晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W11-綱要)
第十一週 • 綱目
眾星、男孩子、初熟的果子、莊稼 以及碧玉和其他寶石
讀經：啟一20，二1，十二1~11，十四1~5，二一9~11、18~21
週 一
壹 在召會墮落的時候，忠信的信徒是發光的星，擔負耶穌的活見證—啟一20：
一 屬天的基督是從雅各而出的星，也是給得勝信徒之賞賜的晨星—民二四17，啟二28，二二16~17。
二 忠信跟隨基督者乃是發光的眾活星，就是那些跟隨基督這發光之活星的人—太二2~12，彌五2，但十二3，啟一20。
三 眾活星跟隨基督那屬天、活的、今日並即時的異象，祂乃是神經綸的中心與普及—徒二六16~18。
四 眾活星乃是那些頌讚神並祝福神子民的人；我們越為着神的子民讚美主，並在信心裏說他們的好話，就越把自己擺在神的祝福之下；那些積極的說到召會的人，領受祝福，但那些消極的說到召會的人，將自己置於咒詛之下—民二四9，弗一3，詩七一14，一○三1~5，一四二7，創十二2~3，太十二34~37。
五 眾活星留意聖經上申言者的話，『如同留意照在暗處的燈』，使基督這晨星在他們心裏出現—彼後一19，約六63，啟二28。
六 眾活星享受七倍加強的靈，並被其充滿，使他們為着神的建造加倍的活而發光—三1，四5，五6。
七 眾活星乃是眾召會的使者，就是那些有耳聽那靈向眾召會說話的人；他們享受並經歷是靈的基督作神的使者並作從神而來新鮮的信息，使他們能將新鮮而現時的基督分賜到神的子民裏面，好作耶穌的見證—一20~二1，瑪二7，三1~3。
八 眾活星是『心中定大志的』，也是『心中設大謀的』；他們是愛神的人，如同『星宿』『從其軌道』與神一同爭戰，攻擊祂的仇敵，使他們『如日頭出現，光輝烈烈』—士五15~16、20、31，但十一32，太十三43，參但七25。
週 二
九 『流蕩的星』是那些未穩固的定在屬天啟示不變的真理上，反倒在那些像星一樣的神子民中流蕩；我們要成為為着神見證的穩定的星，就必須提防七種損毀召會的人—猶12~13、19，參林前三17：
1 當神的聖所（豫表成肉體的基督支搭帳幕在地上，作神的居所—約一14）被褻瀆，當美地（表徵賜給神子民的基督，連同祂一切的豐富和恩典—西一12）變荒涼，當猶大家（表徵召會—來三6）被遷徙離去時，亞捫人甚為高興；他們表徵那些恨基督，恨神的恩典，並恨召會的人—結二五3。
2 摩押人樂於看見猶大家不再與列國有分別；因此，摩押人表徵那些想要把召會拖去與世界聯結，並使召會與列國一樣的人—8節，啟二12。
3 以東人是雅各的哥哥以掃的後裔，因此，以東和以色列眾子是堂兄弟（創三六1）；以東表徵未重生的舊人，以色列表徵重生的新人（羅六6，加六16，腓三3）；以東對以色列充滿了恨，不斷找機會報仇雪恨—結二五12。
4 非利士人住得非常靠近美地，甚至與以色列人調在一起；非利士人豫表熱心宗教者天然的人；『以東人』和『非利士人』對召會生活造成最大的傷害—15節，林前三12、16~17。
5 推羅豫表尋求屬世財富，不關心神權益的人—結二六2，二八12~15，參王上七13~14。
6 西頓向以色列家乃是刺人的荊棘和使人痛苦的蒺藜；推羅和西頓可視為一組，指明信徒若愛世界，並在意屬世的財富，他們就會成為荊棘和蒺藜，破壞召會生活，阻撓在召會，即神的耕地裏生命的生長—結二八21、24，太十三22，林前三9，參啟十八13。
7 埃及是不倚靠神，只倚靠自己資源的國家；埃及人代表向神獨立的人，他們運用天然的智慧，發展自己天然的資源以致資財豐富，也成為別人供應的來源—結二九2~9，參出四1~9。
週 三
貳 男孩子表徵與基督合作，以抵擋祂的仇敵，並引進神國度的得勝者—啟十二1~11：
一 我們成為男孩子的路，乃是得加強到裏面的人裏，好得着加力，以經歷基督的豐富，並藉着禱讀那擊殺的話，穿戴神的軍裝，而成為剛強的—弗三16、18，六10~11、17~18，啟一16，十九13~15。
二 『弟兄們勝過他，是因羔羊的血，並因自己所見證的話，他們雖至於死，也不愛自己的魂生命』—十二11：
1 『祂兒子耶穌的血…洗淨我們一切的罪』—約壹一7。
2 自己所見證的話，就是向人宣揚並宣告基督得勝的神聖事實—林前十二3下，林後四13。
3 雖至於死，也不愛自己的魂生命，意思是我們揀選愛主到極點，一點也不憑我們的己而活—西一17、18下。
週 四
