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历代志生命读经 · 第1篇

介 言

An Introductory Word
1读经：历代志上一章一至二十七节。旧约里有十二卷历史书。头三卷是约书亚记、士师记、路得记，末三卷是以斯拉记、尼希米记、以斯帖记。在这两组三卷的中间有三对书：撒母耳记上、下，列王纪上、下，和历代志上、下。我们从本篇信息开始历代志上、下，以斯拉记，尼希米记，以斯帖记的生命读经。这几卷生命读经的负担可用以下四句话表达：一在神永远的经纶里，父将子，
1Scripture Reading: 1 Chron. 1:1-27 There are twelve historical books in the Old Testament. The first three are Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, and the last three are Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. In between these two groups of three books, there are three pairs of books: 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. With this message we begin the life-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. The burden of the life-study of these books can be expressed in the following four statements: 1. In the eternal economy of God, the Father has
就是美地所豫表包罗万有的基督，分给信徒，作他们永远的分，并将他们迁到祂里面，使
allotted the Son, the all-inclusive Christ typified by the good land, to the believers as their eternal portion and has transferred them into
21他们有分于祂。（西一１２，林前一３０，９。）
2Him that they may partake of Him (Col. 1:12; Cor. 1:30, 9).
3二信徒照著他们对基督的追求以及向
32. The enjoyment of Christ differs in degrees
4基督的忠信，对基督的享受有程度上的不同；追求基督最高的成就，乃是藉著洋溢之恩，在神圣生命里与基督一同作王。（腓 三１３～
4according to the believers’ pursuing of Christ and their faithfulness to Him, and the highest attainment of pursuing Christ is to reign with Christ in His divine life through His abounding
5１４，罗五１７下，２１下。）
5grace (Phil. 3:13-14; Rom. 5:17b, 21b
6三信徒被仇敌掳掠，是信徒在享
63. The captivity of the believers by the enemy is
7受基督上最大的失败，他们不认识基督复活的大能，也不凭耶稣基督之灵全备的供应而活。（腓三１０，一１９下。）
7the top failure of the believers in the enjoyment of Christ by not knowing the power of Christ’s resurrection nor living by the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 3:10; 1:19b
8四无所不在、无所不能的三一神
84. The omnipresent and omnipotent Triune
9成了隐藏的神，在祂选民被掳分散时，在祂最高主宰之最智慧的秘密中，照顾他们。（斯
9God became the hiding God in taking care of His chosen people in the dispersion of their captivity, in the most wise secrecy of His
10一～十。）
10highest sovereignty (Esth. 1—10
11圣经实际上只告诉我们一件事，就是神照著祂心愿的喜悦而有的永远经纶。我们的神极其伟大，祂必定有个喜悦。基于祂的喜悦，祂定了一个永远的经纶。神经纶的实际、中心和目标，乃是包罗万有、超绝的基督。全本圣经就是为著这一件事，不是为著别的。
11The Bible actually tells us only one thing — God’s eternal economy according to the good pleasure of His heart’s desire. Our God is exceedingly great, and surely He must have a good pleasure. Based upon His good pleasure He made an eternal economy. The reality, the center, and the goal of God’secon o my is the all-inclusive and excellent Christ. The entire Bible is for this one thing, not for anything else.
