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启示录生命读经 · 第28篇

第七号

The Seventh Trumpet
1启示录十一章十四至十八节说到第七号。若没有第七号，神的经纶和祂的行动就无法完成。我们读了八至十一章，就看见七号实在是重大的事。当第七号吹响时，许多事情要发生。第七号要吹响一段时间，并要持续到永远，一直公布并宣告神永远的计画。在头六枝号，每吹一枝号时只有一件事发生；但在第七号时，就有许多事情要发生。第七号就是末次号筒，（林前十五52，）有消极和积极两面。消极一面包括：（一）神的忿怒，泄尽于七碗的末后灾害，（启十五1，十六1～21，）就是临到住在地上之人末后的灾祸；（启八13，九12，十一14；）（二）在主一回到地上时，败坏那些败坏地者。（启十七14，十八1～2，十九19～二十3。）积极一面包括：
1In Revelation 11:14-18 there is the seventh trumpet. Without the seventh trumpet, God’secon o my and His move cannot be finished. By reading chapters eight through eleven, we see that the seven trumpets are truly a great thing. When the seventh trumpet sounds, many things will happen. This trumpet will sound for a period of time, and it will last for eternity, declaring, announcing, and proclaiming God’s eternal plan. In each of the first six trumpets, only one item will transpire, but in the seventh trumpet many things will take place. The seventh trumpet, as the last one (1 Cor. 15:52), comprises both negative and positive things. The negative things are the wrath of God, which consists of the last plagues of the seven bowls (15:1; 16:1-21) as the last woe to the dwellers on the earth (8:13; 9:12; 11:14), and the destruction of the destroyers of the earth, which transpires at the Lord’s coming back to earth (17:14; 18:1-2; 19:19—20:3). The positive things are
（一） 基督永远的国，就是在其实现中的国度来到；（启十一15，17；）（二）在
the eternal kingdom of Christ, which is the kingdom in its manifestation (11:15, 17); the judgment of the dead
2圣徒复活之前审判死人；（启十一18；）
2which occurs before the resurrection of the saints (v
（三） 在圣徒复活、被提（林前十五23，，帖前四16～17）之后，在基督的审
18); and the giving of rewards to the prophets and to the saints, which transpires at the judgment seat of 52
3判台前，（林后五10，）赏赐众申言者和众圣徒；并在基督的荣耀宝座前（太五31～34）赏赐那些敬畏神之名的人。（启十四6～7。）因此，第七号包括从大灾难末了，到将来永世的一切事，就如：七碗的末后灾害；（启十六；）圣徒（包括两个见证人）的复活与被提；圣徒的赏罚；羔羊的婚娶；（启十九7～9；）基督的回到地上；敌基督、假申言者、他们的跟从者、物质的大巴比伦、并撒但的毁灭；（启十八l～十九4，十九11～二十3；）千年国的掌权；（启二十4～6；）对地和撒但的最终审判；（启二十7～；）对死人的最终审判；（启二十11～15；）以及新天新地和新耶路撒冷的终极完成，直到永远。（启二一1～二二5。）
3Christ (2 Cor. 5:10) after the resurrection and rapture of the saints (1 Cor. 15:23, 52; 1 Thes. 4:16-17), and at the throne of Christ’s glory (Matt. 25:31-34), to those who feared God’s name (14:6-7). Hence, the seventh trumpet comprises all things from the end of the great tribulation to eternity future: the last plagues of the seven bowls (ch. 16); the resurrection and rapture of the saints; the rewarding of the saints; the coming back of Christ to the earth; the destruction of the great Babylon (17:1—19:6); the marriage of the Lamb (19:7-10); the destruction of Antichrist, the false prophet, Satan, and their followers (19:11—20:3); the millennial kingdom (20:4-6); the final judgment upon the earth and Satan (20:7-10); the final judgment of the dead 10 (20:11-15); and the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem for eternity (21:1—22:5).
