晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W21-3)
第二十一週.週三
晨興餧養
啟十7 『但在第七位天使發聲的日子,要吹號的時候,神的奧祕就完成了…。』
但九24 『…已經截定了七十個七,要終止過犯,了結罪惡,為罪孽成就平息,帶進永遠的義,封住異象和豫言,並膏至聖所。』
從亞當到摩西,以及從摩西到基督這兩個時代,每件事都是啟示出來的,都是顯明的,並沒有奧祕。將來在千年國和新天新地時代,也是這樣,一切都是顯明的,不再有奧祕。但是從基督到千年國的時代,一切都是奧祕。這奧祕的時代開始於基督的成為肉體,(提前三16,)然後是基督自己、(西二2、)召會、(弗三4~6、)諸天的國、(太十三11、)福音、(弗六19、)基督的內住,(西一26~27,)最後結束於聖徒的復活和改變形狀,(林前十五51~52,)這些都是歷世歷代所隱藏的奧祕。(羅十六25,弗三5,西一26。)第七號吹響時,這一切奧祕都要完成、結束、並且過去。在吹第七號時,不僅神忿怒的審判要臨到地上,神的奧祕也要完成。(啟示錄生命讀經,三六五至三六六頁。)
信息選讀
基督完成了對世界的審判之後,祂就要回來據有全地。(啟十1~7,十八1。)全地都將屬於祂,沒有一處屬於別人。今天好多國家以爭戰去擴展他們的領土,但他們的爭戰是徒然的,因為不論他們得到多少,最終都要歸於基督。基督在回來據有這地的時候,祂像另一位天使。啟示錄有好幾次用『另一位天使』這稱呼來說到基督。(七2,八3,十1,十八1。)用這個名稱來指基督,是因祂作神的行政執行者,祂的行動像天使。在舊約,基督被稱為耶和華的使者,(創二二11~12,出三2~6,)是被神差遣去執行神使命的。當基督來取得地的時候,祂乃是被打發來,完成這個任務的。祂是另一位天使,有大權柄,並且在祂的榮耀裏來臨。(啟十八1。)基督來臨時,要『右腳踏在海上,左腳踏在地上』。(十2。)這指明海和地都在祂的腳下,意思就是完全被祂佔有。(申十一24,書一3。)在聖經裏,凡你腳掌所踏之處,都要成為你的所有。因為基督要踏在海上和地上,所以海和地都要屬於祂。當基督據有全地之後,祂就把神的奧祕完成了。(啟十7。)那時,神的經綸就完全顯明,不再是一個奧祕,而是公開的祕密了。(啟示錄生命讀經,二八頁。)
歌羅西書啟示基督是三一神的具體化身:『神格一切的豐滿,都有形有體的居住在基督裏面。』(二9。)整個三一神都具體化身在基督裏,因為神格一切的豐滿,就是三一神的豐滿,都有形有體的居住在基督裏面。因此,以弗所三章十一節裏基督這名稱,指明這一位是神的具體化身。
三一神將祂自己具體化身在基督裏,所以基督乃是神的奧祕,神奧祕的故事。在基督之外沒有神;在基督之外我們也不能找到神或接觸神,因為三一神完全具體化身在基督裏。(新約總論第七冊,八至九頁。)
參讀:新約總論,第一百八十九篇。
WEEK 21 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he is about to trumpet, then the mystery of God is finished…
Dan.
9:24 Seventy weeks are apportioned…to close the transgression, and to
make an end of sins, and to make propitiation for iniquity, and to bring
in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal up vision and prophet,
and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
In
the dispensations from Adam to Moses and from Moses to Christ,
everything was unveiled, manifested, and there was no mystery. It will
be the same in the dispensation of the millennial kingdom and in the new
heaven and new earth—everything will be unveiled, and there will be no
more mystery. But in the dispensation from Christ to the millennial
kingdom, everything is a mystery. The incarnation of Christ, as the
beginning of this dispensation of mystery, is a mystery (1 Tim. 3:16).
Christ Himself (Col. 2:2), the church (Eph. 3:4-6), the kingdom of the
heavens (Matt. 13:11), the gospel (Eph. 6:19), the indwelling of
Christ (Col. 1:26-27), and the coming resurrection and transfiguration
of the saints as the end of this dispensation of mystery (1 Cor.
15:51-52) are all mysteries that were hidden in the times of the ages
(Rom. 16:25; Eph. 3:5; Col. 1:26). All these mysteries will be over,
completed, and finished at the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet. At the
trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, not only God’s judgment of wrath
upon the earth but also the mystery of God are finished. (Life-study of
Revelation, pp. 299-300)
Todays Reading
At
the completion of His judgment of the world, Christ will come back to
take full possession of the earth (Rev. 10:1-7; 18:1). The whole earth
will belong to Him; not one part of it will belong to anyone else. Today
many nations are fighting to increase their territory, but they are
fighting in vain, for whatever they gain will eventually belong to
Christ. In His coming back to take possession of the earth, Christ will
be like another Angel. A number of times in the book of Revelation the
title another Angel is used with respect to Christ (7:2; 8:3; 10:1;
18:1). This title is used to denote Christ because, as God’s
Administrator, He behaves like an angel. In the Old Testament, Christ was
called the Angel of Jehovah (Gen. 22:11-12; Exo. 3:2-6) who was sent by
God to carry out God’s commission. When He comes to take over the
earth, He will come as One who has been commissioned by God for this
purpose. He will be another Angel with great authority and will come in
His glory (Rev. 18:1). In His coming, Christ will place “His right foot
on the sea and the left on the land” (10:2). This indicates that He will
tread upon the sea and the land, which means that He will take
possession of them (Deut. 11:24; Josh. 1:3). In the Bible, whatever your
feet tread upon becomes your possession. Since Christ will tread upon
the sea and the land, both the sea and the land will belong to Him.
After Christ possesses the earth, He will finish the mystery of God
(Rev. 10:7). At that time the economy of God will be fully manifested.
It will no longer be a mystery but an open secret. (Life-study of
Revelation, p. 23)
The
book of Colossians reveals that Christ is the embodiment of the Triune
God. “In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” (2:9). The
entire Triune God is embodied in Christ, for all the fullness of the
Godhead, that is, of the Triune God, dwells in Christ bodily. Hence, the
title Christ in Ephesians 3:11 indicates that this One is God’s
embodiment.
Because
the Triune God has embodied Himself in Christ, Christ is the mystery of
God, the mysterious story of God. Outside of Christ there is no God,
and outside of Christ we cannot find God or contact God, because the
Triune God is altogether embodied in Christ. (The Conclusion of the New
Testament, p. 2051)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 189
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