徒二32~33　这位耶稣，神已经叫祂复活了，我们都是这事的见证人。祂既被高举在神的右边，又从父领受了所应许的圣灵，就把你们所看见所听见的，浇灌下来。
　　借着基督的复活，我们这些在基督里的信徒，就产生成为活的肢体，以构成基督的身体。召会的肢体已经借着、同着并在基督的复活里产生了。
　　虽然召会的产生开始于基督的复活，但召会的形成乃是直到主复活五十天后的五旬节才发生。在五旬节那天，圣灵作为经过过程并分赐之三一神那包罗万有的灵，为着召会的形成浇灌下来。……在复活里，基督成了赐生命的灵（林前十五45）。在五旬节那天，那灵，实际上就是基督自己，浇灌在基督的肢体上；这些肢体乃是借祂的复活所产生的。这样，召会就形成了（民数记生命读经，三五九页）。

　　Acts 2:32-33 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses. Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.

　　Through Christ's resurrection we, the believers in Christ, have been produced to be the living members for the constitution of the Body of Christ. The members of the church have been produced by, with, and in Christ's resurrection.

　　Although the producing of the church began with Christ's resurrection, the formation of the church did not take place until Pentecost, fifty days after the Lord's resurrection. On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit as the all-inclusive Spirit of the processed and dispensing Triune God was poured out for the formation of the church....In resurrection Christ has become the life-giving Spirit

　　(1 Cor. 15:45). On the day of Pentecost, the Spirit, who is actually Christ Himself, was poured out upon the members of Christ, who were produced through His resurrection. In this way the church was formed. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 294)

　　召会的形成分为两部分—犹太的部分和外邦的部分。五旬节那天献给神，由两个加酵烤成的饼所组成的新素祭（利二三16~17），预表了召会这两部分，就是由耶路撒冷的圣徒（徒二）和哥尼流家里的圣徒（徒十）所代表的。
　　逾越节是应验在基督受死那一天（太二六2、17~19、26~28）。在逾越节那天，我们得救了，得称义并重生了。接着的无酵节就是要我们过无罪的生活。这就是说，无酵节是应验于召会时代。初熟节是应验于基督复活那天（林前十五20）。五旬节是应验于基督复活五十天之后，圣灵浇灌下来的那天（徒二1~4，参一3）。初熟节那天在基督的复活里，为着召会的形成，基督的肢体产生了。然后在五旬节那天，复活并升天的基督，在终极完成、包罗万有、赐生命之灵的形状里，将自己浇灌在祂的肢体身上。这是逾越节到五旬节的意义（民数记生命读经，三五九至三六〇页）。
　　住棚节表征以色列在千年国全享复兴的旧造（利二三33~43，亚十四16~21）。这节期要引进新天新地（神圣启示的中心路线，二八一页）。
　　这表征要来的千年国，是蒙神救赎的人在神的旧造一段完满的时期中，与神同享时代的、喜乐的福分。这不是在新天新地里，乃是在被恢复的地上。
　　“你要对以色列人说，这七月的十五日是住棚节，要向耶和华守这节七日。”（利二三34）这七日表征住棚节不是只有一天，乃是一段完整的时期。这段完整的时期将有一千年。
　　“第一日当有圣会，什么劳碌的工都不可作。”（35）这表征这节期从第一天起，就不是为着个人的，并且不需要任何人的劳碌，乃是叫会众享受安息。
　　“七日之久要将火祭献给耶和华。”（36上）这表征在这节期中，要天天将基督当作食物献给神，使神与人同得满足。按照这预表，在千年国里每天都要献祭给神，表征在我们的经历中，基督乃是神的食物，献给神使神满足，我们也可以与神彼此享受安息（利未记生命读经，五六九至五七〇页）。
　　参读：民数记生命读经，第四十篇；新约总论，第二百八十篇。

　　The formation of the church was of two parts or two sections—the Jewish part and the Gentile part. These two parts of the church, which are represented by the saints in Jerusalem (Acts 2) and by those in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10), are typified by the new meal offering of two loaves of bread baked with leaven offered to God at the Feast of Pentecost (Lev. 23:16-17).

　　The Feast of the Passover was fulfilled on the day of Christ's death (Matt. 26:2, 17-19, 26-28). In the Passover we were saved, justified, and regenerated. Following this, the Feast of Unleavened Bread is for us to live a life without sin. This means that the Feast of Unleavened Bread is being fulfilled in the church age. The Feast of Firstfruits was fulfilled on the day of Christ's resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20). The Feast of Pentecost was fulfilled fifty days after Christ's resurrection, on the day of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4; cf. 1:3). In Christ's resurrection on the day of firstfruits, the members of Christ were produced for the formation of the church. Then on the day of Pentecost the resurrected and ascended Christ poured out Himself upon His members in the form of the consummated, all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit to form the church. This is the significance of the festivals from the Passover to Pentecost. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 295)

　　The Feast of Tabernacles signifies Israel's full enjoyment of the restored old creation in the millennium (Lev. 23:33-43; Zech. 14:16-21). This feast will usher in the new heavens and the new earth. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 1, "The Central Line of the Divine Revelation," p. 535)

　　This feast signifies the coming millennium as a dispensational, joyful blessing for God's redeemed people to enjoy with God for a full period of time in God's old creation. This will take place not in the new heaven and new earth but on the restored earth.

　　"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to Jehovah" (Lev. 23:34). These seven days signify that the Feast of Tabernacles is not for one day only but for a complete course of days. This complete course will be a thousand years.

　　"On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor" (v. 35). This signifies that from the first day it is not a festival for individuals but for a congregation to enjoy rest without the need of any human labor.

　　"Seven days you shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah" (v. 36a). This signifies the offering of Christ day after day as food to God for the satisfaction of both God and man. According to this type, in the millennium every day an offering will be presented to God to signify that Christ is God's food in our experiences offered to God for His satisfaction so that we and God may enjoy mutual rest. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 488)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msg. 40; The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2879-2882