伍 在当前世界的情势中，我们需要分辨“这时期的兆头”而在祷告上专一奉献自己并坚定持续—徒六4，西四2，太十六3（神迹，意即兆头），路二一24~36，太二四3~14，32~34，罗十三11~14： |
Ⅴ In the present environment of the world, we need to devote ourselves to and persevere in prayer, while discerning “the signs of the times”—Acts 6:4; Col. 4:2; Matt. 16:3; Luke 21:24-36; Matt. 24:3-14, 32-34; Rom.13:11-14: |
一 我们需要领悟我们正在“产难”当中，（太二四8，32~34，）并且“神的国近了”，（路二一31，）因而祷告圣经最后的祷告—“主耶稣啊，我愿你来！”（启二二20；）整本圣经结束于我们对主再来的渴望发表成为祷告；（参歌八13~14，提后四8，徒二六16；）基督的再来乃是与祂的子民同在（希腊文，parousia，巴路西亚）。（太二四3，徒二六15~16，可十三8，约十四21，23。） |
Ａ We need to realize that we are in the midst of “birth pangs” (Matt. 24:8, 32-34), that “the kingdom of God is near” (Luke 21:31), and thus, pray the last prayer in the Bible—“Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22:20); the entire Bible concludes with the desire for the Lord’s coming expressed as a prayer (cf. S. S. 8:13-14; 2 Tim. 4:8; Acts 26:16); Christ’s coming will be His presence (Gk. parousia) with His people (Matt. 24:3; Acts 26:15-16; Mark 13:8; John 14:21, 23). |
二 我们需要祷告，充分的领悟神对人类历史的看法，看见借着战争、饥荒和死亡，福音正在加速传扬，甚至扩展到极致，并看见我们需要得着神到最完满的地步，以完成祂神圣经纶的目标—腓三8，12~14： |
Ｂ We need to pray with the full realization of God’s view of human history by seeing that the gospel is speeded up and even maximized by war, famine, and death and by seeing that we need to gain God to the fullest extent to accomplish the goal of His divine economy—Phil. 3:8, 12-14: |
１ 撒但背叛神以后，已经被神定罪，甚至受神判刑；但神按祂的智慧和主宰的权柄，还未在撒但身上执行祂的审判；神仍然给撒但有限的时间，让他作些事，好应付一些消极的需要，以完成神的经纶—伯一6~8，二1~6，参约十二31。 |
１ After he rebelled against God, Satan was condemned and even sentenced by God, but in His wisdom and sovereignty, God has not yet fully executed His judgment on Satan; He still has given Satan a certain limited time to do something to meet some negative need in the fulfillment of His economy—Job 1:6-8; 2:1-6; cf. John 12:31. |
２ 约伯记给我们看见，神透过撒但这“丑恶的工具”所作的，就是要借着剥夺和销毁，把约伯拆毁；神在约伯身上施行剥夺和销毁，好将他拆毁，使神能得着约伯，好叫他更多得着神；我们外面的人被毁坏，好使我们里面的人日日得更新—腓三8~10，林后四16~18。 |
２ The book of Job shows us that God, through Satan as an “ugly tool,” was tearing down Job in two ways: stripping and consuming; God’s stripping and consuming were exercised over Job to tear Job down that God might gain Job so that he might gain God more; our outer man is being consumed so that our inner man may be renewed day by day—Phil. 3:8-10; 2 Cor. 4:16-18. |
３ 约伯的受苦不是神的审判，乃是神的剥夺和销毁，好将他拆毁，使神能有一个根据和一条路，用神自己重建约伯，使他成为神人，就是在神新造里的新人—五17，加六15。 |
３ Job’s sufferings were not God’s judgment but God’s stripping, consuming, and tearing down so that He might have a base and a way to rebuild Job with Himself, to make Job a God-man, a new man in God’s new creation—5:17; Gal. 6:15. |
４ 神乃是借着剥夺、销毁和拆毁，将祂自己分赐到那些爱祂寻求祂的人里面—伯十13，弗三9，参约三6，腓三3。 |
４ It is through His stripping, consuming, and tearing down that God dispenses Himself into those who love Him and seek after Him—Job 10:13; Eph. 3:9; cf. John 3:6; Phil. 3:3. |
５ 神对付祂圣民的目的，乃是要使他们倒空一切，单单接受神，作他们所赢得的；神心头的愿望乃是要我们完满的得着祂作生命，作生命的供应，并作我们全人的一切，这要终极完成于新耶路撒冷—罗八28~29。 |
５ God’s purpose in dealing with His holy people is that they would be emptied of everything and receive only God as their gain; the desire of God’s heart is that we would gain Him in full as life, as the life supply, and as everything to our being, which ultimately consummates in the New Jerusalem—Rom. 8:28-29. |
６ 约伯记末了告诉我们，约伯至终看见了神；按新约的意义说，看见神等于得着神；看见神就是被变化成为神人基督荣耀的形像，使我们得以在神的生命里彰显神，并在祂的权柄里代表祂—四二5~6，林后三18。 |
