启十九7~8　我们要喜乐欢腾，将荣耀归与祂；因为羔羊婚娶的时候到了，新妇也自己预备好了。又赐她得穿明亮洁净的细麻衣，这细麻衣就是圣徒所行的义。

　　14　在天上的众军，骑着白马，穿着细麻衣，又白又洁，跟随着祂。
　　在以弗所五章和六章，我们看见召会的……两方面：满足基督渴望的新妇，和击败神仇敌的战士。召会是新妇，需要爱和光。召会是战士，需要权能和神全副的军装。
　　以弗所书说到召会的十二方面，其中主要的几方面是新人、新妇和战士。新人包括身体的一面，而身体包括丰满和居所。因此，召会的头十方面都包括在完成神永远定旨并成功祂经纶的新人里。三一神在已过的永远里为着将来的永远所计划的，乃是用这新人来完成。虽然神的计划是由新人来完成，但基督的渴望仍需得着满足，神的仇敌尚待被打败。因此，召会需要成为新妇和战士（以弗所书生命读经，六三三至六三四页）。

　　Rev. 19:7-8 Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.

　　14 And the armies which are in heaven followed Him on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

　　In Ephesians 5 and 6 we see two...aspects of the church: the bride to satisfy the desire of Christ and the warrior to defeat God's enemy. As the bride, the church needs love and light. As the warrior, the church needs might and the whole armor of God.

　　Of the twelve aspects of the church covered in Ephesians, the main aspects are the new man, the bride, and the warrior. The new man includes the aspect of the Body, and the Body includes the fullness and the dwelling place. Therefore, the first ten aspects of the church are all included in the new man who fulfills God's eternal purpose and carries out His economy. This new man is used by the Triune God to accomplish what He planned in eternity past for eternity future. Nevertheless, although God's plan is fulfilled with the new man, Christ's desire still needs to be satisfied, and God's enemy still must be defeated. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 526)

　　就一面的意义说，召会是新人，需要长大、尽功用、并过正当的日常生活。就另一面意义说，召会是新妇，必须成为美丽的，好在基督回来时献给祂。就召会是新妇来说，难处不在于规条、道理或旧人，难处乃在于斑点和皱纹；这是生机上的缺陷，损害了召会的美丽。召会要除去这样的缺陷，就必须得着基督的元素，新陈代谢地作到召会里面，好得着圣化、洁净、保养和顾惜。这个元素会使斑点和皱纹消失，并且能使新妇美丽，使她能献给基督。最终，借着这新陈代谢变化的过程，召会就成为荣耀的。
　　〔在以弗所六章，〕召会乃是神的战士。召会不仅应当是彰显基督的身体、神居住的所在以及成就神经纶的新人；召会还必须是击败神仇敌的战士、军兵。
　　按照启示录十九章，召会是献给基督的新妇，也是与祂一同争战，抵挡神仇敌的战士。主耶稣再来的时候，祂首先要迎娶祂的新妇。基督迎娶新妇之后，祂与得胜者就要争战对付仇敌。按照十一节，主骑着白马，天上的众军也骑着白马，穿着细麻衣，又白又洁，跟随着祂（14）。十七章十四节也指着这事说，“他们〔仇敌及其跟随者〕要与羔羊争战，羔羊必胜过他们，因为羔羊是万主之主，万王之王。同着羔羊的，就是蒙召被选忠信的人，也必得胜。”
　　在十九章七至八节，我们看见新妇穿着“明亮洁净的细麻衣”。然后在十四节，我们看见跟随主争战的众军乃是“穿着细麻衣，又白又洁”。这两处经文指明，新妇的结婚礼服，也是她作神军队与神仇敌争战时所穿的制服。所以，有结婚礼服，也就有制服。
　　在以弗所五章和六章，我们看见召会是新妇也是战士。在启示录十九章，我们也有召会的这两方面。作为召会，我们不仅是基督的身体、神的居所、神的国、神的家和新人；我们也是新妇和战士。作为新妇，我们必须是美丽的，毫无斑点和皱纹，并且穿着细麻衣。作为战士，我们必须装备好与神的仇敌争战（以弗所书生命读经，九八〇至九八一页）。
　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第六十三篇。

　　In one sense, the church is the new man who needs growth, function, and a proper daily living. In another sense, the church is the bride who must be beautified in order to be presented to Christ at His coming. With the church as the bride, the problem is not with ordinances, doctrine, or the old man. The problem is with the spots and wrinkles, defects that are organic and that ruin the beauty of the church. In order to be free from such defects, the church must be sanctified, purified, nourished, and cherished by having the element of Christ wrought into her metabolically. This element will cause the spots and wrinkles to disappear, and it will beautify the bride for her presentation to Christ. Eventually, through this process of metabolic transformation the church will become glorious.

　　[In Ephesians 6] the church is God's warrior. The church should be not only the Body to express Christ, the dwelling place for God's habitation, and the new man for the fulfillment of God's economy; the church must also be a warrior, a soldier, to defeat God's enemy.

　　According to Revelation 19, the church is both the bride who is presented to Christ and the warrior who fights with Him against God's enemy. At His coming again, the Lord Jesus first will meet His bride. After receiving the bride, Christ and the overcomers will enter into battle against the enemy. According to Revelation 19:11, the Lord will ride on a white horse, and the armies which are in heaven will follow Him on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean (v. 14). Revelation 17:14 also refers to this: "These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and they who are with Him, the called and chosen and faithful, will also overcome them."

　　In Revelation 19:7 and 8 we see that the bride is clothed in "fine linen, bright and clean." Then in verse 14 we see that the armies which follow the Lord into battle are "dressed in fine linen, white and clean." These verses indicate that the bride's wedding garment will also be the uniform she wears as God's army to fight against His enemy. Therefore, to have the wedding garment is also to have the uniform.

　　In Ephesians 5 and 6 we see the church as the bride and as the warrior. In Revelation 19 we also have these two aspects of the church. As the church, we are not only the Body, the dwelling place of God, the kingdom of God, the family of God, and the new man; we are also the bride and the warrior. As the bride, we must be beautiful, without spot or wrinkle, and be clothed in fine linen. As the warrior, we must be equipped to fight against God's enemy. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 813-815)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 97