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启示录生命读经 · 第22篇

羔羊的七眼为著神的建造

The Seven Eyes of the Lamb for the Building of God
1许多基督徒，根据启示录五章，知道基督这被杀的羔羊是配，并且有许多首诗歌，赞美主是配。可是这些说到羔羊是配的诗歌，大都是因著基督的救赎赞美羔羊是配，难得有一首是在救赎之外赞美主是配。说羔羊因救赎了我们，买了我们，所以是配，是完全合乎圣经的；可是根据启示录五章，羔羊所以是配，主要的还不是因著祂的救赎，而是因祂能揭开神经纶的奥秘。基督配揭开神经纶的七印，因为祂已经打败了仇敌，并且救赎了我们。祂已经将神的权柄带到地上，祂是犹大支派中得胜的狮子，又是为神所拣选的人成功了完全救赎的羔羊。因此，祂完全有资格和地位，揭开神经纶的奥秘。这是启示录五章里一个非常重要的点。
1Many Christians realize that, according to Revelation 5, Christ, the slain Lamb, is worthy, and a number of Christian hymns praise the Lord for His worthiness. However, most hymns on the worthiness of the Lamb praise Christ for being worthy because of His redemption. It is difficult to find a hymn on the Lord’s worthiness that goes beyond redemption. It is absolutely scriptural to say that the Lamb is worthy because He has redeemed and purchased us. However, according to Revelation 5, the worthiness of the Lamb is not mainly due to His redemption, but to His being able to open the secret of God’secon o my. Christ is worthy to open the seals of God’secon o my because He has defeated the enemy and has redeemed us. As the One who has brought God’s authority to the earth, He is the victorious, overcoming Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Lamb who has accomplished a full redemption for God’s chosen people. Therefore, He is completely qualified and positioned to open the mystery of God’secon o my. This is one of the crucial points in Revelation chapter five
七眼、七灯、七灵
THE SEVEN EYES, THE SEVEN LAMPS AND THE SEVEN SPIRITS
2启示录五章里另一个重点，说到基督这位狮子羔羊，有『七眼，就是神的七灵。』（启五6。）这七眼也就是在神宝座前点著的七盏火灯。（启四5。）因此，在这两章里，说到了七灯、七眼和七灵。在圣经中，只有启示录题到七灵。但在这里我们看见，七灵就是基督的七眼，而基督的七眼，又是在神宝座前的七灯。七灯是在出埃及二十五章首次题到，那里说到七盏灯在一个灯台上。但我们若只有出埃及二十五章，就不会懂得灯台和七灯的意义。按我们属人的领会，我们不过会说七灯是为著使光加强。这个说法虽然不错，也合乎逻辑，但是七灯还有更深的意义。为甚么灯台上的灯，不是六盏或八盏？在撒迦利亚书，我们看见关于这七灯更进一步的事，因为在撒迦利亚三章和四章，我们看见七灯乃是七眼。（亚三9，四2，10。）虽然撒迦利亚四章十节说到耶和华的七眼，但是眼、灯与灵之间的关系，还说得不清楚。所以我们需要再往前到启示录，在这里我们看见七灯、七眼和七灵。我们需要看见从出埃及记经撒迦利亚书而至启示录的进展。在出埃及记里有七灯，在撒迦利亚书中有七眼，而在启示录中有七灵。出埃及记只题到七灯，没有说到七眼或七灵；撒迦利亚书说到七灯和七眼，也约略题到那灵；但是在启示录，就说到七灯、七眼和七灵。
2Another major point in Revelation 5 is that Christ as the Lion-Lamb has “seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God” (v. 6). These seven eyes are also the seven lamps burning before the throne of God (4:5). Hence, in these chapters we have the seven lamps, the seven eyes, and the seven Spirits. Revelation is the only book in the Bible that mentions the seven Spirits. But here we see that these seven Spirits are the seven eyes of Christ, and that the seven eyes of Christ are the seven lamps before the throne of God. The first mention of the seven lamps is in Exodus 25, where we see seven lamps on the one lampstand. But if we only had Exodus 25, we would not know the meaning of the lampstand and its seven lamps. According to our human understanding, we would simply say that the seven lamps are for the intensification of the light. Although this is both right and logical, the significance of the seven lamps is much deeper than this. Why did the lampstand not have six or eight lamps? In Zechariah we see something further regarding the seven lamps, for in Zechariah 3 and 4 we see that the seven lamps are the seven eyes (Zech. 3:9; 4:2,10). Although Zechariah 4:10 speaks of the seven eyes of the