约六27　　不要为那必坏的食物劳力，要为那存到永远生命的食物劳力，就是人子要赐给你们的……。

　　林前三16　岂不知你们是神的殿，神的灵住在你们里面么？

　　属天的饮食完成神的定旨。建造帐幕的不是埃及人，乃是有属天构成的人。以色列人离开埃及至少过了四个月才开始建造帐幕。在这几个月期间，他们的饮食改变了，他们的构成至少在改变的过程中，也在被吗哪的成分顶替的过程中。借着吃吗哪，至终神的百姓成了吗哪。作为由吗哪构成的人，他们就能建造帐幕作神的居所。这幅图画表明，今天只有那些由基督重新构成的人，才有资格建造召会作神的居所（出埃及记生命读经，四七○页）。

　　John 6:27 Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you…

　　1 Cor. 3:16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

　　The heavenly diet fulfills God's purpose. Those who built the tabernacle were not Egyptians. They were those with a heavenly constitution. It was at least four months after the children of Israel left Egypt that they began to build the tabernacle. During these months, their diet had been changed and their constitution was at least in the process of changing and of being replaced with the element of manna. By feeding on manna, God's people eventually became manna. As those constituted of manna, they could build the tabernacle as God's dwelling place. This picture shows that only those who have been reconstituted with Christ are qualified to build up the church as God's dwelling place today. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 408-409)

　　为了完成神的定旨，祂的百姓必须由吗哪重新构成。这启示我们的构成必须借着吃基督而重新整理。基督必须顶替埃及的饮食。为着召会的建造，我们都需要由基督重新构成。请记得，那些建造帐幕的人经历了饮食的改变，并且已经开始由吗哪的成分重新构成。唯有这样的人才能建造神的居所。事实上，被重新构成以后，他们自己就是神的居所。

　　我们需要问自己所渴慕的是什么，以及我们有哪一种胃口。我们的饮食必须由埃及的饮食改变成属天的饮食。我们必须从肉锅、鱼、黄瓜、西瓜、葱、蒜和韭菜转向基督，就是神所供应独一的属天食物。基督成为我们的饮食，意思就是祂作我们的一切。祂甚至是我们的电视、娱乐、音乐、报纸和运动。我们都该能见证主已改变我们的饮食，从许多的项目转到独一的属天吗哪。

　　……愿主改变我们的饮食，使我们由基督重新构成，而成为神的居所。

　　主耶稣说，“不要为那必坏的食物劳力，要为那存到永远生命的食物劳力。”（约六27）今天世界上所有的人都在为那必坏的食物劳力。这必坏的食物包括电视、运动、音乐和娱乐这些东西。所有这样的满足都必朽坏。基督自己是那独一不朽坏的食物。这食物存到永远的生命。

　　食物的意思是我们接受进来作我们满足的任何事物。我们若了解这个原则，就看见今天属世的食物不仅有物质的食物，还有人们靠着而活的其他一切事物，包括教育、金钱、地位、升迁、运动和娱乐。世人有物质的食物和精神的食物，却没有属灵的食物。他们不为那存到永远生命的食物劳力，反而为那必坏的食物劳力。

　　主耶稣是真吗哪。在约翰六章祂指明我们应当寻求祂并吃祂。然而，很少基督徒看见改变饮食的需要。……这就是出埃及十六章比十二章更为重要的原因。在十二章我们看见一班蒙救赎的人，却没有看见一班被重新构成的人。在十四章时，神的百姓已从埃及出来，但埃及还没有从他们里面出来。按照他们的构成，他们仍是埃及人。因此，神的心意是要借着改变他们的饮食来改变他们的构成。在以色列人建造帐幕的时候，他们的饮食已经改变。他们的构成可能也已经开始改变。他们建造帐幕时，没有吃埃及的食物。反之，他们的饮食是由吗哪所组成（出埃及记生命读经，四七一至四七三页）。

　　参读：出埃及记生命读经，第三十二至三十五篇。

　　In order for God's purpose to be accomplished, His people had to be reconstituted with manna. This reveals that our constitution must be rearranged through the eating of Christ. Christ must replace the Egyptian diet. For the building of the church, we all need to be reconstituted with Christ. Remember that those who built the tabernacle had experienced a change of diet and had begun to be reconstituted with the element of manna. Only such people can build God's dwelling place. In fact, after being reconstituted, they themselves are the dwelling place of God.

　　We need to ask ourselves what we hunger and thirst for and what kind of appetite we have. Our diet must change from an Egyptian diet to a heavenly diet. We must turn from the fleshpots, the fish, the cucumbers, the melons, the onions, the garlic, and the leeks to Christ, the unique heavenly food supplied by God. For Christ to be our diet means that He is everything to us. He is even our television, entertainment, music, newspapers, and sports. We all should be able to testify that the Lord has changed our diet from so many items to just one, the heavenly manna…. May the Lord change our diet so that we may be reconstituted with Christ and become God's dwelling place.

　　The Lord Jesus said,”Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life” (John 6:27). Today all the people in the world are working for the food which perishes. This perishing food includes things such as television, sports, music, and entertainments. All satisfaction of this kind will perish. Christ Himself is the only food which does not perish. This food abides unto eternal life.

　　By food we mean anything we take into us for our satisfaction. If we understand this principle, we shall realize that today's worldly food consists not only of physical food, but also of all other things people live on, including education, money, position, promotion, sports, and entertainment. The worldly people have physical food and psychological food, but they do not have spiritual food. Instead of working for the food which abides to eternal life, they labor for the food which perishes.

　　The Lord Jesus is the real manna. In John 6 He indicates that we should seek Him and eat Him. However, not many Christians realize the need for a change of diet….This is the reason that Exodus 16 is even more crucial than Exodus 12. In chapter 12 we see a people who have been redeemed, but we do not see a people who have been reconstituted. At the time of chapter 14, God's people had come out of Egypt, but Egypt had not come out of them. According to their constitution, they were still Egyptians. Thus, God's intention was to change their constitution by changing their diet. By the time the children of Israel had built the tabernacle, their diet had been changed. Their constitution had probably begun to change also. When they were building the tabernacle, they did not eat Egyptian food. Instead, their diet consisted of manna. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 409-411)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msgs. 32-35