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玛拉基书生命读经 · 第2篇

玛拉基书中所启示基督的两次来临

Christ in His two Comings as Revealed in Malachi
1读经：玛拉基书3:1-3;4:1-3。玛拉基书直接的说到基督。在本篇信息中，我有负担要深入的说到玛拉基书中关于基督的启示。
1Scripture Reading: Mal. 3:1-3; 4:1-3 The book of Malachi is on Christ directly. In this message I have the burden to give a further word on the revelation of Christ in Malachi
基督来作神的使者
CHRIST COMING AS THE MESSENGER OF GOD
2玛拉基书启示基督第一次和第二次的来。祂第一次来时，是神的使者。作为神的使者，基督不仅把从神来的话或信息带给神的子民；祂自己就是这活的信息。四福音完全证明这事；四福音是基督完整并完全的记载，说到基督是神给祂所拣选之人活的信息。当主耶稣活在地上时，祂走过各城市，向人讲话，将祂自己供应到人内里的部分；祂自己就是那信息。
2The book of Malachi reveals Christ in His first coming and in His second coming. In His first coming He is the Messenger of God. As the Messenger of God, Christ not only brings a word or a message from God to God’sp eople; He Himself is the living message. This is fully proved by the four Gospels, which are a complete and perfect record of Christ as the living message sent by God to His chosen people. While the Lord Jesus was living on earth, as He traveled through the cities and as He spoke to the people, ministering Himself into the intrinsic part of their being, He Himself was the message
3基督来作立约的使者
3CHRIST COMING AS THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT
立新约
Enacting the New Covenant
4基督第二次来时，要作立约的使者，万国所羡慕的，（玛三1，）和公义的日头。（四2。）事实上，基督甚至在祂第一次来时就作了立约的使者。作为立约的使者，基督立了新约。在祂上十字架以前所作的最后一件事，就是设立祂的桌子，设立了新约。（太二六26～30。）
4In His second coming, Christ will be the Angel of the covenant, the Desire of nations (3:1), and the Sun of righteousness (4:2). Actually, Christ was the Angel of the covenant even in His first coming. As the Angel of the covenant, Christ enacted the new covenant. Before going to the cross, the last thing He did was to establish the new covenant at His table (Matt. 26:26-30
信徒是神的儿子，在神的生命和性情上与神是一
The Believers, as Sons of God, Being One with God in His Life and Nature
5基于这新约，（来八10～12，）我们蒙神赦免，神甚至忘记我们的失败。然后神将祂自己分赐到我们里面，作我们的生命、生命的律和一切，好作我们里面的内容，使我们能活祂。这就是说，新约乃是使我们与神绝对成为一。祂成为我们，我们为祂所构成，在祂的生命和性情上与祂是一。新约启示，祂和我们组成相互的住处。（约十四20，23。）这是何等的神迹！我们说神被构造到我们里面来成为我们，并且我们在生命和性情上与神成为一，这到底是甚么意思，我们需要有正确的领会。新约启示神是我们的父，我们是祂的儿子。我们不是神的养子，乃是神所生的儿子。神是我们的父，因为祂生了我们；我们是祂的儿子，因为我们是由祂所生的。一个小孩有分于他父亲的生命和性情，却没有为父的身分；同样的，我们这些神所生的儿子，也有分于神的生命和性情，却没有祂为父的身分，也没有祂的神格。我们在生命和性情上与神一样，但我们当然在祂的神格上不是神，或说在祂为父的身分上不是父。这是圣经中，特别是新约里内在的启示。
5Based upon this new covenant (Heb. 8:10-12), we are forgiven by God, who even forgets our failures. God is then able to dispense Himself into our intrinsic being to be our life, to be the law of life, and to be everything to us as our inward content that we may live Him. This means that the new covenant is to make us absolutely one with God. He becomes us, and we, being constituted with Him, are one with Him in His life and nature. The New Testament reveals that He and we form a mutual abode (John 14:20, 23). What a miracle this is! We need to have the proper understanding of what it means to say that God has been constituted into us to become us and that we have become one with God in His life and nature. The New Testament reveals that God is our Father and that we are His sons. We are not sons who have been adopted by God but sons who have been born of God. God is our Father because He has begotten us, and we are His sons because we have been born of Him. Just as a child shares the life and nature of his father but not the fatherhood, so we as sons born of God share God’s life and nature but not His fatherhood nor His Godhead. We are the same as God our Father in life and nature, but we surely are not God in His Godhead or the Father in His fatherhood. This is the intrinsic revelation of the Bible, especially of the New Testament.