壹 结束大灾难
I. ENDING THE GREAT TRIBULATION
4启示录十一章十四节说，『第二样灾祸过去，看哪，第三样灾祸快来了。』第三样灾祸，是第七号消极内容的一部分。这第七号包含了盛神忿怒的七碗。（启十六。）第七号吹响既是记在末三年半耶路撒冷遭毁坏这异象之后，（启十一2，）而七碗又是神忿怒终结时的末后灾害，（启十五1，十六1，）第七号的灾祸就必是大灾难（太二四21）的结束。
4Revelation 11:14 says, “The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is coming swiftly.” The third woe, consisting of the seven bowls of God’s wrath (ch. 16), is a part of the negative contents of the seventh trumpet. Since the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet is recorded after the vision concerning the destruction of Jerusalem for the last three and one- half years (11:2), and since the seven bowls will be the last plagues of the consummation of God’s wrath (15:1; 16:1), the woe of the seventh trumpet must be the end of the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21).
贰 结束这世代
II. CLOSING THE AGE
5在吹第七号的时候，不只大灾难要结束，这世代也要结束，神的奥秘要完成，（启十7，）世上的国要成为我主和祂基督的国。（启十一15。）另一世代，就是国度世代（千年国）要开始。
5At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, not only will the great tribulation be ended, but also this age will be closed. The mystery of God will be finished (10:7) and the kingdom of the world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (11:15). Then another age, the age of the kingdom, the millennium, will begin
6参带进国度直到永远第七号要带进国度，直到永远。十五节说，『第七位天使吹号，天上就有大声音说，世上的国，成了我主和祂基督的国，祂要作王，直到永永远远。』主要作王，直到永永远远，是指主要在千年国和新天新地里作王，直到永远。（启二二5。）这指明第七号包括新天新地同新耶路撒冷。
6III. BRINGING IN THE KINGDOM FOR ETERNITY The seventh trumpet will bring in the kingdom for eternity. Verse 15 says, “And the seventh angel trumpeted; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.” The phrase “He shall reign forever and ever” refers to the Lord’s reign for eternity in the new heaven and the new earth (22:5). This indicates that the seventh trumpet covers the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem
肆 包括：
IV. CONSISTING OF
一 神忿怒的七碗，就是第三样灾祸
A. The Seven Bowls of the Wrath of God as the Third Woe
7第七号将包括神忿怒的七碗，就是第16:1-三样灾祸。（启十一14，18，十五1，～8，十六1～21。）十八节说，『外邦发怒，你的忿怒也临到了。』这里的『忿怒』是指十六章七碗所盛装的忿怒，乃是第七号消极内容的一部分。最后的灾祸包括第七号的七碗。七碗乃是神加强的忿怒。神要藉著倒下这七碗，泄尽祂的忿怒。七碗不是倒在地上或天上，而是倒在人身上，特别是倒在敌基督身上和他的国里。到了最后的灾祸时，敌基督要与神争战，基督就带同祂得胜的军队，降临到地上，与他争战。那时，第三样灾祸中的七碗，要如七个炸弹从天落下，被神用来消灭敌基督和他的国。七碗很可能要在短时间内全部倒下来。等到七碗倾倒下来了，大灾难就告终结，这个世代也就结束了。
7The seventh trumpet will include the seven bowls of the wrath of God as the third woe (11:14,18; 15:1, 7-8; 21). Verse 18 says, “And the nations were wroth, and Your 7 wrath came.” “Wrath” here refers to the wrath of the seven bowls in chapter sixteen, which are a part of the negative contents of the seventh trumpet. The last woe consists of the seven bowls of the seventh trumpet. The seven bowls will be the intensification of God’s wrath. With the pouring out of these bowls, His wrath will be exhausted. The bowls will be poured out, not upon the earth or heaven, but upon man, especially upon Antichrist and his kingdom. At the time of the last woe, Antichrist will be fighting against God, and Christ will descend to earth to fight against him with His overcoming army. The seven bowls of the third woe will be like seven bombs dropped from heaven and used by God to demolish Antichrist and his kingdom. Probably all seven bowls will be poured out within a short time. With the pouring out of these seven bowls, the great tribulation will be finished and the age will be closed.
