and in spirit. The Christian meeting is wonderful and mysterious because it is related to God. The Lord Jesus said, “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst” (Matt. 18:20). We believe that the Lord is with us in every meeting, but He is present in different ways and, depending on our situation in the meetings, He causes us to have different kinds of senses regarding the meeting. For instance, on one occasion He may cause us to have a sense of deadness to indicate that our situation is wrong. On another occasion He may stir up everyone in the meeting, and all the attendants will have the sense that God is stirring them up. This kind of stirring up is altogether divine, and in it God appears to us in His glory, in His expression.
6神的荣耀在召会的聚会中显现，与我们享受基督作供物有关。在一个有两百位圣徒的召会中，若有六十位终日享受基督作供物，等到晚上他们聚在一起，神必要在他们中间显现并彰显出来。他们在基督的名里聚在一起，就是神的彰显。然而，圣徒中若没有人享受基督作供物，情形就相反，他们聚在一起就不是神的彰显。聚会的气氛指明我们与神究竟如何。没有人能装假。聚会乃是我们基督徒生活真实的展示，特别是展示我们在私下的日常生活，和家庭生活中享受基督的程度。我们的聚会展示了我们对基督实际的享受。我们若享受基督，聚会中就有基督之丰富的展示。我们若没有享受基督，聚会中就没有基督之丰富的展示。在这事上，喊叫和赞美都没有用，因为聚会并不受我们的控制。这里的点乃是，我们对基督的经历影响聚会；特别影响、甚至决定召会聚会的气氛。
6The appearing of God’s glory in the church meetings is related to our enjoyment of Christ as the offerings. If in a church of two hundred saints, sixty would enjoy Christ as the offerings all day, in the evening when they come together, the appearing of God and the very expression of God would be among them. Their coming together into the name of Christ is the expression of God. However, the situation would be the opposite if none of the saints enjoyed Christ as the offerings. Their coming together would not be the expression of God. The atmosphere of the meetings indicates what we are with God. No one can pretend. The meeting is truly an exhibition of our Christian life, in particular, of the degree to which we enjoy Christ in our private daily life and in our family life. Our meeting is an exhibition of our actual enjoyment of Christ. If we enjoy Christ, the meeting will be an exhibition of the riches of Christ. If we do not enjoy Christ, there will not be an exhibition of the riches of Christ in the meeting. In this matter shouting and praising do not help, for the meeting is not under our control. The point here is that our experience of Christ affects the meetings; it especially affects, even determines, the atmosphere of the church meetings
7聚会的气氛指明了神荣耀的显现，这显现在于供应基督作供物。我们供应基督作各样不同的祭时，就享受了祂，我们所供应的人也享受了祂。这要影响聚会的气氛，因为这使神的荣耀向我们显现。
7The atmosphere of the meetings is an indication of the appearing of God’s glory, and this appearing depends on the ministering of Christ as the offerings. When we minister Christ as the different offerings, we enjoy Him, and those to whom we minister also enjoy Him. This will affect the atmosphere of the meetings because it will issue in the appearing of God’s glory to us
参 亚伦给百姓祝福
III. AARON BLESSING THE PEOPLE
8利未记九章二十二节说，『然后亚伦向百姓举手，给他们祝福；他既献了赎罪祭、燔祭和平安祭，就下来了。』这表征基督作我们的大祭司，在祂钉十字架以后，在祂的复活里祝福我们。（路二四50。）
8Leviticus 9:22 says, “Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.” This signifies that Christ as our High Priest after His crucifixion blessed us in His resurrection (Luke 24:50).
