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读经：启十九7~9，11~21，二一2

Scripture Reading: Rev. 19:7-9, 11-21; 21:2

　　启十九7 “我们要喜乐欢腾，将荣耀归与祂；因为羔羊婚娶的时候到了…。”

　　　　　9 “…凡被请赴羔羊婚筵的有福了。又对我说，这是神真实的话。”

　　在启示录十九章六节大批群众的声音宣告说，“阿利路亚！因为主我们的神，全能者，作王了。”神的掌权，就是国度，与羔羊的婚娶有关，羔羊的婚娶乃是神新约经纶完成的结果。神新约的经纶是要借着祂的救赎和神圣的生命，为基督娶得一个新妇，就是召会。借着圣灵历世以来不断地作工，到这世代结束时，这目标必然达到。那时，新妇，就是得胜的信徒，要预备好，神的国也要来到。

　　婚礼要带进主的掌权，就是国度，因为所有被请赴婚礼的宾客既是团体的新妇，又是与新郎一同作王的人。新郎要得着全地作祂的国度，当然就需要许多附属的王与祂一同作王。所有与祂一同作王的人就是祂团体的新妇。

　　虽然你会得救，但你若要得着国度为奖赏，就必须是个得胜者。对得胜者来说，在基督的国度里与祂一同掌权，就是婚筵。（启示录生命读经，七三三至七三四页。）

　　Rev. 19:7 Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come…

　　9 … Blessed are they who are called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb.

　　And he said to me, These are the true words of God.

　　In Revelation 19:6 the voice of the great multitude proclaims, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns!” The reign of God, the kingdom, is related to the marriage of the Lamb, and the marriage of the Lamb is the issue of the completion of God’s New Testament economy. God’s economy in the New Testament is to obtain for Christ the bride, the church, through His redemption and divine life. By the continual working of the Holy Spirit through all the centuries, this goal will be attained at the end of this age. Then the bride with the overcoming believers will be ready. Simultaneously, the kingdom of God will come.

　　The wedding will bring in the reign of the Lord, the kingdom, because all the guests invited to the wedding will be both the corporate bride and the co-kings of the Groom. The Bridegroom, who will take the whole earth as His kingdom, certainly needs many sub-kings to be His co-kings. All His co-kings will be His corporate bride.

　　Although you may be saved, you must become an overcomer in order to receive the kingdom as your reward. For the overcomers, reigning with Christ in His kingdom will be the wedding feast. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 629- 630)

　　无疑的，启示录十九章必会完全应验。不仅如此，我们相信今天这应验就在进行的过程中。耶路撒冷既已归还给以色列，主耶稣的再来应该也不远了。然而，新妇是无法急促预备好的。这个预备是一个渐进的工作，需要有一段的时间。主必然正在地上作工，来预备祂的新妇。…有人也许说，新妇预备的工作是在天主教、公会、独立团体里属灵的人当中。照这种眼光来看，基督再来的时候，祂将聚集所有这些属灵的人，把他们作成祂的新妇。然而，这不是主的路。祂不是来收集那些要构成新妇的人，祂乃是要来把已经预备好的新妇献给自己。我相信这个预备与团体建造的工作有关。那些构成新妇的人不仅生命要成熟，他们也必须建造在一起，成为一个新妇。所以，我坚信主是在祂恢复里的人中间预备祂的新妇。

　　我的负担是要我们都看见，主的恢复不是另一个基督教的运动，或是一种普通的基督教工作。恢复里的工作乃是主真正的工作，为要预备祂的新妇。我信在要来的年日里，会有更多忠信寻求主的人转到祂恢复的路上。他们会看见，在任何别的地方，他们都得不着里面的印证。当我们转到主恢复的路上时，我们里面深深的觉得，主在我们所走的这条路上加上祂的印记。主在祂恢复里首要的工作，不是将福音传遍全地，乃是预备祂的新妇。

　　主的目的不是要复兴整个基督教。主在祂的恢复里，正在呼召那些爱祂并对祂忠信的余民。祂正发出呼召要胜过基督教的堕落，使许多寻求祂的人，可以预备作祂的新妇。主在这件事上正在往前，我们也与祂一同往前。我们能活在这个时代，真是何等的权利！（以弗所书生命读经，九六六至九六八页。）

　　参读：启示录生命读经，第五十四篇；新约圣经中奇妙的基督，第七至八章。

　　There is no doubt that Revelation 19 will be completely fulfilled. Furthermore, we believe that the process of fulfillment is taking place today. Since Jerusalem has been restored to the nation of Israel, the coming back of the Lord Jesus should not be far off. The bride, however, cannot be prepared quickly. This preparation is a gradual work that takes place over a period of time. Certainly the Lord must be doing a work on earth to prepare His bride…. Some may say that the work of preparing the bride is among the spiritual ones in Catholicism, the denominations, and the independent groups. According to this view, Christ will gather together all these spiritual ones and form them into His bride at the time of His coming. However, this is not the Lord’s way. He is not coming to collect those who will constitute the bride; He is coming to present to Himself the bride who has already been prepared. This preparation, I believe, involves the work of building corporately. Those who make up the bride must not only be mature in life; they must also be built together as the one bride. Therefore, I firmly believe that the Lord is preparing His bride among those in His recovery.

