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1读经：民数记十四章十一至四十五节。在本篇信息中，首先我们要继续来看，以色列人在不信神这事上的失败。（民十四11～38。）然后我们39-要来看，他们也因违背神的话而失败了。（民十四39～45。）论到这些事，我有严肃的话要说。４神憎恶以色列百姓因著他们在迦低斯的失败，神就憎恶以色列百姓。（民十四11～。）神把以色列人带到美地的边界，他们本可轻易的越过边界，进入那地。但神知道他们的心，就把他们摆在试验中。祂吩咐摩西差遣十二个探子去窥探那地。（民十三～2。）按照申命记八章二节，神这样作是故意试验他们。这试验暴露他们到极点。
1Scripture Reading: Num. 14:11-45 In this message we will first continue to consider the failure of the children of Israel in not believing in God (vv. 11-38). Then we will see that they also failed by transgressing the word of God (vv. 45). Concerning these matters, I have some serious things to say. 4. God’s Abhorring of the Children of Israel Because of their failure at Kadesh, God abhorred the people of Israel (14:11-38). God had brought the children of Israel to the border of the good land, 38 and they could have easily crossed the border and entered into the land. But God knew their heart, and He put them to the test. He gave the word to send out the twelve spies to spy out the land (13:1-2). According to Deuteronomy 8:2, God did this1 purposely in order to test them. This test exposed them to the uttermost.
2我们的信心可能非常微弱，甚至几乎不存在。既然如此，我们该学习在神面前谦卑，承认自己信心软弱，求祂赦免我们。这是我们在神面前该有的灵。然而由以色列人所说的话指明，他们没有顾到神，只顾到自己。他们的感觉不是以神为中心，乃是以自己为中心。我们在三千五百年后的今天，可以从圣经的记载看见，神带祂的子民进入美地，表面上虽然是为著百姓，实际上却是要完成神永远的计画，这计画完全是以包罗万有的基督为中心。这是积极的一面。
2Our faith may be very weak and small, nearly nonexistent. Since this may be our situation, we should learn to humble ourselves before God, confessing the weakness of our faith and asking Him to forgive us. This is the spirit we should have before God. But as indicated by what they said, the children of Israel did not care for God but only for themselves. Their feeling was centered not on God but on themselves. Today, thirty-five hundred years later, we can realize from reading the biblical record that although God’s bringing of the people into the good land was apparently for the people, it was actually to accomplish, to carry out, God’s eternal plan, which is altogether centered on the all-inclusive Christ. This is on the positive side
3在消极的一面，神仍有个仇敌撒但。表面上，霸占并篡窃这地的是人，实际上，那篡窃者不是人，乃是撒但。这就是何以主耶稣在马太六章十节要我们祷告，愿父的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。这指明神的旨意还没有成就在地上。关于神旨意的实行，在诸天之上没有问题，乃是在地上有问题。所以我们需要祷告，叫神的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。
3On the negative side, God still has an enemy, Satan. Apparently, it is man who occupies and usurps the earth; actually, the usurper is not man but Satan. This is the reason that in Matthew 6:10 the Lord Jesus told us to pray that the Father’s will would be done on earth as it is in heaven. This indicates that God’s will has not yet been accomplished on earth. Concerning God’s will being done, there is no problem in the heavens, but there is a problem on earth. Therefore, we need to pray for God’s will to be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
