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启示录生命读经 · 第34篇

宇宙的光明妇人

The Universal Bright Woman
1启示录头一段由前十一章组成，说到从基督升天直到永远所要发生的一切事。第二段由后十一章组成，详述从今世的末三年半，就是大灾难的时期，直到新天新地的永世，所有重要关键的事物。这一段所启示重要关键事物的头一项，就是生男孩子的妇人。（启十二1～18。）本书的前十一章说到七印和七号，七印和七号是启示录的内容一个简要而总括的概略。头四印（启六l～8）说到从基督升天到这世代末了，约两千年的历史。我们现在是活在这世代的最末期，很接近第五印的时候。第五印（启六9～11）是那些殉道圣徒的祷告。揭开这一印的时候，有千万为主的见证被杀殉道的圣徒，要向神呼喊伸冤，恳求祂来干涉并且对付背叛的人类。第六印（启六12～17）将是神对殉道圣徒之呼喊的答应。这印的超自然灾害，将是对住在地上之人的警告。这六印将我们带到这世代的末了。
1The first section of the book of Revelation, composed of the first eleven chapters, covers all things to eternity. The second section, comprising the last eleven chapters, gives details of the important things and crucial matters from the last three and a half years of the present age, which will be the period of the great tribulation, to the eternal age of the new heaven and new earth. The first of these important things and crucial matters revealed in this section is a woman with a man-child (12:1-18). The first eleven chapters of this book cover the seven seals and the seven trumpets. The seven seals and the seven trumpets give us a brief yet inclusive sketch of the contents of this book. The first four seals (6:1-8) cover the nearly two thousand years of history from the time of Christ’s ascension until the end of this age. We are now living at the very end of this age, very close to the time of the fifth seal. The fifth seal (6:9- 11) consists of the prayer of the martyred saints. When this seal is opened, the thousands of martyred saints who have been slain for the Lord’s testimony will cry to God for vengeance, beseeching Him to intervene and deal with rebellious mankind. The sixth seal (6:12- 17) will be God’s answer to the cry of the martyred saints. The supernatural calamities of this seal will be a warning to those who dwell on this earth. These six seals bring us to the end of this age
2第七印包括七号，是包罗一切的。七号既是第七印的内容，所以第七印就等于七号。头四号（启八7～12）是超自然的灾害，是神对地、海、江河、日、月、星辰的审判。这四号要毁坏天和地，使地不再适合人类居住。诸天是为著地的，地是为著让人居住的。然而，因著人不断使神失望，并且背叛祂，最后神要宣告，祂再也不能容忍了。第六印的大地震和天的震动，将是对住在地上之人的警告。这个警告将是那紧接而来，超自然灾害的序幕。第六印和第七印里的头四号是大灾难的起头。第五号（启九1～11）要直接毁坏人，是大灾难最严重灾祸的开始。第五号乃是八章十三节所说三样灾祸中的第一样。第六号（启九12～21）是对人进一步的审判，将是第二样灾祸。第三样灾祸，（启十一14，）就是第七号消极内容的一部分，包括神忿怒的七碗，倒在敌基督和他的民、他的国之上。（启十六1～12，17～21。）第七号所包括的这七碗要结束大灾难。随后主耶稣要来到地上，在哈米吉顿战争中与敌基督争战。敌基督要被打败，和假申言者一同被扔到火湖里。（启十九19～21。）这事以后就引进了千年国，有一千年之久；然后是新天新地同新耶路撒冷来到，直到永远。第七号要持续直到永远。这就是启示录这卷书简要的概略。
2The seventh seal, which includes the seven trumpets, is all - inclusive. Since the seven trumpets are the content of the seventh seal, the seventh seal equals the seven trumpets. The first four trumpets (8:7-12) are supernatural calamities, God’s judgment upon the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the sun, moon, and stars. These four trumpets will damage heaven and earth, causing the earth to no longer be a suitable place on which mankind can dwell. The heavens are for the earth, and the earth is for mankind to dwell on. However, since mankind has continually disappointed God, rebelling against Him, God will eventually declare that His toleration has come to an end. The great earthquake and the shaking of heaven in the sixth seal will be a warning to earth’s dwellers. This warning will be an introduction to the supernatural calamities to follow. After the first four trumpets have been sounded, the time of the great tribulation will be at hand. The sixth seal and the first four trumpets of the seventh seal will be a preliminary to the great tribulation. The fifth trumpet (9:1-11), which will bring damage directly to man, will be the beginning of the great tribulation. The fifth trumpet is the first of the three woes mentioned in 8:13. The sixth trumpet (9:12-21), a further judgment on men, will be the second woe. The third woe (11:14), part of the negative content of the seventh trumpet, will consist of the seven bowls of God’s wrath poured out upon Antichrist, his people, and his kingdom (16:1-12, 17-21). These seven bowls included in the seventh trumpet will close the great tribulation. After this, the Lord Jesus will come down to earth to fight Antichrist at the war of Armageddon. Antichrist will be defeated and, with the false prophet, will be cast into the lake of fire (19:19-21). Following this, the millennial kingdom, lasting a thousand years, will be ushered in. Then will come the new heaven and the new earth with the New Jerusalem for eternity. The seventh trumpet will last for eternity. This is a brief sketch of the book of Revelation.
