晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督（四）(W42-綱要)

第四十二週　基督，永遠的王，來據有全地並完成神的奧祕

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讀經：啟十1～7，十一15～18

【週　一】

壹　啟示錄十一章十五至十八節和十二章十節指明，我們可以經歷並享受基督作永遠的王：

一　『世上的國，成了我主和祂基督的國，祂要作王，直到永永遠遠』—十一15下：

1　在吹第七號的時候，不只大災難要結束，這世代也要結束，神的奧祕要完成，（十7，）另一世代，就是國度世代（千年國）要開始。

2　基督回來審判列國之後，世上的國就成了基督的國—但七13～14，二44～45。

3　主要作王，直到永永遠遠，指主要在千年國和新天新地作王，直到永遠—啟二二5。

【週　二】

二　『耶和華阿，你存到永遠，你的寶座，存到萬代』—哀五19：

1　神永遠的所是和祂的寶座，高於祂的慈愛、憐恤和信實—三22～23。

2　神的慈愛和憐恤可能變動，但神的身位和祂的行政永不變動。

3　在新耶路撒冷裏，神要在祂的身位和行政上完全得著揭示：祂的身位是永遠的王，祂的行政是祂那永遠、不能震動的國；（來十二28，啟二二3；）這二者乃是神在對付祂子民的事上不可搖動的根基。

【週　三】

貳　在啟示錄十章一至七節，我們可以清楚看見基督要來據有全地：

一　在這章裏，基督是『另一位大力的天使』，（1，）如在七章二節，八章三節，十八章一節者。

二　約翰看見另一位天使『從天降下』—十1上：

1　此時基督『從天降下』。

2　這異象暗示基督是在來地上的途中。

三　基督『披著雲彩』—1節中：

1　祂不是『駕著雲』，如在十四章十四節，馬太二十四章三十節，二十六章六十四節者。

2　『駕著雲』是公開的來，『披著雲彩』是隱密的來。

3　基督會隱密的來臨，直到啟示錄一章七節和馬太二十四章三十節所說，地上的眾支派都要看見祂，那時祂纔公開的來臨。

4　甚至在啟示錄十章的時候，基督的來臨仍是隱密的。

5　祂要一直披裹在雲彩裏，直到十四章，那時祂要坐在雲上，祂的來臨就變為公開的。

6　藉此我們看見，一般所說基督要在大災難之前來臨，是不正確的。

四　『頭上有虹』—十1下：

1　這裏的虹指明基督在審判地並來據有地時，信守神與挪亞關於地所立的約—創九8～17。

2　這也指明基督執行審判，是照著那坐在有虹圍繞之寶座上的神—啟四2～3。

3　啟示錄啟示，神要審判地和其上一切的居民。

4　彩虹圍著祂的寶座，表徵神是立約的神，是信實的神，在祂審判地時，要遵守祂所立的約。

5　祂不再用洪水審判人，也不再將全人類滅絕，乃要保留一些人，成為新地上的列國榮耀祂—二一24，26。

【週　四】

五　『臉面像日頭，兩腳像火柱』—十1末：

1　在靠近向地上的人公開來臨時，基督像日頭，不再像在天明前極黑暗時，向愛慕、等候祂的人顯為晨星。

2　一節的火表徵神的聖別；（出十九18，來十二29；）基督要照著神的聖別，在地上執行審判。

六　『右腳踏在海上，左腳踏在地上』—啟十2下：

1　基督將腳踏在海上與地上，就是據有海與地—申十一24，書一3，詩八6～8。

2　這指明基督降臨是來據有地。

3　只有祂配展開神經綸的書卷，也只有祂彀資格據有地。

七　『大聲呼喊，好像獅子吼叫』—啟十3上：

1　獅子的吼叫，像王的忿怒—箴十九12，二十2。

2　這指明全地的王基督被激怒了。

【週　五】

參　『神的奧祕就完成了』—啟十7中：

一　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，沒有奧祕。

二　將來在千年國和新天新地時代，一切都是顯明的，不再有奧祕。

三　從基督到千年國的時代—召會時代，恩典時代—一切都是奧祕：

1　基督的成為肉體，即奧祕時代的開始，乃是奧祕—提前三16：

ａ　藉著基督的成為肉體，無限的神被帶進有限的人裏面。

ｂ　整個神，不僅是子神，成了肉體；因此，基督成肉體時，乃是整個神顯現於肉體。

【週　六】

2　基督是神的奧祕—西二2：

ａ　神是奧祕；基督作為神的具體化身彰顯神，乃是神的奧祕。

ｂ　基督作為神的奧祕，乃是神的具體化身、解釋和說明；神所要作的一切，都與基督有關。

ｃ　神格一切的豐滿，都有形有體的居住在基督裏；也就是說，三一神的豐滿，以有形有體的樣子居住在基督裏—9節。

3　召會是基督的奧祕—弗三4～6：

ａ　基督是奧祕；召會作為基督的身體彰顯基督，乃是基督的奧祕。

ｂ　這奧祕是神的經綸，就是將那作神具體化身的基督分賜到神所揀選的人裏面，為要產生一個身體，作神在基督裏具體化身的擴增，使神得著一個團體的彰顯。

ｃ　基督與召會是一靈，乃是極大的奧祕—五32。

4　諸天的國、（太十三11、）福音、（弗六19、）基督的內住、（西一27、）以及作為奧祕時代結束的聖徒復活和改變形狀，（林前十五51～52，）都是奧祕。

5　第七號吹響時，這一切奧祕都要得以完全；因此，神的奧祕就完成了。

Week Six

Christ, the Eternal King, Coming to Possess the Earth and the Finishing of the Mystery of God

Hymns: E148

Scripture Reading: Rev. 10:1-7; 11:15-18

§ Day 1

I. Revelation 11:15-18 and 12:10 indicate that we may experience and enjoy Christ as the eternal King:

A. "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever"—11:15b:

1. At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, not only will the great tribulation end, but also this age will close, the mystery of God will be finished (10:7), and another age, the age of the kingdom, the millennium, will begin.