12圣经的安排分为两段。第一段是旧约，是图画的一段。神的确是最好的作者，在祂所写之圣经的前三十九卷里，祂使用图画，所以这三十九卷满了带著豫言的图画。这些图画是旧约里的表号、豫表和影儿。例如，亚当乃是『那以后要来者的豫像』。（罗五１４。）有些豫表也是豫言。这些豫言不是用明言，乃是用图画。旧约里最大的豫表是以色列人的历史；他们豫表今天神在地上的子民。因此，旧约里以色列的历史是表征要来之事的大豫表。我们来到旧约十二卷历史书，不该被这些书里所陈明的历史所打岔。那么，我们为甚么该留意历史书？要答覆这问题，我们需要领悟，全本圣经乃是为著神的经纶，以基督为实际、中心和目标。我们读历史书时，需要祷告并寻求这些书里一切豫表和豫言的正确解释，尤其需要找出并认识一切豫表的内在意义。我们该专注于这些豫表的中心，就是基督是神经纶的中心。所以，我们寻求认识旧约历史书里所记载的内在意义，必须竭力将历史书联于神的经纶。这是我们在这次生命读经里所作的。
12The Bible is arranged in two sections. The first section, the Old Testament, is the section of pictures. God is surely the best writer, and He uses pictures in the first thirty-nine books of His writing in the Bible. These books are therefore full of pictures accompanied by prophecies. The pictures are the types, figures, and shadows in the Old Testament. For instance, Adam is ‘‘a type of Him who was to come’’ (Rom. 5:14). Some types are also prophecies. These prophecies are not in plain words but in pictures. The greatest type in the Old Testament is the history of the people of Israel, who typify God’sp eople on earth today. Thus, the history of Israel in the Old Testament is a big type signifying things to come. When we come to the twelve books of history in the Old Testament, we should not be distracted by the history presented in these books. Why, then, should we pay attention to the books of history? To answer this question we need to realize that the entire Bible is for God’secon o my with Christ as the reality, the center, and the goal. In our reading of the books of history, we need to pray and seek the proper interpretation of all the types and prophecies in these books. In particular, we need to find and know the intrinsic significance of all the types. We should focus our attention on the center of these types, which is Christ as the center of God’secon o my. Therefore, as we are seeking to know the intrinsic significance of what is recorded in the books of history in the Old Testament, we must endeavor to link the history books to God’secon o my. This is what we are doing in this life-study
壹 历代志上、下
I. FIRST AND SECOND CHRONICLES BEING
在希伯来文圣经中原是一卷
ONE BOOK IN THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
13在希伯来文圣经中，历代志上、下原是一卷。
13In the Hebrew Scriptures, 1 and 2 Chronicles were one book
贰 作者
II. THE WRITER
14历代志上、下的作者可能是以斯拉。2关于这点，我们该比较代下三十六章二十二至二十三节与以斯拉一章2一至三节上半。这两段是重复的，可证明历代志上、下是以斯拉记的作者以斯拉写的。
14The writer of 1 and 2 Chronicles was probably Ezra. Regarding this matter, we should compare Chronicles 36:22-23 with Ezra 1:1-3a. The repetition in these two portions might be a proof that 1 and Chronicles were written by Ezra, the writer of the book of Ezra.
参 时间
III. THE TIME
15代上涵盖约四十一年，从主前一○五六年至主前一○一五年，不包括先祖的家谱；代下涵盖约四百七十九年，从主前一○一五年至主前五三六年。
15The first book covers about 41 years, from 1056 to 1015 B. C., not including the forefathers’ genealogy. The second book covers about 479 years, from 1015 to 536 B.C.
肆 地点
IV. THE PLACE
16这两卷书可能是以斯拉从被掳归回后，在耶路撒冷写的。
16These two books might have been written in Jerusalem after Ezra’s coming back from the captivity
伍 内容
V. THE CONTENT
17历代志上、下涵盖人类从亚当到亚伯拉罕的家谱、神选民从亚伯拉罕到扫罗家的家谱、以及以色列从扫罗王起，到他们被掳归回止的历史。由此可见，历代志上、下涵盖三种历史：从亚当到亚伯拉罕，关于全世界的历史；从亚伯拉罕到扫罗，关于以色列族未形成国以前之列祖的历史；从扫罗时代到他们从被掳归回，关于以色列国的历史。
