壹 基督作居首位和包罗万有者，乃是众圣徒所分得的分—西一12： |
Ⅰ Christ, as the preeminent and all-inclusive One, is the allotted portion of the saints—Col. 1:12: |
一 所分得的分是指业分，如以色列人分得迦南美地之分，作他们的产业—书十四1。 |
Ａ The allotted portion refers to the lot of the inheritance, as illustrated by the allotment of the good land of Canaan given to the children of Israel for their inheritance—Josh. 14:1. |
二 新约信徒所分得的分，不是物质的土地，乃是包罗万有的基督作为赐生命的灵—西二6~7，加三14，五16，罗八4： |
Ｂ The New Testament believers’ allotted portion is not a physical land; it is the all-inclusive Christ as the life-giving Spirit—Col. 2:6-7; Gal. 3:14; 5:16; Rom. 8:4: |
１ 美地的丰富预表基督那追测不尽之丰富的不同方面，在祂的灵里作祂信徒全备的供应—申八7~10，弗三8，腓一19。 |
１ The riches of the good land typify the unsearchable riches of Christ in different aspects as the bountiful supply to His believers in His Spirit—Deut. 8:7-10; Eph. 3:8; Phil. 1:19. |
２ 在基督里的信徒借着享受那地的丰富，被建造为基督的身体，作神的家与神的国—弗一22~23，二21~22，提前三15，太十六18~19，罗十四17。 |
２ By enjoying the riches of the land, the believers in Christ are built up to be Christ’s Body as the house of God and the kingdom of God—Eph. 1:22-23; 2:21-22; 1 Tim. 3:15; Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17. |
三 因着我们实际地联于基督这美地的实际，并享受祂的丰富，神的眼目就一直看顾我们，使我们享受神的同在，并使我们成为祂眷顾的对象—申十一12，启一14，五6，代下十六9，诗三二8。 |
Ｃ Because we are practically joined to Christ as the reality of the good land and are enjoying His riches, God’s eyes are upon us continually, causing us to enjoy God’s presence and making us the object of His care—Deut. 11:12; Rev. 1:14; 5:6; 2 Chron. 16:9; Psa. 32:8. |
贰 神呼召的目的，是要将神所拣选的人带进流奶与蜜的美地所预表包罗万有之基督的享受里—出三8，林前一2、9： |
Ⅱ The purpose of God’s calling is to bring God’s chosen people into the enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ, typified by the good land flowing with milk and honey—Exo. 3:8; 1 Cor. 1:2, 9: |
一 奶和蜜是动物生命与植物生命的调和，是基督生命的两面—救赎的一面和生产的一面—申八8，二六9，参约一29，十二24： |
Ａ Milk and honey, which are the mingling of both the animal life and the vegetable life, are two aspects of the life of Christ—the redeeming aspect and the generating aspect—Deut. 8:8; 26:9; cf. John 1:29; 12:24: |
１ 基督的生命救赎这一面是为着我们法理的救赎，基督的生命生产这一面是为着我们生机的拯救— 一29，十二24，启二7，二二14，罗五10。 |
１ The redeeming aspect of Christ’s life is for our judicial redemption, and the generating aspect of Christ’s life is for our organic salvation—1:29; 12:24; Rev. 2:7; 22:14; Rom. 5:10. |
２ 主桌子的表记之物，表征基督的生命救赎与生产这两面，为着神完整的救恩；因此，美地成了桌子，筵席，作我们的享受—太二六26~28，林前十16~17。 |
２ The symbols of the Lord’s table signify the redeeming and generating aspects of Christ’s life for God’s complete salvation; thus, the good land has become a table, a feast for our enjoyment—Matt. 26:26-28; 1 Cor. 10:16-17. |
二 我们借着享受基督作流奶与蜜之地，就被祂这奶与蜜所构成—“我新妇，你的嘴唇滴下新蜜；你的舌下有蜜有奶”—歌四11上，彼前二2，诗一一九103。 |
Ｂ By enjoying Christ as the land of milk and honey, we will be constituted with Him as milk and honey—“Your lips drip fresh honey, my bride; / Honey and milk are under your tongue”—S. S. 4:11a; 1 Pet. 2:2; Psa. 119:103. |
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西一12 感谢父，叫你们够资格在光中同得所分给众圣徒的分。 申十一12 是耶和华你神所眷顾的；从岁首到年终，耶和华你神的眼目时常看顾那地。 〔歌罗西一章十二节说到所分给众圣徒的分，〕指业分，如以色列人分得迦南美地之分，作他们的产业（书十四1）。新约信徒的基业，我们所分得的分，不是物质的土地，乃是包罗万有的基督。祂是众圣徒所分得的分，作了我们神圣的基业，给我们享受（圣经恢复本，西一12注3）。 因着我们实际地联于基督这美地的实际，并享受祂的丰富，……神的眼目就一直看顾我们，使我们享受神的同在，并使我们成为祂眷顾的对象（申十一12注1）。 |
Col. 1:12 Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you for a share of the allotted portion of the saints in the light. Deut. 11:12 It is a land which Jehovah your God cares for; always the eyes of Jehovah your God are upon it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year. [The allotted portion in Colossians 1:12] refers to the lot of the inheritance, as illustrated by the allotment of the good land of Canaan given to the children of Israel for their inheritance (Josh. 14:1). The New Testament believers’ inheritance, their allotted portion, is not a physical land; it is the all-inclusive Christ. He is the allotted portion of the saints as their divine inheritance for their enjoyment. (Col. 1:12, footnote 2) Because we are practically joined to Christ as the reality of the good land and are enjoying His riches…, God’s eyes are upon us continually, causing us to enjoy God’s presence and making us the object of His care. (Deut. 11:12, footnote 1) |
