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路加福音生命读经 · 第76篇

人救主的升天（一）

The Man-Savior’s Ascension (1)
1读经：希伯来书2:9，12:2，使徒行传2:36。从本篇信息开始，我们要用一系列的信息，说到人救主的升天。我们首先要描述主的升天，然后要看主的升天客观与主观的两面。
1Scripture Reading: Heb. 2:9; 12:2; Acts 2:36 With this message we begin a series on the Man- Savior’s ascension. First we shall give a description of the Lord’s ascension. Then we shall consider both the objective and the subjective aspects of His ascension
人救主就职
THE MAN-SAVIOR’S INAUGURATION
进入神属天的职任
INTO HIS HEAVENLY OFFICE
2人救主的升天乃是祂经过创造、成为肉体、为人生活、钉十字架与复活的过程，是神也是人，是创造主也是受造者，又是救赎主、救主、以及赐生命的灵，就职进入属天的职任，以执行神的行政，并完成神新约的经纶。我们要了解人救主的升天，需要看见祂的升天乃是祂就职进入祂属天的职任。这就职需要一段漫长的过程，开始于创造，继之以成为肉体、为人生活、钉十字架与复活。在这过程里，人救主是神、人、创造主、受造者、救赎主、救主以及赐生命的灵。主耶稣就职，是要执行神的行政，并完成神新约的经纶。在客观的一面，主的升天使祂得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕，（来二9，）并为著神的行政登上宝座，（来十二2，）使祂被立为主，来得著万有，并被立为基督，以完成神的使命。
2The Man-Savior’s ascension is His inauguration into His heavenly office through the process of creation, incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection as God and man, as the Creator and the creature, and as the Redeemer, the Savior, and the life-giving Spirit, to execute God’sad ministration and to carry out God’s New Testament economy (dispensation). If we would understand the Man-Savior’s ascension, we need to see that it is His inauguration into His heavenly office. This inauguration required a lengthy process that began with creation and continued with incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. This process involved the Man-Savior as God, man, Creator, creature, Redeemer, Savior, and life-giving Spirit. The Lord Jesus was inaugurated to execute God’sad ministration and to carry out God’s New Testament economy. In the objective aspect, the Lord’s ascension caused Him to be crowned with glory and honor (Heb. 2:9) and to be enthroned for God’sad ministration (Heb. 12:2) and made Him the Lord to possess all and the Christ to carry out God’s commission
3你曾听过基督有一次就职，而祂的就职就是祂的升天么？有些人对这问题可能回答说，圣经里找不到『就职』一辞。说圣经里没有这辞当然没有错，但是圣经里确有人救主就职这事实。照样，圣经里也没有『三一神』一辞，但圣经启示三一神却是个事实。比方说，马28:19太二十八章十九节说到将信徒浸入『父、子、圣灵的名里。』同样，新约也启示基督就职的事实。请看行传二章三十六节：『所以，以色列全家当确实的知道，你们钉在十字架上的这位耶稣，神已经立祂为主为基督了。』这节的『立』可以领会成使其就职之意。因此，基督的就职是在行传二章三十六节。我们读前面的经文，就会看见那里题到主的升天。在耶稣基督升天时，神使祂就职进入祂属天的职事。这就是说，在祂的升天里，在祂的就职里，神立祂为主为基督。
3Have you ever heard that Christ had an inauguration and that His inauguration was His ascension? Some may respond to this question by saying that the word “inauguration” cannot be found in the Bible. It is, of course, correct to say that this word is not in the Scriptures, but the fact of the Man-Savior’s inauguration is there nonetheless. The expression “the Triune God” likewise is not in the Bible, but it is a fact that the Bible reveals the Triune God. For example, Matthew speaks of baptizing believers “into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” In like manner, the New Testament reveals the fact of Christ’s inauguration. Consider Acts 2:36: “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.” In this verse the word “made” can be understood to mean “inaugurated.” Hence, Christ’s inauguration is in Acts 2:36. If we read the preceding verses, we shall see that there the Lord’s ascension is mentioned. In His ascension God inaugurated Jesus Christ into His heavenly ministry. This means that in His ascension, in His inauguration, God made Him Lord and Christ.
