马可福音生命读经 · 第44篇

奴仆救主为著祂救赎服事豫备（十一）

The Preparation of the Slave-Savior for His Redemptive Service (11

1读经：马可福音十四章一至二十六节。在本篇信息中，我要进一步说到马可十四章一至二十六节。我们特别需要进一步来看，主设立祂的晚餐，乃是要豫备门徒，使他们进入祂的死与复活。

1Scripture Reading: Mark 14:1-26 In this message I would like to give a further word on 14:1-26. In particular, we need a further word concerning the Lord’s instituting His supper as part of the preparation of His disciples to enter into His death and resurrection

2珍赏主的宝贵马可十四章一至四十二节，是论到主为著祂的死豫备门徒。马可福音这一段关于主豫备的话，除了逾越节的筵席以外，还有两个筵席。第一个筵席是一班爱主的人为主所豫备的筵席；第二个是主在逾越节的筵席以后，紧接著所设立的晚餐。主的晚餐乃是主为门徒豫备的。

2APPRECIATING THE LORD’S PRECIOUSNESS Mark 14:1-42 is concerned with the Lord’s preparation of His disciples for His death. In this section of the Gospel of Mark concerned with the Lord’s preparation, there are two feasts in addition to the feast of the Passover. The first feast was prepared for the Lord by those who loved Him. The second feast was the Lord’ss upper instituted by Him immediately after the feast of the Passover. The Lord’ss upper was prepared by Him for His disciples

3历世纪以来，许多人谈论到西门为主耶稣摆设筵席表示对祂的爱这件事；席间，有一个女人膏了主，表示她的爱。关于马可十四章那女人膏主的事，也已经释放了许多信息。然而，要领会主的筵席更深的意义，就困难多了。这事非常深奥，远超过人的头脑所能领会。几位门徒为主所摆设的筵席，意义远比主的筵席肤浅。主的门徒所豫备的筵席，是出于珍赏主的宝贵、价值和可爱。患痳疯的西门蒙主洁净以后，摆设这筵席，以表达他珍赏主的怜悯、恩典和宝贵。至于膏主耶稣，也是表达对主的可爱和价值的珍赏。然而这些事并不深奥；我们所发起的，似乎没有一件是深奥的。

3Throughout the centuries, much has been said concerning the feast set up by Simon to show his love for the Lord Jesus. During this feast, a woman anointed the Lord as a display of her love. Many messages have been given on the Lord’s being anointed by the woman in Mark 14. However, it is much more difficult to get into the depths of the significance of the Lord’stable. This matter is very profound, far beyond the ability of the human mind to understand. The significance of the feast prepared for the Lord by certain of His disciples is shallow compared to the significance of the Lord’stable. In the feast prepared by the Lord’s disciples, we have the matter of appreciation of the Lord’s preciousness, worthiness, and loveliness. Simon, the leper, having been cleansed by the Lord, prepared this feast as an expression of his appreciation of the Lord’s mercy, grace, and preciousness. The anointing of the Lord Jesus was also an expression of appreciation of the Lord’s loveliness and worthiness. However, in these matters there is little that could be regarded as deep. It seems that nothing initiated by us has much depth

神新约经纶的象征

A SYMBOL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

ECONOMY OF GOD

4相反的，主耶稣所设立的晚餐是极其深奥的。这晚餐是神整个新约经纶的表号与象征。神在新约时代的经纶与主的筵席有关。

4The supper instituted by the Lord Jesus, on the contrary, is extremely deep. This feast is a sign, a symbol, of the entire New Testament economy of God. God’secon o my in the New Testament age is involved with the Lord’stable.

5当主的筵席设立时，我不相信任何一个主的门徒明白其中的意义。譬如，彼得有分于主的筵席，但他必定不明白其中的意义。

5I do not believe that any of the Lord’s disciples understood the significance of His table when it was instituted. Peter, for example, participated in that table, but he certainly did not see the significance of it.

