弗六10~11　末了的话，你们要在主里，靠着祂力量的权能，得着加力。要穿戴神全副的军装，使你们能以站住，抵挡魔鬼的诡计。

　　在以色列家编组成争战的军队这件事上，我们再次看见创世记一章所启示的原则：神渴望得着一个团体的人，代表祂从撒但霸占的手中征服并重新得回这地。神已将迦南美地赐给以色列，但以色列人必须从神仇敌霸占的手中夺回这地。他们无法轻易地得着那地，必须寸土必争，击败众仇敌。争战的目的和目标乃是占有这地。

　　民数记中有一些重要的原则，是我们今天要应用的。我们要问，如今神的军队在哪里？我们也需要问自己，我们是否在军队中？这就是难处的所在。今天因为没有建造，所以没有军队。召会若没有得着建造，就没有祭司体系；若没有祭司体系，就没有军队（李文集一九六四年第四册，三三○至三三一页）。

　　Eph. 6:10-11 Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.

　　In the forming of the house of Israel into a fighting army, we again see the principle revealed in Genesis 1: God desires a corporate man to represent Him in subduing and regaining this earth from the usurping hand of Satan. God had given Israel a good land called Canaan, but the Israelites had to take this land from the usurping hand of God's enemy. They could not gain the land easily; they had to fight inch by inch, defeating all their enemies. The purpose and goal of the fighting was to possess the land.

　　The book of Numbers is a book of vital principles for us to apply today. Where is the army now? Are you in the army? This is the problem. There is no army, because there is no building. If the church is not built, there is no priesthood, and if there is no priesthood, there is no army. (CWWL, 1964, vol. 4, "The Vision of God's Building," p. 246)

　　亚拉得王〔民二一1〕、亚摩利人的王（21）和巴珊王（33），是约但河东的“守门者”，为撒但护卫着迦南地，就是黑暗的国。以色列人要进入美地，必须通过这三个王所管治的境界，与他们争战，毁灭他们，并占领他们的境界。这表征召会要享受追测不尽之丰富的基督，就必须击败这几个王所表征的仇敌并占领他们的境界（圣经恢复本，民二一1注2）。

　　在与神并为神的争战中，以色列人战胜亚拉得王，并毁灭他的百姓（1~3）。借此，他们战胜了迦南人中间的第一个仇敌。……神的子民也战胜了亚摩利人的王西宏同他的百姓，以及巴珊王噩同他的百姓（21~35）。这就是说，他们胜过迦南的两个守门者。……以色列人也战胜了米甸人同他们的五王（三一1~12）。以色列人战胜了米甸人，就胜过了迦南的守卫军。

　　神拣选并救赎的百姓所战胜的诸王，表征空中属灵的有能者、执政者和掌权者。今天我们需要与这些有能者争战并战胜他们。……神的百姓与诸王争战，是为着进入神所应许的美地，使神的国能在那里扩展并建立。今天我们的原则也是一样。当我们战胜空中执政的、有能的、掌权的，神的国就必得着扩展并建立。

　　神所拣选并救赎的人既是祭司军队，执行圣别的争战，他们就背负着神的居所、见证的帐幕同见证的柜。这指明今天在召会生活中，我们正在背负神的见证同神自己。在我们的肩头上，我们不仅担负着神的居所，也担负着居住者，就是神自己。只要召会背负着神的见证，召会就是神的居所。实际上，神的居所就是神的见证。今天，这神的见证，神的居所，就在我们的肩头上。

　　见证的帐幕表征神所拣选并救赎的人，与祂一同建造成为祂在地上的居所（新约里的召会）。

　　在这里我们要指出，就属灵一面说，以色列人的历史与召会的历史乃是一。以色列人的历史是预表，召会的历史是这预表的实际。这就是说，出埃及记、利未记和民数记中所记载的，预表使徒行传和书信中所记载的。

　　见证的柜表征基督是神在祂拣选并救赎之人中间经纶的中心。今天我们中间有约柜，也就是说，我们有基督亲自与我们同在（民数记生命读经，四四四至四四六页）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第三十二、五十篇。

　　The kings of Arad, of the Amorites (Num. 21:21), and of Bashan (v. 33) were the "gate guards" on the east of the Jordan, guarding the land of Canaan, the kingdom of darkness, for Satan. In order for the children of Israel to enter into the good land, they had to pass through the territory controlled by these kings and had to fight against them, destroy them, and take over their territory. This signifies that in order to enjoy the unsearchably rich Christ, the church must defeat and take over the territory of the enemies signified by these kings. (Num. 21:1, footnote 2)

　　In their fighting together with God and for God, the children of Israel defeated the king of Arad and destroyed his people (Num. 21:1-3). By doing this, they overcame the first enemy among the Canaanites.

　　God's people also defeated Sihon king of the Amorites with his people and Og king of Bashan with his people (21:21-35). This means that they overcame Canaan's two gate guards.

　　The children of Israel also defeated the Midianites with their five kings (31:1-12). By defeating the Midianites, the people overcame Canaan's gate army.

　　The kings defeated by God's chosen and redeemed people signify the spiritual powers, rulers, and authorities in the air. Today we need to fight against these powers and defeat them.

　　The fighting of God's people against the kings was for the entrance into the God-promised good land that the kingdom of God might be spread and established there. The principle is the same with us today. When we defeat the rulers, powers, and authorities in the air, the kingdom of God surely is spread and established.

　　As the priestly army carrying out the holy war, God's chosen and redeemed people bore with them God's dwelling, the Tabernacle of the Testimony with the Ark of the Testimony. This indicates that in the church life today we are bearing God's testimony with God Himself. Upon our shoulder we not only have God's dwelling place but also the Dweller, God Himself. As long as the church bears the testimony of God, the church is God's dwelling place. Actually, the dwelling place of God is the testimony of God. Today, this testimony of God, this dwelling place of God, is upon our shoulder.

　　The Tabernacle of the Testimony signifies God's chosen and redeemed people built up with Him as His dwelling on the earth (the church in the New Testament).

　　Here we would point out that, spiritually speaking, the history of Israel and the history of the church are one. The history of Israel is a prefigure, and the history of the church is the reality of the prefigure. This means that what is recorded in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers prefigures what is recorded in Acts and in the Epistles.

　　The Ark of the Testimony signifies Christ as the center of God's economy among His chosen and redeemed people. Today we have the Ark among us; that is, we have Christ with us in a personal way. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 355-357)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 32, 50