4在出埃及记的时代，全地都为撒但手下的外邦人所霸占。神所创造的地没有一寸是在神的控制之下。那时以色列人是在埃及，但埃及并不是他们的地。他们必须找到一块地，神也为他们豫备了一块地。神在数百年前就告诉他们的先祖亚伯拉罕，祂要将迦南地赐给亚伯拉罕的后裔，（创十三14～17。）实际上，神的心意是要亚伯拉罕的后裔，为著祂的定旨去取得那美地。当那十二个人窥探那地时，他们发现亚衲人的后裔，就是圣经称为拿非林人或巨人的特殊民族，住在那里。（民十三33。）在创世记六章可看见拿非林人的起源。简言之，创世记六章告诉我们，当人堕落到一个地步，甚至成了肉体的时候，（创六3，）堕落的天使下到地上来娶人的女子为妻。（创六1～2，4。）这混杂的婚姻产生了巨人，就是拿非林人。神无法忍受这混杂。因著人类与堕天使这样的混杂，神就藉著洪水毁灭全人类。后来，同样的杂种，拿非林人，就是堕落天使和堕落人类的混杂，住在迦南地上。因此，神命令以色列人要取得这地，并毁灭其上一切的人种，使人类得著清理。（申七1～2。）然而，以色列人不知道这事。他们并没有为神考虑，只为自己的利益考虑。他们一点也不顾到神，只顾到自己的安全、平安和生存。他们不承认自己的软弱，也不在神面前谦卑自己。至终，他们得罪神到一个地步，使神憎恶他们。他们所作的，在神眼中完全是可憎恶的。
4At the time of Exodus, the entire earth was occupied by the Gentiles, who were under the hand of Satan. Not even a small part of the earth created by God was under His control. The children of Israel were in Egypt, but Egypt was not their land. They had to find a land, and God had prepared a land for them. Hundreds of years before, God had told their forefather Abraham that He would give the land of Canaan to his descendants (Gen. 13:14-17). Actually, God’s desire was that Abraham’s descendants would take that good land for His purpose. When the men spied out the land, they found that the descendants of Anak, a particular people whom the Bible calls the Nephilim, or giants, were dwelling there (Num. 13:33). The origin of the Nephilim is seen in Genesis 6. In brief, Genesis 6 tells us that when man fell to such an extent that he became flesh (v. 3), the fallen angels came down to earth to marry the daughters of men (vv. 1-2, 4). This mixed marriage produced the giants, the Nephilim. God could not tolerate this mixture. It was because of this mixing of the human race with the fallen angels that God destroyed the whole human race by the flood. Later, the same mixed race, the Nephilim, a mixture of fallen angels and fallen man, dwelt in the land of Canaan. Hence, God commanded the children of Israel to take over this land and to destroy every living being there so that the human race could be cleared up (Deut. 7:1-2). However, the children of Israel did not know this. Their consideration was not for God but for their own interest. They did not care for God in the least, but cared only for their safety, their peace, and their existence. They did not confess their weakness or humble themselves before God. Eventually, they offended God to such an extent that they became abhorrent to Him. What they did was altogether abhorrent in His sight.
5我们是人类，就需要顾到我们的日常生活、工作、安全和保障，但我们不该忘记神的仇敌撒但是隐藏在这些事的背后，并且今天在地上真正的问题，不在我们与神之间，乃在神与撒但之间。因此，我们若只顾到自己的存在、保障、安全、平安与前途，在神眼中就会成为可憎恶的。
5As human beings we need to be concerned for our daily life, our jobs, our safety, and our security. But we should not forget that God’se ne my, Satan, is hidden behind the scene and that the real issue on earth today is a matter not between God and man but between God and Satan. Thus, if we care only for our existence, security, safety, peace, and future, we may become an abhorrence in the eyes of God
6今天有些信徒十分为著自己，顾到自己的保障，也顾到物质上的祝福，却不顾到神的定旨。这样的基督徒只是为著自己的利益才相信耶稣基督，丝毫没有想到神在地上及宇宙中的权益。
6Today some believers are very much for themselves, caring for their security and for blessings in material things but not caring for God’s purpose. Such Christians believe in Jesus Christ only for their own benefit; they do not have the slightest thought concerning God’sin te rest on earth and in the universe.