3基督所揭开神经纶的书卷，要到永远才完全被揭开。今天，我们只能看到其中一部分。当我们到了新天新地，住在新耶路撒冷时，我们所见的要比今日所见的更完全。将来我们在永世里所看见的书卷有永远那么长。第七号要一直持续到永远，包括了许多重要的事；大灾难末了的部分；大体信徒的复活与被提；圣徒的得赏；羔羊的婚娶；七碗；基督与作祂军队的得胜者降临到地上，在哈米吉顿与敌基督争战；物质大巴比伦的倾倒；撒但被捆绑；千年国；人类最后一次的背叛；撒但被扔到火湖里；白色大宝座的审判；新天新地和新耶路撒冷。倪弟兄年轻的时候，曾带领查读启示录。从那次读经后，他所看见关于这卷书的光越来越多。一九三三年我们要求他带领我们透彻查读启示录。他告诉我们，除非我们把启示录好好读许多遍，知道每一章所说的，甚至几乎能把整卷书背诵过，那时候他才答应我们的要求。那时我觉得这个要求实在太高。然而经过这许多年后我渐渐懂得，我们若要了解这卷书，必须对这卷书中的每一点，每一细节都很熟悉。我们必须对每一章都非常熟悉。
3The scroll of God’secon o my which Christ has opened needs eternity to be fully opened. Today, we can only see a portion of it. When we get into the new heaven and new earth and live in the New Jerusalem, we shall have a much fuller vision than we have now. The scroll which we shall see in eternity will be eternally long. The seventh trumpet, which continues into eternity, includes many significant things: the last part of the great tribulation, the resurrection and rapture of the majority of the believers, the reward to the saints, the fall of Babylon the great, the marriage of the Lamb, the seven bowls, Christ’s descent to the earth with His overcomers as His army to fight Antichrist at Armageddon, the binding of Satan, the millennial kingdom, the last rebellion of mankind, Satan’s being cast into the lake of fire, the judgment at the great white throne, the new heaven, the new earth, and the New Jerusalem. Brother Nee conducted a study of the book of Revelation when he was young. After that study, he saw more and more light concerning this book. In 1933, we asked him to give us a thorough study of the book of Revelation. He told us that he would not give us the study we had requested unless we had read this book so many times that we knew every chapter and could almost recite the entire book. At the time, I thought that this demand was too great. But through the years I have gradually learned that if we would understand this book, we must be fully acquainted with all the points and details it contains. We must be thoroughly familiar with every chapter
4我们已经看过，启示录的前十一章是一般的概述，后十一章是详述某些重要关键的事。不要把后十一章当作前十一章的继续。从某种意义来说，后十一章是前十一章的回溯。读启示录就好像阅览某一城市的地图，先看主要的街道，对这城市有个概念，以后再细看较小的街道、巷子、以及其他细节；先对地图有了概括的认识，再一部分一部分细看。
4We have seen that the first eleven chapters of Revelation are a general sketch and that the last eleven chapters give us the details of certain important things and crucial matters. Do not consider the last eleven chapters as the continuation of the first eleven chapters. No, in a sense, the last eleven chapters are a retracing of the first eleven chapters. Reading the book of Revelation is similar to reading a map of a city. First we look at the main streets and see a general sketch of the city. Then we go back to consider the smaller streets, lanes, and other details. After gaining a general understanding of the map, we proceed to consider it section by section.
5启示录后半所记载的这些重要细节和关键的事，头一件是十二章一节里所题到的妇人。这节说，『天上现出大异象来，有一个妇人身披日头，脚踏月亮，头戴十二星的冠冕。』在此，这个妇人是出现在诸天之上，并且称为『大异象。』这个大异象不是关于一个强壮的男人，而是关于一个妇人。这个大异象中的妇人不是在地上，乃是在诸天之上。她身披日头，脚踏月亮，头戴十二星的冠冕。她是在十二星的照耀之下，在月亮的照耀之上，又被日头的照耀围绕著。因此，她是全然超脱的。凡在黑暗中的就是受捆绑，被拘禁的；但是凡在光中的就是得释放而且超脱的。你愿意成为这妇人的一部分么？让我问你一个问题：你是男人还是女人？姊妹们当然觉得这个问题很容易回答。但是弟兄们怎么说？他们若说他们是男的，那就无分于这个异象中的妇人了。你包括在这妇人里面么？如果是，那么，在神的眼中你就是个女人。从圣经的起头到末了，在神眼中，祂的百姓都被视为女的。以赛亚五十四章五节说，『因为造你的，是你的丈夫。』在耶利米三章十四节，耶和华告诉祂的百姓说，祂娶了他们。在耶2:19利米三十一章三十二节，祂说祂是他们的丈夫。不仅如此，在何西阿二章十九和二十节，耶和华说，祂要聘祂的百姓永远归祂为妻。我们虽然都知道主耶稣来作救主，作羔羊，但是有一天，祂对门徒说，祂来是要作新郎。（太九15，约三29。）不仅如此，保罗在林后十一章二节说，『因为我曾把你们许配一个丈夫，要将一个贞洁的童女献给基督。』弟兄们，你们有丈夫么？赞美主，我们的丈夫乃是基督。就天然一面说，我们弟兄们是男的；但就属灵一面说，在某种意义上，我们在神眼中是女的。在神永远的经纶里，只有一个男人─基督。亚当是基督作新郎的象征、豫表，而亚当的妻子夏娃，乃是神的百姓作基督之配偶和妻子的象征、豫表。所以，在神的经纶中，祂总认为那些蒙救赎的百姓是祂的妻子，祂自己是他们的丈夫。启示录十二章里说到妇人和她的孩子，却没有告诉我们她的丈夫是谁。然而本章启示说她怀孕了，将要生产。她是从谁怀孕的？谁是这孩子的源头？读了整本圣经我们便知道，丈夫就是在基督里的神。
5The first important detail and crucial matter in the second half of Revelation is the woman mentioned in 12:1. This verse says, “And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon underneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” Here, the woman is revealed in the heavens and is called “a great sign.” This great sign is not of a strong man, but of a woman. The woman in this tremendous vision is not on the earth but in the heavens. She is clothed with the sun, underneath her feet is the moon, and on her head is a crown of twelve stars. She is under the shining of the twelve stars, above the shining of the moon, and enveloped with the shining of the sun. Because of this, she is fully emancipated. Anything that is in darkness is bound and imprisoned, but anything that is in the light is released and emancipated. Would you like to be a part of