二 基督永远的国
B. The Eternal Kingdom of Christ
8第七号也包括基督永远的国。（启十一15，17。）十五节告诉我们，世上的国成了我主和祂基督的国，祂要作王，直到永永远远。当基督回来，审判列国之后，世上的国就成了基督的国。（但七13～14，二44～45）这时，二十四位长老要面伏于地敬拜神，说，『今是昔是的主神，全能者阿，我们感谢你，因你仗著你的大能作王了。』（启十一17。）
8The seventh trumpet also consists of the eternal kingdom of Christ (11:15, 17). Verse 15 says that the kingdom of the world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ and that He will reign forever and ever. The kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of Christ at His coming back after His judgment upon the nations (Dan. 7:13-14; 2:44-45). At this time, the twenty-four elders will fall on their faces and worship God, saying, “We thank You, Lord God the Almighty, He who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have reigned” (v. 17).
三 对死人的审判
C. The Judgment of the Dead
9第七号吹响的时候，基督要审判死人。十八节说，『审判死人…的时候也到了。』这一节所说对死人的审判，不是指白色大宝座前的审判。『审判死人』既在『赏赐你的奴仆』之前，就不可能是指在千年国以后，白色大宝座前对死人的审判；（启二十11～15；）乃是指今世结束，千年国以前，照约翰五章二十七至二十九节所说，死了的人要受审判，以断定谁可有分于千年国以前生命的复活，（林前十五23，启二十4～，）谁要留到千年国以后归到审判的复活。（启二十11～12。）基督叫圣徒复活之前，先要审判死人，断定他们有分于第一次生命的复活，还是有分于第二次定罪的复活。基督作了这个断定之后，圣徒的复活就要发生了。圣徒复活之后，就要被提。帖前四章指明，死了的圣徒要起来，不是下来。好多基督徒存著一个错误的观念，以为死了的圣徒是在天上，当主耶稣回来时，他们要与主一同下来。请再读你的圣经，死了的圣徒不是下来，而是起来，与活著的圣徒一同被提到空中，与主相遇。说死了的圣徒现今是在天上的，并没有圣经根据。
9During the course of the seventh trumpet, Christ will judge the dead. Verse 18 says, “The time came for the dead to be judged.” The judgment of the dead mentioned in this verse does not refer to the judgment at the great white throne. Since “for the dead to be judged” is mentioned before “to give the reward to Your slaves,” it cannot refer to the judgment of the dead at the great white throne after the millennium (20:11-15). It means that at the close of this age, before the millennium, according to John 5:27-29, the dead will be judged as to who should share in the resurrection of life before the millennium (1 Cor. 15:23; Rev. 20:4-6) and who should be left to the6 resurrection of condemnation after the millennium (20:11-12). Before Christ resurrects the saints, He will firstly make a judgment among the dead regarding the first resurrection of life and the second resurrection of condemnation. After He makes this decision, the resurrection of the saints will take place. Once the saints have been resurrected, they will be raptured. First Thessalonians 4 indicates that the dead saints will rise up, not come down. Many Christians hold the mistaken concept that the dead saints are in heaven and that when the Lord Jesus comes, they will descend with Him. Read your Bible again. The saints will not come down; they will rise up and, with the living ones, will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. It is not scriptural to say that the dead saints are now in heaven.
