二 主恢复的原则见于但以理（“神是我的审判者”）、哈拿尼雅（“耶和华曾以恩慈赐与”或“蒙耶和华恩宠”）、米沙利（“谁是神所是的”）、以及亚撒利雅（“耶和华曾帮助”）；“但以理和他的同伴”在胜过撒但的诡计上完全与神是一；他们是转移时代的人，将神的百姓从被掳的时代转移到归回以马内利之地的时代，为着建造神的殿和神的城，使神得着彰显并掌权—但二13，17，赛八8，参启十七14： |
Ｂ The principle of the Lord’s recovery is seen with Daniel (“God is my judge”), Hananiah (“Jah has graciously given,” or “favored of Jah”), Mishael (“Who is what God is?”), and Azariah (“Jah has helped”); “Daniel and his companions” were absolutely one with God in their victory over Satan’s devices; they were men who turned the age of the captivity of God’s people to the age of their return to the land of Immanuel for the building of God’s house and God’s city for God’s expression and authority—Dan. 2:13, 17; Isa. 8:8; cf. Rev. 17:14: |
１ 在神眼中，得胜者乃是“珍贵的人”，甚至就是“珍贵的本身”，就是神所用以转移时代的人—彼前二7，但九23，十11，19（大蒙眷爱的，直译，珍贵）。 |
１ In God’s sight, an overcomer is a “man of preciousness,” even “preciousness itself,” a person whom God can use to turn the age—1 Pet. 2:7; Dan. 9:23; 10:11, 19. |
２ 基督这独一的得胜者包括了所有的得胜者；这独一的得胜者住在我们灵里，使我们成为祂的得胜者—约十四30，但二34~35，启十九7~21，约壹五4，18~19，启三21。 |
２ Christ as the unique Overcomer includes all the overcomers; the unique Overcomer dwells in our spirit to make us His overcomers— John 14:30; Dan. 2:34-35; Rev. 19:7-21; 1 John 5:4, 18-19; Rev. 3:21. |
三 主需要兴起转移时代的人，以恢复神的彰显和权柄；在堕落的人类中间，神的彰显被人破坏，祂的权柄被人否认；但以理和他的同伴真实让神借着他们得着彰显，并且真实在神的权柄之下—创一26，但三14~30，四17，26，启二二1~2。 |
Ｃ The Lord needs to raise up men who turn the age for the recovery of God’s expression and authority; among fallen mankind God’s expression is torn down and His authority is denied; Daniel and his companions truly allowed God to be expressed through them and were truly under God’s authority—Gen. 1:26; Dan. 3:14-30; 4:17, 26; Rev. 22:1-2. |
贰 但以理有同伴，能一同绝对奉献给神，并从跟随撒但的世代分别出来归给神—但一4~8，五12，22，六10： |
Ⅱ Daniel had companions with whom he was absolutely consecrated to God and separated unto God from an age that follows Satan—Dan. 1:4-8; 5:12, 22; 6:10: |
一 凡能给神使用来转移时代的人，都必须是拿细耳人—自愿奉献的人，绝对且彻底的圣别归给神—民六1~8，22~27，诗一一○3，路九62，腓三13~14。 |
Ａ All those who are used by God to turn the age must be Nazarites— voluntarily consecrated ones who are sanctified absolutely and ultimately to God—Num. 6:1-8, 22-27; Psa. 110:3; Luke 9:62; Phil. 3:13-14. |
二 但以理和他的同伴虽然仍很年轻，但他们却作为“相反的见证”站住，与安提帕在别迦摩召会中所作的相似—启二13。 |
Ｂ Although Daniel and his companions were still very young, they stood up as an anti-testimony, similar to the way that Antipas did in the church in Pergamos—Rev. 2:13. |
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但一8 “但以理却立定心意，不以王的膳和王所饮的酒玷污自己…。” 启二13 “…你持守着我的名，甚至当我忠信的见证人安提帕在你们中间，撒但所住之处被杀的那些日子，你也没有否认对我的信仰。” 神怎样使用但以理来转移那一个时代呢？在但以理身上有一个重要的原则，和在撒母耳身上一样，就是自愿奉献。撒母耳是一个拿细耳人。拿细耳人就是一个自愿奉献的人。我们在但以理身上也能看见同样的原则。虽然表面看，但以理不是拿细耳人，但实际上他也是一个拿细耳人，因为拿细耳人是淡酒浓酒都不喝的。什么叫作淡酒浓酒都不喝呢？意思就是凡人生里头的娱乐，我都不享受。在但以理身上，就是这个原则。 巴比伦王所喝过的酒，一定是祭过偶像的；巴比伦王所吃过的肉和饭，也一定是祭过偶像的。那些饭食，最起码也不合乎利未记十一章那些洁净的条例，都是污秽的东西。（转移时代的人，一二页。） |
Dan. 1:8 But Daniel set his heart not to defile himself with the king’s choice provision and with the wine that the king drank, so he requested of the leader of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Rev. 2:13 …You hold fast My name and have not denied My faith, even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. How did God use Daniel to turn that age? There is an important principle with Daniel as also with Samuel. It is voluntary consecration. Samuel was a Nazarite. A Nazarite was a person who consecrated himself voluntarily (Num. 6). We can see the same principle in Daniel. Apparently, Daniel was not a Nazarite. Actually, he was, because a Nazarite was a person who did not drink any wine or strong drink. What is the meaning of not drinking wine or strong drink? It means to not enjoy any pleasures of this life. This is the principle with Daniel. What the king of Babylon drank, as well as his meat and grains, must have been offered to the idols. At least those meals were not clean according to the ordinances on cleanliness in Leviticus 11; it was defiled food. (CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, “Men Who Turn the Age,” p. 511) |
