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希伯来书生命读经 · 第41篇

新约和新遗命

The New Covenant and the New Testament
1在本篇信息中，我们要来看新约和新遗命这两件重要的事。在原文，约和遗命同字。究竟这个字该译作约或译作遗命，乃在于立约者还活著或已死亡。如果立约者还活著，那个约就仍然是约。但如果立约者死了，那个约就立即成为遗命。约是合同，带著一些应许，要为受约的人成就一些事；遗命是遗书，带著一些已成就的事物，遗赠给承受的人。基督的血所完成的新约，不仅是约，更是遗命，将基督的死所成就的一切，遗赠给我们。遗命这个辞，也就是现代所说的遗嘱或遗书。许多作父母的，知道自己不久于人世，就立下遗嘱，将各样东西留给儿女。只有立遗嘱的人死了，所立的遗嘱才生效。简单的说，约和遗命并无不同。只是立约者还活著的时候，那就是约；他若死了，就是遗命，遗书。圣经是由两部遗书构成的：旧约，就是旧遗书；以及新约，就是新遗书。因此圣经主要还不是一本教训的书，乃是一本遗书。
1In this message we shall cover two important matters—the new covenant and the new testament. In Greek the same word is used for both covenant and testament. Whether it is translated covenant or testament depends on whether the person who consummated the covenant is living or dead. If the consummator is still living, that covenant remains a covenant. But if the consummator has died, the covenant immediately becomes a testament. A covenant is an agreement containing some promises to accomplish certain things for the covenanted people, while a testament is a will containing certain accomplished things bequeathed to the inheritor. The new covenant consummated with the blood of Christ is not merely a covenant, but a testament with all the things which have been accomplished by the death of Christ bequeathed to us. The term testament is the equivalent of the modern term will. Many parents, when they know that they soon will die, make a will in which they leave various things to their children. A will only becomes effective after the death of the maker of the will. In a simple word, a covenant and a testament are the same, but when the maker of the covenant is living, it is a covenant, and when he has died, it is a testament, a will. The Bible is composed of two wills— the Old Testament, the old will, and the New Testament, the new will. The Bible is not mainly a book of teachings; it is a will
壹 新约
I. THE NEW COVENANT
一 更美之约
A. A Better Covenant
2新约是主耶稣所立的，比那藉著摩西所制定的旧约更美。在旧约，一切事物都是影儿；但在新约，一切都是实际。旧约里的一切，都在新约中得著应验和实化。因此，新约乃是更美之约。（来七22，八6。）
2The new covenant, which the Lord Jesus enacted, is better than the old covenant made through Moses. In the old covenant, all things were shadows, whereas in the new covenant everything is reality. Everything in the old covenant has been fulfilled and realized in the new covenant. Hence, the new covenant is a better covenant (7:22; 8:6
二 凭更美的应许立定为法的
B. Enacted upon Better Promises
3新约是凭更美的应许立定为法的，（八6，）而这更美的应许是在耶利米三十一章三十一至三十四节所赐的。在前几篇信息里我们已经看过，这更美的应许包含四件主要的东西，就是内里生命之律；神作我们的神，我们作祂的子民之福；里面认识主的能力；以及罪得赦免。这四者中，内里生命之律乃是中心。旧约是以外面字句的律法立的，而新约是凭这内里生命之律立定为法的。旧约是属字句的，新约是属生命的。
3The new covenant is enacted upon better promises (8:6), which were given in Jeremiah 31:31-34. In these better promises, as we have seen in previous messages, four major things are covered—the inward law of life, the blessing of God being our God and us being God’sp eople, the inward ability of knowing the Lord, and the forgiveness of sins. Among these four major things, the inward law of life is the focus. The old covenant was made with the outward law of letters, whereas the new covenant is enacted with this inward law of life. The old covenant was of letters; the new covenant is of life.
