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启示录生命读经 · 第33篇

有七眼的石头为著神的建造雕刻的石头

The Stone with the Seven Eyes for God’s Building THE ENGRAVED STONE
1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。』这里说到雕刻石头，指明这石头就是基督。雕刻石头这件事，不容易了解。简单的说，这意思就是主耶稣作为建造的石头，为著神百姓的罪孽，曾在十字架上被神雕刻、对付。因著在十字架上所受的雕刻，就在一日之间，主耶稣除去了神百姓所有的罪。这就等于约翰一章二十九节所说的：『看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人之罪的！』从撒迦利亚三章九节的后半，我们知道那一块有七眼的石头就是基督。
1Zechariah 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.” The reference to engraving the stone indicates that this stone is Christ. It is difficult to understand this matter of engraving the stone. In brief, it means that the Lord Jesus, as the building stone, was engraved, dealt with, by God on the cross for the iniquity of God’sp eople. In one day, by that engraving on the cross, the Lord Jesus took away all the sins of God’sp eople. This is the equivalent of John 1:29, which says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” By the latter half of Zechariah 3:9 we know that the stone with the seven eyes is Christ
七眼和七灯
THE SEVEN EYES AND THE SEVEN LAMPS
2撒迦利亚四章二节：『他问我说，你看见了甚么；我说，我看见了一个纯金的灯台，顶上有灯盏；灯台上有七盏灯，每盏有七个管子。』撒迦利亚三章九节说，那建造的石头有七眼；而这一节说，灯台上有七盏灯。我们若运用灵来看这事，必然晓得灯台等于石头。石头和灯台都是基督。显然的，石头是为著建造，灯台是为著发光照明。在石头上有七眼，而在灯台上有七盏灯，所以灯台上的七灯，必定就是石头上的七眼。我们往前读撒迦利亚四章十节：『谁藐视这日的事为小呢；这七（原文）乃是耶和华的眼睛，遍察全地；见所罗巴伯手拿线铊，就欢喜。』这一节的开头说到『这日的事为小。』在人看来，建造的恢复不是甚么大事，然而谁也不可藐视这事。同样，在人看来，今天召会生活的恢复不是大事，乃是小事。但是谁也不可藐视这事。这节也说到『这七，』那是指二节的七灯说的。随后又告诉我们，『这七』是『耶和华的眼睛，遍察全地』的，这证明那有七眼的建造石头，正是耶和华神自己。
2Zechariah 4:2 says, “What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof” (Heb.). In Zechariah 3:9 the building stone has seven eyes, and in this verse the lampstand has seven lamps. If we exercise our spirit in this matter, we shall surely understand that the lampstand equals the stone. Both the stone and the lampstand are Christ. Obviously, the stone is for the building, and the lampstand is for light, for enlightening. On the stone there are seven eyes, and on the lampstand there are seven lamps. Hence, the seven lamps of the lampstand must be the seven eyes on the stone. Proceeding to Zechariah 4:10, we read, “For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.” This verse begins with a reference to “the day of small things.” In the eyes of men, the recovery of the building was not a great thing. Nevertheless, no one should despise it. Likewise, the recovery of the church life today is not a great thing in the eyes of men. Rather, it is a small thing. But no one should despise it. This verse also speaks of “those seven,” which refers to the seven lamps in verse 2. Then we are told that “those seven” are “the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.” This proves that the building stone with the seven eyes is simply Jehovah, the Lord God Himself.
神的七灵
THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD
3有了以上的认识，我们来看启示录。我再说，启示录中大部分的象征和别的重点，都不是新的，不过是旧约里的东西有了进一步的发展。启示录四章和五章，就是七眼和七灯更新、更进一步的发展。启示录四章五节说，『有闪电、声音、雷轰，从宝座中发出。又有七盏火灯在宝座前点看，这七灯就是神的七灵。』请注意这里的七灯不是在灯台上，而是在宝座前点著。在宝座前点著的七灯就是神的七灵。在撒迦利亚三、四章里有七眼和七灯，没有说到七灵；然而到了启示录，七灯就发展成为七灵了。在此我们有七灯更新、更进一步的发展，就是七灵。四章五节清楚告诉我们，七灯就是神的七灵。
3Having this understanding, we come to the book of Revelation. I say again that most of the symbols and other crucial points found in Revelation are not new; they are further developments of items found in the Old Testament. In Revelation chapters four and five, we have a new and further development of the seven eyes and the seven lamps. Revelation 4:5 says, “And out of the throne come forth lightnings and voices and thunders; and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.” Notice that the seven lamps here are not on the lampstand, but are burning before the throne. The seven lamps that are burning before the throne are the seven Spirits of God. In Zechariah 3 and 4 we have the seven eyes and the seven lamps but not the seven Spirits. In Revelation, however, the seven lamps have developed into the seven Spirits. Here we have a new and further development of the seven lamps as the seven Spirits. In 4:5 we are told clearly that the seven lamps are the seven Spirits of God
4启示录五章六节说，『我又看见宝座与四活物中间，并众长老中间，有羔羊站立，像是刚被杀过的，有七角和七眼，就是神的七灵，奉差遣往全地去的。』这里的羔羊有七眼，就是神的七灵。四章五节说七灯就是神的七灵；而五章六节说，羔羊的七眼就是神的七灵。这里又是超过了撒迦利亚书的进一步发展，因为七眼不仅是石头上的七眼，更是羔羊的七眼。这羔羊的七眼就是神的七灵，奉差遣往全地去。这是根据撒迦利亚四章十节，那里告诉我们，耶和华的七眼『遍察全地』。在撒迦利亚三章和四章，我们看见石头上的七眼，灯台上的七灯，和耶和华的七眼。因此，耶和华是那石头，而石头又是灯台。那石头既是灯台，又是耶和华神自己。所以，这三者─耶和华、灯台、石头─乃是一。在撒迦利亚书，我们看见七眼就是七灯。但是到了启示录，就有进一步的发展，七灯不再是只在灯台上，也是在宝座前点著。这七灯就是神的七灵。至终，这七灵就是那作神行政中心之羔羊的七眼。但愿我们对这幅图画都有深刻的印象。
