2001感恩节
总题：世界局势与新的复兴
第四篇　新妇的预备
Message Four The Preparation of the Bride
读经：但二34~35，珥三11，弗五25~27，六17~18，启十九7~9。
Scripture Reading: Dan. 2:34-35; Joel 3:11; Eph. 5:25-27; 6:17-18; Rev. 19:7-9
壹　主的恢复是为着基督新妇的预备，这新妇是由祂所有的得胜者组成─启十九7~9，参创二22，太十六18：
I.　The Lord's recovery is for the preparation of the bride of Christ, who is composed of all His overcomers—Rev. 19:7-9; cf. Gen. 2:22; Matt. 16:18:
一　新妇主要的是为着结婚之日，而妻子乃是为着一生之久。
A.　A bride is mainly for the wedding day, while a wife is for the entire life.
二　新耶路撒冷在千年国将是新妇，为时千年，如同一日;（彼后三8;）到新天新地里将是妻子，直到永永远远，万世无终：─引用经文
B.　The New Jerusalem will be the bride in the millennium for one thousand years, which is like one day (2 Pet. 3:8), and will be the wife in the new heaven and new earth for eternity, to the ages of the ages without end:
1　所有的得胜者要成为新耶路撒冷，在其开头鲜新的阶段，作基督的新妇一千年─启十九7。
1.　All the overcomers will be the New Jerusalem as the bride of Christ for one thousand years in its initial and fresh stage—Rev. 19:7.
2　至终，所有的信徒要加入得胜者，完满的终极总结并完成新耶路撒冷，成为新天新地里基督的妻子，直到永远─启二一2，9下。
2.　Eventually, all of the believers will join the overcomers to consummate and complete the New Jerusalem in full as the wife of Christ in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—21:2, 9b.
贰　团体的基督，就是基督同着祂得胜的新妇，将成为一块石头而来，砸碎人类政权的集大成，带进神的国─但二34~35，珥三11，启十九11~21，参创一26：
II.　The corporate Christ, Christ with His overcoming bride, will come as a stone to crush the aggregate of human government to bring in God's kingdom—Dan. 2:34-35; Joel 3:11; Rev. 19:11-21; cf. Gen. 1:26:
一　但以理二章说到基督作一块非人手所凿的石头而来，启示录十九章却说到基督带着祂的新妇作祂军队而来。
A.　Whereas Daniel 2 speaks of Christ coming as a stone cut out without hands, Revelation 19 speaks of Christ coming as the One who has His bride as His army.
二　在以弗所五章和六章里，我们看见召会是新妇和战士;在启示录十九章里，我们也有召会的这两方面─弗五25~27，六10~20：
B.　In Ephesians 5 and 6 we see the church as the bride and the warrior; in Revelation 19 we also have these two aspects of the church—Eph. 5:25-27; 6:10-20:
1　在婚娶之日，基督要与祂的新妇，就是那多年来一直争战抵挡神仇敌的得胜者，成为婚配─参但七25，六10，弗六12。
1.　On the day of His wedding, Christ will marry His bride, the overcomers, who have been fighting the battle against God's enemy for years—cf. Dan. 7:25; 6:10; Eph. 6:12.
2　基督在降临到地上对付敌基督和人类政权的总和以前，先要举行婚娶，使祂的得胜者与祂自己联合成为一体─启十九7~9。
2.　Before Christ descends to earth to deal with Antichrist and the totality of human government, He will have a wedding, uniting His overcomers to Himself as one entity—Rev. 19:7-9.
3　婚礼之后，祂就要与祂新娶的新妇同来，把敌基督毁灭;这敌基督同他的军兵将要直接与神争战─启十九11，14：
3.　After His wedding, He will come with His newly married bride to destroy Antichrist, who with his army will fight against God directly—vv. 11, 14:
a　主耶稣，就是神的话，要用祂口中的气除灭敌基督这不法之人─启十九13~15，帖后二2~8。
a.　The Lord Jesus, the Word of God, will slay Antichrist, the man of lawlessness, by the breath of His mouth—vv. 13-15; 2 Thes. 2:2-8.
b　有利剑从基督口中出来，可用以击杀列国─启十九15上，参一16，二12，16。
b.　Out of Christ's mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations—Rev. 19:15a; cf. 1:16; 2:12, 16.
4　人类政权被压毁以后，神就清理了整个宇宙;然后团体的基督，就是基督连同祂的得胜者，要成为一座大山，充满全地，使全地成为神的国─但二35，44，七22，27，启十一15。
4.　After crushing the human government, God will have cleared up the entire universe; then the corporate Christ, Christ with His overcomers, will become a great mountain to fill the whole earth, making the whole earth God's kingdom—Dan. 2:35, 44; 7:22, 27; Rev. 11:15.
