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启示录生命读经 · 第26篇

基督来据有地

Christ Coming to Take Possession of the Earth
1在已过几篇信息中，我们一直在看七印的内容。在启示录中，七这数字是由两种方式组成的：一种是四加三，另一种是六加一。不论七印或七号，都是这样组成的。七这个数字只能加出来，不能乘出来；但是十二这个数字，就是四乘三出来的。七印的意义，乃是说在神完整的行动里，祂的造物都要被带到三一神那里。神所创造的人，也要被带到独一的神那里。所以七印指明神完整的行动。这七印，就是神在地上与在宇宙中完整的行动，也就是神经纶的内容。神行动的目的，是要将『四』所表征的受造之物，带到三一神那里，并将『六』所表征的人（人在第六天被造），带到独一的神那里。七印实际上是将神的造物带到祂自己那里。撒但叫人堕落了，堕落使人离开神。堕落虽然是减，神今天的经纶却是加；堕落使人离开了独一的神，但神的经纶和行动，却把人带回到祂自己那里。
1In the past several messages we have been considering the content of the seven seals. In the book of Revelation, the number seven is composed two ways: four plus three and six plus one. Both the seven seals and the seven trumpets are composed this way. With the number seven there is addition but no multiplication. The number twelve, however, is the product of three times four. The seven seals mean that in God’s complete move His creatures will be brought to the Triune God. God’s creature—man— will also be brought to the unique God. Thus, the seven seals indicate God’s complete move. The seven seals, which are God’s complete move on the earth and in the universe, are the content of God’secon o my. The purpose of God’s move is to bring His creatures, signified by the number four, to the Triune God, and to bring man, signified by the number six (man was created on the sixth day), to the unique God. The seven seals actually bring God’s creation to Himself. The fall of man, which was caused by Satan, has kept man from God. While the fall was a subtraction, God’secon o my today is an addition. The fall caused man to go away from the unique God, but God’secon o my and His move bring man back to Himself
2很多基督徒不明白关于第六印和头四号的事。第六印和第七印的头四号，主要的是关于地和天象的震动与审判。这震动和审判的结果，使地不再适合让人安然居住了。第六印与前五号，在时间上靠得很近，中间没有甚么停顿。有些人从第一匹马算起，说大灾难要持续七年。这样说的人没有看见，启示录包括了从基督升天以后人类的全部历史。他们的解释，使基督升天与末期之间，留下一大段空白。这一段几乎有两千年之久的空白，按照主的豫言，完全是不合逻辑的，因为主是在第一世纪的时候，豫言那将要发生的事。（启一19。）不仅如此，五章里的书卷，是神经纶的完全启示，其中必定包括福音的传扬。传福音以产生召会，是神经纶中的大项。在这一卷书里，若有这么一段空白，是不合理的；所以我们相信，头四印的四匹马，是从基督升天直到这世代末了，人类历史的概述。
2Many Christians do not understand the matters pertaining to the sixth seal and the first four trumpets. The sixth seal and the first four trumpets of the seventh seal are mainly concerned with the shaking and the judgment of the earth and the heavenly host. As a result of this shaking and judgment, the earth will no longer be a suitable place for man to live in peacefully. The sixth seal and the first five trumpets are closely related to one another in time, for there is not much of an interval between them. Some, counting from the time of the first horse, say that the great tribulation will last seven years. Those who do have not seen that Revelation covers the whole history of mankind since Christ’s ascension. Their interpretation leaves a great gap between the ascension of Christ and the end time. To have such a gap, approximately two thousand years in length, is altogether illogical according to the Lord’s prophecy, because it was in the first century that He prophesied of the things to come (1:19). Furthermore, the scroll in chapter five is a full revelation of God’secon o my. As such, it must include the preaching of the gospel. The preaching of the gospel for the producing of the church is a great item in God’secon o my. Because it is illogical for there to be such a great gap in this book, we believe that the four horses of the first four seals are an outline of human history from Christ’s ascension until the end of this age.
