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撒迦利亚书生命读经 · 第15篇

人的灵以及撒迦利亚书所揭示的基督

A Word Concerning the Human Spirit and the Christ Unveiled in Zechariah
1读经：撒迦利亚书12:1，以赛亚书42:5-6，约翰福音4:24，提摩太后书4:22，撒迦利亚书3:9，启示录5:6，撒迦利亚书1:8-11,20-21;2:1-2,5,8-9,11;4:7,2-3,11-14;9:9;11:7-13;14:9,16-17;4:9;6:12-15,1。
1Scripture Reading: Zech. 12:1; Isa. 42:5-6; John 4:24; 2 Tim. 4:22; Zech. 3:9; Rev. 5:6; Zech. 1:8-11, 20-21; 2:1-2, 5, 8-9, 11; 4:7, 2-3, 11-14; 9:9; 11:7-13; 14:9, 17; 4:9; 6:12-15, 1 1:8-11, 20-21; 2:1-2, 5, 8-9, 11; 4:7, 2-3, 11-
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214; 9:9; 11:7-13; 14:9, 16- 17; 4:9; 6:12-15, 1
3撒迦利亚书启示基督是奇妙的，祂是神经纶的中心与普及。但我们如何能得著这样一位基督？我们能得著基督的凭藉和工具乃是我们人的灵。所以，在本篇信息中，我要说到关于人的灵以及撒迦利亚书所揭示的基督。
3The book of Zechariah reveals that Christ is wonderful and that He is the centrality and universality of God'secon o my. But how can we receive such a Christ? The means and the instrument by which we can receive Christ is our human spirit. In this message, therefore, I would like to give a word concerning the human spirit and the Christ unveiled in Zechariah
4撒迦利亚书和以赛亚书中的姊妹经节撒迦利亚书和以赛亚书都说到很多关于基督的事，其中有一处姊妹经节清楚说到人的灵。撒迦利亚十二章一节说，『铺张诸天，奠立地基，造人里面之灵的耶和华宣告说。』这启示诸天是为著地，地是为著人，神给人造了灵，使人可以接触神，接受神，活神，为神完成神的定旨，并与神是一。以赛亚四十二章五节是撒迦利亚十二章一节的姊妹经节；『创造诸天，铺张穹苍，将地和地所出的一并铺开，赐气息给地上的众人，又赐灵给行在其上之人的神耶和华，如此说。』这里『气息』一辞，原文也可译为『灵』。（参箴二十27。）这两节姊妹经节都题到三件事：诸天，地，和人的灵。撒迦利亚十二章一节说到神造人的灵，而以赛亚四十二章五节只说神赐灵给人。六节接著说到神将灵赐给人的目的：『我是耶和华，我凭公义召你，搀扶你的手，保守你，使你作众民的约，作外邦人的光。』这里我们看见神要把祂的儿子基督赐给我们作约，给外邦人作光。这样一位基督是奇妙的，但除非我们能接受祂，否则祂对我们就是无分无关的。我们要接受这位基督，在我们里面就必须有一个接收器，这个接受器就是我们人的灵。神已经将灵赐给我们，使我们能接受、有分、并享受基督作约，作光。
4SISTER VERSES IN ZECHARIAH AND ISAIAH In the books of Zechariah and Isaiah, both of which have much to say about Christ, there are sister verses that speak clearly regarding the human spirit. Zechariah 12:1 says, " Thus declares Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him." This reveals that the heavens are for the earth, the earth is for man, and man was created by God with a spirit that he may contact God, receive God, live God, fulfill God's purpose for God, and be one with God. Isaiah 42:5 is a sister verse to Zechariah 12:1. "Thus says God Jehovah, / Who created the heavens and stretched them out, / Who spread forth the earth and what springs up from it, / Who gives breath to the people upon it / And spirit to those who walk on it." The Hebrew word translated breath here can also be rendered spirit (cf. Prov. 20:27). These sister verses both mention three matters: the heavens, the earth, and the human spirit. Whereas Zechariah 12:1 speaks of God's forming the human spirit, Isaiah 42:5 simply speaks of God's giving a spirit to man. Verse 6 goes on to speak concerning God's purpose in giving man a spirit. "I am Jehovah; I have called You in righteousness; / I have held You by the hand; / I have kept You and I have given You / As a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations. " Here we see that God intends to give His Son Christ to us as a covenant and as a light to the nations. Such a Christ is wonderful, but unless we can receive Him, He does not have anything to do with us. In order to receive this Christ, we must have a receiver within us, and this receiver is our human spirit. God has given us a spirit so that we can receive, partake of, participate in, and enjoy Christ as the covenant and as the light.
