1999夏季训练
总题：启示录结晶读经
第五篇　金灯台内在的意义和主观的经历
Message Five The Intrinsic Significance and Subjective Experience of the Golden Lampstand
读经：出二五31~40，亚四1~14，启一10~12，20
Scripture Reading: Exo. 25:31-40; Zech. 4:1-14; Rev. 1:10-12, 20
壹　我们需要有智慧和启示的灵，来明白金灯台的意义，这灯台是神亲自设计的，描绘出祂永远经纶的目标─弗一17，亚四1~5，启一2，9~12：
I.　We need a spirit of wisdom and revelation to understand the significance of the golden lampstand, which was designed by God Himself and portrays the goal of His eternal economy— Eph. 1:17; Zech. 4:1-5; Rev. 1:2, 9-12:
一　金灯台表征三一神：
A.　The golden lampstand signifies the Triune God:
1　纯金的本质表征父神的神圣性情─出二五31。
1.　The pure gold substance signifies God the Father in His divine nature—Exo. 25:31.
2　台表征子神是父神的具体化身─林后四4下，西一15，二9。
2.　The stand signifies God the Son as the embodiment of God the Father—2 Cor. 4:4b; Col. 1:15; 2:9.
3　灯表征灵神是神的七灵，作为父在子里的彰显─出二五37，启四5。
3.　The lamps signify God the Spirit as the seven Spirits of God for the expression of the Father in the Son—Exo. 25:37; Rev. 4:5.
二　金灯台表征众地方召会是基督的复制，也是那灵的翻版：
B.　The golden lampstands signify the local churches as the reproduction of Christ and the reprint of the Spirit:
1　在出埃及二十五章里的灯台，表征基督是神的具体化身─31~40节。
1.　The lampstand in Exodus 25 signifies Christ as the embodiment of God—vv. 31-40.
2　在撒迦利亚四章里的灯台，表征七倍加强、赐生命的灵是基督的实际─2，6，10节，启五6。
2.　The lampstand in Zechariah 4 signifies the sevenfold intensified, life-giving Spirit as the reality of Christ—vv. 2, 6, 10; Rev. 5:6.
3　在启示录一章里的灯台，乃是这位是灵之基督的翻版、复制─11~12，20节。
3.　The lampstands in Revelation 1 are the reprint, the reproduction, of this Spirit-Christ— vv. 11-12, 20.
贰　我们必须主观的经历金灯台各方面的细节，好使我们能成为灯台的复制，就是三一神的彰显：
II.　We need to subjectively experience the detailed aspects of the golden lampstand so that we can become the reproduction of the lampstand, the expression of the Triune God:
一　灯台是纯金的，表征神那永远、不朽坏的神圣性情─出二五31：
A.　The lampstand is of pure gold, signifying the eternal, incorruptible, divine nature of God— Exo. 25:31:
1　我们必须出代价得着更多的金，就是更多神的神圣性情─彼后一4，启三18，亚四12~14，太二五8~9。
1.　We need to pay the price to gain more gold, more of God in His divine nature—2 Pet. 1:4; Rev. 3:18; Zech. 4:12-14; Matt. 25:8-9.
2　我们基督徒生活中的搀杂带来黑暗，但是当我们基督徒的生活藉着神圣的性情得以纯净时，我们就得着光─参申二二9。
2.　Mixture in our Christian life brings in darkness, but when our Christian life is purified through the divine nature, we have light— cf. Deut. 22:9.
二　灯台是锤出来的，表征受苦─出二五31：
B.　The lampstand is of beaten work, signifying sufferings— Exo. 25:31:
1　受锤打就是有分于基督的受苦，为着产生并建造基督的身体─彼前四1，腓三10，西一24，徒十六6~7。
1.　To be beaten is to participate in Christ's sufferings for the producing and building up of the Body of Christ—1 Pet. 4:1; Phil. 3:10; Col. 1:24; Acts 16:6-7.
2　我们必须与别人一同被锤成一个实体，凭着那灵藉着十字架调在一起，（林前十二24，）照耀出神的光，成为祂团体的见证。─引用经文
2.　We must be beaten together with others into one entity, blended together through the cross and by the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:24), to shine forth the light of God for His corporate testimony.
三　灯台没有尺寸，表征基督的神性和祂照耀的光是没有限量的─约三34，参七18，林前二13。
C.　The lampstand being without measurement signifies that the divinity of Christ and the light He shines are immeasurable—John 3:34; cf. 7:18; 1 Cor. 2:13.
四　灯台的座是为着稳定，干是为着坚固，这表征主耶稣一直是稳定坚固的─太八24，参林后一18，启一9。
D.　The lampstand's base for stability and its shaft for strength signify that the Lord Jesus was always stable and strong—Matt. 8:24; cf. 2 Cor. 1:18; Rev. 1:9.
