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希伯来书生命读经 · 第69篇

生命之律的功能

The Function of the Law of Life
1我们可以从帐幕清楚看见一幅膏油涂抹和生命之律的图画。膏油是涂抹在帐幕之上，因为帐幕和帐幕里的每一件东西，都要用膏油涂抹过。（出四十。）我们看过，帐幕最深处的物件乃是法版，也就是律法的见证。从这幅图画中，我们看见膏油是抹在外面，而生命之律则在里面。在旧约，膏抹是为著就职进入服事。譬如，外院子的祭坛在膏抹之先，还不能启用。照样，帐幕虽然已经支搭起来，但还必须等到抹过膏油以后，才可以启用。因此，膏油涂抹与生命无关，也与性情无关，乃是为著开始尽功用。每一次你被膏油涂抹了，你就开始尽你的功用。律法不是散布在帐幕之上，而是安置在帐幕的中心。在神的子民以色列人中间有帐幕，帐幕四围有细麻帷子围著。在帐幕里面有圣所，圣所里面有至圣所，至圣所里面有约柜，而在约柜里面就是宇宙的中心，神所在的地方。在古时，神不要求祂的子民作甚么工，或参与某种活动；神要求他们照著律法生活行动。若是有人犯了律法，他就是干犯了神。神是按照律法作以色列人的神，以色列人也是按照律法作祂的子民。
1In the tabernacle we see a clear picture of the anointing and of the law of life. The anointing was upon the tabernacle, for the tabernacle and everything in it were anointed with oil (Exo. 4 0:9). As we have seen, the in most item of the tabernacle was the tables of the law, 9 the testimony of the law. By this picture we see that the anointing was outside but that the law of life was inside. In the Old Testament the anointing was for inauguration into function. For example, there was an altar in the outer court, but before it was anointed it could not function. Like wise, although the tabernacle had been erected, it could not function until it had been anointed. Hence, anointing is neither a matter of life nor of nature; it is a matter of inauguration for function. Every time you are anointed, you are inaugurated into your function. The law was not spread upon the tabernacle; it was placed in the center of it. At the center of God’sp eople, the children of Israel, was the tabernacle which was enclosed by a wall of linen curtains. Within the tabernacle was the Holy Place, within the Holy Place was the Holy of Holies, within the Holy of Holies was the ark, and within the ark was the heart of the universe, the place where God was. In ancient times, God did not require His people to work nor to engage in certain activities; He required them to live and walk according to the law. If anyone was wrong with the law, he was wrong with God. God was the God of the children of Israel according to the law, and they were His people according to the law.
2在新约圣经中，有几次说到膏油涂抹的事。例如在路加四章十八节，主说到祂受膏来传福音，而希伯来一章九节告诉我们，主被欢乐的油所膏。使徒约翰也有好几次说到膏抹。（约九6，约壹二20，27。）新约圣经也题到那出自神性情的内里生命之律。新约超过一百次以上题到神圣的生命，这神圣的生命已经分赐到我们里面。大部分的基督徒，只注意外面的受膏，却忽略里面的生命之律。许多所谓灵恩运动的人，都讲论圣灵的膏。他们可能经历抹在帐幕之上的膏油，却未进入至圣所的约柜里，摸著法版。我们的眼睛必须得开启，看见主的恢复重视生命之律，过于重视膏油的涂抹。新约圣经题到膏抹，还不到二十次，而题到生命，却在百次以上。许多基督徒都熟悉加拉太二章二十节，那里说，『现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著，』以及四章十九节，那里说，『我的孩子们，我为你们再受生产之苦，直等到基督成形在你们里面。』他们虽然知道这些经节，却不加以注意。像灵恩派的人士，把他们的注意力放在恩赐的表显上。在主的恢复中，主一再把我们从外面转到里面。
2In the New Testament the anointing is mentioned several times. For instance, in Luke 4:18 the Lord Jesus said that He was anointed to preach the gospel, and Hebrews 1:9 says that the Lord was anointed with the oil of gladness. The Apostle John also speaks of the anointing a number of times (John 9:6; 1 John 2:20, 27). The New Testament also mentions the inner law of life which comes out of the nature of God. In the New Testament the divine life is referred to more than a hundred times. This divine life has been imparted into our being. Most Christians pay attention to the outward anointing, but neglect the inner law of life. Many of those in the so - called Pentecostal movement talk about the anointing. Although they may experience the anointing which is upon the tabernacle, they do not enter into the ark in the Holy of Holies and touch the tables of the law. Our eyes must be opened to see that the Lord’s recovery is not so much in the anointing as it is in the law of life. In the New Testament the anointing is mentioned less than twenty times, while life is mentioned more than a hundred times. Many Christians are familiar with verses like Galatians 2:20, which says, “Not I, but Christ liveth in me,” and Galatians 4:19, which says, “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.” Although many Christians know these verses, they pay no attention to them. Rather, the Pentecostalists devote their attention to the manifestation of the gifts. In His recovery, the Lord turns us again and again from the outward to the inward.
