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利未记生命读经 · 第35篇

关于供物与祭司体系的结语

A Concluding Word on the Offerings and the Priesthood
1读经：希伯来书1:2-3;2:14;3:1;4:14-15;。
1Scripture Reading: Heb. 1:2-3; 2:14; 3:1; 4:14-15; 6:20; 7:22, 25-26; 8:1-2; 9:11-12, 24-28; 10:5-7, 9-10, 19-21; 6:20; 7:22, 25-26; 8:1-2; 9:11-12, 24-28; 12:2, 24; 13:21 10:5-7, 9-10, 19-21; 12:2, 24; 13:21
2本篇信息要专一来看希伯来书这卷解释利未记的书，作为前面论到供物与祭司体系一切信息的结语。
2This message, which will focus on Hebrews as an exposition of Leviticus, is a concluding word to all the foregoing messages on the offerings and the priesthood
希伯来书所启示
THE ALL-INCLUSIVE CHRIST
包罗万有的基督
AS HE IS REVEALED IN HEBREWS
3希伯来书有多处指向利未记，特别是指向供物和祭司体系。譬如，希伯来书常常题到大祭司。新约没有别卷书，像希伯来书那样多次说到基督是大祭司。
3In the book of Hebrews there are many references to the book of Leviticus, especially to the offerings and the priesthood. For example, Leviticus often speaks of the high priest. No other New Testament book speaks as much about Christ as the High Priest than the book of Hebrews does
4在利未记这卷书本身，我们无法看见我们所献上并享受作供物的基督，是何等伟大、超绝、奇妙、包罗万有且无穷无尽。在利未记，我们看见一切供物豫表基督，但我们看不出，也感觉不到基督是何等的大。作一切供物的基督，祂的伟大无法用言语表达。我们要对包罗万有的基督有启示，就需要来到希伯来书。我们现在就来简要的探索希伯来书所启示基督的各面。
4In the book of Leviticus itself we cannot see how great, excellent, wonderful, all-inclusive, and inexhaustible is the Christ whom we offer and enjoy as the offerings. In Leviticus we can see that all the offerings typify Christ, but we do not get the realization and the sense of how great Christ is. No word can express the greatness of the Christ who is all the offerings. For a revelation of the all-inclusiveness of Christ, we need to come to the book of Hebrews. Let us now briefly survey the aspects of Christ revealed in Hebrews
创造者，维持者、载著并推动者，承受者
The Creator, the Upholder, and the Heir
5希伯来一章二、三节告诉我们，基督是宇宙的创造者，也是祂所创造之宇宙的维持、载著并推动者。不仅如此，神已经立了基督作宇宙万有的承受者。
5Hebrews 1:2 and 3 tell us that Christ is the Maker, the Creator, of the universe and that He is also the Upholder of the universe He created. Furthermore, God has appointed Christ to be the Heir of all things of the universe
神荣耀的光辉，神本质的印象
The Effulgence of God’s Glory and the Express Image of His Substance
6在三节我们看见，基督是神荣耀的光辉，是神本质的印象。神荣耀的光辉，就如日光的照耀或光辉。基督乃是父荣耀的照耀和光辉。神本质的印象，如同图章的印记。子基督乃是父神所是的彰显。
6In verse 3 we see that Christ is the effulgence of God’s glory and the express image of His substance. The effulgence of God’s glory is like the shining or brightness of the light of the sun. Christ is the shining, the brightness, of the Father’s glory. The express image of God’s substance is like the impress of a seal. Christ the Son is the expression of what God the Father is.
