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哈巴谷书生命读经 · 第2篇

基督是弥迦书、约拿书、和哈巴谷书的联结因素，

Christ as the Linking Factor in Micah, Jonah, and Habakkuk
以及圣经是神藉著人说话而给的神圣启示
and the Bible as the Divine Revelation Given by God’s Speaking through Man
1读经：弥迦书5:2，约拿书1:17，哈
1Scripture Reading: Micah 5:2; Jonah 1:17; Hab. 2:4
2巴谷书2:4。
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3在前篇信息中，我们看了哈巴谷书的介言，申言者与耶和华之间第一次的对话，以及两者之间第二次对话的第一部分；下一篇信息我们要看这个对话的第二部分，以及申言者向耶和华唱的诗歌。本篇信息是插进来的信息，在此我有负担说到两件事：基督是弥迦书、约拿书、和哈巴谷书的联结因素，以及圣经是神藉著人说话而给的神圣启示。
3In the foregoing message we covered the introductory word, the first dialogue between the prophet and Jehovah, and the first part of the second dialogue between them, and in the next message we will cover the second part of this dialogue and the prophet’ss ong to Jehovah. In this message, which is an insertion, I have the burden to say a word concerning two matters: Christ as the linking factor in the books of Micah, Jonah, and Habakkuk, and the Bible as the divine revelation given by God’s speaking through man
和哈巴谷书的联结因素
in Micah, Jonah, and Habakkuk
4表面看来，弥迦书、约拿书、和哈巴谷书是分开的，没有任何东西将这三卷书联结起来。然而，我们若进入这三卷书的内在内容，就会看见其中有一个联结的因素，这联结的因素就是基督。
4Apparently, the books of Micah, Jonah, and Habakkuk are separate and are not linked together by anything. However, if we get into the intrinsic contents of these three books, we will see that there is a linking factor and that this linking factor is Christ
基督的起源和出生
Christ’s Origin and Birth
5弥迦书五章二节说，『伯利恒以法他阿，你在犹大诸城中为小，将来必有一位从你那里出来，到我这里，在以色列中作掌权的；祂是从亘古，从太初而出。』在这里我们看见基督是永远的一位；祂的起源是在太初。但有一天祂在伯利恒出生，成了一个人。因此，我们在这里看见基督的起源和出生。
5Micah 5:2 says, “You, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, / So little to be among the thousands of Judah, / From you there will come forth to Me / He who is to be Ruler in Israel; / And His goings forth are from ancient times, / From the days of eternity.” Here we see that Christ is the eternal One; His origin is in eternity. But one day He was born as a man in Bethlehem. Thus, here we have Christ’s origin and birth
基督的死与复活
Christ’s Death and Resurrection
6约拿书一章十七节说，『耶和华安排一条大鱼吞了约拿，他在鱼腹中三日三夜。』在这里约拿豫表基督，祂死了，留在地心三日三夜，然后复活。（太十二40～41。）因此，在约拿的豫表上，我们看见基督的死与复活。
6Jonah 1:17 says, “Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah up, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for three days and three nights.” Here Jonah is a type of Christ, who died, who was in the heart of the earth three days and three nights, and who then was resurrected (Matt. 12:40-41). Thus, in the type of Jonah, we see Christ’s death and resurrection
义人必本于信活著
The Righteous One Living by His Faith
7在约拿书中，耶和华的救恩藉著申言者的传扬被带到最邪恶的外邦城。今天神的救恩已经藉著福音的传扬临到我们。我们藉著信就接受并应用神的救恩。这就是哈巴谷二章四节所说的金句：『义人必本于信活著。』藉著信，我们已经接受藉著基督的来所豫备、完成、并终极成就的救恩；结果我们现在就成为构成基督身体的信徒。至终，当基督回来击败祂的仇敌并设立祂在地上的国度时，那些是得胜者的信徒要与祂一同回来。
7In the book of Jonah, Jehovah’ss alvation was brought to the most evil city of the Gentiles through the preaching of the prophet. Today God’ss alvation has come to us through the preaching of the gospel. We have received and applied God’s salvation by faith. This is what is mentioned in the one golden verse in the book of Habakkuk, 2:4: “The righteous one will live by his faith.” By faith we have received the salvation that was prepared, completed, and consummated by Christ’s coming forth, and as a result we now are believers constituting the Body of Christ. Eventually, those believers who are the overcomers will be with Christ when He comes to defeat His enemies and to set up His kingdom on the earth.
