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路加福音生命读经 · 第66篇

禧年（三）

Jubilee (3)
1读经：利未记25:9-13，39-41，54，诗篇16:5；90:1，以弗所书2:12，使徒行传26:18，以弗所书1:14，歌罗西书1:12，路加福音15:12-23，罗马书7:14下，约翰福音8:34，36，罗马书6:6-7；8:2，加拉太书5:1。我们在前两篇信息里看过禧年的定义，在本篇信息里要接著来看禧年的福分。为著使我们能领会，给禧年下个定义是很好的，然而，禧年的福分不是给我们领会的，乃是给我们享受的。我们除了明白禧年以外，还需要享受禧年。我们实在需要禧年的福分。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 25:9-13, 39-41, 54; Psa. 16:5; 90:1; Eph. 2:12; Acts 26:18; Eph. 1:14; Col. 1:12; Luke 15:12-23; Rom. 7:14b; John 8:34, 36; Rom. 6:6-7; 8:2; Gal. 5:1 In this message we shall go on from the definition of the jubilee covered in the two previous messages to the blessings of the jubilee. For our understanding, it is good to have the definition of the jubilee. The blessings of the jubilee, however, are not for our understanding; the blessings are for our enjoyment. In addition to understanding the jubilee, we need to enjoy it. We surely need the blessings of the jubilee
2传福音实际上就是吹禧年的号。我们在传扬福音时，乃是在宣扬喜信、佳音。这佳音就是：我们能归回我们失去的产业，并且能从奴役、辖制得著释放。我们传福音需要吹禧年的号，宣告失去的产业得归回，并从辖制得著释放。按照利未记二十五章的豫表，禧年有两项主要的福分，就是归回失去的产业，以及从奴役得著释放。
2Actually, the preaching of the gospel is the sounding, the trumpeting, of the jubilee. In the preaching of the gospel, we proclaim glad tidings, good news. This good news is that we can be returned to our lost possession and that we can be freed from slavery, from bondage. In our gospel preaching, we need to trumpet the jubilee; we need to proclaim the return to the lost possession and the release from bondage. According to the type in Leviticus 25, the jubilee has two main blessings. These blessings are the return to the lost possession and the release from slavery
浪子的比喻
THE JUBILEE AS ILLUSTRATED
所描述的禧年
BY THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
3我们在已过的信息里指出，我们虽是神所创造的人，却失去了神作我们的真产业。说得更准确一点，实际上我们不是失去产业，乃是离开产业。浪子的比喻说明了这一点。当浪子离开父家的时候，也离开了他的产业。同样的，当我们离开神的时候，就离开了我们的真产业。所以，在禧年里，不是我们的产业归回我们，乃是我们归回自己所离开的产业。禧年的头一项福分就是归回自己的产业。除了失去我们的产业，我们也卖身为奴，失去了自己。所以，我们需要得著释放，这是禧年的第二项福分。你若仔细读利未记二十五章，就会看见一面有归回各人的产业，一面有归回各人的家。
3In the foregoing messages we pointed out that although we are men created by God, we have lost God as our real possession. To be more exact, actually we did not lose our possession—we left it. The parable of the prodigal son illustrates this. When the prodigal son left the father’sho use, he also left his inheritance. Likewise, when we left God, we left our true possession. Therefore, in the jubilee it is not that our possession is returned to us; rather, we are returned to the possession which we left. The first blessing of the jubilee is the return to our possession. In addition to losing our possession, we also lost ourselves by selling ourselves into slavery. Therefore, we need to be set free. This is the second blessing of the jubilee. If you read Leviticus 25 carefully, you will see that, on the one hand, there is the return to one’s possession, and, on the other hand, the return to one’s family.