废除魔鬼者
The One Who Has Destroyed the Devil
7『儿女既同有血肉之体，祂也照样亲自有分于血肉之体，为要藉著死，废除那掌死权的，就是魔鬼。』（来二14。）这奇妙的一位，就是宇宙的创造者，有分于血肉之体，为要废除魔鬼，使他成为无有。在时期满足的时候，神的儿子为童女所生，（加四4，）来成为肉体，（约一14，罗八3，）好藉著十字架上的死，废除在人肉体里的魔鬼。
7Since therefore the children have partaken of blood and flesh, He also Himself in like manner shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the Devil” (2:14). The wonderful One, who is the Maker of the universe, partook of blood and flesh in order to destroy the Devil, to bring him to naught. In the fullness of time, the Son of God came to become flesh (John 1:14; Rom. 8:3) by being born of a virgin (Gal. 4:4), that He might destroy the Devil in man’s flesh through His death on the cross
使徒和大祭司
The Apostle and the High Priest
8在希伯来三章一节，我们看见基督是『我们所承认为使徒和大祭司的。』基督是使徒，乃是受差遣，从神并同神到我们这里来的一位。基督是大祭司，乃是从我们并同我们回到神那里去的一位。基督是使徒，同著神来到我们这里，与我们分享神，使我们有分于神圣的生命、性情和丰满。基督是大祭司，同著我们到神那里，将我们呈献给神，使我们和我们一切的事件，得到祂完全的照顾。因此，四章十四、十五节说，『所以，我们既有一位经过了诸天，尊大的大祭司，就是神的儿子耶稣，便当坚守所承认的。因我们并非有一位不能同情我们软弱的大祭司，祂乃是在各方面受过试诱，与我们一样，只是没有罪。』基督是这样一位大祭司，就在神面前担负我们，并照顾我们一切的需要。
8In Hebrews 3:1 we see that Christ is “the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.” As the Apostle, Christ is the One sent to us from God and with God. As the High Priest, Christ is the One who went back to God from us and with us. As the Apostle, Christ came to us with God to share God with us that we may partake of the divine life, nature, and fullness. As the High Priest, Christ went to God with us to present us to God that we and all our case may be fully cared for by Him. Thus, 4:14 and 15 say, “Having therefore a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession. For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tried in all respects like us, yet without sin.” As such a High Priest, Christ bears us in the presence of God and cares for all our needs
先锋
The Forerunner
9希伯来六章二十节启示，基督是我们的先锋。主耶稣作先锋，领先经过风暴的海，进入属天的避风港，『且通入幔内，』（来六19，）照麦基洗德的等次，就是兼有神性和人性的祭司职任，为我们作了大祭司。祂作先锋，就开拓了进荣耀的路。
9Hebrews 6:20 reveals that Christ is our Forerunner. The Lord Jesus as the Forerunner took the lead to pass through the stormy sea and to enter into the heavenly haven, “into that which is within the veil” (v. 19), to be the High Priest for us according to the order of Melchisedec, the order of the priesthood that is in both humanity and divinity. As the Forerunner, He has cut the way into glory
更美之约的保证
The Surety of a Better Covenant
10『祂就成了更美之约的保证。』（来七22。）在这一节里，基督是更美之约的保证。基督成了更美之约的保证，乃是基于祂是活著、永久的大祭司。这里保证一辞，意基督将自己质押给新约，并给我们众人。祂是保证人，担保祂要作成就新约所需的一切。能拯救到底的大祭司
10“By so much also Jesus has become the surety of a better covenant” (7:22). In this verse Christ is the surety of a better covenant. Christ’s being the surety of a better covenant is based on His being the living and perpetual High Priest. The word surety here means that Christ has pledged Himself to the new covenant and to all of us. He is the bondsman, the guarantee that He will do everything necessary for the fulfillment of the new covenant. The High Priest Who Is Able to Save Us to the Uttermost