需要摸著基督自己
THE NEED TO TOUCH CHRIST HIMSELF
3我们虽然都已得救了，也在召会生活中，但有许多人仍旧在召会的外院子，有些人甚至还不到外院子，只是在外院子外面的街道上。有些人已经过了外院子，经过了祭坛和洗濯盆，进入了圣所，在那里享受基督作陈设饼和灯台，就是生命的供应和生命之光。感谢主，我们有许多人是这样的享受基督。然而，这还只是在圣所里。我们必须进前来，进入至圣所。在至圣所里，我们摸著约柜，就是基督自己。隐藏的吗哪、发芽的杖、和生命之律，都是在基督里面。我们何等需要摸著基督自己！今天基督就在至圣所里，而至圣所表征我们的灵已经与天相联，因为基督自己是把地联于天，又把天带到地上的梯子。（约一51。）我们如果一直在灵里接触基督，就会享受祂作隐藏的吗哪和发芽的杖。这样，我们每天的生活行动就不是照著任何的教训、工作、活动或运动，乃是照著生命之律，就是三一神之性情的功能。神的性情正在我们里面运行并作工，把基督的元素加到我们里面，变化我们，并且产生神所要的众子。
3Although we are saved and in the church life, many of us are still in the church’so ut er court. Some might not even be in the outer court, but on the street outside the outer court. Others have gone farther than the outer court, having passed from the altar and the laver into the Holy Place where they enjoy Christ as the showbread and the lampstand, as the life supply and the light of life. Thank the Lord that many of us enjoy Christ in this way. However, this is still only the Holy Place. We must come forward and enter into the Holy of Holies. In the Holy of Holies we touch the ark, Christ Himself. The hidden manna, the budding rod, and the law of life are all in Christ. How we need to touch Christ Himself ! Christ today is in the Holy of Holies. The Holy of Holies signifies that our spirit has been joined to heaven, for the very Person of Christ is the ladder joining earth to heaven and bringing heaven down to earth (John 1:51). If we continually touch Christ in our spirit, we shall enjoy Him as the hidden manna and as the budding rod. Then our daily life and walk will not be according to any teaching, work, activity, or movement, but according to the law of life, the function of the nature of the Triune God. God’s nature is now moving and working within us, adding Christ’s element into our being, transforming us, and producing the many sons whom God desires
神圣的出生
THE DIVINE BIRTH
4大部分的基督徒都偏离了中心。我年轻时曾读过一些关于胜过罪的书。那些书提供胜过罪的种种方法，但是没有一种方法有效。后来我在约壹三章3:9:九节，发现了一句宝贵的话：『凡从神生的，就不犯罪，因为神的种子住在他里面；他也不能犯罪，因为他是从神生的。』我们犯罪或不犯罪，乃在乎我们曾否从神而生。凡从神生的，就绝不犯罪。不仅如此，约壹五章四节也说，『因为凡从神生之物，就胜过世界。』所以，胜过罪与胜过世界，不是靠甚么方法，而在于从神而生。我们从神而生后，神圣的生命带著其性情和律，就分赐到我们里面。只要我们有这神圣的生命及其性情和律，一切就都没有问题了。
4Most Christians are off - center. When I was young, I read a number of books about victory over sin. Those books presented various ways to overcomes in. However, not one of those ways ever worked. Eventually, I discovered a precious word in 1 John “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” Whether we sin or not depends upon whether or not we have been born of God. He who has been born of God never sins. Furthermore, 1 John 5:4 says, “Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world.” Therefore, overcoming sin and the world does not depend upon a method; it depends upon the birth of God. When we were born of God, the divine life with its nature and law was imparted into our being. As long as we have this divine life with its nature and its law, everything will be all right.
