希伯来书生命读经 · 第43篇

基督的祭物顶替并了结旧约的祭物

Christ’s Sacrifices Replacing And Terminating Those of the Old Covenant

1希伯来书多次告诉我们，基督已经一次永远的把罪解决了。（一3，二17，七27，九26，十12。）由于古时犹太人的传统力量，基督藉著祂的祭物除掉了罪这个事实，有必要在希伯来书中一再题说。犹太人只知道到祭坛为罪献祭；他们每日为罪献祭，也在每年的赎罪日献祭。因此，古时犹太人心中所思念的，就是赎罪祭。由于犹太人献赎罪祭的这个传统，力量强大，所以希伯来书的作者在第七、八、九章里说为著罪献祭的事已经完成，之后又在十章一至十八节，给我们进一步的结论。这个附加的结论，主要的点是要希伯来基督徒认识，利未祭司所献的祭物，没有一样能除罪，也不能使敬拜的人得到完全。甚至在他们的旧约里，以赛亚五十三章十节、十二节就曾豫言说，基督要来成为赎罪祭，就是说，要来顶替并了结利未祭司体系的祭物。基督这独一的祭物，既已作成这事，希伯来信徒若再回到殿里去为罪献祭，就太愚昧了。罪已经除掉，成为历史。所以希伯来十章十八节论到罪和不法，就说，『这些罪既都蒙了赦免，就不用再为罪献祭了。』这是很合逻辑的结论。

1The book of Hebrews tells us many times that Christ has dealt with sin once for all (1:3; 2:17; 7:27; 9:26; 10:12). The repeated mention of the fact that Christ, through His sacrifice, has put away sin was necessary because of the strength of the Jewish tradition in the ancient times. The Jews only knew to go to the altar and offer the sacrifice for sin. Daily, the sacrifices for sin were offered; they were also offered yearly on the day of atonement. Thus, the mind of the ancient Jews was occupied with the sin offering. Because of the strength of the Jewish tradition regarding the sin offering, after dealing with the matter of the accomplishment of the sacrifice for sin in chapters seven, eight, and nine, the writer gives us a further conclusion in 10:1-18. The main point of this supplementary conclusion is that the Hebrew Christians had to realize that none of the sacrifices offered by the Levitical priests could put away sin or perfect the worshippers. Even their Old Testament predicted in Isaiah 53:10 and 12 that Christ would come to be the sacrifice for sin, that is, to replace and terminate the Levitical sacrifices. Since Christ, the unique sacrifice, has done this, it would have been foolish for the Hebrew believers to go back to the temple and offer the sacrifice for sin again. Sin has been put away and has become a history. Therefore, 10:18, speaking of sins and lawlessnesses, says, “where forgiveness of these is, there is no longer an offering for sin.” This is a logical conclusion

2在神的经纶里，基督作了两件主要的事：祂将那进来拦阻神永远定旨的罪除去，并将祂自己分赐到我们里面作神圣的生命；这生命在我们里面作工，并扩展到我们里面的每一部分。十章一至十八节的主要思想，乃是基督已经除掉罪，成就一切利未祭司体系的祭牲所作不到的。基督一次永远的除掉了罪，如今已将祂自己分赐到我们里面作神圣的生命，好藉著这神圣生命的工作，使我们成为祂自己团体的复制品。

2In God’secon o my, Christ did two main things: He put away sin, which had come in to frustrate God’s eternal purpose, and He imparted Himself into us as the divine life which is working within us and spreading into all the inward parts of our being. The main thought in 10:1- 18 is that Christ has put away sin, accomplishing what all the Levitical sacrifices were unable to do. Having put away sin once for all, Christ has now imparted Himself into us as the divine life, so that through the working of this divine life we may become the corporate reproduction of Himself

壹律法是要来美事的影儿

I. THE LAW HAVING A SHADOW

OF THE COMING GOOD THINGS

3旧约的律法不是实际，乃是要来美事的影儿。（十1。）要来的美事，就是基督的所是和所作。律法所有的，并不能成就任何事。惟有旧约一切影儿的实体─基督，才为神的经纶完成一切。

3The law of the Old Testament was not the reality; it was a shadow of the coming good things (v. 1). These coming good things are what Christ is and does. What the law had could not accomplish anything. It is Christ, the reality of all the shadows in the Old Testament, who has accomplished everything for God’secon o my.