三 用更美的祭物和讲说更美之事的血所成立的
C. Consummated with Better Sacrifices and the Blood That Speaks Better Things
4希伯来九章二十三节说，『所以，诸天上之物的样本，必须用这些祭物去洁净；但那天上之物的本身，必须用比这些更美的祭物去洁净。』帐幕和一切相关的物件，都要洒上山羊和公牛的血，才得洁净。（21～23。）这是个表征，表明天上之物需要用更美祭物的血洁净，这更美的祭物就是基督作祭物。（七27，九14，28，十10，12，14。）当撒但和跟随他的堕落天使背叛神时，天和一切天上之物都受了玷污，因此一切天上之物都需要洁净。当基督进入了天的本身，就用祂自己的血，成就了这洁净的事。（九12。）新约是用更美的祭物和讲说更美之事的血所成立的。基督把自己当作一个祭献上。（九14，十12。）这一个祭，从不同的角度看，可视为多种的祭。基督原是活神永远的儿子，成为肉体，作了人子，并且藉著永远的灵，将自己献给神，所以祂这祭物比那些祭牲更美。那些祭牲不过是影儿，永不能除罪；（十11；）但祂这祭物，却是实际的，并且一次永远的把罪除掉，（九26，）因此为我们得到了永远的救赎。（12。）二十二节说，『没有流血，就没有赦罪。』没有赦罪，就无法满足神公义的要求，使约无法成立。但基督的血已经流出，使罪得赦；新约也凭祂的血得以立定。（太二六28。）希伯来十二章二十四节告诉我们，基督的血『所说的比亚伯的血所说的更美』。基督的血是说话的血，为著赦罪、称义、和好并救赎，一直向神说话。希伯来书揭示，这宝血为我们向神说话，使新约得以立定。因此，这血称为永约的血。（十29，十三20。）
4Hebrews 9:23 says, “It was necessary therefore for the examples of the things in the heavens to be purified by these, but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these.” The tabernacle and all things pertaining to it were sprinkled and purified by the blood of goats and bulls (9:21-23). That was a figure showing that the heavenly things needed to be purified by the blood of better sacrifices, which are the sacrifices of Christ (7:27; 9:14, 28; 10:10, 12, 14). Heaven and all things in heaven have been defiled by the rebellion of Satan and the fallen angels who followed him in his rebellion against God. Thus, all the heavenly things needed to be purified. Christ accomplished this purification with His own blood when He entered into heaven (9:12). The new covenant was consummated with better sacrifices and with the blood that speaks better things. Christ offered Himself as one sacrifice (9:14; 10:12). This one sacrifice, viewed from its various aspects, may be considered as many sacrifices. As Christ is the eternal Son of the living God incarnated to be the Son of Man who offered Himself to God through the eternal Spirit, so His sacrifices are better than those of animals. The animal sacrifices were shadows which could never take away sins (10:11), but His sacrifices are real and have put away sin once for all (9:26), thus finding an eternal redemption for us (9:12). Verse 22 says that “without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” Without forgiveness of sin there is no way to fulfill the requirement of God’s righteousness that by it the covenant may be enacted. But Christ’s blood has been shed for the forgiveness of sin, and the covenant has been enacted with His blood (Matt. 26:28). We are told in 12:24 that Christ’s blood “speaks better than that of Abel.” The blood of Christ is the speaking blood, speaking to God for forgiveness, justification, reconciliation, and redemption. As unveiled in Hebrews, this precious blood speaks to God for us that by it the new covenant may be enacted. Hence, it is called the blood of the eternal covenant (10:29; 13:20
四 有更超特职任的大祭司
D. Having a High Priest with a More Excellent Ministry
5在旧约里，大祭司是必死的人；他的职任乃是要来美事的影儿。但新约有一位大祭司，乃是神永远之子，祂所得的职任是更超特的。（八1～13。）在祂并没有死的拦阻。祂的职任就是在天上君尊而神圣的祭司职分，藉著祂的代祷，将祂的神圣生命及其一切的丰富供应给我们，作我们每日的供应，好将我们带进祂的完全和得荣里。
5In the old covenant the high priest was a mortal man, and his ministry was a shadow of the good things to come. But the new testament has a High Priest who is the eternal Son of God with a more excellent ministry (8:1-13). With Him there is no preventing of death. His ministry is the ministry of the kingly and divine priesthood in heaven, ministering, by His intercession, the divine life with all its riches as our daily supply to bring us into His perfection and glorification.