4Revelation 5:6 says, “And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.” The Lamb here has seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God. In 4:5 the seven lamps are the seven Spirits of God, and in 5:6 the seven eyes of the Lamb are the seven Spirits of God. Here we have a further development over Zechariah, for the seven eyes are not only the seven eyes on the stone, but also the seven eyes of the Lamb. These seven eyes of the Lamb are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. This is a reference to Zechariah 4:10, where we are told that the seven eyes of the Lord “run to and fro through the whole earth.” In Zechariah 3 and 4 we see the seven eyes of the stone, the seven lamps of the lampstand, and the seven eyes of the Lord. Thus, the Lord is the stone, and the stone is also the lampstand. The stone is both the lampstand and the Lord God Himself. These three—the Lord, the lampstand, and the stone — are one. In Zechariah, we see that the seven eyes are the seven lamps. But as we come to the further development in Revelation, the seven lamps are no longer just on the lampstand, but are also burning before the throne. These seven lamps are the seven Spirits of God. Eventually, these seven Spirits are the seven eyes of the Lamb who is in the very center of God’sad ministration. May we all be deeply impressed with this picture.
一切都为著神的建造
EVERYTHING FOR GOD’S BUILDING
5按撒迦利亚书和启示录的上下文，这一切都是为著神的建造。撒迦利亚书里题到石头和灯台的时候，正是所罗巴伯重建圣殿的时候。在启示录里，先是有七个灯台，象征七个地方召会，然后说到宝座，有七灯在宝座前面点著。到最后，这宝座成为新耶路撒冷的中心。这启示说，新耶路撒冷所以能产生，是藉著那在宝座前点著的七灵。藉此我们就能看见，七眼、七灯、七灵、石头、灯台、耶和华、神、羔羊，都是为著建造。这个建造是圣殿，是今日的召会，也是在永世里的新耶路撒冷，就是神永远的居所。
5According to the context of both Zechariah and Revelation, all this is for God’s building. The stone and the lampstand are mentioned in Zechariah at the time when Zerubbabel was rebuilding the temple. In Revelation, we firstly have the seven lampstands symbolizing the seven local churches. Later, we have the throne before which the seven lamps are burning. Ultimately, this throne is the center of the New Jerusalem. This reveals that the New Jerusalem comes into existence by means of the seven Spirits burning before the throne. By all this we can see that the seven eyes, the seven lamps, the seven Spirits, the stone, the lampstand, the Lord, God, and the Lamb are all for the building. This building is the temple, the church today and the New Jerusalem, God’s eternal habitation, in eternity
6假定我们只有使徒约翰所写的两卷书，就是约翰福音和启示录。我们把这两卷书读了又读，会看见甚么？我1们先从约翰一章说起。一节说，『太初有话，话与神同在，话就是神。』14十四节说，『话成了肉体，支搭帐幕在我们中间，丰丰满满的有恩典，有实际。』二十九节说，『看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人之罪的！』约翰一章里，用了许多辞来描写这一位，就如话、神、肉体、羔羊。四节说，『生命在祂里面，这生命就是人的光，』随祂而来的，还有恩典和实际。当彼得被带到这一位奇妙者的面前时，祂就将他的名字从西门改为矶法，意思就是石头。（约一42。）当拿但业遇见祂时，祂告诉拿但业说，『我实实在在的告诉你们，你们将要看见天开了，神的使者上去下来在人子身上。』（约一51。）这话使我们想起雅各的梦，梦的中心是伯特利。（创二八10～22。）约翰一章是从已过的永远到将来的永远，其中包括了很多事。在已过的永远里有话，在将来的永远里有伯特利，就是神的家，神的居所，这将是新耶路撒冷。这一章是从永远到永远。当然，约翰还用了另外的二十章来发展一章里所说的各点。
6Suppose we had only two books, the Gospel of John and Revelation, both written by the apostle John. If we read these books again and again, what would we see? Let us begin with John chapter one. Verse says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” and verse says, “And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us...full of grace and reality.” Verse 29 says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” According to John 1, many words are used to describe this One: the Word, God, the flesh, and the Lamb. Verse 4 says, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” With Him there were also grace and reality. When Peter was brought to this wonderful One, He changed his name from Simon to Cephas, which means a stone (v. 42). When Nathanael met Him, He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” (v. 51). This word reminds us of Jacob’s dream, the center of which is Bethel (Gen. 28:10-22). John chapter one, extending from eternity past to eternity future, covers a great deal. In eternity past there was the Word, and in eternity future there will be Bethel, the house, the dwelling of God. This will be the New Jerusalem. This one chapter reaches from eternity to eternity. Of course, John takes another twenty chapters to develop all the points covered in the first chapter.
