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民数记生命读经 · 第11篇

成军（十）

Being Formed into an Army (10)
1读经：民数记6:22-27，哥林多后书13:14。在本篇信息中，我们来看民数记美妙的一段—六章二十二至二十七节。这段经文说到在神圣三一里蒙神祝福的事。
1Scripture Reading: Num. 6:22-27; 2 Cor. 13:14 In this message we come to a wonderful section of the book of Numbers—6:22-27. These verses cover the matter of being blessed by God in His divine trinity
捌 蒙神祝福
VIII. BEING BLESSED BY GOD
2蒙祝福的这段，是在对付玷污、疑忌的试验、和拿细耳人的愿之后。这三件事实际上是三步。首先，我们对付一切玷污人的事物；接著，我们需要经历与疑忌有关的试验；然后，我们藉著许拿细耳人的愿，将自己献给主。
2This section on being blessed comes after the dealing with defilement, the test of suspicion, and the vow of the Nazarite. These three things are actually three steps. First, we must deal with anything that is defiling. Then we need to undergo the test related to suspicion. Following this, we should consecrate ourselves to the Lord by taking the vow of the Nazarite
3我们若是花时间来看这三步，就会领悟事奉主并为祂的国争战，不是一件肤浅、微小、或轻忽的事。反之，这些事非常高深而且奥妙。我们必须达到拿细耳人的水平，就是胜过天然的情感、属地的欢乐、背叛、和料不到的死亡。我们若胜过并远离这四件事，就会在领受神自己作我们福分的地位上。
3If we spend time to consider these three steps, we will realize that to serve the Lord and to fight for His kingdom are not shallow, small, or light matters. On the contrary, these matters are very deep, high, and profound. We must be up to the level of a Nazarite, one who overcomes natural affection, earthly pleasure, rebellion, and unexpected death. If we overcome these four things and stay away from them, we will be in a position to receive God Himself as our blessing
一 是神在祂神圣三一里的祝福
A. By God in His Divine Trinity
4在拿细耳人许愿的记载之后，耶和华吩咐摩西告诉亚伦和他儿子—与神十分亲近的众祭司—用神的神圣三一祝福祂的子民。耶和华是三一神。祂这位三一神在祂的神性并神圣的三一里，将祂自己分赐到我们里面。神若不是三一，就无法将自己分赐到祂的选民里面，作他们的福分。这福分就是神自己分赐到祂的选民里面。神渴望这样祝福祂的选民，但他们需要达到符合祂祝福的标准。全宇宙中惟一的福分就是神自己。在神以外，任何的事物都是虚空。整个宇宙是神创造的，但若没有神，离了神，甚至神所创造的宇宙也是虚空。宇宙的存在是很大的神迹，但若没有神，宇宙神奇的存在也是虚空。离了神，一切都是『虚空的虚空。』（传一2。）惟有神自己是真实的。惟有祂对我们是福分。倘若我们得著整个宇宙而失去神，我们就是最可怜的人。历史中满了这种人的事例，他们得著许多财富和物质的事物，但他们至终领悟，没有神，这一切全是虚空。神自己才是我们的福分，而这福分是藉著那圣者在祂神圣三一—父、子、圣灵—里分赐到我们里面，而临到我们。
4After the record of the Nazarite vow, the Lord told Moses to tell Aaron and his sons — all the priests, who were so close to Him — to bless His people in the way of His divine trinity. Jehovah is the Triune God. As the Triune God, He dispenses Himself into us in His divinity and in His divine trinity. Without being triune, God could not dispense Himself into His chosen people as their blessing. The very blessing is God Himself dispensed into His chosen people. Although God desires to bless His chosen people in this way, they need to come up to a standard that matches His blessing. The unique blessing in the whole universe is God Himself. Anything besides God is vanity. The entire universe was created by God, yet without God, apart from God, even the universe created by God is vanity. The existence of the universe is a great miracle, but without God the miraculous existence of the universe is vanity. Apart from God, everything is ‘‘vanity of vanities’’ (Eccl. 1:2). Only God Himself is real. Only He is the blessing to us. If we gained the entire universe yet missed God, we would be the most pitiful persons. History is filled with cases of people who gained many riches and many material things but who eventually realized that, without God, it was all vanity. God Himself is our blessing, and this blessing comes to us through the dispensing of the divine Being into us in His divine trinity—in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
5关于神的神圣三一，传统甚至基本的神学都没有这观点，看见神圣三一是为著神将祂自己分赐到我们里面。这亮光是近三十年才临到我们的。以弗所一章有一段记载，说到三一神如何在祂神圣的三一里，祝福祂所拣选、救赎、并变化的人。这章主要的是论到神在祂神圣的三一里祝福我们的三步，就是祂在父里、（弗一3～6、）在子里（弗一7～12、）并在灵里（弗一13～14）祝福我们。至终，因这神圣三一的流作了神选民的福分，就有一个结果，产生召会作基督的身体，作那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。（弗一22～23。）召会作基督的身体，是神圣三一这流将神的一切所是分赐到祂选民里面的整个结果。这基督的身体乃是那在万有中充满者的丰满、总和。
