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希伯来书生命读经 · 第58篇

吃与吗哪

EATING AND MANNA
1在本篇信息中，我们要来看金罐里的吗哪。（来九4。）
1In this message we come to the manna in the golden pot (9:4
吃─圣经里一件基本的事
EATING, A BASIC MATTER IN THE BIBLE
2我们若要知道何为隐藏的吗哪，就是金罐里的吗哪，首先必须认识圣经里一个基本的观念，这观念是大多数基督徒所不明瞭的。神造了人之后，并没有为人作甚么，也没有要人为祂作甚么。根据创世记一、二章，神对人活在祂面前的基本要求，乃是要吃得正确。在神面前最重要的事，乃是我们吃甚么，以及怎么吃。因此，在圣经里，吃是我们与神关系上的基本观念。神创造万物，包括人在内。神若能创造天地和万物，祂还有甚么不能作？对祂而言，一切的事都是轻而易举的。事实上，祂甚至不必动手作甚么；祂只要说话，所要的就有了。然而，有一件事神不能作，就是祂不能替我们吃。虽然作母亲的能为孩子作许多事，但是母亲不能替孩子吃。孩子必须自己吃。说到我们与神的关系，基本上乃是要吃得正确。
2If we would understand what the hidden manna, the manna in the golden pot, is, we must understand a basic concept in the Bible, a concept which most Christians have not grasped. After God created man, He did not do anything with him, nor did He charge him to do anything for Him. According to Genesis 1 and 2, the basic requirement for living in the presence of God is to eat properly. What matters the most in God’s presence is what and how we eat. Hence, in the Bible eating is a basic concept concerning our relationship with God. God has created everything, including man. If He can make the heavens and the earth and billions of items, what is there that He cannot do? He can easily do everything. Actually, there is even no need for Him to do anything, for He just speaks and what He desires comes into being. Nevertheless, there is one thing which God cannot do—He cannot eat for us. Although a mother may do many things for her children, she cannot eat for them. The children must eat for themselves. As far as our relationship with God is concerned, the basic matter is eating properly
吃是为得著
EATING FOR THE SUPPLY OF LIFE
生命的供应和救赎
AND FOR REDEMPTION
3在创世记二章，人的吃是生命树的事。人堕落以后，神就来救赎。但是到了出埃及十二章神施行救赎时，吃就变成不只包括生命树一项。吃不再只是为得著生命的供应，也与救赎有关。因此，在出埃及十二章，神指示以色列人吃羊羔。生命树是植物的生命，而羊羔是动物的生命。树并没有血，羔羊却有血。在圣经里，血是为著救赎。以色列人出埃及时涂了血，使他们得蒙救赎；吃了羊羔，使他们得著生命的供应。在第一个时期，吃只是为著人的生命供应；但到了第二个时期，吃乃是为著救赎，也为著生命的供应。
3In Genesis 2, man’seating was a matter of the tree of life. After man fell, God came in to redeem him. But when God brought in redemption in Exodus 12, the eating was changed to include more than just the one item, the tree of life. Eating was no longer simply to have the supply of life; it was also related to redemption. In Exodus 12 the children of Israel were instructed to eat a lamb. The tree of life is of the vegetable life, and a lamb is of the animal life. While there is no blood with a tree, there is blood with a lamb. In the Bible, blood is for redemption. At the time of the exodus, the children of Israel struck the blood that they might be redeemed and they ate the lamb that they might have the life supply. In the first stage, eating was only for man’s life supply, but in the second stage, eating was for both redemption and the life supply
吃主的肉，喝主的血
EATING THE LORD’S FLESH AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD
4以色列人在旷野的那些年间，吃的是吗哪。吗哪当然没有血，所以吃吗哪与救赎无关，完全是为著生命的供应。以色列人在旷野，飘流四十年之久，他们如何能一直生存并行动？他们乃是靠天天吃吗哪得供应，而生存并行动。主耶稣在约翰六章三十五节说，『我就是生命的粮。』这话叫犹太人非常为难。主又说，『你们若不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就没有生命在你们里面。』（53。）在这章里，主先说祂是生命的粮，然后说我们必须喝祂的血。粮里面怎么会有血？可见这粮不仅是植物的生命，也是羔羊的肉。主在约翰六章五十一节说，『我所要赐的粮，就是我的肉，为世人的生命所赐的。』粮属于植物生命，只为著𫗪养；肉属于动物生命，不仅为著𫗪养，也为著救赎。人堕落以前，主是生命树，（创二9，）只为著𫗪养人。人堕落到罪中之后，主就成了羔羊，（约一29，）不仅为著𫗪养人，也为著救赎人。（出十二4，7～8。）