7我们的确是神的儿女，神是为著我们的。但我们是为著谁？有些基督徒从不想到神的权益、神的得失。他们只想到也只说到自己和自己的保障。在今天的世人中，『保障』乃是个大的偶像。他们所作的一切，都是为著自己的保障。他们为著自身的保障，勤奋向学，努力工作。有些人敬畏神、相信基督，甚至也是为了自身的保障。在民数记十三、十四章，以色列人为甚么成为神所憎恶的？他们成为可憎恶的，是因为他们太过为著自己。他们事事处处都是为著自己，不是为著神的权益。他们只要有一点是为神的权益著想，他们就会说，『神阿，你对我们那么好，我们只爱你。我们愿意为你的定旨牺牲前途、安全、保障、存在并一切。我们忘记我们的利益。我们只顾到你定旨的完成。为了你的定旨，让我们前去占有那地。』顾到神和神的权益就产生信心。我们太过为著自己的时候，就很难对神有信心。但我们若站住立埸为著神，也为著祂的权益而甘冒失去前途、家庭、甚至性命的危险，这样，我们里面就自然会产生信心。
7Surely we are God’s children, and God is for us. But for whom are we? Some Christians give no thought to God’sin te rest, God’s gain, or God’s suffering. They think and speak only about themselves and their security. Among worldly people today, security is a big idol. Everything they do is for their security. For their security they study diligently and work hard. Some even fear God and believe in Christ for their own security. Why did the children of Israel become abhorrent to God in Numbers 13 and 14? They became abhorrent because they were so much for themselves. In everything and in every way they were for themselves, not for God’sin te rests. If they had thought even a little about God’sin te rests, they would have said, ‘‘God, as You have been so good to us, we just love You. We would like to sacrifice our future, our safety, our security, our existence, and everything for Your purpose. We forget about our benefit. We care only that You accomplish Your purpose. For Your purpose, let us go and possess the land.’’ Caring for God and His interests produces faith. When we are so much for ourselves, it is difficult for us to have faith in God. But if we take the standing that we are for God and that for His interests we are willing to risk everything—our future, our family, even our life— faith will spontaneously be produced in us
8我们都要铭记一个事实：我们在自己里面是软弱且没有信心的。我们中间谁能夸口说他有信心？信心是出于神、在神里面、并从神来的。我们若要有信心，就必须学习顾到神的权益，不顾自己的利益。属世的人天天都为自己的保障和利益担忧，但我们该顾到神和神的权益。历史告诉我们，那些顾到神，不考虑自己利益的人，就成了有信心的人，甚至成了信心的伟人。
8We all need to be impressed with the fact that in ourselves we are weak and do not have any faith. Who among us can boast that he has faith? Faith is of God, faith is in God, and faith comes from God. If we would have faith, we must learn to care for God’sin te rests and not for our benefit. The worldly people are concerned daily for their own security and benefit, but we should care for God and His interests. History tells us that those who cared for God and did not consider their own benefit became people of faith, and some even became giants of faith
ａ神要用瘟疫击打他们，使属摩西的成为大国，比他们强盛
a. God Wanting to Strike Them with Pestilence and Make of Moses a Nation Greater Than They
9神既憎恶以色列人，就想要用瘟疫击打他们，使属摩西的成为大国，比他们强盛。（民十四11～12。）
9In His abhorring of the people of Israel, God wanted to strike them with a pestilence and make of Moses a nation greater than they (Num. 14:11-12).
ｂ摩西照神的话为他们祷告
b. Moses Praying for Them according to God’sWord
10摩西照神的话为他们祷告，说，耶和华不轻易发怒，且有洋溢的13-恩慈，赦免罪愆和过犯。（民十四13～19。）摩西是个神人；他认识神。所以，他不是照著自己的观念祷告，乃是照著神的观念，照著神的所是、所说、并所应许的祷告。摩西不与神争论，却向神祷告。他祷告说，耶和华不轻易发怒，并有洋溢的恩慈，赦免罪愆和过犯。这祷告使神照祂所说并所是的，受到限制。ｃ神照摩西的祷告赦免他们神照摩西的祷告赦免百姓，（民十四，）但他们的不信却产生某些消极的结果。（民十四12～38。）
10Moses prayed for them according to God’s word, namely that Jehovah is slow to anger and abounding in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression (vv. 19). Moses was a God-man; he knew God. Therefore, he did not pray according to his concept; rather, he prayed according to God’s concept, according to what God is, what God speaks, and what God promises. Moses did not argue with God, but he did pray to God. His prayer, saying that Jehovah is slow to anger and abounding in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, bound God according to what He had spoken and what He is. c. God Forgiving Them according to Moses’ Prayer God forgave the people according to Moses’ prayer (v. 20), but their unbelief nevertheless had certain 20 negative consequences (vv. 21-38).
