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启示录生命读经 · 第60篇

新耶路撒冷（二）

The New Jerusalem (2)
1多少世纪以来，启示录二十一、二十二章的意义向著基督徒一直是隐藏的。许多人非常天然的领会这两章，认为这两章描述一座物质的城。我们年经的时候，就听过关于精金之城和精金街道的福音诗歌。启示录的头一节说，耶稣基督的启示是用表号来指示的。我们若要领会这卷书，就必须认识所有表号的意义。例如，一章的金灯台和十二章的宇宙光明妇人乃是表号。不仅如此，在这卷书里基督称为狮子和羔羊，这些名词也是表号。同样，整座新耶路撒冷城也是表号。
1The meaning of Revelation 21 and 22 has been hidden from Christians for centuries. Many have understood these chapters in a very natural way and have considered them a description of a material city. When we were young, we heard gospel songs about the golden city and the golden street. The first verse of the book of Revelation says that the revelation of Jesus Christ is made known by signs. If we would understand this book, we must know the meaning of all the signs. For example, the seven golden lampstands in chapter one and the universal bright woman in chapter twelve are signs. Furthermore, in this book Christ is called the Lion and the Lamb, terms which also are signs. In like manner, the entire city of New Jerusalem is a sign
2历代以来，基督徒所说的召会是出自他们对召会错误的观念。人说到召会去，意思就是到一座有高塔和钟的房子去。在他们的观念中，某种建筑物就是召会。甚至有些关于时代的图表，还用带有尖塔的建筑物代表召会。这样的建筑物可能是礼拜堂，但绝不是召会。上一世纪兴起的弟兄们，对召会的认识有了进步，对他们而言，召会不是建筑物，乃是蒙召之人的聚集。当信徒一同聚集的时候，他们的聚集就是召会。这种领会虽然正确，却相当低浅。召会比这个深多了。假定有一千位重生的基督徒聚集在一起，但他们争吵、打架、彼此批评、且活在肉体中，那是召会么？不是！那既不是召会，也不是圣徒的聚集；在神眼中，那是肉体的聚集。某公会的委员会有一次开会的时候，一位委员竟然把圣经掷向另一位委员。这样的聚集当然不是召会的聚集。在圣经最后一卷书里，召会由光明、纯洁、照耀的金灯台所表征。主用灯台象征召会，因为召会高深且奥秘，无法用人的语言恰切的描述。因此主不得不用表号、象征来代表召会。你看见召会是金灯台的时候，就晓得召会是甚么；然而，若是要你为召会下个定义，你仍可能作不到。召会是奥秘、神圣又纯洁的，人的辞汇无法将其解说得恰切。因这缘故，我们无法在新约中找到召会的完满定义。以弗所一章二十二、二十三节说，召会是基督的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。但『丰满』这辞是甚么意思？『在万有中充满万有』是甚么意思？要领会『召会』这辞的意义已经不易，要领会『身体、』『丰满』和『万有中的万有』就更难了。故此，在圣经终极的总结启示录里，用许多表号来表达属灵的实际。
2Throughout the centuries, what Christians have spoken about the church has come out of their mistaken concept of what the church is. When some talk about going to church, they refer to a bungalow with a high tower and a bell. In their concept, a certain kind of building is the church. Even some diagrams of the dispensations use the figure of a building with a steeple to represent the church. Although such a thing may be a chapel, it certainly is not the church. The Brethren, who were raised up in the last century, have an improved understanding of the church. To them, the church is not a building; it is the gathering of the called ones. When believers meet together, their gathering is the church. Although this understanding is correct, it is rather shallow. The church is much deeper than this. Suppose a thousand regenerated Christians meet together; yet they quarrel, fight, criticize one another, and live in the flesh. Is that the church? No, it is neither the church nor a gathering of the saints; in the eyes of God it is a gathering of the flesh. In one meeting of a certain church board, one member of the board even threw a Bible at another. Such a gathering certainly is not a meeting of the church. In the last book of the Bible the church is signified by a bright, pure, shining golden lampstand. The Lord uses a lampstand to symbolize the church because the church is deep and mysterious and cannot adequately be described in human language. Thus, the Lord was forced to use a sign, a symbol, to represent it. When you see that the church is a golden lampstand, you will know what the church is. However, if you are asked to define the church, you still may not be able to do it. The church is mysterious, divine, and pure, and human words cannot define it adequately. For this reason, nowhere in the New Testament do we find a full definition of the church. Ephesians 1:22 and 23 say that the church is Christ’s Body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. But what does the word “fullness” mean, and what does it mean to “fill all in all”? It is difficult to understand the term church, much less the terms “Body,” “fullness,” and “all in all.” Therefore, in the book of Revelation, the ultimate conclusion of the Bible, many signs are used to convey spiritual realities.