　　I am burdened that we would all realize that the Lord’s recovery is not another Christian movement or an ordinary Christian work. The work in the recovery is the Lord’s genuine work to prepare His bride. I believe that in the years to come, more of those who seek the Lord faithfully will turn to the way of His recovery. They will realize that nowhere else do they have the inward confirmation. When we turned to the way of the Lord's recovery, we had the sense deep within that the Lord had put His seal on the way we are taking. The primary work of the Lord in His recovery is not to preach the gospel throughout the earth; it is to prepare His bride.

　　The Lord’s intention is not to revive Christianity as a whole. In His recovery, He is calling out a remnant of those who love Him and who are faithful to Him. He is sending out the call to overcome the degradation of Christianity so that a number of those who seek Him may be prepared as His bride. In this matter, the Lord is moving on, and we are going on with Him. What a privilege to be alive in this age! (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 802-803)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msg. 54; CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 2, "The Wonderful Christ in the Canon of the New Testament," chs. 7-8

　　来六1 “…我们既离开了那论到基督之开端的话，就当竭力前进，达到完全、成熟…。”

　　弗四13 “直到我们众人都达到了信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，达到了长成的人，达到了基督丰满之身材的度量。”

　　启十九7 “…新妇也自己预备好了。”

　　〔在启示录十九章七节里，〕“新妇”，直译，祂的妻子，指召会，（弗五24~25，31~32，）就是基督的新妇。（约三29。）然而，按照启示录十九章八至九节，这里的妻子（基督的新妇）只包含千年国中得胜的信徒；而二十一章二节的新妇，乃是由所有得救的圣徒所组成，从千年国以后直到永远。十九章中羔羊的妻子是从亚伯直到主回来所有得胜圣徒的集大成。所有旧约和新约得胜者的集大成，就是启示录十九章七节的妻子，他们要为基督的婚娶预备好；新妇得以预备好，是在于得胜者生命的成熟。再者，得胜者不是分开的个人，乃是团体的新妇。为着这一面，就需要建造。他们不仅在生命上成熟，更更是同被建造，成为一个新妇。基督不是要娶一位个别的信徒；反之，祂是要娶由祂得胜信徒所组成的团体新妇。当我们被三一神完全浸透，三一神从我们身上流露出来，我们就被建造完成，联络得合式，成为荣耀的召会，就是主耶稣心爱的新妇。（新约总论第十四册，二四四至二四五页。）

　　Heb. 6:1 Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity…

　　Eph. 4:13 Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

　　Rev. 19:7 …His wife has made herself ready.

　　[In Revelation 19:7] His wife refers to the church (Eph. 5:24-25, 31-32), the bride of Christ (John 3:29). However, according to Revelation 19:8-9, the wife, the bride of Christ, consists only of the overcoming believers during the millennium, whereas the bride in 21:2 is composed of all the saved saints after the millennium for eternity. The wife of the Lamb in Revelation 19 is the aggregate of all the overcoming saints from Abel until the Lord’s return. The aggregate of all the Old Testament and New Testament overcomers is the wife in Revelation 19:7 who will be ready for Christ's wedding. The readiness of the bride depends on the maturity in life of the overcomers. Furthermore, the overcomers are not separate individuals but a corporate bride. For this aspect, building is needed. The overcomers are not only mature in life but also built together as one bride. Christ will not marry each believer individually; instead, He will marry His corporate bride composed of His overcoming believers. When we have been fully saturated with the Triune God so that He flows out of us, we will be completely built and fitted together to become the glorious church, the beloved bride of the Lord Jesus. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4320-4321)

　　我们若要够资格作主的新妇，就必须长大，并且要经历许多的事。成为新妇比成为召会更有讲究。譬如，小女孩还不够资格作新妇。她必须长大达到成熟，才能成为新妇。她还必须上学，还要学习许多事物。然后男子才会选她作新妇。