贰 新遗命
II. THE NEW TESTAMENT
一 神的应许
A. God’s Promise
6神的应许就是祂所说的话。神说了各种不同的话。祂可能吩咐我们去作某件事。那个吩咐虽是神的话，却不是神的应许。当神说话时，应许要给我们甚么，为我们作甚么，或要为我们成为甚么，这样的话就是应许。我们已看过，神新约的应许是在耶利米三十一章三十一至三十四节，其中包括四大点。神应许的话，是由祂的信实来坚立。（来十23，十一11。）神的信实就是祂所应许之言的保证。
6God’s promise is God’sword which He speaks. God speaks many different kinds of words. He may command us to do a particular thing. That command is God’sword, but it is not God’s promise. When God speaks in such a way that He promises to give, do, or be something to us, that is a promise. As we have seen, God’s promise of the new covenant is in Jeremiah 31:31-34 and includes four major things. The word of God’s promise is insured by His faithfulness (Heb. 10:23; 11:11). God’s faithfulness is the guarantee of what He speaks as a promise
二 神的约
B. God’s Covenant
7神的约是凭祂的应许立定为法的。（八6。）应许是普通、平常的话，尚未经过确立。在圣经里，神应许之后，还以起誓为印证。祂凭祂的神格起誓，祂的应许就确立。祂的应许一经起誓确立，就立即成为神盖上印的约。六章十六节说，起誓乃是人各样争论的了结，作为保证。你若仔细读旧约，就会发现，神一切的应许，都是祂凭起誓盖上印的。应许一成为约，意即不能更改。应许一经神起誓确立，就无法更改，不能后悔，也不可改换。应许已经盖上印，就不再是应许，乃是由神起誓确立的约。在旧约，神应许之后，都以起誓确立祂的应许。（创二二16～18，诗一一○4。）主耶稣来了，就成就神一切的应许。因著主在地上的工作，神应许中的每一项，都成为完成的事实。譬如，在耶利米三十一章，神应许要赦免我们的罪。主耶稣来了，在十字架上为我们的罪成就了平息，就应验了神的应许。主耶稣在十字架上受死之前，那还是个应许。祂死在十字架上之后，那项应许就成了完成的事实。因此，赦罪就不再只是应许，更是已成就的历史事实。神所应许的约，藉著主的死并祂所流的血，立定成为新约。（来九18～23，太二六，路二二20。）藉著祂的死，所有的应许都成为已成就的事实。
7God’s covenant is enacted upon God’s promise (8:6). A promise is a common, ordinary word without confirmation. In the Bible, after God made His promise, He sealed it with an oath. He swore by His Godhead that His promise was confirmed. Once His promise was confirmed by an oath, it immediately became the covenant sealed by God. Hebrews 6:16 says that in all disputes an oath is final for confirmation. If you read the Old Testament carefully, you will see that God’s promises were all sealed by His oath. That the promises have become a covenant means that they cannot possibly be altered. Once the promises have been confirmed by God’s oath, having been made unalterable, there is no possibility of repentance or change. The promise has been sealed; it is no longer a promise but a covenant confirmed by God’so a th. After God made His promises in the Old Testament, confirming them by His oath (Gen. 2 2:1 6-18; Ps a. 110:4), the Lord Jesus came and accomplished all that God had promised. By the Lord’s work on earth, every item of God’s promise has become an accomplished fact. For example, in Jeremiah 31 God promised to forgive our sins. The Lord Jesus did this, making propitiation for our sins on the cross as the fulfillment of God’s promise. Before the Lord Jesus died on the cross, it was a promise. After He died on the cross, that promised item became an accomplished fact. Hence, forgiveness of sins is no longer a promise but an accomplished fact of history. God’s promised covenant was consummated as the new covenant by the Lord’s death with His blood (9:1 8-2 3; Matt. 2 6:2 8; Luke 22:20). By His death, all the promises have become 28 accomplished facts.