在灵里敬拜神
WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT
5在此我要题醒你们，在约翰四章主与撒玛利亚妇人的对话。主耶稣对她说，『人若喝我所赐的水，就永远不渴；我所赐的水，要在他里面成为泉源，直涌入永远的生命。』（14。）当那妇人求主把这水赐给她时，主要她去叫她的丈夫来。（15～16。）主的目的是要帮助她认识自己的罪。然而，她立刻把话题转到敬拜的事上，说，『我们的祖宗在这山上敬拜，你们倒说，敬拜的地方必须在耶路撒冷。』（20。）主耶稣回答说，『时候将到，那时你们敬拜父，不在这山上，也不在耶路撒冷。…时候将到，如今就是了，那真正敬拜父的，要在灵和真实里敬拜祂，…神是灵；敬拜祂的，必须在灵和真实里敬拜。』（21，23～24。）约翰四章二十四节是一处美妙的经节，与撒迦利亚十二章一节和以赛亚四十二章五节一致。
5At this point I would like to remind you of the Lord's conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4. The Lord Jesus said to her, "Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water gushing up into eternal life" (v. 14). When she asked Him to give her this water, He told her to go and call her husband (vv. 15-16). His intention was to help her to know her sins. However, she immediately turned the conversation to the matter of worship, saying, "Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, yet you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men must worship" (v. 20). The Lord Jesus replied, "An hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father....But an hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truthfulness...God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truthfulness" (vv. 21, 23-24). John 4:24, a wonderful verse, matches Zechariah 12:1 and Isaiah 42:5
6主耶稣对撒玛利亚妇人所说的话，似乎是说，『妇人，你不知道甚么是敬拜神。真正对神的敬拜不是在山上或在耶路撒冷，乃是在你的灵里。惟有藉著用你的灵，你才能摸著神。我是你的神，我在这里成为活水，让你来饮于我。喝这活水的路就是运用你的灵。这是敬拜父的真义。』神已经将灵赐给我们，使我们可以藉著饮于祂来敬拜祂。
6In His word to the Samaritan woman, the Lord Jesus seemed to be saying, "Woman, you do not know what it is to worship God. The real worship of God is not on a mountain or in Jerusalem—it is in your spirit. Only by using your spirit can you touch God. I am your God, and I am here as living water for you to drink of Me. The way to drink this living water is to exercise your spirit. This is what it means to worship the Father." God has given us a spirit that we may worship Him by drinking of Him
主与我们的灵同在
THE LORD BEING WITH OUR SPIRIT
7另一处论到人的灵的重要经节是提后四章二十二节。『愿主与你的灵同在。愿恩典与你同在。』这节不是说主与我们的心思或魂或心同在，乃是告诉我们，祂与我们的灵同在。在我们人的里面深处，有一个特别的器官─人的灵，是神所造，目的为著接受祂并盛装祂。我们，特别是年轻人，都需要看见今天主耶稣基督是与我们的灵同在。
7Another crucial verse concerning the human spirit is 2 Timothy 4:22. "The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you." This verse does not say that the Lord is with our mind or soul or heart; it tells us that He is with our spirit. Deep within, in the center of our being, we have a particular organ—the human spirit—created by God for the purpose of receiving Him and containing Him. We all, especially the young people, need to see that today the Lord Jesus Christ is with our spirit.
