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路加福音生命读经 · 第78篇

人救主的升天（三）

The Man-Savior’s Ascension (3)
1读经：以弗所书1:22，10，歌罗西书1:18，以弗所书1:23，3:19下，希伯来书4:14，7:26，22，8:6，9:15-16，启示录1:13，2:1。在本篇信息中，我们来看人救主升天主观的一面。说到人救主升天主观的一面，不像说到客观的一面那样容易。关于主的升天对我们如何是主观的，我感觉缺少发表来表达主所给我们看见的。
1Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:22, 10; Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:23; 3:19b; Heb. 4:14; 7:26, 22; 8:6; 9:15-16; Rev. 1:13; 2:1 In this message we come to the subjective aspect of the Man-Savior’s ascension. It is not as easy to speak of the subjective aspect of the Man-Savior’s ascension as it is to speak of the objective aspect. Concerning the Lord’s ascension being subjective to us, I feel that I lack the utterance to express what the Lord has shown us
升天基督
A TRANSMISSION FROM
向著召会的传输
THE ASCENDED CHRIST TO THE CHURCH
2我们已经看过，基督在祂的升天里，得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕，并且为著神的行政登了宝座。这意思就是说，祂与神同登宝座，成为宇宙中独一的执政管理者。基督藉著祂的升天也就职为主，要得著万有，且就职为基督，要完成神的使命。既然这一切事都是客观的，我们怎能证明基督的升天与我们有主观的关系？证据是从升天的基督向著我们有一种传输这事实。二十二年前，在论到以弗所一章十九至二十三节的信息里，我说到基督的升天，头一次用『传输』这辞。二十二节说，神使基督『向著召会作万有的头。』『向著召会，』指明从升天的基督向著召会，祂的身体，有一种的传输。
2We have seen that in His ascension Christ was crowned with glory and honor and enthroned for God’sad ministration. This means that He shares God’s throne to be the unique Administrator in the universe. Through His ascension Christ was also inaugurated to be the Lord to possess all and to be the Christ to carry out God’s commission. Since all these matters are objective, how can we prove that Christ’s ascension is related to us in a subjective way? Proof is in the fact that there is a transmission from the ascended Christ to us. I first used the word “transmission” in relation to Christ’s ascension twenty-two years ago, during a message in which I was trying to speak on Ephesians 1:19-23. Verse 22 says that God gave Christ “to be Head over all things to the church.” The phrase “to the church” indicates a transmission from the ascended Christ to the church, His Body
向著召会作万有的头
Head over all things to the church
3以弗所一章二十二节下半：『并使祂向著召会作万有的头，』这句话对繙译圣经的人是个难处。这子句主要有三种译法。头一种译法是钦定英文译本和达秘新译本所采用的；也是新约圣经恢复本的译法。新约圣经恢复本如前所引的译为：『使祂向著召会作万有的头。』
3The second part of Ephesians 1:22—“and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church”—has been a problem for translators of the Bible. Mainly there are three ways to translate this clause. The first way is that followed by the King James Version and the New Translation of J. N. Darby; it is also the translation in the Recovery Version. The King James Version says, “gave him to be the head over all things to the church,” and Darby’s version says, “gave Him [to be] head over all things to the assembly.” The Recovery Version, quoted above, says, “gave Him to be Head over all things to the church
神给基督的恩赐
A Gift from God to Christ
4按照这繙译，神使基督向著召会作为万有的头。这意思不是神将基督当作恩赐赐给召会，乃是神将一个恩赐－万有的元首权柄，赐给基督。按照这种领会，神将一个大恩赐赐给基督，这大恩赐就是万有的元首权柄。
4According to this translation, God gave Christ to be something to the church. It does not mean that God gave Christ to the church as a gift; it means that God gave Christ a gift—the headship over all things. According to this understanding, a great gift was given to Christ by God, and this great gift was the headship over all things.