　　不同的人在考虑选谁作妻子时，会有不同的标准。譬如，有博士学位的人可能要求他的新妇受过高等教育。他会认为没有硕士学位的人不够资格作他的新妇。照样，那灵对祂新妇的要求也是非常的高。那灵会娶一个没有成熟的新妇么？答案当然是否定的。必须等到主的新妇成熟了，完全为主预备好了，主才会来迎娶她。…不要以为只要我们是召会，就够资格作新妇。这就好像说，只要是女人，不论年龄大小或成熟与否，都够资格结婚。不，我们要成为新妇，必须满足一些要求。基督徒很容易说，我们都是召会。但是当主耶稣以新郎的身分来到时，我们够资格作祂的新妇么？那时主也许会对我们说，我们还不够资格，我们还需要长大，还需要达到成熟。

　　你有把握你会被包括而成为新妇的一部分么？…我不相信一个只参加主日聚会的人能成为主新妇的一部分。当主来迎接祂的新妇时，你能说你已经预备好了么？你够资格、成熟了么？…我们都必须长大并成熟，好叫我们在主来时够资格被包括而成为祂新妇的一部分。（哥林多后书生命读经，二二五至二二七页。）

　　新妇预表召会在其最终的形态里。…根据马太二十五章，当主回来时，那些预备好了的人，要和主一同坐席。这里预备好了，就是新妇自己预备好了，也是神在人身上建造的工作完成，也就是我们在主的生命里长大成熟。神在我们身上的建造、我们在主生命里的长大、以及我们在主面前的预备，这三件事乃是连在一起的。（新约总论第十四册，二四八至二四九页。）

　　参读：哥林多后书生命读经，第二十一篇。

　　If we would be qualified to be the Lord's bride, we must grow and pass through many things. Being the bride involves more than being the church. For example, a little girl is not qualified to be a bride. Before she can be a bride, she must grow to maturity. She must also attend school and learn many things. Then a man will choose her for his bride.

　　Different men may have different standards concerning whom they will consider for a wife. For example, someone with a doctoral degree may want a bride with a high education. He would regard anyone with less than a master’s degree as unqualified to be his bride. Likewise, the Spirit has very high requirements for His bride. Will the Spirit take a bride who is immature? Surely, the answer is no. The Lord will not come for His bride until she is mature and fully prepared for Him. Do not think that as long as we are the church, we are qualified to be the bride. This is similar to saying that any female, regardless of age or maturity, is qualified to be married. No, certain requirements must be fulfilled in order for us to be the bride. It is easy for Christians to say that we are all the church. But when the Lord Jesus comes as the Bridegroom, will we be qualified to be His bride? The Lord may tell us at that time that we are not yet qualified, that we need further growth and maturity.

　　Do you have the assurance that you will be included as part of the bride?… I do not believe that anyone who is merely a Sunday-goer can be part of the Lord's bride. When the time comes for the Lord to take His bride, will you be ready? Will you be qualified and matured?…We all need to grow and mature so that we may be qualified at the Lord's coming to be included as part of His bride. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 191-192)

　　The bride signifies the church in its ultimate state. According to Matthew 25, when the Lord comes back, those who are ready will sit with Him at the wedding feast. To be ready here means that the bride has made herself ready, that God has completed His building work in man, and that we have grown and matured in the Lord’s life. These three matters—God’s building in us, our growth in the Lord’s life, and our getting ready before the Lord—are all linked together. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4323-4324)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msg. 21

　　启十九8 “又赐她得穿明亮洁净的细麻衣，这细麻衣就是圣徒所行的义。”

　　腓三9 “并且给人看出我是在祂里面，不是有自己那本于律法的义，乃是有那借着信基督而有的义，就是那基于信、本于神的义。”

　　〔在启示录十九章八节，〕洁净的，或作，纯洁的，是指性质。明亮，是指彰显。义，也可译为义行。这里的义是复数，不是指我们所接受，使我们得救的义（就是基督—林前一30）。我们所接受，使我们得救的义是客观的，使我们满足公义之神的要求；这里得胜圣徒的义是主观的，（腓三9，）使他们满足得胜基督的要求。所以，细麻衣指明我们得胜的生活。这细麻衣就是从我们里面活出来的基督自己。（启示录生命读经，七二九至七三○页。）

　　Rev. 19:8 And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.

　　Phil. 3:9 And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is out of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is out of God and based on faith.

　　[In Revelation 19:8 the] word clean (or, pure) refers to the nature; whereas bright refers to the expression. The Greek word translated “righteousnesses” may also be rendered “righteous acts.” The righteousnesses do not refer to the righteousness (which is Christ) we receive for our salvation (1 Cor. 1:30). The righteousness we receive for our salvation is objective, that we may meet the requirement of the righteous God; whereas the righteousnesses of the overcoming saints here are subjective (Phil. 3:9), that they may meet the requirement of the overcoming Christ. Hence, the fine linen indicates our overcoming life, our overcoming living. It is the very Christ whom we live out of our being. (Life-study of Revelation, p. 626)