9主在祂的复活里天天与我们同在，直到这世代旳终结。（太二八20。）主与我们的同在就是祂的祝福。只要我们有祂的同在，我们就在祂的祝福之下。祂的祝福与我们同在的时候，甚至我们的错误也会成为祝福。但若没有祂的同在，即使每件事都是对的，我们也一无所有，只有虚空。虽然我们的大祭司已经进入诸天之上，祂仍然与我们同在，祂的同在不仅在召会生活中，也在家庭生活与实际的日常生活中，成为我们的祝福。主的同在是我们的祝福，藉著我们应用祂作一切的祭而临到我们。我们每天都需要应用基督作我们的赎罪祭、燔祭、素祭和平安祭。我们若应用祂作这些祭，就会有祂的祝福，就是祂的同在。约翰三章十六节说，神爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们。神怎样将祂的儿子赐给我们？祂是将祂自己赐给我们作一切的祭。我们取用赎罪祭，就取用了基督的一面。我们取用燔祭，就取用了基督的另一面。我们取用素祭和平安祭，也就取用了基督的其他面。
9The Lord in His resurrection is with us all the days until the consummation of the age (Matt. 28:20). The Lord’s presence with us is His blessing. As long as we have His presence, we are under His blessing. When His blessing is with us, even our mistakes become blessings. But without His presence, even if we are right in everything, there is nothing but vanity. Although our High Priest has gone into the heavens. He is still present with us, and His presence is a blessing not only in the church life but also in our family life and in our practical daily life. The Lord’s presence as our blessing comes to us through our application of Him as all the offerings. Every day we need to apply Christ as our sin offering, burnt offering, meal offering, and peace offering. If we apply Him as these offerings, we will have His blessing, which is His presence. John 3:16 says that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. In what way did God give His Son to us? He gave Him to us as all the offerings. When we take the sin offering, we take an aspect of Christ. When we take the burnt offering, we take another aspect of Christ. When we take the meal offering and the peace offering, we take yet other aspects of Christ
10我们的救赎主是惟一的赎罪祭。当我们悔改并信入主耶稣的时候，我们虽然不知道这事，却应用了祂作赎罪祭。后来，我们可能受激励要绝对为著神。我们虽然没有听过燔祭，却向神祷告，把自己献给神。那时，那灵可能给我们看见，我们乃是罪，甚至是患痳疯的，我们无法绝对为著神。于是我们会这样祷告：『主耶稣，我无法绝对为著神，但你是绝对的，你能成为我的绝对。』这就是取用基督，以神所赐给我们的儿子作燔祭。许多基督徒把约翰三章十六节领会得太普通。我们若没有应用基督作供物，怎能接受基督这从神来的大礼物？我们若要享受这包罗万有的人位，就需要每天应用祂作我们的赎罪祭、燔祭、素祭、和平安祭。这样，我们就能在每一面，享受祂的同在作我们的祝福。肆摩西和亚伦进了会幕，
10Our Savior is the unique sin offering. When we repented and believed in the Lord Jesus, we applied Him as the sin offering without realizing it. Later, we might have been inspired to be absolute for God. Although we had not heard about the burnt offering, we prayed and offered ourselves to God. At that time, the Spirit might have shown us that we are sin, even leprous, and that we cannot be absolute for God. Then we might have prayed, “Lord Jesus, I cannot be absolute for God, but You are absolute, and You can be my absoluteness.” This is to take Christ, the Son given to us by God, as the burnt offering. Many Christians understand John 3:16 in a very general way. How can we accept Christ as the great gift from God if we do not apply Christ as the offerings? If we would enjoy this all-inclusive person, we need to apply Him daily as our sin offering, burnt offering, meal offering, and peace offering. Then we will enjoy His presence as our blessing in every way. IV. MOSES AND AARON ENTERING INTO THE TENT OF MEETING
又出来给百姓祝福
AND COMING OUT TO BLESS THE PEOPLE
11『摩西和亚伦进了会幕，他们出来时，就给百姓祝福。』（利九23上。）这表征基督作我们的君王和大祭司，进到诸天之上作我们君尊的祭司，（徒五31，来四14，七1，）并要从诸天出来给我们祝福。摩西和亚伦都豫表基督。摩西是带领的，是君王，亚伦是大祭司。今天基督是我们的君王和大祭司。祂临到我们的时候，是带著祝福临到；祂与我们同在，就是我们所需之包罗万有的祝福。我们藉著应用基督作供物，就能享受这祝福。我们若应用祂作赎罪祭、燔祭、素祭、和平安祭，就会得著我们所需要的祝福。
11Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people” (Lev. 9:23a). This signifies that Christ as our Prince and High Priest entered into the heavens to be our kingly Priest (Acts 5:31; Heb. 4:14; 7:1) and will come out of the heavens to bless us. Both Moses and Aaron typify Christ. Moses was the leader, the prince, and Aaron was the high priest. Today Christ is our Prince and our High Priest. When He comes to us, He comes with blessings, and His being with us is the all-inclusive blessing we need. We can enjoy this blessing only by applying Christ as the offerings. If we apply Him as the sin offering, the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the peace offering, we will have the blessing we need
12亚伦和摩西对犹太人的祝福仍然有效。这祝福会持续，直到救主再来，整个以色列家悔改并转向祂。我们今天所享受旳属灵祝福，原则是一样的。属灵的祝福比我们所领会的，持续得更久。我仍在享受许多年前所接受的某些祝福。所以，属灵的祝福是件大事。新约告诉我们要给人祝福，不可咒诅。（路六28，罗十二14。）即使我们被人恨恶、逼迫并毁谤，我们也该祝福那些逼迫我们的人，并且求主赦免他们。在我们的感觉里，没有人该受咒诅。
12The blessing of Aaron and Moses upon the Jews is still in effect. This blessing will continue until the entire house of Israel repents and turns to the Savior at His second coming. The principle is the same with the spiritual blessing we enjoy today. A spiritual blessing lasts much longer than we realize. I am still enjoying certain blessings which I received many years ago. A spiritual blessing, therefore, is a great matter. The New Testament tells us to bless others and not to curse them (Luke 6:28; Rom. 12:14). Even if we are hated, persecuted, and evilly spoken of, we should bless those who persecute us and pray that the Lord will forgive them. In our feeling, no person should be under a curse
伍 有火从神面前出来，
V. FIRE COMING OUT FROM GOD
烧尽燔祭
AND CONSUMING THE BURNT OFFERING
13『有火从耶和华面前出来，烧尽祭坛上的燔祭和脂柚；众民看见了，就都欢呼，脸伏于地。』（利九24。）这火表征神的圣别是烈火，藉著焚烧，悦纳我们的供物。凡与神圣别的性情相符的，神的圣别就藉著烧尽来悦纳。然而凡与神圣别的要求不相合的，神的圣别就要藉著焚烧来审判。在这事上，火代表那是烈火的神。（来十二29。）
13Then fire came out from before Jehovah and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces” (Lev. 9:24). This fire signifies that God’s holiness as a consuming fire accepts our offerings by burning. Anything that corresponds to God’sho ly nature God’s holiness accepts by consuming it. But anything that does not meet the requirements of God’s holiness will be judged by God’s holiness through burning. In such a case, the fire represents the God who is the consuming fire (Heb. 12:29
14我们享受神的同在、神荣耀的显现、和主的祝福之后，应当豫备好接受烈火。这是属灵的律，在神的祝福之后，紧随著就有苦难的烈火。这火表征神已经悦纳我们在基督里并同著基督所献给祂的。同样的火，就是代表神圣别的火，可能是为著神悦纳的烈火，也可能是审判的火。这烈火悦纳了司提反的奉献，（徒七55～59，）然而在主后七十年，这烈火用提多的来临，审判了耶路撒冷的搀杂。
14After we enjoy God’s presence, the appearing of His glory, and the Lord’s blessing, we should be prepared to receive the consuming fire. It is a spiritual law that God’s blessing is followed by the consuming fire of suffering. This fire is a sign that God has accepted what we have offered to Him in Christ and with Christ. The same fire, which is the representative of God’s holiness, may either be a consuming fire for God’s acceptance or a judging fire. The consuming fire accepted the offering up of Stephen (Acts 7:55-59), whereas with the coming of Titus in A.D. 70 this consuming fire judged the mixture at Jerusalem
15今天对我们来说，烈火可能是我们奉献给神之后神圣的悦纳，也可能是因我们得罪神而有神的审判。我们怎么知道这烈火是神旳悦纳，还是神的审判？这可凭我们的光景判断。我们若享受基督，把祂献给神，这烈火就是神的悦纳。然而，我们若干犯神的行政，而烈火临到我们，这焚烧就是神因我们触犯祂的行政而临到我们的审判。这是件严肃的事。
15To us today, the consuming fire may be a divine acceptance of our offering to God, or it may be God’s judgment due to our offenses. How do we know whether the consuming fire is God’s acceptance or God’s judgment? This can be discerned by our situation. If we enjoy Christ and offer Him to God, the consuming fire will be God’s acceptance. However, if we offend God’s government and a burning comes to us, this burning is God’s judgment upon us for touching His government. This is a serious matter