7多年以后，约翰老了，又被放逐到拔摩海岛上，这时主嘱咐他写启示录，这卷书不仅是他最后一本著作，也是全本圣经末了一卷。启示录一章四至五节说，『约翰写信给在亚西亚的七个召会：愿恩典与平安，…从祂宝座前的七灵，…归与你们。』在四章和五章，我们看见七灵就是撒迦利亚书里的七灯和七眼。按撒迦利亚书，七灯是石头的七眼和耶和华的七眼，现在乃是神的七灵，神这七灵又是救赎羔羊的七眼。启示录五章五、六节启示，这救赎的羔羊就是得胜的狮子。祂是得胜的狮子，完全击败了神的仇敌。所有仇敌─蛇和蝎子─都被狮子吞吃了。因著祂已经胜过所有仇敌，祂就完全有资格来作救赎的羔羊。祂作羔羊，就在神于十字架上雕刻祂的那一天，除去神百姓一切的罪，一切的罪孽。因著祂作救赎的羔羊完成了这事，祂至终便成为建造的石头。当犹太的匠人弃绝祂时，在神眼中，他们不仅是弃绝了羔羊，也是弃绝了神建造的房角石。在祂死的那一天，祂是羔羊；但是在复活里，神使祂成为房角的头块石头。因此，祂死而复活以后，现今乃是狮子─羔羊─石头。所有的仇敌已经被打败，一切的罪已经被除去，祂成了一块为著神建造的石头。在这石头上有七眼，在神的宝座前照亮、焚烧，为要完成神永远的经纶。今天，这不光是狮子或羔羊的事，更是石头的事。我们今天在那里？我们单是与狮子和羔羊同在，还是与石头在一起？大部分的基督徒只知道与羔羊同在，很少知道与狮子同在。许多首诗歌说，『羔羊是配，』但我愿意听到一首诗歌说，『狮子是配！』我们也需要有诗歌说，『石头是配，』『七眼是配。』在今日的基督教里，太缺少这样的认识了！基督教里有许多争吵、议论、争辩，但对基督是建造的石头，却一无所知。
7After many years, when John was old and had been exiled to the Isle of Patmos, the Lord charged him to write Revelation, not only the last of his writings but also the last book of the whole Bible. Revelation 1:4 and 5 say, “John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace...from the seven Spirits who are before His throne.” In chapters four and five we see that the seven Spirits are the seven lamps and the seven eyes mentioned in Zechariah. The seven lamps, which, according to Zechariah, are both the seven eyes of the stone and of the Lord are now the seven Spirits of God, and these seven Spirits of God are the seven eyes of the redeeming Lamb. Revelation 5:5 and 6 reveal that this redeeming Lamb is the overcoming Lion. As the overcoming Lion, He has absolutely defeated the enemy of God. All the enemies—the serpent and the scorpions— have been swallowed up by the Lion. Because He overcame all the enemies, He was qualified to be the redeeming Lamb. As the Lamb, He took away all the sins, the iniquity, of God’sp eople on the day God engraved Him on the cross. Because He accomplished this as the redeeming Lamb, He eventually became the building stone. In the eyes of God, when the Jewish builders rejected Him, they not only rejected the Lamb, but also the cornerstone of God’s building. On the day of His death, He was the Lamb, but in resurrection God made Him the head cornerstone. Thus, after His death and resurrection, He is now the Lion-Lamb-stone. All the enemies have been defeated, all the sins have been removed, and He has become the stone for God’s building. On this stone there are seven eyes, shining and burning before the throne of God to carry out God’s eternal economy. Today, it is not just a matter of the Lion or the Lamb, but of the stone. Where are we today? Are we just with the Lion and the Lamb, or are we with the stone? Most Christians are only with the Lamb; very few are with the Lion. Many hymns say, “Worthy the Lamb,” but I would like to hear a hymn that says, “Worthy the Lion!” We also need hymns that say, “Worthy the stone,” and “Worthy are the seven eyes.” What a shortage there is in today’s Christianity! Many fight, argue, and debate, but are ignorant of Christ’s being the building stone
经历七灯、
EXPERIENCING THE SEVEN LAMPS
七眼和七灵
THE SEVEN EYES, AND THE SEVEN SPIRITS
8我们必须继续进一步来看石头的七眼。我们已经看见，七眼就是神的七灵，奉差遣往全地去。这七眼就是七灯，在宝座前点著。这个点著，无疑的是为著照亮、鉴察、暴露和审判。灯是为著审判，但七眼却是为著传输和注入。只要我的眼睛注视著你，不管我是喜乐或是悲伤，我的眼睛会把我里面的一些东西传输到你里面。我的眼睛不是作点著的灯，乃是为著传输。有一位弟兄是排字工人，他在工作中要用一种机器，叫作照相植字机。这个机器可以将字模板上的字复印在感光纸上。有四盏点著的灯，就像四只眼睛，传送密集的光线，透过字模板，又藉著两面镜子反射到感光纸上。这样，字模板上字的形像，就完全被照到感光纸上了。我们可以说，经过这个过程，字模板上的形像就传输到纸上了。同样，基督的成分藉著七眼，也传输到我们里面。
8We must proceed further to the seven eyes of the stone. We have seen that the seven eyes are the seven Spirits of God sent forth throughout all the earth. These seven eyes, as the seven lamps, are burning before the throne. Undoubtedly, burning is for enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging. While the lamps are for judging, the seven eyes are for transfusing and for infusing. As long as my eyes are upon you, whether I am happy or sad, they will transfuse something of me into you. My eyes are not lamps for burning, but for transfusing. A brother who is a typesetter by trade uses in his business a machine called a phototypesetter. This machine copies characters from a master character disc onto sensitive photopaper. Four burning lamps, which resemble four eyes, transmit intense beams of light through the disc and reflect them off two mirrors onto the photopaper. In this way the exact image of the original character son the disc is burned into the photopaper. We may say that through this process the image on the disc is transfused into the paper. In like manner, through the seven eyes, something of Christ is transfused into us.
