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利未记生命读经 · 第61篇

警告的话（三）

The Word of Warning (3)
1读经：利未记26:21-46。按照利未记二十六章警告的话，顺从的人要蒙福，（利二六3～，）但不顺从的人要受惩治，使他们悔改。（利二六14～39。）这惩治有五层。我们已经看过，第一层是派定的惊慌临到。（利二六14～17。）这惊慌包括痨病和热病，并且要被仇敌打败。第二层是受七倍的惩罚，天如铁，无雨，地如铜，无出产。（利二六18～20。）在本篇信息中，我们要继续来看其余三层，（利二六21～39，）然后再看百姓的悔改与神的记念。（利二六40～45。）
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 26:21-46 According to the word of warning in Leviticus 26, the obeying ones will be blessed (vv. 3-13), but the disobeying ones will be chastised that they may 13 repent (vv. 14-39). This chastisement is on five levels. As we have seen, the first level is the appointing of sudden terror (vv. 14-17). This terror comprises both a consuming disease and a fever and also being defeated by the enemies. The chastisement on the second level is a matter of being disciplined sevenfold, with the heavens being made like iron, giving no rain, and the earth being made like brass, yielding no produce (vv. 18-20). In this message we shall go on to see the chastisement on the other three levels (vv. 21-39) and then the repentance of the people and the remembrance of God (vv. 40-45).
三 第三层－七倍的瘟疫临到
C. On the Third Level—Bringing Plagues Sevenfold
2第三层的惩治是七倍的瘟疫临到。（利二六21～22。）
2The chastisement on the third level brings in plagues sevenfold (vv. 21-22
1 瘟疫
1. Plagues
3『你们行事若与我反对，不情愿听从我，我就要按你们的罪加七倍，使瘟疫临到你们。』（利二六21。）这些瘟疫表征召会中信徒之间的难处。（林前一11，林后十二20。）2走兽夺去百姓的儿女，吞灭他们的牲口，使他们的人数减少，以致
3Then if you walk contrary to Me and are not willing to listen to Me, I will bring even more plagues upon you, sevenfold according to your sins” (v. 21). These plagues signify troubles among the believers in the church (1 Cor. 1:11; 2 Cor. 12:20). 2. Beasts Bereaving People of Their Children and Destroying Their Cattle, Reducing the Number
道路荒凉
of People and Making Their Roads Desolate
4『我必打发野地的走兽与你们为敌，夺去你们的儿女，吞灭你们的牲口，使你们人数减少，以致道路荒凉。』（利二六22。）这表征召会中有凶暴的人（徒二十29）起来，夺去信徒生命的出产，吞灭他们属灵的产业，使他们人数减少，以致交通荒凉。
4And I will send against you the beasts of the field, and they shall bereave you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number, so that your roads become desolate” (v. 22). This signifies that in the church fierce people (Acts 20:29) will rise up to bereave the believers of their life produce, to destroy their spiritual possessions, to reduce their number, and to desolate their communications
四 第四层－七倍的击打
D. On the Fourth Level—Striking Sevenfold
5第四层的惩治是七倍的击打。
5The chastisement on the fourth level is a matter of striking sevenfold
1 有刀剑临到
1. Bringing a Sword
6『我要使刀剑临到你们，为所立的约施行报复。』（利二六25上。）这表征召会中有弟兄相争。弟兄相争乃是神惩治的标记。
6“I will bring a sword upon you that will execute vengeance for the covenant” (v. 25a). This signifies that in the church there will be fightings among the brothers. Fightings among the brothers is a sign of God’s chastisement.