11『所以，那藉著祂来到神面前的人，祂都能拯救到底；因为祂是长远活著，为他们代求。像这样圣而无邪恶、无玷污、与罪人分别，并且高过诸天的大祭司，原是与我们合宜的。』（来七25～26。）主耶稣既经过诸天，（来四14，）甚至高过诸天，（来七26，）祂就长远活著，为我们代求。基督作我们的大祭司，为我们代求，承担我们的案件。祂为我们显在神前，为我们祷告，使我们可以蒙拯救，并被带进神永远的定旨。
11Wherefore also He is able to save to the uttermost those who come forward to God through Him, seeing He is always living to intercede for them. For such a High Priest befits us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens” (7:25-26). Having passed through the heavens (4:14) and even being higher than the heavens (7:26), the Lord Jesus is always living to intercede for us. Christ as our High Priest undertakes our case by interceding for us. He appears before God on our behalf, praying for us that we may be saved and brought fully into God’s eternal purpose
在诸天之上的执事
The Minister in the Heavens
12『我们有这样的大祭司，祂已经坐到诸天之上至尊至大者宝座的右边，作了圣所，就是真帐幕的执事；这帐幕是主所支的，不是人所支的。』（来八1～2。）天上的基督，是在主所支，不是人所支的帐幕里尽职。这帐幕，这圣所，是在第三层天上，其中有天上的至圣所。基督是真帐幕（天上帐幕）的执事，把天（不仅指地方，也指生命的情形）供应到我们里面，使我们可以在地上过属天的生活，正如祂从前在地上一样。进入诸天之上的至圣所并得到永远救赎的一位『但基督已经来到，作了那已经实现之美事的大祭司，经过那更大、更全备的帐幕，不是人手所造的，就是不属这受造世界的；并且不是藉著山羊和牛犊的血，乃是藉著祂自己的血，一次永远的进入至圣所，便得到了永远的救赎。』（来九11～12。）因著基督作神的羔羊，在十字架上一次永远的为罪献上自己作祭物（来九14，十12，）除去了世人的罪，（约一29，）祂洒在天上帐幕的血，就为我们成功了永远的救赎。藉此，基督就『得到了永远的救赎。』基督藉著将祂的血在诸天之上洒在神面前，就为我们得到了，取得了永远的救赎。
12“We have such a High Priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the holy places, even of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man” (8:1-2). The heavenly Christ is ministering in a tabernacle pitched by the Lord and not by man. This tabernacle, this sanctuary, is in the third heaven, in which is the heavenly Holy of Holies. Christ, as a Minister of the true (heavenly) tabernacle, ministers heaven (which is not only a place but a condition of life) into us, so that we may live a heavenly life on earth as He did while He was here. The One Who Entered into the Holy of Holies in the Heavens and Obtained an Eternal Redemption “Christ having come a High Priest of the good things that have come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hand, that is, not of this creation, nor through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, having found an eternal redemption” (9:11-12). Since Christ as the Lamb of God took away the sin of the world (John 1:29) by offering Himself on the cross as the sacrifice for sins once for all (Heb. 9:14; 10:12), His blood, which He sprinkled in the heavenly tabernacle, has accomplished an eternal redemption for us. Through this, Christ “found an eternal redemption.” Here the word found really means obtained, procured. By sprinkling His blood in the heavens before God, Christ has found, obtained, procured, eternal redemption for us.