9我们不仅有七灯来焚烧、鉴察、暴露、审判，有七眼来传输，也有七灵来分赐生命。因为那灵是生命之灵，（罗八2，）所以七灵主要的是为著分赐生命。我们若只有七灯，而没有七眼或七灵，里面就会焦枯。七灯不仅是七灯，也是七眼，来传输并注入，更是七灵，把生命分赐到我们里面。赞美主，祂的光照、鉴察、暴露并审判，都是为著分赐生命。祂不仅是七灯，也是七灵。想想看你自己的经历，当我们来到召会生活中，我们都觉得在我们里面、上面和四围，都有东西在照耀。那个照耀鉴察、暴露并审判我们。每一个在召会生活中的人，都经历过这种照耀，将那些隐藏在我们深处的事搜寻出来并加以审判。这些隐藏的东西一被暴露，我们就被定罪。但是赞美主，藉著这个审判，生命就分赐到我们里面。我们也许没有用『注入』这辞，但我们的确经历过这事。从那时起，我们觉得主耶稣真可爱。由于这样的注入，叫我们比以前更爱主。
9We not only have the seven lamps for burning, searching, exposing, and judging and the seven eyes for transfusing, but also the seven Spirits for the imparting of life. Since the Spirit is the Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2), the seven Spirits are mainly for imparting life. If we only had the seven lamps and not the seven eyes or the seven Spirits, we would be consumed. The seven lamps are not only the seven lamps, but also the seven eyes transfusing and infusing us and the seven Spirits imparting life into us. Praise the Lord that His enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging are for the impartation of life. He is not only the seven lamps, but also the seven Spirits. Consider your experience. When we came into the church life, we all sensed that there was something shining within, over, and around us. That shining searched, exposed, and judged us. Everyone in the church life has experienced this shining that searched out and judged things that were concealed in the depths of our being. When these hidden things were exposed, we were condemned. But praise the Lord that through this judging, life was imparted into us. Although we might not have had the word infusion, we definitely experienced it. From that time onward, the Lord Jesus became so lovable to us. Due to this infusion, we began to love the Lord more than ever before
10这经历乃是为著建造。只有在一个地方我们才能有这样的经历，就是在伯特利。我有十足的把握说，你的目的若不是为著神的建造，你绝不会有这样的经历。有的人听到这话也许会说，『主不像你那么狭窄。』在某些方面，主甚至比我还狭窄，祂比我更严格。除非你在伯特利，不然，你就无法经历这篇信息所描述的事。即使我们只有一点上伯特利的心愿，我们就会像雅各一样，经历这些事。只有在地方召会中，我们才能经历与神居所有关的事。这个经历在别的地方是不会有的。
10This experience is for the building. There is only one place where we can have this kind of experience— in Bethel. I have the full assurance to say that if your intention is not for God’s building, you will surely be kept from having this experience. When some hear this, they may say, “The Lord is not as narrow as you are.” In some respects, the Lord is even narrower than I am; He is more strict. You cannot experience the things we are describing in this message unless you are in Bethel. Even if we have just the intention to go up to Bethel, we, like Jacob, will experience these things. Only in the local church can we experience the things concerning God’s dwelling place. This experience simply cannot be had anywhere else
经历三一神为著神的建造
EXPERIENCING THE TRIUNE GOD for God’s Building
11我们还要来看神圣三一的事。按照对神圣三一传统的教训，父、子、灵乃是三个分开且有分别的身位。从好的、积极的意义而言，我同意这种说法。我甚至也使用这些辞。譬如，我曾写过一首诗歌：『何等奥妙，父、子、灵乃是一神！身位虽三，本质却是一灵。』我对这些都很熟悉。传统的教训认为子是第二身位，灵是第三身位。在启示录里，圣灵成了七灵。你有否看见，这七灵就是那第二位的七眼？那么，七灵怎么可能是另一个分开的身位？难道这第二位与祂的眼睛，就是七灵，是两个分开的身位么？我们用传统的名词，就是无法明白神圣的三一。我们越用这些名词就越糊涂。说七灵是第二位的七眼，不是我下的定义，也不是我的解经，乃是我读了启示录这些经节所得的图样。那些参加奈西亚会议的人可能不清楚甚么是七灵。既然他们不清楚，我们怎能遵照他们的信经？我们若跟从他们，就是瞎眼；我们不盲目跟从。反对我们的人说，他们相信信经，但我们是相信圣经纯正的话。早期的教父若看见圣灵乃是七灵，就是那第二位的眼睛，他们必不愿意订立信经。他们就会知道，订立信经是不可能的。任何信经若缺了圣经里的一句话，便不完全。这五十多年来，我们一直宣告说，我们不要任何的信经，我们惟一的信经就是这本圣经，包含新旧两约。当然，五十多年前我们这样宣告时，还没有看到七灵，乃是在不到二十年前才有这个认识。渐渐的，在已过十二年中，这一件事就非常清楚了。
11We come again to the matter of the Trinity. According to the traditional teaching of the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three separate and distinct Persons. In a good and positive sense, I agree with this. I have even used these terms myself. For example, one of my hymns says, “What mystery, the Father, Son, and Spirit, In person three, in substance all are one.” I am familiar with all these things. In the traditional teaching, the Son is the second Person, and the Spirit is the third Person. In the book of Revelation the Holy Spirit has become the seven Spirits. Have you ever realized that these seven Spirits are the seven eyes of the second Person? How, then, can the seven Spirits be a separate Person? Are the second Person and the seven Spirits, the eyes of the second Person, two separate Persons? We simply cannot understand the Trinity by using traditional terms. The more we use these terms, the more entangled we shall become. To say that the seven Spirits are the seven eyes of the second Person is not my definition or interpretation; it is my figuration, my reading of the verses in Revelation. Those at the Nicene Council probably were not clear about the seven Spirits. Since they were not clear, how can we follow their creed? If we follow it, then we must be blind. We do not follow anything blindly. Our opposers say that they believe the creed, but we believe the pure word of the Bible. If the early church Fathers had seen that the Holy Spirit is the seven Spirits, which are the eyes of the second Person, they would have been reluctant to formulate a creed. They would have realized that it was impossible for them to make a creed. Any creed that lacks a sentence found in the Bible is incomplete. For more than fifty years, we have been declaring that we do not want any creed. Our only creed is the Holy Bible with its two testaments. Of course, when we declared this more than fifty years ago, we did not see the seven Spirits. We saw this less than twenty years ago. Gradually, during the past twelve years, this matter has become very clear.
