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路加福音生命读经 · 第77篇

人救主的升天（二）

The Man-Savior’s Ascension (2)
1读经：希伯来书2:9，12:2，使徒行传2:36。在前篇信息中我们看到，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，就职进入祂属天的职任。人救主就职的身分是神也是人，是创造主也是受造者，并且是救赎主、救主、以及赐生命的灵，以执行神的行政，并完成神新约的经纶。我们思想基督升天客观的一面，看见祂在升天里得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕，(来二9，)为著神的行政登了宝座，（来十二2，）并且被立为主来得著万有，被立为基督以完成神的使命。（徒二36。）
1Scripture Reading: Heb. 2:9; 12:2; Acts 2:36 In the previous message we saw that the Man-Savior’s ascension was His inauguration into His heavenly office through the process of creation, incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. The Man-Savior was inaugurated as God and man, as the Creator and a 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. Considering the objective aspect of Christ’s ascension, we saw that in His ascension He was crowned with glory and honor (Heb. 2:9), enthroned for God’sad ministration (Heb. 12:2), and made the Lord to possess all and the Christ to carry out God’s commission (Acts 2:36
我们与升天基督的关系
OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE ASCENDED CHRIST
2有些人听到基督升天客观的一面，也许会说，『不错，人救主在祂的升天里，已经就职进入祂属天的职任。这非常美妙，但这事似乎对我太高，离我太远，这与我有甚么关系？我们要回答这样的问题，就需要了解在复活里的基督，那是灵的基督，活在我们里面。按照约翰二十章二十二节，基督在复活里回到门徒那里，是将祂自己吹到他们里面。然而按照马可十六章，路加二十四章，以及行传一章，主升上诸天，是为著进一步发生一些事。如果祂和我们的关系，终止在将祂自己吹到我们里面，祂就很难作出甚么来成就神新约的经纶。祂将自己吹到门徒里面以后，还需要就职进入属天的职任。
2When some hear about the objective aspect of Christ’s ascension, they may say, “Yes, in His ascension the Man-Savior has been inaugurated into His heavenly office. This is wonderful but it seems to be something too high for me and too far away from me. What does this have to do with me?” In answering such a question we need to realize that the very Christ in resurrection, the pneumatic Christ, lives in us. According to John 20:22, in His resurrection Christ came back to the disciples to breathe Himself into them. But according to Mark 16, Luke 24, and Acts 1, the Lord ascended to the heavens so that something further could take place. If His relationship with us ceased with His breathing Himself into us, it would be difficult for Him to work out anything for the accomplishment of God’s New Testament economy. After breathing Himself into the disciples, it was still necessary for Him to be inaugurated into His heavenly office
3我们可以用美国总统的选举与就职作为例证。总统不是在选举以后立刻执行总统的职务。他必须等到就职之日，就是就职进入职务的那一天。他在就职以后，就可以开始以总统的身分施政。照样，人救主复活以后，还需要在升天里就职。主将祂自己吹到门徒里面以后，五十天之久门徒都没有动静。然而到了主升上诸天并就职以后，从五旬节那天起，许多事情发生了。
3We may use the election and inauguration of the President of the United States as an illustration. The President does not begin executing his presidency immediately after the election. No, he must wait until the day of inauguration, the day he is inaugurated into his office. Then, after his inauguration, he may begin to carry out his administration as President. Likewise, after the Man-Savior’s resurrection, He still needed to be inaugurated in His ascension. For fifty days after the Lord breathed Himself into the disciples, they were quiet. But after the Lord ascended to the heavens and was inaugurated into His post, a great many things began to happen, starting on the day of Pentecost.
