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利未记生命读经 · 第59篇

警告的话（一）

The Word of Warning (1)
1读经：利未记二十六章一至二十节。按我们的领会，我们可能认为利未记这本书该结束于二十五章的禧年。然而，二十五章之后还有两章圣经。二十六章是警告的话，二十七章是许愿奉献。在论到禧年之后，紧接著有论到警告的话这一章，这指明我们不该喊叫太多，或太兴奋。反之，我们需要有清明的心思来思考情况。为这缘故，随著禧年这喊叫的时刻之后，乃是警告的话。接著，在二十七章有附加的话，就像一段附笔。我们现在来看警告的话。利未记二十六章里警告的话不仅仅是人的说话。那种说话的方式、内容、以及与这话有关的一切，都不单是属人的，乃是神圣的晓谕。只有神能这样说话，只有神能以这样的方式、这样的内容说出这警告的话；这话的内容实在是奇妙，满了事实和豫告。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 26:1-20 According to our understanding, we may think that the book of Leviticus should end with the jubilee in chapter twenty-five. However, two chapters still remain. In chapter twenty-six we have the word of warning, and in chapter twenty-seven, the devotions concerning a vow. The fact that the chapter on the word of warning immediately follows the chapter on the jubilee indicates that, concerning the jubilee, we should not shout too much or be too excited. We need, instead, to have a sober mind to consider the situation. For this reason, the jubilee, a time of shouting, is followed by a word of warning. After this, there is an additional word, something like a postscript, in chapter twenty-seven. In this message we shall begin to consider the word of warning. The word of warning in Leviticus 26 is not merely a human speaking. No, the way of speaking, the contents, and everything related to this word are not simply human but are the divine oracle. Only God can speak this way, and only God can present a word of warning in such a way and with such contents, contents that are truly marvelous, full of facts and foretellings
2在这警告的话里，我们能看见背道之以色列人的定命。以色列人从第一代祖先亚伯拉罕起，就蒙神拣选。后来，神将他们从埃及赎回，带他们经过旷野，安置在美地，在那里神与他们同在。然而，不久以色列人背叛了，就某种意义说，神放弃了他们。
2In this word of warning we can see the destiny of apostate Israel. Israel had been chosen by God from the time of Abraham, the first of their fathers. God later redeemed them out of Egypt, brought them through the wilderness, and placed them in the good land, where He was with them for quite a while. However, the people of Israel became apostate, and, in a sense, God gave them up
3从表面看，神撒手不管他们了。二十七个世纪以来，神的手似乎离开了祂的子民。但事实并非如此。在这警告的话里，有一项豫言指出，那拣选以色列人的神从未放弃他们，神在他们身上的怜悯从未停止。至终，神在怜悯中还要将他们带回祖宗之地。在利未记二十六章警告的话里，满了教导，满了需要研读和学习的东西。不过，以后在论到二十六章的两篇信息中，我只陈明基本的点，其余的留给光照人的灵；我信这灵会对你们说话。壹不可有偶像，
3God apparently took His hand off them and left them to themselves. It seems that for twenty-seven centuries the hand of God has been kept away from His people. Actually, this has not been the situation. In this word of warning there is a kind of prophecy pointing out that the God who had chosen Israel has never given them up. His mercy upon them has never stopped. Eventually, His mercy will come in to bring them back to their fathers’ land. The word of warning in Leviticus 2 6 is full of instruction; it is full of things that we need to study and learn. However, in the two messages on this chapter I shall simply present the basic points, leaving the rest to the enlightening Spirit who, I believe, will speak to you. I. NOT HAVING IDOLS, NOT MAKING THEM OR
不可造也不可拜
BOWING DOWN TO THEM
4『你们不可为自己作偶像，或为自己设立雕像、柱像，或在你们的地上放石像，向牠下拜，因为我是耶和华你们的神。』（利二六10。）不可有偶像，不可造也不可拜，表征我们不能在神之外再有别的追求目的，使我们不致失去享受神圣产业的地位。我们是在禧年里。但我们若在神之外追求甚么，就会失去禧年的享受。凡我们在神以外所追求的，都是偶像。例如，我们追求大学学位到一个地步，可能使这学位成为偶像，成为我们在神之外所追求的目标。这不是说，我们不需要合式的教育。要点乃是，我们不该让学位成为我们在神以外所追求的目标。我们该只有一个目标，这独一的目标就是神自己。