3我们经过仔细的研读，也看见末了的七年不可能是从第六印开始，因为从第六印到大灾难开始的第五号，时间非常短促，并不是三年半。大灾难的时间是三年半，就是末了一个七年的后半。若是把末了七年从第六印开始算起，那么，从第六印到第五号最少当有三年半。按逻辑来看是太长了。从第六印到第五号之间只有四号，就是对地、海、江河、和天象的审判。第六印的时候地要震动，天象要被毁坏，灾祸虽比头四号的灾祸轻，原则上却和头四号一样。第六印和头四号是大灾难的前奏，序幕。这些灾祸中，神还没有直接的碰著人。乃是到了第五号的灾祸，与第六号的灾祸，即二万万马军的屠杀，这时痛苦才直接临到人。第六号的灾祸以后有七碗，是最后的灾祸，也是第七号的一部分内容。到了与第六号相关的第六碗，就有为著哈米吉顿之战的聚拢。这个大战，时间是在主来到地上，与敌基督争战，要把他扔到火湖里时，（启十九11～21，）那就是主踹神烈怒的大酒醡。（启十四19～20，十九15。）也该在这个时候，第七碗要倒在空中，带下最大的地震，并且降下最大的雹子；这是最后的灾祸，也就是大灾难的结束。在本篇信息中，我们来到十章一至十一节，这是插在第六与第七号之间的话。要明白启示录，就必须知道那一段是接连的，那一段是插入的话。我们读七章的时候曾经指出，七章是插在第六印与第七印之间的话，表明神要保守祂的子民。那一章显示两个异象，就是以色列遗民受印记，以及蒙神救赎之民的被提。十章是插在第六与第七号之间一部分的话。这插入的话中由三个异象组成，就是基督来据有地的异象，（启十l～7，）敌基督和他的军队践踏地上之耶路撒冷的异象，（启十一l～2，）和两个见证人的异象。（启十一3～12。）
3By careful study we have also seen that the last seven years will probably not begin with the time of the sixth seal, because the period from the sixth seal until the fifth trumpet, which is the beginning of the great tribulation, will be a very short time. It will not be three and one-half years. The great tribulation will last three and one-half years, the second half of the last seven years. If you count the last seven years from the sixth seal, then the time from the sixth seal to the fifth trumpet must be at least three and one-half years. Logically speaking, this is too long. Between the sixth seal and the fifth trumpet there will be four trumpets, the judgments on the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the heavenly hosts. Although it is less severe, the sixth seal, which will be the shaking of the earth and the damaging of the heavenly host, is the same in principle as that of the first four trumpets. The sixth seal and the first four trumpets are an introduction, a preliminary, to the great tribulation. In none of these calamities will God directly touch man. This will not occur until the torment of the woe of the fifth trumpet and the slaughter by the two hundred million cavalry troops of the woe of the sixth trumpet. After the woe of the sixth trumpet, there will be the seven bowls as the last woe and as a part of the content of the seventh trumpet. The sixth bowl, which is related to the sixth trumpet, will be for the gathering for war at Armageddon. That war will be the great winepress of the fury of God trodden by the Lord (14:19-20; 19:15) when He comes down to earth to fight against Antichrist and to cast him into the lake of fire (19:11-21). This should be at the same time the seventh bowl will be poured out upon the air to bring in the greatest earthquake and the greatest hail which will be the last plague and the end of the great tribulation. In this message, we come to 10:1-11, an insertion between the sixth and seventh trumpets. If we would understand the book of Revelation, we must know which sections are continuations and which are insertions. When we were on chapter seven, we pointed out that it is an insertion between the sixth and seventh seals, showing God’sp reservation of His people. That chapter shows the vision of the marking of the remnant of Israel and the vision of the rapture of God’s redeemed ones. Chapter ten is part of an insertion between the sixth and seventh trumpets. This insertion is composed of three visions: the vision of Christ coming to take possession of the earth (10:1-7), the vision of the treading of the earthly Jerusalem by Antichrist and his armies (11:1-2), and the vision of the two witnesses (11:3-12).