　　按照整本圣经的启示，我们得救的人需要两件衣服—一件是为着我们的救恩，另一件是为着我们的奖赏。为着救恩，我们需要一件袍子来遮盖我们。这件袍子就是路加十五章里，穿在浪子身上的袍子。浪子回家，…认为自己不配到父亲面前。但是父亲却对他的仆人说，“快把那上好的袍子拿出来给他穿。”（22。）这件袍子就是基督作我们的义，使我们在神面前被称义。

　　但是我们还需要第二件衣服，就是马太二十二章十一、十二节里的婚筵礼服。这件衣服不是为着我们的救恩，而是为着我们的奖赏，使我们有资格参加神儿子的婚筵。第一件衣服使我们有资格见神，叫我们得救；第二件衣服使我们有资格见基督，叫我们得奖赏。这第二件衣服乃是圣灵在我们里面的工作，实际上这就是我们所凭以生活并活出来的基督。这是在我们日常生活中，借我们彰显出来的基督。这就是启示录十九章八节所说圣徒的义。

　　第二件衣服也是马太五章二十节所说的义。在这一节里主耶稣说，“我告诉你们，你们的义，若不超过经学家和法利赛人的义，绝不能进诸天的国。”…这一节清楚的指明，我们的义必须超过法利赛人的义。这义并不是我们所接受作我们衣袍，使我们得称义的客观基督，乃是我们所活出作我们日常生活的主观基督。这不是称义的袍子，乃是使我们有资格接受奖赏的衣服。

　　马太二十二章十一、十二节的婚筵礼服说明了这点。在这个比喻中，主说到一个没有穿婚筵礼服的人进来参加婚筵。王看见他便说，“朋友，你没有穿婚筵的礼服，是怎么进到这里来的？”〔12。〕宾客无言可答。于是王对他的仆人说，“把他的手脚捆起来，扔在外面黑暗里，在那里必要哀哭切齿了。”（13。）这里的婚筵礼服不是称义的衣服，乃是很特别的衣服。按照古时犹太人的风俗，凡参加婚筵的人都必须穿特别的婚筵礼服。我们若要在羔羊的婚筵上有分，就必须穿这样的衣服。你若想有资格参加基督的婚筵，就需要凭基督活着，并且在日常生活中把祂活出来。这一位基督，就是主观的基督，便成了婚筵礼服，使你有资格可参加婚筵。因此，我们需要称义的衣服，也需要婚筵礼服。（启示录生命读经，七三○至七三一页。）

　　参读：圣洁没有瑕疵，第三章。

　　According to the revelation of the whole Bible, we, the saved ones, need two garments—one for our salvation and one for our reward. For our salvation we need a robe to cover us. This robe is the robe put on the prodigal son in Luke 15. Upon his return, the prodigal son…thought himself unworthy to be in the presence of the father (Luke 15:21). But the father said to his servants, “Bring out quickly the best robe and put it on him” (Luke 15:22). This robe is Christ as our righteousness. It is for us to be justified by God in His presence.

　　However, we also need the second garment, which is the wedding garment in Matthew 22:11 and 12. This garment is not for our salvation; rather, it is for our reward, qualifying us to attend the wedding feast of the Son of God. The first garment qualifies us to meet God for our salvation. The second garment qualifies us to meet Christ for our reward. The second garment is the work of the Holy Spirit within us. It is actually the very Christ by whom we live and whom we live out. It is the Christ expressed through us in our daily living. This is the righteousnesses of the saints in Revelation 19:8.

　　The second garment is also the righteousness spoken of in Matthew 5:20. In this verse the Lord Jesus said, "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the kingdom of the heavens.”…This verse clearly indicates that we must have a righteousness that surpasses the righteousness of the Pharisees. This righteousness is not the objective Christ we receive as our robe for our justification. Rather, it is the subjective Christ whom we live out as our daily living. It is not the justifying robe; it is the garment that qualifies us to receive the reward.

　　The wedding garment in Matthew 22:11 and 12 illustrates this. In this parable the Lord speaks of a man who comes into the wedding feast without a wedding garment. When the king sees him, the king says, "Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?" [v. 12]. The guest is speechless. Then the king says to his servants, “Bind his feet and hands, and cast him out into the outer darkness….There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth” (Matt. 22:13). The wedding garment is not the justifying garment; it is a very special garment. According to the custom of the ancient Jews, no one could attend a wedding feast without a special wedding garment. If we would be in the wedding feast of the Lamb, we must be clothed with such a garment. If you would be qualified to attend the wedding feast of Christ, you need to live by Christ and to live Him out in your daily living. This Christ, the subjective Christ, will be the wedding garment to qualify you to be admitted into the wedding feast. Therefore, we need both the justifying garment and the wedding garment. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 626-628)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 34, "The Glorious Church," ch. 3