4You shall not make idols for yourselves, or set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, or place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am Jehovah your God” (26:1). Not having idols, not making them or bowing down to them, signifies that besides God we should have no other goals that we are seeking after, that we may not lose the position to enjoy our divine possession. We are in the jubilee. But if we seek something other than God, we may lose the enjoyment of the jubilee. Whatever we seek as a goal other than God is an idol. For example, we may pursue a college degree in such a way that it becomes an idol, a goal we are seeking other than God. This, of course, does not mean that we do not need a proper education. The point is that we should not make a degree a goal that we are seeking other than God Himself. We should have one goal, a unique goal—God as our one aim
贰 守神的安息日
II. KEEPING GOD’S SABBATH
5『你们要守我的安息日。』（利二六2上。）守神的安息日，表征我们认识神的工作已经完全由祂自己作成，我们就是享受，不需要再作甚么。我们需要学习享受神所成就的。不过，这功课不好学，因为我们都受教导要作工，要作许多事。这项条例叫我们不要工作，只要尊重、进入、并享受神为我们所作成的。基督已经为我们完成了一切，但我们可能没有享受基督所成就的。我们可能靠自己劳苦，把基督所成就的放到一边。这是得罪主的。所以，我们需要学习接受、重视、尊重、并享受神所作成的，不为自己作甚么。
5You shall keep My sabbaths” (v. 2a). Keeping God’s sabbath signifies that we should know that the work of God was done entirely by Himself that we might enjoy it, and that there is no need for us to do any work. We need to learn to enjoy what God has achieved. This, however, is a hard lesson, for we have been taught to work and to do many things. This item teaches us not to work but to respect, enter into, and enjoy what God has done for us. Although Christ has accomplished everything for us, we may not be in the enjoyment of this achievement. Instead of enjoying what Christ has done, we may keep on laboring, setting Christ’s achievement aside. This is offensive to the Lord. Therefore, we need to learn to receive, regard, respect, and enjoy what God has done and not try to do something for ourselves
参 尊敬神的圣所
III. REVERENCING GOD’S SANCTUARY
6神的子民也受警告要尊敬神的圣所。（利二六2下。）安息日代表许多意义，圣所代表的意义更多。尊敬神的圣所，表征我们必须尊敬神在那作祂居所、具体化身、并彰显的基督里，（约一14，西二9，）并在那是基督之扩大、作神居所并永远显出的召会里，（弗二22，启二一10，）所是并所完成的一切。
6The people were also warned to reverence God’s sanctuary (v. 2b). The sabbath stands for a lot, and the sanctuary stands for even more. Reverencing God’s sanctuary signifies that we should regard with reverence all that God is and has accomplished in Christ as His dwelling, embodiment, and expression (John 1:1 4; Col. 2:9) and in the church as the enlargement of Christ for God’s dwelling and eternal manifestation (Eph. 2:22; Rev. 21:10).
7利未记二十六章二节里的圣所，含示神在基督里的居所、具体化身并彰显，以及神在召会里的居所并永远的显出。然而，今天的基督徒中间忽略了这些事，因为许多人不彀认识神在那作祂具体化身之基督里的所是，也不彀认识神在召会里所作的，是使召会成为基督的扩大并神的显出。忽略这些事乃是违反神的经纶，所以我们需要受警告，看重这些事。
7The sanctuary in Leviticus 26:2 implies God’s dwelling, embodiment, and expression in Christ and God’s dwelling and eternal manifestation in the church. However, among Christians today these things are neglected, for many do not have the adequate knowledge of what God is in Christ as His embodiment and of what God has done in the church to make it the enlargement of Christ and the manifestation of God. Because neglecting these matters is against God’secon o my, we need to be warned to regard them
肆 顺从的就蒙福
IV. THE OBEYING ONES TO BE BLESSED
8我们若接受头三点，就是这警告主要的方面，我们就是顺从神的警告。在二十六章三至十三节，我们看见顺从的就要蒙福。这表征我们这些新约的信徒，若是照著灵而行，就必蒙福，得著六个结果。我们现在来看这些结果。
8If we take the first three points as the main aspects of the warning, we shall obey God’s warning. In 26:3-13 we see that the obeying ones will be blessed. This signifies that we, the New Testament believers, are blessed by walking according to the Spirit, with six issues. We shall now consider these issues
一 按时降雨
A. Rains Given in Their Season
9『你们若行在我的律例中，并且谨守遵行我的诫命，我就要按时降雨给你们。』（利二六3～4上。）按时降雨，表征雨所豫表的那灵，按时赐给召会或个别的信徒。在旧约，神用雨，就是秋雨、春雨，（申十一14，耶五24，珥二23，）表征那灵。我们若顺从神，顾到前面所说的三件事，就必享受那灵如雨临到我们。二地里出产丰富，百姓得以常吃新粮，安然居住
