5赎罪祭是为对付我们有罪的性情,对付我们堕落之人的性情,就是罪。我们堕落之人的性情是罪,这有罪的性情乃是撒但的素质,本质,元素。我们有罪的性情-我们里面的罪-乃是属撒但的,甚至可以说,就是撒但本身。罪,就是背叛,也就是撒但。这罪已经注射到我们里面,将我们构成罪人,(罗五19,)就是使我们在构成上成为罪人。所以,人类乃是罪的构成。我们需要看见,我们这人乃是完全被罪所构成,被神的仇敌所构成。赎罪祭是为对付我们罪的性情。罪是我们的性情,甚至就是我们自己。基督在十字架上受死的时候,不只为我们的罪死了,更替我们成为罪。(林后五21。)基督成为罪被钉在十字架上;当祂被钉死的时候,罪就被钉死,我们也被钉死。当基督成为罪被钉死的时候,罪、撒但、以及我们自己就与祂一同钉死。这是赎罪祭的意义。赎愆祭是为对付我们的罪行;罪行是那在我们里面作我们性情、所是、构成之罪性的结果。罪行,就是罪性的各种果子,也称为过犯、罪愆、过错。所以,我们需要赎罪祭,也需要赎愆祭。我们需要赎罪祭来对付罪性,就是罪行的根源;我们也需要赎愆祭来对付罪性的一切结果。
5The sin offering deals with our sinful nature, with sin as the nature of our fallen being. The nature of our fallen being is sin, and this sinful nature is the essence, the substance, the element, of Satan. Our sinful nature — the sin in our being — is satanic. We may even say that it is Satan himself. Sin, which is rebellion, is Satan. This sin has been injected into us, causing us to be constituted sinners (Rom. 5:19), that is, sinners in constitution. Human beings, therefore, are a constitution of sin. We need to see that our being is fully constituted with sin, with the enemy of God. The sin offering deals with our nature of sin. Sin is our nature; it is even our very self. When Christ died on the cross, He did not only die for our sins but was also made sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21). Christ was crucified as sin. When He was crucified, sin also was crucified, and we were crucified as well. When Christ was crucified as sin, sin, Satan, and we ourselves were crucified with Him. This is the significance of the sin offering. The trespass offering deals with our sins, which are the issues of the sin within us, the sin which is our nature, our being, our constitution. Sins, the different fruits of sin, are also called offenses, trespasses, and transgressions. Therefore, we need both the sin offering and the trespass offering. We need the sin offering to deal with sin, the source of our sins. We need the trespass offering to deal with all the issues of sin.