3我们说召会是金灯台，并不是说召会实际上是个有七盏灯的台子，这样领会这事就错了。描述基督为羔羊也是一样，我们的主当然不是真有四条腿和一条尾巴的羔羊。这样领会圣经的表号就大错了！羔羊乃是表号，指明与主有关的事。所以启示录描绘召会为金灯台，就是说召会是神圣、纯洁的；召会也有在黑暗中照耀的光。这就是召会为金灯台的真正意义。新耶路撒冷城也是表号，是包罗一切的表号。要领会这表号，我们的心思必须完全得更新且被照明，不可照著天然的观念领会新耶路撒冷。有些人争辩说，新耶路撒冷实在是一座四方、物质的城。我们若有这种天然的观念，就无法领会新耶路撒冷这表号。新耶路撒冷是表号，表征神永远的建造，作祂的居所。当然，神永远的建造不是物质的地方，乃是活的。这不是物质的城，乃是由祂神圣生命所构成的实体。这是极其奥秘、高深的，人的言语无法恰切的描述。故此，神以祂的智慧，用一幅图画、一个表号向我们启示。我们心思里有了这原则，现在就让我们来看新耶路撒冷城的各方面细节。
3When we say that the church is a golden lampstand, we do not mean that the church is actually a stand with seven lamps. It is a mistake to understand the matter this way. It is the same with the description of Christ as the Lamb. Certainly our Lord is not literally a lamb with four legs and a tail. How wrong to understand biblical symbols in this way! The Lamb is a sign indicating something concerning the Lord. Therefore, when the book of Revelation pictures the church as the golden lampstand, it means that the church is divine and pure; the church also has a light that shines in the darkness. This is the significance and the true meaning of the church being a golden lampstand. The city of New Jerusalem is also a sign, an all- inclusive sign. In order to understand this sign, our mind must be completely renewed and enlightened. We must not understand the New Jerusalem according to our natural concept. Some argue that New Jerusalem is actually a square, material city. If we have this kind of natural concept, we shall not be able to understand the New Jerusalem as a sign. The New Jerusalem is a sign signifying God’s eternal building as His dwelling place. To be sure, God’s eternal building is not a physical place; rather it is something living. Instead of being a material city, it is an entity constituted with His divine life. This is so mysterious, deep, and profound that human language cannot adequately describe it. Therefore, in His wisdom, God uses a picture, a sign, to reveal it to us. With this principle in mind, let us now consider the various details and aspects of the city of New Jerusalem
柒 所有蒙神救赎者
VII. A LIVING COMPOSITION
活的组成
OF ALL GOD’S REDEEMED
4新耶路撒冷是所有蒙神救赎者活的组成。她是这样的组成，意即她是活的建筑。神的百姓是活的建筑，这思想并非在启示录里首次见到。在旧约里我们就看见，神的百姓被当作材料，建造在一起作神的居所。
4The New Jerusalem is a living composition of all God’s redeemed. The fact that it is such a composition means that it is a living building. The thought that God’sp eople are a living building is not first found in the book of Revelation. In the Old Testament we see that God’sp eople were considered material to be built together as His dwelling place.