4贰律法总不能藉著每年不断献上的

4II. The Law, By Its Continual and Yearly Sacrifices

同样祭物，叫敬拜的人得到完全

Never Being Able to Perfect the Worshipper

5律法总不能藉著每年不断献上的同样祭物，叫那些进前来的人得到完全。（1～2。）照著律法所献的祭物，并不能洁净献祭者觉得有罪的良心。他们无论怎样不断为罪献上同样的祭物，他们的良心总不得平安，在神面前也不得完全。

5The law, by its continual and yearly sacrifices, was unable to perfect those who drew near to God (vv. 1-2). The sacrifices offered according to the law could not purify the offerers’ conscience of sins. However often they offered the same sacrifice for sin, their conscience could never be at peace and they could never be perfected before God

参律法的祭物

III. THE LAW’S SACRIFICES

使人每年想起罪来

REMINDING OF SINS YEAR BY YEAR

6照著律法所献的祭并不能除罪，反而使人想起罪来。每年到了赎罪日，犹太人就想起他们的罪来。神的用意，是要藉著这些作为影儿的祭物，题醒犹太人，他们是有罪的，他们需要基督，就是弥赛亚，来除去他们的罪。照著神的用意，他们每逢献祭时，应当仰望基督。律法的祭物只是题醒他们有罪，并不能洁净他们。

6The sacrifices offered according to the law could not put away sins; rather, they reminded the people of them. Every year on the day of atonement the Jews were reminded of their sins. God’sin tent i on in these sacrifices of shadow was to remind the Jews that they were sinful and that they needed Christ, the Messiah, to take away their sins. According to God’sin tent i on, whenever they offered the sacrifice for sin, they should have looked unto Christ. The law’s sacrifices were just a reminder of their sins, not a purifier of them

IV. IT BEING IMPOSSIBLE FOR

肆祭牲的血不能除罪

ANIMAL BLOOD TO TAKE AWAY SINS

7因著律法的祭物是影儿，不是实际，所以祭牲的血是不能除罪的。（十4。）基督是真正为罪所献的祭，惟有祂的宝血才能除罪。因此，希伯来的信徒若是回到犹太教再为罪献祭，是毫无用处的。

7As the law’s sacrifices were a shadow, not the reality, it was impossible for their animal blood to take away sins (v. 4). It is the precious blood of Christ, the real sacrifice for sin, that takes away sins. Therefore, it would have been vain for the Hebrew believers to go back to Judaism to offer sacrifices for sin again

V. CHRIST COMING WITH A BODY

伍基督来了，以身体顶替律法的祭物

TO REPLACE THE SACRIFICES OF THE LAW

8凡照著律法所献的祭都是基督的影儿。到时期满足的时候，基督来成为血肉之体，顶替了律法的祭物。祂在肉体里向神献上自己，就一次永远的除去罪。七、九、十节告诉我们，神的旨意是要除去那先有的，就是旧约的祭牲，为要立定那后来的，就是新约以基督作祭物，好顶替旧约的祭物。因此，基督既然已经顶替了祭牲，希伯来的信徒若是回去献祭牲，就是愚昧的。

8All the sacrifices offered according to the law were a shadow of Christ. At the fullness of time, Christ came with a body of blood and flesh to replace the sacrifices of the law. In the flesh, He offered Himself to God once for all to take away sins. Verses 7, 9, and 10 tell us that it is the will of God to take away the first, the animal sacrifices of the old testament, so that the second, the sacrifice of Christ of the new testament, might be established to replace the sacrifices of the old testament. Hence, it would have been foolish for the Hebrew believers to go back to offer the animal sacrifices which had already been replaced by Christ.