Lord, the connection between the eyes, the lamps, and the Spirit is not made clear. Thus, we need to proceed further to the book of Revelation, where we see the seven lamps, the seven eyes, and the seven Spirits. We need to see the progression from Exodus through Zechariah to Revelation. In Exodus we have the seven lamps, in Zechariah we have the seven eyes, and in Revelation we have the seven Spirits. In Exodus the seven lamps are mentioned, but nothing is said of the eyes or of the Spirits. In Zechariah we have the seven lamps and the seven eyes with an obscure mention of the Spirit. But in Revelation we have the seven lamps, the seven eyes, and the seven Spirits.
3我们在第八篇信息中曾指出，灯台是三一神的象征。金象征父的神圣本质；台是金的具体表现，象征基督是父的具体化身；七灯象征那灵，作这位是父具体化身之基督的彰显。所以，我们有父（金）为本质，有子（台）为具体化身，有灵（灯）为彰显。我们有本质、具体化身和彰显。在出埃及记我们看不见七灯就是神的七灵。我们必须往前读撒迦利亚书，最后还要读启示录，才能看见这事。这是神圣启示的恢复，是全新的。
3As we pointed out in message eight, the lampstand is a symbol of the Triune God. The gold symbolizes the divine substance of the Father; the stand, which is the embodiment of the gold, symbolizes Christ as the embodiment of the Father; and the seven lamps symbolize the Spirit as the expression of Christ who is the embodiment of the Father. Therefore, we have the Father (the gold) as the substance, the Son (the stand) as the embodiment, and the Spirit (the lamps) as the expression. We have the substance, the embodiment, and the expression. In Exodus we cannot see that the seven lamps are the seven Spirits of God. We must go on to Zechariah and eventually to Revelation before we can see this. As a recovery of divine revelation, this is absolutely new
神的建造
GOD’S BUILDING
4出埃及二十五章里的灯，是为著帐幕的建造，特别是为著帐幕里的行动。若没有光，就不可能有行动。光是为著行动，而行动是为著神的建造。所以，七灯是为著建造帐幕，就是神在地上的居所。撒迦利亚三章和四章里的七灯，是为著神建造的恢复。重建圣殿，在原则上，和当日建造帐幕是一样的。启示录里的原则也是这样。我们若是用短浅的眼光来读启示录，就无法领会七灵（就是羔羊的七眼，也是神宝座前的七灯）是为著神的建造。但我们若有全面的眼光，就会看见七灵完全是为著神的建造。启示录开始于七个地方召会，终结于新耶路撒冷。虽然这卷书也包含神的审判，这审判并不是目标。审判不是为审判，乃是为著神的建造。神永远的居所新耶路撒冷，是从这审判出来的。因此，七灯、七眼和七灵，全是为著神的建造。我们在这里乃是为实现神在祂神圣建造上的永远目标。
4The lamps in Exodus 25 are for the building up of the tabernacle, especially for the move in the tabernacle. Without light, it is impossible to move. The light is for the move, and the move is for God’s building. The seven lamps, therefore, are for the building up of the tabernacle, God’s dwelling place on earth. The seven lamps in Zechariah 3 and 4 are for the recovery of God’s building. The principle is the same in the rebuilding of the temple as it was in the building of the tabernacle. The same is true of the book of Revelation. If we approach this book with a shortsighted view, we shall be unable to see that the seven Spirits, which are the seven eyes of the Lamb and the seven lamps before God’s throne, are for God’s building. But if we have an overall view, we shall see that the seven Spirits are absolutely for God’s building. Revelation begins with the seven local churches and it ends with the New Jerusalem. Although this book contains the judgment of God, this judgment is not the goal. Judgment is not for judgment; it is for God’s building. The New Jerusalem, God’s eternal dwelling place, issues out of this judgment. Thus, the seven lamps, the seven eyes, and the seven Spirits are all for God’s building. We are here for the realization of God’s eternal goal in His divine building.