12对那些反对我们的人，我要题一个问题：你难道不相信那第三位的圣灵就是启示录中的七灵？但七灵乃是那第二位的眼睛。那么，祂们是两个分开的身位么？我不是在辩论道理，我乃是讲神建造的实际。神圣的三一今天对我们不该是道理，我们必须经历三一神将祂自己分赐到我们里面。我们已经看见，按照约翰福音，那永远的话，就是神，成了肉体，这肉体就是神的羔羊。在启示录里，我们看见这羔羊已经成了狮子。这羔羊也是有七眼的石头，这七眼又是七盏照亮、搜寻、暴露、审判的灯。七灯也是神的七灵，把生命分赐到那些经过审判的人里面。还有，七灵就是救赎主的七眼，将祂的所是和所作，传输并注入到我们里面，使我们有祂的性情，成为一块石头，为著神的建造。不要再以传统的教训为满足了，也不要再依附任何道理上的认识了。我们必须看见三一神是太奇妙了。祂是话，也就是神，祂成了肉体，作神的羔羊。在约翰十四章中，祂指明祂和父是一，并且那灵就是祂。这奇妙的一位是狮子，是羔羊，也是有七眼的石头。祂用这七眼注视我们，并且将祂的所是和所作，以及所达到并所得著的，注入到我们里面，使我们成为神建造的材料。这七眼就是七灵，奉神差遣从祂的宝座往全地去。我们不该在道理上讲神圣的三一，乃要经历我们神奇妙、奥秘、超绝的丰富。这一切的丰富，不仅是为我们的救赎和重生，也是为叫我们变化并被建造。哦，我们何等需要亮光来看这些事！我们不该是肤浅的，也绝不该被今日的基督教所打岔。我们应当不管反对者在说甚么，只持守圣经纯正的话与最新的光。我们都必须看见这光。甚么时候我们想用『神学的』方法来明白圣经，或是来到圣经跟前研究神学，我们就要被杀死。我们不能用所谓的『神学』方法来认识圣经。
12I would like to address a question to our opposers: Do you not believe that the Holy Spirit, who is the third Person, is in the book of Revelation the seven Spirits? But the seven Spirits are the eyes of the second Person. Are They, then, two separate Persons? I am not debating doctrine; rather, I am speaking the reality for God’s building. For us today, the Trinity should not be a doctrinal matter; it must be the experience of the Triune God dispensing Himself into us. We have seen that, according to the Gospel of John, the eternal Word, who is God, became flesh, and that this flesh was the Lamb of God. In Revelation we see that this Lamb has become the Lion. The Lamb is also the stone with the seven eyes, and these eyes are the seven enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging lamps. The seven lamps are also the seven Spirits of God imparting life into those who have been judged. Furthermore, the seven Spirits are the seven eyes of the Redeemer, transfusing and infusing what He is and what He has accomplished into our being that we may become, in His nature, a stone for God’s building. Do not remain content with traditional teachings and do not stay attached to any doctrinal understandings. We must see that the Triune God is too wonderful. He is the Word, the very God, and He became flesh to be the Lamb of God. In John 14 He indicated that He and the Father are one and that the Spirit is He. This wonderful One is the Lion, the Lamb, and the stone with seven eyes. With these seven eyes He gazes at us and transfuses what He is and what He has accomplished, attained, and obtained into our being to make us the material for God’s building. These seven eyes are the seven Spirits sent by God from His throne throughout all the earth. We should not have a Trinity in doctrine, but experience the wonderful, mysterious, and excellent riches of our God. All these riches are not only for our redemption and regeneration, but also for our transformation and building up. Oh, how we need the light to see these things! We should not be superficial, and we should never be distracted by today’s Christianity. Rather, we should ignore what the opposers are saying and hold to the Bible, with the pure word and the up - to - date light. We all must see this light. Whenever we attempt to understand the Bible in a “theological” way or come to the Bible seeking theology, we shall be killed. We cannot know the Bible in a so-called “theological” way.
