弗六11　要穿戴神全副的军装，使你们能以站住，抵挡魔鬼的诡计。

　　太六10　愿你的国来临，愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。

　　神从来没有意思要祂的信徒只有属天的美丽而无争战的性质。属天的争战，从来没有在主面前被忘记的。……信徒应该是可爱的，同时，也该是可怕的。今天的信徒，在主的面前失去了他的可爱，在仇敌和世人面前也失去了他的可怕。……圣经里常说到主的可怕，这乃是因为主的圣别。如果我们保守自己圣别而且得胜，许多的时候，你要看见仇敌退后，而世人不敢进前。

　　〔新妇〕不只有一个充满盼望的前途，也不只有了完全属天的生活，并且还是时常歌唱得胜的凯歌者。她乃是可畏如“展开旌旗的军队”，是从得胜一直到得胜的（歌中的歌，一一六、一二一页）。

　　她成为得撒和耶路撒冷时，就有个东西建造起来，表明神的美丽和神的秀美。那时候，神的仇敌战抖，因为这微小的乡村女子成了展开旌旗的军队。威武的军队表征主的这些得胜者使神的仇敌撒但惧怕，并且在神子民眼中成为威武的。军队在神的子民堕落时为神的国争战，成为答应主呼召的得胜者（雅歌结晶读经，一二○页）。

　　Eph. 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.

　　Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.

　　God has no intention for His believers to possess only the heavenly beauty without possessing a warring nature. The heavenly warfare is never abated before the Lord.

　　Believers ought to be lovable and terrible at the same time. Believers today have lost their loveliness before the Lord, and they have lost their terribleness before the enemy and the world....The Bible often mentions the terribleness of the Lord; He is terrible because He is holy. If we maintain our holiness and victory, we will see the enemy retreating and the world standing back.

　　Not only does [the bride] have a future that is full of hope, and a life that is absolutely heavenly, but she is a victor who constantly triumphs in her victory. She is "terrible as an army with banners." She goes from victory to victory. (CWWN, vol. 23, pp. 97, 101)

　　When she becomes Tirzah and Jerusalem, something is built up to show God's beauty and God's loveliness. At that time God's enemy trembles because this little country girl has become an army with banners. A terrible army signifies that these overcomers of the Lord terrify God's enemy, Satan, and become terrible in the eyes of God's people. An army fights the battle for God's kingdom in the degradation of God's people to be the overcomers answering the Lord's call. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, "Crystallization-study of Song of Songs," p. 347)

　　召会不仅是身体、新人、新妇、家、国和居所，召会也是战士，与神的仇敌争战。神的仇敌撒但，惧怕这样的召会。撒但不怕个人主义的基督徒，即使他们的人数成千上万。然而当信徒来在一起，显出召会是身体和这些其他的方面时，撒但就要战抖。借着召会的这七方面，基督就得着彰显，父就得着安息，仇敌也要被击败。愿我们都看见这异象，召会不是个人圣别或属灵的问题；相反的，召会乃是建造在一起。……我们就是这样的召会，要击败仇敌并为主耶稣的回来预备道路（以弗所书生命读经，七五八至七五九页）。

　　大卫是预表在苦难中争战的基督，所以他的妻子亚比该，预表在苦难中争战的召会。从撒上二十五章之后，亚比该一直在战士大卫的身边，一直跟着大卫作战；所以她预表从军的召会，就是在苦难中为神国争战的召会（召会的意义，一二一页）。

　　在宇宙中有三个意志：神的意志、撒但的意志以及人的意志。我们若要知道召会如何能作神的战士，从事属灵的争战，我们就必须认识这三个意志，这三个意愿。神的意志是自有永有的，是永远的、非受造的。作为受造之物的天使也有意志。众天使中的一位，就是天使长，受神指派管理亚当被造之前的宇宙。这天使长因着自己的高位和美丽，就变得骄傲起来。这骄傲使他兴起邪恶的意愿，这就成了撒但的意志。因此，在神的意愿，神的意志之外，还有第二个意愿，第二个意志；因为撒但的意志如今是对抗神的意志的。

　　不仅神永远的定旨必须成就，基督的心愿必须得到满足，神的仇敌也必须被击败。为此，召会必须是战士。甚至在雅歌中，我们也看见，当寻求者享受主的同在时，争战也在进行着。因此，我们是照着实际、凭着恩典行事，我们是活在爱和光中，并且我们也争战，为要征服撒但的意志（以弗所书生命读经，六三四、六三七页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第二百一十三至二百一十五、二百一十八篇。

　　Not only is the church the Body, the new man, the bride, the family, the kingdom, and the dwelling place; the church is also the warrior to fight against God's enemy. God's enemy, Satan, is terrified of such a church. Satan is not afraid of individualistic Christians, not even if they number in the thousands. But whenever the believers come together as the church in the aspect of the Body and in these other aspects, Satan trembles. By the church in these seven aspects Christ is expressed, the Father has rest, and the enemy is defeated. May we all see the vision that the church is not a matter of individual holiness or spirituality. On the contrary, it is a matter of being built up together....As such a church, we defeat the enemy and prepare the way for the Lord Jesus to come back. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 627)

　　David typifies the warring Christ in the midst of sufferings; thus, his wife Abigail typifies the warring church in the midst of sufferings. From 1 Samuel 25 onward, Abigail was always at the side of David the warrior and followed him in his wars. Hence, she typifies the warring church, fighting for God's kingdom in the midst of sufferings. (Three Aspects of the Church, Book 1: The Meaning of the Church, p. 106)

　　In the universe there are three wills: the divine will, the satanic will, and the human will. If we would know how the church can be God's warrior to engage in spiritual warfare, we must know these three wills, these three intentions. God's will, being self-existing, is eternal, uncreated. As created beings, the angels also have a will. One of these angels, an archangel, was appointed by God to rule the universe that existed before the creation of Adam. Because of his high position and his beauty, this archangel became proud. This pride gave rise to an evil intention, which became the satanic will. Therefore, in addition to God's intention, God's will, there is a second intention, a second will, for now the satanic will is set against God's will.

　　Not only must God's eternal purpose be fulfilled and the desire of Christ's heart be satisfied, but God's enemy must be defeated. For this, the church must be a warrior. Even in the Song of Songs we see that as the seeking one enjoys the Lord's presence, the fighting is going on. Therefore, we walk according to truth and by grace, we live in love and light, and we fight to subdue the satanic will. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 527, 529-530)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msgs. 213-215, 218