七眼为著神的建造
THE SEVEN EYES FOR GOD’S BUILDING
5撒迦利亚三章九节说，『看哪，我在约书亚面前所立的石头，在一块石头上有七眼。万军之耶和华说，我要亲自雕刻这石头，并要在一日之间，除掉这地的罪孽。』这一节启示这七眼不仅是耶和华的七眼，也是石头上的七眼。这块石头要因神百姓的罪孽，在一日之间被雕刻。石头被雕刻，就是为救赎我们在十字架上受神公义的对付。基督这位赎罪的羔羊，也是其上有七眼的石头。这七眼就是为著神建造的七灯。我们来读启示录，就很清楚看见，七灯乃是救赎主的七眼，而救赎主的七眼就是神的七灵，是为著神的建造的。
5Zechariah 3:9 says, “For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.” This verse reveals that the seven eyes are not only the seven eyes of the Lord, but also the seven eyes of the stone. This stone was engraved in one day for the iniquity of God’sp eople. The engraving of the stone was its being dealt with by God’s righteousness on the cross for our redemption. Christ, the redeeming Lamb, is also the stone on which are the seven eyes. These seven eyes are the seven lamps for God’s building. When we come to the book of Revelation, we see very clearly that the seven lamps are the seven eyes of the Redeemer, and that the seven eyes of the Redeemer are the seven Spirits of God for the building of God
6按照启示录，主耶稣有七个焚烧的眼睛。这些眼睛虽然是为著鉴察、审判、炼净并光照，但最终却是为将祂的素质，祂神圣的元素，传输到我们里面。主的神圣素质如何能作到我们里面？乃是藉著祂那七眼的传输。每当我们被基督那如火焰的眼睛鉴察、炼净并审判时，我们就得著了祂的一些元素；不单是我们的一些元素得著纯净，更有祂的一些元素传输到我们里面。天然的东西炼净了，并且有神圣的东西传输到我们里面。藉著这样的过程，主就把我们建造在一起，完成神的建造。启示录这卷书，主要的不是为著鉴察并审判，乃是为著产生、建造新耶路撒冷，这是本书最终的结局。基督七眼传输的结果，就建造了新耶路撒冷。基督的七眼注视著神所拣选的人，光照、鉴察、审判并炼净他们，最终就把祂一切的所是注入到他们里面。因著将祂的素质注入到我们里面，祂就使我们和祂的所是一样；并且藉此变化我们，使我们脱离天然，成为像祂一样。这样，我们就成了变化过的材料，为著新耶路撒冷的建造。我们都必须看见，七眼，就是神和羔羊的七灵，全然是为著神的建造。
6According to the book of Revelation, the Lord Jesus has seven burning eyes. Although these eyes are for searching, judging, refining, and enlightening, they are ultimately for transfusing us with His essence, His divine element. How can the Lord’s divine essence be wrought into our being? By the transfusing of His seven eyes. Whenever we are searched, purged, purified, refined, and judged by the flaming eyes of Christ, we gain something of Him. Not only is some element of ourselves purified, but some element of Him is transfused into us. The natural things are purged, and the divine things are transfused into us. Through this process, the Lord builds us together and carries out God’s building. The book of Revelation is not mainly for searching and judging; it is for producing and building up the New Jerusalem, the ultimate issue of this book. As a result of the transfusing of the seven eyes of Christ, the New Jerusalem will be built up. The seven eyes of Christ look at God’s chosen people, enlightening, searching, judging, purifying, and refining them, and ultimately infusing them with whatever He is. By infusing us with His essence, He makes us the same as He is and, by so doing, He transforms us from being natural into being the same as He. Then we become the transformed material for the building up of the New Jerusalem. We all must see that the seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God and of the Lamb, are absolutely for God’s building.