三 亞比該豫表與爭戰的基督是一，在苦難當中為神的國爭戰的召會—太十二3，撒上二五42：
1 亞比該先前的丈夫，拿八（意，愚頑），給我們看見，我們的舊人在棄絕基督的事上是多麼邪惡；拿八在大衛缺乏時，藐視、拒絕並反對他—10~11、25節，參箴一7，十三20。
2 當我們棄絕、拒絕並藐視基督的敗壞性情被擊倒時，我們就成為基督的配偶，在苦難當中跟從祂，為神的國爭戰—撒上二五36~42，啟一9。
四 基甸和他的三百人，表徵相調的一班得勝者，他們與基督一同爭戰，以帶進祂的國—士六1~6、11~35，七1~8、19~25：
1 他們願意犧牲，好被神使用，以成就神的話並完成神的經綸—1~8節，八4。
2 他們打仗並作工，但全體都來追趕仇敵並收成，這表徵我們得勝，全體復興—七22~八4，西一24，詩一二八5。
週 五
叁 早期的得勝者是神田地裏初熟的，在莊稼收成以先被收割，作初熟的果子歸與神和羔羊—啟十四1~5：
一 被提主要的還不是為着我們的享受，乃是為着神的享受；我們需要使自己豫備好被提，不是為着我們的快樂，乃是為着神定旨的成就—十二5、7~11，十四1、4下，十九7。
二 被提的意義乃是被帶到主的同在中；我們要被帶到主的同在中，就必須在祂今天的同在中，並學習在我們與主的接觸中與主相近相親，為着主的定旨而有愛主並寶貴主的心—林後二10，四6~7，約壹一3。
三 得勝者的被提是為着打敗仇敵，並且為着使神滿足：
1 神需要我們被提—被提到祂和祂的寶座那裏，好與仇敵爭戰—啟十二5、7~11。
2 主需要男孩子與祂的仇敵爭戰，但為着祂的滿足，祂更需要初熟的果子—十四1、4下，參歌八6、13~14。
3 初熟的果子是神的農作物中最先達到成熟的—西二19，來五14~六1，弗四13，腓三15，參路二一36。
4 初熟的果子是被提到錫安神的殿中，作神新鮮的享受，使神得到滿足—出二三19上，利二三10，參羅八23。
四 我們被提，在於我們在神聖的生命裏成熟，這是藉着我們與神同行，就是以祂為我們的中心和一切，並按着祂的啟示和帶領作一切事—創五22~24，來十一5~6。
五 莊稼表徵大體的信徒，比初熟的果子晚成熟；莊稼要在大災難末了，為收割者基督坐着白雲回來時所收割—啟十四14~16。
週 六
肆 得勝的信徒由碧玉和其他寶石所表徵—二一9~11、18~21：
一 碧玉表徵神顯出來的樣子，憑神的榮耀作新耶路撒冷的光照耀，以彰顯神—四3，二一11、18~19。
二 其他寶石表徵基督的榮美在不同方面的豐富，作神永遠居所的根基—19~21節。
三 我們藉着審判的那靈、焚燒的那靈和湧流的那靈—就是主靈—而由對作復活之神的基督之豐富的經歷所變化；這乃是經過受苦、消耗的壓力，以及十字架的殺死所得着的—賽四4，十一2，約四14下，林後一8~9。
四 經過變化的過程，我們誇我們的輭弱，並在基督耶穌裏誇口，使作恩典之基督的能力覆庇我們—12節，十一30~33，十二7~9，羅五3，林前一29~31，腓三3。
五 我們藉着在基督這活石裏，在神聖的生命中長大，變化為寶石；藉着這變化的過程，三一神就被作到我們裏面，並與我們構造在一起，使祂恩典的榮耀得着稱讚，這恩典是祂在那蒙愛者裏面所恩賜我們的，使我們成為新耶路撒冷，作為整本聖經的總結，並作為給整個宇宙的福音—彼前二4，林前三12上，弗一6，啟二一18~21。
Week Eleven
Stars, the Man-child, the Firstfruits, the Harvest, and Jasper and Other Precious Stones
Hymns: 124
Scripture Reading: Rev. 1:20; 2:1; 12:1-11; 14:1-5; 21:9-11, 18-21
§ Day 1
I. During the time of the degradation of the church, the faithful believers are the shining stars, bearing the living testimony of Jesus—Rev. 1:20:
A. The heavenly Christ is the Star that comes forth out of Jacob and the morning star as a reward to the overcoming believers—Num. 24:17; Rev. 2:28; 22:16-17.