陆基督一次永远的献上身体，就使我们得以圣别

VI. Christ Having Sanctified Us Through the Offering of His Body Once For All

9基督是真正为罪所献的祭，将罪除去；祂一次永远的献上身体，就使我们得以圣别。（十10。）罪使我们与神隔绝，但基督藉著祂的救赎，使我们离罪归神。这就是使我们圣别归神。基督已经一次永远的这样圣别我们。

9Christ, as the real sacrifice for sin which has taken away sins, has sanctified us through the offering of His body once for all (v. 10). Sin had separated us from God, but Christ, through His redemption, has separated us from sin and has brought us back to God. This is to sanctify us unto God. Christ has thus sanctified us once for all

柒律法的祭司天天站著，献上同样永不能除罪的祭物

VII. The Priests Of The Law Standing Daily To Offer The Same Sacrifices Which Can Never Take Away Sins

10十一节说，『凡祭司都是天天站著供职，屡次献上同样永不能除罪的祭物。』旧约的祭司天天站著，一再献上同样的祭物，因为他们所献上的永不能除罪。他们站著，乃是除罪的事尚未成就的标记。惟有基督将祂自己献上，才完成了除罪的事。捌基督为罪一次献上祭物，

10Verse 11 says, “Every priest stands daily, ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.” The priests in the old covenant stood daily and offered the same sacrifices again and again, because what they offered could never take away sins. Their standing was a sign that the taking away of sins had not been accomplished. It was Christ’s offering of Himself that has accomplished the taking away of sins. VIII. Christ Sitting Down Forever On The Right Hand

就永久在神的右边坐下了

Of God, After Having Offered One Sacrifice For Sin

11旧约的祭司天天站著，一再献上同样的祭物，但基督为著罪将自己当作那惟一的祭物献给神，就把罪除掉；（九；）因此，祂永久在神的右边坐下了。（十12。）祂坐在天上乃是除罪的事已经成就的标记和证明。祂永久坐在那里，因此无须再为罪作甚么，祂已经一次永远的作成了。祂为罪一次献上祭物，就永久坐下了，这与祭司天天站著，屡次献上同样的祭物成为对比。玖基督一次献祭，

11While the old covenant priests stood daily offering the same sacrifices a gain and a gain, Christ has put away sin (9:26) by offering Himself to God as the unique sacrifice for sin. Hence, as verse 12 says, He “sat down 26 forever on the right hand of God.” His sitting in heaven is a sign and proof that the taking away of sins has been accomplished. His sitting there is forever. He no longer needs to do anything for sin, for He has done it once for all. His sitting down forever after having offered one sacrifice for sin is in contrast with the priests’ standing daily, offering the same sacrifices again and again. IX. By One Offering Christ Having Perfected

便叫那些得以圣别的人永久完全

Forever Us Who Are Being Sanctified

12十四节说，『因为祂一次献祭，便叫那些得以圣别的人永久完全。』其他的祭物永不能使人得以完全，但基督这独一的祭物，却使我们永久完全。基督藉著祂的献祭，不仅一次永远的使我们得以圣别，也使我们永久完全。藉著祂那一次献祭，我们不仅离罪归神，也在神面前得以完全。

12Verse 14 says that by “one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified.” Although the other sacrifices never perfected anyone, Christ’s unique sacrifice has perfected us forever. Through His offering, Christ has not only sanctified us once for all but also perfected us forever. Through that one sacrifice of Christ, we have not only been separated from sin and brought back to God but also have been perfected before God.

拾圣灵作见证，我们的罪和不法都蒙了赦免

X. The Holy Spirit Testifying That Our Sins And Lawlessnesses Are Forgiven

13现在我们要读十章十五至十七节：『圣灵也对我们作见证，因为祂说过，「主说，这是那些日子以后，我要与他们所立的约：我要将我的律法赐在他们心里，并且将这些律法写在他们心思里。」以后又说，「我绝不再记念他们的罪和不法。」』在这一段话里，作者极力向希伯来信徒证明，不用再为罪献祭了，因为基督已经完成除罪的事。罪的问题已经解决了。他强调这一个事实，用他在八章说到内里生命之律时曾引用的耶利米三十一章三十三至三十四节，指出圣灵也为这事作见证。在耶利米三十一章三十三至三十四节，圣灵说神要将祂的律法赐在我们心里之后，接著又说，神绝不再记念我们的罪。这证明圣灵作见证，我们的罪已经除去，罪的问题已经解决。我们不仅有以赛亚五十三章六、十一、十二节的豫言，说到基督要担当我们的罪；我们也在耶利米三十一章有圣灵的见证，见证我们的罪要被除去，神绝不再记念我们的罪。