生命之律成形的功能
THE SHAPING FUNCTION OF THE LAW OF LIFE
5在明白圣经这件事上，我们太受自己天然观念的影响。已往我说过，生命之律的功用是规律我们。根据这个观念，我们若正要与妻子争吵，生命之律就会规律我们。这种说法乃是根据我们天然的观念，是不准确的。我们以苹果树为例，苹果树的生命有苹果树的性情，从这苹果树的性情就产生了苹果生命的律。难道苹果树里面的生命之律是来规正这棵树，叫树不犯错么？当然不是！苹果树的生命之律，并不是这样发挥功能的。这律怎样发挥功能？乃是当苹果树的生命生长时，这生命的律就使这生命的形状成形。因此，当苹果树结果子时，就结出苹果的正确形状。桃树也是同样的原则。因此，生命之律不是规律我们不作错事，乃是规律出生命的形状。
5In understanding the Bible, we have been influenced too much by our natural concepts. In the past, I said that the function of the law of life was to regulate us. According to this concept, if we are about to argue with our wife, the law of life will regulate us. This teaching, which is according to our natural concept, is not accurate. Consider an apple tree. Its apple-tree life has the apple-tree nature, and issuing from this apple-tree nature is the law of the apple life. Does the law of life in the apple tree regulate it from being wrong? Absolutely not. The law of the apple life does not function this way. How then does it function? As the life of an apple tree grows, its law shapes the form of its life. Thus, when an apple tree bears fruit, it bears fruit with the proper form, the form of apples. The same is true of a peach tree. Hence, the law of life does not regulate us from doing wrong; it regulates the shape of life
6若是一种生命不长大，那种生命的律就无法发挥功能；律只能在生命长大时起作用。生命之律的主要功能，不是在消极方面告诉我们不该作甚么，乃是在积极方面，当生命长大时，使我们成形，也就是把我们模成基督的形像。这就是生命之律的功能。不要以为生命之律会常常改正你。譬如，你正要与妻子争吵时，生命之律并不是仅仅禁止你与她争论。生命之律的作用不是我们所想像的这么低。因著我们属人、天然和宗教的观念，我们把生命之律的功能太过贬低了。我们都一直以罪为中心，而有罪的感觉，但我们不该是这样。我们常念念不忘怎样胜过罪，胜过世界，胜过丑陋的肉体，胜过坏习惯；神却说，『把这些事忘了罢！你难道不知道，在你重生的那一天，你已经从一个范围迁到另一个范围了么？把旧范围的事忘掉罢！』赞美神，我们都已从祂而生！这个神圣的出生，把我们迁入一个新的范围，在这范围里没有罪、世界、肉体。在这范围里有生命之律的功能。请记得，生命之律主要的不是规律我们，乃是使我们成形，把我们模成基督的形像。
6If a certain life does not grow, the law of that life cannot function. The law only operates as the life grows. The law of life does not primarily function in the negative sense of telling us what not to do. No, rather, while life grows the law of life functions in the positive sense of shaping us, that is, conforming us to the image of Christ. This is the function of the law of life. Do not think that the law of life will always correct you. For example, when you are about to exchange words with your wife, the law of life will not merely restrict you from arguing with her. The working of the law of life is not as low as we have thought. Due to our human, natural, religious concept, we have greatly depreciated the function of the law of life. We all have been sin - centered and sin-conscious, but we should be neither sin-centered nor sin-conscious. Though we are occupied with overcoming sin, the world, our ugly flesh, and our bad habits, God would say, “Forget about these things! Don’ty ou realize that on the day you were regenerated you were transferred out of one realm into another? Will you please forget about the old realm?” Praise God that we have been born of Him! This divine birth has transferred us into a new realm, a realm in which there is no sin, world, or flesh. In this realm there is the function of the law of life. Remember that the law of life is not mainly regulating us; it is mainly shaping us, conforming us to the image of Christ.
