歌八6　求你将我放在你心上如印记，带在你臂上如戳记；因为爱如死之坚强，嫉妒如阴间之残忍……。

　　林后十一2　我以神的妒忌，妒忌你们，因为我曾把你们许配一个丈夫，要将一个贞洁的童女献给基督。

　　〔民数记五章十一至三十一节里〕对付丈夫所疑忌的妻子这事，预表基督对祂的信徒和召会所起的妒忌。……我们也许不是背叛的（患麻风的），也相当自制而且受约束（没有漏症），对神与对人的行为也全然正确，但作为基督的妻子，我们是贞洁的么？……作妻子的若欣赏别的男人，就近乎失去贞洁。

　　在启示录里，基督争战的军队由祂的得胜者所组成，他们是争战的妻子，与基督相配（十九7~9、11~14）。我们要成为主争战军队的一部分，就必须是贞洁的。民数记里的对付，表明神的子民被编组成为军队的要求非常高（民数记生命读经，五六至五七页）。

　　S.S. 8:6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as cruel as Sheol...

　　2 Cor. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

　　The dealing with a wife over whom her husband was jealous typifies Christ's jealousy over His believers and His church....We may not be rebellious (leprous), we may be quite self-controlled and restrained (not discharging), and our behavior may be altogether right with both God and man, but as a wife to Christ, are we chaste?...If a wife appreciates any other man, she is on the verge of losing her chastity.

　　In Revelation, Christ's fighting army is composed of His overcomers, who are a fighting wife to match Christ (Rev. 19:7-9, 11-14). In order to be a part of the Lord's fighting army, we must be chaste. The dealings in the book of Numbers show that the requirement for God's people to be formed into an army is very high. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 50-51)

　　召会和众信徒该只以基督为他们的爱（林后十一2~3）。召会或任何信徒，若是在基督以外寻求和追求任何事物，在神眼中都是属灵的奸淫。凡犯属灵淫乱的人必受神的审判和咒诅（林前十六22），不能为神争战并事奉神（民数记生命读经，五七页）。

　　妒忌通常被视为消极的东西，但这是神的一个属性。宇宙中神是最妒忌的一位。每当我们爱任何人事物而不爱祂，祂就起了妒忌。祂要我们唯独、单单、完全的爱祂。……神的妒忌如同丈夫对妻子的妒忌。没有一个丈夫能容忍自己的妻子在他以外爱别的男人。同样，神对我们是妒忌的。因此，妒忌是祂的一个属性。……我们既知道我们的神是妒忌的，就该让祂的妒忌成为我们的，使我们只在意祂，只爱祂，不让别的人事物在我们心里顶替祂。不仅如此，我们对祂的爱该是纯洁的，我们的心思该是单一的，并且我们的全人该以祂为中心（新约总论第一册，一二八至一二九页）。

　　〔雅歌八章〕寻求者在她的祷告中说，主的爱如死之坚强〔6上〕。……没有什么能像死那样描述主爱的力量。除了神以外，死是宇宙中最强的力量。当死临到一个人时，没有什么能抗拒得了它。……〔主〕的爱就这么抓住了我们！所有主耶稣的寻求者，都被祂的爱抓住了，这爱像死一样的坚强。

　　寻求者继续以这样的方式祷告：“嫉妒如阴间之残忍；所闪的光是火的闪光，是耶和华的烈焰。”（6下）有闪光的火随着这样的爱和这样的嫉妒。我们已经看见，神不仅是嫉妒的神，也是像烈火的神。“耶和华你的神乃是烈火。”〔申四24〕烈火的神和嫉妒的神，烈火和嫉妒，这二者是在一起的（李文集一九七二年第一册，四五七至四五九页）。

　　“〔主啊，〕你的眼睛不能看属乎你的爱被世人所玷污，被情人所侵占。你要嫉妒，因为从古以来，你就是忌邪的神（出二十5）。并且你的使徒岂不是曾对我们说到神的妒忌么？（林后十一2）你若肯嫉妒，有谁能在我里面站在你的嫉妒的面前呢？有什么能在我里面抵挡你的嫉妒呢？你要毁坏你一切的仇敌，你要挪移你一切的拦阻，一直等到你作独一的主，作万有的神，作无人与竞的王；我就蒙着保守，我就不会失去我的贞洁，一直到我见你的面。”（歌中的歌，一四一至一四二页）

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第七篇；新约总论，第四百二十八篇。

　　The church and all the believers should have only Christ as their love (2 Cor. 11:2-3). If the church or any of the believers seeks and pursues anything other than Christ, that is spiritual adultery in the eyes of God. Those who commit spiritual fornication will be judged and cursed by God (1 Cor. 16:22) and will not be able to fight for God and serve God. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 51)

　　Jealousy is usually regarded as a negative thing, but it is one of God's attributes. The most jealous one in the universe is God. He is jealous whenever we love anything or anyone in place of Him. He wants us to love Him uniquely, singly, wholly.

　　The jealousy of God is like the jealousy of a husband over his wife. No husband could tolerate his wife's loving another man besides him. Likewise, God is jealous over us. Jealousy, therefore, is one of His attributes.

　　Knowing that our God is jealous, we should let His jealousy be ours that we would care only for Him, love Him, and allow no one and nothing to replace Him in our hearts. Furthermore, our love for Him should be pure, our mind should be single, and our entire being should be focused on Him. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 109-110)

　　In her prayer [in Song of Songs 8:6], the seeking one says that the love of the Lord is as strong as death....There is nothing that describes the strength of the Lord's love as death does. Death is the strongest power in the universe, outside of God. When death visits a person, nothing can reject it....[Similarly, the Lord's] love will simply capture us! All the seekers of the Lord Jesus have been captured by His love. It is as strong as death.

　　Then the prayer of the seeking one continues in this way: "Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol; / Its flashes are the flashes of fire, / A flame of Jehovah" (S.S. 8:6). With this love and with this jealousy is a flashing fire. We have already seen that God is not only a jealous God but also a consuming God. "Jehovah your God is a consuming fire" [Deut. 4:24]. These two go together: the consuming God and the jealous God, the consuming fire and the jealousy. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, "Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs," pp. 342-343)

　　"[Lord], Your eyes cannot stand to see those who are Yours being defiled by the world or usurped by other loves. You are jealous; from the beginning of time You have been a jealous God (Exo. 20:5). Have not Your apostles told us about the jealousy of God (2 Cor. 11:2)? If You are jealous, who can withstand Your jealousy? What can withstand Your jealousy? You will destroy all Your enemies. You will remove all hindrances until You become the unique Lord, the God of all, and the unchallenged King. In this way, I will be protected, and my chastity will be preserved until I see Your face." (CWWN, vol. 23, "The Song of Songs," p. 120)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msg. 7; The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 428