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启示录生命读经 · 第35篇

妇人和男孩子

The Woman and the Man-Child
1圣经里有一些重要的表号，其中一个就是雅各在伯特利的梦。（创二八10～22。）在那个梦中雅各看见天开了，有一个梯子立在地上，直通到天。这个表号需要整本圣经来发展。另一个表号是尼布甲尼撒王的梦，（但二～45，）他梦见一个大像代表外邦的权势。这个表号看起来简单，却包括了历代外邦的权势，从巴比伦直到将来复兴的罗马帝国。我们若要完全且充分了解那表号的意义，就得看整12个世界的历史。启示录十二章里还有另一个表号，就是光明的妇人同男孩子的大异象。在本篇信息中，我的负担是要进一步说到这个大异象。有人认为启示录十二章里的妇人是马利亚，那真太狭窄了。还有人说这妇人只是以色列人，犹太民族，这也不彀；因为这个异象里的妇人不是一地的，乃是宇宙的。这章里的妇人不限在地上的某一地方，乃是占据全宇宙。在前篇信息中我们已经看见，她代表从亚当直到末了神全体的子民。
1In the Bible there are some crucial signs. One of them is Jacob’s dream at Bethel (Gen. 28:10-22). In that dream Jacob saw heaven opened and a ladder set up on earth extending from earth to heaven. This sign needs the whole Bible for its development. Another sign is Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Dan. 2:1-45). In that dream he saw a great image symbolizing the power 1 of the Gentiles. Although that sign appears simple, it covers the Gentile powers from Babylon to the coming kingdoms of the revived Roman Empire. If we would understand that sign fully and adequately, we need to consider the whole of world history. In Revelation there is still another sign—the great sign of the bright woman with the man - child. In this message I am burdened to give a further word on this great sign. The view that the woman in Revelation 12 is Mary is entirely too narrow. To say that the woman is merely Israel, the race of the Jews, is also inadequate, for the woman in this vision is not local but universal. The woman in this chapter is not limited to any locality on earth; rather, she occupies the universe. As we have seen in the last message, she represents the totality of God’sp eople from Adam until the end.
GOD’S NEED
神需要妇人和男孩子
FOR THE WOMAN AND THE MAN-CHILD
2神的子民要成为男孩子以前，必须向著神先是个妇人。这指明我们今天在召会中，向著神必先是12个妇人，然后才是男孩子。从启示录十二章的表号我们看见，神的心意是要藉著这妇人产生男孩子。这妇人一直是，且仍是神用来产生男孩子的凭藉，神要用这男孩子打败祂的仇敌，带进祂的国。换句话说，神要用这男孩子来成就祂的经纶，完成祂的定旨。这是一件大事。神为了完成祂的定旨，不仅需要单个的基督，也需要团体的基督，就是召会，神的子民。我们不同意人说，这妇人仅是耶稣的母亲，或是以色列国；她乃是神子民一个宇宙的团体。神需要男孩子来打败祂的仇敌，带进祂的国，使祂永远的定旨得以完成。为著使祂得著这样的男孩子，就需要有这个妇人。
2Before God’sp eople can be the man-child, they must firstly be a woman to Him. This indicates that we in the church today must firstly be the woman to God and then the man-child. By the sign in Revelation we see that God’sin tent i on is to bring forth a man- child through this woman. The woman has been and still is the means by which God can bring forth this man-child, the one whom God will use to defeat His enemy and to bring in His kingdom. In other words, God will use this man-child to fulfill His economy and to accomplish His purpose. This is a great matter. In order to accomplish His purpose, God not only needs the individual Christ but also a corporate Christ, the church, God’sp eople. We do not agree with the concept that this woman is merely the mother of Jesus or the nation of Israel. She is the universal, corporate body of God’s people. God needs the man - child to defeat His enemy and to bring in His kingdom that His eternal purpose might be accomplished. In order for Him to have such a man-child, there is the need of the woman.
