1999冬季训练
总题：启示录结晶读经
第十六篇　大巴比伦─宗教的巴比伦和物质的巴比伦
Message Sixteen Babylon the Great— Religious Babylon and Material Babylon
读经：启十四8，十七1~十九4，二18~24，太十三33
Scripture Reading: Rev. 14:8; 17:1—19:4; 2:18-24; Matt. 13:33
壹　启示录十七章揭示宗教的巴比伦，就是背道的罗马天主教：
I.　Revelation 17 is an unveiling of religious Babylon— the apostate Roman Catholic Church:
一　在神眼中，那存留了犹太教、又吸收异教许多成分的罗马天主教，就是巴比伦。
A.　In the eyes of God the Roman Catholic Church, which perpetuates much of Judaism and has assimilated much of paganism, is Babylon.
二　五节的“奥秘”指明，十七章的大巴比伦乃背道的召会，她所是、所实行、所教导的，的确是奥秘的。
B.　Mystery in verse 5 indicates that Babylon the Great in chapter seventeen is the apostate church; she is mysterious in what she is, in what she practices, and in what she teaches.
三　马太十三章三十三节的妇人，就是启示录二章二十节的耶洗别，耶洗别又成了启示录十七章一节的大妓女：
C.　The woman in Matthew 13:33 is the Jezebel in Revelation 2:20, and Jezebel becomes the great harlot in 17:1:
1　亚哈的异教妻子耶洗别，乃是背道召会的预表─王上十六31。
1.　Jezebel, the pagan wife of Ahab, is a type of the apostate church—1 Kings 16:31.
2　背道召会所作的一切事，原则上就是把外邦的、异教的东西，混杂在神子民对神的敬拜里─太十三33，启十七4。
2.　The principle of the deeds of the apostate church is to mix the heathen, pagan things with the worship of God by His people—Matt. 13:33; Rev. 17:4.
3　耶洗别，就是背道的召会，自称是女申言者，擅装由神授权为神说话，要求人听从她，过于听从神─二20。
3.　Jezebel, the apostate church, is a self-appointed prophetess, who presumes to be authorized to speak for God and demands that people listen to her rather than to God—2:20.
4　在背道的召会中，有“撒但深奥之事”，就是撒但奥秘的教训─24节：
4.　In the apostate church are "the deep things of Satan," the mysterious teachings of Satan—v.　24:
a　借着撒但深奥之事的教训，撒但诡诈的住在背道的召会里面。
a.　Satan dwells in the apostate church in a subtle way through the teaching of the deep things of Satan.
b　撒但深奥的思想，已浸透了背道的召会，使其成了撒但的化身。
b.　The deep thought of Satan has saturated the apostate church, causing it to become the embodiment of Satan.
四　启示录十七章一节的妓女，乃是背道的罗马天主教：
D.　The harlot in 17:1 is the apostate Roman Catholic Church:
1　背道召会的淫乱，由她为利而与地上君王罪恶的关系所作成─2节上：
1.　The fornication of the apostate church consists of her having sinful relationships with the kings of the earth for her profit—v. 2a:
a　罗马天主教密切涉及世界的政治，地上的君王也直接与天主教行淫。
a.　The Roman Catholic Church is intimately involved with worldly politics, and the kings of the earth commit fornication directly with her.
b　在神看来，这是属灵的淫乱。
b.　In the eyes of God, this is spiritual fornication.
2　“她淫乱的酒”，表征背道的召会与地上各政权邪淫关系上的异端道理─2节下。
2.　The "wine of her fornication" signifies the heretical doctrines of the apostate church in her fornicating relationships with the governments on the earth—v. 2b.
3　背道的召会是在旷野、荒漠里，没有神所预备的水泉─3节。
3.　The apostate church is in a wilderness, a desert, where there are no springs of water prepared by God—v. 3.
4　这妓女“用金子、宝石、珍珠为妆饰”─4节上：
4.　The harlot is "gilded with gold and precious stone and pearls"—v. 4a:
a　金子、宝石、珍珠，是用以建造新耶路撒冷的材料─二一18~19，21。
a.　Gold, precious stone, and pearls are the materials with which the New Jerusalem is built—21:18-19, 21.
b　背道的召会只是佩戴这些财宝为妆饰（不是坚固的建造起来），在外表上炫耀自己，作为引诱人的骗术。
b.　The apostate church is gilded (not solidly built) with these treasures as ornaments for outward display and as a deception intended to entice people.