四 施赏赐
D. Giving Reward
1 给众申言者和众圣徒
1. To the Prophets and to the Saints
10十八节又说，『赏赐你的奴仆众申言者、和众圣徒、并敬畏你名的人，大的小的…的时候也到了。』当主回来时，他要赏赐祂的忠信者。（启二二12，太十六27。）众申言者和众圣徒要在基督的审判台（林后五10）受审判，目的是要决定在得救的人中，谁配得赏赐，谁要进一步受管教。赏赐众申言者和众圣徒这件事，要发生在圣徒复活并被提之后。（林前十五23，52，帖前四16～17。）
10Verse 18 also says that the time has come “to give the reward to Your slaves the prophets, and to the saints and to those who fear Your name, to the small and to the great.” The reward will be given by the Lord to His faithful ones at His coming back (22:12; Matt. 16:27). The judgment of the prophets and the saints will take place at the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10). Its purpose will be to determine who among the saved persons will be worthy of a reward and who will need further discipline. The giving of the reward to the prophets and to the saints will occur after the resurrection and rapture of the saints (1 Cor. 15:23, 52; 1 Thes. 4:16-17).
11启示录十一章的第七号，就是林前十五章的末次号筒。末次号筒吹响时，死了的圣徒要复活，并且与活著的人一同被提到空中。有人说大体圣徒要在大灾难之前被提，这是不合乎圣经的。怎能说基督会在大灾难之前公开回来呢？圣经对这一点说得非常清楚。保罗说，活著还存留的圣徒，绝不能在死了的人之先，又说，到了末次号筒吹响时，死了的圣徒才能复活。每一个人都得承认，末次号筒就是第七号，因为第七号之后，再没有别的号了。第七号之前有第五号和第六号，乃是大灾难的主要部分。既然许多圣徒要在第七号时，就是大灾难的末了被提，怎么可以说大体圣徒要在大灾难之前被提？不要跟从今天传统的教训，那不但肤浅，而且不准确。我们应当接受圣经准确的话语。当第七号吹响时，死了的圣徒要复活，活著的圣徒要和他们一同被提到空中。因此，即使到了那个时候，基督还没有回来；第七号开始吹响时，祂仍旧在空中。圣徒被提以后，基督要设立祂的审判台，判定谁要得赏赐，作祂得胜军队的一部分，谁要进一步受管教和惩治。
11The seventh trumpet of Revelation 11 is the last trumpet of 1 Corinthians 15. At the last trumpet, the dead saints will be resurrected and, with the living ones, will be caught up into the air. It is not scriptural to say that the rapture of the majority of the saints will take place before the tribulation. How can anyone say that Christ will come back openly before the tribulation? The Bible is very clear about this. Paul says that the living saints will not precede the dead ones, and that at the last trumpet the dead saints will be resurrected. Everyone must admit that the last trumpet is the seventh trumpet. After the seventh trumpet, there will be no other trumpets. Before the seventh trumpet, there are the fifth and sixth trumpets as the main parts of the great tribulation. Since so many saints will be raptured at the seventh trumpet, which is at the end of the great tribulation, how can anyone say that the rapture of the majority of the saints will be before the tribulation? Do not follow today’s traditional teachings, which are shallow and inaccurate. We need to take the accurate word of the Bible. At the time of the seventh trumpet, the dead saints will be resurrected and the living saints will be raptured with them to the air. Thus, even at that time, Christ will not have come. At the beginning of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, He will still be in the air. After this rapture, Christ will set up His judgment seat to decide who will receive the reward and be a part of His overcoming army and who will need further discipline and punishment
2 给敬畏神的人
2. To the God-fearing People
12基督也要赏赐那些敬畏神的人。启示录十一章十八节特别题到，『敬畏你名的人』要得赏赐。这些敬畏神的人，就是那些接受了那永远的福音，敬畏神，敬拜神而不敬拜敌基督和他的像，（启十四6～7，）并且照顾主那些有需要的百姓的人。（太二五～40。）然后，当基督回到地上，在耶路撒冷，就是祂国度的中心，设立祂荣耀的宝座以后，祂要审判列国，就是所有活著的不信者。新约告诉我们，基督被神所立，要审判活人和死人。（徒十42，提后四1。）祂要在甚么时候审判活人？乃是当祂在哈米吉顿之战，消灭了敌基督、假申言者、和他们的跟从者之后。（启十九～21。）在那个时候，地上还有许多不信的人活著。照著马太二十五章三十一至四十六节，基督要把万民聚集在耶路撒冷祂的宝座前，审判他们。
12Christ will also reward the God - fearing people. Revelation 11:18 also specifically mentions that a reward will be given “to those who fear Your name.” These God - fearing people are those who heed the eternal gospel to fear God and worship Him, and not to worship the beast or his image (14:6-7), and to care for the Lord’s needy people (Matt. 25:33-4 0). Then, after Christ comes back to earth and 33 establishes the throne of His glory in Jerusalem, the center of His kingdom, He will judge the nations, all the living unbelievers. The New Testament says that Christ has been appointed to judge the living and the dead (Acts 10:42; 2 Tim. 4:1). When will He judge the living? It will be after He fights the war at Armageddon and destroys Antichrist, the false prophet, and their followers (Rev. 19:11-21). At that time, there will be a large number of unbelievers 11 still living on earth. According to Matthew 25:31-46, Christ will gather all the nations to His throne in Jerusalem and judge them.