（一） 神不许那些发怨言干犯祂的人，得见并进入美地
1) God Not Allowing Those Who Murmured against Him to See and Enter into the Good Land
11神不许那些发怨言干犯祂的人，得见并进入美地。除了迦勒和约书亚以外，其他人的尸首都要倒在旷野。（民十四22～30，32。）
11God would not allow those who murmured against Him to see and enter into the good land. Rather, with the exception of Caleb and Joshua, their carcasses would fall in the wilderness (vv. 22-30, 32
（二） 神要带他们的小孩进入那地
2) God Bringing Their Little Ones into the Land
12百姓说他们的小孩必成为掠物，必为迦南人和拿非林人所掳。但神说，『你们的小孩，就是你们所说必成为掠物的，我要将他们领进去，他们要得知你们所弃绝的那地。』（民十四31。）
12The people had said that their little ones would become a prey and would be taken over by the Canaanites and the Nephilim. But God said, ‘‘Your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected’’ (v. 31
（三） 他们和他们的儿女要在旷野作飘流的人四十年
3) They and Their Children Being Wanderers in the Wilderness Forty Years
13背叛者和他们的儿女要在旷野飘流四十年，照他们窥探那地的日数四十天，一日顶一年，担当他们的罪愆。（民十四33～34。）
13The rebellious ones and their children would be wanderers in the wilderness forty years to bear their iniquities according to the number of days (for every day a year) in which they spied out the land (vv. 33-34
（四） 那些回来报恶信的人，都患疫病，死在耶和华面前
4) The Men Who Returned with an Evil Report Dying by the Plague before Jehovah
14那些回来报恶信，使全会众向摩西发怨言的人，都患疫病，死在耶和华面前。（民十四36～38。）虽然所有的百姓都背叛神，神却没有毁灭全以色列民，祂只杀了那十个鼓动背叛的人。
14The men who returned with an evil report and made all the assembly murmur against Moses died by the plague before Jehovah (vv. 36-38). Even though all the people rebelled against Him, God did not destroy the entire people. Instead, God killed the ten men who instigated the rebellion.
五 违背神的话
E. Transgressing the Word of God
15在十四章三十九至四十五节，我们看到百姓因著违背神的话，再次失败。
15In 14:39-45 we see that the people failed again by transgressing the word of God
１ 以色列百姓极其悲哀，并说愿意上
1. The People of Israel Mourning Greatly and Saying That They Would Go Up
16耶和华所说的那地方
16to the Place Which Jehovah Had Spoken Of
17以色列百姓听了摩西对他们所说的话，就极其悲哀。（民十四39。）然后，他们清早起来，上到山顶，说，『我们愿意上耶和华所说的那地方；因为我们有罪了。』（民十四40。）他们的话指明他们不仅是背叛的民，更是愚顽的民。
17The people of Israel, after hearing the word of Moses to them, mourned greatly (v. 39). Then they rose early in the morning, went up to the top of the mountain, and said, ‘‘We will go up to the place which Jehovah has spoken of; for we have sinned’’ (v. 40). Their word indicates that they were not only a rebellious people but also a stubborn people
２ 摩西禁止他们
2. Moses Forbidding Them
18摩西禁止他们，因为他们既转离不跟从神，神就不在他们中间。（民十四41～43。）百姓实际上已经弃绝了神。从埃及出发的行程不是他们的行程，乃是约柜的行程。从埃及起，他们就跟随约柜，这约柜是神的具体化身，（豫表三一神在祂的成为肉体里，具体化身于基督，）但从这时起，他们弃绝神，不再跟随祂。这原则与我们今天跟随主的原则是一样的。我们背叛主的时候，就弃绝了祂，不再跟随祂。这是何等可怕的光景！
18Moses forbade them, for God was not among them because they had turned back from following God (vv. 41-43). The people had actually given God up. The journey from Egypt had not been their journey but the journey of the ark. From Egypt they had followed the ark, which was the embodiment of God (a type of the Triune God in His incarnation embodied in Christ), but from this point they gave God up and would not follow Him any longer. The principle may be the same with us today in our following the Lord. When we rebel against the Lord, we give Him up and do not follow Him any more. What a terrible situation