饼和杯

The Bread and the Cup

6当主耶稣设立祂的晚餐时，祂『拿起饼来，祝福了，就擘开，递给他们说，你们拿去，这是我的身体』。（十四22。）祂又拿起杯来，祝谢了，递给他们，说，『这是我立约的血，为多人流出来的。』（24。）因此，主的筵席包括饼和杯。照圣经的用法，饼表征生命。主耶稣说，『我就是生命的粮〔饼〕。』（约六35。）这指明在圣经里，饼是一件生命的事。不仅如此，照圣经的用法，杯表征福分。因此，这杯称为福杯。饼是生命的饼，杯是祝福的杯。

6When the Lord Jesus instituted His supper, “He took bread, and blessed and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, Take; this is My body” (14:22). Then He took the cup, gave it to them, and said, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many” (v. 24). Hence, the Lord’stable includes a loaf of bread and a cup. According to biblical usage, bread signifies life. The Lord Jesus said, “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). This indicates that in the Bible bread is a matter of life. Furthermore, according to biblical usage, a cup signifies a portion of blessing. Hence, the cup is called the cup of blessing. The bread is of life, and the cup is of blessing

7这生命当然是神圣的生命，这福当然是神圣的福分。事实上，生命与福分都是三一神，就是在基督里并藉著灵的神自己。你们知道甚么是永远的生命么？永远的生命就是三一神。你们知道甚么是神圣的福分么？神圣的福分也是三一神。因此，神圣的生命与神圣的福分其实都是三一神自己。

7To be sure, this life is the divine life, and this blessing is the divine blessing. Actually, both the life and the blessing are the Triune God, God Himself in Christ through the Spirit. Do you know what eternal life is? Eternal life is the Triune God. Do you know what the divine blessing is? The divine blessing also is the Triune God. Both the divine life and the divine blessing, therefore, are actually the Triune God Himself

三一神成了我们的生命与福分

The Triune God Becoming Our Life and Blessing

8三一神怎么可能成为我们的生命与福分？要一样东西成为我们的生命并不简单。譬如，我们所吃所消化的食物，成了我们生命的供应。要一样东西成为我们的生命或生命的供应，那样东西必须是生机的。你若吞下一块石头，那石头不能成为你生命的供应，因为石头是无生命、非生机的。惟有生机的东西才能被我们消化，吸收到我们里面，成为我们生命的供应。照样，要三一神成为我们生命的供应，甚至成为我们的生命，祂就必须进到我们里面，给我们消化、吸收。三一神当

8How is it possible for the Triune God to be our life and blessing? It is not a simple matter for something to become our life. For example, the food we eat and digest becomes our life supply. In order for anything to be our life or life supply, that thing must be organic. If you swallow a stone, that stone cannot become your life supply, because a stone is not living and organic. Only something organic can be digested by us and then assimilated into us to become our life supply. In a similar way, in order for the Triune God to be our life supply and even our life, He must come into us to be digested and assimilated by us. To be sure, the Triune God is living and organic

9然是活的、是生机的。

10照约翰六章来看，基督是粮，是给我们吃的生命粮。主耶稣说，『我是从天上降下来的活粮，人若吃这粮，就必永远活著。』（51。）祂又说，『活的父怎样差我来，我又因父活著，照样，那吃我的人，也要因我活著。』（57。）信徒只要吃主耶稣作生命的粮，就要因祂活著。当我们吃这生命的粮，祂就进到我们里面，让我们生机的消化、吸收到我们里面。这是三一神成为我们生命惟一的路。三一神藉著生机的进到我们里面，被我们吸收到我们属灵生命的组成里，而成了我们生命的供应与生命。

10According to chapter six of the Gospel of John, Christ is a loaf, the bread of life, for us to eat. The Lord Jesus said, “I am the living bread which came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever,” (v. 51). Then He went on to say, “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me shall also live because of Me.” (v. 57). Any believer who eats the Lord Jesus as the bread of life will live by Him. When we eat this bread of life, He comes into us to be digested by us and to be assimilated into us organically. This is the only way the Triune God can become our life. The Triune God becomes our life supply and our life by entering into us organically to be assimilated into the very fibers of our spiritual being.