4During the years in the wilderness, the children of Israel ate manna. Since there certainly was no blood in the manna, the eating of manna was unrelated to redemption; it was altogether for the life supply. How could the children of Israel, who wandered in the wilderness for forty years, continue to live and move? They lived and moved by the supply of manna which they ate every day. In chapter six of John, the Lord Jesus said, “I am the bread of life” (v. 35). This troubled the Jews. Then the Lord said, “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves” (v. 53, Recovery Version). In this chapter the Lord firstly said that He was the bread of life. Then He said that we must drink His blood. How could the bread have blood in it? This bread is not only the bread of the vegetable life but also the meat of the lamb. In John 6:51 the Lord said, “The bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (Recovery Version). The bread is of the vegetable life and is only for feeding; the flesh is of the animal life and is not only for feeding but also for redeeming. Before the fall of man, the Lord was the tree of life (Gen. 2:9), only for feeding man. After man fell into sin, the Lord became the Lamb (John 1:29), not only for feeding man, but also for redeeming him (Exo. 12:4, 7-8).
需要继续吃
THE NEED TO KEEP EATING
5我要再说，人被造以后，甚至在神对人的救赎里，人活在神面前的基本观念乃是在于吃。因此，我们必须全心注意这件事。不要想学太多的事，只管好好的、不断的在主面前吃。我作了三十多年基督徒，才知道在灵里吃这件事。以前从未有人教导我这件事。我们许多人都能见证，在来到召会以前，从来没听到我们可以吃主耶稣。然而，圣经从始至终都说到吃的事。圣经开始并结束于吃生命树。（启二7，二二1～2，14。）
5I want to say again that after the creation of man and even in God’s redemption of man, the basic concept regarding our being in the presence of God is this matter of eating. Thus, we must devote our complete attention to it. Do not try to learn so many things—just continue to eat well in the presence of the Lord. I was a Christian for over thirty years before I knew anything about eating in the spirit. I was never taught about this. Many of us can testify that before we came into the church, we were never told that we could eat Jesus. But from beginning to end, the Bible covers the matter of eating. The Bible begins and ends with the eating of the tree of life (Rev. 2:7, 22:1-2,14
希伯来书里的吃
EATING IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS
6我们曾说过，整卷希伯来书的中心点，乃是基督这天上的执事，及其君尊、神圣的祭司职分。祂作我们天上执事的主要职任，是将三一神供应到我们里面，作我们的供应。祂现今仍在尽职，给我们这奇妙的供应，并不在外院子，乃是在至圣所里；也不在十字架上，乃在施恩宝座上。我们曾看过，希伯来书呼召我们前来进入至圣所，来到施恩的宝座，来到神这里。在至圣所里，我们不是围绕著十字架而得救赎，乃是围绕著施恩的宝座而得生命的供应。在此我们享受基督作我们的麦基洗德，供应我们饼和酒，作我们的生命供应。这也完全是吃的事。因此，希伯来书把我们从外院子带进至圣所，在这里只有惟一的一个项目，就是代表基督的见证柜。在至圣所里没有别的，只有包罗万有的基督。祂显在外面的，只有一项，就是见证的柜。但是我们经历祂这柜的时候，就发现其中不仅是一项，乃是三项，就是盛吗哪的金罐、发芽的杖、和生命的律法。
6As we have pointed out, the entire book of Hebrews is focused on Christ as the heavenly Minister with His kingly and divine priesthood. As our heavenly Minister, His main responsibility is to minister the Triune God into us as our supply. He is now ministering such a wonderful supply, not in the outer court, but in the Holy of Holies, and not on the cross, but on the throne of grace. We have seen that the book of Hebrews calls us to come forward to the Holy of Holies, to the throne of grace, and to God. In the Holy of Holies we are not gathered around the cross for redemption; we are meeting around the throne of grace for the life supply. Here we enjoy Christ as our Melchisedec ministering to us the bread and wine as our life supply. This also is absolutely a matter of eating. Hence, this book brings us from the outer court to the Holy of Holies, where there is one unique item — the ark of testimony, which represents Christ. In the Holy of Holies there is nothing but the all - inclusive Christ. According to the outward appearance, He is only one item, the ark of testimony. But when we experience Him as the ark, we see not only one unique item; we see three items—the golden pot containing manna, the budding rod, and the law of life.