4我们必须把启示录读熟，直到我们知道并能记牢所有的要点。我们应该能说出每一章的摘要。在一章有七个灯台，和基督行走在七灯台中间；在二、三章有七个召会；四章是天上的景象；五章说到基督是配揭开书卷的那一位；在六章有六印；七章是插进来的一段，显明两个异象，说到神保守祂的子民；八章说到头四号；九章是第五与第六号；十章说到基督要来据有这地；十一章说到两个见证人；十二章说到男孩子；十三章说到兽；十四章是初熟的果子、对兽的敬拜、庄稼的收成、和酒醡；十五章是玻璃海上的得胜者；十六章是七碗；十七章是宗教的巴比伦；十八章说到物质、政治的巴比伦；十九章是羔羊的婚筵，和哈米吉顿的战争；二十章说到撒但被捆绑，千年国，人末次的背叛，和白色大宝座前的审判；二十一、二十二章说到新天新地同新耶路撒冷。
4We must read and study the book of Revelation until we know and are able to recite all the main facts. We should be able to summarize every chapter. In chapter one there are the seven lampstands with Christ walking among them; in chapters two and three the seven churches; in chapter four the heavenly scene; in chapter five Christ as the One worthy to open the scroll; in chapter six there are the six seals; in chapter seven an insertion showing two visions regarding God’sp reservation of His people; in chapter eight there are the first four trumpets; in chapter nine the fifth and sixth trumpets; in chapter ten Christ coming to take possession of the earth; in chapter eleven the two witnesses; in chapter twelve the man-child; in chapter thirteen the beast; in chapter fourteen the firstfruit, the worship of the beast, the harvest, and the winepress; in chapter fifteen the overcomers on the glassy sea; in chapter sixteen the seven bowls; in chapter seventeen the religious Babylon; in chapter eighteen the material, political Babylon; in chapter nineteen the wedding feast of the Lamb and the war at Armageddon; in chapter twenty the binding of Satan, the millennial kingdom, the last rebellion of mankind, and the judgment at the great white throne; and in chapters twenty-one and twenty-two the new heaven and the new earth with the New Jerusalem
壹 基督是另一位天使
I. CHRIST AS ANOTHER ANGEL
5现在我们来看十章一至十一节的细节。从这一段圣经，可以清楚看见基督要来据有这地。在本章，基督是另一位大力的天使，如在七章二节，八章三节，十八章一节者。
5Let us now consider the details of 10:1-11. In this portion of the Word we have a clear vision of Christ coming to take possession of the earth. In this chapter Christ is “another strong Angel,” like the One in 7:2; 8:3; and 18:1
一 从天降下
A. Coming Down out of Heaven
6一节说，约翰看见另一位天使『从天降下。』基督现在是从天降下。这异象暗示，在第七号之前，基督仍是在来地上的途中。
6Verse 1 says that John saw another Angel “coming down out of heaven.” Christ is now coming down out of heaven. This vision is a hint that, before the seventh trumpet, Christ is still on His way to earth
二 披著云彩
B. Clothed with a Cloud
7一节又说，基督『披著云彩。』此时祂不是驾著云，如在十四章十四节，马太二十四章三十节，二十六章六十四节者。驾著云是公开的来，披著云彩是隐密的来。这指明即使到了第六号之后，就是大灾难的中期，基督还是隐密的来临；直到一章七节和马太二十四章三十节所说，地上的众支派都要看见祂，那时祂才公开的来临。在十章的时候，基督的来临仍是隐密的。甚至在第六碗，众军聚拢在哈米吉顿的时候，基督仍发出警告说，祂来要像贼一样。（启十六15。）祂要一直披裹在云彩里，直到十四章，那时祂要坐在云上，祂的来临就变为公开的。藉此我们看见，一般所说基督要在大灾难之前来临，是不正确的。
7Verse 1 also says that Christ is “clothed with a cloud.” He is not yet “on the cloud,” as in 14:14 and in Matthew 24:30; 26:64 (Gk.). To be “on the cloud” is to come openly, whereas to be “clothed with a cloud” is to come secretly. This indicates that even after the sixth trumpet, which will be in the midst of the great tribulation, Christ will still be coming secretly, not openly, until He will be seen by all the tribes of the earth, as mentioned in 1:7 and in Matthew 24:30. By the time of chapter ten, Christ’s coming is still secret. Even at the time of the sixth bowl, during the gathering at Armageddon, Christ will give the warning that He is coming as a thief (16:15). He will be wrapped in the cloud until chapter fourteen, when He will sit on the cloud and His coming will become public. By this we see that the general teaching that Christ will come before the great tribulation is inaccurate.