9If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments and do them, then I will give you rains in their season” (vv. 3-4a). Rains in their season signify that the Spirit, typified by rain, is given to the church or to the individual believers in due time. In the Old Testament, God uses rain, called the early and latter rain (Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24; Joel 2:23) to signify the Spirit. If we obey God by taking care of the three foregoing matters, we shall enjoy the Spirit as rain upon us. B. The Land Yielding Its Rich Produce That the People May Eat the New Food Always and Dwell
Securely in the Land
10四节下半至五节告诉我们，百姓若顺从，『地里要生出土产，田野的树木也要结出果实。你们打榖要打到摘葡萄的时候，摘葡萄要摘到撒种的时候。你们必吃得饱足，在你们的地上安然居住。』十节接著说，『你们必吃久存的陈粮，又必清出陈粮，容放新粮。』这表征我们住在作我们美地的基督里，享受基督的丰富作我们的满足和安全。属灵的满足和安全，总是我们顺从神警告的结果。三那地必有平安，没有惊吓、恶
10Verses 4band 5 tell us that if the people obey, “the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will yield their fruit. Your threshing will overtake the vintage, and the vintage will overtake the time of sowing; and you will eat your bread to the full and dwell securely in your land.” Verse 10 goes on to say, “You will eat old store long kept, and clear out the old to make room for the new.” This signifies that we dwell in Christ as our good land and enjoy the riches of Christ for our satisfaction and security. Spiritual satisfaction and security are always the issue of our obedience to God’s warning. C. Peace Being Given in the Land without Threats,
兽和刀剑
Savage Beasts, and the Sword
11『我要赐平安在这地上，你们躺卧，不会有人惊吓。我要从这地上除灭恶兽，刀剑也必不经过你们的地。』（利二六6。）这表征召会正常时，乃是在平安的光景中，圣徒中间没有恶兽，（徒二十29，）或争斗的事。四追赶仇敌，五个人追赶一百人，
11I will give peace in the land, and you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will eliminate savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your land” (v. 6). This signifies that the church is normally in a peaceful situation, having no savage beasts (Acts 20:29) or fightings, one with another, among the saints. D. Chasing the Enemies, Five Chasing a Hundred
一百人追赶一万人
and a Hundred Chasing Ten Thousand
12『你们却要追赶仇敌，他们必在你们面前倒于刀剑之下。你们五个人要追赶一百人，一百人要追赶一万人；你们的仇敌必在你们面前倒在刀剑之下。』（利二六7～8。）这表征召会生活要在身体的配搭里追赶仇敌。
12But you will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword. Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand; and your enemies will fall before you by the sword” (vv. 7-8). This signifies that the church will chase the enemies in the coordination of the Body
13按照八节，五个人要追赶一百人，一百人要追赶一万人。前者一人追赶二十人，后者一人追赶一百人。这数字含示基督身体的生命，与基督身体的配搭。身体越有配搭，追赶的能力就越大。这是身体的原则。
13According to verse 8, five will chase a hundred and a hundred will chase ten thousand. In the first case each one chases twenty, and in the second case each one chases a hundred. These figures imply the Body life and the coordination of the Body. The greater the coordination, the greater will be our chasing power. This is the Body principle
五 繁衍增多
E. Fruitfulness in Multiplication
14『我必眷顾你们，使你们繁衍增多；我必坚定与你们所立的约。』（利二六9。）繁衍增多，表征召会多结果子，繁衍增多。召会没有扩增繁殖，很强的表明我们在神面前有些地方出了问题。我们若没有结果子而繁增，就需要找出问题所在。
14I will have regard for you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you” (v. 9). Fruitfulness in multiplication signifies that the church will be fruitful and multiply. The lack of increase or multiplication in the church is a strong sign that before God the church is wrong in some way. If there is no fruitfulness in multiplication, we need to find out what is wrong
六 神的居所在百姓中间
F. God’s Dwelling Being among the People
15『我要定居在你们中间，我的心也不厌恶你们。』（利二六11。）神的居所在百姓中间，表征神的居所在召会中建造起来，叫神喜悦，居住在祂的子民中间。（参林后六16～18。）
15I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not abhor you” (v. 11). God’s making His dwelling among the people signifies that God’s dwelling will be built up in the church for God’s delight that He may dwell among His people (cf. 2 Cor. 6:16-18
16伍不顺从的要受惩治，使他
16V. THE DISOBEYING ONES TO BE CHASTISED
们悔改
