1999冬季训练
总题：启示录结晶读经
第十七篇　巴比伦的原则
Message Seventeen The Principle of Babylon
读经：创十一1~9，启十七1~6，十八2，4，7
Scripture Reading: Gen. 11:1-9; Rev. 17:1-6; 18:2, 4, 7
壹　巴比伦（希伯来文，Babel，巴别）的原则是人打算用人的能力（由砖头所表征），从地上造到天上─创十一1~9：
I.　The principle of Babylon (Heb. Babel) is man's endeavor to build up something from earth to heaven by human ability, signified by bricks— Gen. 11:1-9:
一　石头是神造的，砖头是人造的，是人的发明，人的产物。
A.　Stones are made by God, whereas bricks are made by man, being a human invention, a human product.
二　照着巴比伦原则而活的人，没有看见他们是有限的，却以为他们有天然的本事，能凭着人的努力，就可以作主的工。
B.　Those who live according to the principle of Babylon do not see that they are limited; rather, they attempt to do the Lord's work by their natural ability with their human effort.
三　神的建造不是用人造的砖，靠人的劳力，乃是用神所创造并变化的石头，且靠着神的工作─林前三12。
C.　The building of God is not built with man-made bricks by human labor; it is built with Godcreated and transformed stones and by the divine work—1 Cor. 3:12.
贰　巴比伦的原则就是装假─启十七4，6，太二三25~32：
II.　The principle of Babylon is hypocrisy—Rev. 17:4, 6; Matt. 23:25-32:
一　亚干所犯之罪的意义，是他贪爱一件美好的巴比伦衣服，想要把自己妆饰一下，让自己体面一点，光彩一点─书七21。
A.　The significance of Achan's sin was his coveting a beautiful Babylonian garment in his seeking to improve himself, to make himself look better, for the sake of appearance—Josh. 7:21.
二　这就是欺骗了圣灵的亚拿尼亚和撒非喇所犯的罪─徒五1~11：
B.　This was the sin of Ananias and Sapphira, who lied to the Holy Spirit—Acts 5:1-11:
1　他们没有那么爱主，却要显出是那么爱主的;他们装假。
1.　They did not love the Lord very much, but they wanted to be looked upon as those who greatly loved the Lord; they were just pretending.
2　他们没有甘心乐意把一切都奉献给神，但他们在人的面前却假冒是完全奉献的。
2.　They were not willing to offer everything cheerfully to God, but before man, they acted as if they had offered all.
三　什么时候，我们穿上一件与自己不相称的衣服，我们就是在巴比伦的原则里─太六1~6，十五7~8。
C.　Whenever we put on a garment which does not match our actual condition, we are in the principle of Babylon—Matt. 6:1-6; 15:7-8.
四　因着要得人的荣耀所作假冒的事，是凭着妓女的原则作的，不是凭着新妇的原则作的─约五44，十二42~43。
D.　Everything done in falsehood to receive glory from man is done in the principle of the harlot, not in the principle of the bride—John 5:44; 12:42-43.
叁　巴比伦的原则就是不看自己为寡妇，反倒荣耀自己，生活奢华─启十八7：
III.　The principle of Babylon is that of not considering herself a widow but of glorifying herself and living luxuriously—Rev. 18:7:
一　惟有堕落的人，不看自己为寡妇─路十八3，太九14~15：
A.　Only those who have fallen would consider themselves not to be a widow—Luke 18:3; Matt. 9:14-15:
1　就某种意义说，在基督里的信徒在今世是寡妇，因他们的丈夫基督，不在他们这里了─参林前十六22，启二二20。
1.　In a sense, the believers in Christ are a widow in the present age because their Husband, Christ, is absent from them—cf. 1 Cor. 16:22; Rev. 22:20.
2　因为我们所爱的主不在世界这里，我们的心也不在这里─参路十二34。
2.　Because our Beloved is not here in the world, our heart is not here—cf. Luke 12:34.
二　我们生活中任何过分的就是奢华，就是巴比伦的原则─提前六6~10。
B.　Anything in our living which is in excess is luxury and is in the principle of Babylon—1 Tim. 6:6-10.
肆　巴比伦的原则就是妓女的原则─启十七1，5：
IV.　The principle of Babylon is the principle of a harlot—Rev. 17:1, 5:
一　巴比伦的目的就是要传扬人的名，否认神的名─创十一4：
A.　Babylon's purpose is for man to make a name for himself and deny God's name—Gen. 11:4:
1　以主的名之外的名称呼召会，就是属灵的淫乱─参启三8。
1.　To denominate the church by taking any name other than our Lord's is spiritual fornication— cf. Rev. 3:8.
2　召会如同贞洁的童女许配基督，除了她丈夫的名以外，不该有别的名─林后十一2，林前一10。
2.　The church, as the pure virgin espoused to Christ, should have no name other than her Husband's—2 Cor. 11:2; 1 Cor. 1:10.