13很多人以为这个审判是施行在基督徒身上的，以断定谁是真的，谁是假的。但请你看看马太二十五章三十一和三十二节所说的：『当人子在祂的荣耀里，所有的天使同著祂来的时候，祂要坐在祂荣耀的宝座上；万民都要聚集在祂面前。』在新约中，万民是指外邦人。三十二节又说，『祂要把他们彼此分开，好像牧人把绵羊从山羊分开一样。』这次审判不是按照律法，也不是按照恩典的福音，乃是按照启示录十四章六至七节中，天使所传永远的福音。在末了三年半期间，敌基督要强迫人拜他的像，就有一位天使在天空顶点传永远的福音，告诉地上的人不可拜那像，乃要敬畏神并敬拜祂。地上有些居民将留心这永远的福音，就敬畏神并敬拜祂，不敬拜兽的像，又照顾那些在敌基督的迫害下受苦，有需要的犹太人和基督徒。所以在马太二十五章三十四至三十六节，『王要对那在祂右边的说，你们这蒙我父赐福的，来承受那创世以来为你们所豫备的国。因为我饿了，你们给我吃；我渴了，你们给我喝；我作客旅，你们留我住；我赤身露体，你们给我穿；我病了，你们看顾我；我在监里，你们来看我。』这些义人问主，他们甚么时候向主作过这些事，主回答说，『我实在告诉你们，这些事你们既作在我这些弟兄中最小的一个身上，就是作在我身上。』（太二五40。）然后，这些『绵羊』要被迁进国度里，在千年国里作列国。（启二26，十二5。）这一千年间，得胜的基督徒要与基督一同作王，得救的犹太人要作祭司，这班义人就作受得胜者管辖的百姓。『山羊』就是那些跟从敌基督又拒绝永远福音的恶人，要被扔到『那为魔鬼和他的使者所豫备』的火湖里去。（太二五41。）这些事要发生在第七号的时候，就是在全地成为基督的国之后。
13Many think that this judgment refers to the judgment exercised upon Christians to determine who is real and who is false. But consider what Matthew 25:31 and 32 say, “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He shall sit on His throne of glory; and all the nations shall be gathered before Him.” In the New Testament the word nations refers to the Gentiles. Matthew 25:32 also says, “He shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.” This judgment will be neither according to the law nor according to the gospel of grace; it will be according to the eternal gospel preached by the angel in Revelation 14:6-7. During the three and one-half years Antichrist will force people to worship his image, an angel in mid- air will proclaim the eternal gospel, telling the people on earth not to worship the image but to fear God and worship Him. Some of the inhabitants of the earth will heed this eternal gospel and they will fear God and worship Him, will not worship the image of the beast, and will also care for the needy Jews and Christians who will be suffering under the persecution of Antichrist. Therefore, in Matthew 25:34-36, the King shall “say to those on His right hand, Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and you gave Me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.” When these righteous ones shall ask the Lord how they could have done this to Him, He shall answer, “Truly I say to you, in so far as you did it to one of these, the least of My brothers, you did it to Me” (Matt. 25:40). These “sheep” will then be transferred into the kingdom to become the nations during the millennium (2:26; 12:5). During these thousand years, the overcoming Christians will be Christ’s co-kings, the saved Jews will be the priests, and these righteous ones will be the people over whom the overcomers shall rule. The “goats,” the evil ones who followed Antichrist and refused to heed the eternal gospel, will be cast into the lake of fire “prepared for the Devil and his angels” (Matt. 25:41). This will occur during the seventh trumpet, taking place after the whole earth has become Christ’skin gdom