我们的灵
OUR SPIRIT
与七倍加强的灵
AND THE SEVENFOLD INTENSIFIED SPIRIT
8我们那得重生的人的灵是与基督相3:9配的，这位基督就是那灵。（林后三17。）撒迦利亚三章九节论到这事说，『看哪，这是我在约书亚面前所立的石头：在一块石头上有七眼。万军之耶和华宣告说，看哪，我要雕刻这石头，并要在一日之间，除掉这地的罪孽。』这块神所雕刻，要除掉神子民之罪孽的石头，就是基督。石头上的七眼乃是『耶和华的眼睛，遍察全地。』（四10。）我们要明白七眼的意义，就需要来看启示录五章六节：『我又看见…有羔羊站立，像是刚被杀过的，有七角和七眼，就是神的七灵，奉差遣往全地去的。』这里的羔羊，就是撒迦利亚三章九节的石头，乃是基督；而七眼就是七倍加强的灵。因此，神所雕刻，要除掉我们罪孽的基督，带著七倍加强的灵。实际上，祂这位末后的亚当，已经成了赐生命的灵，（林前十五45下，）甚至成了七倍加强的灵。今天基督就是那灵，而我们有神特别造的灵与基督相配。现在我们往前来看撒迦利亚书里所揭示的基督。在本书的头一部分（一至六章）里，有五个关于基督的异象，在末后的部分（九至十四章）里，有许多关于基督的细节。
8Our regenerated human spirit matches Christ, who is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17). Regarding this, Zechariah says, "This is the stone that I have set before Joshua: upon one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its engraving, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day." This stone which has been engraved with God's engraving to take away the sin of God'sp eople is Christ. The seven eyes of the stone are " the eyes of Jehovah running to and fro on the whole earth " (4:10). In order to understand the significance of the seven eyes, we need to consider Revelation 5:6. "I saw..a Lamb standing as having just been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." The Lamb here, who is the stone in Zechariah 3:9, is Christ, and the seven eyes are the sevenfold intensified Spirit. Thus, the Christ who has been engraved by God to take away our sin bears the sevenfold intensified Spirit. Actually, He, the last Adam, has become a life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b), even the sevenfold intensified Spirit. Christ today is the Spirit, and we have a spirit particularly formed by God to match Christ. Let us now go on to consider the Christ who is unveiled in the book of Zechariah. In the first part of this book (chs. 1—6), there are five visions concerning Christ, and in the last part (chs. 9—14), many details concerning Christ.
关于基督的异象
visions concerning Christ
9在五个关于基督的异象中，头一个揭示基督是那人，就是耶和华的使者，骑著红马，站在番石榴树中间。（一7～17。）番石榴树表征在被掳中蒙羞却是宝贵的以色列民。基督骑著红马，指明祂是救赎者。祂是耶和华的使者，指明祂是神所差遣的一位，在祂百姓被掳的时候顾到他们，带给他们许多期盼。在第二个异象里（20～21，）基督是神所使用以打碎四角的末一个匠人；这四角乃是巴比伦、波斯、希腊和罗马帝国，伤害并毁灭神的选民。（18～19。）基督将是那独一的一位，不仅要来打碎四角，也要将但以理二章大人像所表征的人类政权，从脚趾到头砸碎。
9In the first of the five visions concerning Christ, Christ is unveiled as the Man as the Angel of Jehovah riding on a red horse and standing among the myrtle trees (1:7-17). The myrtle trees signify the humiliated yet precious people of Israel in their captivity. Christ's riding on a red horse indicates that He was the redeeming One. His being the Angel of Jehovah indicates that He was the One sent by God to take care of His people with much expectation while they were in captivity. In the second vision (vv. 20-21) Christ is the last Craftsman used by God to break the four horns — Babylon, Persia, Greece, and the Roman Empire — which damaged and destroyed the chosen people of God (vv. 18-19). Christ will be the unique One not only to break the four horns but also to smash the entire human government from the toes to the head, as signified by the great human image in Daniel 2.