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所有能叫人得到享受的，能叫人有夸耀的，能叫人在世界中有地位的，但以理都拒绝了。他是一个自愿奉献的人。 我们光有一点属灵的追求，光在主面前过着一点敬虔的生活，这还不够给主用来转移时代。凡能给主使用来转移时代的人，都必须是拿细耳人，是自愿奉献的人。…自愿奉献…就是说，当所有的人在地上活着都是追求世界，享受世界的时候，我却从这一个情形中分别出来。…圣经记载说，那一个时候，巴比伦王从各族的人中间选出一班少年人来侍立在他面前。这一个被选的机会，在别人真是求之不得，因为王要给他们好的吃，好的喝，养他们三年，叫他们健壮俊美，得在王宫里侍立在王面前。…可是但以理和他的三个朋友，却立志说，我们放弃这个机会，我们不愿意享受这里的饭和酒。我们不能和那些人一样，我们要站在另一个地位上。那些人是没有神的，也是不为着神的，我们却是为着神的。 他们能这样彰显神，乃是因为他们服在神的权下。当时全地都否认神的权柄，他们却承认神的权柄，全地都是人作王，他们却让神作王。但以理身上的第一个特点，就是他是一个分别出来的人。…但以理和他的三个朋友，虽然还很年轻，竟然站起来作一个相反的见证。这个相反的见证就是分别。…你读但以理第一章，必须领会这幅图画的意思。他们丝毫不跟随巴比伦的潮流，他们是分别出来的人。别人能吃的东西他们不吃，别人能喝的东西，他们不喝，别人能作的事，他们不作。他们在每一件事上，都与别人有明显的分别。（转移时代的人，一二至一四、二三页。） 安提帕，〔启二13，〕原文意反对一切。主这忠信的见证人，反对属世召会所带进并实行的一切，因此，他成了主的殉道者。殉道者原文与见证人同字。安提帕是作相反见证的人，他作了相反的见证，反对一切偏离耶稣见证的事。在他那个时代，在别迦摩的召会必是借他所作相反的见证，仍然持守着主的名，没有否认正确的基督徒信仰。（圣经恢复本，启二13注3。） 参读：转移时代的人，第一至二篇。 |
Daniel refused everything that men enjoyed and boasted of. He refused everything that would offer him some position in the world. He was a voluntarily consecrated one. A little spiritual pursuit or a little godly living before the Lord is not enough to be used by the Lord to turn the age. All those who are used by the Lord to turn the age must be Nazarites; they must be voluntarily consecrated ones…. [Voluntary consecration] means that when everyone else on earth seeks after the world and enjoys the world, I separate myself from it….The Bible records that in those days the king of Babylon chose a group of young men from different races to stand before him. The opportunity of being chosen was something beyond one’s dream because the king would give them good food and drink for three years so that they would be fair and fat in the flesh to stand before him in the palace….Yet Daniel and his three companions vowed, saying, “We forsake such opportunity. We will not enjoy the food and drink here. We cannot be the same as other people. We must take another stand. Other people do not have God and are not for God, but we are for God.” They expressed God this way because they submitted themselves to His authority. While the whole earth denied God’s authority, they acknowledged God’s authority. While the whole earth had men as kings, they had God as their King. The first characteristic of Daniel was that he was a separated person…. Although Daniel and his three friends were still very young, they stood up to be an anti-testimony. This anti-testimony is a separation….When we read Daniel 1, we must grasp the meaning of this picture. These men did not follow the tide of Babylon at all. They were the separated ones. They could not eat what others could eat. They could not drink what others could drink. They could not do what others could do. They were clearly different from others in everything. (CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, "Men Who Turn the Age," pp. 512-513, 519) In Greek Antipas means “against all.” Antipas, a faithful witness of the Lord, stood against all that the worldly church brought in and practiced. Hence, he became a martyr of the Lord. In Greek the word for martyr is the same as that for witness. Antipas, as an anti-witness, bore an anti-testimony, a testimony against anything that deviated from the testimony of Jesus. It must have been through his anti-testimony that in his days the church in Pergamos still held fast the Lord’s name and did not deny the proper Christian faith. (Revelation 2:13, footnote 3) Further Reading: CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, "Men Who Turn the Age," chs. 1-2 |