三 头上有虹
C. The Rainbow upon His Head
8在这个异象里，基督的『头上有虹。』这里的虹指明基督在审判这地和来得这地时，信守神与挪亚关于地所立的约。（创九8～。）这也指明基督执行神的审判，是照著那坐在天上有虹围绕之宝座上的神，（启四2～3，）就是那信实守约的神。
8In this vision Christ has a “rainbow” upon “His head.” Here the rainbow indicates that Christ in His judgment upon the earth and in His coming to take possession of it will keep the covenant God made with Noah concerning the earth (Gen. 9:8-1 7). It l7 also indicates that He is the One who will execute judgment according to the One sitting on the throne with the rainbow round about it.
四 脸面像日头
D. His Face like the Sun
9一节也说到，祂的『脸面像日头。』在靠近祂公开来到地上的时候，祂当然就不像晨星了；晨星是在黎明前最黑暗的时刻以前出现的。
9Verse 1 also says that “His face was as the sun.” Surely here, close to His coming to the earth openly, He will not be like the morning star which appears before the darkest time prior to dawn
五 两脚像火柱
E. His Feet like Pillars of Fire
10基督来得地的时候，祂的两脚『像火柱。』这里柱指明坚定不移，（耶一，加二9，）火表征神的圣别；（出十九18，来十二29；）基督要照著神的圣别，在地上执行审判。
10When Christ comes to take possession of the earth, His feet will be “as pillars of fire.” Here, pillars indicate steadfastness (Jer. 1:18; Gal. 2:9). Fire indicates the 18 holiness of God (Exo. 19:18; Heb. 12:29), according to which Christ will execute His judgment upon the earth.
六 手里拿著展开的小书卷
F. Having in His Hand a Little Open Scroll
11在本章，基督『手里拿著展开的小书卷。』（启十2，8。）这个展开的小书卷，就是五章一节惟有基督配从神手中拿过来并展开（启五5，7）的书卷。现今这8书卷就在祂的手里。在五章一节，书卷是封严的；到十章二节和八节时，却是展开的。因为所有的印都已揭开，书卷就展开了。这里只是书卷的一部分，所以称为小书卷。因为书卷的主要部分已经揭示了，这最后一部分就称为小书卷。
11In this chapter Christ has “in His hand a little opened scroll” (vv. 2, 8). This “little opened scroll” is the scroll in 5:1, which only Christ is worthy to open and which He took out of the hand of God (5:5, 7). Now it is in His hand. In 5:1 it was sealed; in 10:2 and it is opened. The scroll has been opened because all the seals have been loosed. Here, being only a part of the scroll, it is called a little scroll. Because the main part of the scroll has been revealed, the last part is considered a little scroll.
七 右脚踏海，左脚踏地
G. His Right Foot Placed on the Sea and the Left on the Land
12二节又说到祂『右脚踏在海上，左脚踏在地上。』脚踏在海上与地上，就是据有海与地，（申十一24，书一3，诗八6～8，）指明基督降临是来据有地。只有祂配展开神经纶的书卷，也只有祂谷资格据有地。在约书亚记里，神告诉以色列人，凡他们脚掌所踏之地，就是他们的。他们要行过美地，凡他们脚掌所踏之地，都必归他们为业。根据同样的原则，基督是神所差的另一位天使，祂要来踏在海与地上，因为地与海都已经赐给祂为业。（诗二8。）虽然祂的仇敌纂夺了地与海，多少个世纪以来，祂也一直容忍著，但有一天祂不能再容忍了，祂要来取回祂合法的产业。
12Verse 2 also says that “He placed His right foot on the sea and the left on the land.” To place His feet on the sea and on the land is to tread on them, and this means to take possession of them (Deut. 11:24; Josh. 1:3; Psa. 8:6). This indicates that Christ is coming down to take possession of the earth. Only He is worthy to open the scroll of God’secon o my, and only He is qualified to possess the earth. In Joshua, God told the people that they would possess whatever part of the land the sole of their foot would tread upon. They were to walk through the good land, and wherever they set their feet, that would be their possession. Based upon the same principle, Christ, as another Angel sent by God, will come to tread upon the sea and the earth, for the earth and the sea have both been given to Him as His inheritance (Psa. 2:8). Although the earth and sea have been usurped by His enemy, and although He has been tolerating this for centuries, one day He will tolerate it no longer. He will come to claim His rightful inheritance.