8主死而复活之后，就升到诸天之上，将祂藉死所成就的约留给我们。当祂将这约留给我们时，这约立即成为遗命，就是遗赠给我们的新遗命。（来九16～17。）在这遗命里，一切已成就的事实不再只是事实，更都成了遗赠。首先，我们有应许；其次，这些应许成了事实；第三，这些事实成了遗赠。藉著主的死与复活，一切应许都应验了，成为已成就的事实。主将这新约留给我们，这约立即成为遗命，遗书，其中包括一切已成就的事实，作为给我们的遗赠。主成就了一切，就登上天上的宝座，如今在那里安息的坐下。主在诸天之上作我们的大祭司，乃是这更美之约的保证。（七21～22。）这新遗命的成立，需要经过四个阶段：第一，神的话；第二，神的应许；第三，新约；最后，新遗命。我们不仅有神的话、神的应许和新约；我们也有新遗命，遗书。圣经是一部遗书，其中的一切不仅说了，应许了，完成了，也已经遗赠给我们。不仅如此，复活的主现今正在执行祂所遗赠给我们的一切。我们只需要感谢祂的遗赠。我们若是这样行，向著祂完全敞开，让祂执行祂所要执行的，就会有神长子这标准模型的大量复制，作神团体的彰显。这是我们都必须看见的属天异象。
8After His death and resurrection, the Lord ascended into the heavens, leaving with us the covenant which He had accomplished by His death. When He left this covenant with us, it immediately became a testament, a new testament bequeathed to us (9:16-17). In this testament the accomplished facts are no longer merely facts; they have all become bequests. Firstly, we had the promises; secondly, the promises became the facts; and thirdly, the facts have become the bequests. Through the Lord’s death and resurrection, all the promises were fulfilled and became accomplished facts. After the Lord had left this new covenant with us, it immediately became a testament, a will, containing all the accomplished facts as our bequests. Since the Lord had accomplished everything, He went to the heavenly throne where He is now restfully sitting. As our High Priest in the heavens, the Lord is the Surety of this better covenant (7:21-22). Four stages were needed for the consummation of the new testament: firstly, God’sword; secondly, God’s promise; thirdly, the new covenant; and lastly, the new testament. No longer do we just have God’sword, God’s promise, and the new covenant; we also have the new testament, the will. The Bible is a will in which everything has not only been mentioned, promised, and accomplished but also bequeathed. Furthermore, the Lord in resurrection is executing what He has bequeathed. We simply need to thank Him for all the bequests. If we would do this, opening wide to Him that He may execute all that He desires to execute, there will be a mass reproduction of the standard model, the Firstborn Son, for God’s corporate expression. This is the heavenly vision that we all must see
三 主的新遗命
C. The Lord’s New Testament
9我们已经看过，主将祂的约留给我们以后，那约就成为包含一切已成就事实的新遗命，作为赐给我们的遗赠。主的新遗命，是由复活的基督这位在诸天之上的中保来执行。（九15，十二24。）当主安息的坐在诸天之上的宝座上，祂关心所有承受新遗命的人。祂关心那些承受者是否有足彀的智慧，殷勤取用这些遗赠，或者仗著自己的聪明去作别的事。因为祂非常关心，所以祂为我们代求，好叫我们全然认识祂在遗命中所给我们的一切遗赠。如果我们的眼睛被开启，看见主的遗命这件事，我们会激动的说，『过去这一千九百多年的光景何等可怜。太少基督徒看见这些遗赠。』所有的基督徒都不照著所给的遗赠，只照著天然的观念，低浅的认识神的救恩。你曾听说过，赦罪是一个遗赠么？有人教导过你，神生命的分赐、重生、与基督同钉十字架，也都是遗赠么？我们还没有出生，就钉了十字架。这是基督在十字架上完成的，也是列在遗书里的许多遗赠之一。我们得以完全和得荣耀，也都是遗赠。在新遗命里，就是在新遗书里，一切都是已成就的遗赠。在这新遗书的最后一部分，就是启示录，使徒约翰极其频繁的使用过去式。譬如，约翰在启示录二十章十节说，『那迷惑他们的魔鬼，被扔在硫磺火湖里，』在二十一章二节又说，『我又看见圣城新耶路撒冷由神那里从天而降，豫备好了，就如新妇妆饰整齐，等候丈夫。』这两处经节都是用过去式，因为在遗书里的每一项都是遗赠，而不是应许。