妇人的地位
THE POSITION OF THE WOMAN
3现在我们要来看几件有关妇人在圣经中之地位的重要的事。圣经启示说，在神眼中，祂的百姓是祂的妻子。在以赛亚五十四章，神甚至说祂自己是祂百姓的丈夫。按照圣经，妇人要作个正确的妻子，就必须服从她的丈夫。在宇宙中，那惟一的丈夫，惟一的男人乃是神。这位神，这位宇宙的男人和丈夫，就是我们的丈夫。无论我们生来是男或女，我们既是神的子民，在神眼中就是女人。神是我们的丈夫，我们是祂的配偶。我们既是祂的妻子，就当服从祂。虽然我们可能说，我们是基督的妻子，但我们仍有自己的办法和打算，常常不以祂的心意和打算为我们的心意和打算。这就是说，我们实际上并没有以祂为我们的丈夫，并没有服从祂。
3Now we need to see a few crucial matters relating to the position of the woman in the Bible. The Bible reveals that in God’se yes His people are His wife. In Isaiah 54 God even refers to Himself as the husband to His people. According to the Bible, in order for a woman to be a proper wife, she must submit to her husband. In this universe the unique husband, the unique man, is God. God, the universal man, the universal husband, is our husband. Whether we are males or females by birth, being God’sp eople, we are females in God’se yes. God is our husband, and we are His counterpart. As His wife, we must submit ourselves to Him. Although we may say that we are a wife to Christ, we still have our own way and intention. Often, we do not take His will and intention as ours. This means that we do not actually take Him as our husband or submit to Him
4作妻子的，也必须从丈夫接受一些东西，方能怀孕。圣经启示说，服从乃是接受基督的一些东西，正如妇人服从丈夫，不是要为他作甚么，乃是要接受他的一些东西。妻子为丈夫所作的任何事，都不及她接受丈夫的一些东西更为重要。妻子的责任，实际上不是为她的丈夫作甚么，乃是从丈夫有所接受，好为她的丈夫有所生产。在启示录十二章的大异象里，没有描写这个妇人为她的丈夫在作甚么，只是说她怀孕了。她从她的丈夫受了孕，要为她的丈夫生产。召会的责任主要的还不是为基督作甚么，她的责任乃是接受基督的一些东西，从基督怀孕，并且为基督有所生产。这章里的妇人，首先指明了对神的服从；其次，她指明我们不需要为神作甚么。我们所需要的，乃是接受神的一些东西。祂不需要我们的东西，我们却需要基督的一些东西进到我们里面，使我们怀孕，能为祂有所生产。召会今天需要基督，可是今日的基督教完全看不见这个异象。基督徒谈到服从时，他们的观念就是为基督作些甚么，为神作些工作。但我们要作正确的妇人，必须先服从丈夫，不是为祂作甚么，而是接受祂的一些东西。我们若这样作就要怀孕，并且有些东西要藉著我们产生出来。
4A wife must also receive something from her husband in order to become pregnant. The Bible reveals that submission is to receive something of Christ, just as the woman submits to her husband, not to do something for him but to receive something of him. Nothing that a wife does for her husband is more important than receiving something of her husband. Actually a wife’s duty is not to do things for her husband; it is to receive something of her husband that she may bring forth something for her husband. In the great sign in Revelation 12, the woman is not portrayed as doing anything for her husband; she is pictured as being pregnant. She has been impregnated by her husband in order to bring forth something for her husband. The church’s duty is not mainly to do something for Christ. Her duty is to receive something of Christ that she may be made pregnant of Christ and may bring forth something for Christ. The woman in this chapter firstly indicates submission to God. Secondly, she indicates that we do not need to do anything for God. What we need is to receive something of God. He does not need anything of us, but we need something of Christ to enter into our being that we might be made pregnant and might bring forth something for Him. The church today needs Christ. This vision is altogether lacking in today’s Christianity. When Christians speak about submission, their concept is to do something for Christ, to perform some work for God. But as the proper woman, we must firstly submit ourselves to our husband, not to do something for Him, but to receive something of Him. If we do this we shall be made pregnant, and something will be brought forth through us.