5The traditional and even the basic theology concerning God’s divine trinity does not have the view that the divine Trinity is for God to dispense Himself into us. This light has come to us only in the last thirty years. Ephesians chapter one gives us a record of how the Triune God blesses His chosen, redeemed, and transformed people in His divine trinity. This chapter is mainly on the three steps of God’s blessing us in His divine trinity, that is, on how He blesses us in the Father (vv. 3-6), in the Son (vv. 7-12), and in the Spirit (vv. 13-14). Eventually, because of such a flow of the divine Trinity as the blessing to God’s chosen people, there is an issue, and the issue of this blessed flow is the church as the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills all in all (vv. 22-23). The church as the Body of Christ is the total issue of the divine Trinity as a flow to dispense all that God is into His chosen people. The Body of Christ is the fullness, the totality, of the One who fills all in all
6启示录，圣经最后一卷书，和民数记一样，也是一卷数字的书，在描述新耶路撒冷的事上特别如此。新耶路撒冷有十二个门，上面有以色列十二个支派的名字；（启二一12；）又有十二根基，上面有新约十二使徒的名字。（启二一14。）不仅如此，城内有生命树，结十二样果子。（启二二2。）在这些十二的数字当中，三一神是隐藏的，甚至是调和的，作了祂子民的福分。
6Like Numbers, Revelation, the last book of the Bible, is also a book of numbers. This is true in a particular way concerning the description of the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem has twelve gates with the names of the twelve tribes (21:12), and twelve foundations with the names of the twelve apostles (v. 14). Furthermore, the tree of life bears twelve kinds of fruit (22:2). Among these twelves the Triune God is hidden, and even mingled, as His people’s blessing
7全本圣经记载的完成，乃是三一神作了祂子民特殊且主观的福分。新耶路撒冷既是圣经全部记载的完成，她就是神在神圣的三一—父、子、灵—里，在十二这数字里，与祂所拣选、救赎、并变化的人调和，作他们的福分。这福分要存留到永远。这样的福分乃是民数记六章神对以色列人祝福的终极成就。惟有到新耶路撒冷来临时，这祝福才完全得著成就。
7The consummation of the record of the entire Bible is God the triune as the very particular and subjective blessing to His people. As the consummation of the entire record of the Bible, the New Jerusalem is just the very God in His divine trinity — the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—wrapped up in the number twelve with His chosen, redeemed, and transformed people as their blessing. This blessing will last eternally. Such a blessing is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s blessing to Israel in Numbers 6. Only when the New Jerusalem comes, will this blessing be completely fulfilled.
8在民数记六章的祝福里，『愿耶和华赐福与你，保守你，』（民六24，）是说到父；『愿耶和华使祂的脸光照你，施恩给你，』（民六25，）是说到子；『愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐平安给你，』（民六26，）是说到圣灵。父赐福与我们，子光照我们，圣灵向我们仰脸。结果，我们蒙保守，我们受恩典，我们也有平安。保罗的书信多半开始于说到恩典与平安。恩典属于子，平安属于灵。恩典多少有点客观。平安是主观的，是我们享受恩典的结果，结局。首先我们领受恩典，然后我们享受平安。我们在子里领受恩典，我们在灵里享受平安。太初有话，话成了肉体，支搭帐幕在我们中间，丰丰满满的有恩典。（约一1，14。）从祂的丰满里我们都领受了，而且恩上加恩。（约一。）律法是藉著摩西赐的，恩典和实际却是藉著耶稣基督来的。（约一17。）这恩典实际上是一个人位，就是基督自己。我们领受恩典，结果就有平安。这平安乃是那位是灵的基督，就是赐生命之灵的基督，成了我们里面平安的灵。
8In the blessing in Numbers 6, ‘‘Jehovah bless you and keep you’’ (v. 24) is ascribed to the Father; ‘‘Jehovah make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you’’ (v. 25) is ascribed to the Son; and ‘‘Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace’’ (v. 26) is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. The Father blesses us, the Son shines upon us, and the Holy Spirit lifts up His countenance upon us. As a result, we are kept, we receive grace, and we have peace. Most of the Epistles of Paul open with a word concerning grace and peace. Grace is of the Son and peace is of the Spirit. Grace is somewhat objective. Peace is subjective; it is the result, the issue, of our enjoyment of grace. First we receive grace and then we enjoy peace. We receive grace in the Son and we enjoy peace in the Spirit. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, full of grace (John 1:1, 14). Of His fullness we have all received grace upon grace (John 1:16). Whereas the law was given through Moses, grace came 16 through Jesus Christ (John 1:17). This grace is actually a person, Christ Himself. When we receive grace, the result is that we have peace. This peace is the pneumatic Christ, the Christ who is the life-giving Spirit becoming the Spirit of peace within us.