2 有瘟疫临到
2. Sending the Pestilence
7『你们若聚集在城内，我要打发瘟疫到你们中间。』（利二六25中。）这表征召会中有某种属灵的传染病。这病的『病菌』主要是藉著闲谈和闲聊散播的。3将百姓交在仇敌手中
7If you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you” (v. 25b). This signifies that in the church there will be some kind of contagious disease. The “germs” of this disease are spread mainly through gossip and vain talk. 3. Delivering the People into the Hand of the Enemy
8『将你们交在仇敌的手中。』（利二六25下。）这表征召会中的信徒要落在仇敌手里。在我过召会生活的历史中，我看见这样的事发生过几次。4断绝粮食的供应，以致要按分量派给，百姓吃不饱
8You shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy” (v. 25c). This signifies that the believers in the church will be taken over by the enemy. During my history in the church life, I have seen such a thing happen a few times. 4. Cutting Off the Supply of Bread So That It Will Be Delivered by Weight and People
Will Not Be Satisfied
9『我要断绝你们粮食的供应，那时，十个女人要在一个炉子里给你们烤饼，又按分量派给你们；你们要吃，也吃不饱。』（利二六26。）这表征召会中属灵的供应要断绝，大量减少，以致信徒得不到饱足。在召会生活中，我们也看见这样的事发生过。在某些召会中，长时缺乏属灵食物供应的分配。结果，那些召会发生饥荒。五第五层－再次受到七倍的惩罚
9When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they will deliver again your bread by weight; and you will eat and not be satisfied” (v. 26). This signifies that in the church the spiritual supply will be cut off to a greatly reduced amount, so that there will be no satisfaction for the believers. We also have seen this happen in the church life. In a certain church there was a long period of time when there was no distribution of the spiritual food supply. As a result, in that church there was starvation. E. On the Fifth Level—Being Disciplined Sevenfold Again
10在第五层惩治里，百姓再次受到七倍的惩罚。（利二六27～39。）
10In the chastisement on the fifth level the people are disciplined sevenfold again (vv. 27-39
1 吃儿女的肉
1. Eating the Flesh of Their Children
11『你们要吃你们儿子的肉，也要吃你们女儿的肉。』（利二六。）这表征召会变得贫穷，不能满足信徒，反倒夺去他们的食物供应。在这样的情形里，食物的供应缺乏到一个地步，除了『儿女，』就是召会过去所生的肢体以外，就没有可吃的。
11“And you will eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters you will eat” (v. 29). This signifies that the church becomes so poor that it is unable to 29 satisfy its members but bereaves them of their food supply. In such a situation the shortage of the food supply reaches the extent of there being nothing to eat except the “children,” that is, what the church members produced in the past.
2 他们的尸首扔在他们偶像的身上
2. Their Carcasses Being Cast upon the Carcasses of Their Idols
12『我必毁坏你们的邱坛，砍下你们的香坛，把你们的尸首扔在你们偶像的身上；我的心也必厌恶你们。』（利二六30。）这表征属肉体的召会把自己如同尸首摆在神以外的目标上，这些目标是她们当作偶像追求，却为神所毁坏的。这里我们看见，在这样的召会中，神要来毁坏偶像并那些拜偶像的人。在这样的召会里，甚么都没有，只有一堆尸首。
12“I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you” (v. 30). This signifies that the fleshly churches place themselves as carcasses upon the goals other than God that were sought by them as idols and destroyed by God. Here we see that in such a church God comes in to destroy both the idols and those who worship them. In such a church there is nothing but a heap of carcasses.
3 他们的城邑荒废，他们的圣所荒凉，
3. Their Cities Being Laid Waste and Their Sanctuaries Being Desolated
13神也不闻他们怡爽的香气
13with No Smell of a Satisfying Fragrance to God
14『我必使你们的城邑荒废，使你们的圣所荒凉；我也不闻你们怡爽的香气。』（利二六31。）这表征召会荒废，她们的敬拜也荒凉，没有使神满足的香气。
14I will lay waste your cities, and desolate your sanctuaries; and I will not smell your satisfying fragrance” (v. 31). This signifies that the churches are laid waste and their worship is desolated, and there is no satisfaction as a fragrance to God
4 地荒凉，仇敌住在其上
4. The Land Being Desolated and Inhabited by Their Enemies
15『我必使地荒凉，连你们的仇敌住在其上也必惊讶。』（利二六。）这表征召会对基督这丰美之地的享受荒凉了，且被仇敌所窃取。这样的召会对基督不再有享受，因为这享受被仇敌窃取了。遭遇这事的召会，已经失去对基督的享受到了极点。
15“I will desolate the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled over it” (v. 32). This signifies that the church’s enjoyment of Christ as the rich 32 land is desolated and stolen by the enemies. In such a church there is no longer the enjoyment of Christ, for this enjoyment has been stolen by the enemy. A church in which this happens is a church which has lost the enjoyment of Christ to the uttermost.