4我们从前都是离开了父亲和父家的浪子。我们既离开了父亲和父家，就必然离开了自己的产业。所以，我们需要归回父亲和父家。这是路加十五章浪子的比喻所描述的禧年。主耶稣在路加四章十八和十九节宣扬新约的禧年。祂吹新约禧年的号，宣告说，『主的灵在我身上，因为祂膏了我，叫我传福音给贫穷的人，差遣我去宣扬被掳的得释放，瞎眼的得复明，叫那受压制的得自由，宣扬主悦纳人的禧年。』这禧年宣扬了以后，也给许多人经历了，他们的事例记在路加福音里面。这些事例都是新约禧年的例证。在路加福音许多禧年的例证中，最好的事例就是浪子归回他的父亲、父家和产业。浪子耗尽了一切之后，遇见那地方大遭饥荒，就穷乏起来。（路十五14。）于是『去投靠那地方的一个居民，那人打发他到自己的田里去放猪。他恨不得拿猪所吃的豆荚充饥，也没有人给他。』（路十五15～16。）他醒悟过来，就说，『我父亲有多少的雇工，口粮有余，我倒在这里饿死么？我要起来，到我父亲那里去，向他说，父亲，我犯罪得罪了天，并得罪了你。我不配再称为你的儿子，把我当作一个雇工罢。』（路十五17～。）在这里我们看见，浪子想要用自己的努力耕种、收割，这些是禧年里不可作的事。浪子的用意是要告诉父亲，他不配再作儿子，他愿意像雇工一样劳苦作工。但是按照利未记二十五章的豫表，禧年里不可耕种，不可收割，不可在地上有任何劳苦。因此，浪子不该回到父亲那里作劳工，乃该回到父亲那里享受他的产业。
4We all once were prodigals who went away from the Father and from His household. As those who went away both from the Father and from His house, we certainly went away from our inheritance. Therefore, it was necessary for us to be returned to the Father and to His household. This is the jubilee as illustrated by the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15. The New Testament jubilee was proclaimed by the Lord Jesus in Luke 4:18 and 19. He sounded out the trumpet of the New Testament jubilee when He declared, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away in release those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” After this jubilee was proclaimed, it was experienced by many whose cases are recorded in the Gospel of Luke. All these cases, therefore, are illustrations of the New Testament jubilee. Among the many illustrations of the jubilee in the Gospel of Luke, the best is the case of the prodigal son being returned to his father, to his father’sho use hold, and to his inheritance. After the prodigal had spent all, a severe famine occurred, and he began to be in want (Luke 15:14). He then “went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed hogs. And he was longing to be satisfied with the carob pods which the hogs were eating, and no one gave him anything” (vv. 15-16). When he came to himself, he said, “How many of my father’s hired servants have an abundance of bread, but I am perishing here with famine! I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants” (vv. 17-19). Here we see that the prodigal wanted to be as those who sowed, reaped, 19 and harvested (things which were forbidden in the year of jubilee) by exerting his own effort. His intention was to tell his father that since he was no longer worthy of being a son, he would like to labor as a hired one. But according to the type in Leviticus 25, during the year of jubilee there was to be no sowing, reaping, or harvesting. During that year there was not to be any labor on the land. Hence, the prodigal son should not have come back to the father to be a laborer. He should be returned to the father as one being returned to enjoy his possession.
5浪子回来时，就说，『父亲，我犯罪得罪了天，并得罪了你。我不配再称为你的儿子。』（路十五21）父亲不愿听这样的胡言乱语，就打断他的话，吩咐奴仆说，『快把那上好的袍子拿出来给他穿，把戒指戴在他手上，把鞋穿在他脚上，把那肥牛犊牵来宰了，让我们吃喝快乐。』(路十五22～23。)你知道肥牛犊表征甚么肥牛犊表征丰富的基督作我们的产业。按歌罗西一章十二节的话，这是基督作众圣徒的分。在浪子回来以后，他、父亲并家里的人就开始享受产业。这里在浪子的事例中，有一幅新约禧年清楚的图画。真正的悔改，该像这比喻里所描绘的浪子那样。
5When the prodigal son was returned, he began to say, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son” (v. 21). The father, not having an ear to hear such nonsensical talk, interrupted him and said to his slaves, “Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf; slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry” (vv. 22-23). Do you know what the fattened calf signifies? The fattened calf signifies the rich Christ as our inheritance. In the words of Colossians 1:12, this is Christ as the portion of the saints. After the prodigal son was returned, he, the father, and those in the household began to enjoy the inheritance. Here in the case of the prodigal son we have a clear picture of the New Testament jubilee. A genuine conversion should be like that of the prodigal son portrayed in this parable.