６ The end of the book of Job tells us that Job eventually saw God; in the New Testament sense, seeing God equals gaining God; to see God is to be transformed into the glorious image of Christ, the God- man, that we may express God in His life and represent Him in His authority—42:5-6; 2 Cor. 3:18. |
７ 我们越看见神、认识神并爱神，就越厌恶自己，越否认自己—太十六24，路九23，十四26。 |
７ The more we see God, know God, and love God, the more we abhor ourselves and the more we deny ourselves—Matt. 16:24; Luke 9:23; 14:26. |
三 按照所罗门在王上八章四十八节的祷告，我们祷告总需要向着圣地，预表基督是神分给信徒的分；（申八7，西一12；）向着圣城，表征在基督里神的国；（诗四八1~2；）并向着圣殿，表征神在地上的家，召会（弗二21，提前三15）： |
Ｃ According to Solomon’s prayer in 1 Kings 8:48, we always need to pray toward the Holy Land, typifying Christ as the portion allotted by God to the believers (Deut. 8:7; Col. 1:12); toward the holy city, signifying the kingdom of God in Christ (Psa. 48:1-2); and toward the holy temple, signifying God’s house, the church, on the earth (Eph. 2:21; 1 Tim. 3:15): |
１ 但以理把窗户开向耶路撒冷，一日三次祷告；神借着祂忠信祷告的管道，在祂的选民身上执行祂的经纶，为着基督的来临—但六10，徒二42，六4。 |
１ Daniel prayed three times a day by opening his windows toward Jerusalem; through His faithful channels of prayer, God carries out His economy with His elect for Christ’s coming—Dan. 6:10; Acts 2:42; 6:4. |
２ 当我们向神的祷告是向着神永远经纶里的目标，就是基督、神的国、与神的家时，神必垂听我们的祷告；这意思是说，我们的祷告该一直对准神的权益，就是对准基督与召会—神在地上的权益，以完成神的经纶。 |
２ God will listen to our prayer when our prayer to God is toward Christ, the kingdom of God, and the house of God as the goal in God’s eternal economy; this means that our prayer should always be aimed at the interests of God, that is, at Christ and the church as God’s interests on earth, for the fulfilling of God’s economy. |
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启二二20 “见证这些事的说，是的，我必快来！阿们。主耶稣啊，我愿你来！” 王上八48 “他们若…全心…归向你，又向着自己的地，…和…城，并…为你名所建造的殿，向你祷告。” 但六10 “但以理…就到自己家里，（他楼上的窗户，开向耶路撒冷，）…双膝跪下，…祷告感谢…。” 〔启示录二十二章二十节〕是使徒约翰的祷告，也是他对主警告的响应。这也是圣经中最后的祷告。我们听过启示录的话之后，都该有同样的祷告和响应：“主耶稣啊，我愿你来！”整本圣经结束于我们对主再来的渴望发表成为祷告。（圣经恢复本，启二二20注2。） |
Rev. 22:20 He who testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! 1 Kings 8:48 …If they return to You with all their heart…and they pray to You toward their land…, the city…, and the house…built for Your name. Dan. 6:10 …Daniel…went to his house (in his upper room he had windows open toward Jerusalem) and …he knelt…and prayed and gave thanks… Revelation 22:20b is the apostle John's prayer and his response to the Lord's warning. It is also the last prayer in the Bible. After hearing this book, we should all pray such a prayer and have such a response—"Come, Lord Jesus!" The entire Bible concludes with the desire for the Lord's coming expressed as a prayer. (Rev. 22:20, footnote 2) |
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虽然撒但、背叛的天使和污鬼，都受了神的审判，但他们今天仍在行动、作事。因为在他们身上的审判尚未完全执行。…今天撒但还能到神面前，控告神的百姓；（约一6~12，二1~7，启十二10；）他还在地上走来走去，寻找可吞吃的人；（彼前五8；）仍在运行，弄瞎人的心眼；（林后四4；）且装作光明的天使欺骗人。（十一14。）我们必须晓得他的诡计，（二11，）不可给魔鬼留地步，（弗四27，）并且用坚固的信心抵挡他，（彼前五8~9，）还要穿戴神的全副军装抵挡他。（弗六11~19。） 撒但一背叛神，神立刻宣布了对他的审判。但神对他的审判，乃是用很长的一段时间执行的。主耶稣显现于肉体，是要消除魔鬼的作为，（约壹三8，）就是执行神的审判。主也给祂的门徒权柄，胜过所有仇敌撒但的能力。（路十19。）…现今，作为祂身体的我们，必须继续这个执行，来毁坏蛇尾。借着召会执行审判的工作，魔鬼将被摔到地上，他的使者也要与他一同被摔下去。（启十二9。）以后他要被捆绑并被扔到无底坑里。（二十2~3。）最终他要被扔在火湖里。（10。）这样，神在撒但并他跟从者身上，审判的执行就完成了。（真理课程一级卷一，五七至五八页。） 约伯记给我们看见，神透过撒但这丑恶的工具所作的，就是要借着剥夺和销毁这两种方式，把约伯拆毁。神在约伯身上施行剥夺和销毁，好将他拆毁，使神能有一个根据和一条路，用神自己重建约伯，使他成为神人。（约伯记生命读经，四二页。） 王上八章三十一至四十八节提到神垂听祂选民祷告的七种情形。…末了的情形（48）强调三件事：圣地，预表基督是神分给信徒的分；…圣城，表征在基督里神的国；（诗四八1~2；）圣殿，表征神在地上的家，召会。（弗二21，提前三15。）…在被掳到巴比伦期间，但以理把窗户开向耶路撒冷，一日三次，向着圣地、圣城与圣殿祷告。（但六10。）这指明当我们向神的祷告是向着神永远经纶里的目标，就是基督、神的国、与神的家时，神必垂听我们的祷告。这意思是说，不论我们为谁祷告，我们的祷告都该对准神的权益，就是对准基督与召会—神在地上的权益，以完成神的经纶。（圣经恢复本，王上八48注1。） 参读：真理课程一级卷一，第四课；约伯记生命读经，第一、三、五至六、八至九、二十一、三十至三十一篇；今时代神圣启示的先见—倪柝声，第十五至十六章；罗马书的结晶，第十一篇。 |