4我们需要了解人救主升天的意义。祂不仅复活，祂也升天。现今那位活在我们里面，并藉著我们作工的基督，不仅是在复活里的一位，也是在升天里的一位。那在复活里的一位满有生命与能力，然而祂还需要有升天的权柄。主在升天以后，不仅有复活里的生命与能力，也有升天里的权柄。一个政府官员若没有正式就职，就不能有权柄。权柄是藉著就职而来。一个人一旦就职担任一项职务，他就有那项职任的权柄。我们需要看见，我们信徒有一位活在我们里面，祂不仅有复活里的生命与能力，也有升天里的权柄。在复活和升天里的基督，活在我们里面，也停留在我们身上。祂活在我们里面作生命，也停留在我们身上作权柄。因此，我们现今与这位在复活和升天里的基督是一。结果，我们有复活里的生命和能力，也有升天里的权柄。
4We need to realize the significance of the Man- Savior’s ascension. In addition to His resurrection, there is also His ascension. Now the very Christ who lives in us and works through us is not only the One in resurrection but also the One in ascension. The One in resurrection is full of life and power, but He still needs authority in ascension. After His ascension the Lord has not only life and power in resurrection but also authority in ascension. Apart from a proper inauguration, a government official cannot have authority. Authority comes through inauguration. Once a person has been inaugurated into a certain post, he has the authority of that office. We need to see that, as believers, we have One living in us who has not only life and power in resurrection but also authority in ascension. The very Christ in resurrection and ascension lives in us and dwells upon us. He lives in us as life, and He dwells upon us as authority. Therefore, we are now one with this Christ in His resurrection and ascension. As a result, we have life and power in resurrection and also authority in ascension
珍赏人救主的复活与升天
APPRECIATING THE MAN-SAVIOR’S RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION
5我们也许不大赏识圣经里所启示，关于人救主的复活与升天。最近当我有一段时间与主同在，我领悟到我们都需要主的怜悯。我们也许从来没有看透到圣经所启示真理的深处。我们的读经常常十分肤浅。我们没有深入去看深处的东西。比方说，我们也许珍赏主在马太十一章二十八节的话：『凡劳苦担重担的，可以到我这里来，我必使你们得安息。』我们会说，『主，感谢你，我是劳苦担重担的人。主，我来就你，求你赐给我安息。』我们甚至也3:16这样肤浅的领会约翰三章十六节：『神爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信入祂的，不至灭亡，反得永远的生命。』我们读这一节，也许只注意神爱世人这事实，却没有研究相信的意义，也没有思想永远的生命是甚么，或者得永远的生命是甚么意思。我们也许没有领悟到永远的生命实际上就是三一神。因此，得永远的生命就是享受、有分于并经历三一神。我们对这事也许少有领会或没有领会。
5We may not have much appreciation for what is revealed in the Scriptures concerning the Man - Savior’s resurrection and ascension. Recently, while I was having a time with the Lord, I realized that we all need the Lord’s mercy. We may never have seen into the depths of the truths that are revealed in the Bible. Rather, we may often read the Bible in a very superficial way. We do not go below the surface to see what is in the depths. For example, we may appreciate the Lord’sword in Matthew 11:28: “Come to Me all who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” When we read this verse, we may say, “Thank You, Lord. I am one who labors, one who is burdened. Lord, I come to You and ask You to give me rest.” We may understand even such a verse as John in a shallow way. In this verse the Lord says, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one who believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” In reading this verse, we may pay attention only to the fact that God loves the world. However, we may not study what it means to believe. We may not consider what eternal life is, or what it means to have eternal life. We may not realize that eternal life is actually the Triune God. To have eternal life, therefore, is to enjoy, participate in, and experience the Triune God. However, we may have little or no understanding of this.