7这三项乃是核仁中的核仁。我们进入帐幕以后，先是来到圣所，其中的一切还都相当的在外面。经过第二层幔子以后，我们就进入了帐幕的内层，称为至圣所。我们一旦进入至圣所，就是到了帐幕的中心或核仁。但是在至圣所里，我们有见证的柜，在柜里有盛装吗哪的金罐、发芽的杖、和生命的律法。因为这几项都在至圣所内的柜里，我们可以称这几项为核仁中的核仁。当我们来摸其中的第一项，就是盛装吗哪的金罐，我们发现还有一些更深的东西。我们经过帐幕、至圣所、见证的柜和金罐这四层，才来到吗哪。我们摸著这里，才算到家。我们若只在至圣所里，而没有吃到金罐里的吗哪，还不算到家。即使我们摸著了见证的柜，还不算是到家。帐幕是为著至圣所，至圣所是为著约柜，约柜是为著金罐，而金罐又是为著盛装隐藏的吗哪。主耶稣在启示录二章十七节说，『得胜的，我必将那隐藏的吗哪赐给他。』隐藏的吗哪在那里？乃是在至圣所内，约柜里面的金罐里。这个主要的核仁，就是一切核仁中的活核仁，乃是隐藏的吗哪。主耶稣应许祂的得胜者，他们能吃这隐藏的吗哪。
7These three items are the kernels within the kernel. After entering into the tabernacle, we find ourselves in the Holy Place where everything is rather outward. After passing through the second veil, we enter into the inner chamber of the tabernacle called the Holy of Holies. Once we have come into the Holy of Holies, we are in the heart, the kernel, of the tabernacle. But within the Holy of Holies we have the ark of testimony, and within the ark we have the golden pot containing manna, the budding rod, and the law of life. Because these items are all in the ark in the Holy of Holies, we may say that they are the kernels within the kernel. As we touch the first of these items, the golden pot containing manna, we find something even deeper. After passing through four layers, the layer of the tabernacle, the layer of the Holy of Holies, the layer of the ark of testimony, and the layer of the golden pot, we come to the manna. When we touch this, we have truly come home. If we are only in the Holy of Holies but are not feeding on the manna in the golden pot, we are not yet home. Even if we touch the ark of testimony, we are still not home. The tabernacle is for the Holy of Holies, the Holy of Holies is for the ark, the ark is for the golden pot, and the golden pot is for the hidden manna. In Revelation 2:17 the Lord Jesus said, “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna.” Where is this hidden manna? It is in the golden pot which is in the ark in the Holy of Holies. The one main kernel, the living kernel among all the kernels, is the hidden manna. The Lord Jesus promised His overcomers that they would eat this hidden manna
吗哪的意义
THE MEANING OF MANNA
8我们学习如何吃隐藏的吗哪以前，首先要知道甚么是吗哪。吗哪的意思是『这是甚么？』（出十六15。）以色列人在旷野吃的吗哪，与他们所熟知的食物不同，因为吗哪与地上一切的食物都不一样，既不是小麦、玉蜀黍，也不是大麦。以色列人初看见的时候，彼此问说，『这是甚么？』在民数记十一章，我们看见吗哪和以色列人所熟悉的食物之间的比较。五至六节说，『我们记得在埃及的时候，不花钱就吃鱼，也记得有黄瓜、西瓜、韭菜、葱、蒜。现在我们的心血枯竭了，除这吗哪以外，在我们眼前并没有别的东西。』这里题到韭菜、葱、蒜。以色列人都知道这些东西是甚么，但他们不知道吗哪是甚么。不论在颜色、形状、外表、味道等各方面，都与他们已往所见过的东西不同。他们只能问说，『这是甚么？』他们似乎是说，『这是甚么？不是鱼，不是韭菜，不是葱，也不是蒜。这是动物，还是植物？似乎两样都不是。』没有人的言语能说明吗哪是甚么。吗哪就是吗哪，吗哪就是『这是甚么？』葱是甚么，大家都知道。但是说到吗哪，我们只能问：『这是甚么？』吗哪就是『这是甚么？』
8Before we learn how to eat the hidden manna, we must first know what manna is. The word manna means “What is this?” (Exo. 1 6:1 5). The manna which the children of Israel ate in the wilderness was different from the other foods they had known, for it was unlike any food stuff on earth. It was neither wheat, corn, nor barley. When the people saw it, they asked, “What is this?” In Numbers 11 we see a comparison between manna and the foods with which the children of Israel were familiar. Numbers 11:5-6 says, “We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: but