创二22　耶和华神就用那人身上所取的肋骨，建造成一个女人，领她到那人跟前。

　　　三15　我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇，你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇；女人的后裔要伤你的头，你要伤他的脚跟。

　　神以一个妻子来使亚当扩增。……夏娃不是另外创造出来，而与亚当毫无关系；反之，夏娃是从亚当的一部分，从亚当的肋骨造出来的〔创二22〕。首先亚当是单独的，然后神用亚当的肋骨来产生亚当的扩增。结果乃是一对夫妇产生出一班人来完成神的定旨。所以，夏娃在完成神定旨的事上，是极其重要的（CWWL一九八二年第二册，一七三页）。

　　Gen. 2:22 And Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and brought her to the man.

　　3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed; he will bruise you on the head, but you will bruise him on the heel.

　　God increased Adam with a wife….Eve was not a separate creation, having nothing to do with Adam. Rather, Eve was made from a part of Adam's being, from his rib [Gen. 2:22]. At first Adam was alone. Then God used Adam's rib to bring forth the increase of Adam. The result was a couple to produce a people for the fulfillment of God's purpose. Eve, therefore, is vital and crucial in fulfilling God's purpose. (CWWL, 1982, vol. 2,”The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John,” p. 136)

　　在创世记三章，蛇窥访新妇，顺利地掳掠了她。然后蛇借着女人也得着了男人。但神比蛇更大、更高、更有智慧。神审判蛇的时候，指明女人要产生一个后裔来伤蛇的头。……（15）。此外，二十一节也指明，女人的后裔不但要伤蛇的头，更要成为中了蛇毒之人的义：“耶和华神为亚当和他妻子用皮子作衣服给他们穿。”这些皮子作的衣服预表基督是堕落之人的义。

　　在亚当里面，古蛇借着咬我们而得着了我们。你知道蛇咬我们是什么意思？这意思是说，蛇把他性情中的毒素注入我们里面，使我们成为他的扩增。因着堕落，整个人类都成了撒但的扩增。你晓得你得救以前是什么？你是撒但扩增的一部分。无论我们得救以前是怎样的人，我们都是那恶者扩增的一部分。蛇在伊甸园咬了亚当，就得着了全人类，全人类就成了他的扩增。没有疑问，在创世记三章，撒但那古蛇咬了人以后非常高兴；他也许笑着自言自语说，“我已经为自己得着了人，神所造的人如今成了我的扩增。”

　　但主耶稣来成为铜蛇，这意思是说，祂为我们成为罪。林后五章二十一节说，“神使那不知罪的，替我们成为罪。”罪是从撒但来的，进到人里面（罗五12），不但使人成为罪人，更成为神审判之下的罪。因此，基督在肉体里成为人的时候（约一14），祂是替我们成为罪（不是罪恶的），来受神的审判（罗八3）。

　　基督在十字架上的死，为我们罪人打开了信入祂、接受祂的路。如今我们能接受祂的生命。借着祂的救赎，祂把自己分赐到我们里面，使我们成为祂的扩增。这样，我们曾经是撒但扩增的人，就成了基督的扩增。已过我们是撒但扩增的一部分，但赞美主，现在我们成了基督扩增的一部分。

　　这个故事一直持续到圣经的末了。启示录有论到蛇与新妇末了的话，在十九章我们看见，新妇为着羔羊的婚娶预备好了（7）。婚娶以后，这对宇宙的夫妇要立刻与撒但和他的跟从者、兽、假申言者争战。然后撒但要被捆绑，扔在无底坑里，拘禁一千年。接着，撒但要再一次背叛，最终被扔在火湖里。然后宇宙要彻底被清理，就有新天新地，那里要有一对宇宙的夫妇，直到永远：基督是丈夫，召会是祂的新妇（CWWL一九八二年第二册，一七四至一七八页）。

　　参读：约翰著作中帐幕和祭物的应验，第十篇。

　　In Genesis 3 the serpent visited the bride and succeeded in capturing her. Then through the woman he also gained the man. But God is greater, higher, and wiser than the serpent. In His judgment upon the serpent, God indicated that the woman would bring forth a seed to bruise the serpent's head…(v. 15). Furthermore, there is an indication in verse 21 that the seed of the woman would not only bruise the head of the serpent but also become righteousness to the very ones who were poisoned by him:”Jehovah God made coats of skin for Adam and for his wife and clothed them.” These coats of skin typify Christ as righteousness for fallen man.

　　In Adam, the old serpent gained us for himself by biting us. Do you know what it means for the serpent to bite us? It means that he imparts the poison of his nature into us to make us his increase. Through the fall, the entire human race has become the increase of Satan. Do you know what you were before you were saved? You were a part of Satan's increase. No matter what kind of person we were before we were saved, we were all part of the increase of that evil one. When the serpent bit Adam in the garden of Eden, he gained the entire human race, and all mankind became his increase. No doubt, after he had bitten man in Genesis 3, Satan, the old serpent, was happy. He may have laughed and said to himself,”I have gained man for myself. The man created by God has now become my increase.”

　　But the Lord Jesus came to be the bronze serpent. This means that He became sin for us. Second Corinthians 5:21 says,”Him who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf.” Sin came from Satan, entered into man (Rom. 5:12), and made man not only a sinner but sin itself under God's judgment. Hence, when Christ became a man in flesh (John 1:14), He was made sin (not sinful) on our behalf to be judged by God (Rom. 8:3).

　　Christ's death on the cross opened the way for us sinners to believe into Him and receive Him. Now we can receive His life. It was through His redemption that He imparted Himself into us to make us His increase. In this way we who were once the increase of Satan have become the increase of Christ. In the past we were part of Satan's increase, but we praise the Lord that we have become part of the increase of Christ.

　　This story continues until we come to the end of the Bible. In the book of Revelation we have the final word concerning the serpent and the bride. In chapter 19 we see that the bride is ready for the marriage of the Lamb (v. 7). Immediately after the marriage dinner, this universal couple will fight against Satan and his followers, the beast and the false prophet. Then Satan will be bound and cast into the abyss, where he will be imprisoned for a thousand years. Following that, Satan will rebel once more and ultimately will be cast into the lake of fire. Then the universe will be thoroughly cleared up, and there will be a new heaven and a new earth. For eternity there will be a universal couple: Christ as the Husband and the church as His bride. (CWWL, 1982, vol. 2,”The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John,” pp. 136-139)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1982, vol. 2,”The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John,” ch. 10