this woman? Let me ask you this question: Are you a male or a female? All the sisters, of course, find this question easy to answer. But what would the brothers say? If they say that they are males, then they have no part in the woman of this vision. Does this woman include you? If it does, then, in the eyes of God, you are a female. From the beginning of the Bible to the end, in the eyes of God, God’sp eople are considered as a woman. Isaiah 54:5 says, “Thy Maker is thine husband.” In Jeremiah 3:14 the Lord tells His children that He is married to them, and in Jeremiah 31:32 He says that He is a husband to them. Moreover, in Hosea and 20 the Lord says that He will betroth His people unto Himself forever. Although, as we all know, the Lord Jesus came as the Savior and as the Lamb, one day He indicated to His disciples that He came as the Bridegroom (Matt. 9:15; John 3:29). Furthermore, in 2 Corinthians 11:2 Paul says, “I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.” Brothers, do you have a husband? Praise the Lord that our husband is Christ. Naturally, we brothers are males, but spiritually, we are, in a sense, females in God’s e yes. In God’s eternal economy there is one unique man — Christ. Adam was a symbol, a type, of Christ as the Bridegroom, and Eve, the wife of Adam, was the symbol, a type, of God’s people being the counterpart, the wife, of Christ. Therefore, in His economy God’s redeemed people are always considered by Him as His wife, and God considers Himself as their husband. In Revelation 12 we have the woman and her child, but here we are not told who her husband is. Nevertheless, this chapter reveals that she is pregnant and is about to deliver her child. By whom did she become pregnant, and who is the source of her child? By reading the whole Bible, we see that the husband is God in Christ.
壹 神全体子民的象征
I. A SYMBOL OF THE TOTALITY of God’sp eople
6要了解启示录并不容易。我们若要正确的解释这一卷书，就需要圣经其他六十五卷。因此，为要知道这妇人究竟是谁，我们需要来看整本圣经。有些圣经教师持有一种观念，认为这妇人是耶稣的母亲马利亚，男孩子就是耶稣。然而，这个观念和本章的上下文不合，因为耶稣在大约二千年以前就升到天上了。但十二章五、六节告诉我们，男孩子要被提到神的宝座那里，接著妇人要被养活『一千二百六十天。』（启十二6。）这一千二百六十天就是三年半或四十二个月，（启十二14，十一2～，十三5，）也就是大灾难的时期。这证明男孩子并不是主耶稣，妇人也不是马利亚。马利亚只是地上的一个妇人，但十二章的妇人却是宇宙性的团体人，并且出现在天上。也有人说，这妇人是以色列人，就37:9是犹太民族。持有这种观念的人是以创世记三十七章九节为根据。按照这一节，约瑟梦见『太阳、月亮、与十一个星』向他下拜。这个妇人既身披日头，戴著十二星，且站在月亮上，显然与约瑟那个有关他全家的梦相合，因此有人认为说，启示录十二章里的妇人必是象征以色列人，就是犹太人。但是十二章十七节明说，这一个妇人不仅包括那些『守神诫命』的人，也包括『持守耶稣见证』的人。那些『守神诫命』的人是犹太人，但那些『持守耶稣见证』的人，必定是新约的信徒，不是犹太人。这是有力的证据，证明这妇人不单由犹太人组成，乃是由两班人组成，就是守神诫命的犹太人，和持守耶稣见证的信徒。所以，若说这妇人是以色列民，也和这一章的上下文不合。
6It is difficult to understand the book of Revelation. If we would rightly interpret this book, we need all the other sixty-five books of the Bible. Hence, in order to understand who this woman is, we need the whole Bible. Some Christian teachers have held the concept that this woman is Mary, the mother of Jesus, and that the man-child is Jesus. This concept, however, does not suit the context of this chapter because Jesus ascended to the heavens nearly two thousand years ago. But in 12:5 and 6 we are told that the man- child will be raptured to the throne of God and that, following this, the woman will be nourished for “a thousand two hundred and sixty days” (v. 6). These twelve hundred sixty days are three and a half years or forty-two months (12:14; 11:2-3; 13:5), which will be the period of the great tribulation. This proves3 that the man-child is not the Lord Jesus and that the woman is not Mary. Mary was just a single woman on earth, but this woman is universally corporate and is revealed in heaven. Others say that this woman is Israel, the Jewish race. Some of those who hold this view take Genesis as their basis. According to this verse, Joseph had a dream in which “the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance” to him. Since the woman wears the sun and the twelve stars and stands upon the moon, apparently corresponding to Joseph’s dream concerning his family, it is said that the woman in Revelation 12 must signify Israel, the Jewish people. But 12:17 proves that this woman does not only comprise those who “keep the commandments of God,” but also those who “have the testimony of Jesus.” Those who “keep the commandments of God” are Jews. However, those who “have the testimony of Jesus” must be New Testament believers, not Jews. This is a strong proof that the woman is not only composed of Jews but of two classes of people: the Jews who keep the commandments of God and the believers who have the testimony of Jesus. Therefore, to say that this woman is merely Israel does not fit the whole context of this chapter.