6在我们日常的生活中，需要记得，我们的身分是拥有神的生命和性情的神的儿子。比方说，一位弟兄或姊妹领悟了这点，知道他们不仅有人性，也有神性，他们就会彼此尊敬到极点。他们不但不会争论，反而会彼此敬重，彼此和善。不仅如此，这样的领悟会叫他们不发脾气。当我们受试探要发脾气时，我们要记得我们是神的儿子。甚至在去百货公司购物的事上，我们都不该忘记我们是神的儿子这个身分。基督是万国所羡慕的
6In our daily living, we need to remember our status as sons of God possessing the life and nature of God. For example, if a brother and his wife both realize this, knowing that they are not only human but also divine, they will respect each other to the uttermost. Instead of disputing, they will honor each other and be kind to each other. Also, this realization will keep them from losing their temper. When we are tempted to lose our temper, we need to remember that we are sons of God. Even in such a matter as shopping in a department store, we should not forget our status as sons of God. CHRIST COMING AS THE DESIRE OF THE NATIONS
7在祂第二次来时，基督也是万国所羡慕的。（玛三1，该二7。）基督是我们羡慕的那一位。一天过一天，我们羡慕祂作我们的爱、我们的谦卑、我们的温柔、我们的喜乐。没有甚么比喜乐更好；这喜乐成为我们的力量、我们的医治、我们的𫗪养、我们的滋养。真实的喜乐来自基督作我们的生命、我们的美德、并我们的一切。我能作见证，我爱这一位已经超过七十年了。我今天爱祂远超以前。我每天羡慕祂、爱祂、并思想祂。祂真是我们所羡慕的。
7In His second coming, Christ will also be the Desire of the nations (Mal. 3:1; Hag. 2:7). Christ is the One whom we desire. Day by day we desire Him to be our love, our humility, our meekness, and our joy. Nothing is better than joy. This joy becomes our strength, our healing, our feeding, and our nourishment. Real joy comes from Christ being our life, our virtues, and our everything. I can testify that I have been loving this One for over seventy years, and I love Him today much more than ever. Daily I desire Him, love Him, and consider Him. He surely is our Desire
基督来作公义的日头，
CHRIST COMING AS THE SUN OF
其翅膀带著医治
RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS
8基督来作公义的日头，其翅膀带著医治。（玛四2。）今天灵恩派的人实行所谓的神医。事实上，基督自己就是我们的医治。当祂这日头照在我们身上时，祂就医治我们。
8As the Sun of righteousness, Christ will come with healing in His wings (Mal. 4:2). Today the Pentecostal people practice what is called divine healing. Actually, Christ Himself is our healing. He is the Sun that heals us as it shines upon us.
9基督第一次来时，地拒绝祂，所以地得不著祂的医治。但因著我们秘密的、隐藏的接受了祂，就每天得著祂的医治。祂的医治使我们喜乐，叫我们忘记怒气和忧虑。我们都有罪、死、和许多缺欠与残缺的病；只有这位医治的基督能使我们完全。得医治就是得拯救，得拯救就是得完全。祂要医治我们，但我们必须给祂自由，让祂用祂的翅膀在我们上面、周围、和里面飞翔。基督第一次来时，医治了堕落的祭司体系；但祂第二次来时，要医治整个以色列族的余民。然后祂要成为地和我们的一切。这位医治的基督要忽然来到。因此，我们需要儆醒，好豫备迎接祂。
9In His first coming, the earth rejected Christ; therefore, the earth lacks His healing. But because we have received Him in a secret, hidden way, we receive His healing every day. His healing causes us to have joy so that we forget our anger and anxiety. We are sick from sin, death, and many deficiencies and imperfections. Only this healing Christ can make us whole. To be healed is to be saved. To be healed, to be saved, is to be made whole. He will heal us, but we must give Him the freedom to use His wings to fly above us, around us, and within us. In His first coming, Christ healed the degraded priesthood, but in His second coming, He will heal the remnant of the people of Israel. Then He will be everything to the earth and to us. This healing Christ will come suddenly. Thus, we need to be alert, ready to receive Him.
玛拉基书的中心
THE CENTER OF THE BOOK OF MALACHI
10玛拉基书的中心是医治的基督。这位医治的基督是神的使者、立约的使者、和万国所羡慕的。基督成为我们的医治，是基于祂是公义的日头。『日头』指明生命，而『公义』指明公平。全地都充满死亡和不公。但我们有医治的基督，就有生命和公平。我们等候祂来作公义的日头及医治的翅膀。
10The center of the book of Malachi is the healing Christ. This healing Christ is the Messenger of God, the Angel of the covenant, and the Desire of the nations. Christ’s being our healing is based upon His being the Sun of righteousness. The word “Sun” indicates life, and the word “righteousness” indicates justice. The whole earth is filled with death and injustice, but with the healing Christ we have life and justice. We are waiting for Him to come as the Sun of righteousness with healing in His wings