五 败坏那些败坏地者
E. Destroying the Destroyers of the Earth
14第七号地包括败坏那些败坏地者。十八节告诉我们，基督要『败坏那些败坏地者。』那些败坏地者是指大巴比伦、（启十八3、）敌基督、（启十三3、）假申言者、（启十三14、）撒但、（启二十7～10、）以及跟从他们的人，（启十七12～14，十九19，二十8～9，）他们都要在第七号时遭败坏。
14The seventh trumpet also includes the destroying of the destroyers of the earth. Verse 18 says that Christ will “destroy those who destroy the earth.” The destroyers of the earth include the great Babylon (17:2; 18:3), Antichrist (13:3), the false prophet (13:14), Satan (20:7-9), and the people who follow them (17:12-24; 19:19; 20:8-9). All of them will be destroyed during the seventh trumpet.
15主要在哈米吉顿的战争中毁灭敌基督、假申言者，以及他们的跟从者。敌基督和他的军兵要在一小时内被基督毁灭，（启十七12～14，十九19～21，）物质的大巴比伦也要在一小时内被主毁灭。（启十八10，17，19。）二者也许是主在祂荣光显照中（启十八I，帖后二7）来地上时同一小时内毁灭的。敌基督和假申言者要被扔到火湖里，撒但也要被败坏。事实上，主要两次对付撒但，第一次是在千年国以前，把他捆绑扔到无底坑里；第二次是在千年国以后，把他扔到火湖里。敌基督要首先被扔进火湖里。敌基督、假申言者、以及他们的跟从者（其中一部分是马太二十五章所说的山羊），要比撒但先被扔到火湖里；（启十九，太二五41；）撒但要被关在无底坑里一千年，最后才被扔到火湖里。到千年国末了，一切死了而未得救的人，也都要被扔到火湖里。（启二十。）到那时，宇宙中一切消极的东西就都被清除得一干二净了。
15The great Babylon, the false religion, the Roman Catholic Church, must also be considered as a destroyer of the earth. Revelation 17:2 says that “the kings of the earth have committed fornication” with her, and “they who dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” Since she is a destroyer of the earth and the whole earth has been corrupted by her, the Lord will destroy her. After destroying the great Babylon, the Lord will destroy Antichrist, the false prophet, and their followers at the war of Armageddon. Antichrist and the false prophet will be cast into the lake of fire, and Satan will be destroyed. Actually, the Lord will deal with Satan twice — firstly by binding him and casting him into the abyss before the millennium and secondly by casting him into the lake of fire after the millennium. Antichrist will be the first to be put into the lake of fire. Antichrist, the false prophet, and their followers, a part of whom will be the “goats” in Matthew 25, will be thrown into the lake of fire prior to Satan (Rev. 20 19:20; Matt. 25:41), who will be kept in the abyss for a thousand years and who will ultimately be cast into the lake of fire. At the end of the millennium, all the dead unsaved people will also be thrown into the lake of fire (20:15). At that time, every negative 15 thing in the universe will have been cleared away.
