约一1　太初有话，话与神同在，话就是神。

　　14　话成了肉体，支搭帐幕在我们中间，丰丰满满地有恩典，有实际。我们也见过祂的荣耀，正是从父而来独生子的荣耀。

　　民数记一章所描绘的图画给我们看见全本新约，从三一神成为肉体来作人，生活并居住在人中间，直到神成肉体的完成，就是新耶路撒冷。

　　要从民数记一章看见三一神成为肉体很困难，因为我们没有这样的观念。我们若要在这章看见三一神成为肉体，就需要来看帐幕同约柜的事。在帐幕里有约柜，在约柜里有律法。律法称为“见证”（十七4、10）。律法是神的见证，因为律法见证神，给我们看见神。因此，事实上神乃是中心。然而，这里不仅仅是在祂自己里面的神，而是在皂荚木包金所作成之约柜里面的神。这约柜是木与金这两个元素的一个实体，预表那在人性里带着神性的基督（民数记生命读经，九页）。

　　John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

　　14 And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality.

　　The picture portrayed in Numbers chapter 1 shows us the entire New Testament, from the incarnation of the Triune God to be a man, living and dwelling among men, to the consummation of the incarnation, the New Jerusalem.

　　To see the incarnation of the Triune God in Numbers 1 is difficult, because we do not have such a concept. If we would see the incarnation of the Triune God in this chapter, we need to consider the matter of the tabernacle with the Ark. Within the tabernacle was the Ark, and within the Ark was the law. The law is called "the Testimony" (17:4, 10). The law is a testimony of God because it testifies, shows us, God. Thus, it is actually God who is the center. However, here we do not have God merely in Himself but God in an Ark made of acacia wood overlaid with gold. This Ark, being one entity of two elements, wood and gold, typifies Christ in His humanity with His divinity. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 9)

　　在民数记一章没有话成肉体一辞，但是有这幅图画在这里。在帐幕同约柜这幅图画里，我们看见三一神成为肉体来作人，生活在人中间。帐幕是用四十八块竖板建造的。首先，四十八这数字是由六乘八组成的，表征在复活（八）里的人（六）。其次，四十八是由十二乘四组成的，表征在受造之物（四）里的三一神（包含于三乘四所组成的十二这数字）。因此，这幅图画表明三一神成为肉体来作人，生活在人中间。这里我们看见三一神，看见人，也看见三一神居住在人中间。

　　民数记一章提供我们新约从成为肉体到新耶路撒冷的一幅图画。事实上，这是召会历史的摘要，开始于成为肉体，完成于新耶路撒冷。在预表上，从民数记至玛拉基书以色列人的历史，包括非常美好、令人鼓舞的事，以及非常可怜、令人沮丧的事，这些都是描绘召会的历史。

　　在民数记的图画里，神在中心；这就是说，神在约柜里，在基督里。神不再仅仅在诸天之上；神也在地上，在一个是神具体化身的人里。这位是神具体化身的人就是耶稣基督（西二9）。这样一个人由两种元素，金的元素和木的元素所构成。祂是“金木人”，是神人。

　　如今这位奇妙者，就是三一神成为肉体，具体化身成为人，已经得着扩展、扩增并扩大。基督在祂的扩展和扩大里成了帐幕，神的居所。作为这样一个帐幕，祂是人可以进入的。

　　当神只在基督里时，没有人能进入祂里面。若没有基督的扩展，没有人能进入神里面。但如今基督已经扩展成为帐幕，祂不仅是神的居所，也是我们能进入神里面的地方。今天我们能进入神里面，以基督为我们的生命，使祂成为我们生活的意义。祂既是我们的生命，成为我们生活的意义，祂就是我们的见证。我们在每一方面并每一方向活祂，彰显祂，表明祂。然后祂自然而然就成为我们的中心。因此，今天基督是我们生活的意义、我们的见证和我们的中心。

　　基督，神的具体化身，已经扩大成为神所居住并我们所进入的居所。在基督这扩大的身体里，神得着了一个居所，我们也得着了一个地方，在此我们能进入神里面，与神相会，甚至与神调和（民数记生命读经，九至一二页）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第二、十四篇。

　　The word incarnation is not in Numbers chapter 1, but the picture is here. In this picture of the tabernacle with the Ark, we see the Triune God incarnated to be a man living among men. The tabernacle was built with forty-eight boards. First, the number forty-eight is composed of six multiplied by eight, which signifies man (six) in resurrection (eight). Second, forty-eight is composed of twelve multiplied by four, which signifies the Triune God (contained in the number twelve, composed of three multiplied by four) in His creature (four). Therefore, this picture shows the Triune God incarnated to be a man living among men. Here we see the Triune God, we see man, and we see the Triune God dwelling among men.

　　Numbers 1 affords us a picture of the New Testament from the incarnation to the New Jerusalem. This is actually a summary of the history of the church, which began with the incarnation and will consummate with the New Jerusalem. In type, the history of Israel from Numbers through Malachi, which includes things that are both very good and encouraging and very poor and discouraging, portrays the history of the church.

　　In the picture in Numbers, God is in the center; that is, God is in the Ark, in Christ. God is no longer just in the heavens; He is also on the earth, in a man who is His embodiment. This man who is the embodiment of God is Jesus Christ (Col. 2:9). Such a man is constituted with two elements, a golden element and a wooden element. He is a "gold-wood" man, a God-man.

　　Now this wonderful One, the Triune God incarnated to be embodied as a man, has been expanded, increased, and enlarged. In His expansion and enlargement, Christ has become the tabernacle, God's dwelling place. As such a tabernacle, He is enterable.

　　When God was in Christ only, no one could enter into Him. Without Christ's expansion, no one could enter into God. But now, in His expansion into a tabernacle, Christ is not only God's dwelling place but also the place where we can enter into God. Today we can enter into God, taking Christ as our life that He may be the meaning of our life. As He is our life to be the meaning of life to us, He is our testimony. We live Him, express Him, and show Him in every aspect and in every direction. Then He spontaneously becomes our center. Therefore, Christ today is our meaning of life, our testimony, and our center.

　　Christ, the embodiment of God, has been enlarged into a habitation in which God dwells and into which we enter. In this enlarged Body of Christ, God has a dwelling place, and we have a place where we can enter into God, meet with God, and even be mingled with God. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 9-11)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 2, 14