9We have seen that after the Lord left the covenant with us, it became the new testament containing all the accomplished facts as our bequests. The Lord’s new testament is executed by the resurrected Christ as the Mediator in the heavens (9:15; 12:24). While the Lord is resting on His throne in the heavens, He is concerned for all the heirs of this new testament. He is concerned whether the heirs are wise and diligent enough to take the bequests, or whether they are trusting in their own cleverness and trying to do something else. Because He is so concerned, He is interceding that we shall have the full realization of all the bequests contained in His bequeathed will. I four eyes are opened to see this matter of the Lord’st estament, we shall be beside ourselves and say, “How poor the situation has been for over nineteen centuries. Very few Christians have realized these bequests.” All Christians understand God’ss alvation in a low way according to the natural human concept, not in the way of bequests. Have you ever heard that the forgiveness of sins is a bequest? Were you ever taught that the imparting of the divine life, the rebirth, and our crucifixion with Christ are also bequests? We were crucified before we were born. It was accomplished by Christ on the cross and it is one of the many bequests itemized in the will. Our perfection and glorification also are bequests. In the new testament, the new will, everything is a bequest which has been accomplished already. In the last portion of this new will, the book of Reve lation, the Apostle John uses the past tense very often. For example, in Revelation 20:10 John said that “the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,” and in 21:2 he said, “I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” Both of these are in the past tense because every item in the will is a bequest, not a promise.
10你传讲的时候，曾告诉人他们有这些遗赠么？大多数传道人只是说，『你若相信，神要赦免你的罪，也要叫你得重生。』我们需要告诉人：『我有一分神的遗书要给你。这分遗书清楚的说，早在你犯罪之前，你的罪已经赦免了。这分遗书也声明，你的重生、称义、圣别、完全、得荣，祂都为你作成了。这一切项目都是遗赠，在这遗书里向你陈明了。你愿不愿意接受？你若愿意，只要感谢主，接受就好了。』人只要愿意这样接受，立刻得著赦罪、重生、称义、圣别、完全、得荣，甚至得著新耶路撒冷！从今以后，我们必须享受并取用主这新遗书中的每一项遗赠。我们若有这样的看见，就会有彻底的大改变。你若看见新遗命这件事，你祷告时就不需要再哀求了。许多基督徒，是这样领会以弗所五章十九至二十节：『不住的向神祷告，向主切切的哀求、禁食，在我们主耶稣基督的名里，向父神祈求。』但这两节经文是说，『用诗章、颂辞、灵歌，彼此对说，从心中向主歌唱、颂咏，凡事要在我们主耶稣基督的名里，时常感谢神与父。』这里没有哀求，只有赞美和感谢，因为主已经成就了一切。父应许了一切，主耶稣成就了一切。这一切已成就的事实，都列在新遗书里，成为我们的遗赠。我们不必哀求，只要为著我们所得的遗赠，感谢赞美主，尽情的享用。我们若认识神的经纶，就要赞美并感谢主为我们所完成、并遗赠给我们的一切。假若你有一位亲戚，在遗书中遗赠给你一栋房子，你就不必再去求要那栋房子。当你知道这房子已经给你了，你只要说声谢谢，接受就可以了。这才是正确的基督徒生活。我们不必哀求，只要感谢主，取用这个以特殊方式，就是新遗书的方式，所已经赐给我们的一切就好了。
10In your preaching, have you ever told people of their bequests? Most preachers say, “If you believe, God will forgive your sins and you will be born again.” We need to tell people, “I have a will for you, God’s will. This will clearly says that all your sins were forgiven long before you even committed them. This will also declares that your rebirth, justification, sanctification, perfection and glorification have all been accomplished by Him. All these items are bequests presented to you in the will. Will you accept it? If you are willing to take it, just thank the Lord and receive it.” If a person will accept the will in this way, he will immediately have forgiveness of sins, rebirth, justification, sanctification, perfection, glorification, and even the New Jerusalem! From now on, we must enjoy and partake of all the bequests itemized in the Lord’s new will. If we have this view, we shall be radically