17The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles cover the genealogy of mankind from Adam to Abraham and the genealogy of God’select from Abraham to the family of Saul, and the history of Israel from Saul the king to Israel’s return from their captivity. From this we see that 1 and 2 Chronicles cover three kinds of history: the history from Adam to Abraham, which concerns the whole world; the history from Abraham to Saul, which concerns the forefathers of the race of Israel, before they were formed into a nation; and the history of the kingdom of Israel, from the time of Saul to the coming back from their captivity
陆 中心思想
VI. THE CENTRAL THOUGHT
18历代志上、下的中心思想是非常要紧的。
18The matter of the central thought of 1 and 2 Chronicles is very crucial
一 给我们神在人历史中行动的全部纪事
A. To Give a Full Chronology of God’s Move in Man’s History
19历代志上、下的中心思想，第一是给我们神在人历史中行动的全部纪事，包括从亚当到撒母耳的家谱，指明神在人历史中的行动，要为神豫备道路，藉著成为人，使人成为神，在人性中实施祂永远的经纶；这事不仅有关神选民的历史，更是有关整个人类的历史。撒母耳记上、下与列王纪上、下的中心观点是神所拣选的族类，但在历代志上、下里，中心观点乃是全部人类的族类。这需要一个不是从撒母耳起，而是从亚当起，一直到基督的世系；这与路加三章所记的基督家谱相符，而不像马太一章所列的家谱。马太一章的观点是狭窄的，限于以色列。路加三章的观点是广阔的，包括全人类。这很强的证明，那要来作神具体化身的基督，不仅是为著神所拣选的一个族类，更是为著神所创造的整个人类。
19The central thought is, first, to give us a full chronology of God’s move in man’s history by including the genealogy from Adam to Samuel, indicating that God’s move in man’s history to prepare the way for God to carry out His eternal economy in humanity by becoming a man that man may become God is not a matter that concerns only the history of God’select but a matter that concerns the history of the entire race of mankind. The central point of view in 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings is the chosen people of God, but in 1 and 2 Chronicles it is the entire race of mankind. This needs a lineage not from Samuel but from Adam to Christ, which corresponds to the genealogy of Christ as recorded in Luke 3, not as presented in Matthew 1. The view in Matthew 1 is narrow and is limited to Israel. The view in Luke 3 is broad and includes all of mankind. This is a strong evidence that the coming Christ as the embodiment of God is not only for the one race chosen by God but for the entire human race created by God
20我们需要看见神在人历史中的行动。你曾听过『神在人历史中的行动』这样的说法么？你信在今日动荡的世界局势中，神仍在人的历史中行动么？我们需要相信，神从以前到现在都藉著人的历史并在人的历史中行动。神在亚当的历史中行动，神也在亚伯的历史中行动；这是在积极方面的行动。但神甚至也在该隐的历史中行动；这是在消极方面的行动。
20We need to see that God’s move is in man’s history. Have you ever heard such a phrase as ‘‘God’s move in man’s history’’? Do you believe that in today’s tumultuous world situation God is still moving in man’s history? We need to believe that God has been moving and is still moving in and through man’s history. In Adam’s history God moved, and in Abel’s history God also moved. This was a move on the positive side. But God moved even in Cain’s history. This was a move on the negative side.
21从一九一八年起我对世界局势的观察，以及我对圣经中豫言的研读，使我能见证，神的确在人的历史中行动。例如，让我们思想，对巴勒斯坦（就是美地）的主权之争，已进行了数百年之久。谁是美地的地主，谁是合法的主人，是以色列人或阿拉伯人？犹太人说巴勒斯坦是他们列祖之地，阿拉伯人宣称那是他们列祖之地。这问题尚未解决，仍在谈判桌上。涉及这些谈判的政治家都是愚昧的人，因为他们不认识神，也不认识神的话，就是圣经，却谈论神的事。神是巴勒斯坦的地主，惟有祂能解决这块地的问题。我信政治家在为美地的主权谈判时，主在诸天之上发笑。（诗二４。）关于美地的断案不会由政治家决定，乃由诸天之上的那一位决定。不久主耶稣就要回来解决这事。祂来的时候，也许会对世界的政治家说，『这不是你的事－这是我的事。』2我们已指出，历代志上、下指明神在人历史中的行动，是要为神豫备道路，藉著成为人，使人成为神，在人性中实施祂永远的经纶。倘若这事无法成就，就无法解决今日世界局势的问题。这地上一切的问题都等候一件事－许多人成为神人。这事不仅关乎神选民以色列人的历史，也关乎整个人类的历史。已过五十年间，世界局势变化很大。在这五十年里，神将地上各处的人调和在一起。在我们每半年一次的训练里，五十个国家的圣徒来在一起。这在五十年前是不可能的。这种各国的调和惟有神才能成就。藉著这样的调和，数千的神人就会产生。例如，在俄国，神人正在开展并扩增。全世界向著主恢复的职事都是敞开的。这职事已达到六大洲，我接到许多不同国家圣徒的感谢函说，他们敞开接受这职事。