7这一章的妇人，乃是神全体的子民。根据这异象，这个总体有三部分：她头戴著十二星，她的身子披著日头，她的脚踏在月亮上。所以，这个妇人是宇宙的，包括了十二星、月亮、日头。在约瑟的梦里，太阳、月亮和十一个星，再加上约瑟自己，象征神在地上全体子民的组合。基于那梦的原则，这里的日头、月亮和十二个星，必定是象征神在地上全体的子民，就是这章里的这个妇人所象征的。她身上大部分披著日头，这日头象征神新约时代的子民。基督来到世上之前，是旧约时代的黑夜；等到基督这清晨的日光从高天临到，（路一78，）日头的时代就来临了。在此之前是月亮时代，月亮表征神旧约时代的子民。月亮是在妇人的脚下，因为月亮时代是律法时代，不该像星那样被高举。星象征列祖，就是神颁赐律法之前的子民，在妇人的头上为冠冕。神在这三个时代所有的子民构成了这妇人，他们都是发光者。因此，她是光明的妇人，历代以来一直照耀著。
7The woman in this chapter is the totality of God’sp eople. According to the vision, this totality is in three sections: the section of her head with the twelve stars, the section of her body clothed with the sun, and the section of her feet on the moon. Hence, this woman is universal, composed of the twelve stars, the moon, and the sun. In Joseph’s dream, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars plus Joseph himself signified the total composition of God’sp eople on earth. Based upon the principle of that dream, the sun, the moon, and the twelve stars here must signify the totality of God’sp eople on earth, which in this chapter is symbolized by a woman. Most of her being is clothed with the sun. The sun signifies God’sp eople in the New Testament age. Before Christ came into the world, it was the dark night of the Old Testament age. When Christ came, it was the sunrising from on high (Luke 1:78 KJV, margin), the beginning of the age of the sun. Before that, it was the age of the moon, which signifies God’sp eople in the Old Testament time. The moon is under the feet of the woman, for the age of the moon was the age of the law, which should not be exalted as the stars. The stars, which signify the patriarchs, God’sp eople before the law was given, are on her head as a crown. All God’sp eople in these three ages, who together constitute this woman, are light bearers. Hence, she is the bright woman shining throughout all generations
一十二 星所象征的列祖
A. The Patriarchs Symbolized by the Twelve Stars
8我们若仔细读圣经，就会看见神的子民可归为三部分。第一部分是列祖，活在从亚当到摩西的时期；第二部分是律法之下的百姓，从摩西到基督第一次来临；第三部分是从基督第一次来临到祂第二次来临的期间，那些构成召会的信徒。归在第三类里的人，乃是宇宙中神子民的主体。十二星象征列祖，（但十二3，）在黑夜中个别的带著属天的光照耀。所有的列祖都是一颗颗单个的星。他们是在黑夜中，因为在他们的时代基督还未来临，天尚未露出曙光。这些单个的星，乃是这宇宙妇人的冠冕，象征神恩典和经纶的荣耀被高举。十二这数字表征神永远经纶里的完全。那些在神恩典原则下的列祖，并不在律法之下；所以，他们是高举在妇人头上的冠冕。所有的列祖，像亚伯、以挪土、以诺、挪亚、亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各等，都被看为冠冕。
8If we read the Bible carefully, we shall see that God’sp eople are grouped into three sections. Firstly, there are the patriarchs, who lived from the time of Adam until the time of Moses; secondly, there are the people under the law, from Moses until Christ’s first coming; thirdly, there are those from Christ’s first coming to His coming the second time, the believers who compose the church. Those in the third category are the majority of God’sp eople in the universe. The patriarchs are symbolized by the twelve stars (Dan. 12:3) shining individually in the night with heavenly light. All the patriarchs were individual stars. They dwelt in the nighttime because, in their age, Christ had not yet come and day had not dawned. As individual stars, they are a crown for this universal woman, symbolizing the glory of God’s grace and His economy exalted. The number twelve signifies completion in God’s eternal economy. The patriarchs, who are in the principle of God’s grace, were not under the law; hence, they were a crown exalted above the head of the woman. All the patriarchs, such as Abel, Enosh, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, are considered to be a crown
