晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W46-4)

第四十六週.週四

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啟十九12 『祂的眼睛如火焰,…又有寫著的名字,除了祂自己沒有人曉得。』

        15 『有利劍從祂口中出來,可以用以擊殺列國…。』

帖後二8  『那時這不法者必顯露出來,主耶穌要用祂口中的氣除滅他,並用祂來臨的顯現廢掉他。』

基督是神忠信真實的見證人,騎在白馬上,審判、爭戰都憑著公義。基督將會回來與撒但不義的勢力爭戰,這勢力今天是不法的奧祕運行在世界裏,這勢力也將產生敵基督,就是不法的人。…基督將回來,憑著公義與敵基督和他所有同夥所實行的不義爭戰。

基督不僅憑著公義審判,也憑著公義爭戰。祂是藉著爭戰來審判。當今的情形也是一樣,政府若沒有警察的力量來支持審判,作奸犯科的人就不會接受法庭的審判。審判惟有憑藉警力纔能得以執行。基督來審判敵基督的時候,敵基督要背叛至極;所以,基督需要爭戰來征服這背叛,並且憑著公義審判這些背叛者。祂藉著爭戰來審判,不僅是按著公義,也是要維持公義。(新約總論第十四冊,二六二至二六三頁。)

信息選讀

啟示錄十九章裏,基督這位作元帥的新郎,騎在白馬上出現。在六章二節裏,第一印的馬也是白色的,象徵福音的傳揚。因此,基督和福音都是騎在白馬上。在啟示錄這卷書中,白色指明清潔、純一、公義並可蒙稱許。…即使在今天,我們也是騎在這匹白馬上。我們福音的傳揚是清潔、純一、公義並完全可蒙主稱許的。基督與祂的仇敵爭戰時,就要騎在這匹馬上。

按照聖經所言,我們該傳福音,領罪人得救。我們都需要結果子;雖然我們可能承認這是合乎聖經的,但我們可能沒有結任何果子。這意思是:我們沒有騎在白馬上。我們若傳福音,我們在地上的關切乃在於神的國。我們應當是那些勞苦使人得救,為著神的國建造基督身體的人。…我們沒有藉口不傳福音。我們必須騎在白馬上擴展福音。

白馬不僅包括傳揚福音,也包括有家聚會、餧養新人、有小排為著成全、以及申言好建造召會。我們若不傳福音以拯救罪人,餧養、保養顧惜新人,將新人聚集成排,或是有性能和能力申言以建造召會,我們就不是在白馬上。我們…不能讓白馬停住。

基督的眼睛如『火焰』〔啟十九12〕表徵祂審判的眼睛。祂要照著所看見的審判。祂如火焰的眼睛將完成祂的審判。作為戰士,基督頭上戴著許多冠冕。…基督得著了各種不同的榮耀為冠冕,(來二9,)所以祂戴著許多冠冕。

主這騎在白馬上的一位,『有寫著的名字,除了祂自己沒有人曉得。』〔啟十九12。〕這話指明基督有些方面是我們從未經歷的,只有祂自己曉得。這些是祂保留在祂自己裏面關於基督的祕密。即使我們可能經歷並享受祂到極點,基督仍有許多方面對我們是祕密,甚至祂最親密的得勝者都不曉得。這指明我們所經歷的基督是取之不盡,用之不竭的。(新約總論第十四冊,二六三至二六四頁。)

參讀:新約總論,第四百二十五篇。

WEEK 46 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 19:12 And His eyes are a flame of fire,…and He has a name written which no one knows but Himself.

           15 And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations…

2 Thes. 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed (whom the Lord Jesus will slay by the breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of His coming).

Christ is God’s faithful and true Witness who sits on a white horse, judges in righteousness, and makes war. Christ will come back to fight against Satan’s power of unrighteousness, which today operates in the world as the mystery of lawlessness and which will issue in Antichrist, the man of lawlessness…In righteousness Christ will return to make war against the unrighteousness practiced by Antichrist and all his partners.

Christ will not only judge in righteousness but also fight in righteousness. He judges by fighting. Even today, no wrongdoers would accept the judgments of our courts if the government had no police force to back up these judgments; judgment can be executed only by police power. When Christ comes to judge Antichrist, Antichrist will be utterly rebellious. Thus, there will be the need for Christ to fight to subdue this rebellion and to judge these rebels in righteousness. His judging by fighting is not only according to righteousness; it is also to maintain righteousness. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4335)

Today’s Reading

In Revelation 19 Christ, the Bridegroom as the Commander-in-chief, appears riding on a white horse. The horse of the first seal in 6:2 is also white and signifies the preaching of the gospel. Thus, both Christ and the gospel ride on a white horse. In the book of Revelation, white indicates being clean, pure, just, and approvable…Even today we are riding on this white horse. Our preaching of the gospel is clean, pure, just, and absolutely approvable by the Lord. Christ will ride on this horse as He fights against His enemy.

According to the Bible, we should preach the gospel to lead sinners to salvation. We all need to bear fruit. Although we may admit that this is scriptural, we may not be bearing any fruit. This means that we are not on the white horse. If we are preaching the gospel, our interest on the earth is in God’s kingdom. We should be those who are laboring to help people to be saved in order to build up the Body of Christ for the kingdom of God…We have no excuse for not preaching the gospel. We must be on the white horse for the spreading of the gospel.

The white horse includes not only preaching the gospel but also having home meetings, feeding the young ones, holding group meetings for perfecting, and prophesying to build up the church. If we do not preach the gospel to save sinners, feed, nourish, and cherish the young ones, gather the new ones together for a group meeting, or have the capacity and ability to prophesy for the building up of the church, we are not on the white horse…We must not stop the white horse.

Christ’s eyes being “a flame of fire” [Rev. 19:12] signifies His judging eyes. He will judge according to what He sees. His flaming eyes will carry out His judgment. As the Warrior, Christ has many diadems on His head…Because He has been crowned with many kinds of glory (Heb. 2:9), He wears many diadems.

As the One on the white horse, the Lord has “a name written which no one knows but Himself” [Rev. 19:12]. This indicates that there are certain aspects of Christ that we have not experienced and that only He Himself knows. These are secrets concerning Christ that He keeps within Himself. Even though we may experience and enjoy Him to the uttermost, there will still be aspects of Christ that will be kept secret from us; they will not be known even by His closest overcomers. This indicates that the Christ whom we experience is inexhaustible. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4335-4337)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 425

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