9民数记六章的祝福既不是旧约的福分，也不是新约的福分，乃是三一神永远的福分，就是三一神在祂神圣的三一里，将祂自己分赐到我们里面，作我们的享受。这是神永远的福分。『愿耶和华赐福与你，』意思是耶和华将祂自己赐给你。但神不是仅仅客观的将自己赐给我们，像一位弟兄把礼物送给另一位弟兄。神乃是在祂的三一里，一步一步、一点一点的将自己赐给我们。你若问我，我从主领受了甚么福分？我要回答说，『我从主所领受的惟一福分就是我的三一神。我的三一神是我的福分。』
9The blessing in Numbers 6 is neither an Old Testament blessing nor a New Testament blessing. Rather, it is the eternal blessing of the Triune God, which is the Triune God dispensing Himself in His divine trinity into us for our enjoyment. This is God’s eternal blessing. ‘‘Jehovah bless you’’ means that Jehovah gives Himself to you. However, God does not give Himself to us merely in an objective way like one brother giving a gift to another. God gives Himself to us in His trinity, step by step and little by little. If you were to ask me what blessing I have received from the Lord, I would answer, ‘‘The only blessing I have received from the Lord is my Triune God. My Triune God is my blessing
１ 在父里—『愿耶和华赐福与你，保守你』
1. In the Father—‘‘Jehovah Bless You and Keep You
10说到父，民数记六章二十四节说，『愿耶和华赐福与你，保守你。』父在祂的爱里，各面各方的祝福我们，（参弗一3，）并且在祂的能力里，各面各方的保守我们。（参约十七11，15。）
10Referring to the Father, Numbers 6:24 says, ‘‘Jehovah bless you and keep you.’’ The Father blesses us in every way and in every aspect in His love (cf. Eph. 1:3), and He keeps us in every way and in every aspect in His power (cf. John 17:11, 15).
11那赐福者保守我们。在民数记六章二十四节，『保守』一辞极其重要。在约翰十七章十一节，主耶稣祷告，求父在祂的名里保守我们。这就是在分赐的三一神里保守我们。当三一神将祂自己分赐到我们里面，我们就在那分赐者里面蒙了保守。在约翰十七章十五节，主耶稣接著祷告，求父保守我们脱离那恶者。当我们在分赐的三一神里蒙保守，就没有甚么机会留给仇敌来作工了。我们该为这福分祷告，在分赐的三一神里完全蒙保守，而全然在那恶者之外。这是何等的福分！
11The blessing One keeps us. In Numbers 6:24 the word keep is of crucial importance. In John 17:11 the Lord Jesus prayed that the Father would keep us in His name. This is to keep us in the dispensing Triune God. While the Triune God is dispensing Himself into us, we are kept in the dispensing One. In John 17:15 the Lord Jesus went on to pray that the Father would keep us from the evil one. When we are kept in the dispensing Triune God, there is nothing left for the hand of the enemy. We should pray for the blessing of being kept absolutely in the dispensing Triune God and altogether outside of the evil one. What a blessing this is
２ 在子里—『愿耶和华使祂的脸
2. In the Son—‘‘Jehovah Make His Face
12光照你，施恩给你』这福分的第二部分说，『愿耶和华使祂的脸光照你，施恩给你。』（民六。）在路加一章七十八节，主耶稣即将出生时，撒迦利亚申言说，『清晨的日光从高天临到我们。』这清晨的日光就是在神圣三一里的子。这含示神成为肉体，是以光照的方式将祂自己显示给我们。从来没有人看见神，但藉著祂的成为肉体，我们就看见祂的面，并看见祂的荣耀，（约一14，）祂也不断的光照我们。无论祂去那里，祂都是那光照坐在黑暗中之人的大光，（太四16，）因为祂是世界的光。（约八12。）民数记六章二十五节的『脸』字表征同在。子基督的脸光照我们，祂就是看不见之神看得见的同在。神与祂的同在是看不见的，但藉著祂的成为肉体，祂成了照耀的日光。这照耀的日光就是神那看不见的同在成为看得见的。神的同在不仅成为看得见的，也成为照耀的。在变化山上，主的一些门徒看见祂在祂的荣耀里。（彼后一16～18，太十七1～2。）民数记六章二十五节不仅说到耶和华使祂的脸光照我们，也说到耶和华施恩给我们。这两点加在一起就等于约翰一章十四节、十六至十七节。神的成为肉体就是祂同在的光照。