now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.” Here we see the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. Although the children of Israel knew what these were, they did not know what manna was. In color, shape, appearance, taste, and in every other aspect it was absolutely different from anything they had ever seen before. They could only ask, “What is this?” They seemed to be saying, “What is this? It is neither fish nor leeks, onions nor garlic. Is it animal or vegetable? It seems that it is neither one.” No human language can explain what manna is. Manna is simply manna. Manna is “What is this?” Everyone knows what onions are, but when you speak of manna they can only ask “What is this?” Manna is simply “What is this?”
9吗哪是基督的豫表。基督是甚么？基督是『这是甚么？』祂是超特的。祂非常的特别，没有任何东西可以与祂相比。
9Manna is a type of Christ. What is Christ? Christ is “What is this?” He is extraordinary. He is so special that He cannot be ranked with anything else
有关吗哪的各方面随露水而降
THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MANNA Coming with the Dew
10我们要从旧约来看吗哪的各方面。民数记十一章九节说，『夜间露水降在营中，吗哪也随著降下。』吗哪总是在清早，随著露水降下。露水表征甚么？诗篇一百三十三篇三节说，『又好比黑门的甘露，降在锡安山。』在圣经里，露水表征神从诸天眷临我们。当神从诸天如同恩典临到我们时，祂乃像甘露，既珍贵又滋润。吗哪总是随著露水降下，表征这位作我们今天吗哪的基督，总是带著恩典而来，带著神从诸天的眷临而来。每次我们摸著基督作生命的供应，就深深觉得，天既温柔又滋润的临到了我们。这种滋润非常均匀，不搅扰我们，但确实使我们得著复苏。当我们享受摸著基督作吗哪，我们就觉得天降下，临到我们，滋润我们，并使我们复苏。
10Let us now consider the various aspects of the manna in the Old Testament. Numbers 11:9 says, “When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.” Manna always comes early in the morning with the dew. What does the dew signify? Psalm 133:3 says, “ As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion.” In the Bible, dew signifies God’s gracious visitation from the heavens. When God comes from the heavens to visit us as grace, He is like the dew, so precious and watering. That manna always comes with the dew signifies that the very Christ who is our manna today always comes with grace, with God’s gracious visitation from the heavens. Whenever we touch Christ as our life supply, we have the deep sense that heaven has come to us in a soft, watering manner. This watering is so well proportioned that it does not trouble us, but it certainly refreshes us. As we enjoy touching Christ as our manna, we have the sense that heaven has come down to visit, water, and refresh us
微小
Small
11出埃及十六章十四节，形容吗哪是『野地面上有如白霜的小圆物』。有许多诗歌赞美基督的伟大，但我们也要赞美祂的微小。吗哪虽然微小，圣经却没有告诉我们吗哪的尺寸。吗哪虽小，却不可度量；我们无法说明牠多么小。这指明我们无法说出基督的大小。我们的基督是没有尺寸的。没有甚么比祂更微小，也没有甚么比祂更伟大。祂是最小的，又是最大的。没有甚么能超过祂。谁能测量基督的伟大和微小？
11Exodus 16:14 describes manna as “a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.” Although some hymns have been written to praise Christ for His greatness, we also need to praise Him for His smallness. Manna was small; yet the Bible does not give us its dimensions. Although manna is small, it is immeasurable; we cannot say how small it is. This indicates that we cannot tell the size of Christ. Our Christ is without size. Nothing is smaller than He is, and nothing is greater than He is. He is the smallest as well as the greatest. Nothing can exceed Him. Who can measure the greatness or the smallness of Christ?
