启二二1 天使又指给我看在城内街道当中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。

　　17 那灵和新妇说，来！听见的人也该说，来！口渴的人也当来；愿意的都可以白白取生命的水喝。

　　〔在出埃及十七章六节〕从磐石流出的水乃是在复活里生命的水。复活是指一个东西摆在死里又活过来；也是指经过死所长出的生命。……生命的水是在复活里，所以是得胜且胜利的。这水超越每一件消极的事物。当我们喝这水时，我们就成了在复活里并属于复活的人。

　　现在让我们来看圣经中所描绘的三幅图画：被击打的磐石连同从磐石流出的水，十字架上的基督连同从祂被扎的肋旁流出的血和水，以及宝座上的神连同从宝座流出生命水的河。这些图画不是表征三种不同的水，一种从磐石流出来，另一种从耶稣的身体流出来，还有一种从神的宝座流出来。不，这些图画中的水指的是同一种水。……活水是从宝座开始涌流的。在磐石被击打、基督被钉十字架以前，活水已经从宝座流出来了（出埃及记生命读经，五六三、五六六至五六七页）。

　　Rev. 22:1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.

　　17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely.

　　The water which came out of the rock [in Exodus 17:6] is the water of life in resurrection. Resurrection denotes something which has been put to death and which is alive again. It also denotes life which springs forth out of something that has passed through death. Because the water of life is in resurrection, it is victorious and triumphant. It transcends every negative thing. When we drink this water, we become people in resurrection and of resurrection.

　　Let us now look at three pictures portrayed in the Scriptures: the smitten rock with water flowing out of it, Christ on the cross with blood and water flowing from His pierced side, and God on the throne, out of which flows the river of water of life. These pictures do not signify three different kinds of waters, one flowing out of the rock, another flowing out of the body of Jesus, and still another flowing out of the throne of God. No, the water in these pictures refers to the one water. The flowing of the living water began from the throne. Before the rock was smitten and before Christ was crucified, the living water was already flowing from the throne. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 488, 491-492)

　　赐生命的灵作为生命水从宝座上的神那里流出来（启二二1）。一面，坐在宝座上的那一位是神；另一面，从宝座流出来的生命水也是神。从宝座上的神流出的水带来神的权柄。当我们喝这水，我们就接受权柄，同时也接受能力。我们被里面涌流的活水所征服。

　　不仅如此，从神宝座流出的活水将神圣生命的丰富传输给我们。这是由生命树长在生命水中所指明的（2）。因着神圣生命的丰富在活水的涌流中输送，每当我们喝这水时，我们就得着这些丰富。

　　那灵经过被击打的基督，就是经过裂开磐石所预表的基督而涌流（出十七6，林前十4）。这涌流包括基督的人性、人性生活和受死。若非借着我们里面活水的涌流，我们就无法尝到、经历或享受主的人性。我们越喝这水，就越经历并享受基督的人性、人性生活和受死。

　　那灵作为生命水在复活里涌流，乃是带着基督复活的大能（腓三10）、基督的升天和基督的登宝座，包含得荣、作主和作元首。虽然很难解释，但借着喝活水，这一切都成为我们的经历。我们能见证，我们已尝过基督的复活、升天和登宝座。

　　在复活里生命水的涌流，乃是为着形成基督的身体（林前十二13）。因着我们都喝一位灵，我们能成为一个身体。在复活里喝一位灵，使我们成为身体的肢体，并且把我们建造成为身体。

　　在复活里活水的涌流也是为着预备基督的新妇。按照启示录二十二章十七节，那灵和新妇发出呼召，要人来喝生命水。新妇借着喝而预备好，新妇所喝的水就是那灵。借着喝那灵，新妇与那灵成为一。……我们若天天喝活水，基督的身体就得以建造，基督的新妇也得以预备好（出埃及记生命读经，五七二至五七四页）。

　　参读：出埃及记生命读经，第四十二篇。

　　The life-giving Spirit as the water of life flows out of God on the throne (Rev. 22:1). On the one hand, the One sitting on the throne is God; on the other hand, the water of life proceeding out of the throne is also God. The water which flows from God on the throne brings God’s authority. When we drink of this water, we receive authority as well as power. We are subdued by the living water flowing within us.

　　The living water flowing from God’s throne [also] conveys to us the riches of the divine life. This is indicated by the fact that the tree of life grows in the water of life (Rev. 22:2). Because the riches of the divine life are carried in the flow of the living water, we receive these riches whenever we drink this water.

　　The Spirit flows through the smitten Christ, through the Christ typified by the cleft rock (Exo. 17:6; 1 Cor. 10:4). This flowing includes Christ’s humanity, human living, and death. We cannot taste, experience, or enjoy the Lord’s humanity except by the flowing of the living water within us. The more we drink this water, the more we experience and enjoy Christ’s humanity, human living, and death.

　　The Spirit as the water of life flows in resurrection with the power of Christ’s resurrection (Phil. 3:10), with Christ’s ascension, and with Christ’s enthronement, comprising glorification, lordship, and headship. Although it is difficult to explain, all this becomes our experience by drinking of the living water. We can testify that we have tasted Christ’s resurrection, ascension, and enthronement.

　　The flowing of the water of life in resurrection is for the formation of the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). Because we all drink of the same Spirit, we can be one Body. Drinking of the one Spirit in resurrection makes us members of the Body and builds us up as the Body.

　　The flowing of the living water in resurrection is also for the preparation of the bride of Christ. According to Revelation 22:17, the Spirit and the bride sound forth the call to come and drink of the water of life. The bride is prepared by drinking. The water which the bride drinks is the Spirit. By drinking the Spirit, the bride becomes one with the Spirit….If we drink of the living water day by day, the Body of Christ will be built up, and the bride of Christ will be prepared. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 495-497)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msg. 42