八 大声呼喊，好像狮子吼叫
H. Crying with a Loud Voice as a Lion
13三节说，基督『大声呼喊，好像狮子吼叫。』狮子的吼叫，像王的忿怒；（箴十九12，二十2；）这指明全地的王基督被激怒了。在福音书里，基督说话像羔羊，但是在这里，祂吼叫像狮子。三章里题到主忍耐的话。忍耐的意思是容忍。但到了十章，主不再忍耐了；当祂来据有地的时候，祂要吼叫如狮子。
13Verse 3 says that Christ “cried with a loud voice as a lion roars.” A lion’sr o a ring is like the wrath of a king (Prov. 19:12; 20:2). This indicates that as the King of the earth Christ is provoked to wrath. In the Gospels, Christ spoke like a lamb, but here He roars like a lion. Chapter three mentions the word of the Lord’s endurance. Endurance means toleration. But by the time of chapter ten the Lord no longer exercises endurance. Rather, in His coming to take possession of the earth, He roars like a lion
九七 雷所说的要封上
I. Seven Thunders Sealed
14基督大声呼喊完了，『就有七雷发声说话。』七雷该是神一切忿怒的最终发表。四节说，『七雷说话的时候，我正要写出来，就听见从天上有声音说，七雷所说的你要封上，不可写出来。』我们今天不知道七雷说了些甚么，但是有一天我们会知道。
14When Christ cried with a loud voice, “The seven thunders uttered their own voices.” The seven thunders should be the ultimate utterances of God’s wrath in full. Verse 4 says, “And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice out of heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them.” Today, we do not know what the seven thunders said, but one day we shall know
十 不再耽延了
J. No More Delay in Time
15五、六节说，『我所看见那站在海上和地上的天使，向天举起右手来，指著那创造天和天上之物、地和地上之物、海和海中之物，直活到永永远远的，起誓说，不再耽延了。』天上之物主要的是天使，地上之物主要的是人，海中之物主要的是鬼。第六号以后，神就要审判地，不再有容忍的时间了。因此，第七号是神最严厉的审判，也是神完满的答应了六章十节殉道圣徒的祷告。
15Verses 5 and 6 say, “And the Angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up His right hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there shall be delay no longer.” The main item of the things in heaven is the angels, the main item of the things in the earth is men, and the main item of the things in the sea is the demons. After the sixth trumpet, there will be no more time of toleration in God’s judgment upon the earth. Hence, the seventh trumpet is the most serious of God’s judgments. It is God’s answer in full to the martyred saints’ prayer in 6:10
贰 神奥秘的完成
II. THE COMPLETION OF GOD’S MYSTERY
一 在第七号发声的时候
A. At the Trumpeting of the Seventh Trumpet
16七节说，『但在第七位天使发声的日子，要吹号的时候，神的奥秘就完成了，正如神所传给祂的奴仆众申言者的福音。』从这里我们看见，神的奥秘是在第七号发声的时候得到完成的。
16Verse 7 says, “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he is about to trumpet, the mystery of God also is finished, as He announced the good news to His own slaves the prophets.” Here we see that the completion of God’s mystery will be at the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet
二 第七号发声持续一段日子
B. The Trumpeting of the Seventh Trumpet Lasting a Period of Days
17七节题到『日子（原文为复数），』指明第七号的号声要持续一段日子。
17The mention of “days” in verse 7 indicates that the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet will last a period of days
三 神的奥秘结束了
C. The Ending of the Mysteries
18第七位天使吹号的时候，神的奥秘就结束了。从亚当到摩西；以及从摩西到基督两个时代，每件事都是启示出来的，都是显明的，并没有奥秘。将来在千年国和新天新地时代，也是这样，一切都是显明的，不再有奥秘。但是从基督到千年国的时代，一切都是奥秘。这奥秘的时代开始于基督的成为肉体，（提前三16，）然后是基督自已、（西二2、）召会、（弗三4～6、）诸天的国、（太十三11、）福音、（弗六19、）基督的内住，（西一26～27，）最后结束于圣徒的复活和改变形状，（林前十五51～52，）这些都是历世历代所隐藏的奥秘。（罗十六25，弗三5，西一26。）第七号吹响时，这一切奥秘都要完成、结束、并且过去。在吹第七号时，不仅神忿怒的审判要临到地上，神的奥秘也要完成。今天内住的基督和召会乃是奥秘。局外人无法了解我们，因为我们对他们是个奥秘。当我们说，『赞美主，基督在我们里面！』他们也许要说，『拿出来给我们看看！』这时候我们只能回答说，『我无法拿给你们看，但我知道基督在我里面。』基督住在我们里面乃是一个奥秘。在饭馆里，如果出纳员多找了钱，非基督徒会觉得很高兴，认为占了便宜。但是我们会把这些多找的钱归还，这对出纳员是个奥秘。不信主的人无法了解我们到底是甚么人。不要想把我查明白，因为我是个奥秘的人。虽然今天是奥秘的时代，但到第七号吹响的时候，奥秘就要过去。吹第七号的时候，基督要显明出来，全地都要认识祂。那时候，那些出纳员就要明白，为甚么我们这些奥秘的人会把多找的钱还给他们。他们也许会说，『我们从前以为他们是傻瓜，现在我们明白了！』他们虽然今天不懂这奥秘，但是有一天就会明白。
