民数记生命读经 · 第49篇

出埃及记、利未记和民数记中，关于神对祂所拣选

A Vital Sketch of the Divine Revelation in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, and

1并救赎之人的经纶

1Numbers Concerning God’sEcon o my with

这神圣启示的要略（一）

His Chosen and Redeemed People (1

2读经：出埃及记3:1-18;19:1-6;Lev.1:1-2，利未记1:1-2，民数记1:1。从本篇信息起，我们要来陈明出埃及记、利未记和民数记中，关于神对祂所拣选并救赎之人的经纶这神圣启示的要略。我们可以用四句标语来概述这要略的重点：『从堕落的辖制中被买来、得救赎、蒙拯救；』『享受基督，领受启示，在三一神里被建造起来；』『形成祭司的军队，为神争战，与神一同踏上行程；』以及『为神所取得，以取得包罗万有的基督作美地。』这些标语结合了旧约的豫表，和这豫表在新约里的应验。这并不希奇，因为圣经的两部分，新约和旧约，乃是一。我们可以说，新约隐于旧约，旧约显于新约。

2Scripture Reading: Exo. 3:1-18; 19:1-6; Lev. 1:1-2; Num. 1:1 In this message we will begin to present a vital sketch of the divine revelation in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers concerning God’secon o my with His chosen and redeemed people. We may use four slogans to summarize certain crucial aspects of this sketch: ‘‘Purchased, redeemed, and saved from the bondage of the fall’’; ‘‘Enjoying Christ, receiving revelation, and being built up in the Triune God’’; ‘‘Formed into a priestly army to fight for God and to journey with God’’; and ‘‘Possessed by God to possess the all-inclusive Christ as the good land.’’ These slogans are a mingling of Old Testament typology and the fulfillment of this typology in the New Testament. This should not be surprising since the two sections of the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament, are one. We may say that the New Testament is hidden in the Old Testament and that the Old Testament is manifested in the New Testament

3这四句标语同时可应用在旧约和新约的圣徒身上。圣徒已经从堕落的辖制得蒙拣选、救赎、并拯救。旧约的圣徒从埃及的辖制被拯救出来，我们也已经从撒但的辖制被拯救出来。我们已经得救，现今正在享受基督。就像西乃山下的以色列人一样，我们也领受了神圣的启示，并且正与经过过程的三一神一同被建造。我们正与作父具体化身的子和作子实化的灵一同被建造。不仅如此，我们正被形成祭司的军队。祭司的军队也许是旧约用辞，但也可用于新约对旧约豫表的应验。这祭司的军队为神争战，并与神一同踏上行程。我们为著神并祂的国争争战时，就是与神一同踏上行程。至终我们在各方面被神豫备好，得以取得包罗万有的基督作美地。这豫备启示在民数记末了五章，在那里我们看见豫先安排美地的分配。这豫先的安排，乃是为神的子民进入并取得美地作准备。

3These four slogans apply to the saints in both the Old Testament and New Testament. The saints have been chosen, redeemed, and saved from the bondage of the fall. The Old Testament saints were saved from bondage in Egypt, and we have been saved from the bondage of Satan. Having been saved, we are now enjoying Christ. Like the children of Israel at Mount Sinai, we have also received the divine revelation and are being built up with the processed Triune God. We are being built up with the Son as the embodiment of the Father and with the Spirit as the realization of the Son. Furthermore, we are being formed into a priestly army. The term priestly army may be an Old Testament term, but it also fits the New Testament fulfillment of Old Testament typology. This priestly army fights for God and journeys with God. While we are fighting for God and for His kingdom, we are journeying with Him. Finally, we have been prepared by God in every way to possess the all-inclusive Christ as the good land. This preparation is revealed in the last five chapters of Numbers, where we see the prearrangement of the distribution of the good land. This prearrangement was the preparation of God’s people to enter into the land and possess it.

4在本篇信息和接下来的四篇信息中，我们要陈明出埃及记、利未记和民数记中，关于神对祂所拣选并救赎之人的经纶这神圣启示的要略。旧约没有使用经纶一辞，乃是在新约，特别在保罗的著作中才有；保罗的著作有力的强调神经纶的事。虽然在出埃及记、利未记和民数记中都没有使用这辞，但这几卷书里的豫表都揭示了神的经纶。神的经纶就是神的行政连同祂的计画、定旨、安排，以完成祂的计画，达成祂的定旨，好成就祂心头的愿望。这愿望就是要得著一班人，不仅为祂所创造，更为祂所重生、圣别、变化、并模成基督这位经过过程之三一神的具体化身的形像。至终，这班人要被带进三一神的荣耀里，彰显里。这就是神的经纶。旧约有神经纶的图画；新约对神的经纶有清楚的说明。

