1999夏季训练
总题:启示录结晶读经
第一篇 介言与耶稣基督惟一并终极的启示
Message One An Introductory Word and the Unique and Ultimate Revelation of Jesus Christ
读经:启一1~3,13,四5,五5~6,二一2,23
Scripture Reading: Rev. 1:1-3, 13; 4:5; 5:5-6; 21:2, 23
壹 介言:
I. An introductory word:
一 启示录是一本表号的书─一1:
A. Revelation is a book of signs—1:1:
1 一章一节里的“表号”这辞,是解释整本启示录的要诀─十二1,3,十五1。
1. The word signs in 1:1 is the key to interpret the entire book of Revelation—12:1, 3; 15:1.
2 在本书里,神所给的启示是藉着表号,就是有属灵意义的象征,给人明白的。
2. The God-given revelation in this book is made known by signs, that is, by symbols with a spiritual significance.
3 在启示录这本由表号组成的书里,有两个大的表号─金灯台的表号,和新耶路撒冷的表号─一12,20,二1,二一2,10。
3. In the book of Revelation, which is composed of signs, there are two great signs—the sign of the golden lampstands and the sign of the New Jerusalem—1:12, 20; 2:1; 21:2, 10.
二 启示录是一本预言的书─一3,二二7,10,18上:
B. Revelation is a book of prophecy—1:3; 22:7, 10, 18a:
1 本书的启示含预言性质,多数的异象是指要来的事─一19。
1. The revelation in this book is in the nature of prophecy, with most of the visions referring to things to come—1:19.
2 本书的预言不仅是明文的,也是启示给人看的异象─一2,11上。
2. The prophecy in this book is not merely in words but also in visions revealed to the seer—1:2, 11a.
3 在神眼中,本书所预言的一切事都已经发生─二一6上。
3. In the eyes of God, all the things prophesied in this book have already taken place—21:6a.
三 启示录是一本行政的书─四2,5,五6:
C. Revelation is a book of administration—4:2, 5; 5:6:
1 启示录清楚的给人看见神宇宙的行政─四2~3。
1. The book of Revelation presents a clear view of God's universal administration—4:2-3.
2 启示录的主题是,照神永远的经纶作神行政中心的基督─五6,二二1。
2. The subject of Revelation is Christ as the center of God's administration according to God's eternal economy—5:6; 22:1.
四 启示录是一本终极完成的书─二一1~2:
D. Revelation is a book of consummation—21:1-2:
1 是神圣启示的终极完成─二二18~19。
1. The consummation of the divine revelation— 22:18-19.
2 是神圣经纶与神圣分赐的终极完成─二二17,1~2。
2. The consummation of the divine economy with the divine dispensing—22:17, 1-2.
3 是两棵树、两个源头、两条线、和两个原则的终极完成─二十10,14~15,二一8,2,10,二二1~2,14,17下。
3. The consummation of the two trees, the two sources, the two lines, and the two principles— 20:10, 14-15; 21:8, 2, 10; 22:1-2, 14, 17b.
4 是整本圣经同其管治原则的终极完成,这管治的原则乃是,三一神要作到三部分人里面─二一18,21,19上,11。
4. The consummation of the entire Bible with its governing principle—the Triune God wrought into the tripartite man—21:18, 21, 19a, 11.
五 启示录是一本加强的书─一4,三1,四5,五6:
E. Revelation is a book of intensification—1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6:
1 基督丰满的职事分三个时期─成肉体、总括、以及加强─约一14,林前十五45,启一4。
1. The full ministry of Christ is in three stages— incarnation, inclusion, and intensification— John 1:14; 1 Cor. 15:45; Rev. 1:4.
2 在启示录里,那灵是七灵,就是七倍加强的灵─三1,四5,五6。
2. In Revelation the Spirit is the seven Spirits, the sevenfold intensified Spirit—3:1; 4:5; 5:6.
3 在一章四至五节,那灵成了神圣三一的第二者,中心;这启示神七倍的灵功用加强的重要。
3. In 1:4-5 the Spirit becomes the second, the center, of the Divine Trinity, revealing the importance of the intensified function of the sevenfold Spirit of God.
