晨興聖言-...主的恢復之中心負擔...(W3-6)
第三週■週六
晨興餧養
啓二一2『我又看見聖城新耶路撒冷由神那裏從天而降,豫備好了,就如新婦妝飾整齊,等候丈夫。』
18 ~ 19『牆是用碧玉造的,城是純金的,如同明淨的玻璃。城牆的根基是用各樣寶石裝飾的…。』
聖經中神聖啓示的總結乃是一個建造,就是新耶路撒冷。這建造是神性與人性的調和,由啓示錄二十一章所描述的新耶路撒冷所證明。三節題到新耶路撒冷是『神的帳幕』;二十二節也說,『我未見城內有殿,因主神全能者和羔羊爲城的殿。』新耶路撒冷是神的帳幕,是爲給神居住;神和羔羊是殿,是爲給蒙救贖的聖徒居住。這指明新耶路撒冷乃是神與人相互的居所。不僅如此,這建造也是人的組成。城門是珍珠,門上寫着以色列十二個支派的名字;(12;)十二根基上有羔羊十二使徒的十二個名字。(14。)這清楚指明,新耶路撒冷是三一神(祂是素質、中心和普及)與祂所救贖之人的組成。(撒母耳記生命讀經,二四三至二四四頁。)
信息選讀
新耶路撒冷是神性與人性調和在一起,成爲一個實體的組成。一切的組成分子都有相同的生命、性情和構成,因此是一個團體人。…這二者—神與人,人與神,藉着調和在一起而建造在一起;這就是神建造的完成和總結。我們都需要看見這異象。(撒母耳記生命讀經,二四四頁。)
〔神有三方面的神聖建造,就是召會、基督的身體、並新耶路撒冷。〕新耶路撒冷乃是神聖建造的第三方面。〔我們需要藉着喝那靈,就是湧流之三一神作生命水的河,並喫基督,就是得勝之獅子羔羊作生命樹,連同祂豐富、新鮮的供應,以父神作其純金基礎、子神作其珍珠門、並靈神所化成之其寶石牆,裝飾並完成新耶路撒冷。〕…啓示錄二十一章二節說,『新婦妝飾整齊,等候丈夫。』…新耶路撒冷…乃是用精金、珍珠、寶石,就是用三一神作元素、作成分來裝飾的。
保羅在林前三章九節說,『你們是神的耕地,神的建築。』接着在十節,他就說,『我照神所給我的恩典,好像一個智慧的工頭,立好了根基,有別人在上面建造,只是各人要謹慎怎樣在上面建造。』保羅的意思是,我已經立好根基,沒有人能再立了,你只需要在上面建造。但你必須當心,你在上面若用木、草、禾稭建造,乃是損傷神的建造;你必須用金、銀、寶石建造。
今天,我們不是在這裏毀壞基督的身體,我們乃是在裝飾。我不敢帶着肉體來建造新耶路撒冷,那是毀壞新耶路撒冷。我不敢帶着我的意見、舊我、愛好、看法來建造新耶路撒冷。我只願意恐懼戰兢,帶着父神如同精金,帶着子神如同珍珠,帶着靈神所化成的寶石,來裝飾這神聖的建造。這必須是我們每個人生活的態度。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册,三七一至三七二、三六五頁。)
參讀:如何作同工與長老,並如何履行同工與長
老的義務,第六篇。
WEEK 3 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 21:2 And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
18-19 And the building work of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone…
The conclusion of the divine revelation in the Bible is a building, the New Jerusalem. This building is a blending and mingling of divinity with humanity. This is proved by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21. Verse 3 refers to the New Jerusalem as “the tabernacle of God,” and verse 22 says, “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” The New Jerusalem as the tabernacle of God is for God to dwell in, and God and the Lamb as the temple are for the redeemed saints to dwell in. This indicates that the New Jerusalem will be a mutual dwelling place for God and man. Furthermore, this building is a composition of human beings. The gates are pearls inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel (v. 12), and on the twelve foundations are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (v. 14). This indicates clearly that the New Jerusalem is a composition of the Triune God, who is the essence, center, and universality, and God’s redeemed people. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, pp. 198-199)
Today's Reading
The New Jerusalem is a composition of divinity and humanity blended and mingled together as one entity. All the components have the same life, nature, and constitution and thus are a corporate person…These two, God and man, man and God, are built up together by being blended and mingled together. This is the completion, the consummation, of God’s building. We all need to see this vision. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, p. 199)
The
New Jerusalem is [an] aspect of the divine building. We need to adorn
and consummate the New Jerusalem with God the Father as its golden base,
God the Son as its pearl gates, and God the Spirit for its wall of
precious stones by drinking the Spirit, the flowing Triune God, as the
river of water of life and eating Christ, the overcoming Lion-Lamb, as
the tree of life with His rich and fresh supply…Revelation 21:2 says
that the New Jerusalem was “prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband.”…It is adorned with pure gold, pearls, and precious stones,
that is, with the Triune God as the elements.
Paul says, “You are God’s cultivated land, God’s building.” (1 Cor. 3:9). Then
in verse 10 he goes on to say, “According to the grace of God given to
me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation, and another
builds upon it. But let each man take heed how he builds upon it.” What
Paul meant was: “I have already laid a foundation; no one else needs to
lay another foundation. All you have to do is to build upon that which
has been laid. But you have to be careful. If you build upon the
foundation with wood, grass, and stubble, you are marring God’s
building. You need to build with gold, silver, and precious stones.”
Today we are here not to destroy the Body of Christ; rather, we are
adorning
it. I dare not bring my flesh with me to build the New Jerusalem; that
is to destroy the New Jerusalem. I dare not bring my opinions, my old
“I,” my preferences, and my views to build the New Jerusalem. I simply
want to be in fear and trembling to adorn the divine building with God
the Father as the pure gold, God the Son as the pearl, and God the
Spirit for the wall of precious stones. All of us must have this kind of
attitude in our living. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “How to Be a
Co-worker and an Elder and How to Fulfill Their Obligations,” pp.
293-294)
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