4In this message and in the four following messages, we will present a vital sketch of the divine revelation in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers concerning God’secon o my with His chosen and redeemed people. The word economy is not used in the Old Testament, but it is found in the New Testament, especially in the writings of Paul, which strongly emphasize the matter of God’secon o my. Although this word may not be used in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, the typology in these books unveils God’secon o my. God’secon o my is His administration with His plan, His purpose, and His arrangement to accomplish His plan and attain His purpose for the fulfillment of the desire of His heart. This desire is to have a people not only created by Him but also regenerated, sanctified, transformed, and conformed to the image of Christ as the embodiment of the processed Triune God. Eventually, this people will be brought into glory, into the expression of the Triune God. This is God’secon o my. In the Old Testament we have a picture of God’secon o my; in the New Testament we have a clear speaking concerning God’secon o my

5壹神所拣选并救赎的人，需要领受关于神自己和祂经纶的神圣启示，好受训练并被建造作祂的见证

5I. THE NEED OF GOD’S CHOSEN AND REDEEMED PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THE DIVINE REVELATION CONCERNING GOD HIMSELF AND HIS ECONOMY FOR THEIR TRAINING AND BUILDING UP AS HIS TESTIMONY

6神所拣选并救赎的人，需要领受关于神自己和祂经纶的神圣启示，好受训练并被建造作祂的见证。神拣选祂的子民，乃是在创世记里，所以这点包括了创世记和出埃及记。在创世记里，神的子民蒙了拣选;在出埃及记里，他们领受了关于神和祂居所的神圣启示。一在有分于逾越节

6God’s chosen and redeemed people need to receive the divine revelation concerning God Himself and His economy for their training and building up as His testimony. Since God’s choosing of His people is in the book of Genesis, this point covers Genesis as well as Exodus. In Genesis God’sp eople were chosen, and in Exodus they received the divine revelation concerning God and His dwelling place. A. After the Participation in God’sIn it i al Salvation

所体认神初阶的救恩之后

as Realized in the Passover

7神所拣选的人领受神圣的启示，乃是在有分于逾越节所体认的神初阶的救恩之后。（出十二。）神把祂的百姓带出埃及，到了神的山，即西乃山;在那里，神把祂在地上人类中间之居所的完满启示，赐给他们。我们可以说那启示包括了神居所之建造的『蓝图。』神要居住在人类中间，就需要一班人，不仅蒙拣选、得救赎，也豫备好领受关于祂和祂居所的神圣启示。出埃及记这卷书显示，神的子民的确领受了这启示，并且按照这启示建造了帐幕。当帐幕立起来的时候，神的荣耀就降在其上。二藉著享受神圣的供备神圣的启示是藉著享受神圣的供备而领受的；这神圣的供备，就如在属天的吗哪和流自被击打之磐石的活水中所尝到的。(出十六，十七1～7。)三藉著经历成为军队，

7God’s chosen people received the divine revelation after their participation in God’sin it i al salvation as realized in the Passover (Exo. 12). God brought the people out of Egypt to the mountain of God, Mount Sinai, and there gave them a full revelation of His dwelling place among the human race on earth. We may say the revelation contained the ‘‘blueprints’’ for the building of God’s dwelling place. In order to dwell among the human race, God needs a people who are not only chosen and redeemed but also ready to receive the divine revelation concerning Him and His dwelling place. As the book of Exodus shows us, God’sp eople did receive this revelation and they built the tabernacle according to it. When the tabernacle was set up, God’s glory descended upon it. B. Through the Enjoyment of the Divine Provisions The divine revelation was through the enjoyment of the divine provisions as tasted in the supply of the heavenly manna and the living water flowing out of the smitten rock (Exo. 16; 17:1-7). C. Through the Experience of Being an Army That