10在下一个异象中，基督是那量度为要据有耶路撒冷的一位。（二1～2。）这一位不仅要据有耶路撒冷，更要成为耶路撒冷的中心作她里面的荣耀，并成为她的周围作她四围的火墙。（5。）不仅如此，祂同时是差遣者，又是奉差遣者。祂，万军之耶和华，差遣了自己作耶和华的使者。（8～9，11。）第四个异象揭示基督是恩典的顶石。（四7。）就如三章九节所指明的，在这顶石上有七眼，表征七灵，就是七倍加强的灵。所以基督是恩典的顶石，用七倍加强的灵来完成神的建造。第五个关于基督的异象，是金灯台和两棵橄榄树的异象。（四2～3，11～14。）这里的灯台表征以色列国是神团体的见证，照耀出祂一切的美德。可以说，这灯台也豫表作三一神具体化身的基督。在撒迦利亚的时代，两棵橄榄树是约书亚和所罗巴伯；但在三年半大灾难的时期，两棵橄榄树将是摩西和以利亚。
10In the next vision Christ is the One who measures Jerusalem in order to possess it (Zech. 2:1-2). This One not only possesses Jerusalem but also becomes the center of Jerusalem as the glory within her and the circumference of Jerusalem as the wall of fire round about her (v. 5). Furthermore, He is both the sending One and the sent One. He, Jehovah of hosts, has sent Himself as the Angel of Jehovah (vv. 8-9, 11). In the fourth vision Christ is unveiled as the topstone of grace (4:7). As indicated in 3:9, upon this stone are seven eyes, signifying the seven Spirits, that is, the sevenfold intensified Spirit. Christ is therefore the topstone of grace to consummate God's building with the sevenfold intensified Spirit. The fifth vision involving Christ is the vision of the lampstand of gold and the two olive trees (4:2-3, 11-14). The lampstand here signifies the nation of Israel as the collective testimony of God shining out all His virtues. We may say that this lampstand is also a type of Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God. In Zechariah'st i me the two olive trees were Joshua and Zerubbabel, but during the three and a half years of the great tribulation, the two olive trees will be Moses and Elijah.
关于基督的细节
details concerning Christ
11撒迦利亚末了六章分为两组：九至十一章说到基督低微的第一次来临，十二至十四章说到基督得胜的第二次来临。
11The last six chapters of Zechariah are divided into two groups: chapters nine through eleven, which speak of Christ'slowly first coming, and chapters twelve through fourteen, which speak of Christ's victorious second coming
在祂第一次的来临里
In His First Coming
12在祂第一次的来临里，基督来作低微的王，暂时受欢迎为王，在低微的形状里进入耶路撒冷。九章九节论到这事说，『锡安的女儿阿，应当欢腾；耶路撒冷的女儿阿，应当欢呼！看哪，你的王来到你这里；祂是公义的，并且带著拯救，谦谦和和的骑著驴，骑著驴驹，就是驴的崽子。』基督也来临作牧人，（十一7～11，）用恩惠（恩典）和联索（联结）牧养。然而，祂这位以色列正确的牧人，却被厌弃、攻击、弃绝、并以三十块银子被卖。（12～13。）因此，以色列人就被交给虚假、无用的牧人，就是长老、祭司和经学家，这些牧人根本不顾到他们。（17。）
12In His first coming, Christ came as a lowly King and was temporarily welcomed as the King into Jerusalem in a lowly form. Regarding this, 9:9 says, "Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion; / Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! / Now your King comes to you. / He is righteous and bears salvation; / Lowly and riding upon a donkey, / Even upon a colt, the foal of a donkey." Christ came also as a Shepherd (11:7-11), shepherding in Favor (grace) and Bonds (binding). However, He, the proper Shepherd of Israel, was detested, attacked, rejected, and sold for thirty pieces of silver (vv. 12-13). The children of Israel were thus left to false, useless, and worthless shepherds—the elders, the priests, and the scribes— who would not take care of them (v. 17
在祂第二次的来临里
In His Second Coming
13在十二至十四章，我们看见基督在祂第二次的来临里。在祂的再来里，祂要作王，不仅管辖以色列，也管辖地上的万民。『耶和华必作全地的王；那日耶和华必为独一的神，祂的名必为独一的名。』（十四9。）祂要掌权管治全地，地上的万民必年年上耶路撒冷敬拜大君王万军之耶和华，并守住棚节。（16。）凡不上耶路撒冷敬拜大君王的，必无雨降给他们。（17。）
13In chapters twelve through fourteen, we see Christ in His second coming. In His coming back, He will be the King not only over Israel but also over all the peoples on earth. "Jehovah will be King over all the earth; and in that day Jehovah will be the one God and His name the one name" (14:9). He will reign over the entire earth, and all the peoples of the earth will go up to Jerusalem from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles (v. 16). Upon those who refuse to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, there will be no rain (v. 17).