7已往我虽然看见了生命之律这件事，却受我天然领会所影响。我以为生命之律主要的功能是规律我们。这种天然的领会拦阻我，使我看不见生命之律的功能。最近主责备我，向我说，『谁告诉你，生命之律主要是为著规律？你在圣经那里能找到这样的话么？为甚么你不用罗马八章二节和二十九节的话？』罗马八章二节没有说生命之律规律我们不作错事，这种观念乃是照著我们属人、天然、伦理和宗教的领会。我们需要罗马八章二十九节的异象。我们现今是在另一个范围，不需要任何的规律。在这个范围里没有罪、世界、肉体或己。我们再举苹果树和桃树为例，这两棵树并没有罪、世界、肉体或己的问题，但是这两棵树各有一个使牠们成形的生命之律。这样藉生命之律使其成形，就是罗马八章二十九节里『模成』的意思。生命之灵的律把我们模成神长子的形像。当生命长大时，这律就把我们模成基督的形像。基督怎能成形在我们里面？惟有藉著生命之律积极的运行，我们才能被模成祂的形状。这个实际与我们天然的观念，有何等大的分别！撒但是狡猾的。虽然圣经把生命之律的功能说得那么清楚，但我们还是被自己天然的观念所蒙蔽。许多寻求主的圣徒，被他们天然的观念弄瞎了，就写了一些书，告诉人怎样胜过罪。你若不想去胜过罪，罪可能只在你里面躺卧；一旦你想胜过罪，罪就会说，『甚么！你想征服我？』我们许多人都有一些弱点，我们若不加以理会，这些弱点也就静止沉寂。但我们若注意我们的弱点，并且要为圣别的缘故想要去胜过，这些弱点就会起来打败我们。所以我们最好不要去碰这些弱点。赞美主！我们都有一个新的出生，一个神圣的出生。在这新的出生里，没有弱点，只有带著神圣性情的神圣生命，以及将我们模成基督形像之神圣的律。然而，这个成形的工作需要生命的长大，因为生命之律只在生命长大时，才发挥功能。这生命之律不是规律我们脱离罪，因为生命之律不在罪的范围里；乃是在神圣生命的范围里，那里没有罪、世界、肉体或己。当生命长大时，生命之律就运行，主要的不是规律或改正我们，乃是要使我们成形，把我们模成神长子的形像。最终，藉著生命之律的功能，我们都要成为神成熟的众子，神也就要得著宇宙、团体的彰显。
7In the past, I saw this matter of the law of life, but being under the influence of my natural understanding, I thought that the function of the law of life was mainly to regulate us. This natural understanding frustrated the vision of the function of the law of life. Recently, I was rebuked by the Lord. The Lord asked me, “Who told you that the law of life mainly regulates? You cannot find such a word in the Bible. Why don’ty ou use the words of Romans 8:2 and 29?” The law of life in Romans 8:2 does not regulate us from being wrong. This concept is according to our human, natural, ethical, religious understanding. We need a vision of Romans 8:29. We are now in another realm and do not need any regulations. In this realm there is no sin, world, flesh, or self. Consider two trees, an apple tree and a peach tree. They have no sin, world, flesh, or self. But both trees have a law of life which shapes them. This shaping by the law of life is the meaning of the word “conformed” in Romans 8:29. The law of the Spirit of life conforms us to the image of the Firstborn Son of God. As the life grows, the law conforms us to the image of Christ. How can Christ be formed in us? Only by the positive working of the law of life which shapes us to His form. What a difference between this reality and our natural concept! Satan is subtle. Although the Bible tells us clearly of the function of the law of life, we have been blinded by our natural concept. Many saints who were seeking after the Lord but who were blinded by their natural concept have written book son how to overcomes in. If you do not try to overcome sin, it may lie dormant in you. But if you try to overcome it, it will say, “What! Are you trying to defeat me?” Many of us have some weak points. If we pay no attention to them, they will remain idle and dormant. But if we are aware of them and, for the sake of our holiness, try to overcome them, they will rise up and defeat us. It is best for us not to touch them. Praise the Lord that we have had a new birth, a divine birth. In this new birth there are no weak