revolutionized. If you have seen this matter of the new testament, you will no longer need to pray in a begging way. Many Christians understand Ephesians 5:19 and 20 in this way: “Praying to God continually, begging earnestly and fasting to the Lord, making petitions to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” But these verses say, “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” In these verses, there is no begging but praising and thanksgiving, because the Lord has accomplished everything. The Father promised everything and the Lord Jesus accomplished everything. All the accomplished facts have been itemized in the new will as our bequests. We do not need to beg; we need to thank and praise the Lord for our bequests and enjoy them. If we know God’secon o my, we shall praise the Lord and thank Him for all He has accomplished and bequeathed to us. Suppose a relative has bequeathed a house to you in his will. There is no need for you to beg for that house. When you learn that the house has been given to you, all you need to do is say thank you and accept it. This is the proper Christian life. There is no need for us to beg; we simply need to take with thanks to the Lord what has already been given to us in such an extraordinary way—in the way of the new will
11没有甚么像遗书那样具有束缚力并坚固的立定。无人能改动遗书。遗书中所遗赠的，是最终定准的，遗赠给谁就必须给谁。我们的眼睛若被开启，看见我们竟得了这样的遗书，我们就会癫狂的赞美主。人不必等候重生，因为那是遗书中的一项。他们只要简单的接受重生这项遗赠，说，『主阿，为著这奇妙的重生，我感谢你。为著你在复活时所完成之神圣生命的分赐，我感谢你。』神的拣选也是这遗书里的另一项遗赠，这事在创世以前就已经完成。这在以弗所一章四节，清楚的列为一项遗赠，所以我们不必跪下祷告说，『神阿，怜悯我。我是个可怜的罪人，该下地狱。哦，神阿，求你拣选我。』这样祷告何等愚昧！你只要说，『父阿，谢谢你，你的拣选早已成就，并且已经遗赠给我。』神的拣选和豫定都是新遗书中已经成就的遗赠。罗马八章三十节甚至说，我们已经得荣耀。我们将来所要进入的荣耀，也是这新遗书中的一项遗赠。按照神的算法，这也是已经成就的事。我们必须有属天的异象，看见神一切的祝福都是遗赠。你需要平安么？平安是一项遗赠，是父所应许，子所成就，并且列在新遗书中，作为给你的遗赠。你只要感谢神，接受就好了。这是有分于神祝福的新方式。不要作个可怜的乞丐─你乃是荣耀的承受人。承受人用不著哀求；他只要感谢著接受一切的遗赠。当我的眼睛得开启，看见在新遗命里的遗赠这件事的时候，我整个观念改变了。每当我祷告时，我确知在十九个半世纪以前，这一切都已在神圣的遗书中遗赠给我了；我可以取用我所需要的一切。我能放胆说，『赞美主！这是我的，我接受。』
11Nothing is as binding and as strongly established as a will. No one can change it. Whatever is bequeathed in a will is final; it must go to whom it has been bequeathed. If our eyes could be opened to see that we have such a will, we would be beside ourselves with praise to the Lord. There is no need for people to wait for their rebirth, for that is an item in the will. They should simply accept regeneration as a bequest and say, “Thank You, Lord, for such a wonderful rebirth. Lord, thank You for the impartation of the divine life accomplished at the time of Your resurrection.” God’ss election is another bequest in the will, having been accomplished before the foundation of the world. Since this is clearly itemized as a bequest in Ephesians 1:4, there is no need to kneel down and pray, “O God, have mercy on me. I am a pitiful sinner, and hell is my destiny. “O God, please grant me Your selection.” How foolish it is to pray in this way! Simply say, “Father, thank You for Your selection which has already been accomplished and bequeathed to me.” God’s selection and predestination both are bequests of the new will which have already been accomplished. Romans 8:30 even tells us that we have already