『向著召会』
“To the Church”
5神使基督作万有的头乃是向著召会。我们已经指出，『向著召会』含示一种传输。神使基督所作的乃是向著召会，传输给召会。召会一同分享这件事。这符合十九节的话：『祂的能力向著我们。』『向著我们』这辞是一把钥匙，因为这也指明一种传输。神在诸天里的能力是向著我们；也就是说，祂的能力是传输给我们。
5God’s giving Christ to be the Head overall things is to the church. “To the church,” as we have pointed out, implies a transmission. What God gave Christ to be is to the church; it is transmitted to the church. The church shares it. This corresponds to the word “His power toward us” in verse 19. The phrase “toward us” is a key, for it also indicates a transmission. God’s power in the heavens is toward us; that is, His power is transmitted to us
6电从发电厂传输到我们的家是一个例证，说明神的能力从诸天向著召会的传输。电流从发电厂经过电线流进我们家里，这电流就是电的传输。当灯开著的时候，我们知道这传输就在进行著，我们若去看电表，可以看到清楚的指标，指明电流正在流通，电正从发电厂传输到我们家里。神圣之电的属天电流，也照样从三层天上的『发电厂』向著召会传输过来。我们召会乃是神圣之电所向著传输的『建筑。』因此，神的能力向著我们，意思就是神圣的电从诸天向著我们传输过来。以弗所一章十九节说，神的能力向著我们的传输，是『照祂力量之权能的运行。』『照，』指明神圣之电的传输需要轨道。这轨道好比火车行驶在其上的铁轨。如果没有铁轨，火车就无法好好行驶。照样，属天、神圣的电也是照著『轨道』传输到我们里面。十九节所用的『照』也指明模型或榜样，给我们看见这浩大的能力是怎样向著我们传输的。神的能力乃是照祂力量之权能的运行而传输。
6The transmission of electricity from the power plant to our homes is an illustration of the transmission of God’s power from the heavens to the church. The current of electricity flows from the power plant through wires into our homes. This current of electricity is its transmission. When the lights are on, we know that this transmission is taking place. If we go to the meter, we shall see a clear indication that the current of electricity is flowing, that there is transmission of electricity from the power plant into our homes. In a similar way, there is a transmission of the heavenly current of the divine electricity from the “power plant” in the third heaven to the church. As the church, we are the “building” into which the divine electricity is being transmitted. Therefore, God’s power is toward us. This means that the divine electricity is being transmitted from the heavens to us. Ephesians 1:19 says that the transmission of God’s power toward us is “according to the operation of the might of His strength.” The phrase “according to” indicates that a track is needed for the transmission of the divine electricity. This track may be compared to the tracks on which a locomotive runs. Without a railroad track a locomotive has no way to move properly. Likewise, the heavenly, divine electricity is being transmitted into us according to a “track.” As used in verse 19, the phrase “according to” also indicates a model or pattern, showing us how this great power is transmitted to us. God’s power is transmitted according to the operation of the might of His strength
7在这里保罗似乎用尽了希腊文的字汇，说到能力、运行、权能以及力量。保罗用这些辞表达神向著我们之能力的浩大。神的能力是照著运行传输给我们，而这运行乃是出于祂力量的权能。
7Here Paul, seemingly exhausting the vocabulary of the Greek language, speaks of power, operation, might, and strength. Paul uses all these words to convey something of the vastness of God’s power to us. God’s power is transmitted to us according to an operation, and this operation is of the might of His strength.