　　弗五27 “祂好献给自己，作荣耀的召会，没有斑点、皱纹、或任何这类的病，好使她成为圣别、没有瑕疵。”

　　三17 “使基督借着信，安家在你们心里，叫你们在爱里生根立基。”

　　每一位新妇都要在她结婚那天有健康、焕发的面容。她若担心有瑕疵，就该及早为她的婚礼有所预备，借着吃营养的食物，使她有健康的面容。同样的原则，我们今天必须借着接受基督丰富的元素作我们的滋养，来预备自己成为新妇。基督是召会的食物。因此当召会预备自己献给基督时，必须吃基督。…借着吃祂，我们就成为美丽的、甚至荣耀的新妇。（以弗所书生命读经，九六三页。）

　　Eph. 5:27 That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish.

　　3:17 That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love.

　　Any bride would want to have a healthy, radiant complexion on her wedding day. If she is concerned about blemishes, she should begin long beforehand to prepare herself for her wedding by eating nutritious foods that will give her a healthy complexion. In the same principle, today we must prepare ourselves to be the bride by taking in the element of Christ’s riches as our nourishment. Christ is the food for the church. Therefore, as she prepares herself to be presented to Christ, the church must eat Christ…. By eating Him we become a beautiful and even glorious bride. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 799-800)

　　〔基督〕把新妇献给自己的时候快到了。新妇献给基督时，必定没有任何斑点或皱纹。在新妇身上，基督不注视别的，只注视她的美丽。这美丽乃是基督所是的返照。你知道新妇的美丽是从那里来的么？这美丽乃是来自那位作到召会里面，然后借着召会彰显出来的基督。我们的美丽不是我们的行为；我们所有的美丽乃是基督的返照，就是基督从我们里面照耀出来。基督在我们身上所珍赏的，乃是祂自己在我们身上的彰显。

　　首先，基督必须进到我们里面，并被我们吸收。然后，祂就能从我们里面照耀出去。这个照耀乃是新妇的荣耀，是神性借着人性的彰显。真实的美丽乃是神圣属性借着人性的彰显。宇宙中没有什么像这个彰显如此美丽的。所以，新妇的美丽乃是基督从我们照耀出来。…借着我们的人性，神圣的色泽、外表、味道、性情和特质，就得着彰显。为着这样的美丽，阿利路亚！

　　在婚配那日，新郎在意他新妇的美丽，远过于她的才干。照样，在召会生活中，对主来说，我们的美丽最终比我们的功用重要得多。召会生活刚开始的时候，我们也许强调能力和功用。但最终我们要更多强调美丽。…不要太注意在功用上成为能干、够资格、有恩赐的人。起先，这也许在召会生活中算得了数，但至终主要给我们看见，祂所在意的不是我们的能力；祂所在意的乃是从我们的人性所彰显出祂自己的美丽。基督的心意不是要把一个能干的召会献给祂自己；所要献给祂的召会，乃是荣耀的、美丽的，没有斑点和皱纹、或任何这类的病。我们若要除去瑕疵和缺陷，就必须更多将基督接受进来。祂不仅为着我们的功用加强我们，祂更使我们美丽，好作祂的新妇。

　　在召会是新人这一面，有力量和能力；但在召会是新妇这一面，却有美丽和荣耀。我们应当学习轻看我们的能力和力量，因为作为新妇的一部分，我们不是男的，乃是女的。在婚配的时候，召会所需要的是美丽，不是力量。哦，召会借着有分于基督、消化基督、并吸收基督而渐渐变为美丽的！我们越这样经历内住的基督，祂就越要以祂自己的元素顶替我们的斑点和皱纹，并且祂的丰富同祂神圣的属性，也越要成为我们的美丽。这样，我们就预备好献给基督，作祂心爱的新妇。（以弗所书生命读经，九六三至九六五页。）

　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第九十五、九十七篇。

　　The time is coming when He will present the bride to Himself. Surely at the time of her presentation to Christ, the bride will not have any wrinkles or spots. In His bride Christ will behold nothing but beauty. This beauty will be the reflection of what He is. Do you know where the beauty of the bride comes from? It comes from the very Christ who is wrought into the church and who is then expressed through the church. Our beauty is not our behavior. Our only beauty is the reflection of Christ, the shining out of Christ from within us. What Christ appreciates in us is the expression of Himself in us.

　　First, Christ must come into us and then be assimilated by us. Then He will be able to shine out of us. This shining is the glory of the bride, the manifestation of divinity through humanity. Real beauty is the expression of the divine attributes through humanity. Nothing in the universe is as beautiful as this expression. Therefore, the beauty of the bride is Christ shining out of us….Through our humanity there is an expression of the divine color, the divine appearance, the divine flavor, the divine nature, and the divine character. Hallelujah for such a beauty!