points. There is only the divine life with the divine nature and the divine law which shapes us and conforms us to the image of Christ. However, this shaping requires the growth in life, for the law of life only functions as life grows. The law of life does not regulate us from sin, because it is not in the realm of sin; it is in the realm of the divine life where there is no sin, world, flesh, or self. As life grows, its law works, not mainly to regulate or correct us, but to shape us, to conform us to the image of the Firstborn Son of God. Eventually, through the function of the law of life, we all shall become the mature sons of God, and God will have His universal, corporate expression.
总结的话
A WORD OF CONCLUSION
8神的目的是要产生许多儿子，使祂能得著完满、团体的彰显。这是神神圣经纶中惟一的目标。神的独生子，就是神本质的印像和祂荣耀的光辉，（来一3，）成了一个人，把神表明出来，并且在人性生活中，把神彰显出来。神的独生子基督，在祂的人性里，彰显了神。在祂的人性里，祂也藉著复活从神而生，成了神的长子，兼有神性与人性。现今，基督乃是神的长子，带著神性与人性，成了模型、样本，为著大量的生产。藉著祂的复活，所有信祂的人都蒙了重生，成为神的众子。我们这些神的众子，也是神长子的众弟兄，构成了召会。
8God’sin tent i on is to produce many sons that He may have His full, corporate expression. This is the unique goal of God’s divine economy. His Only Begotten Son, who is the express image of His substance and the effulgence of His glory (1:3), became a man to declare Him and to express Him in human life. In His humanity, Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, expressed God. In His humanity, He was also begotten of God through His resurrection to be the Firstborn Son of God with both divinity and humanity. Now, as the Firstborn Son of God with divinity and humanity, Christ is the model, the pattern, for a mass production. Through His resurrection, all those who believe in Him have also been regenerated to become the many sons of God. We, the many sons of God, who are the many brothers of the Firstborn Son of God, are those who constitute the church
9神的长子，已经得了成全且得了荣耀，现今祂是开拓者，进入了荣耀的范围。祂也是我们救恩的元帅，已经打了胜仗，正在率领我们这许多的弟兄，进祂的荣耀里去。祂现今在诸天之上作我们的大祭司，正将祂所是、所完成、所达到的一切，供应到祂的信徒里面。祂在诸天之上的职事是更美的职事，更超特的职任，（来八6，）因为藉著这个职事，祂在祂复活的生命里，将祂一切的所是和所作，都供应给我们。一面，祂是在诸天之上作大祭司，把生命供应到我们里面；另一面，祂也是赐生命的灵，现今在我们的灵里，作我们的生命。在我们里面的这生命，就是奇妙的基督自己，有神圣生命之律，一直在我们全人的最深处运行，并发挥其功能。按照豫表，律法是神的见证，因为律法是神所是的彰显。这律法是放在约柜内，而约柜是在神的居所─帐幕─的至圣所里。希伯来书告诉我们，我们是神长子的众弟兄，（二，）是召会，（12，）是神所立并所膏者的同伙，（一9，三15，）也是神的家。（三6。）神的家等于神的居所，也就是帐幕所豫表的，其中有至圣所。所以，我们这些神长子的众弟兄，召会，神所立并所膏者的同伙，神的家，乃是神今天真正的居所。在这居所里，有至圣所。这至圣所就是我们人重生的灵；这灵联于天，就是那位得著荣耀之神的长子所在之处。
9The Firstborn Son of God has been perfected and glorified, and He is now the Pioneer who has entered into the realm of glory. He is also the Captain of our salvation who has fought the battle and who is taking the lead to bring us, His many brothers, into His glory. Now in the heavens as our High Priest, He is ministering into His believers whatever He is, whatever He has accomplished, and whatever He has attained. His ministry in the heavens is a better ministry, a more excellent ministry (8:6), because through i tHe ministers to us in His resurrection life all that He is and all that He has