二 月亮所象征的以色列人
B. The Children of Israel Symbolized by the Moon
9在列祖之后是以色列人，由月亮所象征，返照太阳（基督）的光，并且在基督的光里团体的照耀。以色列人是在律法之下的黑夜中。律法虽然好，却不被高举。在本章里，律法被描绘为月亮，在妇人的脚下。按照这异象，月亮不在她头上，乃在她脚下。月亮是明亮且发光的，但却在她脚下；这就是说，律法的原则在神眼中并不被高举。
9After the patriarchs, we have the children of Israel, symbolized by the moon, reflecting the sun (Christ) and shining collectively in the light of Christ. The children of Israel were in the night under the law. Although the law was good, it was not exalted. Rather, in this chapter it is pictured as the moon underneath the feet of the woman. According to this vision, the moon is not upon her head but underneath her feet. The moon is bright and shining, but it is underneath her. This means that the principle of the law is not exalted in the eyes of God
三 日头所象征，由全部信徒组成的召会
C. The Church Composed of All the Believers Symbolized by the Sun
10这妇人身披日头，就是披著基督。按照路加一章七十八、七十九节，基督来了就是太阳升起来了。马太四章十三至十六节说，基督来了，乃是大光，照在那些坐在黑暗里的人身上。这就是说，基督来临之前是黑夜。日头所象征由全部信徒组成的召会，在白昼团体的以神的荣光照耀。（腓二15，林后三18。）日头披在妇人身上，这事实指明召会是神子民的主体。基督既已来了，我们就活在白昼中。虽然就某种意义说，我们所生活的时代乃是黑夜，当主再来时我们会有更大的白昼；但从基督第一次来临所开始的那一个白昼，至少已是一个小的白昼。千年国将是更大的白昼，因为到那时候太阳的光要比今天的光强七倍。（赛三十26。）我们生活在小的白昼中，期望那更大的白昼来临。我们现在是在一倍的日光中，期待著那有七倍日光的白昼。也许有的人会和我辩论，指出罗马十三章十二节说黑夜已深，并且启示录二十二章十六节说基督是明亮的晨星。这些经节我都很熟悉。要记得圣经中的真理是有两面的，两面我们都必须考虑。基督既已来到，我们就不在黑夜里，而在白昼中。我们是甚么？是一颗星，还是日头的一部分？一面我们是夜间的星；（启一20；）另一面，我们乃是白昼日头的一部分。
10This woman is clothed with the sun, with Christ. According to Luke 1:78 and 79, when Christ came, that was the sunrising. Matthew 4:13-16 says that Christ came as a great light to shine upon the people in darkness. This means that before Christ’s coming it was nighttime. The church composed of all the believers symbolized by the sun shines collectively in the day with the glory of God (Phil. 2:15; 2 Cor. 3:18). That the church is the major part of God’sp eople is indicated by the fact that the sun clothes the woman’s body. Since Christ has come, we live in the day. Although, in a sense, the age in which we live is the night and we shall have a greater day when the Lord comes back, this day that began at Christ’s first coming is at least a small day. The millennial kingdom will be a greater day because at that time the light of the sun will be seven times stronger than it is today (Isa. 30:26). We live in a small day expecting the coming of a greater day. We are in the onefold sunshine expecting a day with sevenfold sunshine. Some may argue with me, pointing out that Romans 13:12 says that the night is far advanced and that Revelation 22:16 says that Christ is the bright morning star. I am familiar with all these verses. Remember that the truths in the Bible have two aspects. We must take both aspects, both sides, into account. Since Christ has come, we are not in the night—we are in the day. What are we—a star or a part of the sun? On the one hand, we are the stars in the night (1:20); on the other hand, we are a part of the sun in the day.
