历代志生命读经 · 第13篇

神与人在形像和样式上的相似

The Resemblance of God and Man in Their Images and Likenesses

1读经：创世记1:26，约翰一书3:2下，启示录4:3上，21:11下。在本篇信息中，我要简短的说到神与人在形像和样式上的相似。我们也许以为我们对于这件事非常清楚。事实上，我们也许一点也不清楚。所以，我要鼓励你们非常仔细的研读以下各点。我们查考这些，也许会觉得希奇，究竟是人与神相似，还是神与人相似？

1Scripture Reading: Gen. 1:26; 1 John 3:2b; Rev. 4:3a; 21:11b In this message I would like to give a very brief word on the resemblance of God and man in their images and likenesses. We may think that we are very clear regarding this matter. Actually we may not be at all clear. Therefore, I would encourage you to study all the following points very carefully. As we consider these we may wonder whether man resembles God or God resembles man

壹神在祂的创造里，并没有创造『人类』

I. THERE BEING NO ‘‘MANKIND’’ CREATED

BY GOD IN HIS CREATION

2神在祂的创造里，并没有创造『人类』。创世记一章告诉我们，神创造一切的鱼、鸟、野兽和牲畜，各从其类。（24～25。）虽然神创造一切是各从其类，但神却没有创造『人类』。在神的创造里，没有『人

2There was no ‘‘mankind’’ created by God in His creation. Genesis 1 tells us that God created all the fish, the birds, the beasts, and the cattle after their kind (vv. 24-25). Although God created everything after its kind, God did not create ‘‘mankind.’’ In God’s creation there was not such a thing as ‘‘mankind

3类』这样的东西。

4贰神照著自己的形像创造亚当神若没有创造『人类』，那么人是照著甚么类被造的？创世记一章二十六节指明，人乃是照著神的类被造的。这节说，『我们〔神圣的三一〕要照著我们的形像，按著我们的样式造亚当〔希伯来文，亚当，指红土〕。』因此，神在这里所造的是从祂自己的类，就是神类。创世记一章二十六节的原文没有用『人』字。这里告诉我们，神造的是亚当，意『红土』。神照著自己的形像，按著自己的样式造一块红土。这块红土有神的形像，看起来像神。至少我们能说，这土是神照著神类所造的一个像。所以，这红土是神类。在创世记一章二十六节，神照著自己创造了一样东西。祂所造的是自己的复制。神若照著祂的形像，按著祂的样式造了一万块泥土，那一万块泥土就都是神的像，神的大量复制。

4II. GOD CREATING ADAM IN HIS OWN IMAGE If God did not create ‘‘mankind,’’ then after what kind was man created? Genesis 1:26 indicates that man is after God’s kind. This verse says, ‘‘Let us [the Divine Trinity] make adam [Heb. adam, denoting red clay] in our image, after our likeness.’’ Hence, what God made here was after His own kind, that is, God-kind. The word man is not used in the Hebrew text of Genesis 1:26. Here we are told that God created adam, which means ‘‘red clay.’’ God created something of red clay in His own image and after His own likeness. Having the image of God, this work of red clay looked like God. At least we can say that this clay was a figure of God, made after God’s kind. Therefore, it was God-kind. In Genesis 1:26 God created something according to Himself. What He made was a reproduction of Himself. If God had made ten thousand pieces of clay in His image and after His likeness, those ten thousand pieces of clay would all have been figures of God, the mass reproduction of God

参在基督成为肉体以前，有三个人向亚伯拉罕显现

III. THREE MEN APPEARING TO ABRAHAM before Christ’sin carnation

5在创世记十八章二至十三节，有三个人向亚伯拉罕显现。这三个人中有一位是基督－耶和华，其他二位是天使。（十九１。）这三人向亚伯拉罕显现，发生在基督成为肉体以前。这就是说，在神成为肉体以前二千年，祂访问祂的朋友亚伯拉罕时，就显现为一个人。亚伯拉罕为祂豫备水，给他洗脚，而亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉豫备饭食给这人吃。这是个奥秘。基督何时成为人－在祂成为肉体的时候，或在成为肉体以前？

5In Genesis 1 8:2-1 3 three men appeared to Abraham. One of these men was Christ—Jehovah— and the other two were angels (19:1). The appearing of these three men to Abraham took place before Christ’sin carnation. This means that two thousand years before His incarnation, God appeared as a man when He visited His friend Abraham. Abraham prepared water for Him to wash His feet, and Abraham’s wife, Sarah, prepared a meal that this man ate. This is a mystery. When did Christ become a man—at the time of His incarnation or before the incarnation?