5 分散在列国之中，被拔出的刀追赶
5. Being Scattered among the Nations and Chased by the Unsheathed Sword
16『我必使你们分散在列国之中，被拔刀追赶你们；你们的地要荒凉，城要荒废。』（利二六33。）拔出的刀表征神那死的审判。百姓分散在列国之中，并被拔出的刀追赶，表征召会分散在外邦人中，并被神死的审判所追赶。
16And I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you; your land shall be a desolation and your cities a waste” (v. 33). The unsheathed sword signifies God’s death-judgment. The people being scattered among the nations and chased by the unsheathed sword signifies that the church is scattered among the Gentiles and driven by the death-judgment of God
6 在他们被掳期间，地享受安息
6. The Land Enjoying Its Sabbath during Their Captivity
17『你们在仇敌之地居住的时候，地既荒凉，就长时享受安息；这样，地就得著歇息，享受安息。地荒凉多久，就要享受安息多久；地这样安息，是你们居住其上的时候，在你们的安息年中未曾得著的。』（利二六34～35。）在他们被掳期间，地享受安息，这表征信徒分散在外邦人中，召会对基督这丰美之地的享受就荒废了。在我的召会生活中，至今还没有见过这种光景。7百姓在仇敌之地心里怯弱，他们要被追赶并逃避如同逃避刀剑，彼此绊跌，在列国中灭亡，在仇敌之地被吞灭并败灭『至于你们剩下的人，我必使他们在仇敌之地心里怯弱，连叶子吹动的响声，都要追赶他们；他们要逃避，好像逃避刀剑，无人追赶，却要跌倒；无人追赶，却要彼此绊跌，像在刀剑之前；你们在仇敌面前，也必站立不住。你们要在列国中灭亡，仇敌之地要吞灭你们。你们剩下的人，必因自己的罪孽，在仇敌之地败灭；也必因他们祖宗的罪孽，像他们一样败灭。』（利二六3㎏～。）这表征召会在被掳中受苦，至终被仇敌吞灭。这是神圣惩治的总结，这惩治有四层都是七倍的。七倍的惩治意即加强的惩治。陆被掳百姓的悔改
17“Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths all the days that it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. All the days that it lies desolate it will keep a sabbath, a sabbath which it did not keep in your sabbaths, when you lived upon it” (vv. 34-35). The land enjoying its sabbath during their captivity signifies that the church’s enjoyment of Christ as the rich land lies waste after the believers are scattered among the Gentiles. Thus far in my church life, I have not seen this kind of situation. 7. In the Enemies’ Lands Faintness Being Sent into the Hearts, the People Being Driven and Fleeing as though Fleeing from the Sword, Stumbling over One Another, Perishing among the Nations Being Consumed and Rotting in the Land of Their Enemies “And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the land of their enemies, so that the sound of a driven leaf will chase them, and they will flee as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall when no one pursues. They will stumble over one another as if before the sword, though no one pursues, and you will not be able to stand before your enemies. You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you. Those of you who are left will rot away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their fathers, they will rot away like them” (vv. 36-39). This signifies that the church in its captivity is under suffering and is eventually consumed by the 39 enemies. This is the conclusion of the divine chastisement, a chastisement which in four of its levels is sevenfold. For chastisement to be sevenfold means that it is intensified. VI. THE REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE IN CAPTIVITY
与神的记念
and the remembrance of God
18现在我们来说到一件相当激励人的事－被掳百姓的悔改与神的记念。（利二六40～45。）一承认他们的罪孽，谦卑他们未受割礼的心，并接受对他们罪
18Now we come to a matter that is quite encouraging— the repentance of the people in captivity and the remembrance of God (vv. 40-45). A. Confessing Their Iniquity, Humbling Their Uncircumcised Heart, and Accepting the
孽的惩罚
Punishment of Their Iniquity
19四十至四十一节说到神的百姓承认他们的罪孽，谦卑他们未受割礼的心，并接受对他们罪孽的惩罚。这表征在仇敌俘掳下的召会悔改，承认她的罪，并为她的罪接受神的惩罚。
19Verses 40 and 41 speak of God’sp eople confessing their iniquity, humbling their uncircumcised heart, and accepting the punishment of their iniquity. This signifies that the church in its captivity under the enemies repents, confesses its sins, and accepts God’s punishments for its sins