11这一个大异象是何等奇妙！这又一次证明圣经是神自己默示的，是神自己写的。没有任何别的人能有这样的智慧，用妇人作表号来表征神所有的子民。摩西、大卫、所罗门、以赛亚、耶利米、但以理等，都是月亮的一部分。但是赞美主，我们这些新约的信徒，却是日头的一部分，因为我们是基督的一部分！这就是宇宙光明妇人的异象。
11How wonderful is this great sign! This is another proof that the Bible was inspired and written by God Himself. No one else could have had the wisdom to use the symbol of the woman to signify all of God’sp eople. Moses, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, etc. were all part of the moon. But praise the Lord that we, the New Testament believers, are part of the sun because we are a part of Christ. This is the vision of the universal bright woman
贰 宇宙的
II. UNIVERSAL
12本章里的妇人在时间和空间上都是宇宙的。她在时间上是宇宙的，是从亚当的被造直到永远；她在空间上也是宇宙的，既在地上也在天上。这是有力的证据，证明她不是马利亚，但是马利亚包括在她里面，就像我们都包括在她里面一样。怎么可以说这个宇宙的光明妇人就是马利亚？马利亚太小了，她既不是那样的光明，当然也不是宇宙的。马利亚没有戴著十二星的冠冕。这妇人也不仅是以色列民，因为以色列由月亮所代表。再看看这妇人：她头上有十二颗发亮的星，代表列祖。亚伯、以诺、挪亚、亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各，当然都是星。以色列人由月亮所代表。不管他们有时候是多么邪恶并失败，比较上来说，他们还是在月亮上的人。只有以色列人是站在照耀之月亮上的百姓，异教徒或外邦人都不是。难道埃及人、巴比伦人、希腊人、罗马人、或中国人是站在月亮上么？当然不是。他们也许站在一堆煤炭上，但不是在照耀的月亮上。所有别的民族现在仍站在黑暗的事物上。在人类中只有一个民族是站在月亮上，就是以色列人。然而他们并不晓得，月亮是个表号，豫表日头，就是基督要来临。赞美主，今天我们是日头。虽然我们中间有一些犹太的信徒，但他们不再属于月亮，乃是日头的一部分。召会就是日头，因为基督是日头，而我们乃是基督的一部分。基督是头太阳，我们是身体太阳。赞美主，我们是这宇宙光明妇人的主体部分。参在天光中是明亮的十二章里的妇人不仅在时间、空间上是宇宙的，在天光中也是明亮的。她站在明亮的月亮之上，且在明亮的众星之下，身上披著明亮的日头。她是全然明亮，毫无一点黑暗。她的光是天光，全然属天。我们召会既是她的主体部分，就必须像她这样。
12The woman in this chapter is universal both in time and in space. She is universal in time, from the creation of Adam to eternity. She is also universal in space, on earth and in heaven. This is a strong proof that she is not Mary, but Mary is included in her, as we all are. How can people say that this universal bright woman is Mary? Mary is too small. She is not that bright and she certainly is not universal. Mary does not wear a crown of twelve stars. Neither is this woman merely the race of Israel, for Israel is represented by the moon. Look at this woman once again: on her head are twelve shining stars representing the patriarchs. Surely Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were all stars. The children of Israel are represented by the moon. No matter how evil and defeated they sometimes were, comparatively speaking, they were a people on the moon. Only the children of Israel, not the heathens or the pagans, were a people standing on the shining moon. Were the Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, or Chinese people standing on the moon? Certainly not. They might have stood on a lump of coal, but not on the shining moon. All other races have been and still are standing on the dark things. Among the human race, only one people, the children of Israel, stand on the moon. However, they do not realize that the moon is a sign that the sun, Christ, will come. Praise the Lord that today we are the sun. Although there are some Jewish believers among us, they are no longer a part of the moon but a part of the sun. The church is the sun because Christ is the sun and we are a part of Christ. Christ is the head sun and we are the body sun. Praise the Lord that we are in the major part of this bright universal woman. III. BRIGHT IN CELESTIAL LIGHT The woman in chapter twelve is not only universal both in time and in space, but is also bright in celestial light. She stands upon the bright moon and under the bright stars and is clothed with the bright sun. She is altogether bright, not being in any darkness. Her brightness is celestial, heavenly. We, the church, as her greatest part, must be like this.
肆 宇宙的争战
IV. A UNIVERSAL WAR
13在创世记三章，那条小蛇藉著女人进来了。许多世纪以来，解经的人都说，蛇藉著女人而来，因为女人比男人软弱。我早年尽职的时候也是这么说。但现在我领悟，在完成神经纶的事上，我们必须先作女人而不是作男人。狡猾的蛇知道该毒害谁。今天我们不是亚当的一部分，乃是这位宇宙光明妇人的一部分。撒但进来败坏女人，因为他知道神要用女人来成就祂的定旨。任何人不先看自己在神眼中是女人，就永远不能完成神的经纶。你必须先看自己是女人，说，『主，我不是男人。主阿，你是男人，我只是这妇人的一部分。既然你是男人，而我是女人的一部分，我必须以你为我的丈夫，为我的头，并且服从你。』蛇败坏了女人之后，神来干涉并审判蛇，说，『我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇，你的后裔和女人的后裔，也彼此为仇；女人的后裔要伤你的头，你要伤他的脚跟。』（创三15。）我们3:15必须用创世记三章来解释启示录十二章。创世记三章十五节说到女人、蛇、和女人的后裔；启示录十二章仍是说这三者，不过规模大多了。这妇人现在更大了，蛇已经变成了大龙，女人的后裔也发展成男孩子。启示录十二章里的妇人，开始于创世记三章十五节的女人。我们需要看见，在宇宙中有一个大的宇宙光明妇人的异象，她在忍受产难，要生孩子。在这妇人的面前有一条龙与她争战，要在孩子生下来的时候吞吃这孩子。这个仇恨乃是出于神，首次出现在创世记三章十五节；是神将仇恨放在蛇与女人之间。今天，宇宙中只有一个战争正在进行，就是神的子民这妇人，和蛇这龙之间的争战。你看到这个异象么？今天，我们都是这妇人的主体部分，在我们面前的是一条龙。
13In Genesis 3, the little serpent came in through the woman. Throughout the centuries, the expositors of the Bible have said that the serpent came in through the woman because she was weaker than the man. In my early ministry I also said the same thing. But now I realize that in fulfilling God’secon o my we must firstly be the female, not the male. The serpent, the subtle one, knew whom he had to poison. Today, we are not a part of Adam but a part of the universal bright woman. Satan came in to damage the female because he knew that she would be used by God to accomplish His purpose. Anyone who does not firstly consider himself as a female in the eyes of God can never fulfill God’secon o my. You must firstly consider yourself as a female, saying, “Lord, I am not the man. Lord, You are the man, and I am part of the woman. Since You are the male and I am a part of the female, I must take You as my husband and my head and submit to You.” After the serpent damaged the woman, God intervened to judge the serpent, saying, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Gen. 3:15). Revelation 12 must be interpreted by Genesis 3. In Genesis we have the woman, the serpent, and the seed of the woman. In Revelation 12 we have the same three things, although on a larger scale. The woman is now much greater, the serpent has become a great dragon, and the seed of the woman has also developed into the man - child. The woman in Revelation 12 began with the woman in Genesis 3:15. We need the vision to see in this universe the sign of a great universal bright woman travailing in birth to bring forth a child. In front of this woman is a dragon fighting against her and seeking to devour the child as soon as he is born. This enmity, which is first seen in Genesis 3:15, is of God; it was God who put enmity between the serpent and the woman. In the universe today just one war is raging—the war between God’sp eople as the woman and the serpent as the dragon. Have you seen this vision? Today, we all are the greatest part of the woman, and in front of us is a dragon.