神在基督身上所运行的能力
God’s Power Wrought in Christ
8在以弗所一章二十节保罗接著说，『就是祂在基督身上所运行的，使祂从死人中复活，叫祂在诸天界里，坐在自己的右边。』『就是祂在基督身上所运行的』是指甚么？是指十九节的『能力。』保罗在二十节
8In Ephesians 1:20 Paul continues, “Which He wrought in Christ in raising Him from among the dead, and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies.” To what does “which” refer? It refers to “power” in verse 19. In verse 20 Paul speaks of the power which God wrought in Christ
9说到神在基督身上所运行的能力。
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10从这一节到二十二节，我们看见神运行这能力在基督身上共有四步：首先，使祂从死人中复活；其次，叫祂在诸天界里，坐在自己的右边；第三，将万有服在祂的脚下；第四，使祂向著召会作万有的头。神用浩大的能力在基督身上的运行，末了一步是使祂作万有的头，而神使祂所成为的乃是向著召会。
10From this verse through verse 22 we see that God wrought this power in Christ by four steps: first, raising Him from among the dead; second, seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies; third, subjecting all things under His feet; and fourth, giving Him to be Head over all things to the church. The final step of God’s working in Christ with His great power was to give Him to be the Head overall things, and what God gave Christ to be was to the church
另外两种繙译
TWO OTHER TRANSLATIONS
11以弗所一章二十二节的第二种译法没有用『作』字。按照这种译法，本节译为『将祂－万有的头－赐给召会，』意思是神赐给召会一样东西。神赐给召会甚么？神将基督这万有的头赐给召会。采用这种译法的译本有新约逐字一致英译本(theConcordantLiteralNewTestament)将祂这万有的头赐给艾克利西亚。』卫斯特（Wuest）在他的详译本说同样的话：『祂将祂这万有的头赐给召会。』阿福德（DeanAlford）也将本节的意思解释为神将基督这头赐给召会，这头是在万有之上。本节的这种译法指明，神使基督从死人中复活、叫祂坐在诸天里、又将万有服在祂的脚下，然后将祂这万有的头赐给召会。按照顺序，这种译法不合逻辑。使基督复活、叫祂坐在诸天里、将万有服在祂脚下，这三项是重大的步骤。按照本节的这种译法，这三项重大的步骤是跟著较小的步骤－将基督赐给召会。
11A second way of translating Ephesians 1:22 does not use the words “to be.” According to this way of rendering the verse, it would read, “gave Him, head over all things, to the church.” The verse would then mean that God has given something to the church. What has God given to the church? God has given Christ to the church as the Head over all things. One version that follows this way of translating this verse is the Concordant Literal New Testament: “gives Him, as Head over all, to the ecclesia.” Wuest in his expanded translation says the same thing: “Him He gave as Head over all things to the Church.” Dean Alford also interprets this verse to mean that God gave Christ to the church as the Head, and this Head is over all things. This second way of translating this verse would indicate after God raised Christ from among the dead, seated Him in the heavens, and subjected all things under His feet, He then gave Him to the church as the Head over all things. This would not be logical according to the sequence. The three steps of raising Christ, seating Him in the heavens, and subjecting all things under His feet are great steps. According to the second way of translating the verse, these great steps are followed by a lesser step—giving Christ to the church
12以弗所一章二十二节的第三种译法是说，神使、指派或立基督『为』召会作万有的头。这是中文和合本和伯克莱本（BerkeleyVersion）的译法。按照这种繙译，神使基督从死人中复活，叫祂坐在诸天里，将万有服在祂脚下，然后指派祂为召会作万有的头。
12The third way of translating Ephesians 1:22 says that God gave, appointed, or made Christ the Head over all things for the church. This is the translation in the Chinese version and also in the Berkeley Version. According to this translation, God raised Christ from among the dead, seated Him in the heavens, subjected everything under His feet, and then appointed Him to be the Head of all things for the church.
13本节的这一种译法，意义比第二种的高，比第一种的低。在以弗所一章二十二节的三种译法中，第二种最差。我仔细考虑这件事之后，还是喜欢采用第一种译法。神使基督从死人中复活，叫祂坐在诸天里，将万有服在祂脚下，末了赐给祂一个大恩赐。文生（Vincent）说，二十二节的『使，』意思不是指派或设立，乃是给一样东西作为恩赐。因此，本节是说神赐给基督一样东西。神赐给基督甚么?神赐给祂万有的元首权柄。神使基督从死人中复活，叫祂坐在诸天里，又将万有服在祂脚下以后，就赐给祂一个大恩赐－万有的元首权柄。
13The significance of the third way of translating this verse is higher than the second and lower than the first. Of the three ways of translating Ephesians 1:22, the second way is the poorest. After considering this matter carefully, I still prefer to follow the first way. God raised Christ from among the dead, seated Him in the heavens, subjected all things under His feet, and, eventually, gave Him a great gift. Vincent says that the word “gave” in verse 22 does not mean appointed or made; instead, it means to give something as a gift. Therefore, this verse is saying that God gave something to Christ. What did God give Him? God gave Him the headship over all things. After raising Christ from the dead, seating Him in the heavens, and subjecting all things under His feet, God gave Him the great gift of the headship over all things