5圣经包含两件主要的事－神的创造和神的建造。在圣经的起头有创造，末了有建造。在这两端之间有神建造的工作。在创造里，神产生了建造的材料；当祂实行建造的工作时，就将这些材料都结合在一起，成为一个单位，这就是祂的建造。创世记二章有一个被创造的园子，僻示录二十一章有一座被建造的城。园子是神所创造的天然东西，城是祂所建造的东西。新耶路撒冷不是天然的园子，乃是建造的城。在创世记二章的园子里有生命树，在生命树的附近有一道河流向四方。（创二8～。）沿著这河的水流有金子、珍珠和红玛瑙，红玛瑙是一种宝石。这里的珍珠乃是一种树所分泌的树脂，变硬后形成像珍珠般的物体。圣经里首次说到的石头不是平常、普通的石头，乃是红玛瑙，是一种宝石。
5The Bible covers two main thing — God’s creation and God’s building. In the beginning of the Bible we have creation, and at the end we have the building. Between these two ends we have God’s building work. In creation God produced the building materials. As He carries on His building work, He fits all these materials together into one unit, which is His building. In Genesis 2 we have a garden created, and in Revelation 2 1, a city constructed. A garden is something natural created by God, and a city is something built up by Him. The New Jerusalem is not a natural garden; it is a built-up city. In the garden in Genesis 2 there is the tree of life, and near the tree of life there is a river flowing in four directions (Gen. 2:8-10). By the flow of this river we have gold, bdellium, 10 and onyx, a precious stone. Bdellium here is are sin secreted by a tree that hardens to form a pearl-like substance. The first mention of stone in the Bible is not of ordinary, common stone, but of onyx, a type of precious stone.
6创世记二章里三样宝贵的材料，金子、珍珠和红玛瑙，有甚么用途？要答覆这问题，我们必须读过全本圣经。在大祭司的胸牌上镶著十二样宝石，（出二八15～21，）头一样是红宝石，末一样是碧玉。在这十二样宝石之中有红玛瑙。这指明大祭司的胸牌与创世记二章及启示录二十一章有关；因为创世记二章有红玛瑙，启示录二十一章有碧玉。在大祭司的胸牌以及刻著以色列众子名字的两块缸玛瑙上，（出二八9～12，）我们看见神建造的小影。胸牌和肩带的宝石上都刻有以色列十二支派的名字，这表征蒙救赎的以色列人是为著神的建造。胸牌上的十二样宝石安在金槽中，这金槽托著所有的宝石。这必然是神建造的一幅图画。这胸牌是一个彰显神的建造。
6What were the three precious materials in Genesis 2, gold, bdellium and onyx stone, used for? In order to answer this question we must read through the whole Bible. In the breastplate of the high priest were set twelve precious stones (Exo. 28:15-21), the first of which was sardius and the last, jasper. Included among these twelve stones was an onyx. This indicates that the breastplate of the high priest is related to both Genesis 2 and Revelation 21, for in Genesis 2 we have onyx and in Revelation 21 we have jasper. In the description of the breastplate of the high priest and of the two onyx stones engraved with the names of the children of Israel (Exo. 28:9-12), we see a miniature of God’s building. The precious stones of both the breastplate and the shoulder plates bore the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. This signifies that the redeemed Israelites are for God’s building. The twelve precious stones on the breastplate were set in gold. The gold base held all the precious stones. Certainly this is a picture of God’s building. This breastplate was a building that expressed God
7在胸牌上也放著乌陵和土明。（出二八30。）在希伯来文里，乌陵的意思是光，土明的意思是完全或完整。多年前我读过一位希伯来作者的文章说，士明是一块宝石，上面刻著希伯来文的四个字母。在大祭司的胸牌上，十二样宝石上刻著以色列十二支派的名字，这些名字只包括希伯来文二十二个字母中的十八个字母，所以大祭司的胸牌上缺了四个字母。然而，这四个字母刻在土明上，这块宝石放在胸牌里，就完整且完全了，有了全部希伯来文的二十二个字母。乌陵是放在胸牌里的一块石头，可以发光。这篇文章的作者继续说，大祭司到主面前去的时候，胸牌上的某些宝石和其上的字母会发光，在别的时候另外一些宝石和其上的字母会发光。当这些宝石发光的时候，大祭司就记下各宝石上的字母，组成字和句。最终他就从主得著了完整的信息或决断。所以，神藉著胸牌上的发光来表达祂的意念、心思和感觉，这样大祭司就能明白神的心意。这是今天神建造的小影。今天我们藉著建造－召会－明白神的旨意。按创世记二十八章的记载，雅各这抓夺者作了一个神圣的梦，他梦见一个梯子立在地上，梯子的头顶著天。当他从睡梦中醒来，就给那地方起名叫神的殿。（创二八17。）然后他将所枕的石头立作柱子，浇油在上面，称之为神的殿。（创二八18～19，22。）撒迦利亚书也题到石头。撒迦利亚四章七节说到顶石，三章九节说到一块石头上有七眼。在撒迦利亚书里的石头既不是基石，也不是房角石，乃是有七眼的顶石。这七眼在启示录里再次出现，成了羔羊的七眼。（启五6。）因此，七眼使石头和羔羊相联，这羔羊也是狮子。（启五5。）因这缘故，我们说到狮子－羔羊－石头。当彼得首次遇见主耶稣时，主将他的名字从西门改为矶法，意思是一块石头。（约一42。）彼得得著了启示，认识主是基督，是活神的儿子之后，主就说，『我还告诉你，你是彼得（一块石头），我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上。』（太十六18。）在这一节有石头和磐石。后来，彼得在他的前书里说，『你们来到祂这为人所弃绝，却为神所拣选所宝贵的活石跟前，也就像活石，被建造成属灵的殿。』（彼前二4～5。）由此可知，信徒是石头被建造成神的居所，这观念在启示录里并不是新的。这在旧约及新约别处都可看到。