需要看见内在的东西
The Need to See Something Intrinsic
8在前面我们看见基督自己是小申言者书的联结因素。我们已经看见祂的起源、出生、受死、以及复活。我们也看见藉著祂复活后的出来，神完全的救恩就临到我们，我们也藉著信来接受。我们能看见基督是联结的因素，世人却只看见消毁的因素（蝗虫）和受苦的因素（以色列）。二十七个世纪以来，以色列一直是在蝗虫的剪除、挤压、舔噬、消毁之下受苦。（珥一4。）今天的报纸尽是关于蝗虫和以色列的报导。我们需要看见比报纸的报导更多的事；我们需要看见内在的东西。这意思是，我们需要看见基督这永远的一位，已经在祂的成为肉体、受死、和复活里出来，并且当更多的信徒加给祂时，祂的出来就一直继续著。我们可以把祂的出来比作火车的前进：火车前进时必须在不同的站停下，好使货物能装上车。基督是『火车』，而我们是在祂里面的『货物』。最后，这列火车将要带著货物，抵达目的地。
8From the foregoing we can see that Christ Himself is the linking factor in the Minor Prophets. We have seen His origin, birth, death, and resurrection. We have also seen that through His going forth after His resurrection, God’s complete salvation has come to us and that we have received it by faith. Whereas we can see Christ as the linking factor, the worldly people see only the consuming factor (the locusts) and the suffering factor (Israel). For twenty- seven centuries Israel has been suffering under the locusts with their cutting, swarming, licking, and consuming (Joel 1:4). The newspapers are full of reports concerning the locusts and Israel. We need to see something more than what is reported in the newspapers. We need to see something intrinsic. This means that we need to see that Christ, the eternal One, has gone forth in His incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection and that His going forth is continuing today as more believers are added to Him. We may compare His going forth to the movement of a train that makes various stops so that more goods can be loaded onto it. Christ is the “train” and we are the “goods” that are in Him. Eventually, this train with its goods will reach its destination
圣经是神藉著人说话
the Bible as the Divine Revelation
9而给的神圣启示
9Given by God’s Speaking through Man
10圣经是藉著神的说话而有的神圣启示。关于这点，我们需要明白神不容易直接向人说话。在旧约中，成为肉体尚未完成；然而，神知道祂打算要成为人；祂的成为肉体是祂所有出来的第一步，祂乃是在期待这事。照著神圣启示的原则，神不会直接作任何事，而是藉著人、同著人、并在人里面来作每件事。
10The Bible is the divine revelation through God’s speaking. Regarding this, we need to realize that it is not easy for God to speak to human beings directly. In the Old Testament the incarnation had not yet been accomplished; however, God knew that He intended to become a man. His being incarnated was the first step of all His goings forth, and God was anticipating this. The principle according to the divine revelation is that God would not do anything directly but would do everything through man, with man, and in man.
从亚当迁到基督里
Transferred out of Adam and into Christ
11神成为人这件事，在旧约中不是很清楚的看见。但在新约中，尤其从约翰福音开始，出现一些辞句像『在我里面』（约十四20）和『住在我里面』。（十五4。）我们信『入』了主耶稣，（三16，）现今就在祂里面。在信入基督以前，我们是在基督之外；我们乃是在亚当里。但有一天我们从亚当迁到作三一神具体化身的基督里。如今我们是在基督里的人了。不幸的是，没有很多基督徒看见，真正、活的基督徒在事实和实际上乃是在基督里。保罗在他的书信中强调在基督里的重要性；在他的书信中，尤其是以弗所书，他
11The matter of God being in man is not clearly seen in the Old Testament, but in the New Testament, especially beginning from John, there are phrases like in Me (14:20) and abide inMe (15:4). We believe into the Lord Jesus (3:16), and now we are in Him. Before believing we were outside of Christ; we were in Adam. But one day we were transferred out of Adam and into Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God. Now we are persons in Christ. Unfortunately, not many Christians realize that genuine, living Christians are those who are actually and practically in Christ. The importance of being in Christ is stressed by Paul in his Epistles, where, especially in Ephesians, the short phrase in Christ is so frequently used
12经常用到『在基督里』这短短的辞。旧约的重点
12The Strong Accent in the Old Testament
13在旧约中很难找到一个事例，证明神的子民是一班迁到三一神里的人。然而，在每卷申言者的书中，每当他们论到基督，那就是那卷书的要点、重点。例如，约珥书的重点不是蝗虫，而是终极完成之灵的浇灌。事实上，这就是整本旧约的重点，因为那灵的浇灌乃是基督实际的实化，祂就是活的、复合、终极完成、赐生命并内住的灵。这位基督就是藉著成为肉体、人性生活、受死、复活并升天的过程，而终极完成的三一神。但这还不是一切。在祂升天后，祂就浇灌、降下，为要内住在人里，并与人调和。这个调和含示性情上的圣别、更新、变化、模成、成熟和得荣。至终，这个调和使我们与经过过程之三一神的神圣人位成为一，这位三一神的具体化身就是基督，其实际就是那灵。今天这位灵是包罗万有的一位住在我们里面，在我们里面行动，涂抹我们，并与我们调和。