14以弗所一章二十二节的这种译法较合乎逻辑、有意义、而且正确。人定罪基督，置祂于死。然而神来使祂复活，叫祂坐在诸天里，将万有服在祂脚下，并使祂作万有的头。这万有的元首权柄乃是神赐给基督的恩赐。
14This way of translating Ephesians 1:22 is logical, significant, and correct. Man condemned Christ and sentenced Him to death. But God came in to raise Him up, to seat Him in the heavens, to subject all things under His feet, and to give Him to be the Head over all things. The headship over all things was the gift given to Christ by God
从升天基督
The transmission
向著召会的传输
FROM THE ASCENDED CHRIST TO THE CHURCH
15以弗所一章二十二节后半最好的繙译是：『使祂向著召会作万有的头。』如果保罗写以弗所一章的结论只说，神使基督作万有的头，基督的升天就与召会毫不相干。然而，保罗加上『向著召会』这重要的辞。我们已经指出，这辞含示一种传输。凡元首基督所达到、所得著的，都传输给召会－祂的身体。我们需要看见，『向著召会』这辞指明，基督在升天里的一切所是，正传输给召会。因著神圣的传输不是一劳永逸的，因此召会应当不断的接受这传输。电线装设在建筑物里可能一劳永逸，但电的传输却要一直不断的进行。照样，神使基督复活、叫祂坐在诸天里，将万有放在祂脚下，又赐给祂一大恩赐－使祂作万有的头。现今基督在祂升天里的这一切所是，正传输到召会里面。这就是升天的基督带著祂升天的完满意义，不断的传输到召会里面。
15The best translation of the second part of Ephesians 1:22 is: “gave Him to be Head over all things to the church.” If Paul had concluded Ephesians 1 by saying that God gave Christ to be Head over all things, Christ’s ascension would not have anything to do with the church. Paul, however, added the important phrase “to the church.” As we have pointed out, this phrase implies a transmission. Whatever Christ, the Head, has attained and obtained is transmitted to the church, His Body. We need to see that the phrase “to the church” indicates that all that Christ is in His ascension is being transmitted to the church. Because the divine transmission is not once for all, the church should continually receive this transmission. Electricity may be installed in a building once for all, but the transmission of electricity takes place continually. Likewise, God raised up Christ, seated Him in the heavens, put everything under His feet, and gave Him the great gift of being the Head over all things. Now whatever Christ is in His ascension is being transmitted into the church. This is the continual transmission into the church of the ascended Christ with the full significance of His ascension.
16如果电从发电厂到建筑物的传输有问题，这问题通常不在发电厂，而在建筑物，就是接收的一方。照样，属天的发电厂绝不会有问题；然而，召会在接受神圣传输的事上时常有问题。我们经常有难处，阻挠神圣的电传输到我们里面。今天这传输无法传到许多基督徒身上。事实上，很少基督徒愿意完全敞开，不断的接受这传输。
16If there is a problem with the transmission of electricity from the power plant into a building, the problem is usually not with the power plant. The problem is with the building, that is, with the receiver. In like manner, there is never a problem with the heavenly power plant; however, often with the church there is a problem concerning the receiving of the divine transmission. Often we may have problems that frustrate the transmission of the divine electricity into us. This transmission is not able to get through to many of today’s Christians. Actually, not many Christians are willing to be fully open to receive this transmission continually
与基督一同坐在诸天界里
Seated with Christ in the Heavenlies
17藉著升天基督向著召会的神圣传输，人救主的升天就确定的与我们有关联。我们在祂的升天里联于祂，这是不容置疑的。为这缘故，以弗所二章六节告诉我们，我们在基督耶稣里一同坐在诸天界里。多年来我不懂以弗所二章六节的话，我们怎能坐在诸天里。我发现电是绝佳的例证，帮助我们领会这事。在我们家里运作的电也在发电厂里。这意思是电在发电厂，同时也在我们家里。照样，藉著神圣的传输，我们就联于诸天里的基督。这不是迷信，这是奇妙的事实。在属天发电厂里的能力也在我们里面。
17Through the divine transmission from the ascended Christ to the church, the Man-Savior’s ascension is definitely related to us. There can be no doubt that we are connected to Him in His ascension. For this reason, Ephesians 2:6 tells us that we are seated together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. For years I could not understand how, in the words of Ephesians 2:6, we can be seated in the heavens. I have found electricity an excellent illustration in helping us to understand this. The electricity that operates in our homes is also in the power plant. This means that at the same time electricity is both in the power plant and in our homes. Likewise, through the divine transmission we are joined to Christ in the heavens. This is not something superstitious; it is a marvelous fact. The power that is in the heavenly power plant is also in us