7Upon the breastplate were also put the urim and thummim (Exo. 28:30). In Hebrew urim means light and thummim means perfection or completion. Many years ago I read an article by a Hebrew writer saying that thummim is a precious stone with four letters of the Hebrew alphabet carved upon it. Upon the breastplate of the high priest were the names of the twelve tribes of Israel engraved upon twelve stones. The names of these tribes contained only eighteen of the twenty-two letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Therefore, upon the breastplate of the high priest there was a shortage of these four letters. However, these letters were carved upon the thummim, and when this stone was put into the breastplate, there was completion and perfection. There were the full twenty - two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The urim was a stone put into the breastplate to give light. The writer of this article went on to say that when the high priest went before the Lord, certain stones upon the breastplate with their respective letters would shine, and at other times other stones with their letters would shine. The high priest took down all the letters from the various stones as they shone, and in so doing he formed words and sentences. Eventually he received a complete message or judgment from the Lord. Therefore, through the shining upon the breastplate, God expressed His thought, His mind, and His feeling, and the high priest could know God’s mind in this way. This is a miniature of God’s building today. Today we know God’s will through the building, the church. According to the record of Genesis 2 8, Jacob, a supplanter, had a divine dream in which he saw a ladder set up on earth and reaching to heaven. When he awoke from sleep, he called the name of that place the house of God (Gen. 28:17). Then he took the stone he had used for a pillow, set it up as a pillar, anointed it with oil, and called it the house of God (Gen. 28:18-19, 22). The stone is also mentioned in the book of Zechariah. Zechariah 4:7 speaks of the headstone, and 3:9, the stone with seven eyes. The stone in Zechariah is neither the foundation stone nor the cornerstone; it is the topstone with seven eyes. These seven eyes appear again in the book of Revelation as the seven eyes of the Lamb (5:6). Thus, the seven eyes relate the stone to the Lamb, who is also the Lion (5:5). For this reason, we speak of the Lion-Lamb-stone. When Peter first met the Lord Jesus, the Lord changed his name from Simon to Cephas, which means a stone (John 1:42). After Peter received the revelation that the Lord was the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Lord said, “And I also say to you that you are a stone, and on this rock I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18, lit.). In this one verse we have the stone and the rock. Later, in his first Epistle, Peter said, “To whom coming, a living stone, having been rejected by men, but with God chosen, held in honor, you yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house” (1 Pet. 2:4-5). Therefore, the concept that the believers are stones to be built up for God’s habitation is not new in the book of Revelation. It is found elsewhere in the Old Testament and in the New Testament.