伍 吹第七号之后
V. THE SCENE IN HEAVEN
天上的景象
AFTER THE TRUMPETING OF THE SEVENTH TRUMPET
16我们若要明白豫言，就必须熟悉第七印全部的内容，这是读本书豫言的秘诀。我年轻的时候，以为第七号仅仅包括七碗，而七号就是第七印惟一的内容。因著持有这种观念，叫我难以了解整本启示录。然而，多年以后，我看见七号不错是第七印惟一的内容，但是七碗不过是第七号一部分的内容。第七号不只包括了七碗，还包括了许多别的事情。我们曾指出，第七号包括了消极和积极的事。
16If we would understand prophecy, we must be familiar with the entire content of the seventh seal. This is the secret to knowing the prophecy of this book. When I was young, I thought that the seventh trumpet merely consisted of the seven bowls and that the seven trumpets were the unique content of the seventh seal. Holding that concept, I found it difficult to grasp the whole book of Revelation. However, after a number of years, I saw that the seven trumpets are the unique content of the seventh seal, but that the seven bowls are simply a part of the content of the seventh trumpet. The seventh trumpet includes a great deal more than just the seven bowls. As we have pointed out, the seventh trumpet includes both negative and positive things.
17十九节揭开了第七号吹响后天上的景象：『于是，神天上的殿开了，在祂殿中现出祂的约柜，随后有闪电、声音、雷轰、地震、和大雹。』本书豫言过四次地震。第一次是在六章十二节，第六印的时候；第二次是在八章五节，七号之前；第三次是在十一章十三节，在二见证人被提之时，该在第七号开始之日，七碗之前；第四次是在十一章十九节这里，仍是在第七号时，就是在十六章十七至二十节，第七碗（就是构成第七号消极内容之结束者）的时候。在十九节这里，并接续十九节的十五章五节，我们看见神的殿开了。在消极一面，四章二至三节有虹围著的宝座，乃是六至十一章神对地所执行之一切审判的中心；在积极一面，带著约柜的殿，乃是十二至二十二章神在宇宙中所完成之一切成就的中心。有虹围著的宝座，就是第一部分的中心，是为著神的审判；带著约柜的殿，就是第二部分的中心，乃是为著神的建造。首先，在消极一面有神的审判；其次，在积极一面有神的建造。为著神的审判，有虹围著的宝座是中心；为著神的建造，神那带著约柜的殿乃是中心。
17Verse 19 unfolds the scene in heaven after the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet. This verse says, “And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen and His temple; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.”Four earthquakes are predicted in this book. The first (6:12) is in the sixth seal, the second (8:5) is before the seven trumpets, the third (11:13) is between the sixth and seventh trumpets, and the fourth (v. 19) is both here in the seventh trumpet and in the seventh bowl (16:18- 20), which constitutes the close of the negative content of the seventh trumpet. Here in this verse, which is continued by 15:5, we see that the temple of God was opened. The throne with the rainbow in 4:2-3 is the center of all the judgments executed over the earth in chapters six through eleven on the negative side; whereas the temple with the ark is the center of all God’s accomplishments in the universe carried out in chapters twelve through twenty-two on the positive side. The throne with the rainbow, the center of the first section, is for God’s judgment. The temple with the ark, the center of the second section, is for God’s building. Firstly, on the negative side, we have God’s judgment, and secondly, on the positive side, we have God’s building. For God’s judgment, the throne with the rainbow is the center, and for God’s building, His temple with His ark is the center
18神的审判，在本书的第一部分里已全部完成。第二部分的主要思想乃是神的建造。谁要成为殿？神的子民，主要的是召会，要成为殿。谁是约柜？基督就是约柜。因此，在永世里神建造的中心就是基督和召会。我们不是在有虹围绕的宝座之下，乃是在有神同在的殿中。我们不是在神的审判之下，乃是在神的建造里。敌基督及不信的人都在有虹围著之神的宝座下，我们在这里却是在带著约柜的殿中，就是在带著基督之神的建造里。
18God’s judgment is fully accomplished in the first section of the book. The main thought of the second section is God’s building. Who will be the temple? God’sp eople, mainly the church. Who is the ark? Christ. Therefore, the center of God’s building in eternity will be Christ and the church. We are not under the throne with the rainbow—we are in the temple with God. We are not under God’s judgment—we are in God’s building. Antichrist and the unbelievers will all be under God’s throne with the rainbow, but we are here in the temple with the ark, in God’s building with Christ