Though Satan, the rebellious angels, and the demons were all judged by God, they are still moving and working today, because the judgment upon them has not yet been executed. Today, Satan can still go to God to accuse God's people (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7; Rev. 12:10). He still "walks about" on the earth "seeking someone to devour" (1 Pet. 5:8), and still works to blind the thoughts of people (2 Cor. 4:4), to deceive them by transfiguring himself into an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14). We must not be ignorant of his thoughts (2 Cor. 2:11), neither give place to the devil (Eph. 4:27). We must withstand him firm in the faith (1 Pet. 5:8-9). We need to put on the whole armor of God that we may be able to stand against him (Eph. 6:11-17). After Satan's rebellion, God pronounced His judgment upon him immediately. But it takes a long time to execute God's judgment. The Lord Jesus was manifested in the flesh that He might destroy the works of the Devil (1 John 3:8). This was the execution of God's judgment. The Lord gave His disciples authority over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). Now we, as His Body, must continue this execution, to destroy the tail of the serpent. Through the church's executing work, the devil will be cast to the earth, and his angels will be cast out with him (Rev. 12:9). He will later be bound and cast into the abyss (Rev. 20:2-3). Eventually, he will be "cast into the lake of fire" (Rev. 20:10). Then, the execution of God's judgment upon Satan and his followers will be completed. (Truth Lessons—Level One, vol. 1, pp. 45-46) The book of Job shows us that God, through Satan as an ugly tool, was tearing Job down by two ways: stripping and consuming. God's stripping and consuming were exercised over Job to tear Job down that God might have a base and a way to rebuild him with God Himself that he might become a God- man. (Life-study of Job, p. 35) First Kings 8:31-48 mentions seven conditions concerning God's listening to the prayers of His elect. In…the last condition three things are stressed (v. 48): the Holy Land, typifying Christ as the portion allotted by God to the believers…; the holy city, signifying the kingdom of God in Christ (Psa. 48:1-2); and the holy temple, signifying God's house, the church, on the earth (Eph. 2:21; 1 Tim. 3:15)…. During the Babylonian captivity Daniel prayed toward the Holy Land, the holy city, and the holy temple three times a day by opening his window toward Jerusalem (Dan. 6:10). This indicates that God will listen to our prayer when our prayer to God is toward Christ, the kingdom of God, and the house of God as the goal in God's eternal economy. This means that no matter for whom we are praying, our prayers should be aimed at the interests of God, that is, at Christ and the church as God's interests on earth, for the fulfilling of God's economy. (1 Kings 8:48, footnote 1) Further Reading: Truth Lessons—Level One, vol. 1, lsn. 4; Life-study of Job, pp. 5-6, 35, 41, 50-51, 57-59, 116-118, msgs. 30-31; Watchman Nee—a Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age, chs. 15-16; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, "Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans," ch. 11; CWWL, 1986, vol. 2, "A Blessed Human Life," ch. 4 |