8保罗在林前三章也有同样的观念。他说，召会是神的耕地，也是神的建筑，而他自己是一个智慧的工头。（林前三9～10。）在这段话里，保罗也警告我们，在所建造的工程上要谨慎所用的材料；我们不该用木、草、禾楷来建造，乃该用金子、珍珠和宝石。（林前三10，12。）我们若将圣经里说到石头的经节都放在一起，就会看见宝石表征神所救赎、重生、变化的人。建造新耶路撒冷所用的石头都是神所救赎、重生、变化的圣徒。使徒彼得已经清楚告诉我们，我们是活石；现今我们在变化的过程中，也在被建造成为神建筑的过程中。神首先变化我们，然后建造我们。所以新耶路撒冷不是一堆材料，乃是已被建造之材料的组成。整个新耶路撒冷城是神的建造，是一切神所救赎、重生、变化之圣徒活的组成。
8Paul had the same concept in 1 Corinthians chapter three, where he said that the church was God’s farm and God’s building and that he was a wise masterbuilder (vv. 9-10). In this portion of the Word Paul also warned us to be careful about the materials we use in our building work. We should not build with wood, hay, and stubble, but with gold, pearl, and precious stones (vv. 10, 12). If we put together all the portions of the Word concerning the stone, we shall see that precious stones signify God’s redeemed, regenerated, and transformed people. All the stones with which the New Jerusalem is built are God’s redeemed, regenerated, and transformed saints. The apostle Peter has told us clearly that we are living stones. Now we are in the process of transformation and of being built into God’s building. Firstly, God transforms us; then He builds us. Therefore, Jerusalem is not a pile of material; it is a composition of material that has been built up. The entire city of New Jerusalem is God’s building, the living composition of all God’s redeemed, regenerated, and transformed saints
一十二 个门上以色列十二支派的名字代表旧约的圣徒
A. The Old Testament Saints Represented by the Twelve Names of the Twelve Tribes of Israel on the Twelve Gates
9新耶路撒冷首先由旧约的圣徒所组成，这由启示录二十一章十二节证实，那里说，以色列十二支派的名字写在城门上。每一个门有一个支派的名字。这也是一个表号，表征城门是活的人。我们已径看见，召会是金灯台的意义为发光照明；我们也需要认识这些门的真正意义。
9The New Jerusalem is composed firstly of the Old Testament saints. This is proved by 21:12, which says that the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel are inscribed on the gates of the city. Every gate bears the name of one tribe. This is also a sign signifying that the gates of the city are living people. We have seen that the significance of the church as a golden lampstand is that it shines for enlightening. We need to know the true meaning and significance of these gates
10这些门的功用首先是为城作传播，其次是作城的入口。任何东西要过门而入，必须先有些东西过门而出。这些从门出去的就要带回一些东西，过门而入。所以，这些门的功用，首先是作为传播的路径，其次是作入口。
10The gates firstly function as the means of propagation for the city and then as the entrance into the city. Before anything can enter in through the gates, something must first go out of them. What goes out of them will then bring something back in through them. Therefore, the gates first function as the way of propagation and then as entrances