那灵是基督的眼睛
THE SPIRIT BEING THE EYES OF CHRIST
7这七灵就是圣灵；既是圣灵，便不是与基督分开的。按照道理，那灵与基督是两个分开的个体；但是按照经历，二者乃是一个。基督和那灵是一，就如人与他的眼睛是一一样。当人看著你，他是用眼睛看你；他用眼睛看你，也就是他在看你。说一个人的眼睛和那个人是分开的，这真是笑话。在我们的经历里，那灵就是基督的眼睛。尝试反驳这话的人，可能持守头脑的道理，但是他们缺少经历。他们若将一切的道理摆到经历中，就会发现把基督和那灵分开是个错误。三一神不是以道理的方式来经历的。有人可能想要解说何为三一神，想为祂下个定义，但是当我们经历三一神的时候，就知道子是父的具体化身，而灵是子的彰显。父子灵乃是一。父具体化身于子，子成了灵被实化，被彰显，且被经历。
7These seven Spirits are the Holy Spirit. Being the Holy Spirit, They are not separate from Christ. According to doctrine, the Spirit and Christ are two separate individuals, but according to experience, They are one. Just as a person and his eyes are one, so Christ and the Spirit are one. When someone looks at you, he looks at you with his eyes, and when his eyes look at you, he looks at you. It is ridiculous to say that the eyes are separate from the person himself. In our experience, the Spirit is the eyes of Christ. Those who attempt to argue about this may hold mental doctrines, but they lack experience. If they put all their doctrines into experience, they will find that it is wrong to separate Christ from the Spirit. The Triune God is not experienced in a doctrinal way. While some may attempt to define or explain Him, when we experience the Triune God, we realize that the Son is the embodiment of the Father and that the Spirit is the expression of the Son. They are one. The Father is embodied in the Son and the Son is realized, expressed, and experienced as the Spirit
对三一神的经历是为著神的建造
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE TRIUNE GOD for God’s building
8三一神是为著神的建造。神要得著建造，三一神就必须分赐到我们里面，这在启示录里完全启示出来。圣经中支配的观点，就是神的建造。你若没有看见神的建造，就难以正确的明白圣经。整本圣经都与神的建造有关，而神建造的完成，乃是藉著三一神分赐到我们里面。我们读启示录的时候，必须持定这观点。这样，我们便能明白这一卷书，并看见这主要的还不是一卷关于审判的书，乃是一卷为著神建造的书。神的审判是为著祂的建造神建造的完成，需要经过祂的审判。基督有七只火焰的眼睛，焚烧、光照、鉴察并炼净我们，藉此执行神的审判。最终，这些火焰的眼睛，将祂一切的所是注入到我们里面，新陈代谢的把我们变化成为像祂一样。整座新耶路撒冷城的素质和显出来的样子，都与神一样。我们曾多次指出，四章里坐宝座的神显出来的样子好像碧玉，（启四4，）而在二十一章里，新耶路撒冷，特别是城墙，显出来的样子也是碧玉。（启二一11，18～19。）所以，神与新耶路撒冷的素质和显出来的样子，是相同的。怎么能这样呢？只有藉著这位神作到我们里面。神的素质是藉著传输而作到我们里面。
8The Triune God is for God’s building. In order for God to have the building, the Triune God must be dispensed into us. This is fully revealed in the book of Revelation. The controlling view in the Bible is God’s building. If you have not seen God’s building, it will be difficult for you to rightly understand the Bible. The whole Bible is related to God’s building, and God’s building is accomplished by the Triune God being dispensed into us. As we come to the book of Revelation, we must hold this view. If we do, we shall be able to understand this book and see that it is not mainly a book of judgment but a book for God’s building. GOD’S JUDGMENT FOR HIS BUILDING The accomplishment of God’s building requires His judgment. God’s judgment is carried out by Christ’s being the One with seven flaming eyes to burn, enlighten, search, purify, and refine us. Eventually, these flaming eyes infuse us with all that He is, metabolically transforming us into His being. The whole city of New Jerusalem will have the same essence and appearance as God. As we have pointed out several times, the appearance of God sitting on the throne in chapter four is of jasper (4:3), and the appearance of the New Jerusalem, especially its wall, in chapter twenty-one is also of jasper (21:11, 18-19). Thus, the essence and appearance of God and of the city are the same. How can this be? Only by having the very God wrought into us. The essence of God is wrought into us by means of transfusion.
