贰 主给祂当前恢复的异象，乃是神永远经纶包罗万有的异象，及其终极完成—新耶路撒冷的异象—箴二九18上，徒二六18~19，二二15，启二一2、9~11： |
Ⅱ The vision that the Lord has given to us in His present recovery is the all-inclusive vision of God’s eternal economy with its ultimate consummation—the vision of the New Jerusalem—Prov. 29:18a; Acts 26:18-19; 22:15; Rev. 21:2, 9-11: |
一 圣经向我们所启示的，其总和乃是新耶路撒冷；新耶路撒冷乃是圣经整个启示的全部组成—创二八10~22，约一1、14、29、32、42、51，启二一3、22。 |
A The totality of what the Bible reveals to us is the New Jerusalem; the New Jerusalem is the total composition of the entire revelation of the Bible—Gen. 28:10-22; John 1:1, 14, 29, 32, 42, 51; Rev. 21:3, 22. |
二 我们活出新耶路撒冷，就是成为新耶路撒冷；我们作出新耶路撒冷，就是凭涌流的三一神建造新耶路撒冷—耶二13，约四14下，七37~39，启二二1~2上。 |
B Our living out the New Jerusalem is for us to become the New Jerusalem, and our working out the New Jerusalem is for us to build the New Jerusalem by the flowing Triune God—Jer. 2:13; John 4:14b; 7:37-39; Rev. 22:1-2a. |
三 每一个地方召会该是新耶路撒冷的小影，每一个信徒该是“小新耶路撒冷”；凡归属于新耶路撒冷的，都该是我们团体和个人的经历—二一3、22~23，二二1~2、14、17，三12。 |
C Every local church should be a miniature of the New Jerusalem, and every believer should be “a little New Jerusalem”; whatever is ascribed to the New Jerusalem should be both our corporate and personal experience—21:3, 22-23; 22:1-2, 14, 17; 3:12. |
四 新耶路撒冷是神完整救恩的具体表现，有其法理和生机的方面—罗五10，启二二14： |
D The New Jerusalem is the embodiment of God’s complete salvation with its judicial and organic aspects—Rom. 5:10; Rev. 22:14: |
１ 神完满的救恩，乃是以神的义为基础，并以神的生命为完成所组成—罗一16~17，五10、17~18、21，路十五22~23，参耶二13，十三23，十七9，二三5~6，三一33。 |
１ God’s full salvation is a composition of God’s righteousness as the base and God’s life as the consummation—Rom. 1:16-17; 5:10, 17-18, 21; Luke 15:22-23; cf. Jer. 2:13; 13:23; 17:9; 23:5-6; 31:33. |
２ 整个新耶路撒冷乃是生命建造在义之根基上的事—启二一14、19~20，二二1，参创九8~17，诗八九14。 |
２ The entire New Jerusalem is a matter of life built on the foundation of righteousness—Rev. 21:14, 19-20; 22:1; cf. Gen. 9:8-17; Psa. 89:14. |
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启二一2 我又看见圣城新耶路撒冷由神那里从天而降，预备好了，就如新妇妆饰整齐，等候丈夫。 二二1~2 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。在河这边与那边有生命树……。 圣经六十六卷书总结于新耶路撒冷。圣经六十六卷书里所记载，一切正面事物的总和，乃是新耶路撒冷。一面，我们可以说，圣经向我们揭示了神圣启示的中心线，就是神的经纶和神的分赐。另一面，我们可以简要地说，圣经向我们所启示的，其总和乃是新耶路撒冷。新耶路撒冷乃是圣经整个启示的全部组成（以赛亚书生命读经，四三八页）。 |
Rev. 21:2 And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 22:1-2 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. And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life… The sixty-six books of the Bible consummate in the New Jerusalem. The totality of all the positive things recorded in the sixty-six books of the Bible is the New Jerusalem. On the one hand, we may say that the Bible unveils to us the central line of the divine revelation, which is God’s economy and God’s dispensing. On the other hand, we may say in brief that the totality of what the Bible reveals to us is the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem is the total composition of the entire revelation of the Bible. (Life-study of Isaiah, p. 348) |
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“神”是说到祂这一位在已过的永世里就有一个定旨，定了一个计划，并且为着成就祂这计划创造了万有。“羔羊”是说到祂这一位救赎我们，完成了完全的救赎，来成就神的计划。因此，（启示录二十二章一节的）神和羔羊的宝座指明，这宝座是要借着基督的救赎来成就神的计划。神的计划和基督的救赎，都是借着这宝座而得成就的。宝座乃是生命水的河所流自的源头，这河带着长在其中的生命树而涌流（2）。为着完成神永远的定旨，宝座流出神自己，使祂的定旨借这生命的水流能得完成。 不要以为新耶路撒冷仅仅是将来为着一班人的客观事物。我们必须看见，启示录二十一和二十二章里所记载的，该是我们今天非常个人的经历。按经历说，每一个正确、正常的基督徒，都是一个“小新耶路撒冷”。凡是要归于团体新耶路撒冷的，都是我们个人亲自所该经历的。对我们而言，在我们每个人里面，都有神圣三一的三个门。不仅如此，我们每个人里面，也必须有神和羔羊的宝座。我们必须让祂在我们心里、在我们灵里登宝座；换句话说，在我们这人的最中心，应当有神和羔羊的宝座。 在我们基督徒的经历中，独特的项目该是那位定意者和救赎者的宝座。这样的宝座必须设立在我们全人里面，且该成为我们基督徒生活的中心。这就是说，我们要接受定意的神和救赎我们的基督，作我们的元首、主和权柄。我们该甘愿使自己服从这样的元首权柄。我们敬拜祂是主，并接受祂作我们的权柄。我们让祂在我们里面，并在我们的基督徒生活中登上宝座。 我们在这里的生活不是为着自己。我们的生活、存在，乃是为着成就神的定旨，好成就基督所已经完成的。因此，我们经历那一位在宝座上作元首、作主的，并且自己服从这样的权柄。在我们的日常生活、家庭生活、婚姻生活、职业生活和召会生活里，中心必须是神的宝座。我们凡事都该服从祂的元首权柄。……每当我们愿意使自己服从这元首权柄，我们立刻感觉到有个满了神丰富的东西，在我们里面涌流。这就是三一神的流，作了我们的生命、生命的供应和全人的一切。在我们里面，我们感觉到这样的流，这流来自神和羔羊的宝座，乃是生命的水（李文集一九八四年第三册，六二三至六二五页）。 参读：约翰福音结晶读经，第十三至十四、十六篇；神人，第四章。 |