３ 百姓擅自上到山顶
3. The People Presuming to Go Up to the Top of the Mountain
19百姓擅自上到山顶，神的约柜和摩西都没有出营。（民十四44。）只有在约柜行动的时候，百姓才可以行动。但是当神要他们行动时，他们却不动；现今他们却擅自行动。
19The people presumed to go up to the top of the mountain, although neither the ark of the covenant of God nor Moses departed out of the midst of the camp (v. 44). The people were supposed to move only when the ark moved. But when God asked them to move, they did not. Now they presumed to move by themselves
４ 亚玛力人和迦南人从山上下来，击败他们
4. The Amalekites and the Canaanites Coming Down from the Mountain and Defeating Them
20『于是住在那山上的亚玛力人和迦南人都下来，击败他们，将他们击退，直到何珥玛。』（民十四45。）迦南地至少有七个族，但只有两个族出来与以色列百姓争战。在圣经的豫表中，亚玛力人豫表肉体；他们表征堕落、属肉体的人。以色列人从埃及出来以后，首次争战的就是亚玛力人。（出十七8～16。）迦南人表征与邪灵，与空中黑暗权势联结的人类。
20The Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down, and defeated them and beat them back as far as Hormah’’ (v. 45). In Canaan there were at least seven tribes, but only these two tribes came out to fight against the people of Israel. In the typology of the Bible, the Amalekites typify the flesh; they signify the fallen, fleshly people. The first war the children of Israel fought after their exodus from Egypt was against Amalek (Exo. 17:8-16). The Canaanites signify human beings who have joined themselves to the evil spirits, to the satanic power of darkness in the air
21我们需要读以色列人的历史，就像读我们的历史一样。没有神的怜悯和恩典，我们会和他们一样。因此，我们必须非常儆醒。不要以为摸召会、召会生活、召会的路、或召会的立埸，是一件小事。我们已过二十七年的历史告诉我们，摸神的路，就是召会，不是一件小事。没有召会，神就没有路往前。在旧约，以色列人是神的路。神若不能在他们身上成就祂的定旨，祂在这地上就没有路。今天，召会就是神的路。因此，凡摸召会，说到召会的好坏，都是严肃的事。
21We need to read the history of Israel as our history. Without God’s mercy and grace, we would be the same as they. Thus, we must be very much on the alert. We should not think that it is a small thing to touch the church, the church life, the way of the church, or the ground of the church. Our own history of the past twenty-seven years tells us that it is not a small thing to touch God’sway, which is the church. Without the church, God has no way to go on. In the Old Testament, the children of Israel were God’sway. If God had not been able to accomplish His purpose with them, He would not have had a way on earth. Today the church is God’sway. It is therefore a serious matter to touch the church, to say something evil or good about the church
22我盼望我们都藉著摸神的路，就是基督的身体，而大大蒙福。不管我们的光景如何，我们必须在正确的灵里，持守正确的态度，并站在正确的立场上，来摸召会，过召会生活，说到召会，并看关于召会的事。这样我们就要大大蒙福，而我们的蒙福也会成为别人的祝福。
22My expectation is that we all will be greatly blessed by touching the way of God, which is the Body of Christ. Whatever the situation may be, we must hold a proper attitude in a proper spirit and stand on the proper ground to touch the church, to live the church life, to speak about the church, and to view the matters concerning the church. Then we will be greatly blessed, and our blessing will become others’ blessing