done. On the one hand, He is in the heavens as the High Priest ministering life into us, and, on the other hand, He, as the life-giving Spirit, is now in our spirit to be our life. In this life within us, which is the wonderful Christ Himself, there is the law of the divine life which constantly works and functions in the depths of our being. According to the type, the law was God’s testimony, for the law was the expression of what God is. This law was placed into the ark which was in the Holy of Holies of the tabernacle, God’s dwelling place. The book of Hebrews tells us that we are the many brothers of God’s Firstborn Son (2:11), that we are the church (2:12), that we are the 11 partners of God’sap pointed and anointed One (1:9, 3:14), and that we are also the house of God (3:6). The house of God is the equivalent of God’s dwelling place which was typified by the tabernacle where in was the Holy of Holies. Therefore, we, the many brothers of God’s Firstborn Son, the church, the partners of God’sap pointed and anointed One, and the house of God, are God’s real dwelling place today. In this dwelling place there is the Holy of Holies. This Holy of Holies is our regenerated human spirit which is joined to the heavens where the glorified Firstborn Son of God is.
10基督现今在诸天之上，也在我们灵里。在诸天之上，祂乃是大祭司，有君尊并神圣的祭司职分，将祂一切的所是和所作，供应到我们里面。在我们灵里，祂是赐生命的灵，带著生命之律，在我们里面作工。因此，祂在天上的职事，与祂在我们灵里的工作互相呼应。祂在天上的职事，是由祂在我们灵里的运行和作工所完成的。现今，凡祂所是和所作的，都藉著生命之律在我们灵里的运行，作到我们里面。藉著帐幕里一切器具所描绘清楚的图画，我们看见经历这位奇妙基督的目的，乃是要把我们带进至圣所，使我们能完全有分于生命之律的功能。我们已经看过，在外院子的祭坛那里，我们先经历基督作我们的救赎。以后，在洗濯盆那里，我们经历祂作洗净和洁净的灵。这两种经历，就把我们带进圣所，在那里我们享受基督作我们的陈设饼，就是生命的粮，并作我们的灯台，就是生命的光。随后，我们经历基督作香坛，藉此把我们引进至圣所。在至圣所中，我们享受基督作隐藏的吗哪和发芽的杖。藉著这种享受，我们就能完全有分于生命之律。惟有在至圣所这里，就是我们人重生的灵里，我们才能完全有分于生命之律的功能。生命之律主要的功能，不是规律我们不作错事，乃是把我们模成神长子的形像和形状，使我们与那模型一式一样。希伯来书是一卷很深的书。牠的深在于启示基督是神所立所膏的一位；是进入荣耀范围的开拓者；是救恩的元帅，要领祂的众弟兄进祂的荣耀里去；是大祭司，有君尊并神圣的祭司职分，将祂在神性和人性里一切的所是，并祂所达到的一切，都供应到祂的众弟兄里，把他们作成祂自己的复制，使神得著一个团体的彰显。希伯来书之深，也在于本书揭示这位奇妙的基督现今联于我们的灵这个事实，这灵就是今天神居所中的至圣所；这位奇妙的基督在我们的灵里作我们的生命，带著生命之律在我们里面运行工作，把我们模成祂的形像。这是整卷希伯来书最重要的点，也是该书所启示对基督之经历极重要的中心点。这就是为甚么四章十二节说，我们人的灵必须与我们的魂分开，使我们能进入至圣所，摸著施恩的宝座，并在需要之时享受恩典。这也是为甚么十章二十二节嘱咐我们，要坦然无惧的前来进入至圣所，使我们有分于生命之律的功能。藉著这生命之律所发挥的功能，就使在诸天之上供职的这位基督，能把祂一切所是、所完成并所达到的，作到我们里面，不仅为著变化我们，也是为著把我们模成祂的形像，使我们这些祂的众弟兄，能完全与祂一样。这样，神就得著许多儿子，作祂完满的彰显。这就是神神圣经纶的目标。这目标惟有凭著基督在诸天之上作大祭司的供职，并在我们的灵里作赐生命的灵藉生命之律而运行，才能达到。
10Christ is now both in the heavens and in our spirit. In the heavens, He, as the High Priest in His kingly and divine priesthood, is ministering into us all that He is and all that He has done. In our spirit, He is working within us as the life - giving Spirit with the law of life. Thus, His ministry in the heavens and His working in our spirit correspond with each other. His ministry in the heavens is carried out by His functioning, His working, in our spirit. Whatever He is and whatever He has done are now being wrought into us through the working of the law of life in our spirit. By means of the clear picture portrayed