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；祂成就了洗罪的事，就坐在高处至尊至大者的右边。

　　诗一一九97　我何等爱你的律法，终日不住地默想。

　　 119　　……我爱你的法度。

　　新约向我们描述了神，却没有给我们一幅神的图画。约翰清楚告诉我们，神就是爱也就是光；保罗告诉我们，这位是爱也是光的神，乃是绝对圣别和公义的。……十诫是个预表，表征基督乃是神的肖像，就是神形像的彰显。希伯来一章三节说，神的儿子耶稣基督乃是神本质的印像。……看见祂就是看见神。……律法也是神的肖像。我们借着研读律法的诫命，就能看见神是爱也是光，祂是圣的也是义的。因为律法是这样一张神的照片，律法就称为神的见证（出二五16、21，三一18）。律法放置其内的约柜就称为见证的柜（二五22），帐幕就称为见证的帐幕（三八21）。在诗篇里，律法常常被称为见证（十九7，二五10，一一九2，直译）。这见证就是神的肖像，神的照片。

　　神的子民领受了关于神自己的启示，使他们能被分别归与圣别的神，作祂圣别的子民。利未记特别强调这事。比如，十一章四十四节说，“我是耶和华你们的神；所以你们要使自己分别为圣，成为圣别，因为我是圣别的。”（民数记生命读经，四三四至四三五页）

　　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, having made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

　　Psa. 119:97, 119 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my musing. …I love Your testimonies.

　　In the New Testament we have a description of God, but we do not have a picture of God. John tells us clearly that God is love and light, and Paul tells us that the very God who is love and light is absolutely holy and righteous. The Ten Commandments are a type signifying Christ as the portrait of God, as the expression of God's image. Hebrews 1:3 says that the Son of God, Jesus Christ, is the express image, the impress, of God's substance….To see Him is to see God. The law is also a portrait of God. By studying the commandments of the law, we can see that God is love and light and that He is holy and righteous. Because the law is such a picture of God, the law was called the Testimony of God (Exo. 25:16, 21; 31:18). The Ark in which the law was placed was called the Ark of the Testimony (Exo. 25:22), and the tabernacle was called the Tabernacle of Testimony (Exo. 38:21). In the Psalms the law is often referred to as the testimony (Psa. 19:7; 25:10; 119:2). This testimony was a portrait, a picture, of God.

　　God's people received the revelation concerning God Himself so that they might be separated unto the holy God as His sanctified people. This matter is given particular emphasis in the book of Leviticus. For example, Leviticus 11:44 says,”I am Jehovah your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.” (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 348 -349)

　　从创世记一章我们晓得，神在创造的工作里，完成了许多事。然而，这章圣经没有启示我们的神是怎样的神。从这章我们不晓得祂是爱的神，还是恨的神；祂是黑暗的神，还是光明的神。我们不晓得祂是圣别的，还是凡俗的；是公义的，还是不义的。律法颁赐下来，使我们得着神的描绘、描述，因而认识祂的所是。为这缘故，神把律法当作祂的见证。律法既是神的见证，就是基督的预表。基督是神活的描绘，是神活的说明和描述，因此，基督乃是神真实的见证。

　　我们所强调的事实与犹太人和基督徒的观念正好相反，就是颁赐律法不是给我们遵守的，乃是启示出我们的神是怎样的神。律法作为神的见证，的确是可爱的。罗马七章十二节说，“这样看来，律法是圣的，诫命也是圣的、义的并善的。”在十四节保罗说，“律法是属灵的。”律法是圣的、义的、善的且是属灵的，因为它是神的描绘。我们应当宝爱律法，因为它是我们神的照片（出埃及记生命读经，一一三九至一一四○页）。

　　律法是神的见证（出十六34，三一18，三二15，四十20，诗十九7），神的彰显，将神启示给祂的百姓。……神的律法启示神的属性，表明祂是忌邪的（出二十4~6，参林后十一2）、圣的（出二十7~11）、爱的（6、12~15，参罗十三8~10，加五14）、义的（出二十5）、真实的（16，参约壹一5~6）和纯洁的（出二十2~3、17）。律法作为神的话和神的见证（神的彰显），预表基督是神的话和神的见证（神的彰显）（约一1、18，启十九13，一5，西一15）。

　　遵守律法的实际乃是活神并彰显神。这样的生活，就是在神永远经纶里的生活，乃是神人的生活，是凭耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，不断地否认己，钉十字架，而活那是神见证之基督的生活，使神得着扩大并扩展的彰显（太十六24，加二20，腓一19~21上，罗八4）（圣经恢复本，出二十1注1）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第四十九篇。

　　We know from the first chapter of Genesis that in His work of creation God accomplished many things. However, Genesis 1 does not reveal what kind of God our God is. We do not know from this chapter whether He is a God of love or of hate, a God of darkness or of light. We do not know whether He is holy or common, righteous or unrighteous. The law was given that we might have a portrait, a description, of God and thereby understand what He is. For this reason, God considers the law as His testimony. As a testimony of God, the law is a type of Christ. Christ is the living portrait of God, His living definition and description. Therefore, Christ is the real testimony of God.

　　Contrary to the concept of both Jews and Christians, the law was given not for us to keep, but to reveal what kind of God our God is. As the testimony of God, the law is indeed lovable. Romans 7:12 says,”So then the law is holy, and the commandment holy and righteous and good.” In Romans 7:14 Paul says that”the law is spiritual.” The law is holy, righteous, good, and spiritual because it is a portrait of God. We should love the law because it is a picture of our God. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 983-984)

　　The law is God's testimony (Exo. 16:34; 31:18; 32:15; 40:20; Psa. 19:7), God's expression, a revelation of God to His people…. The law of God reveals God's attributes, showing that He is jealous (Exo. 20:4-6; cf. 2 Cor. 11:2), holy (Exo. 20:7-11), loving (vv. 6, 12-15; cf. Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 5:14), righteous (Exo. 20:5), truthful (v. 16; cf. 1 John 1:5-6), and pure (Exo. 20:2-3, 17). As the word of God and the testimony, the expression, of God, the law is a type of Christ as God's Word and God's testimony, God's expression (John 1:1, 18; Rev. 19:13; 1:5; Col. 1:15).

　　The reality of keeping the law is to live God and express God. Such a living, a living in the eternal economy of God, is the living of a God-man, a life of continually denying the self and being crucified to live Christ, who is God's testimony, by the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ for the enlarged and expanded expression of God (Matt. 16:24; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:19-21a; Rom. 8:4). (Exo. 20:1, footnote 1)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msg. 49