B. Christs faithful followers are shining and living stars, those who follow Christ as the shining and living star—Matt. 2:2-12; Micah 5:2; Dan. 12:3; Rev. 1:20.
C. The living stars follow the heavenly, living, up-to-date, and instant vision of Christ as the centrality and universality of Gods economy—Acts 26:16-18.
D. The living stars are those who bless God and bless Gods people; the more we praise the Lord for Gods people and speak well of them in faith, the more we put ourselves under Gods blessing; those who speak positively concerning the church receive the blessing, but those who speak negatively put themselves under a curse—Num. 24:9; Eph. 1:3; Psa. 71:14; 103:1-5; 142:7; Gen. 12:2-3; Matt. 12:34-37.
E. The living stars take heed to the prophetic word of the Scriptures, "as to a lamp shining in a dark place," so that Christ as the morning star may rise in their hearts—2 Pet. 1:19; John 6:63; Rev. 2:28.
F. The living stars enjoy and are filled with the sevenfold intensified Spirit to make them intensely living and shining for Gods building—3:1; 4:5; 5:6.
G. The living stars are the messengers of the churches, those who have an ear to hear what the Spirit says to the churches; they enjoy and experience the pneumatic Christ as the Messenger of God and as the fresh message from God so that they can dispense the fresh and present Christ into the people of God for the testimony of Jesus—1:20—2:1; Mal. 2:7; 3:1-3.
H. The living stars have "great resolutions in heart" and "great searchings of heart"; they are lovers of God who are like "the stars" in "their courses" to fight together with God against His enemy so that they may be "like the sun when it rises in its might"—Judg. 5:15-16, 20, 31; Dan. 11:32; Matt. 13:43; cf. Dan. 7:25.
§ Day 2
I. T he "wandering stars" are those who are not solidly fixed in the unchanging truths of the heavenly revelation but are wandering about among Gods starlike people; in order to be stable stars for Gods testimony, we must beware of the seven kinds of people who are a damage to the church—Jude 12-13, 19; cf. 1 Cor. 3:17:
1. Ammon was happy when Gods sanctuary (typifying the incarnated Christ tabernacling on earth as Gods dwelling place—John 1:14) was desecrated, when the good land (signifying Christ with all His riches and grace given to Gods people—Col. 1:12) was desolated, and when the house of Judah (signifying the church—Heb. 3:6) went off into exile; the Ammonites signify those who hate Christ, the grace of God, and the church—Ezek. 25:3.
2. The Moabites were happy to see that the house of Judah was no longer separated from the nations; thus, they signify those who desire to bring the church into an association with the world and to make the church the same as the nations—v. 8; Rev. 2:12.
3. The Edomites were the descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob, and thus the cousins of the sons of Israel (Gen. 36:1); Edom signifies the unregenerated old man, and Israel signifies the regenerated new man (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 6:16; Phil. 3:3); Edom was full of hatred toward Israel, continually seeking revenge and vengeance—Ezek. 25:12.
4. The Philistines lived very close to the good land and even mingled with the Israelites; they typify the natural man of the religious people; the "Edomites" and the "Philistines" cause the most damage to the church life—v. 15; 1 Cor. 3:12, 16-17.
5. Tyre typifies those who are seeking worldly wealth and do not care for Gods interests—Ezek. 26:2; 28:12-15; cf. 1 Kings 7:13-14.
6. Sidon was a pricking briar and a painful thorn to the house of Israel; Tyre and Sidon are considered a pair, indicating that if the believers love the world and care for worldly riches, they will become briars and thorns that damage the church life, frustrating the growth of life in the church as Gods cultivated land—Ezek. 28:21, 24; Matt. 13:22; 1 Cor. 3:9; cf. Rev. 18:13.
7. Egypt was a nation that depended not on God but on its own resources; the Egyptians represent persons who, independent of God, exercise their natural wisdom to develop their natural resources to be rich in supply and to be a source of supply for others—Ezek. 29:2-9; cf. Exo. 4:1-9.
§ Day 3
II. The man-child signifies the overcomers who cooperate with Christ to fight against His enemy and to usher in Gods kingdom—Rev. 12:1-11:
A. The way to become the man-child is for us to be strengthened into the inner man, to be empowered to experience the riches of Christ, and to be strong through putting on the armor of God by pray-reading the killing word—Eph. 3:16, 18; 6:10-11, 17-18; Rev. 1:16; 19:13-15.
B. "They overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they loved not their soul-life even unto death"—12:11:
1. "The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin"—1 John 1:7.