为我们显在神面前的一位
The One Appearing before God for Us
13基督第一次显现，把我们的罪性和罪行除去，祂第二次显现，就与罪无关。（来九24～28。）希伯来九章二十四节说，基督如今『为我们显在神面前。』祂『显明了一次，好藉著献上自己为祭，把罪除掉。』（来九26下。）这指明祂是赎罪祭。二十八节接著说，祂曾『一次被献，担当了多人的罪。』这指明祂也是赎愆祭。旧约供物的顶替希伯来十章五至十节告诉我们，当基督来了，神对动物祭牲就不再想要，不再喜悦也不再有兴趣了。（来十6，8。）基督的来，废掉了利未记的供物；不过，这一切供物的意义仍在基督身上。神为基督这成为肉体的神人，豫备了人的身体，（来十5，）使祂能作旧约一切供物的顶替。基督以自己顶替了前约的供物，就实行了神的旨意，（来十7，9，）除去那先有的，旧约的供物，立定了那后来的，就是自己，作那一切供物的实际。在利未记有头一类供物。作为这些供物的顶替，基督乃是第二类供物。祂如今就是燔祭、素祭、平安祭、赎罪祭和赎衍祭。祂也是摇祭、举祭、承接圣职的祭、甘心祭、以及为感谢献的祭。所以，神不再喜悦前约的动物祭牲。今天，神只喜悦一个人，就是耶稣基督。祂这包罗万有的基督，就是一切的供物。
13Christ appeared the first time to take away our sin and our sins, and He will appear a second time apart from sin (9:24-28). Hebrews 9:24 says that Christ is now appearing “before the face of God for us.” He “has been manifested for the putting away of sin by His sacrifice” (v. 26b). This indicates that He is the sin offering. Verse 28 goes on to say that He has been “once offered to bear the sins of many.” This indicates that He is also the trespass offering. The Replacement of the Old Testament Offerings Hebrews 10:5-10 tells us that when Christ came, God had no more desire for or pleasure and interest in the animal sacrifices (vv. 6, 8). Christ’s coming annulled the Levitical offerings. Nevertheless, the significance of all these offerings remains with Christ. God prepared a human body for Christ, the incarnated God-man (v. 5), so that He could be the replacement of all the Old Testament offerings. By replacing the offerings of the first covenant with Himself, Christ did the will of God (vv. 7, 9), taking away the first, the offerings of the Old Testament, and establishing the second, Himself as the reality of all those offerings. In Leviticus we have the first category of the offerings. As the replacement of these offerings, Christ is the second category of offerings. He is now the burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. He is also the wave offering, the heave offering, the consecration offering, the freewill offering, and the offering for thanksgiving. Therefore, God no longer has any pleasure in the sacrifices of the first covenant. Today God’s pleasure is only in a unique person—Jesus Christ. He, the all-inclusive Christ, is all the offerings
基督，我们永得的分
CHRIST, OUR PERPETUAL DUE
14希伯来书所启示基督的各面是无穷尽的。祂是创造者，维持、载著并推动者，承受者，废除魔鬼者，使徒，大祭司，先锋，保证，天上的执事，为我们显在神前的那位，以及旧约一切供物的顶替。基督是一切正面2:16-事物，（包括你和我－腓一21，加二，）的实际。（西二16～17。）这样一位奇妙的基督是我们永得的分。这就是说，包罗万有的基督是我们永远的分，作了我们的享受。我们不仅献基督给神－当我们将祂献给神的时候，我们也享受祂。因此，我们与神同享基督，因为我们是与神一同吃的人，我们与神在交通中一同吃基督。这享受是美妙的，
14All the aspects of Christ revealed in Hebrews are inexhaustible. He is the Creator, the Upholder, the Heir, the One who has destroyed the Devil, the Apostle, the High Priest, the Forerunner, the Surety, the heavenly Minister, the One appearing before God on our behalf, and the replacement of all the Old Testament offerings. Christ is the reality of every positive thing (Col. 17), including you and me (Phil. 1:21; Gal. 2:20).20 Such a wonderful Christ is our perpetual due. This means that the all-inclusive Christ is our eternal portion for us to enjoy. We not only offer Christ to God—we also enjoy Him as we offer Him to God. We thus enjoy Christ with God, for we and God are co-eaters, eating Christ together in fellowship. This enjoyment is marvelous, and it is impossible for human words to describe it adequately.
