弗六10~12　末了的话，你们要在主里，靠着祂力量的权能，得着加力。要穿戴神全副的军装，使你们能以站住，抵挡魔鬼的诡计，因我们并不是与血肉之人摔跤，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这黑暗世界的、以及诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力摔跤。

　　在与神一同并为着神的争战中，以色列人战胜亚拉得王，并毁灭他的百姓（民二一1~3）。借此，他们战胜了迦南人中间的第一个仇敌。……神的子民也战胜了亚摩利人的王西宏同他的百姓，以及巴珊王噩同他的百姓（21~35）。这就是说，他们胜过迦南的两个“守门者”。……以色列人也战胜了米甸人同他们的五王（三一1~12）。以色列人战胜了米甸人，就胜过了迦南的守门军。

　　神拣选并救赎的百姓所击败的诸王，表征空中属灵的有能者、执政者和掌权者。今天我们需要与这些有能者争战并战胜他们。……神的百姓与诸王争战，是为着进入神所应许的美地，使神的国能在那里扩展并建立。今天我们的原则也是一样。当我们战胜空中执政的、有能的、掌权的，神的国就必得着扩展并建立（民数记生命读经，四四四至四四五页）。

　　Eph.6:10-12 Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, for our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.

　　In their fighting together with God and for God, the children of Israel defeated the king of Arad and destroyed his people (Num. 21:1-3). By doing this, they overcame the first enemy among the Canaanites. God's people also defeated Sihon king of the Amorites with his people and Og king of Bashan with his people (21:21-35). This means that they overcame Canaan's two gate guards. The children of Israel also defeated the Midianites with their five kings (31:1-12). By defeating the Midianites the people overcame Canaan's gate army.

　　The kings defeated by God's chosen and redeemed people signify the spiritual powers, rulers, and authorities in the air. Today we need to fight against these powers and defeat them. The fighting of God's people against the kings was for the entrance into the God-promised good land that the kingdom of God might be spread and established there. The principle is the same with us today. When we defeat the rulers, powers, and authorities in the air, the kingdom of God surely is spread and established. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 355-356)

　　神所拣选并救赎的人既是祭司军队，执行圣别的争战，他们就背负着神的居所（见证的帐幕）连同见证的柜。这指明今天在召会生活中，我们正在背负神的见证同神自己。……只要召会背负着神的见证，召会就是神的居所。……见证的帐幕表征神所拣选并救赎的人，与祂一同建造成为祂在地上的居所（新约里的召会）。……就属灵一面说，以色列人的历史与召会的历史乃是一。……出埃及记、利未记和民数记中所记载的，预表使徒行传和书信中所记载的。

　　见证的柜表征基督是神在祂拣选并救赎之人中间经纶的中心。今天我们中间有约柜，也就是说，我们有基督亲自与我们同在。……帐幕同约柜是神所拣选并救赎之人所背负的见证。在旷野的那些年间，……以色列人……没有从商或工作以谋生。神借着给他们吗哪，以及从磐石赐水给他们，来照顾他们的生活。四十年之久，神的子民由耶和华的使者领头，在旷野中扎营并前行。在列国眼中，以色列人是在浪费时间。同样的，在世人眼中，我们这些在召会生活里致力于背负并顾到神见证的人，也是在浪费时间。然而在神眼中，真正闲站、浪费时间的乃是世人（太二十3）。

　　民数记是记载神所拣选并救赎的人组成祭司军队，为神争战，与神一同前行，使他们可以被神预备好，得以据有包罗万有的基督为美地。……第二代不像第一代经历那么多，但他们接受了第一代所经历的益处。我相信年长的一代把他们所经历、所享受、所遭遇的一切都告诉了年轻的一代。这些话乃是对第二代的养育或建造的一部分。第一代所经历的不是徒然的，因为这些都传给了第二代（民数记生命读经，四四五至四四七、四六五页）。

　　参读：神在祂与人联结中的历史，第十三章。

　　As the priestly army carrying out the holy war, God's chosen and redeemed people bore with them God's dwelling, the Tabernacle of the Testimony with the Ark of the Testimony. This indicates that in the church life today we are bearing God's testimony with God Himself….As long as the church bears the testimony of God, the church is God's dwelling place. The Tabernacle of the Testimony signifies God's chosen and redeemed people built up with Him as His dwelling on the earth (the church in the New Testament). Spiritually speaking, the history of Israel and the history of the church are one…. What is recorded in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers prefigures what is recorded in Acts and in the Epistles.

　　The Ark of the Testimony signifies Christ as the center of God's economy among His chosen and redeemed people. Today we have the ark among us; that is, we have Christ with us in a personal way. The tabernacle with the Ark was the testimony borne by God's chosen and redeemed people. During the years in the wilderness, the children of Israel…did not engage in commerce or work to make a living. God cared for their living by sending them manna and by giving them water from the rock. For a period of forty years, God's people, with the Angel of Jehovah taking the lead, camped and journeyed in the wilderness. In the eyes of the nations, the children of Israel were wasting their time. Likewise, in the eyes of the worldly people, we in the church life who have given ourselves to bear and to care for the testimony of God are also wasting our time. In the sight of God, however, it is actually the worldly people who are idle and who are wasting their time (Matt. 20:3).

　　Numbers is a record of God's chosen and redeemed people being formed into a priestly army to fight for God and to journey with God so that they may be prepared by God to possess the all-inclusive Christ as the good land. The second generation did not pass through as much as the first generation did, but they received the benefit of what the first generation experienced. I believe that the older generation told the younger generation about all they experienced, enjoyed, and suffered. This speaking was part of the raising up, or the building up, of the second generation. What the first generation experienced was not experienced in vain, for it was passed on to the second generation. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 356-358, 368)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4,”The History of God in His Union with Man,” ch. 13