9不要轻忽七眼，七灵。启示录不是说到一灵，乃是说到七灵，说到基督的七眼；藉著七灵七眼，这位救赎、得胜、建造的基督，就把祂自己传输到祂所有的肢体里面。当祂将自己传输到我们里面时，祂就鉴察、光照、审判并炼净我们。这样，祂就变化我们，我们何等需要看见这异象！这就是神今日的恢复。
9Do not ignore the seven eyes, the seven Spirits. Revelation is not a book of one Spirit; it is a book of the seven Spirits, the seven eyes of Christ, whereby the redeeming, overcoming, and building Christ transfuses Himself into all His members. While He is transfusing Himself into us, He is searching, enlightening, judging, purifying, and refining us. In this way He transforms us. How we need to see this vision! This is God’s recovery today
圣经中管治的异象
THE GOVERNING VISION IN THE BIBLE
10虽然圣经是不可能改进的，但圣经中的真理却是渐进的，圣经中神圣真理的恢复，更是渐进的。四百年前，神话语中的真理，恢复得非常少，但今天就不一样了。今天真理的恢复，甚至比二十年前都丰富得多。这不是说圣经改变了，或说我们把圣经改了，因为没有人有权利这样作。这乃是说，主在祂真理的恢复上，是一直往前的。神恢复圣经中的真理，完全是为著祂的建造。我从一九五八年起被人反对，那一年我头一次有负担，开始释放关于神建造的信息。那是一切的反对与批评的原因。虽然如此，我只在意神的建造。感谢主，祂表白了这个恢复。人的话算不了甚么，只有神说的才算数。神说，祂是为著祂的建造。全本圣经都是为著这个。在圣经一开头，我们在创世记看到生命树，以及那产生金子、珍珠、宝石涌流的河；（创二9～12；）到圣经的末了，我们在启示录看到一座城，是由金子、珍珠、宝石这些珍贵的材料建造成的。（启二一。）因此，全本圣经乃是为著神永远的定旨，就是将祂自己这生命分赐到祂所拣选的人里面，藉此得著祂永远的居所。这就是管治的异象。
10Although the Bible cannot be improved, the truth in the Bible is progressive, and the recovery of the divine truths in the Bible is even more progressive. Four hundred years ago, very few of the truths in God’sWord had been recovered, but this is not so today. The recovery of the truths is richer now than it was just twenty years ago. This does not mean that the Bible changes or that we change the Bible, for no one has the right to do that. It means that the Lord is moving on in the recovery of His truths. God’s recovery of the truths in the Bible is absolutely for His building. The first year I was opposed was 1958, the very year that I was first burdened to minister on God’s building. That was the cause of all the opposition and criticism. Nevertheless, I only care for God’s building. I thank the Lord that He has vindicated the recovery. Man’sword means nothing; only what God says counts. God has said that He is for His building. The entire Bible is for this. At the very beginning, in the book of Genesis, we have the tree of life and the flowing river producing gold, bdellium (pearl), and precious stones (Gen. 2:9-12). At the end of the Bible, in Revelation, we have a city built with these precious materials, with gold, pearl, and precious stones (Rev. 21). Hence, the whole Bible is for God’s eternal purpose of securing His eternal dwelling place by dispensing Himself as life into His chosen ones. This is the governing vision
神的心意
GOD’S DESIRE
11我们若是还有任何别的观点，只不过表示我们的浅见。神所要的不是圣别或属灵，乃是要得到建造。一九五八年我曾说，我们的属灵，必须受神建造的试验，就是受召会生活的试验。当我说神不在意我们的属灵，就有反对我的人断章取义，抓住这一句话定罪我说，『请听！李弟兄说神不要我们属灵，这岂不是异端？』你若是照上下文来听这话，就知道这完全不是异端。神并不在意我们的属灵，祂在意我们有多少被建造在祂的召会中。个人主义的属灵是毒瘤。召会中所有讲求个人主义的肢体，都是基督身体上的毒瘤。你可能认为自己很属灵了，很圣别了，但你的属灵和圣别必须受召会生活的试验。也许你的圣别是个人的。若是这样，那是不健康的，因为真正的圣别乃是为著神的建造。神不要一群个人主义的属灵人，祂要的是建造。祂不要一堆的宝石摆在那里展览。当然，神需要个人，但祂需要这些人作建造的材料。所有单块的石头，必须摆在这建造中。这不仅仅是个道理，乃是严肃的事实。你有没有被建造在神的建造中？或者你虽然得救了，也敬畏神、爱主、祷告，但是却说，『我不管甚么召会』呢？你是否认为『多谈召会没有益处，还是我单独与主交通、读读圣经来得好些』？你可能享受这样，但神却不像你那么喜欢；祂要你失去自己。你必须蒙光照、被鉴察并炼净，让祂把祂一切的所是注入到你里面，使你变化成为著神建造的宝石。这是神今日的心意。神为甚么呼召以色列人出埃及？乃是为著祂在地上居所的建造。至终，帐幕既是神在地上的居所，就成了以色列子民的中心。他们甚么时候与帐幕出了问题，就打败仗；但甚么时候与帐幕的关系正确，就得胜了。以色列人进入美地之后，就建造了圣殿，作为他们这些神子民生活的中心。他们与殿的关系正确，就是对神正确；与殿出了问题，就是与神出了问题。这就是旧约的摘要。在新约里怎么样呢？新约中有今天的召会，和将来的新耶路撒冷。所以，全本圣经的摘要，就是神的建造。