贰 启示录是耶稣基督惟一并终极的启示─一1上:
II. The book of Revelation is the unique and ultimate revelation of Jesus Christ—1:1a:
一 耶稣基督惟一并终极的启示,乃是基督之包罗的启示:
A. The unique and ultimate revelation of Jesus Christ is a revelation of the all-inclusiveness of Christ:
1 耶稣是耶和华救主,基督是神所膏、以完成祂经纶的一位─一1上。
1. Jesus as Jehovah the Savior and Christ as the One anointed by God to carry out His economy—1:1a.
2 是忠信的见证人─一5,三14。
2. The faithful Witness—1:5; 3:14.
3 是死人中的首生者─一5。
3. The Firstborn of the dead—1:5.
4 是神子,也是人子─二18,一13。
4. The Son of God and the Son of Man—2:18; 1:13.
5 是首先的,是末后的;是初,是终;是阿拉法, 是俄梅嘎─一17,二8,二二13。
5. The First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega—1:17; 2:8; 22:13.
6 是那活着的─一18。
6. The living One—1:18.
7 是那圣别的、真实的─三7。
7. The Holy One and the true One—3:7.
8 是那忠信的─十九11。
8. The faithful One—19:11.
9 是那阿们─三14。
9. The Amen—3:14.
10 是神创造之物的元始─三14。
10. The beginning of the creation of God—3:14.
11 是大卫的根,又是他的后裔─五5,二二16。
11. The Root and the Offspring of David—5:5; 22:16.
12 是狮子,也是羔羊─五5~6,二一23,二二1。
12. The Lion and the Lamb—5:5-6; 21:23; 22:1.
13 是另一位天使─七2,八3,十1,十八1。
13. Another Angel—7:2; 8:3; 10:1; 18:1.
14 是万王之王,万主之主─十九16,十七14。
14. King of kings and Lord of lords—19:16; 17:14.
15 是神的话─十九13。
15. The Word of God—19:13.
16 是晨星─二二16,二28。
16. The morning star—22:16; 2:28.
17 是灯─二一23。
17. The lamp—21:23.
18 是丈夫─二一2,十九9上。
18. The Husband—21:2; 19:9a.
二 耶稣基督惟一并终极的启示,乃是基督在加强时期的启示─五6:
B. The unique and ultimate revelation of Jesus Christ is a revelation of Christ in the stage of intensification—5:6:
1 基督作为赐生命的灵,已经加强为七灵,就是七倍加强的灵─二1,7上,三1,四5,五6。
1. Christ as the life-giving Spirit has been intensified to be the seven Spirits, the sevenfold intensified Spirit—2:1, 7a; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6.
2 基督在加强时期的职事,乃是加强祂生机的救恩,产生得胜者,并终极完成神经纶的目标─新耶路撒冷。
2. Christ's ministry in the stage of intensification is to intensify His organic salvation, to produce the overcomers, and to consummate the New Jerusalem as the goal of God's economy.
三 耶稣基督惟一并终极的启示,乃是基督在神圣行政里的启示─五6,二二1:
C. The unique and ultimate revelation of Jesus Christ is a revelation of Christ in the divine administration—5:6; 22:1:
1 在神圣的行政里,基督是地上君王的元首,管理全地,使福音得以扩展,召会得以产生─一5。
1. In the divine administration Christ is the Ruler of the kings of the earth, ruling the whole earth that the gospel may be spread and that the churches may be produced—1:5.
2 在神圣的行政里,基督是大祭司,审判并洁净众召会,也握着众召会的使者─一13,16上,20,二1。
2. In the divine administration Christ is the High Priest, judging and purifying the churches and holding the messengers of the churches—1:13, 16a, 20; 2:1.
3 在神圣的行政里,基督是配得过的狮子羔羊,就是得胜的救赎主,展开神经纶的书卷─五3~7。
3. In the divine administration Christ is the worthy Lion-Lamb, the overcoming Redeemer, opening the scroll of God's economy—5:3-7.
四 耶稣基督惟一并终极的启示,乃是基督在祂的升天里、在祂的再来里、在祂的审判里、在祂的据有全地里、在祂国度的掌权里、并在祂永世的中心与普及里的启示─五6,三3下,一7,十五1,十八1,二十4,6,二一23。
D. The unique and ultimate revelation of Jesus Christ is a revelation of Christ in His ascension, in His coming back, in His judgment, in His possessing the earth, in His reigning in the kingdom, and in His centrality and universality in eternity—5:6; 3:3b; 1:7; 15:1; 18:1; 20:4, 6; 21:23.