12to Shine upon You and Be Gracious to You’’ The second part of this blessing says, ‘‘Jehovah make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you’’ (Num. 6:25). In Luke 1:78, when the Lord Jesus was 25 about to be born, Zachariah prophesied, ‘‘The rising sun from on high shall visit us.’’ This rising sun is the Son in the divine Trinity. This implies God’s in carnation to show Himself to us in a shining way. No one has ever seen God, but through His incarnation we have seen His face and have beheld His glory (John 1:14), and He has been shining upon us continually. Wherever He went, He was a great light shining upon the people sitting in darkness (Matt. 4:16), for He is the light of the world (John 8:12). The word face in Numbers 6:25 signifies presence. As the One whose face shines upon us, Christ the Son is the visible presence of the invisible God. God and His presence are invisible, but through His incarnation He became the shining sun. This shining sun is God’s in visible presence becoming visible. God’s presence not only became visible —it was also shining. On the Mount of Transfiguration, some of the Lord’s disciples beheld Him in His glory (2 Pet. 1:16-18; Matt. 17:1-2). Numbers 6:25 speaks not only of Jehovah making His face to shine upon us, but also of Jehovah being gracious to us. These two points added together equal John 1:14, 16-17. God’sin carnation was the shining of His presence.
13随著这光照有恩典。『话成了肉体，支搭帐幕在我们中间，丰丰满满的有恩典。』（约一14。）主施恩给我们；祂对我们甚至成为恩典。主施恩给我们，意思就是祂继续不断的对我们是恩典。这恩典是基督的恩典，（林后十三14上，）实际上就是基督自己。我们有基督，就有恩典。三一神对我们完全是施恩的。一天过一天，我们享受祂作恩典。
13Along with this shining there was grace. ‘‘The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us full of grace’’ (v. 14). The Lord is gracious to us; He has even become grace to us. For the Lord to be gracious to us means that He is continually grace to us. This grace is the grace of Christ (2 Cor. 13:14a), which is actually Christ Himself. When we have Christ, we have grace. The Triune God is altogether gracious to us. Day after day we enjoy Him as grace.
３ 在灵里—『愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐平安给你』
3. In the Spirit—‘‘Jehovah Lift Up His Countenance upon You and Give You Peace
14这福分的第三部分说，『愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐平安给你。』（民六。）在民数记六章的祝福里，两次题到的脸，原文不同。用英文来表达，一次是用face，指人的同在；一次是用countenance，指人的表情，面容。你向人仰脸，意思就是你确认、保证、应许，并将一切给那人。耶稣来作神的脸，是作face，圣灵来作神的脸，是作countenance。以弗4:30所四章三十节说，『不要叫神的圣灵忧愁。』我们若叫祂忧愁，祂的脸会拉下来。我们若顺从祂，祂满意我们，就会向我们仰脸，向我们确认，向我们保证，向我们担保，向我们应许，并赐给我们一切。
14The third part of this blessing says, ‘‘Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace’’ (Num. 6:2 6). In the blessing in Numbers 6 we 26 have both the face and the countenance, and there is a difference between them. The face denotes the presence of the person, and the countenance denotes the expression of the person. To lift up your countenance upon a person means that you confirm, assure, promise, and give everything to that person. Jesus came as the face of God, and the Holy Spirit comes as the countenance of God. Ephesians says, ‘‘Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God.’’ If we grieve Him, His countenance will drop. If we obey Him, He will be happy with us, and He will lift up His countenance to confirm us, assure us, guarantee us, promise us, and give us everything.