藉著吃主记念主

Remembering the Lord by Eating Him

11吃桌上的饼，表征接受主到我们里面，并且消化、吸收祂，使祂对我们成为生命。每当我们来到主的筵席，我们就看见饼。那饼不是仅仅为著陈列，乃是为了给我们吃的。当主耶稣设立祂的晚餐时，祂『拿起饼来，祝福了，就擘开，递给他们说，你们拿去，这是我的身体』。（可十四22。）

11Taking in the Lord to digest and assimilate Him that He may become life to us is signified by the eating of the loaf on the table. Whenever we come to the Lord’stable, we see a loaf. That loaf is not merely for display; it is for us to eat. When the Lord Jesus instituted His supper, “He took bread, and blessed and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, Take; this is My body” (Mark 14:22

12根据路加二十二章十九节，主耶稣说，『这是我的身体，为你们舍的，你们要如此行，为的是记念我。』本节论到记念主。多年来，我在主的桌子前记念主，都是仅仅记念祂的成为肉体、祂受苦的人生、祂的死与复活。没有人告诉我，记念主正确的路，是在于吃祂。对主真正的记念，乃是吃饼喝杯，（林前十一24～26，）就是有分于主并享受那位藉著救赎的死，将自己给我们的主。吃饼喝杯乃是接受救赎的主作我们的分、生命和福分。这才是真正的记念祂。在主的筵席上

12According to Luke 22:19, the Lord Jesus said, “This is My body which is given for you; do this unto the remembrance of Me.” This verse speaks of remembering the Lord. For years, I remembered the Lord at His table merely by concentrating on His incarnation, His life of suffering, His death, and His resurrection. I had not been told that the proper way to remember the Lord Jesus is to eat Him. The real remembrance of the Lord is to eat the bread and drink the cup (1 Cor. 11:24, 26), that is, to participate in, to enjoy, the Lord who has given Himself to us through His redeeming death. To eat the bread and drink the cup is to take in the redeeming Lord as our portion, as our life and blessing. This is to remember Him in a genuine way. THE DEEP SIGNIFICANCE OF EATING THE BREAD

吃饼喝杯的深层意义

AND DRINKING THE CUP OF THE LORD’STABLE

13三十多年前，有一天我正在寻求如何为主的筵席下一个定义。当我思考饼的意义，并研读新约中论到饼的经节时，主的光临到了我，给我看见在主桌子前记念主是甚么意思。我看见记念主不仅是思想祂，回忆祂所经历的。记念主乃是吃主。主清楚的说，『这是我的身体，为你们舍的，你们要如此行，为的是记念我。』我们藉此看见，正确的记念主就是吃祂，接受祂作我们生命的供应。

13One day, more than thirty years ago, I was seeking to define the significance of the Lord’s table. As I considered the bread and read the verses in the New Testament concerning it, light came to me regarding what it means to remember the Lord at His table. I saw that to remember the Lord is not merely to think about Him, not merely to recall what He experienced. Rather, to remember the Lord is to eat Him. The Lord clearly said, “This is My body which is given for you; do this unto the remembrance of Me.” By this we see that the proper remembrance of the Lord is to eat Him, to take Him in as our life supply.

