晨興聖言-...主的恢復之中心負擔...(W4-6)

 第四週■週六

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晨興餧養

啓二一10 ~ 11『我在靈裏,天使帶我到一座高大的山,將那由神那裏從天而降的聖城耶路撒冷指給我看。城中有神的榮耀;城的光輝如同極貴的寶石,好像碧玉,明如水晶。』

基督身體的實際,就是一班神人所過這樣生活的集合、總和。這種生活,就是基督身體的實際,要結束這時代,就是召會時代,且要把基督帶回來,在國度時代與這些神人一同取得、佔有並治理這地。這些神人在召會時代被成全,並得着終極完成。所以在下一個時代,就是國度時代,他們要與基督一同作王一千年。(啓二十4 ~ 6。)(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册,一七○至一七一頁。)

信息選讀

許多信徒在召會時代未受成全、未得成熟,他們要在國度時代藉着神管教的對付而受成全、得成熟。…在國度時代的一千年中,神要運用祂的主宰,管教這些親愛的信徒,多方對付他們,爲要成全他們,使他們成熟。到了這一千年末了,他們就要準備好,與那些較早成熟的信徒,一同有分於新耶路撒冷。

今天在召會時代,被成全並得成熟的神人乃是錫安,就是得勝者,也就是召會中的活力排。但在新天新地,…整個新耶路撒冷都要成爲錫安。…錫安就是神所在之處,也就是至聖所。在啓示錄二十一章有一個表號,表徵新耶路撒冷將是至聖所。新耶路撒冷的量度是個正方體的量度,長一萬二千斯泰底亞,寬一萬二千斯泰底亞,高一萬二千斯泰底亞。(16。)…在舊約裏,不論在帳幕或聖殿中,至聖所都是立方的,其長、寬、高都相等。(出二六2 ~8,王上六20。)

到那時,所有蒙神救贖的人都要被變化,不只在生命和性情上與神一樣,甚至顯出來的樣子也與神一樣〔如同碧玉—啓四3,二一11〕。…蒙神救贖的人在生命、性情和樣子上,但不是在神格上,完全成爲神。

我們都必須努力達到這高峯。你若以爲這高峯太難達到,所要付的代價太高了,你就必須豫備好,來世的代價更高。…所有蒙神救贖的人至終都要成爲神,在生命、性情和樣子上,但不是在神格上,與神一樣。新耶路撒冷乃是被變化、得榮耀,並與經過過程、終極完成之三一神調和的神人。聖城將是一個調和,作神的擴增和彰顯,直到永遠。我們要享受並有分於這神聖的調和,直到永遠。

我們的確需要拚上去,不惜代價的禱告,像使徒保羅那樣付代價。我們不該有一種態度,以爲我們旣已犧牲了前途,又不愛世界,我們在主裏就穩妥了。那是不彀的;你必須認識一切屬靈事物的內在景象。神的心意是要使祂自己成爲人,好使人得以成爲神。這樣,神與人就要聯調爲一,共同生活。至終聖城新耶路撒冷,乃是一切異象和啓示的集大成,是三一神與三部分人的構成。這構成,就是新耶路撒冷,要成爲永世裏的配偶;這配偶旣是人又是神,在神性和人性裏互爲居所。神的榮耀要在這人性上,彰顯、表明到極致,光輝烈烈,燦爛赫赫。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册,一七一至一七三頁。)

參讀:對基督身體的透視,第二篇;歷代志生命讀經,第二、四、十一、十三篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 21:10-11 And he carried me away in spirit onto a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, as clear as crystal.

The reality of the Body of Christ is the aggregate, the totality, of such a living by a group of God-men. This kind of a living, which is the reality of the Body of Christ, will close this age, the age of the church, and will bring Christ back to take, possess, and rule over this earth with these God-men in the kingdom age. They were perfected, completed, and consummated in the church age. So in the next age, the kingdom age, they will reign with Christ for a thousand years (Rev. 20:4-6). (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” p. 138)

Today's Reading

The many believers who were not perfected and matured in the church age will be perfected and matured in the kingdom age by God’s disciplinary dealing…In the thousand years of the kingdom age, God will exercise His sovereignty to discipline these dear ones, to deal with them in many ways, in order that He could perfect them to make them mature. At the end of the thousand years they will be ready to join the ones who were matured earlier in participating in the New Jerusalem.

Today in the church age, the God-men who were perfected and matured are Zion, the overcomers, the vital groups within the churches. But in the new heaven and new earth…the entire New Jerusalem will become Zion…Zion is the very spot where God is, that is, the Holy of Holies. In Revelation 21 there is a sign signifying that the New Jerusalem will be the Holy of Holies. Its dimensions are the dimensions of a cube, twelve thousand stadia long, twelve thousand stadia wide, and twelve thousand stadia high (v. 16)… The  oly of Holies in the Old Testament in both the tabernacle and the temple was a cube, equal in length, breadth, and height (Exo. 26:2-8; 1 Kings 6:20).

All the God-redeemed people will [by then] be transformed, not only to be the same as God in life and nature but also to be the same in God’s appearance [i.e., jasper (Rev. 4:3; 21:11)]…God’s redeemed people have become absolutely the very God in life, in nature, and in appearance but not in His Godhead.

We all have to endeavor to reach this high peak. If you think it is too hard to reach this high peak and that the price to pay is too high, be prepared. In the next age the price will be higher…All of God’s redeemed people will eventually become gods as the very God in life, in nature, and in appearance but not in the Godhead. The New Jerusalem is the God-men who have been transformed, glorified, and mingled with the processed and consummated Triune God. The holy city will be a mingling to be God’s increase and expression for eternity. We will enjoy and participate in this divine mingling for eternity.

We surely need to be desperate to pray at any cost and to pay the cost just as the apostle Paul did. We should not have the attitude that we are safe in the Lord because we have sacrificed our future and do not love the world. That is not adequate. You must know the intrinsic scene of all the spiritual things. God’s intention is to make Himself man that man may become Him. Then He and man will be united and mingled together to live a corporate life. Eventually, this holy city, Jerusalem, is the aggregate of all the visions and revelations. It is a constitution of the Triune God with the tripartite man. This constitution, the New Jerusalem, will be a pair of lovers in eternity. This pair of lovers are men and God as well. They have become a kind of mutual abode in divinity and humanity. In this humanity, the glory of God will be expressed, manifested, to the uttermost, full of brightness, full of splendor, and full of glory. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” pp. 138-140)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “A Thorough View of the Body of Christ,” ch. 2; Life-study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, msgs. 2, 4, 11, 13

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