20二神记念祂的约和这地
20B. God Remembering His Covenants and the Land
21『我就要记念我与雅各所立的约，我与以撒所立的约，也要记念我与亚伯拉罕所立的约，并要记念这地。』（利二六42。）这表征神为著被掳中的召会，记念祂的新约和基督这丰美之地。通常在我们悔改认罪时，都能经历到神记念新约，也记念那赐给我们作丰美之地的基督。三神虽管教，却不弃绝百姓，不将他们全然消灭，也不违背与他们
21“Then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, My covenant also with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham as well I will remember; and I will remember the land” (v. 42). This signifies that for the church in captivity God remembers His new covenant and Christ as the rich land. Often when we repent and confess, we have the experience of God remembering the new covenant and also remembering Christ, who has been given to us as our rich land. C. In Spite of His Chastisement God Not Rejecting the People, Neither Destroying Them Utterly nor
所立的约
Breaking His Covenant with Them
22『虽然是这样，他们在仇敌之地，我却不弃绝他们，也不厌恶他们，将他们全然消灭，违背我与他们所立的约。』（利二六44。）这表征神严厉的管教召会之后，并不弃绝她，也不全然消灭她，或违背与她所立的约。不管情形如何，我们仍然是在神的新约之下，仍然有我们的分。在此，我们该注意，利未记二十五章说到神的恩典，就是禧年所表征的，二十六章说到神的行政（惩治、管理、国度）。在新约，神的恩典是保罗的职事所说到的，神的行政是彼得的职事所说到的。记住这点，对我们读新约会有帮助。
22And yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them so as to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God” (v. 44). This signifies that God, having chastised the church severely, will not reject it, nor will He destroy it utterly or break His covenant with it. No matter what the situation may be, we are still under God’s New Testament covenant, and we still have our portion. At this point we should note that chapter twenty-five of Leviticus concerns the grace of God, signified by the jubilee, whereas chapter twenty-six concerns the administration of God (chastisement, government, kingdom). In the New Testament, the grace of God is covered by the ministry of Paul, and God’sad ministration is covered by the ministry of Peter. Keeping this in mind will be helpful to us as we read the New Testament
23神对祂子民之应许的应验，可以从以色列的历史看到。一九二○年代我们研读有关豫言的书，就知道利未记和申命记里论到以色列的豫言。我相信神，也相信圣经所记载一切的豫言，但我怀疑犹太人怎能成为一个国家，那时他们已经失去了国土，那地被回教徒所霸占。我一直等待犹太人在他们祖宗之地，就是圣地巴勒斯坦，成立一个国家。一九四八年，犹太人突然归回他们祖宗之地，在那里成立了政府和国家。让我回想已往从报章书籍所读到的，向你们简述那段历史故事。第一次世界大战期间，英国缺少一种制造军火的重要化学药品。一位住在英国的犹太学者知道如何生产这种化学药品。于是英国政府便和这位学者达成协议：倘若这位学者帮助英国生产所需要的化学药品，英国就要在战后把巴勒斯坦归还犹太人。（那时巴勒斯坦受鄂图曼帝国统治；鄂图曼帝国战时与德国联盟。）战争结束后，英国政府却食言了。由英国和法国所支配的国际联盟，把黎巴嫩归给法国，又把约但河两岸归给英国作保护国。
23The fulfillment of God’s promise to His people can be seen in the history of Israel. In the 1920s we studied book son prophecy and came to know the promises concerning Israel in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. I believed God and I believed all the prophecies recorded in the Bible, yet I wondered how the Jews could be formed into a nation, since they had lost their land and it was occupied by the Moslems. I was waiting for the time when the Jews would be formed into a nation in their fatherland, the Holy Land, Palestine. Suddenly, in 1948, the Jews returned to their fathers’ land and formed a government and a nation there. Let me tell you the story very briefly according to what I recall from my reading of newspapers and books. During World War I, the British had a shortage of a certain chemical which was crucial for manufacturing ammunition. A Jewish scholar who was living in Great Britain knew how to produce this chemical. An agreement was made between the British government and this scholar that if he would help the British to produce the needed chemical, they would return Palestine to the Jews after the war. (At that time Palestine was under the Ottoman Empire, which had joined with Germany in the war.) When the war was over, the British government did not keep its word. The League of Nations, which was dominated by Great Britain and France, gave Lebanon to France and the land on either side of the Jordan River to England as protectorates