11请记得，福音首先是藉著犹太人传扬、传播出去的；例如，彼得和保罗都是犹太人。因这缘故，主告诉撒玛利亚妇人，救恩是从犹太人出来的。（约四22。）换句话说，福音，喜信，是从犹太人出来的。所以，旧约的圣徒，以色列人，乃是传扬、扩展的门；所有旧约的申言者，包括以赛亚、耶利米、但以理、以西结以及小申言者，都是传福音者。以赛亚传讲了许多，他甚至宣讲以赛亚五十三章所记载独持的福音信息。施浸者约翰和使徒们都是以色列十二支派的后裔。所以，以色列十二支派是十二个门，新耶路撒冷的丰富藉著这些门供应给人类。从这些门所出的供应已经有了结果，这结果就是藉著福音的传扬把人带进来。我们都已经从犹太人的门进入了新耶路撒冷。也许有人不欣赏这辞句，但我的确很欣赏。我不是从外邦的门进入的，我是从一个写著以色列十二支派之一的名字的门进入的。我们绝不该说，我们是从一个写著英国名字、德国名字或任何一个外邦名字的门进入的。在新耶路撒冷里没有这样的名字。门上所写的，只有以色列人十二支派的名字，牠们是作传播和入口的门。我们已经看见，这些名字表征旧约的圣徒是那座城的构成成分。
11Please remember that the gospel was firstly preached and propagated by Jews. For example, both Peter and Paul were Jews. For this reason, the Lord told the Samaritan woman that salvation is of the Jews John 4:22). In other words, the gospel, the glad tidings, came out of the Jewish people. Therefore, the Old Testament saints, the children of Israel, are the gates for the preaching and the spreading. All the Old Testament prophets, including Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, and the minor prophets, were preachers. Isaiah preached a great deal, even proclaiming the unique gospel message recorded in Isaiah 53. And John the Baptist and the apostles were all descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel. Thus, the twelve tribes of Israel are the gates through which the riches of the New Jerusalem are supplied to mankind. The supply that has come out of these gates has had an issue, and this issue is that people have been brought in through the preaching of the gospel. We all have entered into the New Jerusalem through the Jewish gates. Although some may not appreciate this term, I certainly do. I did not enter through a Gentile gate; I entered through a gate that bears the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. We should never say that we came in through a gate that bears a British name, a German name, or any Gentile name. There are no such names in the New Jerusalem. As far as the gates are concerned, there are only the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. They are the gates for propagation and for entrance. As we have seen, these names signify that the Old Testament saints are the constituents of that city
二十二 根基上羔羊
B. The New Testament Believers Represented
十二使徒的名字代表新约的信徒
by the Names of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb on the Twelve Foundations
12十四节说，『城墙有十二根基，根基上有羔羊十二使徒的十二个名字。』城墙的十二根基上有十二使徒的名字，这事实指明新耶路撒冷的组成，不仅包括以色列十二支派所代表的旧约圣徒，也包括十二使徒所代表的新约信徒。新约的信徒不是作门，乃是作墙。门是为著传播和进入，墙却是为著分别和保护。我们在下一篇信息要来看门与墙的细节。
12Verse 14 says, “And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” The fact that the names of the twelve apostles are on the twelve foundations of the wall indicates that New Jerusalem is not only composed of the Old Testament saints, represented by Israel, but also of the New Testament saints, represented by the apostles. The New Testament believers are not for the gates; they are for the wall. The gates are for propagation and entrance, but the wall is for separation and protection. In another message we shall cover the gates and the wall in detail.