21I can testify from my observation of the world situation since 1918 and from my study of the prophecies in the Bible that God surely moves in man’s history. Let us consider, for example, the dispute over Palestine, that is, over the good land, that has been going on for hundreds of years. Who is the landlord, the rightful owner, of the good land—Israel or the Arabs? The Jews say that Palestine is the land of their forefathers, and the Arabs claim that it is the land of their forefathers. This issue has not been settled but is still on the negotiating table. The statesmen involved in these negotiations are foolish men, for they do not know God or the Word of God, the Bible, yet they are talking about God’s affairs. God is the landlord of Palestine, and only He can solve the problem concerning this land. I believe that while the statesmen are negotiating over the ownership of the good land, the Lord is in the heavens laughing (Psa. 2:4). The decision regarding the good land will not be made by statesmen; it will be made by the One who is in the heavens. Soon the Lord Jesus may come back and settle this matter. When He comes He may say to the statesmen of the world, ‘‘This is not your business—it is My business.’’ We have pointed out that the chronology in 1 and Chronicles indicates that God’s move in man’s history is to prepare the way for God to carry out His eternal economy in humanity by becoming a man that man may become God. If this cannot be accomplished, there is no way to solve the problems of today’s world situation. All the problems on this earth are waiting for one thing—for a good number of men to become God-men. This matter concerns not only the history of God’select, Israel, but also the history of the entire race of mankind. The world situation has changed greatly during the past fifty years. In these fifty years God has blended together people from everywhere on earth. In our semi-annual trainings saints come together from fifty nations. This would have been impossible fifty years ago. This blending of the nations is something that could have been accomplished only by God. Through such a blending thousands of God-men will be produced. In Russia, for instance, the God-men are spreading and increasing. The whole world is open to the ministry in the Lord’s recovery. This ministry has reached to all six continents, and I have received letters of appreciation from saints in many different countries saying that they are open to receive this ministry.
22最近我释放了神启示的高峰－神成为人，为要使人在生命和性情上（但不是在神格上）成为神，以产生基督的身体，作祂的彰显。现在我们需要祷告主给我们新的复兴，是人类历史中从未见过的复兴。这样的复兴将是新事，因这与神的『嗜好』，祂的喜悦，祂的心愿有关。神的喜悦是要成为人，使人在生命和性情上成为神。这是神的心愿，祂心里的『嗜好』，祂必要成就这事。我们看过，撒母耳记上、下与列王纪上、下的中心观点是神所拣选的族类，而历代志上、下的观点是全部人类的族类。这指明神不但想到以色列人，也想到外邦人。我们多半不是以色列人，但神在已过的永远里就想到我们。以弗所一章四节告诉我们，我们都在创立世界以前蒙神拣选。为著祂在创立世界以前，在基督里拣选了我们，我们赞美主。
22Recently I released the matter of the high peak of God’sr evelation—the revelation that God became a man so that man may become God in life and in nature (but not in the Godhead) for the producing of the Body of Christ as His expression. Now we need to pray that the Lord will give us a new revival, a revival which has never been seen in man’s history. Such a revival will be something new, for it is related to God’s ‘‘hobby,’’ to His good pleasure, to the desire of His heart. God’s good pleasure is that God would become a man to make man God in life and in nature. This is the desire of God’she art, the ‘‘hobby’’ in His heart, and He will accomplish it. As we have seen, whereas the central point of view in 1 and 2 Samuel and in 1 and 2 Kings is the chosen race of God, the central point of view in 1 and 2 Chronicles is the entire race of mankind. This indicates that God thinks not only about Israel but also about the Gentiles. Most of us are not of the people of Israel, but God thought about us in eternity past. Ephesians 1:4 tells us we all were chosen by God before the foundation of the world. We praise the Lord for choosing us in Christ before the foundation of the world
