晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W43-6)

第四十三週.週六

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啟三21   『得勝的,我要賜他在我寶座上與我同坐,就如我得了勝,在我父的寶座上與祂同坐一樣。』

二26~27 『得勝的,又守住我的工作到底的,我要賜給他權柄制伏列國;他必用鐵杖轄管他們…。』

我們需要在今世就與主一同坐席,好使我們在國度時代與主同坐寶座。在主的寶座上與主同坐,乃是給得勝者的賞賜,使他在要來的千年國有分於主的權柄。這就是說,得勝者要與基督一同作王,管理全地。…基督在寶座上,他們也要在寶座上。祂有權柄,他們也要有同樣的權柄,治理列國。(新約總論第十四冊,一二六頁。)

信息選讀

神的心意是要在人身上作工,使人能在寶座上。…祂的心願是要使我們成為屬寶座的人。神的國惟有等到我們登寶座時,纔能完全來臨。…神的仇敵也惟有等到我們登寶座時,纔會被征服。

神要把我們帶上寶座,因為撒但背叛了神的寶座。(賽十四。)我們若仔細讀聖經,就會看見神在宇宙中所面對的最大難處,乃是祂的寶座遭到背叛權勢的反對和攻擊。

主耶穌經過了釘十字架、復活並升天,就被帶到寶座。一位名叫耶穌的真人,如今坐在寶座上。這就是為甚麼我們宣告『耶穌是主』,並呼喊『哦,主耶穌』。神一直是主,但如今在寶座上有一人乃是主。藉著祂的復活,並在祂的升天裏,『這位耶穌,神已經立祂為主為基督了。』(徒二36。)神已經立拿撒勒人耶穌為主;如今,天地的主乃是一個人。

我們…不太容易領會,一個被釘死並埋葬的人,竟能成為宇宙的主。當猶大和群眾來捉拿耶穌時,祂沒有逃走。祂情願軟弱,而讓自己被捉拿、被釘十字架。林後十三章四節說,『祂固然由於軟弱被釘十字架。』但祂在被釘十字架並埋葬之後,神卻使祂復活,並使祂坐在自己的右邊,立祂為全宇宙的主。今天,宇宙的主乃是一個人。

我們需要看見,主耶穌領頭到達寶座。祂是開拓者,是先鋒,(來六20,)開拓了到達寶座的路。(二10。)…祂是第一位到達寶座的,我們都要跟著祂。如今我們正邁向寶座,因為神的心意是要領我們進榮耀裏去,並使我們坐在寶座上。我們得勝時,就會與基督一同坐在寶座上,並有權柄與主一同作王,治理列國。

神顧念人,(6,)祂要人彰顯祂並行使祂的權柄。人有神的形像,並有祂管理的權柄。神渴望藉著人顯明祂自己,並藉著人掌權、管理。神的心意是要將撒但摔下,並救贖許多曾被撒但擄掠的人,將他們帶到神的寶座去。除非我們都被帶到寶座,否則神無法完全得著榮耀。有一天我們都要被帶到寶座,那時神就能向撒但誇耀。祂要凱旋的宣告,那些曾被撒但所擄,卻蒙神揀選的人,已經被帶到寶座。

然而,我們必須看見,我們目前的情形還不彀資格坐在寶座上。這是一件非常嚴肅的事。我們已經蒙召成為神的兒子,且命定要作王,但我們需要神在我們裏面並在我們身上作工,使我們彀資格作王。(新約總論第十四冊,一二六至一二九頁。)

參讀:以西結書生命讀經,第十至十二篇。


WEEK 43 — DAY 6


Morning Nourishment

Rev. 3:21 He who overcomes, to him I will give to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne.

  2:26-27…He who overcomes and he who keeps My works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; and he will shepherd them with an iron rod…

We need to be those who dine, who feast, with the Lord in this age so that we can sit on the throne with the Lord in the kingdom age. To sit with the Lord on His throne will be a prize to the overcomer that he may participate in the Lord’s authority in the coming millennial kingdom. This means that the overcomers will be co-kings with Christ ruling over the whole earth. Christ is on the throne, and they also will be on the throne. He has the authority, and they also will have the same authority to rule over the nations. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4217-4218)

Today’s Reading

God’s intention is to work on man in order that man can be on the throne…His desire is to make us people of the throne. God’s kingdom cannot come in full until we are on the throne…God’s enemy will not be subdued until we are on the throne.

God desires to bring us to the throne because of the rebellion of Satan against God’s throne (Isa. 14). If we read the Bible carefully, we will see that the greatest difficulty God faces in the universe is that His throne has been opposed and attacked by rebel forces.

Through His crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, the Lord Jesus was brought to the throne. A real man whose name is Jesus is on the throne. This is why we declare, “Jesus is Lord,” and this is why we call, “O Lord Jesus.” God has always been the Lord, but now a man is on the throne as the Lord. Through His resurrection and in His ascension, “God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus” (Acts 2:36). God has made Jesus, a Nazarene, the Lord, and now today the Lord of heaven and of earth is a man.

It is not easy for us to realize that a man who could be crucified and buried could be the Lord of the universe. When Judas and the multitude came to arrest Him, He did not run away. He willingly made Himself weak and allowed Himself to be arrested and crucified. In the words of 2 Corinthians 13:4, “He was crucified out of weakness.” But after He was crucified and buried, God resurrected Him and set Him at His right hand, making Him the Lord of all the universe. Today the Lord of the universe is a man.

We need to see that the Lord Jesus led the way to the throne. He was the Pioneer, the Forerunner (Heb. 6:20), cutting the path to the throne (2:10)… He was the first one to the throne, and we will come after Him. Now we are marching to the throne, for God intends to bring us into glory and to set us on the throne. When we overcome, we will sit with Christ on His throne and have authority to reign with the Lord and rule over the nations.

God’s mind is on man (v. 6), and He wants man to express Him and to exercise His authority. Man has God’s image and God’s dominion with His authority. God desires to manifest Himself through man, and He desires to reign, to administrate, through man. God’s intention is to cast Satan down and to redeem many of those taken captive by Satan and bring them to His throne. God cannot receive the full glory until we are brought to the throne. One day we will be brought to the throne, and then God will be able to boast to Satan. He will triumphantly declare that His chosen ones, who had been taken captive by Satan, have been brought to the throne.

However, we need to realize that in our present condition we may not be qualified to be on the throne…We have been called to be sons of God, and we are destined to be kings, but we need God to work in us and on us to qualify us for kingship. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4218- 4220)

Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msgs. 10—12

 

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