6我们已经指出，禧年的头一项福分是归回我们失去的产业。在禧年，失去产业的人归回自己的产业。这是利未记二十五章九至十三节所豫表的。新约禧年头一项主要的福分，就是归回我们离开的产业。这产业不是物质的东西－我们的产业乃是神自己。
6We have pointed out that the first blessing of the jubilee is the return to our lost possession. In the jubilee those who have lost their inheritance were returned to their possession. This is typified in Leviticus 25:9-13. The first main blessing of the New Testament jubilee is to return to the possession which we had left. This possession was not anything material—our possession was God Himself
神的心意是要作人的产业
GOD’SIN TENT I ON TO BE MAN’S POSSESSION
7人真正的产业是神，人受造乃是作盛装神的器皿。创世记一章二十六节说，人是照著神的形像造的；罗马九章也启示，人受造乃是作器皿的。人受造为盛装神的器皿，使神可以充满人，并藉著人彰显祂自己。我们来看瓶子这个器皿。瓶子本身是空的，牠的产业是甚么？瓶子的产业乃是牠的内容。不论那一种器皿，原则都是一样；器皿的产业就是那器皿的内容。器皿若没有内容，就没有产业。器皿若没有内容，没有产业，就是虚空的，而虚空就是贫穷。
7Man’st rue possession is God, and man was created as a vessel to contain God. Genesis 1:26 says that man was made in the image of God, and Romans 9 reveals that man was created to be a vessel. Man was created a vessel to contain God so that God might fill man and express Himself through man. Consider a bottle, which is a vessel. In itself such a vessel is empty. What is the possession of a bottle? A bottle’s possession is its content. The principle is the same with any kind of vessel: the possession of a vessel is the content of that vessel. If a vessel does not have its content, it does not have its possession. For a vessel to be without content, to be without its possession, is to be empty, and to be empty is to be poor
8人受造乃是盛装神的器皿。人若不盛装神，意思就是说，人没有产业。人没有神作内容，就是贫穷、虚空的器皿。神的心意是要作人的内容，人的产业。
8Man was created as a vessel to contain God. If man does not contain God, this means that man does not have his possession. Without God as his content, man remains a poor, empty vessel. God’sin tent i on is to be man’s content, his possession
9在物质事物的范围里，我们若有生活所需要的产业，就必有土地生产食物，也必有房子住宿。我们天天需要食物吃，需要房子住。简单的说，我们需要土地和房屋，这些是人生活的基本需要。
9In the realm of material things, if we have the needed possessions, we shall have land for the producing of food, and we shall have a house for our lodging. Daily we need food to eat and a house in which to dwell. In brief, we need land and a house. These are the basic necessities in man’s living.
10新约指明神是我们真正的土地。神赐给祂的选民以色列人一块美地，流奶与蜜之地。神赐给他们这地的目的何在？神赐给祂的子民这地，是要叫他们有食物吃。这美地豫表神在基督里作我们的供应，给我们吃。吃是属灵的需要，基督是满足这个需要的供应。在诗篇九十篇一节我们看见，神也是我们的居所：『主阿，你世世代代作我们的居所。』你领悟神是你的居所么？甚至旧约也告诉我们，神是祂选民的居所。所以，神是我们的土地，也是我们的房屋，我们的居所。诗篇十六篇五节说，『耶和华是我的产业，是我杯中的分。』这里我们看见主是我们的产业，是我们杯中的分。祂是我们的分有两方面－是给我们吃90:1的食物，也是给我们住的房屋。按照诗篇九十篇一节和十六篇五节，神要作人的产业，作人的土地和住处。
10The New Testament indicates that God is our real land. To His chosen people, the children of Israel, God gave a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey. For what purpose did He give them the land? God gave the land to His people so that they would have food for eating. This good land is a type of God in Christ to be the supply for our eating. Eating is a spiritual necessity, and Christ is the supply to meet this need. In Psalm 90:1 we see that God is also our dwelling place: “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.” Have you ever realized that God is your dwelling place? Even in the Old Testament we are told that God was the dwelling place of His chosen people. Therefore, God is our land and also our house, our dwelling place. Psalm 16:5 says, “The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup.” Here we see that the Lord is our portion for our inheritance and for our cup. He is our portion in two ways—as food for our eating and as a house for our dwelling. According to Psalm and Psalm 16:5, God intends to be man’s possession, to be man’s land and lodging.