叁　没有以弗所五章，新妇就无法预备好，启示录十九章也无法应验：
III.　Apart from Ephesians 5, there is no way for the bride to be prepared, and hence no way for Revelation 19 to be fulfilled:
一　以弗所五章二十五至二十七节启示在三个阶段里的基督─已过，基督是我们亲爱的救赎主，为我们死了，为着我们法理的救赎;现今，基督是使人圣别的赐生命之灵，正在浸透我们，为着我们生机的救恩;将来，基督是圣别的新郎，要将我们献给祂自己，为着祂的婚娶。
A.　Ephesians 5:25-27 reveals Christ in three stages—in the past Christ as our loving Redeemer died for our judicial redemption, in the present Christ as the sanctifying life-giving Spirit is saturating us for our organic salvation, and in the future Christ as the holy Bridegroom will present us to Himself for His marriage.
二　以弗所五章二十七节启示新妇的美丽，说到基督要“献给自己，作荣耀的召会，没有斑点、皱纹、或任何这类的病，好使她成为圣别、没有瑕疵”：
B.　Ephesians 5:27 reveals the beauty of the bride, saying that Christ will "present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish":
1　作为新妇，召会需要美丽;以弗所五章的美丽，是为着新妇的献上。
1.　As the bride, the church needs beauty; the beauty in Ephesians 5 is for the presentation of the bride.
2　新妇的美丽乃是来自那位作到召会里面，然后借着召会彰显出来的基督。
2.　The beauty of the bride comes from the very Christ who is wrought into the church and who is then expressed through the church.
3　召会乃是借着基督这赐生命的灵，用话中之水的洗涤洁净我们的圣化过程，而渐渐成为美丽的─弗五26：
3.　The church is being beautified through the process of sanctification by Christ as the life-giving Spirit cleansing us by the washing of the water in the word—v. 26:
a　借着生命之水洗涤而有的洁净，乃是在基督的话里;这指明在基督的话里有生命的水。
a.　The cleansing by the washing of the water of life is in the word of Christ; this indicates that in the word of Christ is the water of life.
b　二十六节里的“话”希腊原文不是logos，娄格斯，常时的话，乃是rhema，雷玛，指实时的话，就是主现在对我们所说的话。
b.　The Greek word rendered "word" in verse 26 is not logos, the constant word, but rhema, which denotes the instant word, the word the Lord presently speaks to us.
c　基督的说话乃是那灵;这说话就是赐生命之灵的同在─约六63，弗六17。
c.　Christ's speaking is the Spirit; it is the very presence of the life-giving Spirit—John 6:63; Eph. 6:17.
d　内住的基督是赐生命的灵，常说实时、现时、活的话，新陈代谢的洗去旧的，代之以新的，而产生内里的变化。
d.　The indwelling Christ as the life-giving Spirit is always speaking an instant, present, living word to metabolically cleanse away the old and replace it with the new, causing an inward transformation.
e　经过这样洗涤的过程，我们就被基督浸透，并被基督变化，成为祂圣别、美丽、彰显神的新妇，这新妇没有瑕疵或缺陷─启十九7，参歌六13，八13~14。
e.　Through such a washing process, we are saturated with Christ and transformed by Christ to be His holy, beautiful, God-expressing bride, a bride without blemish or imperfection—Rev. 19:7; cf. S. S. 6:13; 8:13-14.
肆　以弗所六章和启示录十九章启示，召会作为新妇，也必须是战士，击败神的仇敌：
IV.　Ephesians 6 and Revelation 19 reveal that the church as the bride must also be a warrior to defeat God's enemy:
一　属灵的争战乃是身体的事;我们是团体的军队，为着神在地上的权益争战─启十七14，十九14，参提后二4。
A.　Spiritual warfare is a matter of the Body; we are a corporate army fighting the battle for God's interest on earth—17:14; 19:14; cf. 2 Tim. 2:4.
二　在以弗所五章，话是为着滋养，使新妇美丽;但在以弗所六章，话是为着杀死，使召会能作团体的战士，从事属灵的争战─弗五17~18：
B.　In Ephesians 5 the word is for nourishment that leads to the beautifying of the bride, but in Ephesians 6 the word is for killing that enables the church as the corporate warrior to engage in spiritual warfare—vv. 17-18:
1　杀死的话乃是为着对付仇敌;我们应该祷读主话，好经历剑作那杀死的凭借。
1.　The killing word deals with the enemy; we should pray-read the word to experience the sword as the killing instrument.
2　因着仇敌把他自己注射到我们的所是里，我们所需要的，乃是话的杀死能力应用到我们身上，来对付仇敌在我们里面的元素：
2.　Since the enemy has injected himself into our being, what we need is for the killing power of the word to be applied to us to deal with the elements of the enemy within us:
a　最棘手的仇敌乃是己;己是我们最厉害的仇敌，也是基督身体的仇敌─太十六24。
a.　The most difficult foe is the self; the self is our worst enemy and the enemy of the Body—Matt. 16:24.
b　当我们祷读主话时，争战就在凶猛进行，把我们里面消极的元素除灭。至终，最厉害的仇敌─己，要被治死。
b.　As we pray-read the word, the battle is raging as the negative elements in our being are slain; eventually, the self, the worst foe of all, will be put to death.
c　借着杀死的话，我们里面的对头就被除灭;让我们借着祷读主话来杀死这对头。
c.　Through the killing word, the adversary within us is slain; let us kill the adversary by pray-reading the word.