肆神的使者向

IV. THE ANGEL OF GOD

玛挪亚和他妻子显现

APPEARING TO MANOAH AND HIS WIFE

6在基督成为肉体以前，神的使者（神，耶和华，神人－基督）向玛挪亚和他妻子显现。（士十三3～6，22～23。）

6The angel of God (God, Jehovah, a man of God— Christ) appeared to Manoah and his wife before Christ’sin carnation (Judg. 13:3-6, 22-23

伍人子

V. A SON OF MAN

驾著天云而来

COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN

7照著但以理七章十三至十四节，但以理看见人子驾著天云而来的异象，祂甚至被带到亘古常在者，就是永远的神那里。祂得了权柄、荣耀、国度，使各方各国各族的人都事奉祂。祂的权柄是永远的，不能废去，祂的国必不败坏。在基督成为肉体以前，但以理就看见这样一个基督为人子的异象。

7According to Daniel 7:13-14 Daniel saw a vision of a Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven, and He came even to the Ancient of Days—the God of eternity—and they brought Him near before Him. There was given Him dominion, glory, and a kingdom that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Daniel saw such a vision of Christ as the Son of Man before Christ’sin carnation

陆亚当是基督的豫像

VI. ADAM BEING A TYPE OF CHRIST

8亚当是基督的豫像，豫表。（罗五14。）

8Adam was a type, a prefigure, of Christ (Rom. 5:14

柒基督是那

VII. CHRIST BEING THE IMAGE

不能看见之神的像

OF THE INVISIBLE GOD

9创世记一章二十六节的那块红土是基督的豫表，而基督是那不能看见之神的像。（西一１５。）

9The piece of red clay in Genesis 1:26 was a type of Christ, and Christ is the image of the invisible God (Col. 1:15

捌话成了肉体

VIII. THE WORD BECOMING FLESH

10话（神）成了肉体，（约一１４，）成为罪之肉体的样式。（罗八３。）神这话成了肉体，只有罪之肉体外面的样式，没有罪之肉体里面的罪恶性情。

10The Word (God) became flesh (John 1:14), becoming the flesh of sin only in its likeness (Rom. 8:3). God as the Word who became flesh had only the outward appearance of the flesh of sin, not the sinful nature of the flesh of sin.

玖基督取了奴仆的形状

IX. CHRIST TAKING THE FORM OF A SLAVE

11存在于神的形状里的基督，在祂成为肉体时，取了奴仆的形状，成为人的样式，显为人的样子。（腓二6～8。）

11Christ, who exists in the form of God, took the form of a slave, becoming in the likeness of men and being found in fashion as a man, in His incarnation (Phil. 2:6-8

拾司提反看见

X. STEPHEN SEEING THE SON OF MAN

人子在神的右边

AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

12司提反看见诸天开了，人子基督在神的右边。（徒七５６。）司提反在基督升到诸天之上以后看见这景象，指明基督在诸天之上仍是人子。关于这点，诗歌一百一十五首说：

12Stephen saw the heavens opened up and the Son of Man— Christ—at the right hand of God (Acts 7:56). Stephen saw this after Christ’s ascension to the heavens. This indicates that Christ is in the heavens still as the Son of Man. Concerning this, Hymns, #132 says

13看哪，耶稣天上坐著！我主基督登宝座！祂是那人神所高举，荣耀、尊贵已得著。

13Lo! in heaven Jesus sitting, Christ the Lord is there enthroned; As the man by God exalted, With God’s glory He is crowned

14拾壹人子驾著天上的云而来马太二十六章六十四节主耶稣说，『你们要看见人子，坐在那大能者的右边，驾著天上的云而来。』这是指基督的第二次来临。当主耶稣回来时，祂仍是人子。

14XI. THE SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN In Matthew 26:64 the Lord Jesus said, ‘‘You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power [God] and coming on the clouds of heaven.’’ This refers to Christ’s second coming. When the Lord Jesus comes back, He will still be the Son of Man

拾贰模成神儿子的形像

XII. CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF GOD’SS ON

15在罗马八章二十九节保罗告诉我们，神所豫知的人，祂也豫定他们模成神儿子的形像，使祂儿子在许多弟兄中作长子。这节向我们保证，我们在基督里的信徒，都要模成神儿子的形像。