神圣传输的实际
The Reality of the Divine Transmission
18尽管我们看不见这能力，这能力却是个实际。我们看不见将行星维系在太阳系适当位置的能力，然而这是事实。我们不该说，『基督的升天这件事离我很远。我无法领会，并且我看不见神圣的传输。』你也看不见使行星绕著太阳运转的能力，但你仍然相信。我们需要相信在神圣、属灵的范围里，有一种能力，将基督在祂的升天里所达到、所得著的一切，传输给我们。基督在祂的升天里所达到、所得著的是不能测度的。然而凡祂所达到、所得著的，现今正传输到召会里。只要我们是洁净的容器，并且愿意敞开自己，这传输就会不断的进行。
18Even though we cannot see this power, it is a reality. We cannot see the power that keeps the planets in position in the solar system, but it is nevertheless a fact. We should not say, “Christ’s ascension is something faraway from me. I can’t understand it, and I can’ts ee the divine transmission.” Neither can you see the power that keeps the planets revolving around the sun, but you still believe it. We need to believe that in the divine, spiritual realm there is a power that transmits to us all that Christ has attained and obtained in His ascension. What Christ has attained and obtained in His ascension is beyond measure. But whatever He has attained and obtained is now being transmitted into the church. As long as we are clean receptacles and are willing to open ourselves, this transmission will take place continually
经历神圣的传输
Experiencing the Divine Transmission
19现在我们应当能彀看见，我们和基督升天之间的关联或关系。有一种能力，神圣的电流，从升天的基督流到召会，就像电从发电厂流进建筑物。我们不仅应当相信神圣的传输，我们更需要天天经历这传输。我能作见证，因著我经历这传输，没有甚么能胜过我、阻挠我、或压制我。因著这神圣的传输，光、生命的供应、以及维持的能力，就不断的临到我。
19By now we should be able to see the connection, or the relationship, between us and Christ’s ascension. There is a power, a divine current, flowing from the ascended Christ to the church, just as electricity flows from the power plant into a building. We should not only believe in the divine transmission; we need to experience it day by day. I can testify that because I experience this transmission, nothing can defeat me, frustrate me, or hold me down. Light, life supply, and sustaining power come to me continually because of this divine transmission
20你知道今天的召会应当在那里？召会应当在高举并升天之基督的传输里。基督已经从死人中复活，坐在诸天里神的右边。万有都已经服在祂脚下，祂也得著全宇宙的元首权柄。现今在神对祂采取的四个步骤里，凡祂所达到、所得著的，正传输到召会里。这传输由以弗所一章十九节『向著我1:19们这信的人，』以及二十二节『向著召会』这两个片语所指明。在这传输里，召会与基督同享祂所达到的一切；从死人中的复活、在超越里的坐下、万有的服在脚下、以及万有的元首权柄。为著那既在复活里又在升天里的基督传输到我们里面，赞美主！不仅基督在我们里面，祂的复活与升天也在我们里面。基督这经过过程、包罗万有、内住的灵，现今带同祂的人性、神性、为人生活、死、复活以及升天，就住在我们里面。这一切正传输到我们里面。关于经历神圣的传输，我们都受到传统神学歪曲教训的拦阻。许多基督徒从来没有听说关于基督升天的事，特别对神圣的传输没有概念。传统的教训给了我们许多人不正确的教育，这种教育拦阻我们经历在复活并升天里的基督。我恳请你们倒空自己，好从圣经中神圣的启示接受更新、更深的事物。
20Do you know where the church should be today? The church should be in the transmission of the exalted and ascended Christ. Christ has been raised from among the dead and seated at God’sr ight hand in the heavens. All things have been subjected under His feet, and He has been given the headship over the entire universe. Now whatever He has attained and obtained in these four steps taken by God concerning Him is being transmitted into the church. This transmission is indicated by the phrase “toward us who believe” in Ephesians and the phrase “to the church” in verse 22. In this transmission the church shares with Christ in all His attainments: the resurrection from among the dead, being seated in His transcendency, the subjection of all things under His feet, and the headship over all things. Praise the Lord for the transmission into our being of the Christ who is both in resurrection and in ascension! Not only is Christ in us; His resurrection and ascension are also in us. As the processed, all - inclusive, indwelling Spirit, Christ dwells in us today with His humanity, divinity, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension. All this is being transmitted into us. Concerning the experience of the divine transmission, we have all been hindered by the distorted teachings of traditional theology. Many Christians have never heard of the things concerning Christ’s ascension. In particular, they have no concept regarding divine transmission. The traditional teachings have given many of us an improper education, and this kind of education has held us back from experiencing Christ in His resurrection and ascension. I urge you to empty yourselves in order to receive something newer and deeper from the divine revelation in the Scriptures.
