太二三10　〔你们〕也不要受师尊的称呼，因为只有一位是你们的师尊，就是基督。

　　约十四6　耶稣说，我就是道路、实际、生命；若不借着我，没有人能到父那里去。

　　启一5~6　……那忠信的见证人、死人中的首生者、为地上君王元首的耶稣基督，……祂爱我们，用自己的血，把我们从我们的罪中释放了；又使我们成为国度……。

　　这位作神子民生活之意义的基督，乃是神的见证。在旧约里，见证乃指律法。那刻着律法的两块石版称为见证（出二五21），是放在约柜里。因为约柜里放着见证，约柜就称为见证的柜（民数记生命读经，五页）。

　　Matt. 23:10 Neither be called instructors, because One is your Instructor, the Christ.

　　John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

　　Rev. 1:5-6 ...Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood and made us a kingdom...

　　This Christ, who is the meaning of the life of God's people, is God's testimony. In the Old Testament, the Testimony refers to the law. The two tablets on which the law was inscribed were called the Testimony (Exo. 25:21) and were placed in the Ark. Because the Testimony was put into the Ark, the Ark was called the Ark of the Testimony. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 4)

　　律法总是见证制定律法的人。根据这原则，神的律法乃是神所是的见证，告诉我们神是怎样的神。律法告诉我们，神是爱、光，也是圣、义。爱、光、圣、义是四个神圣的属性。律法是神所是的描绘，预表基督是神在祂一切神圣属性里的具体化身。在基督里我们看见神是爱和光，祂也是圣和义。因此，新约告诉我们，基督是神的具体化身（西二9）。这就是说，祂是神的描绘，祂是神所是的见证。因着基督是神所是的见证，祂被称为“那忠信真实的见证人”（启三14，一5）。既是神的见证人，基督就背负神的见证，给我们看见神是怎样的神。

　　神的子民不仅该以基督为生活的意义，也该过见证基督的生活。神的子民有这种生活时，基督就成为他们的见证。在民数记我们看见，基督是神子民的见证。

　　基督也是神子民的中心。这由以色列人在帐幕四围（每边三个支派）安营的方式所描绘。四个营（每营由三个支派所组成）和利未支派的三个家族都以帐幕连同约柜为中心。因此以色列人以基督为生活的意义、见证与中心。这给我们看见，今天我们召会该以基督为我们的生活意义、我们的见证和我们的中心。

　　民数记启示，这位作我们生活意义、见证与中心的基督，乃是一直在行动、活动并往前的一位。在祂往前时，祂是我们的领导（太二三10）、我们的道路（约十四6）、我们的目标（腓三12~14）。领导就是在路上领先往前。今天我们正以基督为我们的领导，我们正跟随着祂。祂在祂的道路上并朝着祂的目标领导着我们；这道路与目标其实都是祂自己。属世的人没有道路，也没有目标，但我们有基督，祂不仅作我们的领导，也作我们的道路与我们的目标。

　　在新约里有基督这一切方面的启示，但说得并不详细。若是只有新约，而没有旧约同其一切预表，我们就无法看见对基督这样详细、细致的描绘。要完全看见基督是生活的意义、见证、中心，以及领导、道路和目标，我们需要民数记里的描绘。

　　为着神所救赎之人的行程并为着他们的争战，基督是生活的意义、见证、中心，以及领导、道路和目标。倘若基督对我们不是这一切，神就无法在地上取得立场，建立祂的国同祂的家，终极完成于新耶路撒冷。新耶路撒冷将是神国和神家的完成（民数记生命读经，五至七页）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第一至二篇。

　　A law is always a testimony of the one who made it. In keeping with this principle, the law of God is a testimony of what God is; it tells us what kind of God our God is. The law tells us that God is love and light and that He is holy and righteous. Love, light, holiness, and righteousness are four of the divine attributes. The law, as a portrait of what God is, typifies Christ as the embodiment of God in all His divine attributes. In Christ we see that God is love and light and that He is holy and righteous. Thus, the New Testament tells us that Christ is the embodiment of God (Col. 2:9). For Christ to be the embodiment of God means that He is the portrait of God, and as such He is the testimony of what God is. Because Christ is the testimony of what God is, He is called "the faithful and true Witness" (Rev. 3:14; 1:5). As God's Witness, Christ bears God's testimony to show us what kind of God He is.

　　God's people should not only take Christ as the meaning of life but also live a life of testifying Christ. When God's people have this kind of living, Christ becomes their testimony. In Numbers we see Christ as the testimony of God's people.

　　Christ is also the center of God's people. This is portrayed by the way the children of Israel were encamped around the tabernacle with three tribes on each side. The four camps, each composed of three tribes, and the three families of the tribe of Levi all took the tabernacle with the Ark as the center. The children of Israel thus took Christ as the meaning of life, the testimony, and the center. This shows us that as the church today we should take Christ as our meaning of life, our testimony, and our center.

　　The book of Numbers reveals that this Christ, who is the meaning of our life, our testimony, and our center, is One who is moving, acting, and always proceeding onward. In His proceeding onward, He is our Leader (Matt. 23:10), our way (John 14:6), and our goal (Phil. 3:12-14). To take the lead is to proceed on the way. Today we are taking Christ as our Leader, and we are following Him. He is leading us on His way and toward His goal, both of which are actually Himself. Worldly people have neither a way nor a goal, but we have Christ not only as our Leader but also as our way and our goal.

　　In the New Testament there is a revelation of Christ in all these aspects, but it is not given there in detail. If we had only the New Testament and not the Old Testament with all its types, we could not see Christ in such a detailed and fine portrait. For a complete view of Christ as the meaning of life, the testimony, the center, and the Leader, the way, and the goal, we need the portrait in the book of Numbers.

　　For the journey of God's redeemed people and for their fighting, Christ is the meaning of life, the testimony, the center, and the Leader, the way, and the goal. If Christ were not all of this to us, there would not be a way for God to gain the ground on earth to build up His kingdom with His house, which eventually will consummate in the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem will be the consummation of God's kingdom and God's house. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 4-6)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 1-2