有分于神对祂仇敌的争战

Shared in God’s Fighting against His Enemies

8神圣的启示也是藉著经历成为军队，有分于神对祂仇敌的争战而领受的；他们在对埃及人和亚玛力人的争战中，经历了这个。(出十四，十七9～16。)四到达、抵达神的山至终在出埃及十九章，神所拣选并救赎的人到达、抵达神的山。当神打发摩西去拯救以色列人脱离法老之手的时候，神告诉摩西，在他把百姓带出埃及以后，他们要在这山上事奉神。(出三12。)这话在出埃及十九章得著应验。１领受关于神自己的神圣启示，使他们能被分别归与圣别的神，作祂圣别的子民在西乃山那里，神的子民领受关于神自己的神圣启示，使他们被分别归与圣别的神，作祂圣别的子民。出二十～二四。)对神自己的启示，乃是指律法。律法是描绘神的。在以色列人领受关于神建造的启示之前，神向他们描绘了祂自己，给他们看见祂是怎样的一位神。律法启示神是爱与光的神，祂也是圣和义的。所以，爱、光、圣、义是描述这位全能者三一神的要辞。祂既是爱与光的神，祂就是全然圣别的；这就是说，祂是不凡俗、与众不同、从宇宙一切事物中分别出来的。不仅如此，神就是全然公义的。祂自己是义的，祂在所行一切的事上是义的，祂对人并一切造物都是义的。这就是在出埃及二十至二十四章里的图画所启示的神。

8The divine revelation was also through the experience of being an army that shared in God’s fighting against His enemies, as in their fighting against the Egyptians and the Amalekites (Exo. 14; 17:9-16). D. Reaching and Arriving at the Mountain of God Eventually, in Exodus 19 God’s chosen and redeemed people reached and arrived at the mountain of God. When God sent Moses to rescue the children of Israel out of the hand of Pharaoh, God told Moses that after he had brought the people out of Egypt, they would serve the Lord upon this mountain (Exo. 3:12). In Exodus 19 this word was fulfilled. 1. To Receive the Divine Revelation concerning God Himself That They Might Be Separated unto the Holy God as His Sanctified People At Mount Sinai God’sp eople received the revelation concerning God Himself that they might be separated unto the holy God as His sanctified people (Exo. 20— 24). By the revelation of God Himself, we refer to the (law. The law is a portrait of God. Before the children of Israel received the revelation concerning God’s building, God gave them a portrait of Himself to show them what kind of God He is. The law reveals that God is a God of love and light and that He is holy and righteous. Therefore, love, light, holy, and righteous are crucial words describing the characteristics of the almighty, Triune God. As the God of love and light, He is altogether holy; that is, He is uncommon, different, and separate from everything else in the universe. Furthermore, God is altogether righteous. He is righteous with Himself, He is righteous in all He does, and He is righteous toward man and all His creatures. This is God as He is revealed in the picture in Exodus 20—24.

9新约向我们描述了神，却没有给我们一幅神的图画。约翰清楚告诉我们，神是爱也是光;保罗也告诉我们，这位是爱也是光的神，乃是绝对圣别和公义的。十诫是个豫表，表征基督乃是神的肖像，就是神形像的彰显。希伯来一章三节说，神的儿子耶稣基督乃是神本质的印像。用一句现代的用语，可以说基督是神的相片，看见祂就是看见神。律法也是神的肖像。我们藉著研读律法的诫命，就能看见神是爱也是光，祂是圣也是义。因为律法是这样一幅神的图画，律法就称为神的见证。（出二五16，21，三一18，原文。）律法所在的约柜就称为见证的柜，（出二五22，原文，）帐幕就称为见证的帐幕。（出三八21，原文。）在诗篇里，律法常常被称为见证。（诗十九7，二五10，一一九2。）这见证就是神的肖像，神的图画。

9In the New Testament we have a description of God, but we do not have a picture of God. John tells us clearly that God is love and light, and Paul tells us that the very God who is love and light is absolutely holy and righteous. The Ten Commandments are a type signifying Christ as the portrait of God, as the expression of God’sim age. Hebrews 1:3 says that the Son of God, Jesus Christ, is the express image of God’s substance. Using a modern term, we may say that Christ is a photograph of God. To see Him is to see God. The law is also a portrait of God. By studying the commandments of the law, we can see that God is love and light and that He is holy and righteous. Because the law is such a picture of God, the law was called the testimony of God (Exo. 25:16, 21; 31:18). The ark in which the law was placed was called the ark of the testimony (Exo. 25:22), and the tabernacle was called the tabernacle of testimony (Exo. 38:21). In the Psalms the law is often referred to as the testimony (Psa. 19:7; 25:10; 119:2). This testimony was a portrait, a picture, of God

10神的子民领受了关于神自己的启示，叫他们能分别出来，归给圣别的神，作祂圣别的子民。利未记特别强调这事。比如，利未记十一章四十四节说，『因为我是耶和华你们的神；所以你们要使自己成圣，成为圣别，因为我是圣别的。』２领受关于神经纶的神圣启示，使他们能同神圣三一里的神建造在一起，作祂地上的居所，为祂作见证