11If we have any other view, it means that we are shortsighted. God is not seeking holiness or spirituality. He is seeking the building. In 1958 I said that our spirituality must be tested by God’s building, that is, by the church life. When I said that God does not care for our spirituality, the opposers took this sentence out of context and condemned me, saying, “Listen! Brother Lee says that God does not care for spirituality. Isn’t this heretical?” If you keep this statement in its context, it is not at all heretical. God does not care for our spirituality; He cares for how much we have been built into His church. Individualistic spirituality is cancerous. Any individualistic member of the church is a cancer in the Body of Christ. You may say that you are spiritual or holy, but your spirituality and holiness must be tested by the church life. Perhaps your holiness is individualistic. If it is, then it is not healthy, for true holiness is for God’s building. God does not want a group of individualistic spiritual persons; He wants the building. He does not desire a heap of precious stones for exhibition. God, of course, needs individuals, but He needs them as the material for the building. All the individual stones must be put into the building. This is not a mere doctrine but a serious fact. Have you been built into God’s building? Or are you one who is saved, who fears God, who loves the Lord, and who prays, but who says, “I don’t care about the church”? Do you say, “It is not good to talk so much about the church; it is better to be alone with the Lord and read the Bible”? You may enjoy this, but God is not as fond of it as you are. He wants you to lose yourself. You must be enlightened, searched, purified, refined, and then infused with all that He is that you may be transformed into a precious stone for God’s building. This is God’s desire today. Why did God call the Israelites out of Egypt? It was for the building up of His dwelling place on earth. Eventually, the tabernacle as God’s dwelling place on earth became the center of the people of Israel. Whenever they were wrong with the tabernacle, they lost all their wars. But whenever they were right with the tabernacle, they were victorious. After the Israelites entered into the good land, they built the temple as the center of their life as God’s people. When they were right with the temple, they were right with God, and when they were wrong with the temple, they were wrong with God. This is a brief abstract of the Old Testament. What do we have in the New Testament? We have the church today and the New Jerusalem in the future. Therefore, a brief abstract of the whole Bible is God’s building.