11我们人生的日常需要包括四大项：衣、食、住、行，其中食与住最重要。我们在衣著和交通上不足还能存活，但是我们没有食物和住处就无法存活了。甚至鸟也需要食物和窝巢。圣经启示基督是我们的真衣著，基督是遮盖我们的义。不仅如此，我们也可以说，基督是我们的真交通，我们在别处曾经指出，基督是真『巨无霸喷射机，』把我们带给父神。基督是我们的衣著、交通、食物、居所。禧年所关切的不是衣著和交通，乃是吃和住。所以，人可以归回自己的产业，就是归回给他吃的地，也归回自已的家，就是自己的住处。在属灵的意义上，我们的地就是神自己，我们的住处也是神。神的心意是要作我们的产业，作我们的食物和住处。
11Our daily necessities in human life include four main items: clothing, food, housing, and transportation. Of these four, food and housing are the most important. We may be able to live without adequate clothing and transportation, but we cannot live without food and lodging. Even a bird needs food and a nest. The Bible reveals that Christ is our real clothing; Christ is the righteousness that covers us. Furthermore, we may say that Christ is also our real transportation. Elsewhere, we have pointed out that Christ is the real “jumbo jet” that brings us to God the Father. Christ is our clothing, transportation, food, and housing. In the year of jubilee the concern was not with clothing or transportation; instead, the concern was with eating and housing. Therefore, a man could return to his provision, to his land for eating, and also to his family, that is, to his house. In a spiritual sense, our land is God Himself, and our house also is God. God’sin tent i on is to be our possession for food and lodging
基督是我们的食物和居所
CHRIST AS OUR FOOD AND DWELLING PLACE
12约翰福音启示主耶稣是我们的食物并我们的居所。在约翰六章我们看见，祂是从天上降下来的真粮，生命的粮，50-活粮。（约六32～33，35，48，50～。）因此，祂是我们属天的食物。『你们要住在我里面，』（约十五4，）这话含示主耶稣也是我们的居所。住在主里面的意思乃是以祂为我们的住处，我们的居所。按约翰福音看，我们应当吃主，也应当住在祂里面，因为祂是我们的食物，也是我们的住处。圣经是前后一致的。虽然圣经说到许多事，但我们进到话的深处，就看见旧约与新约都启示三一神是我们的食物和住处。祂是可吃的，祂也是我们的真居所。想想看旧约祭司的光景。对于祭司体系，有帐幕可居住，也有祭物可吃。作祭司事奉神的人可以吃祭物，并且住在帐幕里。帐幕与祭物都是基督的豫表。我们是今天的祭司。就应当吃基督，并且住在祂里面。
12The Gospel of John reveals that the Lord Jesus is our food and our dwelling place. In John 6 we see that He is the real bread, the bread of life, the living bread that came down out of heaven (vv. 32-33, 35, 48, 51). Hence, He is our heavenly food. The fact that the 51 Lord Jesus is also our dwelling place is implied by His word, “Abide in Me” (John 15:4). To abide in the Lord means to take Him as our abode, as our dwelling place. According to the Gospel of John, we should eat the Lord and also dwell in Him, for He is our food and our lodging. The Bible is consistent. Although the Bible speaks of many things, when we get into the depths of the Word, we see that it reveals in both the Old Testament and in the New Testament that the Triune God is our food and our lodging. He is edible, and He is our real dwelling place. Consider the situation of the priests in the Old Testament. Concerning the priesthood, there was the tabernacle for lodging and there were the sacrifices for eating. Those who served God as priests could eat the sacrifices and dwell in the tabernacle. Both the tabernacle and the sacrifices are types of Christ. As today’s priests, we should eat Christ and dwell in Him.