13In the Old Testament it is difficult to find a case which proves that God’sp eople are those who have been transferred into the Triune God. Nevertheless, in each of the prophets’ books, wherever they speak concerning Christ, that is the great point, the strong accent, of that book. For example, the strong accent of the book of Joel is not the locusts but the outpouring of the consummated Spirit. Actually, this is the accent of the entire Old Testament, for the outpouring of the Spirit is the practical realization of Christ, who is the living, compound, consummated, life-giving, and indwelling Spirit. This Christ is just the Triune God, consummated through the processes of incarnation, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension. But this is not all. Following His ascension is His being poured out, His coming down, to indwell man and mingle with man. This mingling implies a dispositional sanctifying, renewing, transforming, conforming, maturing, and glorifying. Eventually, this mingling makes us one with the divine person of the processed Triune God, whose embodiment is Christ and whose reality is the Spirit. Today this Spirit is the all-inclusive One indwelling us, moving in us, anointing us, and mingling with us
旧约的核仁、内在的部分
The Kernel, the Intrinsic Part, of the Old Testament
14基督在旧约里是藉著豫表、豫言、历史书、和诗篇启示出来的。基督的豫表、关于基督的豫言、和历史书不需要被炼净，但我们读诗篇却必须用炼净的方式。在头四十一篇里，只有七篇陈明基督清楚的启示。（诗二，八，十六，二二～二四，四○。）诗篇第一篇是好的，却是照著天然的观念。但这一篇还是需要的，因为若没有这一篇，诗篇第二篇的美怎能显出来呢？
14Christ is revealed in the Old Testament by the types, the prophecies, the historical writings, and the Psalms. The types of Christ, the prophecies concerning Christ, and the historical writings do not need to be purified, but we must study the Psalms in a purifying way. Among the first forty-one psalms, only seven present a clear revelation of Christ (Psa. 2, 8, 16, 22—24, 40). Psalm 1 is good, but it is good according to the natural concept. Still, this psalm is necessary, for without it, how could the beauty of Psalm 2 be manifested?
15我们可用橘子树来说明。为了要长大，橘子不只需要皮，也需要整棵树，连同树根、树干、树枝和树叶。然而，这些东西没有一样是可以吃的。说到吃喝，我们实际上所需要的只是橘子汁而已。这个例子指出与享受基督，就是吃基督有关的一件重要的事。为了要在实际里看基督，我们需要整卷诗篇一百五十篇；但若要享受基督、吃基督，我们就要来看诗篇中关于基督的启示。圣经是神圣的说话，但这神圣的说话不是从神自己直接出来的，而是神藉著人说的。譬如，神吩咐大卫说出诗篇第二篇，但因大卫满了意见和观念，且爱律法到极点，他就说了诗篇第一篇；他加上了自己的东西。今天当我们读圣经时，我们可能不知道甚么是真实的信息，甚么是人加上的。这可能是我们读小申言者书的光景。在这几卷书里有些属人的观念。当约拿向神发怒，与神辩论时，他是在表达他自己属人的观念。在这里重要的点乃是：虽然整本圣经是神圣的启示，却只有核仁、内在的部分是适合我们吃喝以滋养我们的。
15Let us use an orange tree as an illustration. In order to grow, an orange needs not only its peel but also the whole tree with the roots, the trunk, the branches, and the leaves. However, none of these should be eaten. Actually, to eat or drink, the only thing we need is the orange juice. This illustration points to something crucial related to the enjoyment of Christ, the eating of Christ. In order to see Christ in reality, we need all one hundred fifty of the psalms, but to enjoy Christ, to feed on Christ, we need to come to the revelation of Christ in the Psalms. The Bible is the divine speaking, but this divine speaking is not something that has come directly by God Himself. This speaking is by God through man. For instance, God charged David to speak what is in Psalm 2, but because David was full of opinions and concepts and because he loved the law to the uttermost, he spoke Psalm 1. He added something of his own. Today when we come to the Bible, we may not know what is the real message and what is the human addition. This may be our situation when we come to the Minor Prophets. In these books there are some human concepts. When Jonah was angry with God and argued with God, he was expressing his own human concept. The vital point here is that whereas the entire Bible is the divine revelation, it is the kernel, the intrinsic part, that is good for eating and drinking to nourish us