by all the furniture in the tabernacle, we can see that the aim of the experience of this wonderful Christ is to bring us into the Holy of Holies so that we may fully participate in the function of the law of life. As we have seen, we firstly experience Christ as our redemption at the altar in the outer court. After this, we experience Him as the washing and cleansing Spirit at the laver. This brings us into the Holy Place where we may enjoy Christ as our showbread, the bread of life, and as our lampstand, the light of life. Following this, we experience Christ as the incense altar through which we are ushered into the Holy of Holies. Here in the Holy of Holies, we enjoy Christ as the hidden manna and as the budding rod. By this enjoyment we are enabled to participate fully in the law of life. It is only here in the Holy of Holies, that is, in our regenerated human spirit, that we can fully participate in the function of the law of life. The function of the law of life is not mainly to regulate us from doing wrong, but to conform us to the image, the form, of God’s Firstborn Son that we may become the same as the model. The book of Hebrews is very deep. It is deep in its revelation of Christ as the appointed and anointed One of God, as the Pioneer into the realm of glory, as the Captain of salvation leading His many brothers into His glory, and as the High Priest in His kingly and divine priesthood ministering all that He is in His divinity and humanity and all that He has attained into His brothers to make them the reproduction of Himself so that God may have His corporate expression. Hebrews is also deep in its unveiling of the fact that this wonderful Christ is now joined to our spirit, which is the very Holy of Holies of God’s dwelling place today, to be our life with the law of life functioning and working to conform us to His image. This is the most crucial point of the whole book of Hebrews. It is the vital focus of the experience of the Christ revealed in this book. This is why 4:12 says that our human spirit must be divided from our soul so that we may enter into the Holy of Holies to touch the throne of grace and enjoy grace in our time of need. And this is also why we are charged in 10:22 to come forward with boldness to the Holy of Holies so that we may participate in the function of the law of life. It is through this functioning of the law of life that the very Christ who is now ministering in the heavens can minister all that He is and all that He has accomplished and attained into our very being, not only to transform us, but also to conform us to His image so that we, His many brothers, may be absolutely the same as He is. In this way, God will have the many sons as His full expression. This is the goal of God’s divine economy. This goal can only be attained by Christ’s ministering in the heavens as the High Priest and by His working as the life-giving Spirit within our spirit through the law of life.