13有些不很认识圣经的基督徒，听到吃基督，可能会感到困扰。他们也许说，『你想吃基督？这是亵渎！基督是你的救赎主、救主、师尊、主、神。你怎能吃祂？』不错，主耶稣是我们的神、主、师尊、救主、救赎主。但祂亲自告诉我们，祂是我们的食物。祂是给我们吃的食物，也是给我们居住的住处。你实际经历了禧年么？你知道在禧年里到底是甚么意思？第一，在禧年里就是吃主耶稣。你若没有吃祂，就不在禧年里。没有人能空著肚子过禧年的。也许有人宣扬了禧年，但你的肚子若是空的，你就不会理会那种宣扬。我能作见证，我真是在禧年里，因为我天天吃主耶稣。藉著吃祂作我属灵的食物，我享受了禧年。对我来说，禧年是一个节期，是吃主耶稣的时候。
13Certain Christians who are not knowledgeable in the Scriptures may be troubled when they hear about eating Christ. They may say, “Do you intend to eat Christ? This is blasphemy! Christ is your Redeemer, Savior, Master, Lord, and God. How can you eat Him?” Yes, the Lord Jesus is our God, Lord, Master, Savior, and Redeemer. Nevertheless, He Himself told us that He is our food. He is food for us to eat, and He is also the abode in which we dwell. Are you in the actual experience of the jubilee? Do you know what it really means to be in the jubilee? First, to be in the jubilee is to eat the Lord Jesus. If you do not eat Him, you are not in the jubilee. No one can be in the jubilee with an empty stomach. A proclamation concerning the jubilee may be made, but if your stomach is empty, you will not care for that proclamation. I can testify that I am truly in the jubilee because daily I eat the Lord Jesus. Through eating Him as my spiritual food, I enjoy the jubilee. To me, the jubilee is a feast, a time for eating the Lord Jesus
14你若要在禧年里，就需要吃主，你需要享受祂。我们来到利未记二十五章的生命读经信息时，就会看见在禧年的经历里，主要的就是吃。
14If you are to be in the jubilee, you need to eat the Lord. You need to enjoy Him. When we come to Leviticus 25 in the Life-study Messages, we shall see that the main thing in the experience of the jubilee is eating
15不仅如此，我们要在禧年里，还需要有基督作我们的住处，作我们的居所。基督作我们的家，我们就有真安息。我们安家在基督里面，就享受真安息日。阿利路亚，基督是我们的食物，也是我们的居所！我们已经指出，神造人的心意是要人接受祂作人的产业。神造人以后，将人安置在园子里生命树跟前。园子是给人居住，生命树是给人吃。这里我们看见，神所造的人有两大需要：人需要神作他的食物，也需要神作他的园子，他的居所。也许你以前没有听说，神该是我们的园子。但亚当住在那里？他不是住在房子里或城市里，他乃是住在园子里。园子与生命树都象征神是人的享受。人因著堕落失去了神
15Furthermore, in order to be in the jubilee, we need to have Christ as our lodging, as our dwelling place. When Christ is our home, we have true rest. We enjoy a real sabbath as we lodge ourselves in Christ. Hallelujah, Christ is our food and our dwelling place! We have pointed out that God created man with the intention that man take God as his possession. After creating man, God placed him in a garden and in front of the tree of life. The garden is for lodging, and the tree of life is for eating. Here we see that the man created by God had two important needs: he needed God to be his food, and he needed God to be his garden, his dwelling place. Perhaps you have not heard before that God should be our garden. But where did Adam live? He did not live in a house or in a city; he lived in a garden. Both the garden and the tree of life are symbols of God being man’s enjoyment. MAN LOSING GOD BECAUSE OF MAN’S FALL
16亚当在园子里住了一段时间，但他没有进一步享受生命树。亚当没有吃生命树，反而吃了善恶知识树，因而堕落了。亚当因著堕落失去了神。也许更好是说，亚当因著堕落离开了神。亚当没有将神接受进来作他的生命，反而离开了神。他离开了神，就离开了他的产业。新约清楚的告诉我们，堕落的人没有神。以弗所二章十二节描述堕落人类真实的光景说，人『在世上…没有神。』今天堕落的人类都没有神，因为人已经离开了神。