24犹太人对英国的失信大感失望。我相信英国的失信是得罪神的。从那时起，神的祝福就转离了英国。第二次世界大战期间，希特勒杀害了六百万犹太人。这激起了犹太人的心，他们领悟到，只要他们没有自己的地，没有自己的政府，他们就没有保护。我相信虔诚、正统的犹太人向神献上许多祷告，我也相信神听了他们的祷告。战争结束的时候，美国题议犹太人归回他们祖宗之地。英国同意，也豫备好了。一九四八年，英国军队在犹太人前面赶走巴勒斯坦人，叫他们离开他们的家，犹太人就迁进去。犹太人就是这样回到他们祖宗之地，成立政府的。
24The Jews were deeply disappointed by the failure of Great Britain to keep its promise. I believe that this failure was an offense to God. From that time onward, God’s blessing was turned away from Great Britain to another direction. During World War II, Hitler killed six million Jews. This stirred the hearts of the Jewish people, and they realized that as long as they did not have their own land and government, they had no protection. I believe that many prayers were offered to God by the devoted, Orthodox Jews. I also believe that God heard their prayers. At the end of the war, the United States proposed that the Jews return to their fathers’ land. Great Britain agreed, and preparations were made. In 1948 the British forces went ahead of the Jews to drive the Palestinians from their homes, and the Jews moved in. It was in this way that the Jews returned to their fatherland and formed a government
25我在上海从报纸得知这消息，就大感震惊。我活著看见圣经伟大的豫言部分得了应验。我对圣经豫言的信念得著加强。一九四八年犹太人并未获得耶路撒冷旧区，该区仍在约但的占领之下。然而，在一九六七年那称为六日战争中，以色列人占领了耶路撒冷其余的部分，以及约但河西岸。
25When I got to know this in the newspaper in Shanghai, I was greatly surprised. I was alive to see the fulfillment of part of a great biblical prophecy. My belief in the prophecies of the Bible was confirmed. In 1948 the Jews did not take possession of the old section of Jerusalem, which was still controlled by Jordan. However, in 1967, during what is called the Six Day War, Israel took over the remainder of Jerusalem and the West Bank of the Jordan River
26虽然犹太人得回圣地，他们却没有完全、整体的向神悔改。大部分犹太人还留在不信之中。以色列政府也许顾到宗教，却不顾到神。我不知道犹太人中间的政治家，有那一个是敬虔的。然而，仍有虔诚的犹太人顾到神，他们当中有些人日夜祷告。我相信他们知道利未记二十六章，并且至少在某种程度上遵守这话。神的确是在按著祂的应许，答应他们祷告的过程中。以色列人能抵抗许多回教和阿拉伯国家，指明了这一点。以色列人能站住，因为神在他们背后。
26Although the Jews have regained the Holy Land, they have not yet fully and wholly repented to God. The majority of the Jews remain in their unbelief. The government of Israel may care for religion, but it does not care for God. I do not know of one statesman among the Jews who has been godly. However, the devoted Jews care for God, and some of them pray day and night. I believe that they know Leviticus 26 and, at least to some extent, keep this word. God surely is in the process of answering their prayers according to His promise. One indication of this is Israel’s being able to stand against so many Moslem and Arab nations. Israel stands because God is behind them.
27对这段历史简略的回顾，证明神那神圣话语的豫言是真实的。我看到这话的应验，并且今天牠还在应验中。神就是神，祂论到以色列的话必要完全应验。祂要保存以色列直到主回来。今天我们需要跟从利未记二十六章的属灵原则。我们若犯了错，就该悔改；这样，就要得回祝福作我们的享受。
27This brief review of history testifies that the prophetic word in God’sho ly Word is true. I have seen the fulfillment of this word, and it is still being fulfilled today. God is God, and His word concerning Israel will be fulfilled in full. He will preserve Israel until the Lord’s coming back. Today we need to follow the spiritual principles in Leviticus 26. If we are wrong, we should repent. Then we shall receive back the blessing for our enjoyment