林后四6　因为那说光要从黑暗里照出来的神，已经照在我们心里，为着光照人，使人认识那显在耶稣基督面上之神的荣耀。

　　来一3　祂是神荣耀的光辉，是神本质的印像，用祂大能的话维持、载着并推动万有……。

　　出埃及二十五章……没有告诉我们基路伯的形状、大小或重量。这指明基督照耀的荣耀是无法测度的，也表明基督的荣耀是无法解释的。我们怎样无法描述基路伯，也照样无法解释基督照耀的荣耀。然而，基路伯有脸和翅膀，我们由这事实得知，这个荣耀不是没有生命的，乃是活的东西；基督的荣耀是活的。我们甚至可以说，这个荣耀有脸，有眼，有翅膀。我们由经历中晓得，神与我们相会并对我们说话时，我们就觉得荣耀正在观看我们，而且这个荣耀是活的。事实上，这个荣耀就是基督自己。因此，二十五章里遮罪盖概括的观念乃是：它表征基督是神圣荣耀的照耀，而神在这荣耀中与我们相会，并与我们说话（出埃及记生命读经，一一七三至一一七四页）。

　　2 Cor. 4:6 Because the God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

　　Heb. 1:3 Who, being the effulgence of His glory and the impress of His substance and upholding and bearing all things by the word of His power...

　　We are not told anything in Exodus 25 about the form, size, or weight of the cherubim. This indicates that the glory of Christ's shining is immeasurable. It also indicates that Christ's glory is unexplainable. Just as we cannot describe the cherubim, so we cannot explain the glory of Christ's shining. However, we know from the fact that the cherubim had faces and wings that this glory is not lifeless, but is something living. Christ's glory is living. We may even say that this glory has a face, eyes, and wings. From our experience we know that when God meets with us and speaks with us, we have the sense that glory is watching over us and that this glory is living. Actually, this glory is the very Christ Himself. Thus, the general concept of the expiation cover in Exodus 25 is that it signifies that Christ is the shining of the divine glory and that God meets with us and speaks with us in this glory. (Life-study of Exodus, p. 1013)

　　我们需要铭记一个事实，就是遮罪盖同基路伯表征基督在照耀。它也表征神的荣耀—基督的照耀—乃是活的。它是有脸，有眼，有翅膀的东西。我们要正确的了解它，就需要有从神来的亮光，也需要有相当的属灵经历。没有主的光照，我们也许一再读这些经文，却一点都没有看见其中的意义。但是光一照耀在我们身上，我们就明了遮罪盖同基路伯，一点不差就是我们亲爱的主耶稣自己。每当神与我们相会并对我们说话时，这位宝贵的基督都与我们同在。事实上，神乃是在这位照耀的基督里与我们相会，并与我们说话。我们明了这事，就会说，“主，你自己就是这遮罪盖。主，没有你，神就没有地方与我相会，我也没有地方与祂相会。主，没有你作遮罪盖，神就无法在荣耀里与我相会或与我说话。”

　　我们已经指出，遮罪盖是用纯金作的，它不含那预表主耶稣人性的皂荚木。然而，耶稣的血的确是出自祂属人的性情。基督的人性是为着救赎，而祂的神性乃是为着照耀。遮罪盖上的基路伯，表征基督带着祂神性的照耀；弹在遮罪盖上的血，表征祂那为着救赎的人性。因此这里有基督的一幅图画，基督不仅是神，也是人，甚至是神人。基督是神，在祂的神性里照耀；祂也是人，在祂的人性里完成了救赎，就是血所表征的。现今因着基督的神性和人性，我们与神能在救赎并照耀的基督里一同聚集，一同谈话。这就是基督作遮罪盖，是神与我们相会的地方。

　　〔旧约〕钦定英文译本是说“怜悯座”，而不说遮罪盖。座这字含示约柜的盖，乃是神与我们说话时所坐的地方；怜悯一辞指明神向百姓施怜悯。事实上，约柜的盖不是怜悯座，乃是遮罪盖—带着基督神性的照耀，以及基督人性的救赎，作为我们能与公义、圣别、荣耀的神相会并说话的地方。这个地方就是耶稣基督自己，祂是神也是人。基督在祂的人性里流出血来救赎我们，并且在祂的神性里因着神的荣耀而照耀。今天祂对我们乃是救赎并照耀的基督，是公义、圣别、荣耀的神能与堕落的罪人相会的地方（出埃及记生命读经，一一七四、一一七六至一一七七页）。

　　参读：出埃及记生命读经，第八十八至八十九篇。

　　We need to be impressed with the fact that the expiation cover with the cherubim signifies Christ shining. It also signifies that the glory of God as the shining of Christ is living. It is something with a face, eyes, and wings. To have a proper understanding of this, we need light from God and also a certain amount of spiritual experience. Apart from being enlightened by the Lord, we may read these verses again and again without seeing anything of their significance. But when the light shines upon us, we realize that the propitiatory cover with the cherubim is nothing less than our dear Lord Jesus Himself. Whenever God meets with us and speaks with us, this precious Christ is present. Actually, it is in this shining Christ that God meets with us and speaks with us. When we realize this, we may say, "Lord, You Yourself are this very propitiatory cover. Without You, Lord, there is no place where God can meet with me or I can meet with Him. Lord, without You as the propitiatory cover God cannot meet with me or speak with me in glory."

　　We have pointed out that the expiation cover was made of pure gold. It did not contain acacia wood, which typifies the humanity of the Lord Jesus. However, the blood of Jesus certainly was derived from His human nature. Christ's humanity is for redeeming and His divinity is for shining. The cherubim on the expiation cover signify Christ's shining with His divinity, and the blood sprinkled on the cover signifies His humanity for redeeming. Therefore, we have here a picture of Christ not only as God, but also as man, even the God-man. As God, Christ shines in His divinity, but as man, He accomplished redemption in His humanity, signified by the blood. Now, because of Christ's divinity and humanity, we and God can meet together and talk together in the redeeming and shining Christ. This is Christ as the propitiatory cover, as the place where God and we meet together.

　　[In the Old Testament] the King James Version speaks of the "mercy seat" instead of the expiation cover. The word seat implies that the lid of the Ark was the place for God to sit when He talks with us. The word mercy indicates that God showed mercy to people. Actually, the lid of the Ark is not a mercy seat; it is a propitiatory cover with the shining of Christ's divinity and the redeeming of Christ's humanity as the place where we can meet and speak with our righteous, holy, and glorious God. This place is Jesus Christ Himself, the One who is both God and man. In His humanity Christ shed His blood to redeem us, and in His divinity He shines with God's glory. Today He is for us the redeeming and shining Christ as the place where the righteous, holy, and glorious God can meet with fallen sinners. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1013-1016)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msgs. 88-89