叁 主的恢复乃是建造锡安—得胜者作基督身体的实际，终极完成于新耶路撒冷；在召会生活中，我们必须竭力达到今日的锡安—弗一22~23，四16，林前一2，十二27，启十四1，二一2： |
Ⅲ The Lord’s recovery is to build up Zion—the overcomers as the reality of the Body of Christ consummating in the New Jerusalem; in the church life we must endeavor to reach today’s Zion—Eph. 1:22-23; 4:16; 1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27; Rev. 14:1; 21:2: |
一 锡安作为圣城耶路撒冷的高峰和美丽，预表得胜者是召会的高峰、中心、拔高、加强、丰富、美丽和实际—诗四八2、11~12，五十2，二十2，五三6上，八七2。 |
A As the highlight and beauty of the holy city, Jerusalem, Zion typifies the overcomers as the high peak, the center, the uplifting, the strengthening, the enriching, the beauty, and the reality of the church—Psa. 48:2, 11-12; 50:2; 20:2; 53:6a; 87:2. |
二 耶路撒冷预表全体的召会，锡安预表召会中的得胜者；旧约每次说到锡安和耶路撒冷的关系，都叫我们看见，耶路撒冷的特色、生命、祝福、建立，都是从锡安得着—王上八1，诗五一18，一○二21，一二八5，一三五21，赛四一27，珥三17。 |
B Jerusalem typifies the whole body of the church, while Zion typifies the overcomers of the church; every time the Old Testament speaks of the relationship between Zion and Jerusalem, it shows us that the characteristics, the life, the blessing, and the establishment of Jerusalem come from Zion—1 Kings 8:1; Psa. 51:18; 102:21; 128:5; 135:21; Isa. 41:27; Joel 3:17. |
三 新耶路撒冷乃是得胜者的总和；主信徒中的遗民，较早的得胜者，将成为基督的新妇，为时一千年（启十九7~9，二十4~6）；然后他们要与主其余的信徒，较晚的得胜者，一同成为基督的妻子，直到永远（二一2~3、7）： |
C The New Jerusalem is the totality of the overcomers; a remnant of the Lord’s believers, the earlier overcomers, will be the bride of Christ for one thousand years (Rev. 19:7-9; 20:4-6); then they will join the rest of the Lord’s believers, the later overcomers, to be the wife of Christ for eternity (21:2-3, 7): |
１ 较早的得胜者乃是耶路撒冷里之锡安的实际，就是召会里之基督身体的实际，他们心中想往锡安大道；他们借着钉十字架的基督（由作他们避难所之窝的铜祭坛所表征），并借着在升天里复活的基督（由作他们安息之房屋的金香坛所表征），合并到作他们居所的神里面，借此在里面接受召会的路—诗四八2，八四3~5，参箴二七8。 |
１ The earlier overcomers, as the reality of Zion within Jerusalem, the reality of the Body of Christ within the church, have highways to Zion in their heart; they take the way of the church internally by being incorporated into God as their dwelling place through the crucified Christ, typified by the bronze altar as their nest for their refuge, and through the resurrected Christ in ascension, typified by the incense altar as their home for their rest—Psa. 48:2; 84:3-5; cf. Prov. 27:8. |
２ 得胜的意思是我们爱主胜于我们的己，胜于我们的魂生命；为着基督身体的实际，得胜者唯独认识基督并爱基督—腓三10，四12，启二4~5、7，十二11。 |
２ To overcome means that we love the Lord more than our self, more than our soul-life; an overcomer knows and loves only Christ for the reality of the Body of Christ—Phil. 3:10; 4:12; Rev. 2:4-5, 7; 12:11. |
３ 主在等待一班得胜者，在复活里活出基督身体的实际，成为基督的新妇，将祂带回来，并引进祂的国度时代；为此我们要祷告：“主啊，愿我能蒙你的怜悯、恩典，作你的得胜者。” |
３ The Lord is waiting for a group of overcomers to live out the reality of the Body of Christ in resurrection to become the bride of Christ to bring Him back and to usher in His kingdom age; for this we need to pray, “Lord, may I receive Your mercy and grace to be one of Your overcomers.” |
晨兴喂养
弗一22~23 将万有服在祂的脚下，并使祂向着召会作万有的头；召会是祂的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。 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。 基督身体的实际，就是一班神人所过这样生活的集合、总和。这种生活，就是基督身体的实际，要结束这时代，就是召会时代，且要把基督带回来，在国度时代与这些神人一同取得、占有并治理这地。这些神人在召会时代被成全，并得着终极完成。所以在下一个时代，就是国度时代，他们要与基督一同作王一千年（启二十4~6）（关于相调的实行，四六至四七页）。 |
Eph. 1:22-23 And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all. 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. The reality of the Body of Christ is the aggregate, the totality, of such a living by a group of God-men. This kind of a living, which is the reality of the Body of Christ, will close this age, the age of the church, and will bring Christ back to take, possess, and rule over this earth with these God-men in the kingdom age. They were perfected, completed, and consummated in the church age. So in the next age, the kingdom age, they will reign with Christ for a thousand years (Rev. 20:4-6). (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” p. 138) |