五　灯台有杯，形状像杏花，有花萼，有花苞，表征三一神是活的金树，在复活里生长、发芽、开花─出二五31：
E.　The lampstand's having cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and blossoming buds signifies that the Triune God is a living, golden tree, growing, budding, and blossoming in resurrection— Exo. 25:31:
1　形状像杏花的杯，表征复活生命的开花─民十七8，耶一11~12：
1.　The cups shaped like almond blossoms signify the resurrection life blossoming—Num. 17:8; Jer. 1:11-12:
a　复活生命的开花，乃是照耀的光，是神生命的彰显，也是那灵的果子和光的果子─约一4，加五22，弗五9。
a.　The blossoming of resurrection life is the shining light, the expression of the life of God, the fruit of the Spirit and the fruit of the light—John 1:4; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 5:9.
b　我们若要照耀出生命的光，就必须在复活里，而不是在我们天然的生命里─腓三10，歌二8~9，14，参诗七三16~17。
b.　If we would shine forth the light of life, we must be in resurrection, not in our natural life—Phil. 3:10; S. S. 2:8-9, 14; cf. Psa. 73:16-17.
c　基督作为复活的生命，在我们里面，藉着我们并同着我们一起生长、分枝、发芽、开花，照耀出光来─西二19。
c.　Christ as the resurrection life is growing, branching, budding, and blossoming in us, by us, and with us to shine the light—Col. 2:19.
d　在召会里能有多少光，在于基督在我们里面并藉着我们能长大多少。
d.　How much light there can be in the church depends on the extent to which Christ has a way to grow in us and through us.
2　我们这些相信基督的人，乃是在复活里这奇妙金树的一部分，有神圣的性情、生命、那灵、和照耀的光。
2.　As those who believe in Christ, we are a part of this wonderful golden tree in resurrection and with the divine nature, life, the Spirit, and the shining light.
六　纯金的灯剪和灯花盘，为着修剪燃焦的灯芯，表征藉着神圣的性情对付老旧而燃焦的天然生命，使复活生命的照耀，得以明亮而纯净─出二五38。
F.　The pure golden snuffers and snuff dishes for trimming the charred wicks signify the dealing with the old and charred natural life by the divine nature so that the shining of the resurrection life may be bright and pure—Exo. 25:38.
七　灯台及其一切器具要用纯金一他连得（一百磅重），表征基督作为神圣的灯台，在复活里照耀神圣的光，乃是完满且完全有重量的─约七45~46，十八37~38，参提前二2，多二7。
G.　The lampstand with all its utensils was one talent of pure gold (one hundred pounds), signifying that Christ as the divine lampstand shining the divine light in resurrection is perfectly and completely weighty—John 7:45-46; 18:37-38; cf. 1 Tim. 2:2; Titus 2:7.
八　灯台的七盏灯是神的七灵，作耶和华的七眼，（亚四10，）救赎之羔羊的七眼，（启五6，）和建造之石头的七眼，（亚三9，）使三一神得着完满的彰显：─引用经文
H.　The seven lamps of the lampstand are the seven Spirits of God as the seven eyes of Jehovah (Zech. 4:10), the seven eyes of the redeeming Lamb (Rev. 5:6), and the seven eyes of the building stone (Zech 3:9) for the full expression of the Triune God:
1　“没有那灵，就没有召会;越有那灵，就越有召会”─亚四6。
1.　"No Spirit, no church. More Spirit, more church"—Zech. 4:6.
2　羔羊的七眼，将基督这法理的救赎者注入我们里面;石头的七眼，将基督这生机的拯救者注入我们里面，目的是为着神在地上经纶的行动，要藉着祂救赎、凭着祂生机的拯救，达到祂建造的目标─约一29，徒四11~12，罗五10，林前三12。
2.　The seven eyes of the Lamb infuse us with Christ as the judicial Redeemer, and the seven eyes of the stone infuse us with Christ as the organic Savior for God's economical move on earth through His redemption and by His organic salvation for the goal of His building— John 1:29; Acts 4:11-12; Rom. 5:10; 1 Cor. 3:12.
3　在我们里面有两盏灯─神七倍加强的灵在我们的灵里─箴二十27，启四5，林前六17：
3.　Within us we have two lamps—the sevenfold intensified Spirit of God within our spirit— Prov. 20:27; Rev. 4:5; 1 Cor. 6:17:
a　我们要被变化，就必须在祷告中向主完全敞开，让主的灯同着七盏火灯搜寻我们魂里的每一个房间，照耀并光照我们内里的各部分，用生命供应各部分─林前二11上，弗六18。
a.　In order for us to be transformed, we must fully open to the Lord in prayer to allow the lamp of the Lord with the seven lamps of fire to search all the chambers of our soul, shining on and enlightening our inward parts to supply them with life— 1 Cor. 2:11a; Eph. 6:18.
b　经历最大变化的人，乃是向主完全敞开的人。
b.　The one who experiences the greatest transformation is the one who is fully open to the Lord.
4　我们越多经历灯台所描绘三一神各方面的细节，我们就越多看见灯台的复制，这会给主回来铺路，使祂得着全地。
4.　The more we experience the detailed aspects of the Triune God depicted in the lampstand, the more we will see the reproduction of the lampstand, which will pave the way for the Lord's coming back to possess the whole earth.