been glorified. Glorification, into which we shall enter in the future, is also a bequest in the new will. In God’s reckoning, it has been accomplished already. We need to have the heavenly vision to see that all God’s blessings are bequests. Do you need peace? It is a bequest. It was promised by the Father, accomplished by the Son, and has been itemized in the new will as your bequest. Simply thank God for it and receive it. This is the new way to partake of God’s blessings. Do not be a poor beggar — you are a glorious inheritor. An heir has no need to beg; he simply receives all the bequests with thanksgiving. When my eyes were opened to see this matter of the bequests in the new testament, my whole concept was changed. This is why I do not beg. Whenever I pray, I pray with the realization that everything was already given to me nineteen and a half centuries ago as a bequest in the divine will and that I can take all I need. I can boldly say, “Praise the Lord! This is mine and I take it.”
12主的新遗命，乃是由复活的基督这位诸天之上的中保（执行者）来执行。今天这位复活的基督，全然安息的为我们代求，好执行这遗书所说的。这遗命，遗书，因基督的死已得确定并生效，且由复活的基督执行并实施。神这约的应许是由神的信实来坚立，神的约是由神的义来保证，而新遗命是由基督复活的能力来执行。现今基督在宝座上为我们代求，好叫我们认识这遗命，遗书。全地所有寻求的基督徒又饥又渴。你若把这遗书及其遗赠告诉他们，他们必会欢然接受，也必乐意为此献上自己，摆上一切。早在十九个世纪多以前，神就已经把这遗书赐给祂的子民，但是知道的人太少了。因著主的怜悯，主使我们对祂的遗书有了完全的认识。今日主正加速祂的恢复。这位在天上的代求者，天天以祂属天的『砰、砰、砰』，在我们里面发动、加力，使我们有分于祂遗书的一切丰富。这就是为甚么主恢复中的基督徒，都是那么积极进取。在新约里，神的应许都是已成就的事实，而这新约已经遗赠给我们，成为新遗命。现今在复活里，基督这位升天者坐在诸天之上的宝座上，正在执行祂所遗赠给我们的。这件事的重点，乃是神圣生命之律那自动自发的功能。赞美主！
12The Lord’s new testament is executed by the resurrected Christ as the Mediator, the Executor, in the heavens. Today the resurrected Christ is executing this will by restfully interceding for us. The testament, the will, has been confirmed and validated by Christ’s death and is being executed and enforced by Christ in His resurrection. The promise of God’s covenant is insured by God’s faithfulness, God’s covenant is guaranteed by God’s righteousness, and the new testament is enforced by Christ’s resurrection power. Christ is now on the throne interceding for us to realize this testament, this will. All the seeking Christians throughout the world are hungry and thirsty. If you tell them about this will and its bequests, they will gladly receive it. They will be willing to give themselves to it and be consumed by it. This will has been given to the Lord’sp eople for over nineteen centuries, but few of them have realized it. By His mercy, the Lord has brought us into a full realization of His will. Now He is speeding up His recovery. The heavenly Intercessor is motivating and energizing us day by day with His heavenly “pum, pum, pum” that we may partake of all the riches of His will. This is the reason that the Christians in the Lord’s recovery are so aggressive. God’s promises have all become accomplished facts in the new covenant, and the new covenant has been bequeathed to us as the new testament. Now, in resurrection as the ascended One sitting on the throne in the heavens, Christ is executing what He has bequeathed. The crucial point in this matter is the automatic and innate function of the law of the divine life. Praise the Lord