13At this point we need to read verses 15 through 17. “And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after having said, This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their hearts and upon their minds I will inscribe them; Then He says, And their sins and their lawlessnesses I will by no means remember anymore.” In this section of the Word, the writer was trying his best to prove to the Hebrew believers that there was no longer any need of offering the sacrifice for sin, because Christ had accomplished the putting away of sins. The problem of sin has been solved. Now he stresses this fact by pointing out that in Jeremiah 31:33 and 34, which he had quoted in chapter eight for the inward law of life, the Holy Spirit also testifies to this effect. In Jeremiah 31:33 and 34, after the Holy Spirit said that God would put His laws upon our hearts, He then said that God would not remember our sins any more. This proves that the Holy Spirit testifies that our sins have been taken away and that the problem of sin has been solved. Not only in Isaiah 53:6, 11, and 12 was there the prediction that Christ would bear our sins, but also in Jeremiah 31 there was the testimony of the Holy Spirit that our sins would be taken away and that God would no longer have any remembrance of them

14照著我们对新约天然的领会，我们以为赦罪是新约的头一项。然而，赦罪乃是最后一项，甚至是附加的一项。新约主要的是关于三件事：关于写在我们里面的生命之律；关于神是我们的神，我们是祂的子民；关于内里认识神的能力。这三件事都是永远的。但是有些弟兄姊妹仍然记得他们的罪，也许会问说，『我们的罪怎么办？』他们需要一段附加的话，告诉他们不要再为罪忧虑，因为藉著基督所献的祭，他们一切的罪已经除去，神也绝不再记念了。希伯来十章在这里重复了八章所题新约主要的一项─内里生命的律之后，那灵接著又说，主绝不再记念我们的罪和不法。主既不再记念我们的罪，我们也不该再记得我们的罪；但我们很难忘记所犯的罪。虽然神已经赦免了，也忘记了我们的罪，我们也知道罪已经得了赦免，却仍然难以忘记；罪的记忆仍然下意识的深藏在我们里面。

14According to our natural understanding of the new covenant, the forgiveness of sins is the first item. However, it is the last item, even a supplementary one. The new covenant is mainly concerned with three things: with the law of life which is written into our being; with God being God to us and us being a people to Him; and with the inner ability of knowing God. These three things are eternal. But some brothers and sisters, still remembering their sins, may ask, “What about our sins?” They need a supplement telling them to be at peace about their sins, for God will not remember them any longer, because they all have been taken away by the sacrifice of Christ. Here, in chapter ten, after repeating the main item of the new covenant, the inward law of life, mentioned in chapter eight, the Spirit says that the Lord will by no means remember our sins and lawlessnesses. Since the Lord will by no means remember our sins any more, we should not remember them either. But it is difficult for us to forget our sins. Although God forgives and forgets our sins, and although we may realize that our sins have been forgiven, we cannot forget them. The remembrance of our sins is still subconsciously deep in our being.

15神忘记我们的罪是甚么意思？就是认为我们如同没有犯过罪一样。你相信主耶稣以后，曾想过自己是无罪的么？神是如此认为的。当我们到祂面前说，『父阿，我要向你认罪，』祂会回答说，『你说甚么？你不是我的儿女么？我的儿女中，没有一个犯过罪。』赦罪的意思就是忘记罪，认为罪从不存在。神不仅赦免我们的罪，也不再记念我们的罪。我们的罪不仅从祂的行政中除去了，甚至也从祂的记忆中消除了。在永世里父神要说，『我有许多的儿子从未犯过罪。在我神圣的记忆中，没有罪这一样东西。』惟独神能这样忘记。我们越想忘记我们的罪，反而越会回想起来。也许你仍记得，某一天你偷了父亲的钱。虽然我们一直记得所犯的罪，但如果到父神面前说起，我们会发现祂早已忘记了。阿利路亚！你知道我们都有分于这奇妙的赦罪么？实在太好了！但这不过是新约里三个主要项目附加的一项，其中最重要的乃是生命之律。神是我们的神，而我们这些祂的子民，有内里认识祂的能力。从今以后我们应该忘记罪，不要再谈论罪。任何一个地方召会如果仍然谈论罪，就是落伍。我们不该是谈论罪的召会，而该是谈论生命之律的召会。罪已成为历史，生命却在这里。我们现今里面有生命之律。

