晨興聖言-為着主的來臨(W4-3)

第四週　週三

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晨興餧養

亞四12　…在兩個金嘴旁邊，這兩根流出金油的橄欖枝是甚麼意思？

     14　他說，這是兩個油的兒子，站在全地之主的旁邊。

林後三6　〔神〕使我們夠資格作新約的執事，這些執事不是屬於字句，乃是屬於靈，因為那字句殺死人，那靈卻叫人活。

〔在撒迦利亞四章三節的〕兩棵橄欖樹，表徵當時的大祭司約書亞和省長所羅巴伯；他們是兩個油的兒子，被耶和華的靈充滿，為着神殿的重建（3~6、12~14）。這兩個油的兒子也豫表世代末了三年半期間的兩個見證人，他們要在大災難時作神的見證人，為着加強神的子民—以色列人和在基督裏的信徒（啟十一3~12，十二17）。…這兩位〔見證人〕，摩西和以利亞，要在大災難期間扶持並供應受逼迫的以色列人和信徒（撒迦利亞書生命讀經，四一二至四一三頁）。

信息選讀

以色列國是燈臺，表徵神的見證。神的見證需要照耀出來。要有這照耀就必須有焚燒；要有焚燒，就必須有橄欖油的供應；要有橄欖油，就必須有一些橄欖樹。在燈臺兩邊的兩棵橄欖樹，乃是兩個油的兒子—約書亞和所羅巴伯。

在撒迦利亞四章十一節有兩棵樹，在十二節有兩根枝子。兩根枝子是兩棵樹的一部分。當燈臺的燈盞缺了油，兩棵樹就來供應油，經過枝子將油流到兩個金嘴裏，然後油就從兩個金嘴流到油碗裏，再從油碗流到燈臺裏。

十二節說到兩根橄欖枝。這兩根枝子『流出金』。這裏的『金』是指油。油和金乃是一。油是指那靈，那靈乃是神。不僅如此，按豫表，金表徵神。那充滿油碗的金乃是那靈，那靈就是神；神是由金所表徵的。我們將這事應用到今天的經歷時，就看見從我們裏面流出來的那靈就是神，而神就是金。因此，我們將基督供應給別人，用油供應他們的時候，實際上就是用神供應他們。神從我們流出來，流到他們裏面。我們都該是橄欖樹，從我們自己裏面流出神來，流到別人裏面。這樣，藉着那些作橄欖樹，流出神的人，有需要的人就得着油的供應。

讓我們進一步來看為甚麼兩棵樹被稱為兩根枝子。在三、四章裏，同一個人所羅巴伯，由苗（三8）、樹（四3、11）和枝（12）所表徵。這指明所羅巴伯自己不是源頭。他若憑自己是一棵完整的樹，他就是源頭。然而，他這棵樹實際上是另一棵樹的枝子，那棵樹才是源頭。再者，所羅巴伯也是另一棵樹的苗；那棵樹就是基督。基督是那獨一的橄欖樹；所羅巴伯和我們都是基督的枝子、枝條。…雖然基督是獨一的橄欖樹，但從祂已經有許多苗生出來了。這些苗的生出就是基督的分枝。如今這些枝子或苗，就是今天在地上的許多橄欖樹。你不是這樣的橄欖樹麼？我們作為真實的基督徒，乃是橄欖樹。嚴格說來，我們是橄欖樹，但不是個別的樹，乃是基督這獨一橄欖樹的枝子。我們既是枝子，就需要用油，就是用那靈，供應別人，使他們被點活。讚美主，我們在基督裏乃是以七倍加強的靈供應別人的橄欖樹！（撒迦利亞書生命讀經，四一三至四一五頁）。

參讀：撒迦利亞書生命讀經，第五篇；為着建造基督的身體講說基督，第三章。

WEEK 4 — DAY 3 

Morning Nourishment 

Zech. 4:12 …What are the two olive branches that are by the side of the two golden spouts, which empty the gold from themselves? 

            14 And he said, These are the two sons of oil, who stand by the Lord of the whole earth. 

2 Cor. 3:6 [God] made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, ministers not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 

[In Zechariah 4:3 the] two olive trees signify Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the governor at the time, who were the two sons of oil, filled with the Spirit of Jehovah for the rebuilding of God’s temple (vv. 3-6, 12-14). The two sons of oil are also the two witnesses in the last three and a half years of the present age, who will be witnesses of God in the great tribulation for the strengthening of God’s peoples—the Israelites and the believers in Christ (Rev. 11:3-12; 12:17)… These two [witnesses], Moses and Elijah, will support and supply the persecuted Israelites and the believers during the great tribulation. (Life-study of Zechariah, p. 28) 

Today’s Reading 

The nation of Israel is the lampstand, signifying God’s testimony. God’s testimony needs the shining. For this shining there must be the burning, and in order for there to be the burning, there must be the supply of olive oil… To have the olive oil, there must be some olive trees. The two olive trees on the two sides of the lampstand are the two sons of oil, Joshua and Zerubbabel. 

In Zechariah 4:11 there are two trees, and in verse 12, two branches. The two branches are part of the two trees. When the bowl of the lampstand is void of oil, the two trees will supply oil by flowing it out through the branches and into the two spouts. The oil will then flow from the spouts into the bowl, and from the bowl into the lampstand. 

The relative pronoun which in verse 12 refers not to the spouts but to the branches. These branches “empty the gold from themselves.” To empty the gold is to cause the gold to flow out. The word gold here refers to the oil. The oil and the gold are one. The oil denotes the Spirit, and the Spirit is God. Furthermore, in typology gold signifies God. The gold that fills the bowl is the Spirit; the Spirit is God; and God is typified by gold. As we apply this matter to our experience today, we see that the Spirit who flows out of us is God, and God is gold. Thus, when we minister Christ to others, supplying them with oil, we are actually supplying them with God. God is flowing out from us into them. We all should be olive trees emptying God from ourselves into others. In this way oil will be provided to the needy by those who are olive trees out of which God is flowing. 

Let us consider further why the two trees are called two branches. In Zechariah 3 and 4 the same person, Zerubbabel, is signified by a shoot (3:8), a tree (4:3, 11), and a branch (v. 12). This indicates that Zerubbabel himself is not the source. If he were a tree complete in himself, he would be the source. However, he is a tree which is actually a branch of another tree, and that tree is the source. Moreover, Zerubbabel is also a shoot from the other tree. That tree is Christ. Christ is the unique olive tree, and both Zerubbabel and we ourselves are branches, offshoots, of Christ… Although Christ is the unique olive tree, out from Him many shoots have issued forth. The issuing forth of these shoots is Christ’s branching out. These branches, or shoots, are now the many olive trees on earth today. Are you not such an olive tree? As bona fide Christians, we are olive trees. Strictly speaking, we are olive trees not in the sense of being separate trees but in the sense of being branches of Christ, the unique olive tree. As branches, we need to supply others with oil, that is, with the Spirit, that they may be enlivened. Praise the Lord that in Christ we are olive trees supplying others with the sevenfold Spirit! (Lifestudy of Zechariah, pp. 28-29) 

Further Reading: Life-study of Zechariah, msg. 5; CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” ch. 3