12需要加强的注入因著这个世代的黑暗与堕落，神不得不成为七倍加强的灵来运行，以光照我们。我们需要七灵的鉴察和光照。你也许多年来一直抓著道理，可是这些道理给你甚么益处？恢复后又堕落的召会虽然有那么多的道理，但是主对他们怎么说？主说，他们既不冷也不热，犹如温水，所以只配从祂口中被吐出去。（启三16。）这是老底嘉召会的光景。
12THE NEED FOR AN INTENSIFIED INFUSION Because of the darkness and degradation of this age, God has been forced to exercise Himself as the sevenfold intensified Spirit to enlighten us. We need the searching and enlightening of the seven Spirits. Perhaps you have been clinging to doctrines for years. What good have they done for you? The degraded recovered church has so much doctrine, but what did the Lord say of them? He said that they were neither hot nor cold, but rather that they were lukewarm and therefore qualified for being vomited out of His mouth (3:16). This is the condition of the church in Laodicea
13我们感谢主，关于祂建造的亮光，今日比往日更明亮。这光一直照耀著我们。这不是在一些小事上作个人的得胜者，乃是在为著神建造的大事上作得胜者。许多基督徒并不明白启示录里得胜的意义。本书里的得胜，乃是指胜过堕落的基督教。为著神的建造，我们必须胜过所谓的召会中堕落的光景。你若是把启示录再三读过，就会看见管治全书的观点是神的建造。我们必须持守这观点。一切都是为著神的建造。一章里基督的启示，是为著建造；二章和三章里给七个召会的七封书信，是为著神的建造；基督升天后天上的景象，和五章里基督是狮子羔羊的异象，也是为著神的建造；基督有七眼，就是七灯和神的七灵，不是为使我们个人圣别，完全是为著神的建造。愿主怜悯我们。在这世代中，我们是在黑夜里，需要七倍加强的灵作七盏照耀的灯，光照、鉴察并炼净我们。最后，我们所需要的，乃是主加强的注入。我们需要祂把一切的所是注入到我们里面，使我们变化成为宝石，好为著神的建造。
13We thank the Lord that the light concerning His building is brighter today than it has ever been. The light is shining over us. It is not a matter of being an individualistic overcomer in some minor things, but of being an overcomer in the major things for God’s building. Many Christians do not understand the meaning of overcoming in Revelation. To overcome in this book means to overcome degraded Christianity. We must overcome the degraded situation of the so- called church for the sake of God’s building. Read the book of Revelation again and again and you will see that its governing view is the building of God. We must keep this before us. Everything is for God’s building. The revelation of Christ in chapter one is for the building; the seven epistles to the seven churches in chapters two and three are for God’s building; and the scene in heaven after Christ’s ascension and the vision of Christ as the Lion-Lamb in chapter five are also for God’s building. Christ’shaving the seven eyes which are the seven lamps and the seven Spirits of God is not that we might be individualistic ally holy, but is absolutely for God’s building. May the Lord have mercy on us. In this age, we are in a dark night and we need the intensified sevenfold Spirit as the seven shining lamps to enlighten, search, purge, and refine us. Ultimately, what we need is the Lord’sin tens ified infusion. We need to be infused with all that He is so that we might become transformed stones for God’s building