捌 用宝物建成
VIII. BUILT WITH TREASURES
13新耶路撒冷城是用宝物建成的，她是由三种宝贵的材料建造成的，表征她是用三一神所建造的。首先，城的本身同城内的街道是纯金的。（启二一18，21。）金是神圣别性情的表号，表征父是源头，产生使城实际存在的元素。第二，城的十二个门是珍珠，表征子得胜的死并分赐生命的复活，藉此开了城的入口。第三，城墙及其根基是用宝石造的，表征那灵变化的工作，将蒙救赎、得重生的圣徒变化为宝石，为著建造神永远的居所，使他们在神那渗透一切的荣耀中，团体的彰显神。在伊甸园，这三种宝物仅仅是材料，（创二11～12，）到了新耶路撒冷城，这些宝贵的材料成了被建造起来的城，为著成就神永远的定旨，就是得著一个团体的彰显。
13The city of New Jerusalem is built with treasures. It is built with three kinds of precious materials, signifying the building by the Triune God. Firstly, the city proper with its street is of gold (vv. 18, 21). Gold, the symbol of the divine nature of God, signifies the Father as the source, producing the element for the substantial existence of the city. Secondly, the twelve gates of the city are pearls, which signify the Son’so ver coming death and life-imparting resurrection, through which entrance to the city is gained. Thirdly, the wall of the city and its foundation are built of precious stones. This signifies the Spirit’s work of transforming the redeemed and regenerated saints into precious stones for the building of God’s eternal habitation that they may express God corporately in His permeating glory. In the garden of Eden these three kinds of treasures were merely materials (Gen. 2:11-12), whereas in the city of New Jerusalem these precious materials are built up for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose, His corporate expression
一 金为城的本身
A. Gold for the City Proper
14新耶路撒冷是一座金山。既是金山，新耶路撒冷就是终极、惟一和永远的金灯台。在豫表上，金表征神圣的性情。所以，这座城完全是由神的神圣性情所组成的。这金是精纯且透明的。我们若看见这异象，知道新耶路撒冷是用神的神圣性情所建成的，我们就会摒弃不属于神性情的一切，拒绝与神性情不合的东西。今天召会也必须由神的性情建造，不可用砖头、泥土或木头建造。
14The New Jerusalem is a mountain of gold. As a golden mountain, New Jerusalem is the ultimate, unique, and eternal golden lampstand. In typology gold signifies the divine nature. Therefore, this city is absolutely composed of God’s divine nature. This gold is pure and transparent. If we see the vision of the New Jerusalem built with God’s divine nature, we shall renounce everything that does not belong to God’s nature and reject anything that does not match it. The church today must also be built with God’s nature, not with brick, clay, or wood
二十二 样宝石为十二根基
B. Twelve Precious Stones for the Twelve Foundations
15在十九、二十节我们看见城墙的根基是用宝石装饰的。这指明十二位使徒已经变化成为宝石，作了城墙的十二层根基。
15In verses 19 and 20 we see that the foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with precious stones. This indicates that the twelve apostles have been transformed into precious stones to be the twelve layers of the foundation of the city
三 碧玉为墙
C. Jasper for the Wall
16十八节说，『墙是用碧玉造的。』碧玉是神显出来的样子。（启四。）碧玉墙表征那作神在永世里团体彰显的整座城，有神显出来的样子。我们在新耶路撒冷里的时候，就要希奇全城有同样的外观，就是碧玉的外观。这就是说，我们都必须说同样的事，彰显同样的事，并有同样的外观。然而，今天的基督教却大不相同，因为每个人都有自己的色彩和自己的意见，并说自己的想法。但新耶路撒冷只有一个外观、一个彰显和一种色彩。
16Verse 18 says, “And the building material of its wall was jasper.” Jasper is the appearance of God (4:3). Hence, the jasper wall signifies that the whole city, as 3 the corporate expression of God in eternity, bears the appearance of God. When we are in New Jerusalem, we shall marvel to see that the whole city has the same appearance, the appearance of jasper. This means that we all must speak the same thing, express the same thing, and have the same appearance. Today’s Christianity, however, is much different, for there everyone has his own color and his own opinion and speaks his own mind. But New Jerusalem has one appearance, one expression, and one color.
四十二 颗珍珠为十二个门
D. Twelve Pearls for Twelve Gates
17十一节说，『十二个门是十二颗珍珠，每一个门各自是一颗珍珠造的。』所以，就连城门也是用宝物建成的。
17Verse 21 says, “And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was, respectively, of one pearl.” Thus, even the gates of the city are built with treasures