6肤浅的读经好比人在结冰的湖面溜冰，并没有把冰破开，看看表层下面是甚么。我们的读经，常常只在主话表面的『冰』上『溜，』也没有突破表面，进到深处，看看其中所启示的。因著肤浅的读经，很少基督徒认识复活、升天、以及那灵的降下这些事。因此，我们有负担叫大家都看见，现今在我们里面生活并作工的基督，乃是那在复活里带著生命和能力的一位，也是那在升天里带著权柄的一位。那在复活和升天里的一位，现今在我们里面生活、作工并运行。我们需要对这事实有印象：主和我们的关系不是停在祂的复活，而是往前到祂的升天。祂的升天导致许多事发生。我们曾经强调，祂以神、人、创造主、受造者、救赎主、救主、以及赐生命之灵的身分，得了冠冕，也登了宝座。祂已经就职进入祂属天的职任，执政管理整个宇宙，并执行神新约的经纶。这行政管理与执行不仅带著生命和能力，也带著权柄，祂现今在复活并升天里在我们里面。我们都需要认识祂到这样的地步。接触人救主时，
6Reading the Bible in a superficial way can be compared to skating on the ice that covers a deep lake: the skater does not break the ice to see what is under the surface. When we read the Bible, we may “skate” on the “ice,” the surface, of the Word. We do not break through the surface, go down into the depths, and see what is revealed there. Because of superficiality in the reading of the Bible, very few Christians know the matters of resurrection, ascension, and the coming down of the Spirit. Therefore, we are burdened that we all see that the Christ who is now living and working within us is the One in resurrection with life and power and also the One in ascension with authority. The One in resurrection and ascension now lives, works, and operates in us. We need to be impressed with the fact that the Lord’s relationship with us does not stop with His resurrection, but goes on to His ascension. Many things happened as a result of His ascension. We have emphasized that as God, man, the Creator, a creature, the Redeemer, the Savior, and the life-giving Spirit, He has been crowned and enthroned. He has been inaugurated into His heavenly office to administrate the entire universe and to execute God’s New Testament economy. This administration and execution are not only with life and power but also with authority. He is now in us both in His resurrection and in His ascension. We all need to realize Him to such an extent. RECOGNIZING THE MAN-SAVIORS STATUS
体认祂的身分和职任
AND OFFICE AS WE CONTACT HIM
7我们接触人救主时，如果对祂有这样的体认，我们与祂的接触就会不一样。我们对主的体认，使我们在与祂的接触上大不相同。这可用我们与人的接触为例。如果你不知道一个人的身分和资格，这会影响你接触他的方式。比方说，如果你不知道某人是学校校长，却以为他是看门的，这必定影响你接触他的方式。然而，如果你知道他是校长，你接触他的方式就不同了。我们知道别人的身分、资格、地位以及职务，往往使我们在接触他们的时候方式不一样。照样，如果我们认识人救主的身分和职任，这会影响我们与祂的接触。
7If we have this realization of the Man - Savior as we contact Him, our contact with Him will be different. Our realization of the Lord makes a great difference in our contact with Him. This can be illustrated by our contact with people. If you do not know a person’s status and qualifications, this will influence the way you contact him. For example, if you do not know that a certain man is the principal of the school but consider him a janitor, this will surely influence the way you contact him. But if you know that he is the principal, your way of contacting him will be different. It always makes a difference in contacting others when we know their status, qualifications, position, and office. In like manner, if we know the Man-Savior’s status and office, this will affect our contact with Him.