十个要项
TEN CRUCIAL ITEMS
13现在让我们进一步来看约翰福音和启示录里一些重要的辞。首先，在约翰一章一节有永远的话。这一节里的『太初，』当然是指著已过的永远，指明话就是永远的话。就如这节清楚的说，话就是神。有一天，这是神的话，成了肉体。（约一14。）照著神学的观念，通常是说神的儿子成为肉体，这当然没错。然而，你若把新约读过，就会发现新约里没有一句话说到神的儿子成为肉体。虽然事实是如此，但是新约并不用这个说法来表达。这乃是传统神学对成为肉体的教导。但是请不要误会，以为我不相信是神的儿子成了肉体。我相信的程度至少和你一样，我相信那位成为肉体的乃是神的儿子。但是新约里说，太初的话成了肉体；不仅是神的儿子成为肉体，乃是神自己成了肉体。基督的先锋施浸者约翰，说到这已经成为肉体的话时，说，『看哪，神的羔羊。』所以，在约翰一章的前半里有话、神、肉体、羔羊。
13Let us now consider further some of the crucial terms found in the Gospel of John and in the book of Revelation. Firstly, in John 1:1, we have the eternal Word. The “beginning” in this verse certainly refers to eternity past, indicating that the Word is the eternal Word. As this verse makes clear, the Word was God. One day, this Word, who was God, became flesh (John 1:1 4). According to the theological mentality, we are accustomed to saying that the Son of God was incarnated. This, of course, is correct. However, if you read the New Testament, you will not find a word saying that the Son of God was incarnated. Although this fact is true, the New Testament does not express it this way. This is the traditional theological teaching of the incarnation. But do not misunderstand me and think that I do not believe that the incarnation was of the Son of God. I believe it at least as much as you do. I believe that the incarnation was of the Son of God. But the New Testament says that the Word, which was in the beginning, became flesh. It was not only the Son of God who became flesh; it was the very God who was incarnated. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, said of this Word who had become flesh, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” Thus, in the first half of John chapter one we have the Word, God, the flesh, and the Lamb.
14在启示录里我们看到。神的羔羊乃是狮子。有一位天使的长老，（不属于人类的，）这样介绍基督，称祂为犹大支派中的狮子。（启五5。）启示录五章六节说，这羔羊有七眼。题到狮子，乃是根据创世记四十九章；说到七眼，乃是指回到撒迦利亚书，那里说到石头上的七眼。因此，羔羊也是石头。换句话说，那除去世人之罪的救赎主，已经成了建造的石头，成了建造的一位。这不是新的观念。在主耶稣被钉十字架之前，他曾对犹太的匠人指明，他们不光是弃绝了救赎主，也是弃绝了房角石。（太二一42。）我信主耶稣对他们说这话的时候，祂很清楚自己就是撒迦利亚三章九节所说的石头；那块石头有七眼，并且藉著被雕刻，一日之间要除去百姓的罪孽。祂知道祂要被神雕刻，在一日之间除去神百姓的罪孽，使神能得著祂的建造。
14In Revelation, we see that the Lamb of God is the Lion. One of the angelic elders, not a human being, introduced Christ in this way, recommending Him as the Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5). Revelation 5:6 says that on this Lamb there are seven eyes. The mention of the Lion refers to Genesis 49, and the word about the seven eyes points back to the book of Zechariah, which speaks of the seven eyes on the stone. Hence, the Lamb is also the stone. In other words, the Redeemer who took away the sin of the world has become the building stone, the building One. This concept is not new. Before the Lord Jesus was crucified, He indicated to the Jewish builders that they were not only rejecting the Redeemer but also the cornerstone (Matt. 21:42). I believe that as the Lord Jesus was talking to them, He fully realized that He was the stone spoken of in Zechariah 3:9, the stone that had seven eyes and that, by being engraved, would remove the iniquity of the people in one day. He knew that He would be engraved by God to take away the iniquity of God’sp eople in one day so that God could have His building
15羔羊和石头，救赎和建造，都藉著七眼连接在一起；七眼就是神的七灵，也是在祂行政宝座前点著的七灯。所以，我们有话、神、肉体、羔羊、狮子、石头、七眼、七灵和七灯。最终就有建造，就是神永远的居所，新耶路撒冷。这些都不是我的解释，乃是引出来的话。我只是指出圣经里十大重要的辞：话、神、肉体、羔羊、狮子、石头、七眼、七灵、七灯和新耶路撒冷。这些辞好像拼图游戏里的碎片，散在圣经的各卷书里，当我们把牠们拼在一起时，我们的确看到一些东西。我们若在这十个辞上花工夫祷告，就要看见新耶路撒冷是神终极的扩大这个异象。
15Both the Lamb and the stone, redemption and building, are connected by the seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God and the seven lamps burning before His administrating throne. Therefore, we have the Word, God, the flesh, the Lamb, the Lion, the stone, the seven eyes, the seven Spirits, and the seven lamps. Ultimately, we have the building, God’s eternal habitation, the New Jerusalem. None of these words are my interpretation; rather, they are my quotation. I am simply pointing out ten crucial terms found in the Bible: the Word, God, the flesh, the Lamb, the Lion, the stone, the seven eyes, the seven Spirits, the seven lamps, and the New Jerusalem. When we put all these terms together, like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that are scattered here and there in various books of the Bible, we really see something. If we would pray over these ten items, we would see the vision that the New Jerusalem is the consummate enlargement of God.