19主给我们看见的是何等的亮光！在第一部分里的七号吹过以后，所有的奥秘都已过去，一切的审判都已执行，神行政上所有的措施也都完成了。只有一样要继续存留，就是神的建造。为这缘故，天上的景象和景观，就从有虹围著的宝座转到带著约柜的殿。你今天看见的是甚么？是有虹围著的宝座，还是带著约柜的殿？我们看见的是带著约柜的殿；我们看见基督和召会。这个异象不是为使我们圣别或属灵，乃是为使我们被建造。我们都必须看见，带著约柜的殿乃是为著神的建造。
19What light the Lord has shown us! After the sounding of the seven trumpets in the first section, all the mysteries will be over, all the judgments will be carried out, and all the exercise of God’s ad ministration will be completed. Only one thing will remain to be continued—God’s building. Because of this, the view, the scene, the sight, in heaven is changed from the throne with the rainbow to the temple with the ark. What do you see today—the throne with the rainbow or the temple with the ark? We see the temple with the ark. We see Christ and the church. This vision is not for us to be holy or spiritual; rather, it is for us to be built up. We all must see the temple with the ark for God’s building.
20当神在天上的殿打开，祂的约柜在殿中出现后，随即有闪电、声音、雷轰、地震、和大雹，（启十一19，）这与第七碗倒下来以后（启十六17～21）所发生的事一样。闪电、声音、雷轰，是神在审判中之忿怒的严肃宣布。地震和大雹乃是真正的审判。因著这地震，就是历史上最大的一次地震，大小城市，包括属地的耶路撒冷和罗马（大巴比伦），都要被震动并且倾倒。（启十六19。）因著大雹，人要受到极大的灾害。（启十六21。）大灾难到此就结束了。启示录分为两部分，第一部分也括一至十一章，叫我们对事情有一个概括的认识和整体的看见。因为只是个概略，所以不包含细节。因此，接下来的一部分，包括十二至二十二章，就把第一部分的主要项目，作详细的说明。每一章都包含一些细节。例如，若没有二十一章和二十二章，我们就绝不晓得三章十二节所题到新耶路撒冷的详细情形。启示录的这两部分，就像创世记一、二章一样。创世记一章先对神的创造，持别是关于人的创造，作一个概括的记录；二章就给我们看见神造人的细节。我们需要启示录的第二部分，对第一部分所概括题到的重要项目加上详细的说明，正如我们需要创世记二章，以补充创世记一章的概括图画一样。
20When the temple of God in heaven is opened and the ark of His covenant is seen in His temple, there are lightnings, voices, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail (v. 19). This is the same as what will transpire after the pouring out of the seventh bowl (16:17-21). Lightnings, voices, and thunders are solemn declarations of God’s wrath in His judgment. The earthquake and the great hail are the actual judgment. By the earthquake, which will be the greatest in history, the cities, including the earthly Jerusalem and Rome, Babylon the Great, will be shaken and will fall (16:19). By the great hail, men will suffer the exceeding great plague (16:21). This will be the end of the great tribulation. The book of Revelation is divided into two sections. The first section, consisting of chapters one through eleven, affords us a brief sketch, a general view of things. Since it is merely a sketch, it does not contain the details. Therefore, the following section, consisting of chapters twelve through twenty-two, gives us the details of the main items contained in the first section. Every chapter contains some details. For example, without chapters twenty-one and twenty-two, we would never know the details of the New Jerusalem mentioned in 3:12. The two sections of Revelation resemble the first and second chapters of Genesis. Genesis 1 gives a general record of God’s creation, especially of the creation of man. Genesis 2 supplies the details concerning God’s creation of man. Just as we need Genesis 2 to supplement the general picture of Genesis 1, so we need the second section of Revelation to supply the details of the crucial items mentioned in a general way in the first section