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美地乃是流奶与蜜之地。你能告诉我，奶与蜜是属于哪一界的生命么？它们是属于动物的生命，或是属于植物的生命？请注意圣灵在圣经里给它们安排的次序。在申命记八章八节，蜜是和植物摆在一起的，先是小麦、大麦、葡萄树、无花果树、石榴树、橄榄树，然后是蜜。而在三十二章十四节，奶是和动物摆在一起：牛、羊、奶和脂油。……蜜多是和植物生命有关联的。蜜多是出自于花和树。当然也牵涉到一部分的动物生命—那小动物，蜜蜂。没有花我们不可能有蜜，没有蜜蜂我们也不可能有蜜。我们必须有花，也必须有蜜蜂。这两样彼此合作；这两种生命调和在一起，就产生蜜。 奶又是怎么一回事呢？我们可以说，奶大部分是属于动物生命。但它实在是动物和植物两种生命的产品。我们若是没有草场，若是没有草，即使我们有牛有羊，也不能有奶与脂油。哪一种食物更好—是奶呢，还是树上的果子？……我相信我们都知道，奶是比其他植物生命的果子更好。为什么？因为借着奶和蜜，我们享受了两种生命的调和。你就看见，这两项是属于植物生命，也是属于动物生命。 这是什么意思呢？奶与蜜是说出基督生命的哪一方面呢？当你享受基督作小麦、大麦、葡萄树等等，同时你也享受祂作公牛、羊羔，你就要看见主是多么美善，主之于你是多么甘甜，多么丰富，正像奶与蜜一样。特别是当你灵里软弱的时候，你到主面前来经历并应用祂，你就觉得祂是奶与蜜。你感到基督生命的丰富与甘甜。哦，奶的美善和蜜的甘甜！基督是多么美善！基督是多么甘甜！祂是流奶与蜜之地。这经历是从基督生命的两方面产生出来的，就是基督生产的生命和救赎的生命。你越经历祂作小麦和大麦等，并且同时经历祂作牛作羊，你就越经历基督作奶与蜜。 哦，基督之于我们是何等的丰富！我们必须对祂有这么丰富完全的经历，经历祂不只是活水，更是许多种的食物。我们必须享受基督到这样一个地步，好使我们里面的生命得以成熟。然后才能有神的居所，并与仇敌的争战（包罗万有的基督，七三至七五页）。 参读：申命记生命读经，第九篇；金灯台的终极意义，第五篇；歌中的歌，第三段。 |
The good land is a land flowing with milk and honey. Can you tell to which life the milk and the honey belong? Do they belong to the animal life or to the vegetable life? Notice how the Holy Spirit arranges them in the Word. In Deuteronomy 8:8 the honey is put with the plants: the wheat, the barley, the vines, the fig trees, the pomegranates, the olive trees, and then the honey. And in Deuteronomy 32:14 the milk is put with the animals: the cattle, the flock, the milk, and the butter…. For the most part, honey has to do with the plant life. It is derived mostly from the flowers and the trees. Of course, a part of the animal life is involved—that little animal, the bee. Without the flowers we cannot have honey, and without the bees we cannot have honey either. We must have flowers, and we must have bees. These two cooperate; these two lives are mingled together, and honey is produced. What about the milk? We can say that the greater part of milk belongs to the animal life. But indeed it is the product of both the animal life and the vegetable life. If we do not have the pasture, if we do not have the grass, even though we have the cattle and the flock, we cannot have milk and butter. Which is the better food: the milk or all the fruit of the trees—the vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive?… I believe we all realize that milk is better than all the fruit of the vegetable life. Why? Because with both milk and honey, we enjoy the mingling of two kinds of life. You see then that both these items are of the vegetable and of the animal lives. What is the meaning of this? What aspects of the life of Christ do the milk and the honey portray? When you enjoy Christ as the wheat, the barley, the vine, etc., and at the same time you enjoy Him as the bullock and as the lamb, you will realize that the Lord is so good, that the Lord is so sweet and so rich to you, just as milk and honey. Especially when you are weak in spirit and you come to the Lord to experience and apply Him, you sense that He is the milk and the honey. You sense the riches and the sweetness of the life of Christ— the goodness of milk and the sweetness of honey. Christ is so good. Christ is so sweet. He is a land flowing with milk and honey. This experience is produced from the two aspects of the life of Christ, the generating and the redeeming life. The more you realize Him as the wheat and the barley and so forth, and at the same time as the cattle and the flock, the more you will enjoy Christ as milk and honey. How rich Christ is to us! We must have such an adequate and full experience of Him…as so many kinds of food. We must enjoy Christ to such an extent that the life within us may be matured. Then there will be a building for the Lord and the warfare with the enemy. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 247-248) Further Reading: Life-study of Deuteronomy, msg. 9; CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The Ultimate Significance of the Golden Lamp-stand,” ch. 5; CWWN, vol. 23, “The Song of Songs,” pp. 71-72 |