that they may repent
17在利未记二十六章十四至三十九节，我们看见不顺从的要受惩治，使他们悔改。这表征不照著灵而行，反照著肉体而行的信徒要受惩治，且不只一次，乃是多层多次的遭受惩罚，以迫使他们悔改。一第一层－派定的惊慌临到
17In Leviticus 26:14-39 we see that the disobeying ones will be chastised that they may repent. This signifies that the believers who do not walk according to the Spirit but according to the flesh will suffer chastisement, not just once but on many levels with a number of punishments, that they may be forced to repent. A. On the First Level—the Appointing of Sudden Terror
18在二十六章十四至十七节，有第一层的惩治。这是派定的惊慌，是指突然临到的恐慌。1痨病和热病，使人视力衰败，精神消耗，仇敌要吃他们所种的，他们要白白的撒种
18In 26:14-17 we have the chastisement on the first level. This is the appointing of sudden terror. This refers to a threat that comes in suddenly. 1. A Consuming Disease and a Fever Causing the Eyesight to Fail and the Life to Waste Away, and the Enemy Eating What They Have Sown in Vain
19『我也就要这样向你们行：我要派定惊慌、痨病和热病临到你们，使你们视力衰败，精神消耗；你们要白白的撒种，因为你们的仇敌要吃你们所种的。』（利二六16。）这表征我们的灵，甚至我们的身体要软弱，以致失去视力和精神，仇敌要享受我们劳碌所作的。倒在辖管他们的仇敌面前，没有人追赶，却要逃跑
19“I also will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, a consuming disease and a fever that will cause your eyesight to fail and your life to waste away; you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it” (v. 16). This signifies that we will be sick in the spirit and even in the body so that we lose our eyesight and our life, and the enemy will enjoy what we have done in emptiness. 2. Being Struck Down before the Ruling2 Enemies and Fleeing When No One Pursues
20『我要向你们变脸，你们就要倒在仇敌面前；恨你们的要辖管你们，没有人追赶，你们却要逃跑。』（利二六17。）这表征我们软弱以致无法在仇敌面前站立，却要从他们面前逃跑。这描述召会因著不顺从神的警告而软弱的光景。二第二层－受七倍的惩罚在十八至二十节，有第二层的惩治。在这里，神的百姓受到七倍的惩罚。『在这一切之后，你们若还不听从我，我就要为你们的罪再加七倍惩罚你们。』（利二六18。）这样的惩罚是更严厉的。天如铁，无雨
20“I will set My face against you, and you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you shall rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues” (v. 17). This signifies that we will become so weak that we will not be able to stand before the enemies but will flee from them. This is a description of a church that is weak because of disobedience to God’s warning. B. On the Second Level—Being Disciplined Sevenfold In verses 18 through 20 we have the chastisement son the second level. Here God’s people are disciplined sevenfold. “And if after all this you will not listen to Me, then I will go on to discipline you sevenfold for your sins” (v. 18). Such a discipline is much more severe. 1. The Heavens Being Made like Iron, 1
Giving No Rain
21『我必打断你们能力的骄傲，使你们的天像铁，你们的地像铜。』（利二六19。）这表征那灵将不从诸天临到我们。
21“And I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like brass” (v. 19). This signifies that the Spirit will not come to us from the heavens.
22这关于天如铁的话，已经应验在巴勒斯坦地，直到第一次世界大战之后。历史告诉我们，自这话说出，以色列人对神的警告不顺从以后，在圣地上的天就坚如铁，没有一点雨水；泥土因干旱也被风吹走。这光景乃是神豫言的应验。地如铜，无出产
22This word about the heavens being made like iron was fulfilled in the land of Palestine until World War I. History tells us that since this word was spoken and the children of Israel became disobedient to God’s warning, the heaven above the holy land became hard as iron, giving no rain. Also, because of the dryness, the soil was blown away. This situation is a fulfillment of God’s foretelling. 2. The Earth Being Made like Brass, 2
Yielding No Produce
23利未记二十六章十九节下半告诉我们，地要像铜一样。二十节接著说，『你们要白费力量，因为你们的地不出土产，地上的树木也不结果实。』这表征我们将没有属灵的出产，作我们属灵的食物。无法从食物得著满足，就很难安全的生活。没有食物或安全，乃是不顾神警告的结果。
23Leviticus 26:19b tells us that the earth would be made like brass. Verse 20 continues, “Your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.” This signifies that we will have no spiritual produce for our spiritual food. Without satisfaction in food, it is hard to live securely. Not having food or security is the result of disregarding God’s warning