21新约启示，我们的基督是在复活并升天里。凡祂在复活并升天里所得著、所达到的，现今正藉著包罗万有、赐生命的灵，传输到我们里面。我们只需要敞开自己，说，『主，我在这里。我爱你，我将自己给你。主，我为著你倒空我的全人。』你如果这样祷告，就会经历并享受这神圣的传输。
21The New Testament reveals that our Christ is in resurrection and ascension. Whatever He has obtained and attained in His resurrection and ascension is now being transmitted into us by the all- inclusive, life-giving Spirit. We simply need to open ourselves and say, “Lord, I am here. I love You, and I give myself to You. Lord, I empty my whole being for You.” If you pray like this, you will experience and enjoy this divine transmission
神圣传输的目标－将万有
THE GOAL OF THE DIVINE TRANSMISSION
在基督里归一于一个元首之下神永远的行政
THE HEADING UP OF ALL THINGS IN CHRIST God’s Eternal Administration
221以弗所一章所启示神圣的传输有一伟大的目标－将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。关于这事，以弗所一章十节说，『为著时期满足时的安排，要将万有，无论是在诸天之上的，或是在地上的，都在基督里归一于一个元首之下。』『安排』一辞，原文也可译作『经纶。』这经纶，或安排，乃是神在祂自己里面定意的，要将万有在时期满足时，都在基督里归一于一个元首之下。时期在这里是指世代说的。时期满足时，是指神在所有世代的一切安排完成后，新天新地来到的时候。我们曾著重的强调这事实：神已经使基督作万有的头。藉著神在所有世代中一切的安排，万有要在新天新地中，在基督里归一于一个元首之下。这是神永远的行政和经纶。
22The divine transmission revealed in Ephesians has a great goal — the heading up of all things in Christ. Concerning this, Ephesians 1:10 says, “Unto a dispensation of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him.” The Greek word translated “dispe nsation” may also be rendered “economy.” The economy, or dispensation, which God purposed in Himself is to head up all things in Christ at the fullness of the times. The times here refer to the ages. The fullness of the times will be when the new heaven and new earth come after all the dispensations of God in all the ages have been completed. We have strongly emphasized the fact that God has made Christ the Head over all things. Through all the dispensations of God in all the ages, all things will be headed up in Christ in the new heaven and new earth. This will be God’s eternal administration and economy.
23当今整个宇宙都在逐渐败坏且恶化。看看人类的光景。没有人能彀统管万国。然而，神正在基督这独一的元首里，将万有归一起来。但我们需要知道，神要将万有归一于一个元首之下，这独一的头需要一个身体，而这身体乃是召会。召会就是神藉以将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下的身体。
23At present the whole universe is being corrupted and is deteriorating. Consider the condition of the human race. No one is able to head up the nations. Nevertheless, God is heading up all things in Christ, the unique Head. However, we need to know that for God’she ad ing up of all things, this unique Head needs a Body, and this Body is the church. The church is the Body through whom God is heading up all things in Christ
藉著一个宇宙人
Through a Universal Man
24以弗所一章十节说到时期满足时的安排。这指明在神的安排满足的时候，万有归一于一个元首之下这件事就要完成。这归一是神藉著一个宇宙人完成的。这人的头是基督，身体是召会。这宇宙人由头和身体组成，神凭藉他并在他里面，在全宇宙中将万有归一于一个元首之下。
24Ephesians 1:10 speaks of a dispensation of the fullness of the times. This indicates that at the fullness of God’s dispensations the heading up of all things will be complete. This heading up is done by God through a universal man. The Head of this man is Christ, and the Body of this man is the church. This universal man, comprising the Head and the Body, is the means by which and the sphere in which God is heading up all things in the entire universe.
