弗六12　因我们并不是与血肉之人摔跤，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这黑暗世界的、以及诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力摔跤。

　　启十一15　第七位天使吹号，天上就有大声音说，世上的国，成了我主和祂基督的国，祂要作王，直到永永远远。

　　按旧约预表，迦南有两方面：在积极一面，迦南是丰富之地（申八7~10与7注1），预表包罗万有的基督同祂追测不尽的丰富（西一12，弗三8）；在消极一面，迦南表征撒但黑暗国度空中、天上的部分。撒但是这世界的王（约十二31）和空中掌权者的首领（弗二2），有他的权势（徒二六18）和他的使者（太二五41），这些使者是他的从属，就是那些执政的、掌权的和管辖这黑暗世界的（弗六12）。因此，撒但有他的国（太十二26），就是黑暗的权势（西一13）。迦南人预表跟随撒但的堕落天使，背叛的天使（启十二4、7），他们成了撒但国里执政的、掌权的和有权势的（参但十13、20）。以色列人与迦南人争战，为要据有并享受美地，这预表整个召会，包括所有的肢体，都有分于属灵的争战，抵挡“诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力”（弗六12），使圣徒能享受基督作包罗万有的地（圣经恢复本，民二一1注1）。

　　Eph. 6:12 For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.

　　Rev. 11:15 And the seventh angel trumpeted; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.

　　In the typology of the Old Testament, Canaan has two aspects: on the positive side, Canaan, a land of riches (Deut. 8:7-10 and footnote 1 on v. 7), typifies the all-inclusive Christ with His unsearchable riches (Col. 1:12; Eph. 3:8), and on the negative side, it signifies the aerial part, the heavenly part, of the dark kingdom of Satan. As the ruler of this world (John 12:31) and as the ruler of the authority of the air (Eph. 2:2), Satan has his authority (Acts 26:18) and his angels (Matt. 25:41), who are his subordinates as principalities, powers, and rulers of the darkness of this world (Eph. 6:12). Hence, he has his kingdom (Matt. 12:26), the authority of darkness (Col. 1:13). The Canaanites typify the fallen angels, the rebellious angels who follow Satan (Rev. 12:4, 7), who have become the powers, rulers, and authorities in Satan's kingdom (cf. Dan. 10:13, 20). The fighting of the children of Israel against the Canaanites that they might possess and enjoy the good land typifies the spiritual warfare of the church as a whole, including all the members, against "the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies" (Eph. 6:12) that the saints may enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive land. (Num. 21:1, footnote 1)

　　召会必须是这样一个团体的战士，抵挡撒但空中的势力，使神的子民更多赢得基督，好建造基督的身体，建立并开展神的国，使基督能回来承受这地（圣经恢复本，民二一1注1）。

　　全本圣经给我们看见一件事—神的心意是要得着一班编组成军的人，以基督为他们的生活意义、见证、中心、领导、道路与目标，并且往前为神争战，使祂在地上取得立场，并得着一班人建造成为祂的国和祂的家，终极完成于新耶路撒冷。

　　民数记有三段：成军（一1~九14）、行程（九15~二十29，二一4~20，三三1~49）与争战（二一1~3，二一21~三二42，三三50~三六13）。

　　神要得着一班人并将他们编组成军，这心意的完成不是简单的事。这支军队由十二支派编组而成。真美妙，雅各正好有十二个儿子，他们就成为十二支派。在这十二支派当中，利未奉献给神来服事帐幕，因而缺了一个支派。然而，这缺欠因约瑟借着他的两个儿子—以法莲和玛拿西，领受双分得以补足；他们补上空缺，使支派的数目保持十二。不仅如此，在奉献的利未支派里有亚伦的家，就是祭司的家。利未有三个儿子，他们围绕帐幕的三边安营。摩西、亚伦和亚伦的儿子在帐幕前面安营。以色列人这样部署安营，真是奇妙。

　　在以色列人成军以前，全地被神的仇敌所占据。但在民数记我们看见有一族—以色列族，得拯救、被圣别、被编组且安排成为军队。这对仇敌乃是一个羞辱。

　　人的心思无法写出像民数记这样的书卷。有许多编组军队的其他记载，但没有一个像民数记的记载一样。只有神能写出这样的记载，而且提供所需要的人，编组成这样的一支军队。在这支军队里的人是以基督为他们的一切—他们生活的意义、他们的见证、他们的中心，以及他们的领导、他们的道路与他们的目标（民数记生命读经，七至八页）。

　　参读：包罗万有的基督，第十二至十三篇。

　　The church must be such a corporate warrior, fighting against Satan's aerial forces so that God's people may gain more of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ, establishing and spreading the kingdom of God so that Christ can come back to inherit the earth. (Num. 21:1, footnote 1)

　　The entire Bible shows us one thing—that God's intention is to have a people formed into an army to take Christ as their meaning of life, testimony, center, Leader, way, and goal and to proceed on and fight for God that He may gain the ground on earth and have a people built up as His kingdom and His house, which will consummate in the New Jerusalem.

　　The book of Numbers has three sections: being formed into an army (1:1—9:14), journeying (9:15—20:29; 21:4-20; 33:1-49), and fighting (21:1-3; 21:21—32:42; 33:50—36:13).

　　The fulfillment of God's intention to gain a people and to have them formed into an army was not a simple matter. This army was formed with twelve tribes. It is wonderful that Jacob had exactly twelve sons, who became twelve tribes. Among these twelve tribes, Levi was consecrated to God for the service of the tabernacle. As a result, there was the shortage of one tribe. However, this shortage was made up by Joseph's receiving a double portion through his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who filled the gap to keep the number of tribes at twelve. Furthermore, within the consecrated tribe of Levi was the house of Aaron, the priestly house. Levi had three sons who encamped around three sides of the tabernacle. Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons encamped at the front of the tabernacle. Such a camping of the children of Israel in array was marvelous.

　　Before the children of Israel were formed into an army, the whole earth had been taken over by God's enemy. But in Numbers we see that one race, the race of Israel, was saved, sanctified, and formed and arranged into an army. This was a shame to the enemy.

　　No human mind could have written a book such as Numbers. There are many other records of the formation of armies, but there is none like the record in Numbers. Only God could write such a record and provide the persons needed to form such an army. The persons in this army take Christ as their everything—their meaning of life, their testimony, their center, and their Leader, their way, and their goal. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 6-7)

　　Further Reading: The All-inclusive Christ, chs. 12-13