16Adam lived for a while in the garden, but he did not go on to enjoy the tree of life. Instead of eating of the tree of life, Adam ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and thereby became fallen. Through the fall Adam lost God. It may be better to say that through the fall Adam left God. Instead of taking God in as his life, Adam left God. When he left God, he left his possession. In the New Testament we are told clearly that fallen man is without God. Ephesians 2:12, a verse that describes the actual condition of fallen mankind, says that man is now “without God in the world.” Today all of fallen mankind is without God because man has left God
17亚当在园子里的时候，他可以宣告他有神。不错，他有神，但他没有接受神作他的生命，然后，亚当离开了神，失去了神。所以，他所有的子孙住在地上都没有神。这实在是我们得救以前的光景；我们活在地上没有神，因为我们离开了祂。神的禧年带人归回
17When Adam was in the garden, he could proclaim that he had God. Yes, he had God, but he did not take God as his life. Adam left God and lost God. Therefore, all his descendants live on earth without God. This certainly was our situation before we were saved; we lived on earth without God because we had left Him. GOD’S JUBILEE BRINGING MAN BACK TO GOD
作人产业的神
AS MAN’S INHERITANCE
18神的禧年带人归回作人产业的神。在新约的禧年里，我们都已经归回作我们产业的神。
18God’s jubilee brings man back to God as man’s inheritance. In the New Testament jubilee we all have been returned to God as our possession.
19要准确的解释这个圣经的真理并不容易。实际上，不是我们归回神，乃是神使我们归回作我们产业的祂10自己。这是利未记二十五章的豫表所描绘的。十节说，『第五十年你们要当作圣年，在遍地给一切的居民宣告自由；这年必为你们的禧年，各人要归自己的产业，各归本家。』在这里我们看见，不是人的产业归回人，乃是人归回自己的产业。利未记二十五章十三节宣告同样的事：『这禧年，你们各人要归自己的地业。』在禧年的豫表里，所有卖了地业的人都归回自己的地业；所以在新约真实的禧年里，不是我们归回神，而是神使我们归回我们的地业。这就是说，我们得救时，神使我们归回我们的地业。我们再来看浪子的例子。表面看来，是浪子归回父亲。实际上，根据路加十五章，是父差遣子作牧人去寻找失丧的浪子。不仅如此，乃是父差遣那灵去寻找失丧的儿子。所以，不是浪子自己归回父，乃是父差遣祂的子和祂的灵使浪子归回。你以为你已经归回神了么？你可能有这观念，但是你归回神乃是神的作为，使你归回祂自己。神使我们归回作我们产业的祂自己。赞美祂已经使我们归回！
19It is not easy to explain this biblical truth accurately. Actually, it is not the case that we returned to God; rather, God returned us to Himself as our possession. This is portrayed by the type in Leviticus 25. Verse says, “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.” Here we see not that a man’s possession was returned to him, but that he was returned to his possession. The same thing is declared in Leviticus 25:13: “In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.” In the type of the jubilee, all those who had sold their possession were returned to their possession so, in the real New Testament jubilee we did not return to God; on the contrary, God returned us to our possession. This means that when we were saved, God returned us to our possession. Let us consider once again the example of the prodigal son. Apparently it was the prodigal son who returned to the father. Actually, according to Luke 15 the Father sent the Son as the Shepherd to seek out the lost prodigal son. Furthermore, it was the Father who sent the Spirit to find the lost son. Therefore, the prodigal did not return to the Father on his own. The Father sent His Son and His Spirit to cause the prodigal son to return. Do you think that you have returned to God? You may have this concept, but your coming back to God was God’s doing to return you to Himself. God has caused us to return to Him as our possession. Praise Him that He has caused us to return!
