晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W43-4)
第四十三週.週四
晨興餧養
啟三7 『…那聖別的、真實的,拿著大衛的鑰匙,開了就沒有人能關,關了就沒有人能開的,這樣說。』
賽二二22 『我必將大衛家的鑰匙放在他肩頭上;他開了就沒有人能關,關了就沒有人能開。』
對於在非拉鐵非的召會,主…是那『拿著大衛的鑰匙』,(啟三7,)就是國度的鑰匙,有權柄開關的。在此我們需要考量『大衛的鑰匙』一辭是甚麼意思。照著創世記一章,當神創造了人,就派人管理一切受造之物。這指明神的心意是要人有管治權在地上代表神。但是因著墮落,人失去了這管治權,後來再也沒有完全恢復過。人再沒有在地上得著管治權以代表神。
藉著殿和城,一章裏所啟示的形像和管治權,多少有幾分實現出來。在殿裏有神的同在,作祂的彰顯;在城裏有神的管治權。屬神的君王在地上統治時,就是在城中代表祂。(新約總論第十四冊,一○三至一○四頁。)
信息選讀
大衛所拿著的鑰匙,就是神整個管治權的鑰匙。神的管治權,包括了全宇宙,特別是人類。…大衛代表神在地上建立祂的國。…基督乃是真大衛,比大衛更大。(太十二1~8。)祂是建造神的殿,召會,又是建立神國的那一位。(十六18~19。)
啟示錄三章七節又說,基督是那『開了就沒有人能關,關了就沒有人能開』的一位。因為這把宇宙的鑰匙,就是神經綸的鑰匙,是在祂手中。主就是用這鑰匙對待召會。
主是那拿著大衛的鑰匙…的,祂給恢復的召會一個敞開的門,無人能關。多年來,主的恢復一直經歷主是這樣的一位。從十九世紀初期,正當召會生活的恢復開始,主的恢復始終有敞開的門。從正當召會生活的恢復開始,神的仇敵撒但就竭盡所能的要關閉這門。…今天儘管有許多反對,這門在世界各地總是敞開的。鑰匙是在召會元首的手中,不在反對者的手中。(新約總論第十四冊,一○四至一○五、一○八頁。)
詩歌四百零二首…說到頂替基督的東西,如字句的律法、哲學和宗教等。這一切實在都是頂替基督的『舍伯那』,按照以賽亞二十二章,舍伯那被『解雇』,而由以利亞敬頂替作王家的管家。達祕說,舍伯那豫表假基督。他應當被除去,而以基督頂替。基督不應當被我們頂替。我們反而應當被基督頂替,我們眾人都是『舍伯那』,應當被真以利亞敬所除去,所頂替。在神的經綸裏,基督,我們的以利亞敬,應當頂替每一件事,每一個人。
基督有一把大鑰匙,可以打開祂一切豐富的寶庫。祂開了寶庫,就沒有人能關。祂關了寶庫,就沒有人能開。基督是那能向我們打開具體化身在祂裏面之神所有豐富的一位。祂也能把通往這些豐富的門關起來。…祂的開啟和關閉都是為了一件事—享受祂的豐富作寶藏。
我信以賽亞二十二章二十二節直接的應用乃是這樣:基督有支配神寶庫之門的鑰匙,在這寶庫中有神在基督裏的豐富,作我們的享受。我們經歷到祂將這些豐富向我們打開,也經歷到祂將這些豐富向我們關閉。當祂關閉這些豐富時,我們就感覺枯乾,或感覺裏面若有所失。我們的經歷指明,基督是拿著打開祂一切豐富之鑰匙的那一位。(以賽亞書生命讀經,三六八至三七○頁。)
參讀:新約總論,第四百一十二篇;以賽亞書生命讀經,第四十二篇。
WEEK 43 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
Rev.
3:7 …These things says the Holy One, the true One, the One who has the
key of David, the One who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no
one opens.
Isa.
22:22 And I will set the key of the house of David upon his
shoulder— when he opens, no one will shut; when he shuts, no one will
open.
To
the church in Philadelphia, the Lord is…the One who has “the key of
David” (Rev. 3:7), the key of the kingdom, with authority to open and to
shut. Here we need to consider the meaning of the term the key of
David. According to Genesis 1, when God created man, He gave him
dominion over all creatures. This
indicates that in God’s intention man is to be the power representing
God on earth. Due to the fall, however, man lost this power and has
never fully recovered it. Man has not regained dominion on earth to
represent God.
The
image and dominion revealed in Genesis 1 are…fulfilled in the temple
and the city. In the temple we have God’s presence for His expression,
and in the city we have God’s dominion. God’s king is in the city
representing Him as he rules on earth. (The Conclusion of the New
Testament, pp. 4199-4200)
Today’s Reading
The
key held by David is the key of God’s entire dominion. God’s dominion
includes the whole universe, particularly mankind…David represents God
in establishing God’s kingdom on earth…The real David is Christ, the
greater David (Matt. 12:1-8). He is the One who built God’s temple, the
church, and established God’s kingdom (16:18-19).
Revelation 3:7 also says that Christ is the One who “opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens.” He opens and shuts because the universal key, the key of God’s economy, is in His hand. The Lord uses this key to deal with the church.
As
the One who has the key of David…, the Lord has given the recovered
church an opened door, which no one can shut. Through the years, the
Lord’s recovery has experienced the Lord as such a One. Since the
recovery of the proper church life began in the early part of the
nineteenth century, a door has always been opened wide to the Lord’s
recovery. From the beginning of the recovery of the proper church life,
Satan, the enemy of God, tried his best to shut the door…In spite of
much opposition, today the door is open worldwide. The key is in the
hand of the Head of the church; it is not in the hand of the opposers.
(The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4200-4201, 4203)
Hymns,
#541…speaks of the things that replace Christ, such as the law of
letters, philosophy, and religion. All these things are really “Shebnas”
that replace Christ. According to Isaiah 22, Shebna was “fired” and
replaced by Eliakim as the steward over the king’s house. Darby said
that Shebna typifies a false Christ. He should be removed and replaced
by Christ. Christ should not be replaced by us. Instead, we should be
replaced by Christ. All of us are “Shebnas” who should be removed and
replaced by the real Eliakim. Christ, our Eliakim, should replace
everything and everyone in God’s economy.
Christ
has a big key to open the treasury of all His riches. When He opens the
treasury, no one will shut. When He shuts the treasury, no one will
open. Christ is the One who can open up to us all the riches of God
embodied in Him. He can also shut the door to these riches…His opening
and His shutting are all for one thing—the enjoyment of His riches as
the treasure.
I
believe the direct application of Isaiah 22:22 is this—Christ has the
key to control the door of God’s treasury, in which are the riches of
God in Christ for our enjoyment. We have experienced both His opening of
these riches to us and His shutting up of these riches. When He shuts
up these riches, we have the feeling of being dried up or inwardly
deprived. Our experience indicates that Christ is the One who has the
key to all His riches. (Life-study of Isaiah, 2nd ed., pp. 293-295)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 412; Lifestudy of Isaiah, msg. 42
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