　　On the day of his wedding, a bridegroom cares much more for the beauty of his bride than for her ability. In like manner, in the church life our beauty will eventually be much more important to the Lord than our function. At the beginning of the church life, we may emphasize ability and function. But eventually we shall place more emphasis on beauty…. Do not pay that much attention to becoming capable, qualified, and gifted in function. At first, this may count for something in the church life. But eventually the Lord will show us that what He cares for is not our ability; He cares for the beauty of Himself expressed through our humanity. Christ does not intend to present a capable church to Himself. The church that will be presented to Him will be glorious and beautiful, a church without spot, wrinkle, or any such thing. If our blemishes and imperfections are to be removed, we need to take in more and more of Christ. He should not simply energize us for our function but also beautify us that we may be His bride.

　　In the church as the one new man there is strength and ability, but with the church as the bride there is beauty and glory. We should learn somewhat to depreciate our ability and strength, for as part of the bride, we shall be not male, but female. At the time of the wedding, what the church will need is beauty, not strength. Oh, the church is being beautified by partaking of Christ, by digesting Christ, and by assimilating Christ! The more we experience the indwelling Christ in this way, the more He will replace our spots and wrinkles with His element, and the more His riches with the divine attributes will become our beauty. Then we shall be prepared to be presented to Christ as His lovely bride. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 800-801)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 95, 97

　　弗六10 “末了的话，你们要在主里，靠着祂力量的权能，得着加力。”

　　启十九14 “在天上的众军，骑着白马，穿着细麻衣，又白又洁，跟随着祂。”

　　根据启示录十九章，召会既是呈献给基督的新妇，也是和祂一同与神的仇敌争战的战士。十九章十四节的众军，就是十七章十四节蒙召被选的信徒。他们也是新妇，以及被请赴羔羊婚筵的客人。（十九7~9。）被请赴婚筵的客人与新妇是同样的人；新妇包括了被请的客人，而被请的客人组成了新妇。在婚礼之后，所有的客人都要成为军队。

　　在十九章十四节，我们看见得胜者作为天上的众军以及骑着白马跟随祂的人，“穿着细麻衣，又白又洁。”这里的细麻衣就是新妇的衣服。“明亮洁净的细麻衣”〔8〕这婚礼的礼服，将是争战的军装。得胜者作为天上的众军，乃是基督新妇的构成分子。换句话说，基督的新妇将要作祂的军队跟随祂争战，毁坏敌基督和他的军队。那些胜了每一种拦阻的人，在对敌基督的最后争战中，要成为与基督一同争战的人。这些人就是祂的新妇；因着祂把丰富生命的供应服事给他们，他们就成为与祂一同争战的人。不错，神期望祂的得胜者成为这样一同争战的战士。（新约总论第十四册，二六八至二六九页。）

　　Eph. 6:10 Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength.

　　Rev. 19:14 And the armies which are in heaven followed Him on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

　　According to Revelation 19, the church is both the bride who is presented to Christ and the warrior who fights with Him against God's enemy. The armies in Revelation 19:14 are the called and chosen believers in 17:14. They are also both the bride and the guests called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb (19:7-9). The guests invited to the wedding feast and the bride are the same. The bride consists of the invited guests, and the invited guests make up the bride. After the wedding, all the guests will become the army.

　　In Revelation 19:14 we see that the overcomers, as the armies which are in heaven and the ones who followed Him on white horses, are “dressed in fine linen, white and clean." The fine linen here is the clothing of the bride. The wedding garment of "fine linen, bright and clean" [v. 8] will be the armor for fighting. The overcomers who are the heavenly armies are those who constitute the bride of Christ. In other words, it will be the bride of Christ who will follow Him as His army to fight and destroy Antichrist and his army. Those who have overcome every obstacle will be Christ's co-fighters in the final battle against Antichrist. These are His bride. They have become His co-fighters by His ministering the rich life supply to them. Surely the expectation is that His overcomers will be such co-fighters. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4339-4340)

　　得胜的圣徒有两件衣服，一件为救恩，另一件为奖赏。这里的细麻衣是第二件衣服。得胜者这第二件衣服使他们有资格参加羔羊的婚筵，（启十九8~9，）并与主一同争战抵挡祂的仇敌。因此，婚筵的礼服就变成了征衣。这第二件衣服使我们不仅有资格参加婚礼，也够资格参加军队。新妇的婚筵礼服，将是她作神的军队争战抵挡祂的仇敌时所穿的制服。…就在今天，我们也是借基督作我们的衣服来争战。以弗所六章指明，神全副的军装就是基督。