圆形
Round
12圣经也告诉我们，吗哪是圆的。（十六14。）就著豫表说，这表征吗哪是永远的，是无始无终的。基督是永远的食物，有永远的性质，无限量的作永远的滋养。凡吃祂的，就得著那有永远性质的永远生命，并且得著永远的滋养。
12We are also told that the manna was round (Exo. 16:14). In typology, this signifies that manna is eternal, without beginning or ending. Christ is the eternal food with the eternal nature for the eternal nourishment without any limitation. Whoever eats Him will have the eternal life with the eternal nature and receive the eternal nourishment
如同白霜
Like the Frost
13吗哪如同白霜，（十六14，）介于露水和雪之间。露水使人复苏，霜更使人复苏。露水使人复苏，却不能杀菌；霜能杀菌。基督作吗哪，不仅使我们复苏，也杀死我们里面一切消极的东西。祂与露水同来，也如霜而降。每当我们经历基督作供应，我们就感觉天临到我们，并滋润我们。我们得著滋润和复苏时，也感觉到我们里面消极的东西，如消极的态度，就被杀死。我享受这霜的复苏，也享受这霜的杀死。假如有两位弟兄彼此生气，就表明他们需要霜的杀死。
13Manna was like the frost (Exo. 16:14), which is between dew and snow. Dew is refreshing, but it is not as refreshing as frost is. Although dew refreshes, it does not kill the germs. Frost does kill germs. As manna, Christ not only refreshes us; He also kills all the negative things within us. He comes with the dew, and He comes as the frost. Whenever we experience Christ as the supply, we sense that heaven has come down to visit and water us. While we are being watered and refreshed, we also sense that the negative things within us, such as our negative attitudes, are being killed. I enjoy the refreshing and the killing of this frost. If two brothers are upset with one another, it means that they need the killing of the frost
14霜不仅杀死我们里面消极的东西，也能使我们冷静下来。虽然年轻的人爱主，但有时候他们对运动也很『热』。他们若没有时间去现场看足球比赛，至少也要在电视上看球赛。正当他们那么『热』爱运动时，他们摸著了基督，『霜』便叫他们冷下来。有些弟兄姊妹喜欢谈话，说了许多闲话。我们这样谈话时，我们乃是『热』的。但是我们摸著了基督，『霜』就把我们冷却下来。年长的弟兄姊妹，也需要被『霜』冷却。虽然年长的姊妹很爱自己的丈夫，但若是请丈夫说实话，他们一定说受不了妻子的啰嗦。年长的姊妹们也受不了退休丈夫的麻烦。很多退休的弟兄，每天除了麻烦他们的太太以外，就无事可作。藉此我们看见，年长的也需要冷下来。人越老越麻烦。因此，我们都需要『霜』把我们的火气冷却下来。就一面意义说，这『霜』是我们属灵的冰箱。这位在我们里面的基督，一面滋养我们，一面也是霜，使我们冷却下来。
14The frost not only kills the negative things in us; it also cools us down. Although the young people love the Lord, sometimes they are “hot” for sports. If they do not have the time to go to a football game, they may at least try to watch a game on television. When, while they are so “hot” for sports, they touch Christ, the “frost” will come to cool them down. Other brothers and sisters like to talk, talking in vain words about many things. When we talk like this, we are “hot.” But when we touch Christ, the “frost” cools us down. The older brothers and sisters also need to be cooled down by the “frost.” Although the older sisters love their husbands, if we would ask the husbands to speak frankly, they would say that they cannot stand the bothering of their wives. Neither can the older sisters bear the bothering of their retired husbands. Many of the retired brothers have little to do every day except to bother their wives. By this we see that even the older ones need to be cooled down. The older we are, the more bothersome we are. Hence, we all need the “frost” to cool down our hot temper. In a sense, this “frost” is our spiritual refrigerator. The very Christ within us who nourishes us is also the frost which freezes us
