1998国际华语
总题：金灯台的异象
第三篇　金灯台的实际─为着地方召会所构成之基督身体的建造
Message Three The Reality of the Golden Lampstand— for the Building up of the Body of Christ Constituted with the Local Churches
壹　启示录里的灯台，表征众地方召会是耶稣的见证─启一12~13，2：
I.　The lampstands in Revelation signify the local churches are the testimony of Jesus—Rev. 1:12-13, 2:
一　基督作为人子，行走在作为金灯台的召会中间，顾惜并喂养众召会─启一12~13：
A.　Christ as the Son of Man is walking in the midst of the churches as the lampstands to cherish and nourish them—Rev. 1:12-13:
1　祂在人性里作“人子”，照顾作为灯台的众召会，以顾惜众召会─13节上：
1.　He takes care of the churches as the lampstands in His humanity as “the Son of Man” to cherish them—v. 13a:
a　借着收拾灯台的灯─出三十7。
a.　By dressing the lamps of the lampstand—Exo. 25:38.
b　借着修剪灯台的灯芯─出二五38。
b.　By trimming the wicks of the lamps of the lampstand—Exo. 25:38.
2　祂这位大祭司在祂的神性里以祂神圣的爱（由祂胸间的金带所表征），照顾作为灯台的众召会，以喂养众召会─启一13下：
2.　He as the High Priest takes care of the churches as the lampstands in His divinity with His divine love, signified by the golden girdle on His breasts, to nourish the churches—Rev. 1:13b:
a　凭爱以祂三个时期中神圣奥秘的职事来喂养。
a.　With His divine and mystical ministry by love in His stages.
b　使众召会能在祂神圣的生命中长大成熟，而在祂七倍的加强里成为得胜者。
b.　That the churches may grow and mature in His divine life and become the overcomers in His sevenfold intensification.
二　众召会作为金灯台，担负耶稣的见证，在黑暗的世代发光照耀：
B.　The churches as the lampstands bear the testimony of Jesus, shining in the dark age:
1　有父的神圣素质─约一12~13，约壹五11~12，彼后一4。
1.　With the Father’s divine essence—John 1:12-13; 1 John 5:11-12; 2 Pet. 1:4.
2　在子的人性形状里─西二9，加四4，罗八9，腓三10。
2.　In the Son’s human form—Col. 2:9; Gal. 4:19; Rom. 8:29; Phil. 3:10.
3　借着那灵的彰显─弗五18，罗八4，加五16，22~23。
3.　Through the Spirit’s expression—Eph. 5:18; Rom. 8:4; Gal. 5:16, 22-23.
贰　启示录里的灯台，指明召会乃是基督的复制，并那灵的翻版：
II.　The lampstands in Revelation indicate that the church is the reproduction of Christ and the reprint of the Spirit:
一　就着出埃及记的灯台而言，召会是基督的复制;就着撒迦利亚书的灯台而言，召会是那灵的翻版。
A.　According to the lampstand in Exodus, the church is the reproduction of Christ, and according to the lampstand in Zechariah, the church is the reprint of the Spirit.
二　这是在基督七倍加强的生机救恩里，由三一神作到蒙救赎的人里面而成：
B.　This is accomplished by the Triune God being wrought into His redeemed people in Christ’s sevenfold intensified organic salvation:
1　这是借着重生（约三3，彼前一23）、圣化（弗一4，五26~27）、更新（多三5，弗四23，西三10）、变化（林后三18，罗十二2）、模成（罗八29）、和荣化（罗八30，23）。─引用经文
1.　Through regeneration (John 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:23), dispositional sanctification (Eph. 1:4; 5:26-27), renewing (Titus 3:5; Eph. 4:23; Col. 3:10), transformation (2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 12:2), conformation (Rom. 8:29), and glorification (Rom. 8:30, 23).
2　这也就是以三一神作源头、元素和素质，建造基督的身体─弗四4─6。
2.　This is to build up the Body of Christ with the Triune God as the source, element, and essence—Eph. 4:4-6.
3　这建造要终极完成为新耶路撒冷，就是独一无二的灯台，作众灯台的终极完成─启二一18，23，二二5。
3.　This building will consummate as the New Jerusalem, the one unique lampstand as the consummation of the lampstands—Rev. 21:18, 23; 22:5.
叁　启示录里的灯台在积极一面全都相同，没有不同的特征：
III.　The lampstands in Revelation are all identical, on the positive side, without a distinct characteristic:
一　指明众召会在素质、外表和彰显上完全一样，乃是经过过程之三一神繁增的具体表现。
A.　This indicates that the churches are exactly the same in essence, appearance, and expression as the multiplied embodiment of the processed Triune God.
二　指明众召会相调的需要：
B.　This indicates the need for the churches to be blended:
1　众地方召会不是神经纶的目标，乃是达到神目标的手续。
1.　The local churches are not the goal of God’s economy but a procedure to reach God’s goal.
2　众地方召会需要在经过过程的三一神、是灵的基督、和终极完成的灵里，尽可能的调在一起，成为一个，好使基督宇宙的身体得着建造，以终极完成新耶路撒冷，达成神经纶的目标。　
2.　The local churches need to be blended together as one, as much as possible, in the processed Triune God, the pneumatic Christ, and the consummated Spirit for the building up of the universal Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem and attain the goal of God’s economy.