约七37~39　节期的末日，就是最大之日，耶稣站着高声说，人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。信入我的人，就如经上所说，从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。耶稣这话是指着信入祂的人将要受的那灵说的；那时还没有那灵，因为耶稣尚未得着荣耀。

　　复活是指一个东西摆在死里又活过来；也是指经过死所长出的生命。出埃及十七章的活水从磐石流出来。……在圣经中，这磐石是说到神的救赎和基督的成为肉体，也说到基督的人性和祂的受死。从被击打的磐石流出的水是在成为肉体、人性生活和受死以后才涌流的。只有在基督成就了这些主要的步骤之后，水才涌流。圣经清楚地告诉我们，那磐石就是基督〔林前十4〕。基督是神，如何能成为磐石？这含示成为肉体和人性生活。基督要成为磐石，就必须成为肉体，并住在人中间一段时期。至终，祂在十字架上被神律法的权柄击打。因此，出埃及十七章六节是很深奥的一节经文，含示基督的成为肉体、人性生活和受死（出埃及记生命读经，五六三页）。

　　John 7:37-39 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

　　Resurrection denotes something which has been put to death and which is alive again. It also denotes life which springs forth out of something that has passed through death. The living water in Exodus 17 came out of a rock…. In the Bible this rock speaks of God's redemption and Christ's incarnation. It also speaks of Christ's humanity and of His death. The water that flowed out of the smitten rock sprang forth after incarnation, human living, and death. It flowed only after these major steps of Christ had been accomplished. The Bible tells us clearly that the rock was Christ [1 Cor. 10:4]. How could Christ, who is God, become a rock? This implies incarnation and human living. In order to be the rock, Christ had to become incarnated and live among men for a period of time. Eventually, when He was on the cross, He was smitten by the authority of God's law. Hence, Exodus 17:6 is a profound verse. It implies Christ's incarnation, human living, and death. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 488-489)

　　按照约翰七章三十八至三十九节，活水的江河与基督的复活有关。在此我们看见，只有在主耶稣得着荣耀以后，也就是说，在基督被钉十字架并进入复活以后，作为活水的那灵才能被人接受。三十九节所说的得着荣耀，是指基督在祂的复活里得着荣耀。路加二十四章二十六节指明，基督在复活里进入祂的荣耀。因此，祂复活的时候，就得着了荣耀。基督在复活里得着荣耀以后，活水就流出来了。唯有在基督经过了成为肉体、人性生活和受死，以及祂进入了复活以后，作为活水江河的那灵才能被信徒经历。

　　生命的水是在复活里，所以是得胜且胜利的。这水超越每一件消极的事物。……实际上，水的本身就是复活。这意思是说，由涌流的水所表征的那灵乃是复活。复活就是三一神—父是源头，子基督是流道，那灵是涌流。……我们越喝〔这水〕，就越脱离天然的光景，并且胜过困苦和艰难。这活水拯救我们脱离世界和一切消极的事物。

　　赐生命的灵作为生命水从宝座上的神那里流出来（启二二1）。一面，坐在宝座上的那一位是神；另一面，从宝座流出来的生命水也是神。……从神宝座流出的活水将神圣生命的丰富传输给我们。这是由生命树长在生命水中所指明的（2）。因着神圣生命的丰富在活水的涌流中输送，每当我们喝这水时，我们就得着这些丰富。

　　在复活里生命水的涌流，乃是为着形成基督的身体（林前十二13）。因着我们都……在复活里喝一位灵，〔这〕使我们成为身体的肢体，并且把我们建造成为身体。

　　在复活里活水的涌流也是为着预备基督的新妇。按照启示录二十二章十七节，那灵和新妇发出呼召，要人来喝生命水。……新妇所喝的水就是那灵。借着喝那灵，新妇与那灵成为一。……我们若天天喝活水，基督的身体就得以建造，基督的新妇也得以预备好（出埃及记生命读经，五六四、五六六、五六八、五七二至五七四页）。

　　参读：出埃及记生命读经，第四十二至四十五篇。

　　According to John 7:38 and 39, the rivers of living water are related to Christ's resurrection. Here we see that the Spirit as the living water could be received only after the Lord Jesus had been glorified, that is, only after Christ had been crucified and had entered into resurrection. The glorification spoken of in John 7:39 refers to Christ's glorification in His resurrection. Luke 24:26 indicates that in resurrection Christ entered into His glory. Thus, when He was resurrected, He was glorified. After Christ's glorification in resurrection, the living water flows. The Spirit as the rivers of living water could be experienced by the believers only after Christ had passed through incarnation, human living, and death, and after He had entered into resurrection.

　　Because the water of life is in resurrection, it is victorious and triumphant. It transcends every negative thing. Actually, the water itself is resurrection. This means that the Spirit, signified by the flowing water, is resurrection. Resurrection is the Triune God, the Father as the source, Christ the Son as the course, and the Spirit as the flow….The more we drink [this water], the more we are out of our natural condition and are triumphant over hardships and difficulties. This living water delivers us from the world and from every kind of negative thing.

　　The life-giving Spirit as the water of life flows out of God on the throne (Rev. 22:1). On the one hand, the One sitting on the throne is God; on the other hand, the water of life proceeding out of the throne is also God. The living water flowing from God's throne conveys to us the riches of the divine life. This is indicated by the fact that the tree of life grows in the water of life (Rev. 22:2). Because the riches of the divine life are carried in the flow of the living water, we receive these riches whenever we drink this water.

　　The flowing of the water of life in resurrection is for the formation of the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). Because we all drink of the same …one Spirit in resurrection, [this] makes us members of the Body and builds us up as the Body.

　　The flowing of the living water in resurrection is also for the preparation of the bride of Christ. According to Revelation 22:17, the Spirit and the bride sound forth the call to come and drink of the water of life….The water which the bride drinks is the Spirit. By drinking the Spirit, the bride becomes one with the Spirit…. If we drink of the living water day by day, the Body of Christ will be built up, and the bride of Christ will be prepared. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 489, 491, 493, 495-497)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msgs. 42-45