　　主耶稣再来的时候，…娶新妇之后，就要与得胜者一同争战对付仇敌。…正如在以弗所五章和六章，我们看到召会是新妇也是战士；在启示录十九章，我们也有召会的这两面。作为召会，我们是新妇和战士。神的经纶里有一支军队，是由团体的战士所构成的。这意思是，以弗所六章的战士乃是一个团体的实体。我们惟有成为一个团体的实体—基督的身体，才能穿上神全副的军装。这与许多基督徒所持守的观念相反，他们认为个别的信徒能穿着全副的军装。以弗所六章的军装不是为着个别的基督徒，乃是为着召会这团体的身体，…团体的军队。

　　按照十七节，我们是借着各样的祷告和祈求，接受救恩的头盔，并那灵的剑。…在军装的各项中，惟有剑是为着进攻的，也就是说，神的军装中惟有剑是用来攻击仇敌的。…撒但不只是我们外面的仇敌，也是我们里面的对头。…因着仇敌的元素是在我们里面，所以我们需要话的杀死能力，主观的应用到我们的所是里。

　　祷读神的话是杀死我们里面对头的路。每一天，并在各种处境里，我们都应该祷读。每当我们被自己里面某些消极的东西困扰时，我们该借着在灵里的祷告接受神的话。我们这么作，消极的元素就会被杀死。（新约总论第十四册，二六九至二七二页。）

　　参读：新约总论，第一百八十五、二百一十五、三百四十三、四百二十四至四百二十六篇。

　　The overcoming saints have two garments, one for salvation and the other or reward. The fine linen here is the second garment. This second garment of the overcomers qualifies them both to attend the marriage dinner of the Lamb (Rev. 19:8-9) and to fight with the Lord against His enemy. Thus, the wedding garment becomes the fighting garment. The second garment qualifies us not only to attend the wedding but also to join the army. The bride’s wedding garment will be the uniform that she wears as God's army to fight against His enemy….Even today, we are fighting by Christ as our garment. Ephesians 6 indicates that the whole armor of God is Christ.

　　At His coming again, … after receiving the bride, Christ and the overcomers will enter into battle against the enemy. Just as in Ephesians 5 and 6 we see the church as the bride and as the warrior, in Revelation 19 we also have these two aspects of the church. As the church, we are the bride and the warrior. In God’s economy there is one army constituted of a corporate warrior. This means that the warrior in Ephesians 6 is a corporate entity. Only as a corporate entity, the Body, can we put on the whole armor of God. This is contrary to the concept held by many Christians that an individual believer is able to wear the entire armor. The armor in Ephesians 6 is not for Christians as individuals; it is for the church corporately as the Body, …a corporate army.

　　According to verses 17 and 18, we receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit by means of all prayer and petition…. Among the various items of the armor, only the sword is for offensive warfare; that is, it is the only item of God’s armor used for attacking the enemy…. Satan is not only the enemy outside of us; he is also the adversary within us…. Because the enemy’s elements are within us, we need the killing power of the word to be applied to our being subjectively.

　　Pray-reading the Word of God is the way to kill the adversary within us. Every day and in every kind of situation, we should pray-read. Whenever we are troubled by something negative within us, we should take the Word of God by means of prayer in spirit. As we do this, the negative element will be killed. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4340-4342)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msgs. 185, 215, 343, 424-426

　　启十九13 “祂穿着蘸过血的衣服，祂的名称为神的话。”

　　　　　15 “有利剑从祂口中出来，可以用以击杀列国…。”

　　在启示录十九章，基督这神的话在背叛的人身上执行神的审判，而为神说话。…基督的争战就是说出神的话。神是公义并主宰一切的。祂也是一位有次序的神，祂无法容忍紊乱和背叛。基督与仇敌争战时，要说出神是主宰一切、公义且有次序的。祂要宣告神是管治每一个人的神，祂不会容忍背叛祂权柄的事。因此，这里的战士乃是话。祂的争战就是说出神的话。主在哈米吉顿的争战是一个强有力的说话，告诉撒但、敌基督、假申言者和全宇宙说，神是主宰一切的，没有人可以背叛祂。神不是混乱的神；祂是主宰一切的神，也是有次序的神，祂并不容忍背叛；这有次序的神要清除一切的背叛。（新约总论第十四册，二六五至二六六页。）

　　Rev. 19:13 And He is clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and His name is called the Word of God.

