来八1 ……我们有这样的大祭司，祂已经坐在诸天之上至尊至大者宝座的右边。

　　　七25 所以，那借着祂来到神面前的人，祂都能拯救到底；因为祂是长远活着，为他们代求。

　　西四2 你们要坚定持续地祷告，在此儆醒感恩。

　　寻求在上面的事，并思念在上面的事，乃是在主天上的职事里联于祂。我们需要联于那代求、尽职事、执行神行政的一位。我们的生活，该是一种寻求并思念这些属天之事的生活。这意思是说，我们的生活乃是联于属天基督的祭司职分、职事和行政。如果我们都这样生活，召会生活就会大大的提高。

　　我们在这里不是寻求属地的事物，乃是与基督同过一个生活。今天基督活着，乃是作大祭司、属天的执事和宇宙的行政管理者。我们要在祂的生活里联于祂，并与祂同有一个生活（歌罗西书生命读经，六五二至六五四页）。

　　Heb. 8:1 ...We have such a High Priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

　　7:25 Hence also He is able to save to the uttermost those who come forward to God through Him, since He lives always to intercede for them.

　　Col. 4:2 Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving.

　　To seek the things which are above and to set our mind on them is to join ourselves to the Lord in His ministry in heaven. We need to join ourselves to the very One who is interceding, ministering, and executing God’s administration. Our living should be a kind of living in which we seek these heavenly things and set our mind on them. This means that we live in such a way as to join our heavenly Christ in His priesthood, ministry, and administration. If we all live in this way, the church life will be greatly uplifted.

　　We are not here to seek earthly things, but to have a living that is one with Christ’s living. Christ today is living as the High Priest, the heavenly Minister, and the universal Administrator. We need to join Him in His living and have one living with Him. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 524-525)

　　基督在天上非常积极，甚至比祂在地上的时候更忙。祂为我们代求，牧养祂的众召会，并为亿万圣徒尽职。祂是天上的大祭司，为我们代求。……基督为我们代求，将属天生命的供应服事到我们里面。祂是属天的执事，在诸天之上尽职（来八1~2）。根据启示录五章六节，基督〔作为升天的狮子羔羊〕，正在执行神宇宙的行政。

　　今天基督在诸天之上活着，为众召会代求，将属天生命的供应服事给圣徒，并执行神的行政。……我们感谢主，今天许多在地方召会里的人，……当他们觉得基督在天上为某件事代祷的时候，他们就联于祂，在地上为着那件事祷告。……这样与基督一同祷告，就是与祂同有一个生活。

　　在启示录里，我们看见更多在上面的事。这卷书不仅是一扇窗户，更是一个开启的天。天向约翰开启了，他就看见“有一个宝座安置在天上，又有一位坐在宝座上”（四1~2）。这宝座不仅是施恩的宝座，更是权柄的宝座，神圣行政的宝座。

　　〔启示录〕头一个异象乃是地上的众召会〔一12、20〕，但第二个异象乃是在诸天之上所发生的事。把这两个异象合起来看，指明在地上众召会中所发生的事，与在诸天之上的行动有关。……主在众召会中的行动，也与天上宝座的行动一致。这意思是说，众地方召会中所发生的事，该受天上神宝座的指引。这恢复要成为“主的”恢复，就必须受主的指引。只要有从诸天而来的传输，众召会中就有神圣的水流。

　　启示录四至五章里，有“中央政府”的异象；一至三章里有众地方召会作“大使馆”的异象。借着七灵，有一种传输从天上的“总部”传到“大使馆”。借着七灵，总部里所有的，都传输到众召会里面。……从诸天之上的宝座那里，神圣的传输正把在上面的事带进众地方召会中（歌罗西书生命读经，六五九至六六一、六三七至六三九页）。

　　参读：歌罗西书生命读经，第五十八、六十至六十一篇。

　　Christ in heaven is very active, even more busy than when He was on earth. He is interceding for us, shepherding all His churches, and ministering on behalf of millions of saints. As the High Priest in heaven, He is interceding for us.... As He intercedes for us, Christ is ministering the heavenly life supply into us. He is the heavenly Minister ministering in the heavens (Heb. 8:1-2). According to Revelation 5:6, as the Lamb on the throne, Christ is executing God’s universal administration.

　　Christ today is living in the heavens to intercede for the churches, to minister the heavenly life supply to the saints, and to carry out God’s administration....We thank the Lord that a number of those in the local churches today,.. .when they sense that Christ is praying in heaven for a certain matter,.. .join Him to pray on earth for that very matter....To pray together with Christ in this way is to have one living with Him.

　　In the book of Revelation we see even more of the things which are above. What we have in this book is not merely a window, but an opened heaven. Heaven was opened to John, and he saw “a throne set in heaven, and upon the throne there was One sitting” (Rev. 4:1-2). This throne is not simply the throne of grace, but is the very throne of authority, the throne of the divine administration.

　　The first vision in the book of Revelation... is of the churches on earth [1:12, 20], whereas the second vision is of what is taking place in the heavens. When considered together, these two visions indicate that what is happening in the churches on earth is related to the activity in the heavens....The Lord’s move in the churches corresponds to the action on the throne in heaven. This means that what takes place in the local churches should be under the direction of the throne of God in heaven. In order for the recovery to be the Lord’s recovery, it must be under His direction. As long as there is a transmission coming from the heavens, there will be the divine flow in the churches.

　　In Revelation 4 and 5 we have a vision of our “central government,” and in Revelation 1 through 3 we have a vision of the local churches as the “embassies.” Through the seven Spirits there is a transmission going on from the heavenly “headquarters” into the “embassies.” Through the seven Spirits what is in the “headquarters” is transmitted into the churches.... From the throne in the heavens, the divine transmission brings the things above into the local churches. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 531-533, 513-515)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Colossians, msgs. 58, 60-61