人救主的身分
THE MAN-SAVIOR’S STATUS
是升天者
AS THE ASCENDED ONE
4这一位藉著升天就职进入属天职任的人救主，有奇妙的身分。祂是神又是人，是创造主也是受造者。有些神学家同意基督是神，是人，是创造主，却否认祂也是受造者这事实。但是，歌罗西一章十五节说，基督是一切受造之物的首生者，指明就著祂的人性说，祂是受造者。但是由于亚流（Arius）的异端，就是主后三二五年奈西亚会议所定罪的，许多人不愿意说，照著歌罗西一章十五节，基督是受造者。这节圣经告诉我们，基督是神的像，是一切受造之物的首生者。如果圣经里没有这一节，我们就不敢说，基督是创造主也是受造者。但这一节是一个根据，使我们敢说，基督是创造主，也是受造者。我们若说基督是神又是人，那么我们也必须说，祂是创造主也是受造者，因为祂是创造主而人是受造者。但是有些神学家说，基督是神也是人，却又说祂仅仅是创造主，不是受造者。这是何等荒谬！人不是受造者么？希伯来二章十四节指明，主耶稣有血有肉。血和肉不是受造之物么？你若否认基督是受造者，你实际上就是否认祂是在肉体里来的。否认基督在肉体里而来，乃是约壹四章所定罪的异端。好几年前，在香港有些人宣称：『我们的基督是创造主，不是受造者。』我听见了，就告诉圣徒：『说基督是创造主，却不是受造者，是非常错误的。你如果说基督不是受造者，你也就是说祂没有成为人。但基督既然成为人，祂也就成了受造者，因为人是受造者。』我们的基督，就是神使其就职进入属天职任的这一位，既是神，又是人。祂是创造主，也是受造者。不仅如此，祂是救赎主，救主，还是赐生命的灵。祂的身分何等奇妙！祂具有何等的资格！
4As the One inaugurated into His heavenly office through His ascension, the Man - Savior has a wonderful status. He is both God and man, both the Creator and a creature. Some theologians would agree that Christ is God, man, and the Creator, but would deny the fact that He is also a creature. However, Colossians 1:15 says that Christ is the Firstborn of all creation, indicating that with respect to His humanity He is a creature. But due to the heresy of Arius, which was condemned at the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325, many are reluctant to say that, according to Colossians 1:15, Christ is a creature. In this verse we are told that Christ is the image of God, the Firstborn of all creation. If this verse were not in the Bible, we would not presume to say that Christ is both the Creator and a creature. However, this verse is the basis for saying that Christ is a creature as well as the Creator. If we say that Christ is both God and man, then we must also say that He is both the Creator and a creature, for God is the Creator and man is a creature. However, some theologians say that Christ is both God and man, and then say that He is only the Creator, not a creature. How ridiculous! Is man not a creature? Hebrews 2:14 indicates that the Lord Jesus had blood and flesh. Are blood and flesh not created things? If you deny that Christ is a creature, you are actually denying that He came in the flesh. Denying that Christ has come in the flesh is a heresy condemned in chapter four of 1 John. Years ago, some in Hong Kong were proclaiming, “Our Christ is the Creator; He is not a creature.” When I heard about this, I told the saints, “It is very wrong to say that Christ is the Creator but not a creature. If you say that Christ is not a creature, then you are also saying that He did not become a man. But since Christ be came a man, He also became a creature, because man is a creature.” Our Christ, whom God inaugurated into the heavenly office, is both God and man. He is the creature as well as the Creator. Furthermore, He is the Redeemer, the Savior, and the life-giving Spirit. What a wonderful status He has! What qualifications He possesses!
5许多基督徒没有看见，基督作为升天者有何种身分和资格。但是我能作见证，每当我接触主，我认识祂是神、人、创造主、受造者、救赎主、救主、以及赐生命的灵。因为我对主有这种体认，所以有时候我接触祂会欣喜若狂。我甚至能说，有时候我想到基督的所是，我就被那灵『充电。』你曾想过基督不是部分的神，乃是整个的神么？祂不只是子神，也是父神与灵神。因此，基督是整个的神，就是三一神。不仅如此，祂也是三部分的人。因此，祂这位三一的神并三部分的人，乃是整个的神并完全的人。我们都要学习说，『我的救主是三一的神，也是三部分的人。祂是创造主，也是受造者。祂是救赎主以及赐生命的灵，这赐生命的灵乃是三一神的终极完成。』我们越认识这一点，就越会被『充电，』在主里欣喜若狂。
5Many Christians do not realize what kind of status and qualifications Christ has as the ascended One. However, I can testify that whenever I contact the Lord, I realize that He is God, man, the Creator, a creature, the Redeemer, the Savior, and the life-giving Spirit. Because I have this realization concerning the Lord, sometimes I am beside myself with joy when I contact Him. I can even say that I am sometimes “electrified” by the Spirit when I think of what Christ is. Have you ever considered that Christ is not God in part but the whole God? He is not only God the Son but also God the Father and God the Spirit. Hence, Christ is the whole God, the Triune God. Furthermore, He is a tripartite man. Therefore, as the Triune God and the tripartite man, He is the whole God and a perfect man. Let us all learn to say, “My Savior is the Triune God and a tripartite man. He is the Creator and also a creature. He is the Redeemer and the life-giving Spirit, and this life-giving Spirit is the consummation of the Triune God.” The more we realize this, the more we shall be “electrified” and beside ourselves with joy in the Lord
