17表面看来有三个筵席:逾越节的筵席、主桌子的筵席、和国度里的筵席。实际上,这些不是三个筵席,而是一个筵席的三个阶段。神已经藉著祂的救赎设立了一个筵席,使我们享受禧年的三个阶段,就是旧约、新约和国度。可以说逾越节是旧约的禧年。当逾越节设立的时候,受压制的以色列人,就从埃及的辖制得释放,从法老的暴虐得释放。以色列人原来是受奴役的俘虏。在消极一面,逾越节使他们从那种辖制得释放;在积极一面,逾越节把他们带进一个筵席,享受那表征作神具体化身之基督的羊羔。那一天以色列人被带进对神的享受;他们享受羊羔和逾越节。后来,在旷野,他们享受吗哪。进入美地以后,他们享受美地的丰富,这美地是包罗万有之基督的豫表。现在我们能彀看见,逾越节释放以色列人脱离辖制,并把他们带进对神的享受。然而,他们至终失去这享受,再度被掳。人救主在路加四章宣告禧年的下一阶段─新约的禧年。新约的禧年也有一个表征或表号,就是主的桌子。主的桌子是禧年的表号,这禧年释放我们脱离辖制,并把我们带进对三一神完全的享受里。主的桌子不仅是旧约逾越节筵席的顶替,也是那筵席的延续。
17Seemingly there are three feasts: the feast of the Passover, the feast of the Lord’stable, and the feast in the kingdom. Actually, these are not three feasts. On the contrary, this is one feast in three stages. God has established one feast through His redemption for our full enjoyment of the jubilee in three stages, and these stages are the Old Testament stage, the New Testament stage, and the kingdom stage. We may say that the Passover was the Old Testament jubilee. When the Passover was established, the oppressed Israelites were released from bondage in Egypt, released from the tyranny of Pharaoh. The Israelites had been captives in a condition of slavery. On the negative side, the Passover set them free from that bondage. On the positive side, the Passover brought them into a feast to enjoy the lamb, which is a symbol of Christ as the embodiment of God. On that day the children of Israel were brought into the enjoyment of God; they enjoyed the lamb and the Passover. Later, in the wilderness, they enjoyed manna. After they entered into the good land, they enjoyed the riches of the land, which is a type of Christ in His all- inclusiveness. Now we can see that the Passover set the Israelites free from bondage and brought them into the enjoyment of God. However, they eventually lost this enjoyment and were carried away again into captivity. In Luke 4 the Man-Savior proclaimed a further stage of the jubilee—the New Testament jubilee. The New Testament jubilee also has a symbol or sign, and this symbol is the Lord’stable. The Lord’stable is a sign of the jubilee that sets us free from bondage and brings us into the full enjoyment of the Triune God. The Lord’stable is not only a replacement of the Old Testament feast of Passover; it is also a continuation of that feast