晨興聖言-挪亞、但以理和約伯...(W5-1)

第五週 • 週一

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晨興餧養

伯十13    然而你待我的這些事，早已藏在你心裏；我知道這是你的意思。

弗三9　   並將那歷世歷代隱藏在創造萬有之神裏的奧祕有何等的經綸，向眾人照明。

　　17　  使基督藉着信，安家在你們心裏…。

 

約伯對神說，『要指示我，你為何與我爭辯。』（伯十2下）在約伯記十章十三節他繼續說，『然而你待我的這些事，早已藏在你心裏；我知道這是你的意思。』這指明約伯找不出神這樣對待他的理由，但他相信，神心裏隱藏着一些理由。約伯是對的；有件事隱藏在神心裏。以弗所三章九節告訴我們隱藏在神裏的奧祕，這是個歷世歷代的奧祕（約伯記生命讀經，五八頁）。

信息選讀

按照約伯記三十八章七節，當神立大地根基的時候，神的天使（神的眾子）都歡呼。這些天使可能不明白神造大地和造人的定旨是甚麼。亞當自己也不知道，神為甚麼按着自己的形像，照着自己的樣式造他（創一26）。…創造主在祂的創造中作了許多，但在新約時代以前，沒有向任何人揭示祂的定旨。…這隱藏的奧祕乃是神渴望在祂神聖的三一裏，將祂自己分賜並作到祂所創造的人裏面，使人成為祂的複製，成為祂的彰顯。約伯不知道這點，所以誤會了神，以為神向他發怒，正在審判並懲罰他。神的目的不是要審判或懲罰約伯，乃是要把他拆毀，然後以神自己重新建造約伯。神知道約伯經過一段受苦的時間，就會重新建造起來，成為另一個人—神新造裏的新人。這是給約伯、約伯記和約伯之表白的答案。

聖經…只為着一件事：神在基督裏藉着那靈，將祂自己分賜到我們裏面，作我們的生命、性情和一切，使我們活基督並彰顯基督。這該是管制我們生活的原則。在實際一面，這該是今天作我們享受的生命樹。…聖經主要不是一本豫言、教訓或豫表的書；聖經乃是一本神經綸的書。…聖經乃是論到在神經綸裏的基督。神的經綸是要將祂自己在祂神聖的三一裏，在基督裏藉着那靈，分賜到我們裏面，使我們得着祂作我們的生命、性情和一切。當我們經歷這個，現在活着的，就不再是我們，乃是基督在我們裏面活着（加二20）。這就是生命樹。

約伯是在神聖啟示的原始階段。…神自己裏面有許多事，但祂不能向約伯揭示。神無法向約伯說到這些事。…主耶穌對尼哥底母說到關於重生的話，也能應用在約伯身上：『我對你們說地上的事，你們尚且不信，若對你們說天上的事，你們如何能信？』（約三12）約翰十六章十二至十三節啟示，主耶穌甚至能對門徒說多少話，也受到限制：『我還有好些事要告訴你們，但你們現在擔當不了。只等實際的靈來了，祂要引導你們進入一切的實際；因為祂不是從自己說的，乃是把祂所聽見的都說出來，並要把要來的事宣示與你們。』…今天我們是跟隨保羅來說神的經綸、神聖的分賜以及包羅萬有的靈作為經過過程並終極完成之三一神的完成這些事。

神的行動，從成為肉體到新耶路撒冷的終極完成，與許多屬靈的事有關，包括重生、更新、聖別、變化、得榮和改變形狀。因為約伯是在神聖啟示的原始階段，所以他無法明白這些事（約伯記生命讀經，五八至六○、一九二至一九三頁）。

參讀：約伯記生命讀經，第三十篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 1

Morning Nourishment

Job 10:13 But You have hidden these things in Your heart; I know that this is with You.

Eph. 3:9 And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things.

        17 That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith…

Job said to God, “Make known to me why You contend with me” (Job 10:2b). In verse 13 he went on to say, “You have hidden these things in Your heart; / I know that this is with You.” This indicates that Job could not find the reason for God’s treatment of him, but he believed that there had to be some reason hidden in God’s heart. Job was right; something was hidden in God’s heart. Ephesians 3:9 tells us of the mystery hidden in God. This is the mystery of the ages. (Life-study of Job, pp. 48-49)

Today’s Reading

According to Job 38:7, the angels of God (the sons of God) shouted for joy when God laid the foundations of the earth. The angels might have wondered what God’s purpose was in creating the earth and man. Adam himself did not know why God created him in His image, according to His likeness (Gen. 1:26)…The Creator did a lot in His creation, but before the New Testament time He did not unveil to anyone what His purpose was. The hidden mystery is that God in His Divine Trinity desires to be dispensed and wrought into His creation, man, to make man His duplication, to make man His expression. Not knowing this, Job misunderstood God and thought that God was angry with him and was judging him and punishing him. God’s intention was not to judge Job or to punish him but to tear him down and then rebuild him with Himself. God knew that after Job had passed through a time of suffering, he would be rebuilt and become another person—a new man in God’s new creation. This is the answer to Job, to the book of Job, and to Job’s vindication.

The Bible…is for only one thing: for God in Christ by the Spirit to dispense Himself into us to be our life, our nature, and our everything that we may live Christ and express Christ. This should be the principle that governs our life. In a practical way, it should be today’s tree of life for our enjoyment. The Bible is not mainly a book of prophecy, teaching, or types. The Bible is a book of God’s economy…The Bible is on Christ in God’s economy. God’s economy is to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity in Christ by the Spirit into us that we may have Him as our life, nature, and everything. When we experience this, it is no longer we who live, but it is Christ who lives in us (Gal. 2:20). This is the tree of life.

Job was in the primitive stage of the divine revelation…God had many things within Himself, but He could not unveil them to Job. God could not speak to Job about these things. The word of the Lord Jesus to Nicodemus regarding regeneration can also be applied to Job’s situation: “If I told you of the things on earth and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you of the things in heaven?” (John 3:12). As John 16:12 and 13 reveal, the Lord Jesus was even limited in what He could say to His disciples: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit of reality, comes, He will guide you into all the reality; for He will not speak from Himself, but what He hears He will speak; and He will declare to you the things that are coming.”…Today, following Paul, we speak of such matters as God’s economy, the divine dispensing, and the all-inclusive Spirit as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God.

God’s move from the incarnation to the consummation of the New Jerusalem involves many spiritual things, including regeneration, renewing, sanctification, transformation, glorification, and transfiguration. Because Job was in the primitive stage of the divine revelation, he could not understand any of these things. (Life-study of Job, pp. 49-50, 156)

Further Reading: Life-study of Job, msg. 30