15What does it mean to forget our sins? It is to consider ourselves as never having sinned. Since believing in the Lord Jesus, have you ever considered yourself to be so sinless? God does. When we go to Him, saying, “Father, I wish to repent of my sins,” He may say, “What are you talking about? Are you not one of My children? None of My children has ever sinned.” To forgive sins means to forget them, to think of them as never having existed. Not only does God forgive our sins; He no longer remembers them. Not only in His administ ration are our sins put away, but they even have vanished from His memory. In eternity the Father will say, “I have many sons who have never sinned. In My divine memory there is no such thing as sin.” Only God has this kind of forgetfulness. The more we try to forget our sins, the more we recall them. You may still remember the day you stole money from your father. While we still remember it, if we go to our Father about it, we shall discover that He has forgotten it. Hallelujah! Have you ever realized that we all have a share in such a wonderful forgiveness? How marvelous it is! Yet this is just a supplement to the three main items of the new covenant, the most important of which is the law of life. God is our God, and we, His people, have the inner ability to know Him. From now on, we should forget sin and not talk about it. Any local church which still talks about sin is not up-to-date. We must not be a sin-talking church but a life-law-talking church. Sin is history and life is here. We now have the law of life within us.

拾壹不用再为罪献祭了

XI. NO LONGER ANY OFFERING FOR SIN

16基督既然完成为罪献祭的事，并且将其了结，就不用再为罪献祭了。（十。）有些基督徒误解这节圣经，以为这一节的意思是说，如果我们得救之后又犯了罪，就再没有祭物可以献上，也再不能得赦免了。不！这一节经节的意思乃是说，基督既然已经一次永远完成为罪献祭的事，并且将其了结，就不用再为罪献任何的祭了。对那些仍想退回去，照著老习惯为罪献祭的希伯来基督徒，这是很重的话。他们应当知道，基督已经完成为罪献祭的事，并将其了结。他们所需要的，不是再退到以祭牲为影儿的事上，乃是前来有分于这位复活的基督，并且享受祂因将自己献给神，为他们所成就的一切。

16Since Christ has accomplished the sacrifice for sin and has terminated it, there is no longer any offering for sin (v. 1 8). This does not mean, as some Christians 18 misinterpret this verse, that if we sin after being saved, there is no longer any offering for our sin and that we will not be forgiven anymore. It means that since Christ has accomplished the offering for sin once for all and has terminated it, there is no longer the need to offer any sacrifice for sin. This was a strong word to the early Hebrew Christians who were considering going back to their old custom of offering the sacrifice for sin. They should have known that the offering for sin had been accomplished and terminated by Christ. Their need was not to go back to the shadow of the animal offerings, but to come forward to partake of the resurrected Christ and enjoy all He had accomplished for them through His offering of Himself to God.

17今天我们也必须看见，基督的死已经除去我们的罪，罪的问题已经一次永远的解决了。罪既已成为过去，并成为历史，我们就无须再受罪的搅扰。我们的注意力，当从十字架上的基督，转向在诸天之上的基督。我们必须在跟随祂奔跑属天赛程时，享受天上的基督作我们的生命和我们一切的需要。我们享受这位在诸天之上的基督，就是真实的在新约之下，有分于这新遗命中一切的遗赠。这就是希伯来书的目的。

17Today we also need to see that our sins have been taken away by the death of Christ and that the problem of sin has been solved once for all. Since sin is over and has become a history, we no longer need to be bothered by it. Our attention must be turned from the Christ on the cross to the Christ in the heavens. We must enjoy the heavenly Christ as our life and all we need in following Him and running the heavenly race. When we enjoy the Christ who is in the heavens, we are truly under the new covenant participating in all the bequests of the new testament. This is the goal of this book