10God’sp eople received the revelation concerning God Himself so that they might be separated unto the holy God as His sanctified people. This matter is given particular emphasis in the book of Leviticus. For example, Leviticus 11:44 says, ‘‘I am Jehovah your God; you shall therefore sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am holy.’’ 2. To Receive the Divine Revelation concerning God’sEcon o my That They Might Be Built Up Together with God in His Divine Trinity as His Dwelling Place on Earth for His Testimony

11以色列人除了领受关于神自己的神圣启示之外，还领受了关于神经纶的神圣启示，使他们能同神圣三一里的神建造在一起，作祂地上的居所，为祂作见证。（出二五～四十。）关于神经纶的启示，包括关于神圣安排、行政、和定旨的启示。

11In addition to receiving the divine revelation concerning God Himself, the children of Israel received the divine revelation concerning God’secon o my that they might be built up together with God in His divine Trinity as His dwelling place on earth for His testimony (Exo. 25—40). The revelation concerning God’secon o my includes the revelation concerning the divine arrangement, administration, and purpose

12神的子民要同神建造在一起，可由建造帐幕的材料来指明。例如，帐幕的板，就如约柜，是由皂夹木包金作成的。皂夹木板是神子民的豫表，包裹木板的金是神圣人位的豫表。因此，包金的皂夹木表征神的子民同神建造在一起，作祂的居所。我们由此可见，不仅神的子民是神居所建造的材料，神自己也是建造的材料。在帐幕里，我们可以看见神圣三一的图画。我们相当容易看到帐幕启示子基督。比如，约柜、陈设饼桌子、和香坛都表征子。但我们在那里可以看到父神和灵神？父由金所表征，因为在豫表中，金表征神的性情，这无疑是与父神有关。灵神由灯台上七灯里的油所表征。灯若没有油，就没有用处，帐幕里也就没有光。（我们在这里也要指出，灯台是单独的个体，表征三一神。金表征父，其形状表征子，而油表征那灵。）所以，在帐幕里有三一神－子由器具所表征，父由金所表征，灵由油所表征;也有人性，由皂夹木所表征。这就是神的子民与三一神同被建造，成为祂地上居所的启示。整个帐幕就是神的见证。我们已经指出，律法的两块法板称为见证，约柜称为见证的柜。帐幕也称为见证的帐幕。为这缘故，整个帐幕从里到外，都被视为神的见证。这就是说，帐幕乃是三一神的肖像。不仅如此，三一神实际上就是祂自己的居所，因为居住者和居所乃是一。居住者就是居所。帐幕的四十八块板与赐给利未人的四十八座城相符。四十八座城中的六座要作逃城。关于逃城，最显著的一点是，他们都可进入。至终利未人的四十八座城，要完成为独一的城－新耶路撒冷。出埃及记所启示的帐幕，是这座独一之城的小影。在旧约里，神的见证是帐幕；在新约里，神的见证是召会，就是基督的身体。在永远里，这见证要终极完成于新耶路撒冷，新耶路撒冷也称为帐幕。（启二一3。）因此，在旧约里有帐幕，在新约里有帐幕，在永远里也有帐幕。在旧约里，帐幕与以色列人同在;在新约里，帐幕首先是基督，（约一14，）然后召会是扩大的基督。在永远里，将有终极完成的帐幕，就是新耶路撒冷。在各种情形里，显著的点乃是：帐幕是可进入的。进帐幕的入口今天对我们是便利的。阿利路亚，三一神是可进入的。３领受关于神的祭司体系