15父赐福，子光照，圣灵仰脸。当三一神分赐到我们里面时，我们就有三一神的脸（face），也有祂的面容（countenance）。至终，我们在三一神里蒙了保守，三一神对我们每天都是恩典，并且我们有平安。在民数记六节二十三至二十六节，没有题到物质的福分。在这段经文里，主没有告诉以色列人，祂要带他们进入美地，祂要赐给他们各人一分土地，祂要保守他们脱离饥荒，赐给他们雨水，保护他们脱离仇敌，并且使他们昌盛。这里的福分不属于这样的性质。民数记六章的福分是甚么？这福分就是在父、子、灵身位里的三一神。在父里，我们领受福分，并在三一神里蒙保守。在子里，我们领受神的同在，并享受祂作恩典。在圣灵里，神的脸在我们之上，我们昼夜享受平安。
15The Father blesses, the Son shines, and the Holy Spirit lifts up His countenance. When the Triune God is dispensed into us, we have the face of the Triune God and also His countenance. He is happy with us, assuring us, confirming us, guaranteeing us, promising us, and giving us everything. Eventually, we are kept in the Triune God, the Triune God becomes grace to us every day, and we have peace. In Numbers 6:23-26 there is no mention of material blessing. In these verses the Lord did not tell the children of Israel that He would bring them into the good land, that He would give each one of them a portion of the land, that He would keep them from famine and give them rain, that He would protect them from their enemies, and that He would cause them to flourish. The blessing here is not of such a nature. What, then, is the blessing in Numbers 6? This blessing is the Triune God in His person as the Father, as the Son, and as the Spirit. In the Father we receive the blessing and are kept in the Triune God. In the Son we receive God’s presence and enjoy Him as grace. In the Holy Spirit God’s countenance is over us, and we enjoy peace day and night.
二 与林后十三章十四节的福分比较
B. Compared with the Blessing in 2 Corinthians 13:14
16林后十三章十四节说，『愿主耶稣基督的恩，神的爱，圣灵的交通，与你们众人同在。』这里的祝福实际上是与民数记六章二十三至二十六节的祝福一样。主的恩就是主自己作我们的生命，给我们享受；神的爱就是神自己作为主恩的源头；圣灵的交通就是圣灵自己作为主恩连同神爱的传输，使我们有分。13:14民数记六章二十三至二十六节和林后十三章十四节的福分，都不是外面、物质的。这里的福分不是优越的工作、美好的房屋、高等的教育、和幸福的家庭生活。不仅如此，这福分也无关于在召会中有任何地位。有时我们想到自己的境况，也许有点失望，觉得自己甚么都没有。日光之下的一切，甚至属灵范围里的一切，对我们似乎都是虚空的虚空。我们也许觉得没有甚么是真实的，甚至召会生活也是如此。当我们这样觉得的时候，我们该怎么办？我们该转向三一神。祂是我们真实的祝福，是我们的分。有祂作福分，是何等的祝福！有祂的脸，祂的同在，并且天天享受祂作恩典，是何等的祝福！我们越受苦，就越享受祂作恩典。有祂的脸向我们微笑，向我们保证，向我们确认，这是何等的祝福！在祂里面、藉著祂、并同著祂有平安，又是何等的祝福！这是三一神来作我们的福分。哦，愿基督的恩，神的爱，圣灵的交通，与我们众人同在！
16Second Corinthians 13:14 says, ‘‘The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.’’ The blessing here is actually the same as that in Numbers 6:23-26. The grace of the Lord is the Lord Himself as life to us for our enjoyment, the love of God is God Himself as the source of the grace of the Lord, and the fellowship of the Spirit is the Spirit Himself as the transmission of the grace of the Lord with the love of God for our participation. In both Numbers 6:23-26 and 2 Corinthians the blessing is not outward and material. The blessing here is not a matter of an excellent job, a nice house, a high education, and a good family life. Furthermore, this blessing is not related to having any kind of position in the church. Sometimes when we consider our situation, we may be disappointed and feel that we do not have anything. It may seem to us that everything under the sun and even everything in the spiritual field is vanity of vanities. We may feel that nothing is real, not even in the church life. What should we do when we feel this way? We should turn to the Triune God. He is our real blessing and portion. What a blessing it is to have Him as the blessing! What a blessing it is to have His face, His presence, and to enjoy Him daily as grace! The more we suffer, the more we enjoy Him as grace. What a blessing it is to have His countenance smiling upon us, assuring us, and confirming us! And what a blessing it is to have peace in Him, by Him, and with Him! This is the Triune God as our blessing. Oh, may the grace of Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!