1999冬季训练
总题:启示录结晶读经
第十三篇 有约柜的殿以及男孩子的原则
Message Thirteen The Temple with the Ark and the Principle of the Man-child
读经:启十一19,十五5,十六17,十二1~11,十一15
Scripture Reading: Rev. 11:19; 15:5; 16:17; 12:1-11; 11:15
壹 启示录第二部分(十二至二十二章)的中心,乃是有约柜的殿─十一19,十五5,十六17:
I. The center of the second section of Revelation (chs. 12—22) is the temple with the ark—11:19; 15:5; 16:17:
一 在消极一面,四章二至三节有虹围着的宝座,乃是六至十一章神对地所执行之一切审判的中心。
A. The throne with the rainbow in 4:2-3 is the center of all the judgments executed over the earth in chapters six through eleven on the negative side.
二 在积极一面,有约柜的殿,乃是十二至二十二章神在宇宙中所完成之一切成就的中心─十一19。
B. The temple with the ark is the center of all God's accomplishments in the universe carried out in chapters twelve through twenty-two on the positive side—11:19.
三 启示录第二部分的主要思想,乃是神的建造─十五5:
C. The main thought of the second section of Revelation is God's building—15:5:
1 有约柜的殿这个异象,不是为使我们圣别或属灵,乃是为使我们被建造─十一19。
1. The vision of the temple with the ark is not for us to be holy or spiritual—it is for us to be built up—11:19.
2 殿和约柜乃是为着神的见证,而神的见证就是神借着祂的建造彰显祂自己。
2. The temple and the ark are for God's testimony, and God's testimony is God's expression of Himself through His building.
四 殿中的约柜表征基督作神的见证─十一19:
D. The ark in the temple signifies Christ as God's testimony—11:19:
1 约柜表征神对自己要作一位信实的神,祂不作一件对不起自己的事,并且祂所要作的事,都必定成全─提后二13,弗一9~11。
1. The ark signifies that God must be faithful to Himself, that He will not do anything that comes short of Himself, and that what He desires to do He will accomplish—2 Tim. 2:13; Eph. 1:9-11.
2 神的性格是基础,据此,神和基督要作王,直到永永远远,神也要使世上的国成为我们主和祂基督的国─提后二13,启十一15。
2. God's character is the basis upon which God and Christ will reign forever and ever and upon which God will cause the kingdom of this world to become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ—2 Tim. 2:13; Rev. 11:15.
五 圣经里的启示,把我们从神行政的宝座领到神彰显的殿─四2,七15,十一19,十五5,十六17:
E. The revelation in the Bible leads us from the throne of God's government to the temple of God's expression—4:2; 7:15; 11:19; 15:5; 16:17:
1 启示录先显明神审判的中心是宝座,然后显明神见证的中心是殿─四2~3,七15,十一19,十五5,十六17。
1. Revelation f irst shows us the throne as the center of God's judgment and then the temple as the center of God's testimony—4:2-3; 7:15; 11:19; 15:5.
2 至终,在十六章十七节里,宝座和殿结合一起:
2. Ultimately, in 16:17 the throne and the temple are combined:
a 在此,神的审判与神的彰显、神的见证相调和。
a. Here God's judgment is mingled with God's expression, with God's testimony.
b 神的审判是出于神的见证,也是为着神的见证。
b. God's judgment comes out of God's testimony and is for God's testimony.
3 在启示录里,我们看见神在宝座上,也看见神在新耶路撒冷里─四2,二二1:
3. In Revelation we see God on the throne and God in the New Jerusalem—4:2; 22:1:
a 神在宝座上是为着祂的行政,神在殿里却是为着祂的彰显─四2~3,七15。
a. God is on the throne for His administration, but He is in the temple for His expression—4:2-3; 7:15.
b 神的宝座是为着祂的殿;也就是说,神的行政是为着祂的彰显。
b. God's throne is for His temple; that is, God's administration is for His expression.
c 在新耶路撒冷中,神要在羔羊里坐在祂殿中的宝座上,得着管治权并祂完全的彰显,直到永远─二二1,二一23,11。
c. In the New Jerusalem, God will be in the Lamb on the throne in His temple, having His dominion with His full expression for eternity—22:1; 21:23, 11.