12That God’sp eople were to be built up together with Him is indicated by the materials which were to be used for the building of the tabernacle. For instance, the boards of the tabernacle, like the ark, were made of acacia wood overlaid with gold. The boards of acacia wood are a type of God’sp eople, and the gold overlaying the boards is a type of the divine Person. Thus, the boards of acacia wood overlaid with gold signifies God’sp eople being built up together with God to be His dwelling place. From this we see that not only are God’sp eople the building materials for His dwelling place but also that God Himself is the building material. In the tabernacle we can see a picture of the divine Trinity. It is rather easy to see that the tabernacle reveals Christ the Son. For example, the ark, the showbread table, and the incense altar all signify the Son. But where do we see God the Father and God the Spirit? The Father is signified by the gold, for in typology gold signifies the nature of God, which, no doubt, is related to God the Father. God the Spirit is signified by the oil in the seven lamps in the lampstand. If the lamps had not had oil, they would have been useless, and there would not have been any light in the tabernacle. (Here we would also point out that the lampstand, which is a single entity, signifies the Triune God. The gold signifies the Father, the form signifies the Son, and the oil signifies the Spirit.) Therefore, with the tabernacle we have the Triune God—with the Son signified by the furniture, the Father signified by the gold, and the Spirit signified by the oil—and humanity, signified by the acacia wood. This is a revelation of God’sp eople being built up with the Triune God to be His dwelling place on earth. The entire tabernacle was God’s testimony. As we have pointed out, the two tablets of the law were called the testimony, the ark was called the ark of the testimony, and the tabernacle was called the tabernacle of testimony. For this reason, the entire tabernacle, from the inside to the outside, was considered the testimony of God. This means that the tabernacle was a portrait of the Triune God. Furthermore, the Triune God is actually His own dwelling place, for the dweller and the dwelling are one. The dweller is the dwelling place. The forty-eight boards of the tabernacle correspond to the forty-eight cities given to the Levites. Six of these cities were to be refuge cities. The most striking point regarding the refuge cities is that they were enterable. Eventually, these forty - eight cities of the Levites will consummate in a unique city — the New Jerusalem. The tabernacle revealed in Exodus is a miniature of this unique city. In the Old Testament God’s testimony was the tabernacle, and in the New Testament it is the church, the Body of Christ. In eternity this testimony will consummate in the New Jerusalem, which is also called a tabernacle (Rev. 21:3). Thus, there was a tabernacle in the Old Testament, there is a tabernacle in the New Testament, and there will be a tabernacle in eternity. In the Old Testament the tabernacle was with the children of Israel, and in the New Testament the tabernacle is firstly Christ (John 1:14) and then the church as the enlargement of Christ. In eternity there will be the ultimate, consummate tabernacle, the New Jerusalem. In each case, the striking point is that the tabernacle is enterable. An entry into the tabernacle is available to us today. Hallelujah, the Triune God is enterable! 3. To Receive the Divine Revelation concerning God’s

及其一切供物和事奉的神圣启示

Priesthood with All Its Offerings and Its Services

13至终，神所拣选并救赎的人，领受关于神的祭司体系及其一切供物和事奉的神圣启示。

见证

14弟兄：我珍赏出埃及记、利未并救赎之人的经纶这神圣启示的要略。神的经纶乃是与祂所拣选并救赎之人一同作的。这指明神不是独自作，而是与祂的子民一同作。我们就是这班人－创世前蒙神拣选，从堕落的辖制下蒙基督救赎。赞美主，祂正与我们一同作出祂的经纶!

14Finally, God’s chosen and redeemed people received the divine revelation concerning God’s priesthood with all its offerings and its services. The entire book of Leviticus is a record of this revelation

15弟兄：神已经救我们脱离堕落的辖制，也给我们看见祂自己的肖像和经纶。我享受『律法是神的见证』这一点。律法是见证，约柜是见证的柜，帐幕是见证的帐幕。十诫是神的肖像，给我们看见神是爱也是光，祂是圣也是义。神的这个见证放在约柜里，约柜是由包金的皂荚木作的。帐幕的板也是由同样的材料作的。皂荚木表征人性，金表征神性。基督有神性也有人性，我们这些信徒也有人性和神性。我们是帐幕的板，乃是约柜的扩大；也就是说，我们是基督的扩大。现今我们装配在一起，被带进同心合意，以建造神的居所。

16弟兄：圣经有两部分－旧约和新约。旧约是新约里所发生之事的一幅图画。这幅图画使我看见圣经是何等可经历的。我们在本篇信息中所看见这要略的每一面，都不仅是为著以色列人，也是为著我们来应用并经历。基督是逾越节、吗哪、被击打的磐石、和帐幕里的器具。我们每天都需要吃基督作吗哪，并且喝祂作被击打的磐石所流出的水。我们也需要享受祂作帐幕里一切的器具。愿我们都经历并享受这位美妙的基督！

17弟兄：为著我们在神的山所领受的神圣启示，赞美主！我们这里有晴朗的天，来领受关于神自己、神的经纶、和祭司体系的启示。这些启示的每一项都有结果。当我们看见神是那圣别者，我们就将自己分别归神。当我们看见祂和祂的经纶，我们就建造祂在地上的居所。当我们看见祂的祭司体系，我们就渴望事奉祂。我们在日常生活和召会生活中，都能应用这一切的事。

18弟兄：藉著这篇信息，我多少明白了甚么叫作与三一神建造在一起。建造神居所的材料不仅是人性，神自己也是建造的材料。皂荚木表征人性，金表征神圣的人位。我特别享受『神和祂的居所乃是一』这个看见。这表示那居住在帐幕里的，实际上与帐幕乃是一。神和祂的居所不是分开的两件事。神与祂的居所是调和的，因为神性与人性调和，以建造祂在地上的居所。