淫乱的意义
THE MEANING OF FORNICATION
5现在我们要来看甚么是淫乱，淫乱就是虽然有了丈夫，却将自己归附于另一个男人。今天有许多基督徒，或许我们有些人也在内，都行了淫乱。我们一面承认基督是我们的丈夫，一面却又归附许多其他事物，就行了淫乱。将自己归附基督以外的任何事物，就是淫乱。我们若有亮光，启示，就要看见今日的基督教满了这种淫乱。你既是贞洁的妻子，就不该归附于丈夫之外的任何人，也不该从任何别的人接受甚么。从你丈夫之外的人接受了甚么就是淫乱。但是看看今日的基督教！一天过一天，一周过一周，基督徒都在接受基督以外的许多东西。我们在召会生活中的人应该小心，不要接受基督以外的东西。我们不该接受教训、道理、作法或形式。接受基督以外的东西，即使是好的，甚至是合乎圣经的，也是犯了属灵的淫乱。我们只该接受基督，只让祂使我们怀孕。
5Now we need to consider what fornication is. Fornication is to have a husband and to submit yourself to another man. Many Christians today, perhaps including some of us, are committing fornication. We commit fornication when, on the one hand, we admit that Christ is our husband, while, on the other hand, we submit to so many other things. Submitting ourselves to anything other than Christ is fornication. If we have the light, the vision, we shall see that Christianity today is full of this kind of fornication. As a chaste wife, you should not submit to anyone other than your husband, and you should not receive anything from anyone else. To receive something from someone other than your husband is fornication. But look at today’s Christianity! Week after week and day after day, Christians are receiving things other than Christ. We in the church life should be careful not to receive anything other than Christ. We should not receive teachings, doctrines, practices, or forms. To receive something other than Christ, even if that thing is good or even scriptural, is to commit spiritual fornication. We should receive only Christ and allow only Him to make us pregnant
产生男孩子的路
THE WAY TO PRODUCE THE MAN-CHILD
6只有藉著接受基督到我们里面，我们才能生出男孩子。男孩子完全是由基督的成分形成的。为要产生男孩子，我们首先必须与基督是一，并接受出于祂的东西。我们只从基督接受一些东西，就会从基督怀孕，生出男孩子。你若看见这异象，就会对今天基督教的光景深感遗憾。男孩子在那里？基督教产生许多东西，但几乎没有男孩子。因为基督教在基督以外接受了许多东西而受孕，所以产生的几乎都不是男孩子。神没有意思要妇人去和龙争战，乃是要男孩子与龙争战。龙在诸天之上仍然活跃，因为男孩子还没有生出来。现在我们能看见，这一次有启示录生命读经绝不是偶然的事，乃是神所计画、所定规的，使我们都能看见，我们必须是这独一的妇人，不归附任何其他的人事物，单单服从基督，并且必须单单接受出于基督的东西。我们作为这妇人，单单接受出于基督的东西，男孩子就要生出来了。
6Only by receiving Christ into our being can we bring forth the man-child. The man-child is formed wholly of the constituent of Christ. In order to produce the man - child, we must first be one with Christ and receive something of Him. When we receive something uniquely of Christ, we shall be made pregnant of Christ to bring forth the man - child. If you see this vision, you will feel sorrowful about the situation in today’s Christianity. Where is the man-child? Christianity has produced many things, but there is nearly no man - child. Because Christianity has been impregnated of things other than Christ, hardly anything that it brings forth is the man-child. God does not intend for the woman to fight the dragon. God intends to use the man - child to fight against the dragon. The dragon is still active in the heavens because the man - child has not yet been brought forth. Now we can see that this life-study of Revelation is not accidental; it was planned and timed by God that we all might see that we must be the unique woman submitting ourselves only to Christ, not to anything or anyone else, and that we must only receive what is of Christ. When, as this woman, we receive something uniquely of Christ, the man-child will be brought forth.
