晨興聖言-亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神-(W4-2)
第四週■週二
晨興餧養
約十二 24『我實實在在的告訴你們,一粒麥子不落在地裏死了,仍舊是一粒;若是死了,就結出許多子粒來。』
羅十一 36『…萬有都是本於祂、藉着祂、並歸於祂;願榮耀歸與祂,直到永遠。阿們。』
當神吩咐亞伯拉罕獻以撒時,神吩咐他要往摩利亞地去,在那裏的一座山上將以撒獻上。(創二二 2。)…獻以撒的那座山,後來稱爲摩利亞山,最終成爲錫安山,就是建造聖殿的地方。(代下三 1。)…最終摩利亞山成爲美地的中心,亞伯拉罕的後裔必須每年三次到那座山將燔祭獻給神。(申十六 16,詩一三二13。)因此,我們看見創世記二十二章是一粒種子。…我們不能也不該在我們所揀選的地方,將神所要的燔祭獻給祂。我們必須離開我們的地方,到神所揀選的地方。(創世記生命讀經,九一四至九一五頁。)
信息選讀
你知道你的定命就是作燔祭麼?作燔祭就是被宰殺、被焚燒。在別是巴的成長、生活、並呼求伊勒俄拉姆的名,都是爲着燔祭的建立,使我們能在摩利亞山的祭壇上被焚燒。…我們越喝別是巴井的水,就越長大;我們越長大,就越豫備好接受摩利亞山上的火。因此,主的恢復絕不會是羣眾運動,乃是一條窄路。在創世記二十二章的時候,以撒是惟一生活並行走在這條窄路上的人。不要盼望許多人走召會的路。…住在別是巴並呼求主的名,從一面說似乎是枯燥的。最終,我們與主享受了一段美好的時光以後,祂會要求我們將以撒獻給祂。祂不容許我們在別是巴獻以撒。我們必須走一段很長的距離,並且登上摩利亞山。正當的召會生活…產生燔祭。我們都必須成爲燔祭。這雖然是一條窄路,卻是得勝的路。
在別是巴的生活,不過產生燔祭。…你在成長麼?要爲此感謝神。但你的成長乃是叫你豫備好被焚燒。我們都必須經過作燔祭被焚燒的過程。…在希伯來文裏,燔祭的意思是上升的祭。當燔祭被焚燒以後,就有馨香之氣升到神那裏,使祂滿足。是上升,不是擴散。
神似乎對亞伯拉罕說,『你愛以撒,我也愛他。現在你必須把他給我。』最終,以撒成了整個蒙揀選族類的先祖。他也成了基督的先祖。神永遠的目的絕不能藉以撒之外的人成就;以撒乃是在亞伯拉罕的照顧下長大並獻給神的人。
以撒被獻上以後,在復活裏歸回,爲要成就神永遠的目的。(創二二 4,12 ~ 13,16,18。)以撒在復活裏歸回以後,成了另一個人。他不再是天然的以撒,乃是復活的以撒。…我們從神所得着的每項恩賜、屬靈祝福、工作和成就,都必須經過死的試驗。最終,這些要在復活裏回到我們這裏。…(約十二 24。)假定神賜給你一種天然的恩賜;那是一粒麥子。你若保留這天然的恩賜,從不獻給神,它仍舊是一粒。你若把它獻給神,它經過了死,就要在復活裏歸還你,並且成爲祝福。…神的祝福總是在復活裏來的。一粒繁增爲一百粒,這就是神的祝福。你若將你的一粒獻給神,並且讓神把它置之於死,它就要在復活裏歸還給你。然後你要看見繁增和大的祝福。這是神的作法。(創世記生命讀經,九一六至九一九頁。)
參讀:亞伯拉罕以撒雅各的神,第六章。
WEEK 4 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Rom. 11:36 …Out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
When God told Abraham to offer up Isaac, He told him to go to the land of Moriah and to offer him on one of the mountains there (Gen. 22:2)…The mountain on which Isaac was offered up was later called Mount Moriah, eventually becoming Mount Zion, the place where the temple was built (2 Chron. 3:1)…Eventually, Mount Moriah became the center of the good land, and Abraham’s descendants had to go to that mountain three times a year to offer the burnt offering to God (Deut. 16:16; Psa. 132:13). Thus, we see that chapter 22 of Genesis is a seed. We cannot and should not offer to God the burnt offering that He desires in the place of our choosing. We must leave our place and go to the place of God’s choice. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 752)
Todays Reading
Do you know that your destiny is to be a burnt offering? To be a burnt offering is to be killed and burned. The growing, living, and calling on the name of El Olam at Beer-sheba are all for the building up of a burnt offering that we might be burned on the altar on Mount Moriah…The more we drink the water from the well of Beer-sheba, the more we will grow, and the more we grow, the more we will be prepared for the fire on Mount Moriah. Because of this, the Lord’s recovery will never be a mass movement; it is a narrow way. At the time of Genesis 22, Isaac was the only person living and walking in this narrow way. Do not expect that many will take the way of the church…Living at Beer-sheba and calling on the name of the Lord may seem, in a sense, to be boring. Eventually, after we enjoy a good time with the Lord, He will ask us to offer our Isaac to Him. He will not allow us to offer Isaac at Beer-sheba. We will have to travel a long distance and climb Mount Moriah. The proper church life…produces burnt offerings. We all must become a burnt offering. Although this is a narrow way, it is prevailing.
The life at Beer-sheba produces only a burnt offering…Are you growing? Thank God for this. But your growth is a preparation for your being burned. One day we all must pass through the process of being burned as a burnt offering. In Hebrew the burnt offering means the ascending offering. After the burnt offering has been burned, its sweet odor ascends to God for His satisfaction. It is ascending and not spreading.
God seemed to say to Abraham, “You love Isaac, and I love him too. Now you must give him to Me.” Eventually, Isaac became the forefather of the entire chosen race. He also became a forefather of Christ. God’s eternal purpose can never be fulfilled by anyone other than Isaac, the one who was brought up under the care of Abraham and offered to God.
After Isaac was offered up, he was returned in resurrection for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose (vv. 4, 12-13, 16, 18). After being returned in resurrection, Isaac was another person. He was no longer the natural Isaac but the resurrected Isaac…Every gift, spiritual blessing, work, and success we have received of God must undergo the test of death. Eventually, it will come back to us in resurrection…(John 12:24). Suppose God gives you a certain natural gift. That is one grain of wheat. If you keep this natural gift, never offering it to God, it will remain as one grain. But if you offer it back to God, after it has passed through death, it will be returned to you in resurrection and become a blessing…God’s blessing always comes in resurrection. For one grain to be multiplied into a hundred grains is God’s blessing. If you offer your one grain to God and allow Him to put it into death, it will be returned to you in resurrection. Then you will see multiplication and great blessing. This is God’s way. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 753-756)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 35, “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” ch. 6
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