结一5 又从其中显出四个活物的样式来。他们显出来的样子是这样：有人的样式。

　　　　26 在他们头以上的穹苍之上，有宝座的样式，像蓝宝石的样子；在宝座的样式以上，有一位的样式好像人的样子。

　　人按着神的形像被造，好作神的彰显。神是宇宙的中心，但祂需要一个彰显，这彰显乃是借着人。……无数的天使不能作神的彰显。神需要一个团体人来彰显祂。你绝不该藐视你是人的事实。

　　我们谈论召会是基督的彰显，但我们也许不领悟基督的彰显是什么。召会所要彰显的基督，乃是在宝座上的那人。我们若要彰显基督，就需要领悟今天基督仍然是人。我们不是仅仅彰显神；我们是彰显在人里面的神。召会是基督的彰显；这就是说，召会不仅仅是神的彰显，也是人的彰显（以西结书生命读经，六一页）。

　　Ezek. 1:5 And from the midst of it there came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.

　　26 And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, like the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was One in appearance like a man, above it.

　　Man was created in God's image in order to be God's expression. God is the center of the universe, but He needs an expression, and this expression is through man….The millions of angels cannot be the expression of God. God needs a corporate man to express Him. You should never despise the fact that you are a man.

　　We may talk about the church as the expression of Christ, but we may not realize what the expression of Christ is. The Christ whom the church must express is the man upon the throne. If we would express Christ, we need to realize Christ today is still a man. We do not express merely God; we express God in a man. The church is the expression of Christ. This means that the church is an expression not merely of God but also of a man. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 48-49)

　　以西结一章二十六节给我们看见，今天主是在宝座上的人。神需要人，至终祂成了人。我们这些活物彰显祂这人。祂是在宝座上的人，我们也有人的样子。完成神计划的是人，彰显神的是人，击败仇敌的是人，将神的国带到人类中间的也是人。神需要人。

　　在基督教里宗教的教训，鼓励我们要像天使或像神。然而，神圣的启示揭示，神的愿望是要得着人。我们需要记得，那狡猾者试诱头一个人，就是告诉他，他若吃善恶知识树的果子，他就能像神（创三5）。从那天起，像神的观念就在我们的血轮里。

　　每个堕落的人都有要像神的观念。有些鬼魔的教训鼓励人要作人以外的东西。但神在祂的救赎和救恩里，无意作出人以外的任何东西。神的救赎和神的救恩是要将我们带回到起初，恢复我们作正确的人。我们是活物，我们里面有神的生命，但我们有人的样子。我们不该想要像天使。无论我们作什么，无论我们说什么，无论我们彰显什么，我们都该是人。这是神今天所需要的。

　　以西结一章的异象，启示三件关于四活物有人的样子的重要事情。第一，神的荣耀显在他们身上。神荣耀的彰显，在于他们有人的样子。他们在哪里，哪里就有神的荣耀。神的荣耀与他们是分不开的；离了他们，神的荣耀就无从得彰显。第二，这些活物是神行动的凭借。神的行动在于他们。他们行动，神就行动，因为神的行动随着他们。第三，有人样子的四活物，是神行政的凭借。以西结一章启示，神坐在宝座上。神的宝座管治地上的一切，和该卷书里所记的一切。所以，这宝座是神行政的中心。然而，神行政的中心在于四活物有人的样子。因着有人的样子，才有神宝座的行政。我们若将这三件事放在一起，就看见人是神显现的凭借，人是神行动的凭借，人也是神行政的凭借。在神眼中，在神手中，人有这样重要的地位（以西结书生命读经，六一至六三页）。

　　参读：以西结书生命读经，第五、十二篇；人生的意义与正确的奉献，第二篇；神圣的经纶，第二章。

　　Ezekiel 1:26 shows us that the Lord today is a man on the throne. God needs a man, and eventually He became a man. We as the living creatures express Him as a man. He is the man on the throne, and we also bear the appearance of a man. It is man who fulfills God's plan, it is man who expresses God, it is man who defeats the enemy, and it is man who brings the kingdom of God into the human race. God needs a man.

　　The religious teachings in Christianity encourage us either to be like an angel or to be like God. However, the divine revelation unveils that God's desire is to have a man. We need to remember that the subtle one tempted the first man by telling him that if he ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would be like God (Gen. 3:5). From that day the concept of being like God has been in our blood. Every fallen human being has the concept of wanting to be like God. Certain devilish teachings encourage people to be something other than man. But in His redemption and salvation God has no intention of making anything other than man. God's redemption and God's salvation are to bring us back to the beginning and to recover us to being a proper man. We are the living creatures and we have God's life within us, yet we bear the appearance of a man. We should not try to be like an angel. Instead, in whatever we do, in whatever we say, and in whatever we express, we should be a man. This is what God needs today.

　　The vision in Ezekiel 1 reveals three crucial matters concerning the four living creatures' bearing the appearance of a man. First, God's glory is manifested upon them. The manifestation of God's glory depends upon their having the appearance of a man. Where they are, there God's glory is. God's glory is not separate from them, and apart from them God's glory cannot be manifested. Second, these living creatures are the means of God's move. God's move depends on them. When they move, God will move, for His move is with them. Third, the four living creatures, who bear the appearance of a man, are the means of God's administration. Ezekiel 1 reveals that God is sitting on the throne. God's throne dominates everything on earth and everything recorded in this book. This throne, therefore, is the center of God's administration. However, the center of God's administration depends on the four living creatures having the appearance of a man. Because of this, there is the administration of God's throne. If we put these three things together, we will see that man is the means of God's manifestation, that man is the means of God's move, and that man is the means of God's administration. In God's eyes and in God's hands, man has such an important position. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 49-50)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msgs. 5, 12; CWWL, 1971, vol. 1, “The Meaning of Human Life and a Proper Consecration,” ch. 2; CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “The Divine Economy,” ch. 2