14创世记三章里的蛇怎样变成启示录十二章里的龙？是因为牠吃了太多的东西。蛇藉著吃，就不断扩增。许多人都作了牠的食物，现在牠还想吞吃我们。但是我们绝不会被牠吞吃，反要给牠致命的一击。当日耶和华咒诅了蛇，派定牠必须吃土。（创三。）我们若是属土、属地，便是蛇的食物；但我们若是属天，蛇就无法吞吃我们。我们既不属土，也不属地，我们乃是那属天、光明妇人的一部分。我们必须看见这异象，在宇宙中，妇人和龙正在交战。凡逼迫召会的就是与龙合一。天主教因为逼迫爱主的人，所以是与龙合一。在十七章里，我们看见一个有七头十角的兽，头和角的数目与龙的一样。（启十二3，十七3。）有一个女人骑在这兽上，身穿紫色和朱红色的衣服，用金子、宝石、珍珠为妆饰。（启十七3～4。）背道的天主教，就是那骑在兽上的妓女，与龙合一，逼迫那光明的妇人。当使徒保罗还是大数的扫罗时，他逼迫召会。那时候，他是月亮的一部分，以色列的一部分么？我们都要强烈的说不是。同样，法利赛人虽然是犹太人，却不是月亮的一部分，主耶稣称他们为『蛇类，』和『毒蛇之种。』（太二三33。）他们是创世记三章十五节里所说『蛇的后裔。』他们和大数的扫罗都成为大龙的一部分。但赞美主，以后扫罗改变了！无论你是否虔敬，只要你逼迫召会，就是龙的一部分，至少也是与龙合一。古时的犹太人以为他们是为神争战，那里知道他们竟然与龙并肩作战，逼迫神的百姓，破坏并阻挠神的经纶。今天的基督徒必须小心，他们对待召会的态度断定出他们是怎样的人，也决定他们在那里。凡逼迫召会的基督徒就是与龙合一，就是站在龙的一边来反对神的经纶。我们若看见这异象，就知道不可能有中间立场。只有两方妇人或龙，你属那一方？你站在那一边？有些所谓的基督徒憎恨召会，切望看见召会垮台。他们说关于召会的谎言，散布关于召会的谣言。他们反对召会，尽可能阻挠并破坏召会。这是出于龙的邪灵的工作，这些人与龙合一。他们若不是龙的一部分，至少也是与龙站在一边。你也许会问；『他们不是基督徒么？』我要这样回答；法利赛人不也是犹太宗教徒么？当然是！他们严守他们的圣经。他们认为，他们所作的一切事，包括将基督判死刑，都是按著他们的圣经。但实际上他们是甚么？他们是蛇，是毒蛇，是龙的一部分，作事破坏神的经纶。扫罗在往大马色的路上，全能的主来干涉他之前，他也是龙的活跃部分。主向他显现，把他打倒在地的时候，好像说，『扫罗，你在作甚么？我是耶稣，现在来见见你。』那时候起，扫罗就改变了，从撒但的黑暗里出来，迁入神光明的国里。扫罗一悔改相信，主就差遣他去开百姓的眼睛，叫他们『从黑暗转入光中，从撒但权下转向神，又因信入我，得蒙赦罪，并在一切圣别的人中得著基业。』（徒二六18。）从大数扫罗的例子我们看见，今天谁要是逼迫召会，就是龙的一部分，至少也是与牠合一。
14How did the serpent in Genesis 3 become the dragon in Revelation 1 2? It was by eating a great deal. Through his eating the serpent has been continually increasing. Many have been feeding him, and now he is trying to devour us. But we will never be devoured by him; rather, we will give him a death blow. When the Lord cursed the serpent, He assigned him to eat dust (Gen. 3:14). As long as we are dusty, earthy, we 14 are food for the serpent. But if we are heavenly, the serpent cannot devour us. We are not dusty or earthy; we are a part of the heavenly, bright woman. We must see the vision that in the universe a warfare is raging between the woman and the dragon. Whoever persecutes the church is one with the dragon. Because the Catholic Church persecutes the Lord’s lovers, she is one with the dragon. In chapter seventeen, we see a beast with seven heads and ten horns, the same number of heads and horns that the dragon has (12:3; 17:3). On this beast sits a woman clothed in purple and scarlet and gilded with gold and precious stone and pearls (17:3-4). The apostate Catholic Church, being the prostitute riding on the beast, is one with the dragon in persecuting the bright woman. When the apostle Paul was Saul of Tarsus, he persecuted the church. At that time, was he a part of the moon, a part of Israel? We say strongly that he was not. Likewise, the Pharisees, although they were Jews, were not a part of the moon. The Lord Jesus called them “serpents” and the “generation of vipers” (Matt. 23:33). They were “the seed of the serpent,” as mentioned in Genesis 3:15. Along with Saul of Tarsus, they had become part of the great dragon. But praise the Lord that Saul was converted! It does not matter whether or not you are religious, for as long as you persecute the church, you are part of the dragon or at least one with the dragon. The ancient Jews thought that they were fighting for God. But they did not realize that they were fighting together with the dragon to persecute God’sp eople and to damage and frustrate God’secon o my. Christians today must be careful. Their attitude towards the church determines what they are and where they are. Any Christians who persecute the church are one with the dragon, taking sides