妇人和男孩子的不同之处
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE MAN-CHILD
7男孩子是妇人较刚强的部分。一面，我们必须先是妇人；另一面，我们也必须是男孩子。我们只是光明、属天还不彀，我们必须完全由基督的元素所构成。妇人和男孩子的不同之处乃是：基督的元素构成到妇人里面的还不是太多；但男孩子却完全被基督的元素所充满并浸透。所以，男孩子就是基督所构成的。这男孩子怎么能产生出来呢？他的产生是藉著基督进到妇人的一部分里，用祂一切丰富的元素来构成那部分。不要以为这只是一个解释，乃要把这个应用到你每天的经历中。即使你服从基督，也接受祂的一些东西，你仍是妇人而不是男孩子。当你让基督的元素作到你里面，那时候你才强壮。基督的元素作到你里面越多，你就越刚强。这就是男孩子。
7The man-child is the stronger part of the woman. On the one hand, we firstly must be the woman; on the other hand, we must also be the man-child. It is not adequate simply to be bright and heavenly. We must be fully constituted with the element of Christ. The difference between the woman and the man-child is this: not much of the element of Christ is constituted into the being of the woman, but the entire being of the man- child is saturated and permeated with the element of Christ. Hence, the man-child is the very constitution of Christ. How can this man-child be brought forth? He is brought forth by Christ’s getting into part of the woman to constitute that part of her with all the rich element of Christ. Do not consider this merely as an interpretation, but apply it to your daily experience. Even if you submit yourselves to Christ and receive something of Him, you are still the woman and are not yet the man-child. You will not be strong until you have allowed the element of Christ to be worked into your being. The more the element of Christ is worked into you, the stronger you will become. This is the man-child
藉著跟随羔羊
BECOMING PART OF THE MAN-CHILD
而成为男孩子的一部分
BY FOLLOWING THE LAMB
8不要只在道理上明白男孩子，以为男孩子就是包括死了且复活的得胜者。这在道理上并没有错，但我们不愿意单单在道理上认识圣经，我们要实际的认识神的话。就是在今天，复活的时间尚未来到，我们就能成为男孩子。你今天若不是男孩子的一部分，怎能盼望将来在复活里成为男孩子的一部分？
8Do not understand the man-child in just a doctrinal way as consisting of the dead overcomers resurrected. Doctrinally speaking, this is correct. But we do not like to understand the Bible simply in a doctrinal way. Rather, we must know the Word in a practical way. Even today, before the time of resurrection, we can be the man-child. If you are not a part of the man-child today, then how do you expect to be a part of the man- child in resurrection
9成为初熟的果子和成为男孩子的原则是一样的，就是羔羊无论往那里去，我们都跟随祂。（启十四4。）然而，我早年尽职时，并不晓得跟随羔羊不是一件外面的事。我们不能说，『哦，羔羊既忍耐又谦卑，我们当效法祂的忍耐和谦卑；羔羊绝对为著神，我们也当绝对为著祂。羔羊是我们的榜样，我们必须跟随祂。』四十多年前我还讲这样的道，但是后来我知道了，这是对跟随羔羊的一种天然领会。如果羔羊的元素没有进到我们里面，我们就无法跟随祂。我们不是羔羊，我们不过是『猴子』或『驴子。』猴子或驴子怎能跟随羔羊？绝不可能！跟随羔羊的意思就是让羔羊进到你里面。当羔羊的元素构成到你里面，你就实际的成了羔羊的一部分。你就无法再是以前的那个人，因为你已经变化过了。我们这经过变化的人就是男孩子。现在我们是妇人，服从我们的丈夫，并且接受出于祂的一些东西到我们里面。我们若让那从我们丈夫所接受的元素，充满并浸透我们全人，使我们被这元素构成，我们就不再只是妇人，而是男孩子了。
9The principle in becoming the firstfruit or the man- child is the same: we must follow the Lamb wherever He goes (14:4). However, in my early ministry I did not realize that following the Lamb is not an outward matter. We should not say, “Oh, the Lamb was patient and humble, and we must imitate His patience and humility. The Lamb was absolutely for God, and we must also be absolutely for Him. The Lamb is our example, and we must follow Him.” Forty years ago, I gave messages along this line. But later I realized that this is a natural understanding of following the Lamb. If the element of the Lamb does not get into us, we shall be unable to follow Him. We are not a lamb; we are “monkeys” or “donkeys.” How could a “monkey” or a “donkey” follow the Lamb? It is impossible. To follow the Lamb means to allow the Lamb to get into you. When the element of the Lamb is constituted into your being, you will actually be a part of the Lamb. You will be unable to be what you were before because you have been transformed. Our transformed being is the man-child. Now we are the woman submitting to our husband and receiving something of Him into our being. If we allow the element that we have received of our husband to saturate and permeate our being, constituting us with this element, we shall no longer be simply the woman, but the man-child.