二 向我们陈明神对付犹大诸王的一些重要细节
B. To Present Some Important Details of God’s Dealing with the Kings of Judah
23历代志上、下的中心思想，也是向我们陈明神对付犹大诸王的一些重要细节，这是撒母耳记上、下与列王纪上、下所没有记载的。许多读圣经的人都觉得，历代志上、下有点重覆，因这二卷书乃是论到撒母耳记上、下与列王纪上、下已经说过的事。我们需要看见，历代志上开头所记载人类历史的一部分，是撒母耳记上、下或列王纪上、下所没有记载的。不但如此，在历代志上的末了，有大卫历史的补充，在历代志下的末了，有犹大诸王历史的补充。以色列后来分为两国：北国称为以色列国，南国称为犹大国。好王不在以色列国，乃在犹大国。历代志下没有说到以色列王，只说到犹大王，给我们别处找不著的细节，论到神如何对付他们，也告诉我们神那样对付他们的原因。
23The central thought of 1 and 2 Chronicles is also to present to us some of the important details of God’s dealing with the kings of Judah that are not recorded in 1 and 2 Samuel and in 1 and 2 Kings. Many readers of the Bible feel that 1 and 2 Chronicles are somewhat repetitious, covering things which have been covered already in 1 and 2 Samuel and in 1 and 2 Kings. We need to see that at the beginning of 1 Chronicles a part of mankind’s history is recorded that is recorded neither in 1 and 2 Samuel nor in 1 and 2 Kings. Furthermore, at the end of 1 Chronicles there is a supplement to David’s history, and in 2 Chronicles there is a supplement to the history of the kings of Judah. Israel was divided into two nations: the northern kingdom, called the kingdom of Israel, and the southern kingdom, called the kingdom of Judah. The good kings were not in Israel but in Judah. Second Chronicles does not touch the kings of Israel but covers only the kings of Judah, giving us details not found elsewhere concerning God’s dealing with them and also telling us the reasons why God dealt with them in the way He did.
三 给我们神在人历史中行动的一部完整历史
C. To Give a Complete History of God’s Move in Man’s History
24最终，历代志上、下是神在人历史中行动的一部完整历史，就是从亚当到亚伯拉罕，从亚伯拉罕到撒母耳，以及从带进君王职任的撒母耳到以色列被掳归回。
24Finally, in 1 and 2 Chronicles we have a complete history of God’s move in man’s history from Adam to Abraham, from Abraham to Samuel, and from Samuel, who brought in the kingship, to Israel’s return from their captivity
柒 这次查读
VII. THE SECTIONS
所涵盖的分段
OF THE COVERAGE OF THE PRESENT STUDY
252在这次生命读经里，我们不会说到全部历代志上、下，只说到这些书的某些部分。我们主要是说到历代志上、下补充列王纪上、下之历史2的那些部分。撒母耳记上、下生命读经与列王纪上、下生命读经所说过的事，不会在这里重复。我们这次查读所涵盖的分段，包括从亚当到以色列十二支派的家谱；（代上一～九；）大卫历史的补充；（代上二二２～二九３０；）犹大诸王历史的补充。（代下11:5-23;13:1-21;24:14下-24;25:5-16;26:6-21上;。）所以，这次查读说到三件事：人类的家谱、大卫历史的补充、以及犹大诸王历史的补充。
25In this life - study we will not cover all of 1 and Chronicles but only certain parts of these books. Mainly we will cover those parts of 1 and 2 Chronicles that are a supplement to the history in 1 and 2 Kings. The matters covered in the life - study of 1 and Samuel and in the life-study of 1 and 2 Kings will not be repeated here. The sections of the coverage of our present study include the genealogy from Adam to the twelve tribes of Israel (1 Chron. 1—9); the supplement to the history of David (1 Chron. 22:2—29:30); and the supplement to the history of the kings of Judah (2 Chron. 11:5-23; 13:1-21; 14:6 — 15:15; 17:1-19; 19:1 — 20:30; 21:12-18; 14:6—15:15; 17:1-19; 19:1—20:30; 21:12-24:14b - 24; 25:5-16; 26:6-21a; 28:8-15; 29:3 — 32:8; 18; 33:11-17; 34:3-7; 36:20b - 23). Therefore, this study 28:8-15; 29:3—32:8; 33:11-17; 34:3-7; will cover three things: the genealogy of mankind, 36:20b-23 the supplement to the history of David, and the supplement to the history of the kings of Judah.