白色
White
15在旷野里的吗哪是白色的。（十六31。）这意思是说，牠是清洁、纯净的。地上的食物没有像吗哪那样白的。吗哪是最纯净的食物。我们越吃基督，吃祂作我们的吗哪，我们就越变得洁白。我们不仅是清洁、纯净的，也是洁白的。洁白的意思就是完全没有污点。当我们吃基督时，一切的污点就被除掉。我们也许在有些方面很好，但是我们并不洁白。我们有爱心，但我们的爱不是洁白的，乃是带著颜色的。我们的谦卑也有颜色。事实上，人的美德都不洁白，都有颜色。但我们越享受基督作生命的供应，我们的颜色就越减少，也变得越洁白。
15The manna in the wilderness was white (Exo. 16:31). This means that it was clean and pure. No earthly food is as white as manna. Manna is the purest food. The more we feast on Christ, eating of Him as our manna, the more we are whitened. We are not only cleansed and purified; we are whitened. To be white means to be absolutely without stain. As we feed on Christ, all our stains are eliminated. Although we may be good in certain respects, we are not white. Although we may be loving, our love is not white; it is colored. Our humility is also colored. In fact, none of our human attributes is white; every one of them is colored. But the more we take in Christ as our life supply, the more our color will be reduced and the whiter we shall become
16中国有一样菜叫海参，但因为是黑色的，所以美国弟兄们不喜欢吃。我虽尽力说服他们吃，但他们还是讨厌那黑色的样子。相反的，吗哪是洁白的，不会叫人害怕，只会给我们平安的感觉。
16An excellent Chinese food is sea cucumber. But because it is black in color, the American brothers are unwilling to eat it. Although I have tried my best to convince them to eat it, they are all afraid of its black appearance. Manna, on the contrary, is white and does not frighten anyone. Rather, it gives us the feeling of peace
作食物，作饼和薄饼
Eaten as Bread, Cakes, and Wafers
17吗哪可作食物，（十六15，）可作成饼（民十一8）和薄饼。（出十六31。）基督作我们的吗哪，是在多方面、以不同的形式来滋养我们。我们吃祂作吗哪的时候，滋味有时像饼，有时又像既容易吃，又容易消化的薄饼。
17The manna was eaten as bread (Exo. 16:15), as cakes Num. 11:8), and as wafers (Exo. 16:31). As our manna, Christ has different aspects and nourishes us in different ways. When we eat Him as our manna, sometimes He tastes like bread and at other times He tastes like a cake or like a wafer which is thin and easy to eat and digest
像芫荽子
Like a Coriander Seed
18吗哪又像芫荽子。（十六31，民十一7。）这食物乃是种子。当我们吃基督，祂就如同种子进到我们里面。芫荽子不像玉蜀黍，乃是很细小的。种子是有生命的，带著生命的元素进到我们里面。基督就是这样的种子，在我们里面长大。
18The manna was also like coriander seed (Exo. 16:31; Num. 11:7). This food is a seed. When we eat Christ, He comes into us as a seed. The coriander seed, unlike corn, is very tiny. A seed is something of life which brings the life element into our being. As such a seed, Christ will grow within us
滋味如蜜
With the Taste of Honey
19出埃及十六章三十一节告诉我们，吗哪的味道像搀蜜的薄饼。蜂蜜是甜的，是动物生命和植物生命这两种生命的产品。蜂蜜是这两种生命的调和。蜜蜂产蜜是从植物生命，就是从花得到原料。基督作我们的吗哪，带著动植物生命调和的元素，成了我们甜蜜的滋养。
19In Exodus 16:31 we are told that the taste of manna was like wafers made with honey. Honey is sweet and is the produce of two lives, the animal life and the vegetable life. Honey is the mingling of these two lives. The honey bees which produce honey receive the supply from flowers, from the vegetable life. As our manna, Christ has this element of the mingling of the animal life with the vegetable life which becomes our sweet nourishment.
