2按照旧约的记载，神的行动开始于创世记一章，继续经过创世记、出埃及记、利未记、民数记、和申命记。在约书亚一章，神的行动已经达到一种情形。那时全地满了偶像、满了鬼。就某种意义说，神被赶逐离开了地，而这地乃是祂为祂自己所创造的；祂无法作地上的主，像祂作诸天的主那样。然而，神从列国和万民中，把祂的选民以色列分别出来，为著完成祂的经纶。他们与偶像和鬼无分无关；反之，他们乃是被天地的神所占有。神的百姓被形成、被构成、受管教、受训练、并且合格了，就来到摩押平原，等候著要进入美地，取得这地并得著这地为业。有一天，当神的百姓豫备好，在等候神的指示时，神进来呼召约书亚，吩咐他起来领头，使以色列人能进入美地并得著这地为业。约书亚接受了耶和华的话，就吩咐以色列人执行神的使命。（书一1～15。）这些上去得地者必须豫备自己，在神的行动里与神是一。他们要取得美地，就必须在神的行动里与神完全配合。以色列人若看自己，就会说这是不可能的。但他们的能，乃在于独一的神；祂需要祂的选民在祂的行动里与祂配合，来执行祂的经纶。神渴望在祂经纶的大轮里行动，但祂需要祂的选民与祂合作。神好像在说，『我的选民以色列阿，你们必须知道，你们不需要作任何事，只要与我配合。我在推动大轮转动，你们必须与我是一。你们往前去得著美地为业，我就藉著你们把那些敬拜偶像的人杀死。没有你们，我不能作甚么。』这是成为肉体的原则，特别是为著毁灭撒但霸占这地的权势。这就是说，为了让神从仇敌霸占的手中重新得著这地，我们需要在成为肉体的原则中与神完全合作、配合。我们需要在神的心愿和祂在地上的行动上与祂是一。今天神要拯救人，但要作这事，祂需要我们照著成为肉体的原则与祂是一。
2According to the record in the Old Testament, God’s move, which began in Genesis 1, continued through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In chapter one of Joshua, God’s move had reached a certain situation. At that time the entire earth was full of idols and demons. In a sense, God had been chased away from the earth, which He had created for Himself, and did not have a way to be the Lord of the earth as well as of the heavens. However, among all the nations and peoples, God had separated Israel, His elect, for the carrying out of His economy. They had nothing to do with any idols or demons. On the contrary, they were occupied with the God of the heavens and the earth. After being formed, constituted, disciplined, trained, and qualified, God’sp eople had come to the plains of Moab where they were waiting to enter into the good land, to take it, and to possess it. One day, as the people were ready and waiting for God’s instruction, God came in to call Joshua and to tell him to take the lead so that he and the children of Israel could enter into the good land and possess it. Joshua took the word from Jehovah and charged the children of Israel to perform God’s commission (vv. 1-15). The land-takers had to prepare themselves to move with God in His move. In order to take the good land, they had to enter into a full coordination with God in His move. If the children of Israel had looked at themselves, they would have said that there was no possibility. But their possibility was the unique God, who needed His elect people to cooperate with Him in His move to carry out His economy, in His desire to move in His economy as the great wheel. Here God seemed to be saying, “Israel, My elect, you must know that there is no need for you to do anything. Simply cooperate with Me. I am motivating the wheel to run. You need to be one with Me. Go in to possess the land, and I will slaughter the idol worshippers through you. Without you I cannot do anything.” This is the principle of incarnation. In particular, this is the principle of incarnation for the destruction of the satanic power in its usurpation of the earth. This means that in order for God to regain the earth from the usurping hand of the enemy, we need to be in full cooperation and coordination with Him in the principle of incarnation. We need to be one with God in His heart’s desire and in His move on earth. Today God wants to save people, but in order to do this, He needs us to be one with Him according to the principle of incarnation.