2. The word of our testimony is the proclamation and declaration of the divine facts of the victory of Christ to others—1 Cor. 12:3b; 2 Cor. 4:13.
3. Not loving our soul-life even unto death means that we choose to love the Lord supremely and not live by our self in any way—Col. 1:17, 18b.
§ Day 4
C. Abigail typifies the church that is one with the warring Christ to fight for Gods kingdom in the midst of sufferings—Matt. 12:3; 1 Sam. 25:42:
1. Abigails previous husband, Nabal (meaning "fool"), shows how evil our old man is in forsaking Christ; Nabal despised, rejected, and opposed David at the time of his destitution—vv. 10-11, 25; cf. Prov. 1:7; 13:20.
2. When our corrupted nature, which forsakes, rejects, and despises Christ, is struck down, we become Christs counterpart who follows Him in the midst of sufferings, fighting for the kingdom of God—1 Sam. 25:36-42; Rev. 1:9.
D. Gideon and his three hundred men signify a blended group of overcomers who fight together with Christ to bring in His kingdom—Judg. 6:1-6, 11- 35; 7:1-8, 19-25:
1. They were willing to sacrifice in order to be used by God to fulfill Gods word and carry out His economy—vv. 1-8; 8:4.
2. They fought the battle and labored, yet the whole congregation chased the enemy and reaped the harvest, signifying that when we overcome, the whole Body is revived—7:22—8:4; Col. 1:24; Psa. 128:5.
§ Day 5
III. The early overcomers are the first-ripe ones in Gods field, reaped before the harvest as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb—Rev. 14:1-5:
A. The rapture is not mainly for our enjoyment but for Gods enjoyment; we need to make ourselves ready to be raptured not for our happiness but for the fulfillment of Gods purpose—12:5, 7-11; 14:1, 4b; 19:7.
B. The meaning of rapture is to be taken into the Lords presence; in order to be taken into the Lords presence, we must be in His presence today and learn to have nearness and dearness in our contact with the Lord, having a heart that loves and treasures the Lord for His purpose—2 Cor. 2:10; 4:6-7; 1 John 1:3.
C. The rapture of the overcomers is for defeating the enemy and satisfying God:
1. God has a need for us to be raptured, to be caught up to Him and to His throne, so that we may fight against the enemy—Rev. 12:5, 7-11.
2. The Lord needs the man-child to fight against His enemy, but for His satisfaction He needs the firstfruits even more—14:1, 4b; cf. S. S. 8:6, 13-14.
3. The firstfruits are the earliest ones among Gods crop to reach maturity—Col. 2:19; Heb. 5:14—6:1; Eph. 4:13; Phil. 3:15; cf. Luke 21:36.
4. The firstfruits are raptured to the house of God in Zion as the fresh enjoyment to God for His satisfaction—Exo. 23:19a; Lev. 23:10; cf. Rom. 8:23.
D. Our being raptured depends on our being mature in the divine life by our walking with God—taking Him as our center and everything and doing everything according to His revelation and leading—Gen. 5:22-24; Heb. 11:5-6.
E. The harvest, which signifies the majority of the believers, will be ripe later than the firstfruits; the harvest will be reaped by Christ as the Reaper toward the end of the great tribulation at His coming back sitting on a white cloud—Rev. 14:14-16.
§ Day 6
IV. The overcoming believers are signified by jasper and other precious stones—21:9-11, 18-21:
A. Jasper signifies the appearance of God shining with the glory of God as the light of the New Jerusalem for the expression of God—4:3; 21:11, 18-19.
B. The other precious stones signify the riches of the beauty of Christ in different aspects for the foundation of Gods eternal dwelling—vv. 19-21.
C. By the judging Spirit, the burning Spirit, and the flowing Spirit—the Lord Spirit—we are being transformed by the experiences of the riches of Christ as the God of resurrection gained through sufferings, consuming pressures, and the killing work of the cross—Isa. 4:4; 11:2; John 4:14b; 2 Cor. 1:8-9.
D. Through the process of transformation, we boast in our weaknesses and boast in Christ Jesus so that the power of Christ as grace might tabernacle over us—v. 12; 11:30-33; 12:7-9; Rom. 5:3; 1 Cor. 1:29-31; Phil. 3:3.
E. By our growth in the divine life in Christ as the living stone, we are being transformed into precious stones; through the process of transformation, the Triune God is being wrought into and structured together with us to the praise of the glory of His grace with which He graced us in the Beloved for us to become the New Jerusalem as the conclusion of the entire Bible and the good news to the entire universe—1 Pet. 2:4; 1 Cor. 3:12a; Eph. 1:6; Rev. 21:18-21.
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