滋味好像新油
As the Taste of Fresh Oil
20民数记十一章八节说，吗哪的『滋味好像新油』。油豫表圣灵。当我们吃基督作吗哪时，就尝到神的灵。这里的油是新油。我们享受基督作吗哪而尝到的灵，总是新鲜的。基督作为我们的吗哪，滋味好像新油，并且有蜜的味道和滋养。
20Numbers 11:8 says of the manna that “the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.” Oil typifies the Holy Spirit. When we eat Christ as our manna, we taste the Spirit of God. The oil here is the fresh oil. The Spirit we taste when we enjoy Christ as manna is always fresh. As our manna, Christ tastes like fresh oil and has the flavor and nourishment of honey
有珍珠的样子
With the Appearance of Bdellium
21根据希伯来原文，民数记十一章七节说，『这吗哪彷佛芫荽子，其眼好像珍珠的眼。』这一节很难有人繙得正确。钦定英文译本译为：『其颜色好像珍珠的颜色。』这里的珍珠，是从树脂产生的，非常像蚌产的珍珠。吗哪的颜色是珍珠的颜色。另外有些版本用『样子』一辞代替『颜色』。但在原文里为『眼睛』。吗哪是有眼睛的，因为牠的样子就像眼睛。珍珠与眼睛有几分相似。你若细看珍珠，就看出牠好像眼球。眼球有珍珠的样子，而这个样子就是牠的颜色。换句话说，珍珠的样子和颜色都像眼睛。
21According to the original Hebrew, Numbers 11:7 says, “The manna was as coriander seed, and the eye thereof as the eye of bdellium.” It is difficult for anyone to translate this verse properly. The King James Version says that the color was as the color of bdellium. Bdellium is a pearl produced by the resin from a tree and is very much like the pearl produced by an oyster. The color of manna is the color of bdellium. Other versions use the word appearance instead of color. However, the Hebrew word here is eye. Manna has an eye, for its appearance is like that of an eye. A pearl somewhat resembles an eye. If you examine a pearl, you will see that it is like an eyeball. An eyeball has the appearance of pearl, and this appearance is its color. In other words, the appearance and color of bdellium are like an eye
22当我们吃吗哪时，就是吃许多眼睛，把这许多眼睛吃到我们里面。作为吗哪的基督，也好像眼睛。我们越多吃4:6基督，就越多得到眼睛。启示录四章六节里的四活物，是『前后满了眼睛』。活物的前后、里外，都满了眼睛。你若到一个花房里去，你会看见没有一面墙是不透明的，面面都是透明的。眼睛的意思就是透明。我们全身除了眼睛是透明的以外，其他都是不透明的。我们若没有基督，就没有眼睛，也就完全不透明。我们得救后，就开始透明了。现今我们越多享受基督，就越变成透明。甚么时候我们与一位真实享受基督的弟兄或姊妹在一起，就能感觉到他是透明的。站在他面前，就像在透明的花房里。然而，一个不享受基督的人，是完全不透明的。你若与四个这样的人在一起，你会觉得好像在四面不透明的地牢里。但是你如果被几个爱主、吃主的弟兄围著，你会觉得一切都是透明的。基督作吗哪是透明的，我们吃祂就是吃眼睛，我们就变成透明了。
22When we eat the manna, we eat many eyes, and all these eyes get into us. As the manna, Christ resembles an eye. The more we eat of Christ, the more eyes we shall have. The four living creatures in Revelation are “full of eyes before and behind.” At the front and at the rear, within and without, they are full of eyes. If you go to a greenhouse, you will see that none of the walls is opaque; every side is transparent. An eye means transparency. With the exception of our eyes, which are transparent, our whole body is opaque. If we do not have Christ, we do not have any eyes, and we are absolutely opaque. When we were saved, we