18When the seventh angel is about to trumpet, the mystery of God will be finished. In the dispensation from Adam to Moses, and from Moses to Christ, everything was unveiled, manifested, and there was no mystery. It will be the same in the dispensation of the millennial kingdom and in the new heaven and the new earth—everything will be unveiled and there will be no more mystery. But in the dispensation from Christ to the millennial kingdom, everything is a mystery. The incarnation of Christ, as the beginning of this dispensation of mystery, is a mystery (1 Tim. 3:16). Christ Himself (Col. 2:2), the church (Eph. 3:4-6), the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 13:11), the gospel (Eph. 6:19), the indwelling of Christ (Col. 1:26-27), and the coming resurrection and transfiguration of the saints as the ending of this dispensation of mystery (1 Cor. 15:51-52) are all mysteries which were hidden in times of the ages (Rom. 16:25; Eph. 3:5; Col. 1:26). All these mysteries will be over, completed, and finished at the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet. At the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, not only God’s judgment of wrath upon the earth, but also “the mystery of God also is finished.” Today, the indwelling Christ and the church are a mystery. The outsiders cannot understand us because we are mysterious to them. When we say, “Praise the Lord! We have Christ in us,” people may say, “Show us.” To this, we can only reply, “I cannot show you, but I know that Christ is in me.” Christ’s dwelling in us is a mystery. When non-Christians receive too much money in change from a cashier in a restaurant, they are pleased and consider it a bargain. But when we receive extra change, we return it. This is mysterious to the cashier. The unbelievers cannot understand what kind of people we are. Do not try to check me out, for I am a man of mystery. Although today is a time of mystery, when the seventh trumpet is sounded, the mystery will be over. At the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, Christ will be manifested and the whole earth will recognize Him. Then the cashiers will know why we, the mysterious ones, returned the extra change. Perhaps they will say, “We thought they were foolish, but now we understand.” Although they cannot understand this mystery today, one day they will understand it.
19七印是秘密的，是封严了的；七号却是公开的，是向公众宣告的。揭开七印的时候，基督是静默的；但在七号吹响之时，祂就不再静默了。四正如传给众申言者的福音
19While the seals are private and concealed, the trumpets are an open, public declaration. In the opening of the seals, Christ is silent, but in the sounding of the trumpets, He is no longer silent. D. As the Good News Announced to the Prophets
20在第七号时，神所传给祂的奴仆众申言者的福音，如在以赛亚二章二至四节，十一章一至十节，六十五章十七至二十节，六十六章二十二节者，就要应验：国度的实现要来到；（启十一15；）新天新地连同新耶路撒冷
20In the seventh trumpet, “the good news” which God “announced to His own slaves the prophets,” as in Isaiah 2:4; 11:1-10; 65:17-20; 66:22, will be fulfilled; that is, the kingdom in its manifestation will come (Rev. 11:15), and the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem will follow (21:1-3
21也要随后而来。（启二一1～3。）
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参 约翰再说豫言
III. JOHN PROPHESYING AGAIN
22一接过小书卷，把牠吃尽了八、九节说，『我从天上所听见的那声音，又同我说话，说，你去把那站在海上和地上的天使手中展开的书卷取过来。我就走到那天使那里，请他把小书卷给我。祂对我说，你拿著吃尽了，这要叫你肚子发苦，然而在你口中要甜如蜜。』启示录的作者不仅接过小书卷，并且把牠吃尽了。吃乃是把东西接受到人里面。我们必须这样接受神圣的启示，对启示录这卷书更该如此。耶利米和以西结都曾吃过书卷。（耶十五16，结二8，三1～3。）二口中觉甘甜，肚子里却发苦十节说，我从那天使手中接过小书卷，把牠吃尽了；在我口中果然甜如蜜；吃了以后，肚子觉得发苦。』我们藉著吃接受神的启示，在吃的当时觉得甘甜；但在消化时，就是在我们的经历中，却变成苦的。我们读这些生命读经信息的时候，可能觉得很甘甜，然而去经历的时候，这些信息都要变成苦的。但是到最后，我们眼中不再有眼泪了，因为我们将要单单享受从『生命水的泉』（启七17）流出来的水。今天我们知道的是泪水，但是到末了，就不再有眼泪了。我们都要饮那奇妙之泉的水。赞美主！最终不再有苦，只有永远的甘甜。
