罗九23　且要在那些蒙怜悯、早预备得荣耀的器皿上，彰显祂荣耀的丰富。

　　诗十六5　耶和华是我的产业，是我杯中的分；我所得的分你为我持守。
　　现在我们来看什么是人的产业。……地并不是人的产业，神才是人的产业，地乃是个预表，也是个象征，表号。为什么神是人的产业？从创世记一章和罗马九章我们能清楚看见，神所创造的人乃是神的器皿。……器皿就是容器，本身是空的，所以应当有内容。器皿的内容就是器皿的产业。假使一个玻璃杯里没有奶，光是空杯，那就是一个穷杯。……我们人是神的器皿，所以没有神就是空的、穷的。诗歌七百零一首第一节副歌说，“空空空！空空空！空空空！空空空！凡事都虚空，如捉影，如捕风。”末一节的副歌就说，“没有主，就虚空，有了主，就不空！凡事都虚空！唯有主，不虚空。”人没有主就是空。人真正的产业不是土地房子，也不是妻子儿女；人的产业乃是神。神造人作祂的器皿，是为着盛装祂自己。我们这个器皿里面若没有神作我们的内容，我们就是空的，也是穷的（禧年，二〇至二一页）。

　　Rom. 9:23 In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had before prepared unto glory.

　　Psa. 16:5 Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; You maintain my lot.

　　We must now consider what man's possession is....An inheritance is a possession. The land is not our real possession; rather, God is our possession [Psa. 16:5]. The land is merely a type, a symbol, and a figure....From Genesis 1:26 and

　　Romans 9:21-23 we can see clearly that man was created by God to be His vessel. A vessel as a container is empty by itself; hence, it needs content. The content of a vessel is its possession. An empty cup is a destitute cup....Man is a vessel of

　　God; hence, if man does not have God, he is empty and poor. The first chorus of Hymns, 1080 says, "Vanity! Vanity! / Vanity! Vanity! / 'Tis chasing the wind, / It's all vanity!" The last chorus says, "Christ without, all is vain! / Christ within, all is gain! / All things are vain, / Christ only is gain!" Man without Christ is vain. Hence, man's real possession is not land or a house, and neither is it a wife or children; man's possession is God. God created man as His vessel to contain Him. If we as a vessel do not have God as our content, we are empty and poor. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 4, "The Jubilee," pp. 16-17)

　　神把亚当造好之后，……乃是把亚当摆在生命树前，要他接受生命树。什么是生命树？生命树就是神。诗篇三十六篇九节说，“在你那里，有生命的源头。”主耶稣也说，“我就是生命的粮，到我这里来的，必永远不饿；信入我的，必永远不渴。”（约六35）主就是那一棵生命树，也就是那一道生命河；信祂的，就有得吃，也有得喝，就得着饱足。阿利路亚，神就是我们的产业。不仅如此，按诗篇十六篇五节，神不仅是我们的产业，神更是我们杯中的分。产业是笼统的说法，杯中的分是切身的说法。神不仅是我们的产业，更是我们杯中的分，给我们享受。杯中的分就是享受的东西。神不仅是我们的产业，也是我们实际的享受；并且我们所得的，神为我们持守。
　　神把生命树摆给了亚当，但是亚当没有接受，因此就失去了那一分对神的享受。亚当从神前堕落，结果使全世界的人失掉了神。因此以弗所二章十二节说，今天人活在世上，乃是没有指望，没有神。路加十五章的那个浪子，就是所有人类的描绘。从作君王、总统的，到扫马路、讨饭的，个个都是浪子，都变得一贫如洗，跟猪生活在一起。人堕落，就是从神堕落，从产业堕落了。人失去神作他的产业和享受。这是头一步。
　　人堕落后，第二步就是卖身给罪。保罗在罗马七章十四节说，“我是……已经卖给罪了。”我们是堕落的罪人，我们失去了神，我们没有神了。不仅如此，我们也是将身体卖给了罪，作了罪的奴隶（六19）。罪支配了我们。今天的世人，不管是什么人，都在罪的支配之下。有的人理性高一点，还能受理智控制，为了社会、亲族、朋友，不肯在身外胡来；但在心思里他们也都是胡来的。谁在心里不是卖给罪的？我们都是将自己卖给了罪。
　　今天所有的人都把神失掉了，就是把产业丢了，并且没有真实的住处。堕落的人……都是漂泊流浪、无家可归的。表面看来他们有高楼大厦，实际上他们里面却没有安息，没有住处。人之所以是漂泊的，乃是因为人失掉了神。神是人真正的居所，神也是人真正的产业（禧年，二一至二三页）。
　　参读：禧年，第二篇。

　　After God created Adam, He put Adam in front of the tree of life, indicating that He wanted Adam to receive the tree of life; besides this, He indicated little else to Adam. What is the tree of life? The tree of life is God. The Lord Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger, and he who believes into Me shall by no means ever thirst" (John 6:35). Psalm 36:9 also says, "With You is the fountain of life." The Lord is the tree of life and the river of life; he who believes into Him eats and drinks Him and is satisfied. To be sure, God is our possession. Furthermore, according to Psalm 16:5, God is not only our inheritance but also the portion of our cup. In this verse, inheritance is a general expression, whereas cup is a more personal expression. God is not only our inheritance but also the portion of our cup for our enjoyment. God is not only our possession but also our real enjoyment. Moreover, God maintains our allotted portion.

　　God presented the tree of life to Adam, but Adam did not take it; hence, he lost his portion of the enjoyment of God. Adam fell from God's presence, and as a result, all the people of the world lost God. Therefore, Ephesians 2:12 says that people living in the world today have no hope and are without God. The prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32 is a portrait of all mankind. From kings and presidents to street sweepers and beggars, everyone is a prodigal son who has become penniless and who lives with "hogs." The fall of man is a fall from God, a fall from man's possession. Man has lost God as his possession and enjoyment. This is the first step of man's loss.

　　The second step is that in the fall, man sold himself to sin. Paul says in Romans

　　7:14, "I am fleshy, sold under sin." As fallen sinners, we have lost God, and we are without God. Not only so, we have sold our members to sin to become slaves of sin (6:19). Sin dominates man. Today people in the world, no matter who they are, are under the domination of sin. Some people have a higher degree of intellect and thus are controlled by their reason. For the sake of society, their relatives, and their friends, they are not reckless outwardly, but they are still reckless in their mind. Who is not sold to sin in his heart? We have all sold ourselves to sin.

　　Today all men have lost God as their possession, and they have no real dwelling place. Fallen people are all drifting about and wandering without a home. Although they may live in high-rise buildings or large mansions, within them there is no rest, no dwelling place. Man is wandering because he has lost God. God is man's real dwelling place and real possession. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 4, "The Jubilee," pp. 17-18)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1984, vol. 4, "The Jubilee," ch. 2