EXECUTING GOD’SAD MINISTRATION AND
执行神的行政，并完成神新约的经纶
CARRYING OUT GOD’S NEW TESTAMENT ECONOMY
6具有奇妙身分的人救主，经过创造、成为肉体、为人生活、钉十字架与复活的过程，已经就职进入祂属天的职任，以执行神的行政，并完成神新约的经纶。基督现今在宝座上，执政管理整个宇宙。祂是独一的执政管理者，是万王之王，万主之主。地上一切的执政者都在祂之下。祂是执政管理者，执行神的行政，也完成神新约的经纶。祂的执政管理与宇宙有关，但祂完成神新约的经纶，乃是繁殖祂自己，作祂的复制，以建造召会，就是祂的身体，结果乃是新耶路撒冷。何等美妙！我们以上所说的，是关于人救主升天的引言。现在我们要接著来看基督升天客观的一面。
6As the One who passed through the process of creation, incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection, the Man-Savior with His wonderful status has been inaugurated into His heavenly office to execute God’sad ministration and to carry out God’s New Testament economy. Christ is now on the throne to administrate the entire universe. He is the unique Administrator, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. All the rulers of the earth are under Him. He is the Administrator to execute God’sad ministration and also to carry out God’s New Testament economy. His administrating is related to the universe, but His carrying out of God’s New Testament economy is to propagate Himself for His reproduction to build up the church, His Body, which will issue in the New Jerusalem. How wonderful! What we have covered thus far is an introductory word concerning the Man-Savior’s ascension. Let us now go on to consider the objective aspect of Christ’s ascension
人救主升天
the objective aspect
客观的一面得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕
OF THE MAN-SAVIOR’S ASCENSION Crowned with Glory and Honor
7人救主在祂的升天里得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕。希伯来二章九节说，『惟独看见耶稣得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕。』这里把荣耀和尊贵看作冠冕。荣耀是指与耶稣人位有关的荣美；尊贵是指与耶稣价值（彼前二7）有关的珍贵。在这里我们也可以指出，主的尊荣与祂的地位有关。（彼后一17。）基督这位升天者得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕，乃是在荣耀的光景中，且有尊贵的位分。人有高的位分总是一种尊贵。比方说，学校的校长有高的位分，那位分就是他的尊贵。反之，看门的就没有甚么位分或尊贵。基督的光景是荣耀的，位分是尊贵的。祂在一切君王和执政者之上，这是祂的尊贵。祂领受了这样的荣耀，并进入了这样的尊贵。这荣耀和尊贵就是祂在加冠时所得著的冠冕。
7In His ascension the Man-Savior was crowned with glory and honor. Hebrews 2:9 says, “But we see Jesus, who was made a little inferior to the angels because of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor.” Here glory and honor are considered a crown. Glory is the splendor related to Jesus’ person; honor is the preciousness related to Jesus’ worth (1 Pet. 2:7). Here we may also point out that the Lord’s dignity is related to His position (2 Pet. 1:17). As the ascended One crowned with glory and honor, Christ is in a state of gory and has a rank of honor. It is always an honor for a person to have a high rank. For example, the principal of the school has a high rank, and that rank is his honor. But a janitor, on the contrary, does not have any rank or honor. Christ is glorious in state and honorable in rank. He is above all kings and rulers; his is His honor. He has received such a glory and has entered into such an honor. This glory and honor are the crown with which He has been crowned
为著神的行政登上宝座
enthroned for God’sad ministration
8另一件与基督升天客观一面有关的事，就是祂已经为著神的行政登上了宝座。关于这一点，希伯来十二章二节说，基督现今『坐在神宝座的右边。』从这节圣经我们可能会有一个印象，以为在神宝座的右边有另一个宝座。但是在启示录我们看见，神和羔羊只有一个宝座。在启示录三章二十一节主说，祂在祂父的宝座上与父同坐。不仅如此，启示录二十二章一节说到『一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。』启示录二十二章三节接著说到圣城新耶路撒冷：『在城里有神和羔羊的宝座。』启示录二十二章一节和三节都没有说到复数的宝座，似乎有一个神的宝座，还有一个羔羊的宝座；那里所说神和羔羊的宝座是单数的。因此，那是一个神和羔羊的宝座。