22A. Taking and Devouring the Little Open Scroll Verses 8 and 9 say, “And the voice which I heard out of heaven was again speaking with me and saying, Go, take the little scroll which is opened in the hand of the Angel who is standing on the sea and on the land. And I went to the Angel, saying to Him to give me the little scroll. And He said to me, Take it and devour it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” The writer of this book not only received the scroll but also devoured it. To devour anything is to receive it into one’s entire being. We must receive the divine revelation, especially the book of Revelation, in this way. Both Jeremiah and Ezekiel did this (Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 2:8; 3:1-3). B. Sweet in His Mouth but Bitter in His Stomach Verse 10 says, “And I took the little scroll out of the hand of the Angel and devoured it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.” When we receive the divine revelation by devouring it, it is “sweet” in our eating, but it becomes “bitter” in our digestion, in our experience. As we read these life-study messages, they may be sweet to our taste, but in our experience they will all become bitter. Eventually, however, there will be no tears in our eyes, for we shall only enjoy the waters from the “springs of waters of life” (7:17). Today, we know the water of tears. But ultimately there will be no more tears. Instead, we shall drink of the waters from the wonderful springs. Praise the Lord that eventually there will be no bitterness, only eternal sweetness.
三 豫言基督据有这地
C. The Prophecy concerning Christ’s Possession of the Earth
23十一节说，『他们对我说，你必指著多民族、多邦国、多方言、多君王，再说豫言。』约翰看见这小书卷，就是神经纶的最后一部分，便将牠吃了，就觉得在口中是甜的，在肚子里却发苦；此后他受嘱再说豫言。这卷书的豫言由两部分组成，第一部分是从第一印到第六号，（启六～十，）是隐密的。第二部分是从第七号到新天新地，（启十一～二二，）是公开显明的。约翰在第一部分已经说了豫言。现在他必须再说豫言，说这卷书第二部分的豫言。约翰的第二次豫言，是关乎基督来据有这地作祂的国。（启十一15，十二5。）这一部分的豫言就是第七号，这第七号包括七碗，所有圣徒的被提，基督的审判台，羔羊的婚娶，基督同祂所拣选的军队回来，击败敌基督和假申言者，撒但被捆绑，千年国，人类在撒但煽动下的末次背叛，白色大宝座前对死人的审判以决定他们永远的定命，以及新天新地同新耶路撒冷。这就是第七号和约翰的第二次豫言，也是小书卷的内容，神经纶的末一部分。
23Verse 11 says, “And they said to me, You must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.” After John saw the little scroll, the last part of God’secon o my, and ate it, finding it sweet in his mouth but bitter in his stomach, he was charged to prophesy again. The prophecy of this book is composed of two sections. The first section is from the first seal to the sixth trumpet; it is in secret. The second section is from the seventh trumpet to the new heaven and the new earth; it is openly manifested. John has prophesied in the first section. Now he “must prophesy again,” that is, to prophesy in the second section of the prophecy of this book. John’s second prophecy concerns Christ’s possession of the earth (11:15; 12:5). This prophecy is simply the seventh trumpet which includes the bowls; the rapture of all the saints; the judgment seat of Christ; the wedding of the Lamb; Christ’s coming back with His selected army to defeat Antichrist and the false prophet; the binding of Satan; the millennial kingdom; the last rebellion of mankind under the instigation of Satan; the judgment of the dead at the great white throne for their eternal destiny; and the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem. This is the seventh trumpet and John’s second prophecy. It is also the content of the little scroll, the last part of God’secon o my