西二9　因为神格一切的丰满，都有形有体地居住在基督里面。

　　 一27　神愿意叫他们知道，这奥秘的荣耀在外邦人中是何等的丰富，就是基督在你们里面成了荣耀的盼望。

　　民数记的总纲是蒙救赎、被圣别的以色列人编组成为神圣别的军队，要跟随神的领率往前，并要为祂争战。……在摩西五经，就是摩西的五卷书里，所记载的都是预表。尤其整个以色列国，乃是召会的预表。以色列人如何编组成为军队，召会也该照样编组成为军队。关于这点，我们不该看当前的情况，不该看外表。……我们会对召会军队的存在有怀疑，但撒但却知道有这样一支军队。我们需要相信，今天有一支由所有忠信者编组而成的军队，一直前行并争战，使神得着国度与住家（民数记生命读经，四页）。

　　Col. 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

　　1:27 To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

　　The general sketch of Numbers is that the redeemed and sanctified Israelites were formed into a holy army of God, which was to proceed by following God's leading and was to fight for Him.

　　Whatever is written in the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses, is a type. In particular, in these books we see that the entire nation of Israel was a type of the church. As Israel was formed into an army, so the church should be formed into an army. Concerning this, we should not look at the present situation, at the outward appearance....Although we may have doubts about the existence of a church army, Satan knows that there is such an army. We need to believe that today there is an army formed with all the faithful ones, journeying and fighting all the time that God may have a kingdom with a house. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 3)

　　我们可以笼统地说，全本圣经的中心思想是基督，因为圣经集中于基督为中心。但民数记的中心思想是什么？民数记的中心思想乃是基督是神子民的生活意义、见证、中心，以及他们行程和争战的领导、道路与目标。

　　民数记启示基督是神子民生活的意义。在旷野的四十年间，二百万以色列人似乎没有作什么。他们没有从事工业、商业或农业。但一天又一天，他们忙于一件事—神见证的柜（七89）。见证的柜是帐幕的中心；帐幕称为见证的帐幕（一50、53）。以色列人四十年之久为着保守约柜同帐幕而工作。约柜连同帐幕是他们生活的意义。倘若没有约柜，以色列人的生活就不会有任何意义。约柜和帐幕都称为神的见证。既然约柜预表基督，以色列人生活的意义就是顾到作神见证的基督（民数记生命读经，四至五页）。

　　我们是按着主耶稣的形像造的，是刚好适合让祂进到我们里面来穿上我们。这就是宇宙的意义。宇宙的意义就是神的彰显，哪里有神的彰显，哪里就有宇宙的意义。神得着彰显的路，不是客观的，乃是主观的；神乃是要进到人里面，借着人得着彰显。因此，当初神造人，是按着祂的形像造的。神这样造人乃是非常特别的。好比我们室内的照明都是用电灯泡，每个电灯泡都是专为着彰显电而发出电光。然而，若是电不能通到灯泡里发出光，电灯泡就失去它存在的意义。我们人生的意义，就是要让神进到我们里头。宇宙的意义，就是在宇宙间有一班人得着神进到他们里面，作他们的内容。所以，得救就是从没有人生的意义，蒙神拯救，进到有意义的生命里。现今我们得救了，我们有了人生的意义。主耶稣在我们里面，就是有意义的生命（李文集一九七一年第一册，一九七至一九八页）。

　　在你得救以前，你知道宇宙的目的么？你知道人生的意义么？当然你不知道这些事。你不知道你在地上生活的目的，或者你的定命将是什么。宇宙的目的和你生命的意义都是奥秘。唯有我们领受关于基督的异象，并且经历神的救恩时，我们才能领会宇宙和我们在地上生活的奥秘（哥林多前书生命读经，一九三至一九四页）。

　　参读：人生的意义与正确的奉献，第二篇。

　　In a general way, we may say that the central thought of the entire Bible is Christ, for the Bible is focused on Christ as the center. But what is the central thought of the book of Numbers? The central thought of Numbers is that Christ is the meaning of life, the testimony, the center of God's people, and the Leader, the way, and the goal of their journey and fighting.

　　In Numbers Christ is revealed as the meaning of life for God's people. It seems that during the forty years in the wilderness, the two million Israelites were doing nothing. They did not engage in industry, commerce, or farming. But day by day they were busy with one thing—the Ark of God's testimony (Num. 7:89). The Ark of the Testimony was the center of the tabernacle, which was called the Tabernacle of the Testimony (1:50, 53). For forty years the Israelites worked for the keeping of the Ark with the tabernacle. The Ark with the tabernacle was the meaning of their life. If there had not been an Ark, the life of the Israelites would not have had any meaning. Both the Ark and the tabernacle were called God's testimony. Since the Ark typifies Christ, the meaning of the Israelites' life was to take care of Christ as the testimony of God. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 3-4)

　　We were created in the image of the Lord Jesus. This means we were created in a way that matches Him so that He can enter into us. This is the meaning of the universe. The meaning of the universe is for God to be expressed. Wherever God is expressed, the universe has meaning. God gains His expression in a subjective way, not in an objective way. Since God desires to enter into man and be expressed through man, God created man in His image. This is very special. Every light bulb emits light for the sole purpose of expressing electricity. However, if electricity is not transmitted into the light bulb, the light bulb loses its meaning of existence. The meaning of our human life is for God to enter into us and be expressed through us. The meaning of the universe is for a group of people to receive God into them to be their content. Hence, to be saved means to be rescued by God out of a human life that is void of meaning into a life that is full of meaning. Now that we are saved, we have the meaning of our human life. Our life is meaningful because the Lord Jesus is in us. (CWWL, 1971, vol. 1, "The Meaning of Human Life and a Proper Consecration," pp. 142-143)

　　Before you were saved, did you know the purpose of the universe, and did you know the meaning of human life? Certainly you did not know these things. You did not know the purpose of your life on earth or what your destiny would be. Both the purpose of the universe and the meaning of your life were a mystery. Only when we receive a vision concerning Christ and experience God's salvation can we understand the mysteries of the universe and of our life on earth. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, p. 160)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1971, vol. 1, "The Meaning of Human Life and a Proper Consecration," ch. 2