歌六10　那向前观望如晨光，美丽如月亮，皎洁如日头，威武如展开旌旗军队的是谁呢？

　　弗六11　要穿戴神全副的军装，使你们能以站住，抵挡魔鬼的诡计。
　　信徒应该是可爱的，同时也该是可怕的。今天的信徒，在主的面前失去了他们的可爱，在仇敌和世人面前也失去了他们的可怕。人真是怕我们么？圣经里常说到主的可怕，这乃是因为主的圣别。如果我们保守自己圣别而且得胜，许多的时候，你要看见仇敌退后，而世人不敢进前（歌中的歌，一一六页）。

　　S.　S. 6:10 Who is this woman who looks forth like the dawn, as beautiful as the moon, as clear as the sun, as terrible as an army with banners?

　　Eph. 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.

　　Believers ought to be lovable and terrible at the same time. Believers today have lost their loveliness before the Lord, and they have lost their terribleness before the enemy and the world. Are men terrified by us? The Bible often mentions the terribleness of the Lord; He is terrible because He is holy. If we maintain our holiness and victory, we will see the enemy retreating and the world standing back. (CWWN, vol. 23, "The Song of Songs," p. 97)

　　当寻求者成为一座城时，她也是军队。〔在雅歌用来描述寻求者的〕第十个表号〔一座城〕是最后一个表号，但还有第十一个，就是军队。“我的佳偶啊，你美丽如得撒，秀美如耶路撒冷，威武如展开旌旗的军队。”（六4）为何我说第十是最后一个，却还有第十一呢？那是因为第十就是第十一，第十一就是第十。当我们向着主成为一座城时，我们对仇敌而言就是军队，不像已往只是个军器库（四4）。军器库是防御性的，而军队是攻击性的，不仅是为着保卫国度，也是为着国度争战。她之于主是那样美丽，甚至像耶路撒冷一样美丽。但对仇敌来说，却威武如展开旌旗的军队。我们都知道，军队展开旌旗意即得胜。她不是没有旌旗的，这意思是说，她已经得胜了，难怪她向着仇敌是那样威武！
　　先是有军器库为着防卫，但如今寻求者已成为军队，在得胜中前进。六章四节里“展开旌旗的军队”一辞，希伯来文是复数的，所以有些译本说，她是万军、众军旅。不只是一支军队，而是许多展开旌旗的军旅。她已经变成这样一个奇妙的战斗部队，像展开得胜旌旗的众军旅。我们绝不能将建造和属灵的争战分开。哪里有建造，哪里就有争战。我们都记得尼希米记所说的，百姓一手作工，一手拿兵器（四17）。当他们在建造时，他们也在争战。争战总是伴随着建造，而建造总是带进争战的得胜。这是基督徒生活的总结。这是寻求主的人所能达到的最高成就。她如今乃是一座城，又是一支军队。
　　我们在以西结三十七章二至十节读到同样的事。所有的骸骨得着生命的气息吹入之后，都活过来，被建造成为神的居所。同时，他们更形成军队。建造总是一支军队。没有仇敌，就不需要建造一座城。在人类的历史中，城之所以存在，是因有仇敌的攻击。城是神居住的所在，但城向着仇敌也是争战的军队（雅歌中所描绘的生命与建造，九五至九七页）。
　　召会不仅是身体、新人、新妇、家、国和居所，召会也是战士，与神的仇敌争战。神的仇敌撒但惧怕这样的召会。撒但不怕个人的基督徒，即使他们为数成千上万。然而当信徒来在一起，显出召会是身体和这些其他的方面时，撒但就要颤抖。借着召会的这七方面，基督就得着彰显，父就得着安息，仇敌也要被击败。愿我们都看见这异象，召会不是个人圣别或属灵的问题；相反的，召会乃是建造在一起，作身体、新人、新妇、家、国、居所和战士。我们就是这样的召会，要击败仇敌并为主耶稣的回来预备道路（以弗所书生命读经，七五八至七五九页）。
　　参读：雅歌中所描绘的生命与建造，第十二篇。

　　When the seeking one becomes the city, she is also an army. We mentioned that the tenth figure is the last one, but there is also the eleventh. This is the army. "You are as beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, / As lovely as Jerusalem, / As terrible as an army with banners" [S.S. 6:4]. Why do I say that the tenth is the last, yet there is still the eleventh? It is because the tenth is the eleventh, and the eleventh is the tenth. When we become a city to the Lord, we are an army to the enemy. It is not just an armory as in the past (4:4). An armory is defensive, but the army is offensive. It is not just a matter of defending the kingdom but also of fighting for the kingdom. She is so beautiful to the Lord, even as beautiful as Jerusalem. But to the enemy, she is as terrible as an army with banners. We all know that an army with banners means victory. She is not without banners. This means that she has won the victory already. No wonder she is so terrible to the enemy!

　　First, there was the armory for the defensive warfare. But now the seeking one has become an army marching in triumphant victory. The Hebrew word army in this verse is in the plural, so some versions say that she is the hosts, the troops. It is not just one troop but the many troops with banners. She has become such a marvelous fighting army as troops with the victory banners. We can never separate the building from the spiritual warfare. Wherever the building is, there is the battle. We all remember the account in Nehemiah: with one hand the people did the building work, and with the other hand they held the weapons for battle (4:17). While they were building, they were fighting. Fighting always accompanies the building, and the building always brings in the victory in the battle. This is the consummation of the Christian life. This is the uttermost completion that the seeking one of the Lord can attain. She is now a city as an army.

　　In Ezekiel 37:2-10 we read the same thing. All the dry bones, after being inbreathed with life, came alive to be built into the habitation of God. And at the same time they were formed into an army. The building is always an army. Without an enemy, there is no need to build a city. In human history, the city came into existence because of the attacks of the enemies. The city is God's dwelling place, but it is also the fighting army to the enemy. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, "Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs," pp. 289-290)

　　Not only is the church the Body, the new man, the bride, the family, the kingdom, and the dwelling place; the church is also the warrior to fight against God's enemy. God's enemy, Satan, is terrified of such a church. Satan is not afraid of individualistic Christians, not even if they number in the thousands. But whenever the believers come together as the church in the aspect of the Body and in these other aspects, Satan trembles. By the church in these seven aspects Christ is expressed, the Father has rest, and the enemy is defeated. May we all see the vision that the church is not a matter of individual holiness or spirituality. On the contrary, it is a matter of being built up together as the Body, the new man, the bride, the family, the kingdom, the dwelling place, and the warrior. As such a church, we defeat the enemy and prepare the way for the Lord Jesus to come back. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 627)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, "Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs," ch. 12