贰 因为召会没有达到神的目的,神就拣选一班得胜者,他们能达到神的目的,并成功神的要求;这是男孩子的原则─十二1~2,5:
II. Because the church has not attained to God's purpose, God will choose a group of overcomers who will attain to His purpose and fulfill His demand; this is the principle of the man-child—12:1-2, 5:
一 男孩子是指召会中的得胜者,就是指神子民中有一部分人,这一部分人是得胜的─二26~27,十二5:
A. The man-child refers to the overcomers in the church, to the portion of the people of God who are overcomers—2:26-27; 12:5:
1 所有神的子民在神永远的目的里,都是有分的;但是他们没有负起他们所该负的责任,所以神在他们中间拣选出一班人来,这就是妇人所生的男孩子─十二1~2,5。
1. All of God's people should have a part in His eternal purpose, but not all assume their rightful responsibility; therefore, God chooses a group from among them—the man-child brought forth by the woman—12:1-2, 5.
2 得胜者是神达到祂目的的凭借;男孩子使神能够行动─10~11节:
2. The overcomers are the instrument that enables God to achieve His purpose; the manchild enables God to move—vv. 10-11:
a 男孩子是由得胜者所组成,他们替召会站住,站在全召会所当站的地位,替召会作事情─二7下,11下,17下,26~28,三5,12,21,十二5,11。
a. The man-child consists of the overcomers who stand on behalf of the church, take the position which the whole church should take, and do the work for the church—2:7b, 11b, 17b, 26-28; 3:5, 12, 21; 12:5, 11.
b 当神得着这些得胜者,祂的目的就达到了,祂也满足了。
b. When God gains these overcomers, His purpose will be attained, and He will be satisfied.
二 宇宙光明的妇人,代表神全体的子民,而男孩子乃是这妇人里面较刚强的部分─创三15,启十二1~2,5:
B. The universal bright woman represents the totality of God's people, and the man-child is the stronger part within the woman—Gen. 3:15; Rev. 12:1-2, 5:
1 在圣经里,神子民中较刚强的人被视为一个集体单位,为神争战,将神的国带到地上─5,10~11节:
1. In the Bible the stronger ones among God's people are considered a collective unit fighting the battle for God and bringing God's kingdom down to earth—vv. 5, 10-11.
a 龙与妇人之间的争战正在猛烈的进行,不过妇人并不打仗,仗是由男孩子来打的─1,3,5,11节。
a. War is raging between the dragon and the woman; however, the battle is fought not by the woman but by the man-child—vv. 1, 3, 5, 11.
b 今天,龙与主恢复之间有争战,但这仗是由刚强的人,就是男孩子来打的。
b. In the war between the dragon and the Lord's recovery today, the battle is being fought by the strong ones, by the manchild.
2 神要用男孩子来成就祂的经纶,完成祂的定旨─提前一4,提后一9,弗一9,11,三11:
2. God will use the man-child to fulf ill His economy and to accomplish His purpose—1 Tim. 1:4; 2 Tim. 1:9; Eph. 1:9, 11; 3:11:
a 神需要男孩子来打败祂的仇敌,带进祂的国,使祂永远的定旨得以完成─启十二10。
a. God needs the man-child to defeat His enemy and to bring in His kingdom that His eternal purpose might be accomplished— Rev. 12:10.
b 主的恢复就是今天神经纶的实际,而神的经纶只能藉男孩子来完成。
b. The Lord's recovery is the practicality of God's economy today, and His economy can be carried out only by the man-child.
三 男孩子被提这件事发生,使撒但在天上不再有地位─5,7~10节:
C. The rapture of the man-child is a transaction that causes Satan to have no more position in heaven—vv. 5, 7-10:
1 这指明得胜的圣徒对未来天上的争战,具有极大的影响力─5,7节上。
1. This indicates that the overcoming saints will exert a great influence upon the coming warfare in the heavens—vv. 5, 7a.
2 被提乃是为着神的经纶和神的战略;我们必须被提,执行神对祂仇敌的审判,使神的需要得着满足。
2. The rapture is for God's economy and God's strategy; we must be raptured to fulf ill God's need by executing His judgment upon His enemy.
四 男孩子与神最重要的时代行动有关─太六9~10,启十二10,十一15:
D. The man-child is related to God's most important dispensational move—Matt. 6:9-10; Rev. 12:10; 11:15:
1 神要结束今世代,并带进国度时代;为此神必须得着男孩子作祂时代的凭借。
1. God wants to end this age and bring in the age of the kingdom, and for this He must have the man-child as His dispensational instrument.
2 男孩子被提,结束了召会时代,并引进国度时代─十二5,10。
2. The rapture of the man-child brings an end to the church age and introduces the age of the kingdom—12:5, 10.
3 男孩子被提到天上,撒但被摔到地上,以及天上的宣告,表明男孩子要把国度带到地上;这是神最大的时代行动─5,9~10节,十一15。
3. The rapture of the man-child to heaven, the casting of Satan to earth, and the declaration in heaven signify that the man-child will bring the kingdom to earth; this is God's greatest dispensational move—vv. 5, 9-10; 11:15.