began to be transparent. Now the more we enjoy Christ, the more transparent we become. Whenever we are with a brother who truly enjoys Christ, we can sense that he is transparent. Standing before him is like being in a transparent greenhouse. However, anyone who is not in the enjoyment of the Lord is altogether opaque. If you are with four such persons, you will feel like you are in a dungeon surrounded by opaque walls. But if you are surrounded by several brothers who love the Lord and feed on Him, you will sense that everything is transparent. As the manna, Christ is transparent. When we eat Him, we eat eyeballs and we become transparent.
23至终，我们显出来的样子就是透明的。我们若天天享受基督，吃祂作眼睛，我们就会有基督的样子，就是有眼睛的样子，而这个样子就成为我们的颜色。藉著吃基督，我们就有基督透明的颜色。这样，我们的样子和颜色就成为透明的。
23This transparency will eventually become our appearance. If we enjoy Christ day after day, eating Him as the eyeball, we shall have the appearance of Christ, the appearance of an eyeball, and this appearance will become our color. By eating Christ, we are colored with the transparency of Christ. In this way, transparency becomes our appearance and color
没有规条
Not Legal
24最后，基督作为吗哪是没有规条的。民数记十一章八节说，『百姓周围行走，把吗哪收起来，或用磨推，或用臼捣，煮在锅中，又作成饼。』基督可以被磨碾，或用臼捣，或在锅中作成饼。祂没有规条。但是几乎每一位基督徒都有规条。如果你用某种作法经历基督，你就把那个作法当作规条。但基督会说，『对你，我是用磨推的。但另外的人喜欢将我捣碎；我觉得这样捣碎也很好。还有些人把我放在烤炉里烤；我觉得这样作也很好。你何必这样狭窄而守住规条？』圣经里对吗哪的记载是何等的奇妙。如果别人问我们这是甚么，我们也只能说这是吗哪。牠是随露水降下，又好像地上的霜。牠是微小的、圆的、白色的，如同芫荽子。牠可以作食物，可以作成饼，作成薄饼，其滋味好像蜜和新油。牠的样子像眼睛。我们可能读过出埃及十六章和民数记十一章许多遍，却从来没有注意到吗哪这么多的方面。我们必须多吃眼睛，好使我们有透明的视力。
24Finally, as the manna, Christ is not legal. Numbers 11:8 says, “The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it.” Christ can be ground, beaten in a mortar, or baked in pans. He is not legal. Nearly every Christian, however, is legal. If you experience Christ in a certain way, you make that a legal way. But Christ would say, “To you, I am ground. But others prefer to beat Me. I feel quite good when I am beaten in this way. Still others bake Me and put Me into an oven. I also feel good about this. Why are you so narrow and legal?” What a wonderful record we find in the Bible regarding the manna. If we are asked what it is, we must simply say that it is manna. It comes with the dew and is like the frost on the ground. It is small, round, white, and like a coriander seed. It can he eaten as bread, cake, and wafers, it has the taste of honey and fresh oil, and its appearance is like an eyeball. Although we might have read Exodus 16 and Numbers 11 many times, we probably have never noticed all these aspects of the manna. We need to eat more eyeballs that we may have the transparent sight