15In Romans 8:29 Paul tells us that those whom God foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers. This verse assures us that we, the believers in Christ, will all be conformed to the image of the Son of God

拾参变化成为与祂同样的形像

XIII. BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE

16林后三章十八节说，『我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光，就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。』罗马十二章二节说到我们藉著心思的更新而变化。祂这位神作了许多，使祂自己有人的形状和样式。现今祂要将我们变化成为与祂同样的形

16Second Corinthians 3:18 says, ‘‘We all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.’’ Romans 12:2a speaks of our being transformed by the renewing of the mind. He as God has done a lot to make Himself in the form and likeness of man. Now He intends to transform us into the same image and conform us to the image of the Son of God

17像，而将我们模成神儿子的形像。

拾肆神无瑕疵的儿女

XIV. CHILDREN OF GOD WITHOUT BLEMISH

18腓立比二章十五节说到使我们无可指摘、纯洁无杂，在弯曲悖谬的世代中，作神无瑕疵的儿女；我们在其中好像发光之体显在世界里。

18Philippians 2:15 speaks of our being blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom we shine as luminaries in the world.

拾伍主将我们这卑贱的身体

XV. THE LORD TRANSFIGURING THE BODY

改变形状，

OF OUR HUMILIATION TO BE CONFORMED

使之同形于祂荣耀的身体

TO THE BODY OF HIS GLORY

19主耶稣基督要按著祂那甚至能叫万有归服自己的动力，将我们这卑贱的身体改变形状，使之同形于祂荣耀的身体。（三２１。）祂有能力将我们的身体这样改变形状，使之同形于祂荣耀的身体。

19The Lord Jesus Christ will transfigure the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of His glory, according to His operation by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself (Phil. 3:21). He has the power to transfigure our body in such a way that it will be conformed to the body of His glory

拾陆我们像祂

XVI. WE BEING LIKE HIM

20我们晓得基督若显现，我们必要全然、完全、绝对像祂，因为我们必要看见祂，正如祂所是的。（约壹三2下。）

20We know that if Christ is manifested, we will be like Him wholly, perfectly, and absolutely because we will see Him even as He is (1 John 3:2b

拾柒神好像碧玉

XVII. GOD BEING LIKE A JASPER STONE

21这一切要完成于新耶路撒冷。启示录四章三节说，『那位坐著的，显出来的样子好像碧玉。』这告诉我们，那位坐在宝座上的神，显出来的样子好像碧玉。

21All this will consummate in the New Jerusalem. Revelation 4:3 says, ‘‘He [God] who was sitting was like a jasper stone.’’ This tells us that the appearance of God, the One sitting on the throne, is like jasper

拾捌新耶路撒冷的光

XVIII. THE NEW JERUSALEM’SLIGHT

好像碧玉

BEING LIKE A JASPER STONE

22照著启示录二十一章，新耶路撒冷的光如同极贵的宝石，好像碧玉。（１１下。）新耶路撒冷的墙身是碧玉，墙的第一根基也是碧玉。（１８上，１９。）墙是碧玉，墙的第一根基是碧玉，城的光辉是碧玉，宝座上的神也像碧玉。至终神与人，人与人，显出来的样子都是碧玉。这就是圣经的总结。圣经的总结是新耶路撒冷－神性与人性调和。神性成为人性的居所，人性成为神性的家。在这城中，神的荣耀彰显在人身上，光辉显赫。我们将要在那里，如今正在过程之中。我们是在成为『一块神』的过程中，看起来要像神－碧玉－一样。

22According to Revelation 21 the New Jerusalem’slight is like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone (v. 11b). The building work of its wall is jasper, and the first foundation of the wall is also jasper (vv. 18a, 19). The wall is jasper, the first foundation of the wall is jasper, the light of the city is jasper, and God on the throne is like jasper. Eventually God and man, man and God, all have the appearance of jasper. This is the conclusion of the Bible. The consummation of the Bible is the New Jerusalem— divinity mingled with humanity. Divinity becomes the dwelling place of humanity, and humanity becomes the home of divinity. In this city the glory of God is manifested in man, brightly and splendidly. We will be there, and we are on the way. We are in the process of being made ‘‘a piece of God,’’ to look the same as God—jasper