5　这妓女手中拿着“金杯，盛满了可憎之物，并她淫乱的污秽”─十七4下：
5.　The harlot has in her hand "a golden cup full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication"—17:4b:
a　金表征神的神圣性情，所以金杯是指背道的召会在外表上的确有一些属神的东西。
a.　Since gold signifies the divine nature, the golden cup indicates that in her outward appearance the apostate church has something of God.
b　她的“金杯”满了拜偶像、异教的习俗、和属撒但的事物。
b.　Her "golden cup" is full of idolatry, pagan practices, and satanic things.
c　虽然罗马天主教的确有一些圣别的东西，却搀进了许多邪恶和污秽的东西。
c.　The Roman Catholic Church has certain holy things, but she has mixed in many evil and unclean things.
6　这大妓女是众妓女的母─5节：
6.　The great harlot is the "mother of the harlots"—v.　5:
a　众妓女，就是大妓女的女儿，乃是基督教中一切不同的宗派和团体，他们多少都持守背道召会的教训、作法和传统。
a.　The harlots, the daughters of the great harlot, are the sects and groups in Christianity that hold to some extent the teachings, practices, and traditions of the apostate church.
b　仍然实行大妓女某些巴比伦传统的公会与团体，也是属于巴比伦的一类。
b.　The denominations and groups that still practice some of the great harlot's Babylonian traditions belong in the category of Babylon.
c　惟有纯净、真正的地方召会，没有大妓女，就是背道召会所遗传的邪恶─一11~12。
c.　Only the pure, genuine local churches have no evil transmitted from the great harlot, the apostate church—1:11-12.
五　因为神恨恶背道的召会，所以在大灾难的起头，神要使敌基督和他的十王毁灭罗马天主教─十七16~17。
E.　Because God hates the apostate church, at the beginning of the great tribulation, God will cause Antichrist and his ten kings to destroy the Roman Catholic Church—17:16-17.
贰　启示录十八章揭示物质的巴比伦，就是罗马城：
II.　Revelation 18 is an unveiling of material Babylon— the city of Rome:
一　在启示录十七章和十八章，巴比伦的两面，宗教方面和物质方面，被混在一起：
A.　In Revelation 17 and 18 two aspects of Babylon— the religious aspect and the material aspect— are mixed together:
1　十七章十六节的妓女指宗教的巴比伦，表征罗马天主教;十八节的那女人指物质的巴比伦，表征罗马城。
1.　The harlot in 17:16 denotes religious Babylon, signifying the Roman Catholic Church, whereas the woman in verse 18 denotes material Babylon, signifying the city of Rome.
2　十八章三节同时题到巴比伦宗教和物质的两方面：
2.　In 18:3 the aspects of religious and material Babylon are both mentioned:
a　罗马宗教使万国喝醉了她宗教、鬼魔的酒。
a.　The Roman religion makes all nations drunk with her religious, devilish wine.
b　罗马城使地上的商人因她奢华过度而发了财。
b.　The city of Rome enriches the merchants of the earth by the power of her luxury.
3　大巴比伦既有这两方面，所以从那城出来，就是从宗教的巴比伦和物质的巴比伦出来─4节。
3.　Since Babylon the Great is twofold, to come out of her means to come out of both religious Babylon and material Babylon—v. 4.
二　物质的巴比伦，就是罗马城，要在神眼中变为可憎的，因为她成了属鬼魔的政治和属鬼魔的宗教之源─6~8，20~24节。
B.　Material Babylon, the city of Rome, will become hateful in the eyes of God because it has been the source of both devilish politics and devilish religion— vv. 6-8, 20-24.
三　基督作为另一位天使，要照耀地，用祂的大权柄毁灭大巴比伦，就是罗马城─1~2节。
C.　Christ as another Angel will shine over the earth to destroy Babylon the Great, the city of Rome, with His great authority—vv. 1-2.
叁　大巴比伦有两次倾倒，就是宗教巴比伦的倾倒和物质巴比伦的倾倒─十四8，十八2：
III.　Babylon the Great will have two falls—the fall of religious Babylon and the fall of material Babylon—14:8; 18:2:
一　宗教巴比伦的倾倒要发生在大灾难的起头─十七16~17。
A.　The fall of religious Babylon will take place at the beginning of the great tribulation—17:16-17.
二　物质巴比伦的倾倒要发生在大灾难的末了─十八2，21。
B.　The fall of material Babylon will take place at the end of the great tribulation—18:2, 21.
三　十九章一至四节里的赞美，主要的不是关于物质巴比伦的倾倒，而是关于宗教巴比伦的倾倒，因为在神的眼中，宗教的巴比伦比物质的巴比伦更可憎。─引用经文
C.　The praise in 19:1-4 is related not mainly to the fall of material Babylon but to the fall of religious Babylon, because in the eyes of God religious Babylon is more hateful than material Babylon.