石头的时期
THE AGE OF THE STONE
16太初有神的话，就是神的彰显。有一天，这位彰显为话的神，成了肉体。这是祂使自己扩大的第一步。这肉体乃是公义之神的羔羊，这位神乃是审判罪并定罪罪的。羔羊除去了罪，满足了神公义的要求，这是神扩大的第二步。当祂被钉在十字架上时，祂就受了雕刻，这雕刻就在一日之间除去了神百姓的罪孽。不仅如此，祂也是狮子，指明祂已打败了一切仇敌。祂是狮子，完全击败了仇敌。为著神的扩大，祂是救赎的羔羊，又是得胜的狮子。这位狮子羔羊现在乃是石头。你知道主耶稣今天是甚么？祂乃是石头。祂是羔羊又是狮子，为要成为石头。祂已除去了罪孽，击败了一切的仇敌，现在要来建造。现今的时期不仅仅是羔羊和狮子的时期，主要的乃是石头的时期。现在我们可以明白，为甚么主耶稣末次到耶路撒冷的时候，对那些犹太匠人说，他们所弃绝的，不仅是羔羊，救赎主，和狮子，得胜者，并且也是石头，房角的头块石头。在祂死而复活以后，召会时期就来了；召会就是神的建造。为著建造召会，基督是磐石。正如祂自己告诉彼得的：『你是彼得（原文，石头），我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上。』（太十六18。）在主钉死又复活之后，时代就变为磐石时期，石头时期，也就是建造时期。
16In the beginning was the Word, the expression, of God. One day, the very God, expressed as the Word, became flesh. This was His first step to enlarge Himself. This flesh was the Lamb of the righteous God, the God who judges and condemns sin. The Lamb took away sin to fulfill God’s righteous requirements. This was the second step of God’s enlargement. When He was crucified, He was engraved, and this engraving removed the iniquity of God’sp eople in one day. In addition to this, He is also the Lion, indicating that He has defeated all the enemies. As the Lion He has accomplished an absolute defeat of the enemy. He is both the redeeming Lamb and the overcoming Lion for the enlargement of God. This Lion-Lamb is now the stone. Do you know what the Lord Jesus is today? He is the stone. He is the Lamb and the Lion in order to be the stone. Having removed the iniquity and having defeated all the enemies, He is now building. This age is not the age merely of the Lamb and of the Lion; it is mainly the age of the stone. Now we can understand why, in His last visit to Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus indicated to the Jewish builders that they were rejecting not only the Lamb, the Redeemer, and the Lion, the Overcomer, but also the stone, the head cornerstone. After His death and resurrection, the age became the age of the church, which is God’s building. For the building of the church, Christ is the rock. As He Himself told Peter, “You are a stone, and on this rock I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18, lit.). After the crucifixion and the resurrection, the age became the age of the rock, the age of the stone. This is the age of building
17因为基督教丢失了这个目标，几乎把这个时期变成仅仅是救赎的时期。有一些所谓内里生命派的基督徒，稍微前进了一点，说到得胜的狮子。多少世纪以来，似乎没有人认识，这时代不只是救赎、得胜的时期，主要的乃是建造的时期。基督今天乃是石头。我们都必须看见，这时期是建造的时期。赞美主，祂现在是狮于─羔羊─石头，祂的得胜和救赎都是为著使祂成为石头。祂若没有打败仇敌，也不曾除去罪孽，祂就无法完成神建造的工作。阿利路亚！我们的主耶稣现在是狮子─羔羊─石头。
17Christianity, having missed the mark, nearly makes this age simply an age of redemption. Some of the so- called inner life Christians have proceeded a little further and speak about the overcoming Lion. It seems that throughout the centuries no one has ever realized that this age is not merely the age of redemption and of overcoming, but mainly of the building. Christ today is the stone. We all must see that this age is the building age. Praise the Lord that He is now the Lion - Lamb - stone. His victory and His redemption both were for Him to be the stone. If He had not defeated the enemy and removed iniquity, there would have been no way for Him to accomplish God’s building work. Hallelujah, our Lord Jesus is now the Lion-Lamb-stone!
18这石头上有七眼，这是很重要的点。这七眼是神的七灵，而神的七灵就是七盏点著、有火焰的灯。眼有甚么功用？眼当然是用来看的。然而，基督的七眼不是为著看东西，乃是为著看我们，注视我们。无疑的，这建造石头上的七眼，是为著传输并注入。每逢祂看我们，我们就能晓得祂是高兴还是不高兴。祂无须说甚么话。祂藉著看我们，就把祂一切所是传输到我们里面。所以，眼是为著传输和注入。我们已经说过，神的七灵是为著分赐生命，因为在圣经中，那灵是生命的灵。七灯在神的行动上是为著光照、鉴察、暴露和审判。这乃是为著神的行政。眼睛的传输，神七灵的分赐生命，七灯的光照、鉴察、暴露和审判，都可以在启示录中找到，这一切都是为著新耶路撒冷。我们来到召会之前，从未听过这样的事；但我们来到召会之后，就经历在我们里面有一种照耀，将我们整个生活中的每一个秘密搜寻出来。
18This stone has seven eyes. This is the crucial point. These seven eyes are the seven Spirits of God, and the seven Spirits of God are the seven burning, flaming lamps. What is the function of the eyes? Certainly, it is seeing. The seven eyes of Christ, however, are not for seeing things but for Him to see us, to look at us. Undoubtedly, the seven eyes of the building stone are for transfusing and infusing. Whenever He looks at us, we can understand if He is happy or unhappy. There is no need for Him to say anything. By looking at us, He transfuses all that He is into our being. Hence, the eyes are for transfusing and infusing. As we have already mentioned, the seven Spirits of God are for the imparting of life because, in the Bible, the Spirit is the Spirit of life. The seven lamps are for enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging in God’s move. This is for God’sad ministration. The transfusing by the eyes, the imparting of life by the Spirits of God, and the enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging by the seven lamps are all found in the book of Revelation. All this is for the New Jerusalem. Before we came into the church, we never heard anything like this. But after we were in the church, we experienced something shining in us to search out every secret of our entire life