　　15 And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations…

　　In Revelation 19, as the Word of God, Christ speaks for God by executing God's judgment upon the rebellious people….The fighting of Christ is the speaking of the Word of God. God is righteous and sovereign. He is also a God of order, and as such He cannot tolerate disorder and rebellion. As Christ fights against the enemy, He will speak that God is sovereign, righteous, and orderly. He will declare that God is the God over everyone and that He does not tolerate rebellion against His authority. Hence, the Warrior is the Word. His fighting is the speaking of God's Word. The Lord's fighting in the war at Armageddon will be a powerful speaking. It will tell Satan, Antichrist, the false prophet, and the entire universe that God is sovereign and that no one can rebel against Him. God is not a God of confusion; He is the sovereign God, a God of order who does not tolerate rebellion. The God of order will sweep away all rebellion. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4337-4338)

　　在启示录十九章，主耶稣从天而降，以作战将军的身分出现。祂骑在白马上，祂的名称为“神的话”。（11，13。）我们今天所说的神的话就是主耶稣。至终，当我们继续说话时，我们的说话会使主耶稣来临。

　　但以理二章三十四节说，“有一块非人手凿出来的石头，打在这像…的脚上，把脚砸碎。”三十五节接着说，“于是铁、泥、铜、银、金，都一同砸得粉碎，成如夏天禾场上的糠秕，被风吹散，无处可寻。”此处的大人像表征人类政权的集大成，而砸人的石头不仅表征个人的基督，也表征团体的基督。表面上，金、银、铜、铁各部分对神并不是难处，但十个脚趾却带来极大的难处，因为当人类政权达到十个脚趾的阶段—敌基督及其十王的阶段—时，它就要直接与神争战。因此，人类政权不仅背叛神、高举人、以及拜偶像，也直接与神争战。但是，基督作为神的具体化身，要与祂的新妇同来砸碎人类政权。

　　当基督这砸人的石头来临时，祂不是单独的来。反之，祂要带着祂的新妇同来。这是因为当基督来与敌基督和他的军兵争战时，祂乃是作为人子而来。祂这位人子需要一个配偶，好与祂相配，使祂得以完全。这个配偶将是祂的新妇。基督得着并迎娶召会作祂的新妇后，就要作为砸人的石头而来。基督若没有新妇，就要单独与敌基督及其军队争战。然而基督将有一支军队，这军队就是祂的新妇。在婚娶之日，基督要迎娶那多年与神的仇敌争战的人。这就是说，基督要迎娶那已经胜过那恶者魔鬼的得胜者。（启十二11。）基督同其得胜者（团体的基督）乃是神所凿出的石头，要击打由大人像的十个脚趾所表征的十王和敌基督。（十九11~21。）如此，团体的基督要把大人像从脚趾到头砸得粉碎；（但二35；）也就是说，团体的基督—基督以及由得胜者所构成那刚迎娶的新妇—要作为非人手所凿的石头而来，砸碎人类的政权。如此，基督同其新妇便毁灭了人类的政权。（新约总论第十四册，二六六、二七六至二七七页。）

　　参读：真理课程四级卷一，第十七课。

　　In Revelation 19 the Lord Jesus who comes down out of heaven appears as a General fighting a battle. He is riding on a white horse, and His name is called "the Word of God" (vv. 11, 13). The word of God that we speak today is the Lord Jesus. Eventually, as we continue to speak, our speaking will cause the Lord Jesus to come forth.

　　Daniel 2:34 says that “a stone…cut out without hands” struck “the image at its feet” and “crushed them.” Verse 35 continues, “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed all at once, and they became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found." Here the great human image signifies the aggregate of human government, and the smiting stone signifies not merely the individual Christ but also the corporate Christ. Apparently, the parts that were of gold, silver, bronze, and iron were not a problem to God. But with the ten toes there is a great problem, for when human government reaches the stage of the ten toes—the stage of Antichrist and his ten kings—it will fight against God directly. Thus, human government not only rebels against God, exalts man, and worships idols but also fights against God directly. However, Christ, the embodiment of God, will come with His bride to crush the human government.

　　When Christ comes as the smiting stone, He will not come alone. Rather, He will come with His bride. This is because when Christ comes to fight against Antichrist and his army, He will come as the Son of Man. As the Son of Man, He will need a counterpart to match Him and complete Him. This counterpart will be His bride. After gaining and marrying the church as His bride, Christ will come as the smiting stone. If Christ did not have a bride, He would have to fight alone against Antichrist and his army. However, Christ will have an army, and this army will be His bride. On the day of His wedding, Christ will marry the one who has been fighting the battle against God's enemy for years. This means that Christ will marry the overcomers, who have already overcome the evil one, the devil (Rev. 12:11). As the God-cut stone, Christ with His overcomers— the corporate Christ—will strike the ten kings with Antichrist (19:11-21), signified by the ten toes of the great human image. In so doing, the corporate Christ will crush the great image from the toes to the head (Dan. 2:35); that is, the corporate Christ—Christ with His newly married bride composed of the overcomers—will come as a stone cut without hands and smite the human government into pieces. In this way, Christ with His bride will annihilate human government. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4338, 4345-4346)

　　Further Reading: Truth Lessons—Level Four, vol. 1, lsn. 17