14桌上的饼不是给我们分析或仅仅想念的，乃是给我们取用、给我们吃的，作我们生命的供应。我们应该消化并吸收这饼，使祂成为我们的所是。这件事的意义非常深奥。吃主桌上的饼，指明主先进到我们里面作我们生命的供应，然后实际的成为我们。我们若思想『吃』这件事，就会看见，我们所吃的食物至终成了我们。我们可以说，不仅食物成了我们，甚至我们也成了食物。我们不只与我们所摄取、消化、并吸收的食物有生机的联结，更与我们所吸收到里面的食物调和为一。我们若说调和不合乎圣经，那是严重的错误。否认我们所摄取、消化、并吸收的食物是与我们调和的，这合理么？事实上，把食物吸收到我们里面远超过调和。这是我们用言语形容不来的。然而我们的确知道，我们与所吃的食物有极深的调和。照样，当我们接受三一神作食物时，我们确实是与祂调和在一起。要我们所吃的食物成为我们的生命，这食物必须与我们调和。接受三一神作我们的食物，原则上也是一样。

14The bread on the table is not for us to analyze or merely think about; the bread is for us to take in, to eat, as our life supply. This bread should be digested and assimilated by us to become our very being. The significance of this is profound. Eating the bread of the Lord’stable indicates that the Lord comes into us as our life supply and then actually becomes us. If we consider the matter of eating, we shall realize that the food we eat eventually becomes us. We may say not only that the food becomes us, but even that we become the food. Not only is there an organic union between us and the food we eat, digest, and assimilate; we are mingled with the food we assimilate into us. It is a serious mistake to say that mingling is not scriptural. How could anyone reasonably deny the fact that we are mingled with the food we eat, digest, and assimilate? In fact, assimilating food into our being goes beyond mingling. We do not have the words to describe this. However, we do know that we are mingled in a deep way with the food we eat. In a similar way, when we take in the Triune God as our food, we are truly mingled with Him. In order for the food we eat to become our life, it must be mingled with us. The principle is the same with taking in the Triune God as our food

15我们已经指出，摄取食物，比我们与食物之间生机的联结更深入。事实上，摄取、消化、与吸收食物，都使食物与我们产生内里的调和。事实上，我们所吃的，成了我们的一部分。因此，这不仅是调和，也是成了。我们所消化、吸收的食物，成了我们的一部分。因这缘故，当我们彻底的消化、吸收了食物以后，就不可能在我们里面再找到那些食物了，因为牠们已经成为我们的一部分。我们用吸收食物为例，来说明吃主筵席之饼的深层意义。

15We have pointed out that eating food involves something much more than an organic union between us and the food. Actually, eating, digesting, and assimilating food involve an intrinsic mingling of the food with our being. What we eat actually becomes part of us. Hence, this is not only a mingling; it is also a becoming. The food we digest and assimilate becomes part of our very being. For this reason, after we have thoroughly digested and assimilated our food, it is impossible for it to be located within us, because it has become a part of us. We use this matter of assimilating food to illustrate the deep significance of eating the bread of the Lord’stable

主的一幅图画

A Picture of the Lord

16我们已经看过，主筵席的杯表征祂的血。旧约禁止喝血。（创九4，利十七10。）在神的经纶里，只有一种血适合我们喝，那就是主耶稣的血。原则上，喝血与吃饼一样：我们无论喝甚么，都会浸透我们，成为我们这个人。

16We have seen that the cup of the Lord’s table signifies His blood. In the Old Testament there was a prohibition against drinking blood (Gen. 9:4; Lev. 17:10). In God’s economy there is only one kind of blood that is good for us to drink, and that is the blood of the Lord Jesus. In principle, drinking the blood is the same as eating the loaf: whatever we drink saturates us and becomes our being.