个人的见证
A PERSONAL TESTIMONY
19在我进到召会以前，我已经得救了，也很爱主，不爱世界。我是一个清洁、年轻的基督徒，寻求主，读圣经，每天祷告。然而，我进到召会以后，完全被鉴察过；不是藉著甚么教师，乃是我里面的一样东西作的。那个时候，还没有今天这些辞句，然而我经历了这个鉴察，就向主彻底认罪。每次来到召会聚会之前，我常是一项一项的认罪，那是何等的鉴察和挖透！我们中间很多人都有同样的经历。这就是被主光照、鉴察、暴露并审判的经历。我还记得在聚会中所受的审判。我恨恶自己，恨恶我的天然、我的旧人和我的个性。哦，我是那样的憎恨并审判我自己！在主的桌子前，我特别有这样的经历。一面我在记念主，但另一面我在受祂的审判。祂似乎在说，『你是多么属肉体，多么天然，多么在自己里面。你还是那么多在旧造里。』每当我坐在主的桌子前，里面就受这个审判。这是召会里火灯的工作，是我以前从未经历过的。
19Before I came into the church, I was saved and was loving the Lord. I did not love the world. Rather, I was a clean, young Christian who sought the Lord, studied the Bible, and prayed every day. However, after I came into the church, I was thoroughly searched, not by any teacher, but by something within. At that time, I did not have the terms we have today. Nevertheless, I experienced the searching and made a thorough confession to the Lord. Before coming into the church meetings, I used to make a thorough confession of item after item. What a searching and digging that was! Many of us have had a similar experience. This was the experience of the enlightening, the searching, the exposing, and the judging of the Lord. I can still recall the judgment I underwent as I came to the meetings. I hated myself, my nature, my old man, and my disposition. Oh, how I hated and judged myself! I especially experienced this at the Lord’stable. On the one hand, I was remembering the Lord, but, on the other hand, I was under His judgment. He seemed to be saying, “You are so fleshly, so natural, and so much in yourself. You are still too much in the old creation.” As I sat at the Lord’s table, I was under this inner judgment. This was the work of the flaming lamps in the church. I had never experienced this before.
20由于七灯的燃烧，主耶稣对我就变得非常可宝、非常可亲、非常可爱。我对于主的宝贵和可爱，以前从没有这样深的感觉。这就是主耶稣自己传输、注入到我里面。主对我是如此的可亲、可宝、又便利！祂对我是可爱的宝库。我爱祂远胜已往。祂真的注入到我里面了。我能见证说，那时我是到了三层天上，每一个罪和软弱都在我的脚底下，我不必努力胜过甚么了。随著这种注入，就有生命的分赐。七灯成了七眼，七眼又成了七灵。光照、鉴察、暴露和审判的结果，就把主耶稣传输到我里面，这传输又带来生命的分赐。我得著了更多的生命，这生命就是基督自己。基督更多加在我里面，更深分赐到我全人里。在那些日子，我不懂得甚么辞句，但我有实际的经历。结果我变化了，我爱召会，爱所有与我一同聚集的圣徒。这就是建造。
20As a result of this flaming of the seven lamps, the Lord Jesus became so precious, so dear, and so lovable to me. Never before had I had such a deep sense of the Lord’s preciousness and loveliness. This was the transfusing and infusing of the Lord Jesus Himself into my being. How dear, precious, and available the Lord was to me! He was a lovely treasure to me. I loved Him more than ever before. I had truly been infused with Him. I can testify that during that time I was in the third heaven and that every sin and weakness was under my feet. I had no need to try to overcome anything. Following this infusing, there was the impartation of life. The seven lamps became the seven eyes, and the seven eyes became the seven Spirits. The enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging issued in the transfusing of the Lord Jesus into me, and this transfusion resulted in the impartation of life. I received more life, the life which is just Christ Himself. More of Christ was added into my being. He was imparted deeply into my whole being. In those days I did not have the terminology, but I did have the experience. As a result, I had some transformation, and I loved the church and all the saints meeting with me. This was the building
THE SEVEN LAMPS
七灯成为活水的流
BECOMING THE FLOW OF LIVING WATER
21这个建造最终要完成于新耶路撒冷，那将是我们奇妙之神终极并永远的扩大。你若要了解约翰福音、启示录、甚至整本圣经，就必须看见七灯、七眼、和神的七灵。最终新耶路撒冷出现，在其中，神行政宝座前的七灵，要成为生命水的河，从宝座流出来。在新耶路撒冷里，神行政宝座前的七灯，要成为生命水的河，流自赐生命的宝座，并且那石头自己要成为灯，透过城照耀到永远。这些是圣经里启示的要点，盼望我们都能看见。
21Ultimately, this building will consummate in the New Jerusalem, which will be the ultimate and eternal enlargement of our wonderful God. If you would understand the Gospel of John and the book of Revelation, and even the whole Bible, you must see the seven lamps, the seven eyes, and the seven Spirits of God. Eventually, the New Jerusalem comes into existence, in which the seven Spirits before the throne of God’s ad ministration will become the flow of the river of water of life proceeding from the throne. In the New Jerusalem, the seven lamps before the administrative throne will become the water of life flowing out of the life-imparting throne, and the stone Himself will be the lamp shining God through the city for eternity. These are the crucial points of the revelation in the Bible. May we all see them.