25因著神将万有归一于一个元首之下，是藉著由元首－基督，与身体－召会－所组成的宇宙人，所以我们这些身体上的肢体就需要在元首权柄之下保守一。仇敌的诡计是要分裂基督身体的肢体。然而，我们是为著信徒一的见证而站住。我们在主的恢复里，站住如同一人。赞美祂，这里有一的见证！这一乃是神用来将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下的凭藉、管道和范围。
25Because God is heading up all things through a universal man constituted of Christ, the Head, and the church, the Body, we as members of the Body need to keep the oneness under the headship. The subtlety of the enemy is to divide the members of the Body of Christ. However, we are standing for a testimony of the oneness of the believers. In the Lord’s recovery we stand as one. Praise Him that here there is a testimony of oneness! This oneness is the instrument, channel, and sphere that God is using to head up all things in Christ
受造之物的叹息
The Groaning of Creation
26关于将万有在基督里并藉著召会归一于一个元首之下，我要请你们看罗马八章十九至二十二节：『受造之物正在专切期望著，热切等待神的众子显示出来。因为受造之物服在虚空之下，不是自己愿意的，乃是因那叫牠服的，指望著受造之物自己，也要从败坏的奴役得著释放，得享神儿女之荣耀的自由。我们知道一切受造之物一同叹息，一同受生产之苦，直到如今。』在这里我们看见，一切受造之物都因著自己的败坏而叹息。受造之物正在期望，热切等待神的众子显示出来。那时，一切的分裂与间隔都要除去；万有，不仅人类，都要在基督里归一于一个元首之下。首先，基督正将信徒归一于一个元首之下；然后，祂要藉著祂的身体将万有归一于一个元首之下。这太奇妙了。将万有在基督里并藉著召会归一于一个元首之下，这事虽然远超我们所能领会的，然而这是事实。因此，我们
26Concerning the heading up of all things in Christ and through the church, I would ask you to consider Romans 8:19-22: “For the anxious watching of the creation eagerly expects the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will also be freed from the slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.” Here we see that all creation is groaning, sighing, because of its corruption. Creation is expecting, eagerly awaiting, the manifestation of the sons of God. At that time all divisions and separations will be removed, and all things, not only mankind, will be headed up in Christ. First, Christ is heading up the believers. Then through His Body He will head up all things. This is marvelous. Although the heading up of all things in Christ and through the church is far beyond our understanding, it is nonetheless a fact. Therefore, we need to believe that sooner or later God will accomplish this
27需要相信，神迟早要成就这事。在神凡事都能
27Not Impossible with God
28有人听到万有至终都要在基督里藉著召会－祂的身体，归一于一个元首之下，也许会问这事会在甚么时候发生。我们当然不知道；圣经只告诉我们：『为著时期满足时的安排。』（弗一10。）
28When some hear about the eventual heading up of all things in Christ through the church, His Body, they may ask when this will take place. We, of course, do not know; the Bible only tells us “unto a dispensation of the fullness of the times” (Eph. 1:10).
29按照人的看法，全宇宙归一于一个元首之下似乎是不可能的。有人也许会说，『你说万有都要在独一的头里归一于一个元首之下？这是不可能的。』这事在人不能，在神却能。在祂凡事都能。(可十27。)虽然我们不知道要多久，时期满足时的安排才来到，叫万有都在基督里归一于一个元首之下，但我们确信神要成就这事。凡神所说的都要发生。祂已经告诉我们，祂要将万有都在基督，召会的头里，归一于一个元首之下，祂必定会作成这事。
29According to man’s view, the heading up of the entire universe seems to be an impossibility. Someone may say, “You talk about the heading up of all things in one unique head? This is impossible.” To man, this is impossible, but it is not impossible with God. With Him, nothing is impossible (Mark 10:27). Although we do not know how long it will be until the dispensation of the fullness of times, when all things have been headed up in Christ, we have the assurance that God will accomplish this. Whatever God speaks will take place. He has told us that He is heading up all things in Christ, the Head of the church, and He will do it