with him against God’s economy. If we have this vision, we shall see that there can be no neutral ground. There are only two parties—the woman or the ─ dragon. To which party do you belong? With which do you stand? Some so-called Christians hate the church and are eager to see it collapse. They speak lies about the church and spread rumors concerning the church. They oppose the church and do everything possible to frustrate and damage her. This is of the evil spirit of the dragon. These people are one with the dragon. If they are not a part of the dragon, they at least take sides with the dragon. You may ask, “Are they not Christians?” I would reply with this question: Were not the Pharisees the Jewish religionists? Certainly they were. They held to their Scriptures. According to their opinion, everything they did, including sentencing Christ to death, was according to their Scriptures. But what were they in actuality? They were vipers, snakes, part of the great dragon, doing things to destroy God’secon o my. Until the sovereign Lord intervened as Saul was on the way to Damascus, Saul also was actively a part of the dragon. When the Lord appeared to him, knocking him to the ground, He seemed to say, “Saul, what are you doing? I, Jesus, have come to visit you.” At that time, Saul was converted and translated out of the darkness of Satan into God’skin gdom of light. At the time of his conversion, the Lord charged Saul, telling him to open people’se yes “that they may turn from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me” (Acts 26:18). By the example of Saul of Tarsus we see that whoever persecutes the church today is part of the dragon or at least one with him.
15如今龙正在逼迫召会，设谋破坏召会。反对不但在我们这个地方进行，并且在全美国都有。龙在地上各处寻找吞吃凡召会所产生的一切。你看到这个启示么？这不是一件小事。我们乃是为著主的恢复，我们面对著龙的攻击，但谁会得胜？阿利路亚，龙要被摔下去，我们要得胜。首先，龙要从诸天之上被摔到地上，然后从地上落到无底坑里，最后从无底坑到火湖里。我们要宣告说，『撒但，到你的老家火湖里去罢。不要再留在地上了。这地是为著基督的，不是为著你的。我们的基督要来据有这地，你必须走开。撒但，你没有选择，到火湖里去罢！』
15The dragon is now persecuting the church and plotting to damage it. The opposition is active in Orange County and throughout this country. The dragon is everywhere on earth, seeking to devour whatever the church would bring forth. Have you seen this revelation? It is not a small thing. We are for the Lord’s recovery. We face the attack of the dragon, but who will be victorious? Hallelujah, the dragon will be cast down, and we shall be victorious. Firstly, the dragon will be cast down from the heavens to the earth, then from the earth to the abyss, and finally from the abyss to the lake of fire. We can declare, “Satan, go to your destination in the lake of fire. Do not remain on earth any longer. The earth is for Christ, not for you. Our Christ is coming to possess the earth, and you must go. Satan, you have no choice—go to the lake of fire!”
16圣经末了一卷书启示录，揭露了撒但的定命。在启示录后半一切重要关键的事中，头一件就是十二章里的宇宙光明妇人。我们是最首要的一项，也是最关键的一件事。现在不是睡觉的时候，乃是争战的时候。我们无论在那里，都要向反对和逼迫说，『到火湖里去罢！』我们就是这个妇人，撒但乃是在火湖里。
16Revelation, the last book of the Bible, unveils Satan’s destiny. Among all the important things and crucial matters in the second half of Revelation, the first is the universal bright woman in chapter twelve. We are the topmost item, the most crucial thing. Now is not the time to sleep; it is the time to fight. Wherever we are, we must say to the opposition and persecution, “Go to the lake of fire!” We are the woman, and Satan is in the lake of fire.