10我们固然需要更多的祷告，但若只是寻常的祷告，我们不会得到供应。我们需要时刻向我们的丈夫敞开，让基督的元素，基督神圣的成分，不断在我们里面作工，充满并浸透我们全人。今天，主巴望祂许多的儿女都能看见，我们这些神的子民，作为祂的妻子，乃是为著产生男孩子。我们无法产生或制造这男孩子，我们必须接受出于基督的一些东西，而从祂怀孕。我们这位基督的一些东西必须进到我们里面。这不是我们当谦卑、忍耐、善良的问题；这完全是我们全人向祂神圣的元素敞开，让这元素作到我们里面的问题。为此，我们需要『九个月，』需要花这么长的时间，让男孩子在我们里面成长。使徒保罗在加拉太四章十九节说，『我的孩子们，我为你们再受生产之苦，直等到基督成形在你们里面。』这指明他领悟，他是这个忍受产难之妇人的一部分，要生出男孩子来，就是基督成形在我们里面。他在腓立比一章二十一节又说，『因为在我，活著就是基督。』这指明他因著经历基督，已经成为男孩子的一部分。一面，他是那忍受产难之妇人的一部分；另一面，他乃是男孩子的一部分。保罗是为神所立，给后来信主的人作榜样的，（提前一16，）我们都当像他。一面，我们应该是妇人的一部分，为生男孩子而忍受产难；另一面，我们也应该是男孩子，打败神的仇敌，带进祂的国，以完成祂的定旨。
10Although we need to pray more, if we simply pray in a common way, we shall not be supplied. We need to constantly be open to our husband. We must permit the element of Christ, the divine constituent of Christ, to work in us continually to saturate and permeate our whole being. Today, the Lord’s desire is that many of His children realize that, as God’sp eople, we are His wife for the purpose of bringing forth the man- child. We cannot produce or manufacture this man- child; we must receive something of Christ and be made pregnant of Him. Something of our Christ must enter into our being. It is not a matter of our being humble, patient, nice, or good. It is absolutely a matter of opening our being to His divine element and of allowing this element to be worked into us. For this, we need “nine months.” It takes this long for the man- child to be developed within us. The apostle Paul said in Galatians 4:19, “I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you.” This indicates that he realized that he was part of this travailing woman to bring forth the man-child, which is Christ formed in us. Then in Philippians 1:21 he said, “For to me to live is Christ.” This indicates that he became a part of the man-child by experiencing Christ. On the one hand, he was a part of the travailing woman and, on the other hand, he was a part of the man-child. Paul was set up by God as a pattern for the believers (1 Tim. 1:16). We all must be like him. On the one hand, we should be part of the woman to travail for the birth of the man-child and, on the other hand, we should be the man-child to defeat God’se ne my and to bring in His kingdom for the fulfilling of His purpose
龙对妇人的憎恨
THE DRAGON’S HATRED OF THE WOMAN
11仇敌憎恨这妇人，并且在寻找要吞吃男孩子。因为仇敌要使这个妇人失去功用，所以就起了争战。甚至到今天，我们在安那翰这里人数还是不多。有时我不懂，为甚么人这么反对我们，并且尽其所能的要消灭我们。就人的一面来说，这是很难了解的。就连许多反对批评我们的人，也不知道为甚么要这么作。但是大龙知道，牠知道有一些神的子民正在恢复那妇人的真实地位。我们一旦取得了这地位，神就有机会产生男孩子。狡猾的撒但藏在反对者的背后，他知道有一些神的子民已经取了这妇人的地位，并且要从基督怀孕，生出男孩子。在这争战中，我们必须摸著宝座，呼吁最高的权柄，并运用我们的灵来争战。
11The enemy hates this woman and is seeking to devour the man-child. The warfare is due to the enemy’s desire to put this woman out of function. Even today, we in Anaheim are small in number. Sometimes I wonder why people oppose us so much and are doing everything possible to exterminate us. Humanly speaking, it is very difficult to understand this. Even many of the opposers and critics do not know the reason. But the great dragon knows. He realizes that some of God’sp eople are resuming the true position of the woman. Once we have resumed this position, God has the opportunity to bring forth the man-child. Satan, the subtle one behind the opposers, knows that some of God’sp eople have taken the position of this woman and that they will be made pregnant of Christ to bring forth the man-child. In this warfare we must touch the throne, call upon the highest authority, and exercise our spirit to fight the battle