2. The kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of Christ at His coming back after He executes His judgment upon the nations—Dan. 7:13-14; 2:44-45.

3. Here the Lords reigning forever and ever is the Lords reigning in the millennial kingdom and in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—Rev. 22:5.

§ Day 2

B. "You, O Jehovah, abide forever; / Your throne is from generation to generation"—Lam. 5:19:

1. Gods eternal being and His throne are higher than His lovingkindness, compassions, and faithfulness—3:22-23.

2. Gods lovingkindness and compassions can fluctuate, but Gods person and His government remain unchanging forever.

3. In the New Jerusalem, God will be fully unveiled in His person as the eternal King and in His government as His eternal, unshakable kingdom (Heb. 12:28; Rev. 22:3), both of which are the unshakable foundation of His dealing with His people.

§ Day 3

II. In Revelation 10:1-7 we have a clear vision of Christ coming to take possession of the earth:

A. In this chapter Christ is "another strong Angel" (v. 1), like the One in 7:2; 8:3; and 18:1.

B. John saw another Angel "coming down out of heaven"—10:1a:

1. Christ is now coming down out of heaven.

2. This vision is a hint that Christ is still on His way to the earth.

C. Christ is "clothed with a cloud"—v. 1b:

1. He is not yet "on the cloud," as in 14:14 and Matthew 24:30; 26:64.

2. To be "on the cloud" is to come openly, whereas to be "clothed with a cloud" is to come secretly.

3. Christ will be coming secretly, not openly, until He is seen by all the tribes of the earth, as mentioned in Revelation 1:7 and in Matthew 24:30.

4. Even at the time of Revelation 10, Christs coming is still secret.

5. He will be wrapped in the cloud until chapter 14, when He will sit on the cloud and His coming will be public.

6. By this we can see that the general teaching that Christ will come before the great tribulation is inaccurate.

D. "The rainbow was upon His head"—10:1c:

1. Here the rainbow indicates that Christ in His judgment upon the earth and in His coming to take possession of it will keep the covenant that God made with Noah concerning the earth—Gen. 9:8-17.

2. It indicates also that Christ is the One who will execute judgment according to the God who sits on the throne with the rainbow around it—Rev. 4:2-3.

3. The book of Revelation reveals that God will judge the earth and all the inhabitants.

4. The rainbow around His throne signifies that God is the covenanting God, the faithful
God, who will keep His covenant while executing His judgment upon the earth.

5. He will not judge mankind again with a flood nor destroy all mankind, but will keep a part of mankind to be the nations of the new earth for His glory—21:24, 26.

§ Day 4

E. "His face was like the sun, and His feet like pillars of fire"—10:1d:

1. Near the time of His coming to the people on the earth openly, Christ will be like the sun, not like the morning star, which appears before the darkest time, prior to dawn, to those who love Him and wait for Him.

2. Fire in verse 1 signifies the holiness of God (Exo. 19:18; Heb. 12:29), according to which Christ will execute His judgment upon the earth.

F. "He placed His right foot on the sea and the left on the land"—Rev. 10:2b:

1. Christs placing His feet on the sea and on the land is His treading on them, and to tread on them is to take possession of them—Deut. 11:24; Josh. 1:3; Psa. 8:6-8.

2. This indicates that Christ is coming down to take possession of the earth.

3. Only He is worthy to open the scroll of Gods economy, and only He is qualified to possess the earth.

G. "He cried out with a loud voice just as a lion roars"—Rev. 10:3a:

1. A lions roaring is likened to a kings wrath—Prov. 19:12; 20:2.

2. This indicates that Christ, as the King of the earth, is provoked to wrath.

§ Day 5

III. "The mystery of God is finished"—Rev. 10:7b:

A. In the dispensations from Adam to Moses and from Moses to Christ, everything was unveiled, manifested, and there was no mystery.

B. 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.

C. In the dispensation from Christ to the millennial kingdom—the church age, the age of grace—everything is a mystery:

1. The incarnation of Christ, as the beginning of the dispensation of mystery, is a mystery—1 Tim. 3:16:

a. Through the incarnation of Christ, the infinite God was brought into a finite man.

b. The entire God, not God the Son only, was incarnated; hence, Christ in incarnation is the entire God manifested in the flesh.

§ Day 6

2. Christ is the mystery of God—Col. 2:2:

a. God is a mystery, and Christ, as the embodiment of God to express Him, is the mystery of God.

b. As the mystery of God, Christ is the embodiment, definition, and explanation of God; all that God intends to do is related to Christ.

c. In Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; that is, the fullness of the Triune God dwells in Christ in a bodily form—v. 9.

3. The church is the mystery of Christ—Eph. 3:4-6:

a. Christ is a mystery, and the church, as the Body of Christ to express Him, is the mystery of Christ.

b. This mystery is Gods economy, which is to dispense Christ, as the embodiment of God, into Gods chosen people in order to produce a Body to be the increase of Gods embodiment in Christ, that God may have a corporate expression.

c. Christ and the church as one spirit are the great mystery—5:32.

4. The kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 13:11), the gospel (Eph. 6:19), the indwelling of Christ (Col. 1:27), and the coming resurrection and transfiguration of the saints as the end of the dispensation of mystery (1 Cor. 15:51-52) are all mysteries.

5. At the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, all these mysteries will be completed; therefore, the mystery of God will be finished.