晨興聖言-挪亞、但以理和約伯...(W3-2)
第三週 • 週二
晨興餧養
但一8 但以理卻立定心意，不以王的膳和王所飲的酒玷污自己，所以求太監長容他不玷污自己。
16 於是委辦撤去派定他們用的膳、飲的酒，只給他們蔬菜喫。
王自己所用的膳食是玷污人的、不潔的，因為曾獻給尼布甲尼撒的諸神。但以理和他的同伴若喫那些食物，就是接受玷污，接受偶像，因而與撒但成為一。他們若這樣作，神就失敗了，在這地上就沒有甚麼能為着神自己〔但一10〕和神的權益了。這樣撒但就能誇口說，『神阿，你已經完全失敗了。在這地上，你已經沒有甚麼可以代表你，也沒有甚麼可以與你成為一了。』神在祂選民身上已經失敗了。現今如果他們被擄的後裔，年輕的一代，也跟隨他們先祖的腳蹤，神就要完全失敗了。然而但以理和他的同伴是為着神的；他們緊緊聯於神，忠心持守神，因着接受神而與神是一。
喫尼布甲尼撒自己所用的膳食，就是接受撒但作我們的供應而與撒但成為一。我擔心你們會去喫今日的尼布甲尼撒所供應給你們，他所用的膳食。我們在飲食、購物、所到之處、所行的事上必須謹慎，否則很可能接受與偶像有關、屬鬼的事物。我們喫甚麼，就是甚麼。我們若喫屬神的食物—就是說，我們若喫『神食物』，神作我們的食物—我們就與神是一了（但以理書生命讀經，一二至一三頁）。
信息選讀
〔在但以理一章裏，我們首先看見〕一個人物，就是爭戰得勝的將軍尼布甲尼撒，他剛從耶路撒冷回到巴比倫，帶着許多俘虜跟在後面。第二，我們看見被擄的人中有四個卓越的年輕人。第三，這幾個年輕人特別從被擄的人中選上，有王自己所用的膳食擺在他們面前。第四，他們立定心志為着神，拒喫王膳，只喫蔬菜。然而，他們四個長得非常可愛、快樂並健康。結果，神與他們同在，他們有神的智慧、聰明，能領會事情，勝過迦勒底的一切術士十倍（但以理書生命讀經，三七至三八頁）。
啟示錄二至三章有主耶穌直接寫給眾召會的七封書信。每封書信的末了都有應許。…這些應許不但是為着將來，也是為着今天。…當然，我們將來要喫生命樹，因為啟示錄二十二章這樣告訴我們，但我們今天也能享受生命樹。聖經有個原則，凡是將來有全享的，我們今天就有豫嘗。今天我們能喫生命樹、隱藏的嗎哪和筵席。
全本聖經在喫以產生建造的事上，是何等的一貫。甚至創世記二章也有喫生命樹的啟示。…主的恢復乃是恢復喫耶穌，為着建造召會。這不僅是為着今世，也是為着永世。…我們需要喫耶穌以長大，被變化，並被建造在一起。這樣我們就會有召會的建造。
藉此，主要使祂關於召會建造的豫言得應驗。這豫言乃是藉着喫耶穌得應驗。…喫保守一，喫建造人。你若是分裂的，就指明你在喫的事上是錯了。你若在喫的事上是正確的，你必然會被聯結，甚至去聯結人。你會成為被建造，也建造別人的人。主要何時建造祂的召會？現在！主要如何建造祂的召會？藉着我們喫耶穌！（李常受文集一九七二年第三冊，六四二至六四三、六四七頁）。
參讀：李常受文集一九五七年第三冊，轉移時代的人，第一至三章。
WEEK 3 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Dan.
1:8 But Daniel set his heart not to defile himself with the king’s
choice provision and with the wine that the king drank, so he requested
of the leader of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
16 Therefore the steward withheld their portion of the choice
provision and the wine that they were to drink and gave them vegetables.
The choice food was defiling, not clean, for it had been offered to Nebuchadnezzar’s gods. For Daniel and his companions to eat that food would have been to take in the defilement, to take in the idols, and thus to become one with Satan. If they had done this, God would have been finished and would have had nothing on earth for Himself and His interest. Then Satan could have boasted and said, “God, You have been completely defeated. You have nothing on earth to represent You and to be one with You.” God had been defeated in His elect. Now if their descendants in the captivity, the younger generation, had followed in the steps of their fathers, God would have been fully defeated. But Daniel and his companions were for God. They were attached to God, they cleaved to God, and they were one with God because they took God in.
To
eat Nebuchadnezzar’s choice food is to take Satan as our supply and to
become one with Satan. I am concerned that you may be eating the choice
food provided for you by today’s Nebuchadnezzar. If we are careless in
our eating, in our shopping, in where we go, and in what we do, we may
take in something related to idols, something demonic. We are what we
eat. If we eat godly food—that is, if we eat God-food, God as our
food—we will be one with God. (Life-study of Daniel, p. 10)
Today’s Reading
[In
Daniel 1 we first see] the figure of a fighting, overcoming general,
Nebuchadnezzar, who has just returned from Jerusalem to Babylon with
many captives following behind him. Second, we see four brilliant young
men among the captives. Third, these young men are specially chosen from
among the captives and then presented with the king’s choice food.
Fourth, they set their hearts to keep themselves for God, and they
reject the royal food and eat vegetables only. Nevertheless, the four
become very pleasant, happy, and healthy. Then as a result, God’s
presence, wisdom, and insight are with
them, and they can understand
things ten times better than all the others in Nebuchadnezzar’s realm.
(Life-study of Daniel, pp. 33-34)
In
Revelation 2 and 3 there are seven epistles directly from the Lord
Jesus to the churches. At the end of each epistle there is a
promise…These promises are not only for the future but also for
today…Surely we will eat the tree of life in the future, because
Revelation 22 tells us so, but we can also enjoy the tree of life today.
The Bible has a principle that whatever will be there as the full
taste, we have today as the foretaste. We can eat of the tree of life,
the hidden manna, and the feast today.
The
entire Bible is [consistent] with the matter of eating to produce the
building. Even in Genesis 2 there is the revelation of eating the tree
of life… The Lord’s recovery is the recovery of the eating of Jesus for
the building up of the church. This is not only for this age but also
for eternity…We need to eat Jesus to grow, to be transformed, and to be
built together. Then we will have the building of the church.
By
this way the Lord is going to fulfill His prophecy regarding the
building up of the church. This prophecy is fulfilled by eating
Jesus…Eating keeps the oneness. Eating builds up. If you are divisive,
that means you are wrong in the matter of eating. If you are right in
the matter of eating, surely you will be united and even uniting. You
will be the ones who are built and who are building others. When will
the Lord build His church? Now! How will the Lord build His church? By
our eating Jesus! (CWWL, 1972, vol. 3, “The Greatest Prophecy in the
Bible and Its Fulfillment,” pp. 483-484, 486-487)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, “Men Who Turn the Age,” chs. 1—3
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