基督与神的殿
CHRIST AND THE TEMPLE OF GOD
14撒迦利亚书清楚启示，神要重建圣殿。（四9，六12～15。）然而，若没有基督，一切（包括圣殿）都是虚空的。我们需要基督，但基督需要一个身体。这身体就是神的殿，神的家，神的彰显，神的满足。因此，今天我们该强调基督与召会。就著基督而言，我们需要注意一至六章所揭示的重要方面，也需要注意九至十四章所揭示的细节。
14The book of Zechariah clearly reveals that God desires the rebuilding of the temple (4:9; 6:12-15). However, without Christ everything, including the temple, is empty. We need Christ, yet Christ needs a Body. This Body is the temple of God, the house of God, the expression of God, the satisfaction of God. Hence, today we should emphasize both Christ and the church. Concerning Christ, we need to pay attention both to the crucial aspects unveiled in chapters one through six and to the details unveiled in chapters nine through fourteen
CHRIST'S JUDGMENT
基督对三类事的审判
UPON THREE CATEGORIES OF THINGS
15最后我要指出，我们在撒迦利亚书里看见基督的审判。飞行之书卷的异象，（五1～4，）伊法器皿的异象，（5～11，）和四辆车的异象，（六1～8，）乃是关于审判的异象。基督的审判要藉著四辆车从两座铜山中间出来而执行。（1。）铜在这里表征审判。两座铜山虽然不是表征基督，却与基督有密切关系，因为神已经立祂对活人和死人施行审判。（约五22，徒十42，十七31，提后四1。）一面，基督是救赎主和救主；另一面，祂是审判者。祂这位审判者，要施行神的审判。
15Finally, I would like to point out that in the book of Zechariah we can see Christ's judgment. The vision of the flying scroll (5:1-4), the vision of the ephah vessel (vv. 5-11), and the vision of the four chariots (6:1- 8) are visions of judgment. Christ's judgment will be carried out by the four chariots which come forth from between two mountains of brass (v. 1). Brass here signifies judgment. Although the two mountains of brass do not signify Christ, they are nevertheless closely related to Christ, for He has been appointed by God to carry out the judgment upon the living and the dead (John 5:22; Acts 10:42; 17:31; 2 Tim. 4:1). On the one hand, Christ is the Redeemer and the Savior; on the other hand, He is the Judge. As the Judge, He will carry out God's judgment
16按照撒迦利亚书，基督对地的审判要对付三类消极的事。第一，祂要审判偷窃。（五3中，4中。）伦窃表征向著人的罪，乃是贪心和贪婪的结果。第二，基督要审判指著耶和华的名起假誓的事。（3下，4下。）指著耶和华的名起假誓，表征向著神的罪，乃是与神关系错误的结果。那些这样起假誓的人，对神没有忠信、诚实。第三，基督要审判但以理二章里大人像所表征的整个人类政权。祂这末了的匠人，要来成为非人手所凿出的石头，把这大像从脚趾到头砸碎。这样，祂就从地上除净一切偷窃、一切指著耶和华起的假誓、以及所有人类的政权。
16According to Zechariah, Christ's judgment over the earth will be upon three categories of negative things. First, He will judge stealing (5:3b, 4b). Stealing signifies sins toward man, which are the issue of greed and covetousness. Second, Christ will judge the matter of swearing falsely by Jehovah's name (vv. 3c, 4c). Swearing falsely by Jehovah's name signifies sins toward God, which are the issue of a wrong relationship with God. Those who swear falsely in this way do not deal with God in faithfulness and honesty. Third, Christ will judge the entire human government signified by the great human image in Daniel 2. He, the last Craftsman, will come as the stone cut out without hands and smash this great image from the toes to the head. Thus, He will clear away from the earth all stealing, all false swearing by Jehovah's name, and all of human government.
17我们需要看见，今天基督的审判如何与我们有关。我们要谨慎，不以任何方式偷取别人的东西；也要谨慎，对神诚实、忠信。这样，我们就会与人是对的，与神也是对的。最后，我们需要看见基督要来，成为那块非人手所凿的石头，把整个人类政权砸碎，因而带进神永远的国。
17We need to see how Christ's judgment is related to us today. We should be careful not to steal from others in any way, and we should also be careful to be honest and faithful with God. Then we will be right with man and also right with God. Finally, we need to see that Christ will come as the stone cut out without hands and will smash the entire human government and thereby bring in the eternal kingdom of God