8今天许多信徒向主祷告、接触主的方式非常不恰当。他们不怎么赏识主的身分、地位和资格。他们不大领会，主要就职进入祂属天职任所经过的过程。人救主在升天就职以前，经过了创造、成为肉体、为人生活、钉十字架与复活的过程。受造之物是藉著祂有的。约翰一章三节说，『万物是藉著祂成的；凡已成的，没有一样不是藉著祂成的。』不仅如此，歌罗西一章十六节说，『万有，无论是在诸天之上的、在地上的、能看见的、不能看见的、或是有位的、主治的、执政的、掌权的，都是在祂里面造的；万有都是藉著祂并为著祂造的。』基督也经过了成为肉体：祂是话，这话就是神，成了肉体。（约一1，14。）藉著成为肉体，祂将创造的神带进造物里，带进人性里。祂在地上生活了三十三年半，我们也需要认识在为人生活里的基督。末了，祂上了十字架，藉此进入死，游历死的领域。接著，祂在复活里征服死，并且把死废掉。（提后一10。）因为死不能拘禁祂，(徒二24，)祂从死里走出来，进入复活。祂在奇妙的复活以后，就在复活里升到宇宙最高之处；祂升到诸天之上。人救主在祂的升天里得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕，也在升天里登了宝座，成为全宇宙的执政管理者。不仅如此，祂在升天里被立为万有的主，为基督，以完成神永远的计画，在地上繁殖自己，好产生身体与祂相配，作祂的彰显。现在我们接触祂，应当是接触这样的一位。当我们接触祂，需要认识祂的所是，认识祂的身分、地位和职任。
8Today many believers pray to the Lord and contact Him in a way that is far from adequate. They do not have much appreciation of the Lord’s status, position, and qualification. They do not have much understanding of the process through which He passed in order to be inaugurated into His heavenly office. Before the Man-Savior was inaugurated in His ascension, He passed through the process of creation, incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. The creation came into being through Him. Concerning this, John 1:3 says, “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being which has come into being.” Furthermore, Colossians 1:16 says, “In Him were all things created in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and unto Him.” Christ also passed through incarnation: He as the Word, which is God, became flesh (John 1:1, 14). Through incarnation, He brought the creating God into His creature, into humanity. He lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years, and we need to know Him in His human living. Eventually, He went to the cross through which He entered into death and had a tour of the region of death. Following this, in His resurrection He conquered death and nullified it (2 Tim. 1:10). Because death could not hold Him (Acts 2:24), He walked out of death and entered into resurrection. After His wonderful resurrection and in resurrection, He ascended to the highest place in the universe; He ascended to the heavens. In His ascension the Man-Savior was crowned with glory and honor. In His ascension He was also enthroned to be the Administrator over the whole universe. Furthermore, in His ascension He was made the Lord of all and the Christ to carry out God’s eternal plan to propagate Himself on earth to produce a Body to match Him for His expression. Now when we contact Him we should contact Him as such a One. When we contact Him, we need to have the realization of what He is, a realization of His status, position, and office
9感谢主，我们不再在主话的表面上『溜冰。』在祂的怜悯里，祂已经破开『冰，』将圣经的深处打开，给我们看见这一切宝藏。
9We thank the Lord that we are no longer “skating” on the surface of the Word. In His mercy He has broken through the “ice” and opened the depths of the Scriptures to show us all these treasures.
10新的辞汇传输真理最近我听到一些基督徒赞赏的话，说到我们中间阐释圣经的事。不过他们有些人对于我们使用一些新的辞汇，是别人教导圣经真理时没有用过的，感觉不太好。我承认在已过的三十年，我们带进相当多新的语汇和辞汇，来传输埋藏在神话语里的真理。但是我们没有发明任何教训；我们不过是发掘了圣经中所启示的。我们不能改进也不该改变神圣的真理。然而，靠著主的恩典，我们对于圣言中所传输更深真理的发掘，能彀也应当改进或调整。
10NEW EXPRESSIONS TO CONVEY THE TRUTH Recently, I heard of some words of appreciation spoken by certain Christians concerning the expounding of the Bible among us. However, some of them do not feel good that we use some new expressions, expressions not used by others in teaching the truths of the Bible. I admit that during the past thirty years we have introduced quite a few new terms and expressions to convey the truths buried in the Word of God. However, we have not invented any teaching; on the contrary, we have simply discovered what is revealed in the Bible. We cannot improve nor should we alter the divine truths. But, by the Lord’s grace, we can and should improve or adjust the discoveries of the deeper truths conveyed in the Holy Word.
