晨興聖言-亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神-(W2-6)
第二週■週六
晨興餧養
創二二 13 ~ 14『亞伯拉罕舉目觀看,不料,在他後面有一隻公羊,兩角扣在樹叢中,亞伯拉罕就去取了那隻公羊來,獻爲燔祭,代替他的兒子。亞伯拉罕給那地方起名叫耶和華以勒,直到今日人還說,在耶和華的山上必有豫備。』
神向亞伯拉罕就像朋友一樣。具有屬人友情的神,作一個人,有人的形狀,(在祂向亞伯拉罕第四次顯現並第八次說話時,)在人性的水平上,(創十八~十九,)來訪問祂的朋友亞伯拉罕。
在創世記十八章這裏,神的顯現是在人性的水平上。亞伯拉罕與神同行,神與亞伯拉罕談話,如同人和朋友之間談話一樣。…祂對亞伯拉罕說到祂要審判所多瑪,就是亞伯拉罕的姪兒羅得和家人所住的地方。神來找祂的朋友,要救祂朋友的姪兒。在羅得的事上,我們再次看見神對祂選民隱密的照顧,祕密的照顧。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第四册,一三七至一三八頁。)
信息選讀
在人性裏具有友情的神,顯示於祂打發亞伯拉罕的姪兒及其兩個女兒,從所多瑪的傾覆之中出來,因祂記念祂的密友亞伯拉罕。(創十九 29,12 ~22。)…亞伯拉罕的神乃是我們的神。
創世記二十章給我們看見,給人友愛照顧的全能神,用祂全能的大力拯救祂的密友亞伯拉罕,使他的妻子免於落在基拉耳王亞比米勒手中。神使亞比米勒王的家喪失生育的能力。(17 ~ 18。)…然後神告訴亞比米勒王,亞伯拉罕要爲他禱告。亞伯拉罕後來爲他禱告,他家的婦女就得了醫治。神用祂的大能大力,給與亞伯拉罕友情的照顧。
神也是不改變的神,這見於祂向亞伯拉罕第九次說話時,守住祂恩典的原則,承認亞伯拉罕從撒拉所生的兒子以撒,是他惟一的兒子。(二一 1 ~ 12。)亞伯拉罕的神在持守祂的話,祂的應許上,乃是不改變的神。…二十二章一至十節啓示試煉人的神,在第十次對亞伯拉罕說話時,試驗祂親密的屬人朋友亞伯拉罕,要他將他所愛的獨生子作爲燔祭獻給神。
二十二章十一至十四節啓示豫備的三一神,豫備一隻公羊,代替以撒爲燔祭獻給祂(就是耶和華的使者—基督)。這是神第十一次向亞伯拉罕說話。對亞伯拉罕說話的那一位是耶和華,但這一位是耶和華的使者。所以在二十二章,我們看見基督的兩方面。…公羊是作罪人的代替,而耶和華的使者是服事耶和華的一位,照顧神的朋友。
賜福的三一神,見於祂第十二次(末次)向亞伯拉罕說話時,應許亞伯拉罕,祂(就是耶和華的使者—基督)必賜福給亞伯拉罕,必叫他的後裔繁增,如同天上的星,海邊的沙,並且地上的萬國都必因他的後裔(基督)得福。
亞伯拉罕的神是在人的水平上友情的神,這是見於祂引領祂朋友亞伯拉罕的老僕人,去爲亞伯拉罕的兒子以撒娶妻的事上。(二四。)雖然這不是直接由神所推動,卻是由神所作成。亞伯拉罕吩咐他的老僕人去爲以撒娶得妻子,而他的老僕人乃是跟隨神的引導作成這事。
總括而言,亞伯拉罕的神乃是藉着顯現,帶着呼召,在異象中,在屬人的友情裏說話的神,向祂在地上親密的朋友揭示,祂按着祂的心願,渴望祂的朋友成爲甚麼,以及要祂的朋友作甚麼,以完成神聖三一的永遠經綸。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第四册,一三八至一四一頁。)
參讀:神在祂與人聯結中的歷史,第七章。
WEEK 2 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 22:13-14 …Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram, caught in the thicket by its horns…[He] went and took the ram and offered it up for. a burnt offering in place of his son…Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh, as it is said to this day, On the mount of Jehovah it will be provided.
God acted as a friend to Abraham. God with His human friendship came (in His fourth appearing with His eighth speaking to Abraham) as a man, in the form of a man, to visit Abraham as His friend (2 Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8; James 2:23) on the level of humanity (Gen. 18—19).
In Genesis 18 the appearing of God was on the level of humanity. Abraham walked with God, and God conversed with Abraham as one human friend to another…He spoke to Abraham concerning His judgment of Sodom, where Abraham’s nephew Lot and his family lived. God came to His friend to rescue His friend’s nephew. Again, we can see God’s hidden care, His secret care, for Lot as one of His elect. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” pp. 101-102)
Todays Reading
The God with friendship in humanity is revealed in His sending of Abraham’s nephew and his two daughters out from the overthrow of Sodom, for the remembrance of Abraham as His intimate friend (Gen. 19:29, 12- 22)…Abraham’s God is our God.
Genesis 20 shows us the almighty God with His friendly care, in saving His close friend Abraham, with His almighty power, from the loss of his wife to Abimelech, king of Gerar. God caused that king’s family to lose the capacity to beget children (vv. 17-18)…Then God told that king that Abraham would pray for him. Abraham later prayed for him, and the women of his house were healed. God exercised a friendly care for Abraham by His almighty power.
God is also the God of changelessness in keeping the principle of His grace, in recognizing Isaac, Abraham’s son of Sarah, as his only son, in His ninth speaking to Abraham (21:1-12). The God of Abraham is the God of changelessness in keeping His word, His promise. Genesis 22:1-10 reveals the God with His trial, in proving Abraham, His intimate human friend, by asking him to present his only son, whom he loved, for a burnt offering to God, in His tenth speaking to Abraham.
Genesis 22:11-14 reveals the Triune God of provision, in His providing a ram to replace Isaac for a burnt offering to God (as the Angel of Jehovah— Christ). This was God’s eleventh speaking to Abraham. The One who spoke to Abraham was Jehovah, yet this was the Angel of Jehovah. Therefore, in Genesis 22 we see Christ in two aspects…The ram is the substitute for sinners, and the Angel of Jehovah is the One who serves Jehovah in taking care of God’s friend.
The Triune God of blessing, in His twelfth (last) speaking to Abraham, promised him that He (as the Angel of Jehovah—Christ) would bless him and multiply his seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand upon the seashore, and in Abraham’s seed (Christ) all the nations of the earth would be blessed.
The God of Abraham is seen as the God of friendship on the human level, in leading the old servant of His friend Abraham to secure a wife for his son Isaac (ch. 24). Though this was not directly motivated by God, it was carried out by God. Abraham charged his old servant to find Isaac a wife, and his old servant did it by following God’s leading.
As a whole, the God of Abraham is the God of speaking in appearing, with calling, in a vision, and in the human friendship, to unveil to His intimate friend on the earth what He aspired for him to be and what He wanted him to do according to His heart’s desire for the accomplishment of the eternal economy for the Divine Trinity. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” pp. 102-104)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” ch. 7
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