8Another matter related to the objective aspect of Christ’s ascension is that He has been enthroned for God’sad ministration. Concerning this, Hebrews 12:2 says that Christ is now “seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” From this verse we may have the impression that next to the throne of God, at His right hand, is another throne. However, in the book of Revelation we see that it is only one throne of both God and Christ. In Revelation 3:21 the Lord says that He sat down with His Father on His throne. Furthermore, Revelation 22:1 speaks of “a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” Revelation 22:3 goes on to say of the holy city, New Jerusalem, that the “throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it.” Revelation 22:1 and 3 do not speak of thrones—one for God and another for the Lamb—but of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Hence, it is one throne for both God and the Lamb
9神和基督如何坐在一个宝座上？启示录二十一章可以帮助我们明白这事。二十三节说，『那城内不需要日月光照，因有神的荣耀光照，又有羔羊为城的灯。』在这里我们看见，那是灯的羔羊基督，凭著是光的神照耀，用神的荣耀，就是神圣之光的彰显，照亮这城。基督，羔羊，乃是灯，而神是灯里面的光。因为光在灯里面，所以光不能与灯分开。我们由这可以看见，神与基督如何坐在一个宝座上。神在基督里面，正如光在灯里面一样。既然神是在基督里坐在宝座上，神与基督就都坐在诸天之上的一个宝座上。
9In what way are both God and Christ sitting on the one throne? Chapter twenty - one of Revelation is helpful in this matter. Verse 23 says, “The city has no need of the sun nor of the moon that they should shine in it, for the glory of God illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.” Here we see that the Lamb, Christ, as the lamp shines with God as the light to illumine the city with the glory of God, the expression of the divine light. Christ, the Lamb, is the lamp, and God is the light within the lamp. Because the light is in the lamp, the light cannot be separated from the lamp. We can see from this how both God and Christ are sitting on one throne. Just as the light is in the lamp, so God is in Christ. Since God is in Christ sitting on the throne, both God and Christ sit on one throne in the heavens.
10神在基督里坐在宝座上这个事实，表明神是从基督里面，并藉著基督执政管理整个宇宙，就像光从灯并藉灯照耀。由这我们可以看见，基督是与神同登宝座。神是在宝座上，并且这位神是在登宝座的人救主里面。我们思想这事，就看见人救主的登宝座与神圣的三一有关。基督已经在祂的升天里登了宝座。祂的升天是为著祂的登宝座。升天的人救主已经得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕，并为著神的行政登了宝座。
10The fact that God in Christ is sitting on the throne means that God administrates the entire universe from within Christ and through Christ, just as the light shines from within the lamp and through the lamp. From this we can see that Christ is enthroned with God. God is on the throne, and this very God is in the enthroned Man- Savior. As we consider this we see that the enthronement of the Man-Savior involves the Divine Trinity. Christ has been enthroned in His ascension. His ascension was for His enthronement. The Man-Savior, as the ascended One, has been crowned with glory and honor and has been enthroned for God’sad ministration
得著万有的主
the Lord to possess all
11人救主在祂的升天里已经被立为主，来得著万有。（徒二36。）祂现今是主，为要得著整个宇宙、神所拣选的人、以及一切正面的人、事、物。基督不仅是神所拣选之人的主，也是天使的主，还是一切将来在千年国并新天新地里之人的主。因此，祂是诸天、地、并祂所救赎的一切人、事、物的主。人救主被立为万有的主，来得著万有。
11The Man-Savior, in His ascension, has been made the Lord to possess all (Acts 2:36). He is now the Lord to possess the whole universe, God’s chosen people, and all positive things, matters, and persons. Christ is the Lord not only of God’s chosen people, but also of the angels and of all those who will be in the millennium and in the new heaven and the new earth. Therefore, He is the Lord of the heavens, the earth, and of everything and everyone He has redeemed. The Man- Savior was made the Lord of all to possess all
基督完成神的使命
Christ to carry out God’s commission
12行传二章三十六节启示，人救主在祂的升天里，不仅被立为主，也被立为基督。祂被立为基督，作神的受膏者，(来一9，)来完成神的使命。
12Acts 2:36 reveals that in His ascension the Man-Savior was made not only the Lord but also the Christ. He was made the Christ as God’san o in ted (Heb. 1:9) to carry out God’s commission
13在本篇信息里，我们介绍了人救主的升天，也强调了祂升天客观的一面。在下篇信息里，我们要来看如何能经历祂的升天，然后再接著看祂升天主观的一面。
13In this message we have given an introductory word concerning the Man-Savior’s ascension, and have emphasized the objective aspect of His ascension. In the following message we shall see how we can experience His ascension. Then we shall go on to consider the subjective aspect of His ascension