晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W41-6)
第四十一週.週六
晨興餧養
詩四五16~17 『你的子孫要接續你的列祖;你要立他們在全地作首領。我必叫你的名被萬代記 念;所以眾民要永永遠遠讚美你。』
〔詩篇四十五篇十六節〕的『列祖』表徵基督在肉身裏的先祖;『子孫』表徵基督的得勝者。『首領』表徵基督的得勝者,與基督一同作王,治理列國。
沒有人能解決今天世界的問題。惟有作王的基督能解決這些問題。基督在地上作王掌權時,得勝者要在君王職分上作祂的幫助者,與祂一同作王。基督的子孫,就是得勝者,要作首領,與基督一同掌權,治理列國。
我們不僅需要看見基督在祂自己裏面的美麗,和基督在召會裏的美麗,也需要看見基督在祂所有後裔,所有肢體,就是眾首領裏的美麗。我們若看見基督在這三方面的美麗,我們對祂的美麗就會有完整的看見,完全的圖畫。
十七節…啟示基督的名要藉著得勝的聖徒,被萬代記念;並且基督要藉著祂得勝並同作王的聖徒,得著眾民的讚美。(詩篇生命讀經,三二五至三二六頁。)
信息選讀
詩篇二十四篇七至十節…給我們看見,得勝的基督在神永遠的國裏作要來的王。七節說,『眾城門哪,你們要抬起頭來;永久的門戶阿,你們要被舉起;榮耀的王將要進來。』眾城門是列國的城門,門戶是百姓的家門,永久指明恆切的等候並期待。(腓三20,林前一7。)這指明地上的人一直等候並期待基督再來。哈該書二章七節告訴我們,基督是萬國所羨慕的。一般說來,萬國都在期待基督來臨,但基督不會照著我們人的觀念很快就來;因此,我們需要恆切的等候並期待祂的來臨。
因著我們必須恆切的等候祂的來臨,我們很容易就垂頭喪氣。所以詩人說,『你們要抬起頭來。』我們若期待我們所親愛的人來,而他卻不來,我們就會垂頭喪氣。但我們若接到他的電話,告訴我們他要來,我們就會抬起頭來;那就是說,我們會受鼓勵,期待他的來臨。
我們必須抬起頭來,因為榮耀的王將要進來。(詩二四7,9,路二一27,太二五31。)我們必須豫備好歡迎祂。詩篇二十四篇八節問:『那榮耀的王是誰呢?』榮耀的王就是『剛強大能的耶和華,在爭戰中有大能的耶和華』。耶和華就是耶穌,耶穌就是三一神在復活裏的具體化身。祂是剛強爭戰且得勝的一位。
七節說,『你們要被舉起,』但九節說,『你們要把頭抬起。』被舉起,意思是我們仍軟弱,需要人推動我們。但把頭抬起,意思是我們比較剛強了,我們能自己把頭抬起來。我們所歡迎的榮耀之王,就是萬軍之耶和華。耶和華是成為肉體、釘十字架、並復活的三一神。祂是在復活裏的一位,要回來據有全地作祂的國。榮耀的王是萬軍之耶和華,就是終極完成的三一神具體化身在得勝且要來的基督裏。(10。)
我們看過,二十三篇啟示基督在祂的復活裏作牧者;二十四篇啟示基督在神的國裏作王。…阿利路亞,我們的基督今天是我們的牧者,將來是我們的王!(詩篇生命讀經,一八四至一八五頁。)
參讀:詩篇生命讀經,第十一至十二、二十至二十一、三十一篇;以西結書生命讀經,第十一篇;約書亞記生命讀經,第九篇;一個在靈裏之人的自傳,第三章。
WEEK 41 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Psa. 45:16-17 In the place of Your fathers will be Your sons; You will make them princes in all the earth. I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore the peoples will praise You forever and ever.
[In Psalm 45:16] fathers signifies Christ’s forefathers in the flesh, sons signifies the overcomers of Christ as His descendants, and princes signifies the overcomers of Christ as His co-kings, who will reign with Christ over the nations. No one can solve the problems of today’s world. Only Christ the King can solve these problems. When Christ reigns on earth, the overcomers will be His helpers in the kingship, His co-kings. The sons of Christ, the overcomers, will be the princes reigning with Christ over the nations.
We need to see not only the beauty of Christ that is in Christ Himself and the beauty of Christ that is in the church but also the beauty of Christ that is in all His descendants, all His members, as the princes. If we see Christ’s beauty in these three ways, we will have a complete view, the full picture, of His beauty.
[Verse 17] reveals that Christ’s name will be remembered in all generations through the overcoming saints, and Christ will be praised by the nations through His overcoming and co-reigning saints. (Life-study of the Psalms, 2nd ed., pp. 267-268)
Today’s Reading
Psalm 24:7-10…shows us the victorious Christ as the coming King in God’s eternal kingdom. Verse 7 says, “Lift up your heads, O gates; / And be lifted up, O long enduring doors; / And the King of glory will come in.” The gates are of the cities of the nations. The doors are of the houses of the people. The long enduring doors
indicate waiting and expecting with long endurance (Phil. 3:20; 1 Cor.
1:7). This indicates that the people of the earth have been waiting and
expecting Christ’s second coming. In Haggai 2:7 we are told that Christ
is the Desire of all the nations. All the nations, in a general way, are
expecting Christ to come, but Christ will not come quickly according to
our human concept. Thus, we need to lift up our heads and await and
expect His coming with long endurance.
Because
we must wait for His coming with long endurance, we have a tendency to
drop our heads in discouragement. This is why the psalmist says, “Lift
up your heads.” If we expected someone dear to us to come and he does
not come, we would drop our heads. But if we received a phone call from
him, telling us that he is coming, we would lift up our heads; that is,
we would be encouraged to expect his coming.
We
have to lift up our heads, because the King of glory will come in (Psa.
24:7, 9; Luke 21:27; Matt. 25:31). We must get ready to welcome Him.
Psalm 24:8 asks, “Who is the King of glory?” The King of glory is
“Jehovah strong and mighty! / Jehovah mighty in battle!” Jehovah is
Jesus, and Jesus is the embodiment of the Triune God in resurrection. He
is the One who is strong in fighting and victorious.
Verse
7 says, “Be lifted up,” but verse 9 says, “Lift up.” To be lifted up
means that we are still weak, needing someone to move us. But to lift up
means that we have become stronger. We can act to lift up ourselves.
The King of glory, whom we welcome, is Jehovah of hosts…Jehovah is the
incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Triune God. He is the One in His
resurrection coming back to possess the entire earth, to take it as His
kingdom. The King of glory is Jehovah of hosts, the consummated Triune
God embodied in the victorious and coming Christ (v. 10).
We
have seen that Psalm 23 reveals Christ as the Shepherd in His
resurrection and that Psalm 24 reveals Christ as the King in God’s
kingdom… Hallelujah for our Christ being our Shepherd today and our King
in the future! (Life-study of the Psalms, 2nd ed., pp. 149-150)
Further Reading: Life-study of the Psalms, msgs. 11—12, 20—21, 31; Lifestudy of Ezekiel, msg. 11; Life-study of Joshua, msg. 9; CWWL, 1967, vol. 2, “An Autobiography of a Person in the Spirit,” ch. 3
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