弗一3　　我们主耶稣基督的神与父，是当受颂赞的，祂在基督里，曾用诸天界里各样属灵的福分，祝福了我们。

　　二6　　祂又叫我们在基督耶稣里一同复活，一同坐在诸天界里。

　　（约书亚记中）与基督有关的头一个预表，乃是以色列人据有并享受应许之地。这预表信徒实际的经历在基督里各样福分的丰富，如以弗所书中所启示的。…以色列人过约但河，乃是预表信徒经历基督的死（罗六3~4上，加二20~21），而不是预表信徒肉身的死亡。…以色列人进入美地，乃是预表信徒经历接管诸天界，就是撒但和他黑暗权势所在的地方（弗二6，六12），而不是预表信徒死后上天堂。这都与以色列人据有并享受美地有关（约书亚记生命读经，七页）。

　　Eph. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ.

　　2:6 And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.

　　The first of the types [in the book of Joshua] related to Christ is Israel’s possessing and enjoying the promised land. This typifies the believers’ practical experience of the riches of the blessings in Christ as revealed in the book of Ephesians. Israel’s crossing of the river Jordan typifies the believers’ experience of the death of Christ (Rom. 6:3-4a; Col. 2:20), not the believers’ physical death. Israel’s entering into the good land typifies the believers’ experience of taking over the heavenlies, where Satan and his power of darkness are (Eph. 2:6; 6:12), not the believers’ going to heaven after their death. This is all related to Israel’s possessing and enjoying the good land. (Life-study of Joshua, p. 5)

　　（我们）要明白以色列人怎样进迦南，进迦南的争战到底如何，就必须先断定到底迦南是预表什么。…我们仔细地读，就看见迦南不能预表天堂。迦南是预表我们今天属天的地位，迦南就等于以弗所书所说的诸天界。我们与基督一同坐在诸天界里，而同时我们是与诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力摔跤（六12）。所以读预表的人，不要光读约书亚记，也必须读以弗所书。另外一方面，约书亚记不只要和以弗所书一同读，还得和希伯来书一同读。因为约书亚记的进迦南有两个预表：一面预表属灵的争战，这要联到以弗所书；一面预表安息，这要联到希伯来书。那一个安息，很明显地是指着国度说的。…不是一切在羔羊血底下的人都进迦南，不是吃过逾越节羊羔的肉的人都进迦南，只有两个人进了迦南，其余的都倒毙在旷野里了。蒙召的多，选上的少，所以迦南地是预表国度。进迦南的预表给我们看见谁能在国度里掌权。若把这个基本的问题一解决，就能看见约书亚记里面，什么部分是预表我们基督徒今天所得着的属灵的地位，什么部分是预表我们基督徒将来要得的奖赏（倪柝声文集第三辑第八册，一一一页）。

　　按旧约预表，迦南有两方面：在积极一面，迦南是丰富之地（申八7~10…），预表包罗万有的基督同祂追测不尽的丰富（西一12，弗三8）；在消极一面，迦南表征撒但黑暗国度空中、天上的部分。撒但是这世界的王（约十二31）和空中掌权者的首领（弗二2），有他的权势（徒二六18）和他的使者（太二五41），这些使者是他的从属，就是那些执政的、掌权的、和管辖这黑暗世界的（弗六12）。因此，撒但有他的国（太十二26），就是黑暗的权势（西一13）。迦南人预表跟随撒但的堕落天使，背叛的天使（启十二4、7），他们成了撒但国里执政的、掌权的和有权势的（参但十13、20）。以色列人与迦南人争战，为要据有并享受美地，这预表整个召会，包括所有的肢体，都有分于属灵的争战，抵挡“诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力”（弗六12），使圣徒能享受基督作包罗万有的地。召会必须是这样一个团体的战士，抵挡撒但空中的势力，使神的子民更多赢得基督，好建造基督的身体，建立并开展神的国，使基督能回来承受这地（圣经恢复本，民二一1注1）。

　　参读：约书亚记生命读经，第一、五至六篇；倪柝声文集第三辑第八册，读经之路（下编），一一一页；包罗万有的基督，第一章。

　　In order to understand the significance of the Israelites entering Canaan and the warfare in Canaan, we must first know what Canaan typifies…. If we are careful in our reading, we will conclude that Canaan cannot be a type of heaven. It is a type of our heavenly position. It is the equivalent of the heavenlies spoken of in Ephesians. On the one hand, we are seated with Christ in the heavenlies. On the other hand, we wrestle against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies (Eph. 6:12). In studying this typology, we must not stop with the book of Joshua; we must also study Ephesians. In fact, Joshua must be read not only with Ephesians but with Hebrews as well. The entrance into Canaan in the book of Joshua typifies two things: spiritual warfare (in Ephesians) and rest (in Hebrews). The rest here clearly refers to the kingdom…. Not everyone who passed under the blood of the lamb or ate of the passover lamb entered Canaan; only two entered. The rest died in the wilderness. Many are called but few are chosen. Hence, Canaan is a type of the kingdom. The entrance into Canaan typifies our reigning in the kingdom. Once we are clear about this fundamental point, we will see which part of Joshua is a type of a Christian’s position in the heavenlies today and which part is a type of his reward in the future. (CWWN, vol. 54, “How to Study the Bible,” p. 105)

　　In the typology of the Old Testament, Canaan has two aspects: on the positive side, Canaan, a land of riches (Deut. 8:7-10)…, typifies the all-inclusive Christ with His unsearchable riches (Col. 1:12; Eph. 3:8), and on the negative side, it signifies the aerial part, the heavenly part, of the dark kingdom of Satan. As the ruler of this world (John 12:31) and as the ruler of the authority of the air (Eph. 2:2), Satan has his authority (Acts 26:18) and his angels (Matt. 25:41), who are his subordinates as principalities, powers, and rulers of the darkness of this world (Eph. 6:12). Hence, he has his kingdom (Matt. 12:26), the authority of darkness (Col. 1:13). The Canaanites typify the fallen angels, the rebellious angels who follow Satan (Rev. 12:4, 7), who have become the powers, rulers, and authorities in Satan’s kingdom (cf. Dan. 10:13, 20). The fighting of the children of Israel against the Canaanites that they might possess and enjoy the good land typifies the spiritual warfare of the church as a whole, including all the members, against “the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies” (Eph. 6:12) that the saints may enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive land. The church must be such a corporate warrior, fighting against Satan’s aerial forces so that God’s people may gain more of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ, establishing and spreading the kingdom of God so that Christ can come back to inherit the earth. (Num. 21:1, footnote 1)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Joshua, msgs. 1, 5-6; CWWN, vol. 54, “How to Study the Bible,” ch. 5; CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” ch. 1