二　巴比伦的意思就是混乱─创十一6~7：
B.　Babylon means confusion—Gen. 11:6-7:
1　在召会中我们不该有不同的说话;我们该只有一个心思，一个口，在一个职事之下，同有一个独一的教训，为着一个身体─罗十五5~6，林前一10，腓二2，提前一3~4。
1.　In the church we should not have different kinds of speaking; we should have only one mind and one mouth under one ministry with one unique teaching for the one Body—Rom. 15:5-6; 1 Cor. 1:10; Phil. 2:2; 1 Tim. 1:3-4.
2　当我们在心思里，我们就在巴比伦的原则里;当我们在灵里，我们就在今天的耶路撒冷里，其中有神圣的一─约四23~24，弗四3。
2.　When we are in our mind, we are in the principle of Babylon; when we are in our spirit, we are in today's Jerusalem, in which there is the divine oneness—John 4:23-24; Eph. 4:3.
3　我们不敢有任何的分裂，因为我们的丈夫基督乃是一，并且我们这些作祂妻子的也是一─太十九3~9。
3.　We should not dare to have any division because our Husband is one, and we His wife are also one—Matt. 19:3-9.
三　对于在巴别背叛的人，结果乃是分散─创十一8：
C.　With the rebellious people at Babel, there was a scattering—Gen. 11:8:
1　在古时，以色列众人每年三次要聚集在耶路撒冷;这与在巴别的分散相对─申十二5，十六16：
1.　In the ancient time all the Israelites came together three times a year at Jerusalem; this was versus the scattering at Babel—Deut. 12:5; 16:16:
a　借着耶路撒冷这独一敬拜神的地方，祂子民的一得蒙保守许多世代─诗一三三。
a.　It was by this unique place of worship to God, Jerusalem, that the oneness of His people was kept for generations—Psa. 133.
b　耶路撒冷不仅表征我们的灵，也表征真正一的立场，就是地方的立场─徒八1，十三1，启一11。
b.　Jerusalem not only signifies our spirit but also signifies the genuine ground of oneness, the ground of locality—Acts 8:1; 13:1; Rev. 1:11.
c　为了要从巴比伦出来，我们必须“在灵中，站立场”。（补充本诗歌五一六首。）
c.　In order to come out of Babylon, we must be "in spirit, on the ground" (Hymns, #1260).
2　设立另一个敬拜中心的耶罗波安的罪，乃是分裂的罪，由他个人的野心所造成，要得着国度，王国，以满足他自私的愿望─王上十二26~32。
2.　The sin of Jeroboam, who set up another center of worship, is the sin of division caused by one's ambition to have a kingdom, an empire, to satisfy his selfish desire—1 Kings 12:26-32.
四　巴比伦是神的物与偶像之物的混杂：
D.　Babylon is a mixture of the things of God with the things of idols:
1　巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，焚毁了在耶路撒冷神的殿，把殿中敬拜神所用的器皿全都带走，放到他在巴比伦偶像的庙里─代下三六6~7，拉一11。
1.　King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon burned the house of God in Jerusalem, carried away all the vessels in God's house for God's worship, and put them in the temple of his idols in Babylon—2 Chron. 36:6-7; Ezra 1:11.
2　在新约里，这个混杂扩大为大巴比伦─启十七3~5，参二一18，二二1。
2.　In the New Testament, this mixture is enlarged with the great Babylon—Rev. 17:3-5; cf. 21:18; 22:1.
伍　主在启示录里的呼召，乃是要祂的子民从巴比伦出来─启十八4~5：
V.　The Lord's call in the book of Revelation is for His people to come out of Babylon—18:4-5:
一　神的话是说，一切有巴比伦性质的东西，神的儿女都不能有分在内─林后六17~18。
A.　According to God's Word, His children cannot partake of anything that has the character of Babylon—2 Cor. 6:17-18.
二　神最恨巴比伦的原则─启十一18下，十八24，十九2：
B.　God hates the principle of Babylon more than anything else—Rev. 11:18b; 18:24; 19:2:
1　一切不绝对的，一半一半的，就是巴比伦。
1.　Anything which is halfway and not absolute is called Babylon.
2　我们要求神给我们光，让我们在光中审判自己一切向祂不绝对的东西─三16~19。
2.　We need God to enlighten us so that in His light we may judge everything in us which is not absolute toward Him—3:16-19.
3　当我们这样审判自己的时候，就是承认我们也恨恶巴比伦的原则─参启二6。
3.　Only when we judge ourselves in this way can we confess that we too hate the principle of Babylon—cf. Rev. 2:6.
4　求主赐恩给我们，不让我们在基督之外求荣耀和尊贵─约七18，十二26，腓一19~21上，参出二八2。
4.　By His grace, may the Lord not allow us to seek any glory and honor outside of Christ— John 7:18; 12:26; Phil. 1:19-21a; cf. Exo. 28:2.
5　主所要我们爱慕寻求的，是作绝对的人，不作活在巴比伦原则之下的人。
5.　The Lord requires that we delight and seek to be ones who are absolute, not ones who are living in the principle of Babylon.
三　神审判了那妓女，把她所作的工作、所有的东西、所代表的原则，一起都摔碎了，天上就有声音说，“阿利路亚!”─启十九1~4。
C.　When God judges the harlot and shatters all her work, and when He casts out all that she is and the principle she represents, voices from heaven will say, "Hallelujah!"—Rev. 19:1-4.