11我们在圣经中发掘的真理，常常需要新的语汇来表达。这不是一件不寻常的事，因为这是人类文化中的光景，我们总是需要新的语汇和发表来表达新的发现。比方说，几个世纪以前，我们有『电脑、』『维他命、』和『X光』等辞么？没有，因为那些东西还没有被发现。但是新的事物一被发现，就需要新的发表或语汇来命名。使用新的诏汇和辞汇来传输圣经的真理，原则也是一样，早期圣经真理的教师，使用『三一神』和『三一』来指明三一的神格，在当时也是新的发表。近年来主给我们看见有关神新约经纶的真理较深的方面，这也需要新的发表。我们用『经纶』（economy）一辞为例。在二十或二十五年前，这辞在基督徒的著作中很少使用。许多教师不用经纶，而用『时代』（dispensation）这引起许多混淆的辞。时代是甚么？有些人认为时代只是一段时间。事实上，按照圣经，时代的真正、真实、基本的意义乃是经纶－神的家庭管理，要将祂自己作到祂的子民里面。神的经纶乃是三一神将祂自己分赐到三部分的人里面。我们使用『神的经纶』一辞只是一个例证，说明主的恢复一直往前的事实。当主的恢复一直往前，我们需要使用一些语汇和发表来传输真理。
11The truths we discover in the Word often need new terms to denote them. However, this is not something unusual, for this is the situation in man’s culture. New terms and expressions are always needed to denote new discoveries. For example, a few centuries ago did we have the words “computer,” “vitamin,” and “X-ray”? No, we did not have these terms because those things had not been discovered. But as soon as something new is discovered, there is the need for an expression or term to designate it. The principle is the same with using new terms and expressions to convey the truths in the Bible. “Triune God” and “Trinity” were new expressions used by the early teachers of the biblical truths to denote the triune Godhead. Some deeper aspects of the truth concerning God’s New Testament economy, which the Lord has shown us in recent years, require new expressions. Let us use the word “economy” as an illustration. It is not likely that as recently as twenty or twenty-five years ago this word was often used in Christian writings. Instead of the word economy, many teachers used the word “dispensation,” a word that has caused much confusion. What is a dispensation? Some think that a dispensation is merely a period of time. Actually, according to the Bible, the real, genuine, and basic meaning of dispensation is economy—God’sho use hold administration to work Himself into His children. God’secon o my is a matter of the Triune God dispensing Himself into the tripartite man. Our use of the expression “God’secon o my” is just one illustration of the fact that the Lord’s recovery is going on. In the going on of the Lord’s recovery we need to use certain terms and expressions to convey the truth
12我们赞美主，祂已从祂的话里给我们看见人救主的升天。我们越思想祂的升天，我们越在诸天里，因为我们是在祂的升天里。今天我们的基督不仅是万物所藉以创造的那一位，成为肉体的那一位，活在地上的那一位，为我们的罪死在十字架上的那一位，从死人中复活的那一位。今天我们的基督乃是那经过创造、成为肉体、为人生活、钉十字架与复活的漫长过程之后，已经升到最高之处，现今在诸天里的一位。祂在祂的升天里得了冠冕并登上宝座，且被立为主为基督，得著万有，并完成神的使命，使神的经纶－祂永远的计画，可以在今世在地上，在我们中间且藉著我们成就。我们有这样一位在升天里的基督，真是太美妙了！
12We praise the Lord for what He has shown us from the Word regarding the ascension of the Man-Savior. The more we consider His ascension, the more we are in the heavens, for we are in His ascension. Our Christ today is not only the One through whom everything was created, the One who became incarnate, the One who lived on earth, the One who died on the cross for our sins, and the One who resurrected from among the dead. Today our Christ is the One who, after passing through the lengthy process of creation, incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection, has ascended to the highest and is in the heavens. In His ascension, He was crowned and enthroned, and He was made the Lord and the Christ to possess all and to carry out God’s commission so that God’secon o my, His eternal plan, may be fulfilled on earth among us and through us in this age. How wonderful that we have such a Christ in ascension