15人的言语不可能充分将牠描述出来。
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16基督，我们从神所接受的礼物基督是神给我们的礼物。『神爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们。』（约三16。）在各样的供物里，基督也是我们献给神的礼物。（利未记一章二节的供物，原文，各耳板，意礼物或赠品。）甚么礼物能比基督更大？基督当然是最大的礼物！
16CHRIST, THE GIFT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD Christ is God’s gift to us. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16). In the offerings, Christ is also the gift we offer to God. (The Hebrew for offering in Leviticus 1:2, corban, means a gift or present.) What gift could be greater than Christ? Christ is surely the greatest gift
17我们乃是在召会这『礼品店』里，享受基督作神的礼物。每一个地方召会都是展示基督的礼品店。这独一的礼品有成千的方面。就如一颗钻石有许多光面，基督有更多光面。一面祂是父，另一面祂又是子。享受基督的各面，乃是为著我们敬拜神；也是为著我们与祂并彼此之间有交通，且给我们在日常生活中来吃。人为的敬拜在神眼中是可憎的。真正的敬拜乃是将基督给神作礼物，作赠品；然后与神同享这礼物。因此，基督是为著神的，也是为著我们的。我们在敬拜的时候可以说，『父，我将你的儿子献上作礼物给你享受。』我们这样作的时候，父可能说，『这礼物的一部分是给你和你所有的弟兄姊妹享受的。』
17We enjoy Christ as God’s gift in the “gift shop” of the church. Every local church is a gift shop displaying Christ. This unique gift has thousands of aspects. Just as a diamond has many facets, so Christ has a great many facets. In one facet He is the Father, while in another facet He is the Son. Enjoying Christ in His aspects and facets is for our worship of God; it is also for our fellowship with Him and with one another and for our eating in our daily living. Worship that is humanly manufactured is an abomination in the eyes of God. Real worship is to give Christ to God as a present, as a gift, and then to enjoy this gift with God. Hence, Christ is for God and also for us. In our worship we may say, “Father, I offer Your Son as a present for You to enjoy.” When we do this, the Father may say, “A portion of this gift is for you and for all your brothers and sisters to enjoy
利未记的中心思想
THE CENTRAL THOUGHT OF LEVITICUS
18利未记的中心思想乃是：这位宇宙般包罗万有并无穷尽的基督，对神并对祂的子民乃是一切。今天，我们能说到对基督的享受，但有一天，万有都要在基督里归一于一个元首之下。（弗一10。）那时，基督要成为神和人的一切。对这一位的享受，要成为宇宙中惟一的庆祝。这奇妙的一位有成千的方面、头衔和称呼，每一面都是给我们享受的。
18The central thought of Leviticus is that the universal, all-inclusive, and inexhaustible Christ is everything to God and to God’sp eople. Today we can speak of the enjoyment of Christ, but one day all things will be headed up in Christ (Eph. 1:10). At that time, Christ will be everything to God and man. The enjoyment of this one person will be the unique celebration in the universe. This wonderful One has thousands of aspects, titles, and names, and every one is for us to enjoy
19无穷无尽的基督，成了赐生命
19THE INEXHAUSTIBLE CHRIST BEING THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT DWELLING IN US
的灵住在我们里面
20希伯来十三章二十一节告诉我们，神在各样善事上成全我们，好实行祂的旨意；祂是在我们里面，藉著耶稣基督，行祂看为可喜悦的事。这节指明，这位伟大、奇妙和无穷尽的基督，现今就在我们里面。这位在我们里面的基督乃是赐生命的灵。（林前十五45。）祂是灵在我们里面，是如此便利，如此容易经历。我们只要祷告一下，就会把自己祷告到灵里，接触这一位并享受祂。祂是无穷尽的，却是如此便利。我们享受以上所说关于祂的各面，就被带进对祂的人性、祂的神性、祂的死、祂的复活、并祂升天的经历中，且在这各面上在祂里面长大。
20Hebrews 13:21 tells us that God equips us for every good work in the doing of His will, doing in us that which is well - pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ. This verse indicates that the great, wonderful, and inexhaustible Christ is now in us. This Christ in us is the life - giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). As the Spirit within us, He is so available and easy to experience. If we would simply pray a little, we would pray ourselves into our spirit to touch this One and enjoy Him. He is inexhaustible yet so available. As we enjoy Him in the above-mentioned aspects, we will be led into the experience of His humanity, His divinity, His death, His resurrection, and His ascension, and we will grow in Him in all these aspects.