主的血与主的身体分开的图画

A Picture of the Lord’s Blood Separated from His Body

17主的身体是由饼所表征，而主的血是由杯和杯中所盛装的所表征。这里有一幅主的血与主的身体分开的图画。这种分开表征死。因此，保罗在林前十一章二十六节说，『你们每逢吃这饼，喝这杯，是宣告主的死，直等到祂来。』『宣告』的原文意思是，我们宣扬、宣布或陈列主的死。吃主的晚餐乃是宣告并陈列主的死。主耶稣要成为我们的食物，并进入我们里面作我们生命的供应，祂就必须经过死。祂若没有钉在十字架上，就不能作我们的食物。

17The body of the Lord Jesus is signified by the loaf, the bread, and His blood is signified by the cup with its content. Here is a picture of the Lord’s blood separated from His body. This separation signifies death. Hence, in 1 Corinthians 11:26 Paul says, “As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you declare the Lord’s death until He comes.” The Greek word rendered “declare” means that we proclaim, announce, display, the Lord’s death. To take the Lord’ss upper is to declare and display the Lord’s death. In order for the Lord Jesus to become our food, entering into us as our life supply, it was necessary for Him to pass through death. If He had not been crucified, He could not be our food

18我们天天所吃的食物，首先必须死。譬如，你吃一只鸡以前，必须先宰杀那只鸡。吃鸡就需要先将鸡杀死。照样，我们要吃主耶稣，祂就必须受死。每当我们吃主筵席的饼，喝主筵席的杯，我们乃是宣告主的死。

18Much of the food we eat day by day must first be put to death. For example, before you can eat a chicken, that chicken must be slain. Eating a chicken requires the death of the chicken. In like manner, in order for us to eat Him, the Lord Jesus had to die. Whenever we eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord’stable, we declare the Lord’s death

经历内里的复活

EXPERIENCING AN INWARD RESURRECTION

19我们已经看过，主的筵席表征主自己、祂的死、祂的复活、以及作祂扩增之奥秘的身体。主的筵席怎么与祂的复活有关？我们可以说，每当我们吃主，并消化、吸收祂作我们生命的供应时，我们就经历内里的复活。我们可以用吃物质的食物来说明。我在吃晚饭以前，常常又疲倦，又软弱。但我吃了营养的一餐以后，就得著复苏。我甚至要说，我『复活』了。我所吃的食物含有生命的元素，使我得复苏。照样，当我们吃主耶稣的时候，祂就成为我们里面复活的生命。

19We have seen that the Lord’stable signifies the Lord Himself, His death, His resurrection, and His mystical Body as His increase. How is the Lord’stable related to His resurrection? We may say that whenever we eat the Lord and digest and assimilate Him as our life supply, we experience an inward resurrection. We may use eating physical food as an illustration. Often before dinnertime I am tired and weak. But after eating a nourishing meal, I am revived. I would even say that I am “resurrected.” The food I eat contains a life element that causes me to be revived. In a similar way, when we eat the Lord Jesus, He becomes the resurrection life within us

新人的完全长大

THE FULL GROWTH OF THE NEW MAN

20主筵席的饼也表征基督奥秘的身体作祂的扩大，这扩大乃是为著产生新人。此外，这扩大也是国度种子（基因）的发展。

20The bread of the Lord’stable also signifies Christ’s mystical Body as His enlargement. This enlargement is for the producing of the new man. In addition, it is also a matter of the development of the seed, the gene, of the kingdom

21马可四章题到国度的种子。但至终我们有国度的完全发展与彰显，而国度的完全发展就是新人的完全长大。这意思是说，至终新人将成为神的国。不仅如此，神的国当然不是组织的事。整体而言，神的国乃是一个生机体，是新人，也是基督藉著祂的死与复活顶替我们而产生的。何等奇妙！我们若看见这一点，就会懂得主在马可十四章设立祂的晚餐时，祂正在豫备门徒，好接受祂的死与复活。

21In chapter four of Mark we have the seed of the kingdom, but eventually we shall have the full development, the manifestation, of the kingdom, and its full development will be the full growth of the new man. This means that eventually the new man will be the kingdom of God. Furthermore, the kingdom of God is certainly not a matter of organization. No, in its totality the kingdom of God is an organism, the new man, produced by Christ’s replacing us through His death and resurrection. How marvelous! If we see this, we shall realize that as the Lord was instituting His supper in Mark 14, He was preparing the disciples to receive His death and resurrection