20歌罗西一章十二节说，父叫我们彀资格在光中同得众圣徒的分；以弗所一章十四节说到基业的凭质。我们既已归回神－我们的分，我们就有神在基督里作我们的基业。保罗在行传二十六章十八节说到堕落的人被带回归向作他们基业的神：『叫他们的眼睛得开，从黑暗转入光中，从撒但权下转向神，又因信入我，得蒙赦罪，并在一切圣别的人中得著基业。』这里神圣的基业乃是三一神自己并祂所有的、所作成的、以及为祂赎民所要作的一切。这位三一神化身在包罗万有的基督里面；（西二9；）这基督是分给众圣徒的分，作了他们的基业。而赐给众圣徒的圣灵，乃是这神圣基业的豫尝、凭质和保证。（罗八23，弗一14。）我们今天在神新约的禧年里，就有分于并享受这基业作为豫尝；到来世和永远里还要完满的享受这基业。（彼前一4。）在利未记二十五章八至十三节禧年的豫表里，主要的福分乃是各人归回自己的产业。在行传二十六章十八节禧年的应验里，主要的福分也是得著神圣的基业。
20Colossians 1:12 says that the Father has qualified us for a share of the portion of the saints in the light, and Ephesians 1:14 speaks of the pledge of our inheritance. Now that we have been returned to God as our portion, we have God in Christ as our inheritance. In Acts 26:18 Paul speaks of fallen people being brought back to God as their inheritance: “To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.” The divine inheritance here is the Triune God Himself with all that He has, all He has done, and all He will do for His redeemed people. This Triune God is embodied in the all-inclusive Christ (Col. 2:9), who is the portion allotted to the saints as their inheritance. The Holy Spirit, who has been given to the saints, is the foretaste, the pledge, and the guarantee of this divine inheritance (Rom. 8:23; Eph. 1:14), which we are sharing and enjoying today in God’s New Testament jubilee as a foretaste and will share and enjoy in full in the coming age and for eternity. In the type of the jubilee in Leviticus 25:8-13 one of the main blessings was the return of every man to his own inheritance. In the fulfillment of the jubilee here in Acts 26:18, receiving the divine inheritance is also the primary blessing.
21相信主耶稣，乃是归回作我们基业的神。一个人向神悔改，他就归回作他产业的神。我们要这样传福音，就需要对新约的禧年有充分的享受。我盼望我们都充分享受禧年。然后当我们出去传福音的时候，我们传扬的方式就是宣扬禧年。我们要告诉人，他们离开了作他们产业的神，而神要他们归回祂。我们可以对一个人说，『神是你的真产业，但是你离开了祂，失去了祂。现在祂要你归回祂。你愿意让祂带你归回祂自已么？神将你带回的路，是将你放在基督里。基督是把我们带给神的『巨无霸喷射机，』现在是『登机时刻，』你愿意上机么？你愿意相信基督，让祂带你归回神么？我们能向你作见证，你一相信主耶稣，进到祂里面，你就要被带回归向作你产业的神。』赞美主，我们已经被带回归向作我们产业的神！我们也已经被带回到我们的家。我们都像浪子，他回到父那里，回到父的家，就能享受他的分，他的基业。我们既已归回神，就可以享受祂作我们的产业，作我们的分和基业，也可以在神的家里，享受真正的家庭生活。
21To believe in the Lord Jesus is to be returned to God as our inheritance. When a person repents to God, he will be returned to Him as his possession. To preach the gospel this way we need to have the adequate enjoyment of the New Testament jubilee. I hope that we all shall enjoy the jubilee adequately. Then as we go out to preach the gospel, we shall preach in the way of proclaiming the jubilee. We shall tell others that they have left God as their possession and that He wants them to be returned to Him. We may say to a certain one, “God is your real possession, but you have left Him and lost Him. Now He wants you to be returned to Him. Are you willing for Him to bring you back to Himself? God’sway to bring you back is to put you into Christ. Christ is the ‘jumbo jet’ that brings us to God, and now is ‘boarding time.’ Are you willing to come aboard? Are you willing to believe in Christ so that He may bring you back to God? We can testify to you that as soon as you believe in the Lord Jesus and enter into Him, you will be brought back to God as your possession.” We praise the Lord that we have been brought back to God as our possession! We have also been returned to our family. We all are like the prodigal son, who came back to the father and to his family and could then enjoy his portion, his inheritance. Now that we have been returned to God we may enjoy Him as our possession, as our portion and inheritance, and we may also enjoy the real family life in the house of God