God is the One who had a purpose and who made a plan in eternity past and who created all things for the fulfillment of His plan. The Lamb is the One who redeemed us, the One who has accomplished a full redemption to fulfill God’s plan. Thus, the throne of God and of the Lamb [in Revelation 22:1] denotes that this throne is to carry out God’s plan through Christ’s redemption. Both God’s plan and Christ’s redemption are being carried out through this throne. The throne is the very source from which the river of water of life flows, and it flows with the tree of life growing in it (v. 2). The throne for the accomplishment of God’s eternal purpose is to flow out God Himself so that by this flow of life His purpose could be accomplished. Do not think that the New Jerusalem is merely something objective in the future for a certain group of people. We have to realize that what is recorded in Revelation 21 and 22 should be experienced by us today in a very personal way. Experientially speaking, every proper and normal Christian is “a little New Jerusalem.” Whatever is ascribed to the New Jerusalem corporately should be experienced by us individually and personally. With and in each one of us are the three gates of the Divine Trinity. Furthermore, in each one of us there must be the throne of God and of the Lamb. We must enthrone Him in our heart and in our spirit. In other words, in the very center of our being there should be the throne of God and of the Lamb. In our Christian experience the unique item should be the throne of the One who purposed and of the One who redeemed. Such a throne must be set up in our entire being, and this should be the center of our Christian life. This means that we would accept the God who purposed and the Christ who redeemed us as our Head, Lord, and authority. We should be willing to subject ourselves to such a headship. We adore Him as the Lord, and we take Him as our authority. We enthrone Him in our being and in our Christian life. We are not here living for ourselves. We are living and existing for the accomplishment of God’s purpose, to carry out what Christ has accomplished. Therefore, we experience the One on the throne in His headship and lordship, and we submit ourselves to such an authority. In our daily life, in our family life, in our marriage life, in our business life, and in our church life the center must be God’s throne. Everything should be subjected to His headship. Whenever we would subject ourselves to this headship, we immediately sense something full of God’s riches flowing within us. This is the flow of the Triune God as life, the life supply, and everything to our being. Within us we sense such a flow, and this flow is from the throne of God and of the Lamb as the water of life. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “God’s New Testament Economy,” pp. 459-460) Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” chs. 13-14, 16; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 2, “The God-men,” ch. 4 |