信息选读
今天在召会时代，被成全并得成熟的神人乃是锡安，就是得胜者，也就是召会中的活力排。但在新天新地，就不再有锡安，只有新耶路撒冷，因为一切原来不够格的圣徒，那时都已够格成为锡安。换句话说，整个新耶路撒冷都要成为锡安。……锡安就是神所在之处，也就是至圣所。 到那时，所有蒙神救赎的人都要被变化，不只在生命和性情上与神一样，甚至显出来的样子也与神一样。……神显出来好像碧玉（启四3）。然后在启示录二十一章，整座新耶路撒冷显出来好像碧玉（11）。因此，蒙神救赎的人在生命、性情和样子上，但不是在神格上，完全成为神。 得胜者就是锡安，就是神所在之处。这是神圣言中属灵启示的内在实际。……主的恢复就是要建造锡安（关于相调的实行，四七至四九页）。 神在圣经中作事，是先找得少数的人当作基本，以作到多数的人身上。……耶路撒冷是预表召会的，其中有一座锡安山。一是预表全体的召会，一是预表召会中的得胜者。耶路撒冷是大的，锡安是小的。耶路撒冷的保障是在锡安。论合乎神的心意的，就称为锡安；论犹太人的失败和罪恶，就称为耶路撒冷。神从来都是让耶路撒冷被践踏，却保守锡安。耶路撒冷有新的，锡安却没有新的。因为锡安从来不会旧。旧约每次说到锡安和耶路撒冷的关系，都叫我们看见，耶路撒冷的特色、生命、祝福、建立，都是从锡安得着。 神今日在失败的召会中，找人作那十四万四千人，站立在锡安山上（启十四）。神每次都是借少数的信徒，把生命流到召会里，以复兴召会。把血流出来，才能把生命流出来，如同主一样。得胜者，代替召会站在得胜的地位，也代替召会，忍受苦难和羞辱。 所以，神的得胜者，……必须出代价，让十字架割断一切出于旧造的，必须对付阴间的门（太十六18）。……你肯不肯伤自己的心，来得着神的心？你肯不肯叫自己失败，让主得胜？（倪柝声文集第一辑第十一册，一二四至一二六页。） 参读：异象的高峰与基督身体的实际，第三篇；倪柝声文集第一辑第十一册，神的得胜者，一二三至一三一页。 |
Today in the church age, the God-men who were perfected and matured are Zion, the overcomers, the vital groups within the churches. But in the new heaven and new earth there will be no more Zion, only Jerusalem, because all the unqualified saints will have been qualified to be Zion. In other words, the entire New Jerusalem will become Zion…. Zion is the very spot where God is, that is, the Holy of Holies. By that time all the God-redeemed people will be transformed, not only to be the same as God in life and nature but also to be the same in God’s appearance…. God looks like jasper (Rev. 4:3). Then Revelation 21 says that the entire New Jerusalem has the appearance of jasper (v. 11). Thus, God’s redeemed people have become absolutely the very God in life, in nature, and in appearance but not in His Godhead. The overcomers are the very Zion, where God is. This is the intrinsic reality of the spiritual revelation in the holy Word of God…. The Lord’s recovery is to build up Zion. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” pp. 138-140) According to the Bible, when God wants to do something, He first chooses a small number of people as a base and then works the same thing into the majority of the people. Jerusalem typifies the church. Within Jerusalem, there was Mount Zion. One typifies the whole body of the church, while the other typifies the overcomers of the church. Jerusalem is large, while Zion is small. The stronghold of Jerusalem is Zion. Whenever there is something that has to do with God’s heart desire, Zion is mentioned. Whenever there is something that has to do with the failures and sins of the Jews, Jerusalem is mentioned. God always allowed Jerusalem to be trodden down, but He always protected Zion. There is a New Jerusalem, but there never will be a new Zion, because Zion can never become old. Every time the Old Testament speaks of the relationship between Zion and Jerusalem, it shows us that the characteristics, the life, the blessing, and the establishment of Jerusalem come from Zion. Today God is looking for the one hundred and forty-four thousand amidst the defeated church, who will stand on Mount Zion (Rev. 14). God always uses a small number of believers to pass on the flow of life to the church and to revive the church. As the Lord has done once before, so these overcomers have to pour out their blood before life can flow out to others. On behalf of the church, the overcomers take the stand of victory and also suffer tribulation and despising. Thus, the overcomers of God… have to pay the price and allow the cross to cut off all the old creation and deal with the gates of Hades (Matt. 16:18). Are you willing to endure heartache to gain the heart of God? Are you willing to let yourself be defeated so that the Lord can be the Victor? (CWWN, vol. 11, pp. 761-763) Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The High Peak of the Vision and the Reality of the Body of Christ,” ch. 3; CWWN, vol. 11, pp. 760-766 |