晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W47-6)

第四十七週.週六

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結一28 『下雨的日子,雲中虹的樣子怎樣,周圍光輝的樣子也是怎樣。這就是耶和華榮耀的樣式顯出來的樣子。…』

啟四3  『那位坐著的,顯出來的樣子好像碧玉和紅寶石,又有虹圍著寶座…。』

有了清明的天同著寶座,並經歷一個人有金銀合金與烈火的樣子,結果就有一道虹的樣子。〔結一28。〕…一道虹是圍繞在坐寶座上之人的光輝。這光輝表徵圍繞於寶座上之主四圍的輝煌和榮耀。

要明白虹的意義,我們需要記得挪亞時候的虹。當時洪水淹滅全地,只有八人逃脫了那個審判。在那之後,當人看見空中風暴的雲,必定驚怕會被毀滅。因此神立了一個約,應許絕不再用洪水毀滅一切的活物,並且把虹放在雲彩中,作這約的記號。…因此,虹乃是一個記號,表明神的信實,以及祂不用洪水毀滅墮落人類的應許。(以西結書生命讀經,一六五至一六六頁。)

信息選讀

虹雖然有許多顏色,但只有紅、黃、藍三種主色。有了這三種顏色,就相映成了其他顏色,如橙、綠、紫等。虹的主色是紅、黃、藍,這是很有意義的…。寶座彷彿藍寶石,金銀合金是金黃色,火是紅色。這三色照耀相映,就成了一道虹。

藍表徵寶座。根據詩篇八十九篇十四節,公義是神寶座的根基。這指明藍色的寶座表徵神的公義。火表徵聖別、分開的火、和銷毀的火。這意思是說,這裏的紅色是指神的聖別。黃色表徵在閃耀金銀合金裏神的榮耀。因此,這裏有藍、紅、黃三色所表徵神的公義、聖別和榮耀。

神的公義、聖別和榮耀,是三種神聖的屬性,使罪人不能靠近神。…但主耶穌來死在十字架上,滿足了神公義、聖別和榮耀的要求,然後祂復活了,如今祂乃是我們的公義、聖別和救贖。(林前一30。)祂如今也是我們的榮耀。我們在自己裏面,虧缺了神的榮耀,(羅三23,)落在神公義的審判之下,也被神的聖別隔開。但如今我們這些信徒是在基督裏,就得著祂成為我們的公義、聖別和榮耀。不僅如此,因著我們在基督裏,我們甚至披戴基督作我們的公義、聖別和榮耀。因著我們在基督裏,在神眼中我們看起來就是公義、聖別和榮耀。

我們必須這樣經歷基督,使別人在接觸我們的時候,能感覺到公義、聖別和榮耀。這意思是說,他們應當能感覺得到,我們有清明的天,我們有寶座,我們也是公義且正確的,沒有絲毫的隨便或鬆懈。我們也該有金銀合金,是發光、照耀並有分量的。這樣,我們就有虹的樣子,讓天使、鬼魔、和撒但都能看見。…我們原是墮落的,如今卻得救了,成了神按信實必拯救我們的見證。每處地方召會都該有這樣一道虹的見證。

甚至新耶路撒冷也像一道虹。新耶路撒冷的根基有十二層,每一層是一種顏色。(啟二一19~20。)(以西結書生命讀經,一六六至一六七頁。)

參讀:以西結書生命讀經,第十二篇。

WEEK 47 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Ezek. 1:28 Like the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud on a day of rain, such was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah…

Rev. 4:3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne…

As a result of having a clear sky with the throne and of experiencing a man who has the appearance of electrum and a consuming fire, we will have the appearance of a rainbow [Ezek. 1:28]…A rainbow is the brightness around the man who is sitting on the throne. This brightness signifies the splendor and glory around the Lord on the throne.

In order to understand the significance of the rainbow, we need to remember the rainbow at the time of Noah. A flood had destroyed the whole earth, and only eight people were spared from that judgment. After that, when people saw storm clouds in the sky, they might have been afraid of being destroyed. Therefore, God made a covenant in which He promised never again to destroy all living things by a flood, and He set the rainbow in the cloud as a sign of this covenant…The rainbow, therefore, was a sign of God’s faithfulness and promise not to destroy the fallen human race with a flood. (Life-study of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., pp. 133-134)

Today’s Reading

In the rainbow there are several different colors, but the basic colors are only three—red, yellow, and blue. When these colors are shining and blending, they produce other colors, such as orange, green, and violet. It is very significant that the three primary colors of the rainbow are red, yellow, and blue…The throne looks like a blue sapphire stone; the electrum is yellow; the fire is red. By their shining and refracting, these three colors combine to make a rainbow.

Blue signifies the throne. According to Psalm 89:14, the foundation of God’s throne is righteousness. This indicates that the blue throne signifies the righteousness of God. Fire signifies the sanctifying, separating, and consuming fire. This means that red here refers to God’s holiness. Yellow signifies God’s glory in the glowing electrum. Therefore, here we have God’s righteousness, holiness, and glory, signified by the colors blue, red, and yellow.

God’s righteousness, holiness, and glory are three divine attributes that keep sinners away from God…But the Lord Jesus came, died on the cross to satisfy the requirements of God’s righteousness, holiness, and glory, and was resurrected, and He is now our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption (1 Cor. 1:30). He is also now our glory. In ourselves we are short of God’s glory (Rom. 3:23), we are under God’s righteous judgment, and we are kept away by God’s holiness. But now, as believers, we are in Christ, and He has become our righteousness, holiness, and glory. Moreover, because we are in Christ, we even bear Christ as righteousness, holiness, and glory. Because we are in Christ, in the sight of God we look like righteousness, holiness, and glory.

We need to experience Christ in such a way that when others contact us, they can sense righteousness, holiness, and glory. This means that they should be able to sense that we have a clear sky, that we have a throne, and that we are righteous and proper, not careless or loose in any way. We should also have the electrum, glowing, shining, and weighty. Then we will have the appearance of a rainbow, and the angels, the demons, and Satan will be able to see it…As those who were fallen but who have now been saved, we have become a testimony of God’s faithfulness in saving us. Every local church should bear the testimony of such a rainbow.

Even the New Jerusalem has the appearance of a rainbow. The foundation stones of the New Jerusalem are of twelve layers, with each layer being a different color (Rev. 21:19-20). (Life-study of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., pp. 134-135)

Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 12

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