THE IMPORTANCE
看见这个大异象的重要
OF SEEING THIS GREAT SIGN
12今天，认识我们是这个妇人，对我们是非常重要的。我们是妇人，必须服从我们的丈夫，向祂敞开，接受祂的一些东西，使祂的元素能作到我们里面。结果，我们不仅能怀孕，最后还要生出男孩子。这是神的经纶。我盼望我们都看见这个简单却深奥的异象，就是这个光明的妇人和她的男孩子如何遭受大龙的反对。我们若看见这个异象，我们对基督徒生活的观念，就要有彻底的改变。今天我们若没有男孩子，甚至没有妇人，我们光是谦卑、善良、圣别或属灵，那又有甚么意义？
12Today, it is crucial for us to realize that we are the woman. As the woman, we must submit to our husband, open to Him, and receive something of Him that His element might be wrought into our being. As a result, we shall not only become pregnant, but, eventually, we shall bring forth a man-child. This is God’secon o my. I hope that we all see this simple yet profound sign of the bright woman with the man-child opposed by the great dragon. If we see this vision, our concept regarding our Christian life will be radically changed. What is the significance of being humble, nice, holy, or spiritual as long as the man-child, or even the woman, is not with us today
合一的路
THE WAY TO BE ONE
13就个人来说，你我都不是妇人。只有当我们在一起，成为团体的单位时，我们就是这一个妇人。既然只有一个妇人，所以在神的子民中，凡持异议的人就与此妇人无分无关。我们能成为一，惟一的路乃是服从基督，并接受基督的一些东西。我们若不服从祂，我们就不能合一。真正的一只出自我们服从这惟一的丈夫，这独一的头。不仅如此，我们也只可接受基督独一的元素。虽然我们会有不同的观念，但是却不可接受出于我们观念的任何东西。你若接受出于你观念的东西，立刻就会分裂。
13As individuals, you and I are not the woman. Only together, as a corporate unit, are we all the one woman. Since there is only one woman, whoever of God’sp eople is dissenting is finished with this woman. The only way we can be one is to submit ourselves to Christ and to receive something of Christ. If we do not submit to Him, we cannot be one. True oneness only comes from submitting ourselves to our one husband, to the unique headship. Furthermore, we must only receive the unique element of Christ. Although we may have different concepts, we should not receive anything of our concept. If you receive something of your concept, you will be divided immediately.
14撒但，就是蛇，非常的狡猾。我过了将近五十年的召会生活，这并不简单。其中有多少狡猾的想像和观念！有的时候连亲爱的圣徒也被仇敌利用，制造一些问题，题出建议，并兴起怀疑。这一切没有一样是出于基督的。甚么时候你把这些东西接受到里面，你就分裂了。但你若看见了异象，就绝不会接受任何观念、建议、批评、题议或怀疑，你只会接受出于基督的东西。虽然有成千的观念题在你眼前，你会说，『我不接受这些观念，我只接受出于基督的东西。我若接受基督之外的东西，就是犯了淫乱。』我们若服从我们惟一的丈夫，并且只接受出于祂的东西，我们就是贞洁的，我们也要成为一。否则，我们就是淫乱的，并且也会分裂。淫乱是分裂所引起的混乱。我们需要看见这个控制的异象。然后我们就会成为一，也要生出男孩子，打败神的仇敌，并带进神的国。
14Satan, the serpent, is very subtle. It has not been easy for me to pass through nearly fifty years in the church life. How many subtle imaginations and concepts there are! At times, even the dear saints are utilized by the enemy to cause questions, to make proposals, and to raise doubts. None of these things is of Christ. Whenever you take these things into your being, you will be divided. But if you have seen the vision, you will never accept any concept, proposal, criticism, suggestion, or doubt. You will only receive something of Christ. Although thousands of concepts may be presented to you, you will say, “I will receive nothing of these concepts. I will only receive something of Christ. If I receive anything other than Christ, I commit fornication.” If we submit ourselves to our one husband and only receive something of Him, we shall be chaste and we shall be one. Otherwise, we shall be fornicators and we shall be divided. Fornication is confusion caused by division. We need to see this controlling vision. Then we shall be one and shall bring forth the man-child to defeat God’se ne my and to bring in God’skin gdom