申八7~9　　因为耶和华你神领你进入美地，那地有川，有泉，有源，从谷中和山上流出水来；那地有小麦、大麦、葡萄树、无花果树、石榴树；那地有出油的橄榄树，有蜜。你在那地不缺食物，你必一无所缺；那地的石头是铁，山内可以挖铜。

　　美地，迦南地（申八7~10），预表包罗万有的基督；这位基督是一切，又在一切之内，祂对我们乃是一切。逾越节、吗哪、帐幕同其器具、以及一切的祭，都是描述基督不同方面的预表。…（然而，）在美地以外没有一个预表显示基督是包罗万有者。因此，美地是圣经里所看到基督终极的预表（新约总论第二册，二八三页）。

　　Deut. 8:7-9 For Jehovah your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of waterbrooks, of springs and of fountains…; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees with oil and of honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity;…a land whose stones are iron, and from whose mountains you can mine copper.

　　The good land, the land of Canaan (Deut. 8:7-10), is a type of the all-inclusive Christ, the Christ who is all and in all and who is everything to us. The passover, the manna, the tabernacle with its furniture, and all the offerings are types depicting various aspects of Christ…. [However], no type other than the good land shows that Christ is the all-inclusive One. Therefore, the good land is the ultimate type of Christ found in the Scriptures. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 466-467)

　　在圣经里，地是基督的表号，象征。第三日从死水出来的地（创一9~10、13），预表第三日从死里出来的复活基督。然后许多不同种类的生命，包括植物、动物、和人类的生命，从地里出来（11~12、24~25）。这表征基督是各种生命的源头。…圣经里所启示神的心意，乃是基督该作我们的地。基督作美地，从死水出来的地，高过死水且被死水包围的地，由迦南地所描述。这地是旧约重要的中心。为这缘故，主一再说到那地。祂召出亚伯拉罕，并且告诉他，祂要将他带进一地，就是迦南地（创十二1）。按预表说，神计划的中心就是美地连同殿与城。

　　美地供应以色列人所需要的一切。…这一切项目都是基督的预表，这些多半在申命记八章七至十节提起。祂是从谷中和山上流出的水。祂是小麦，表征成为肉体且钉十字架的基督；祂是大麦，表征复活的基督。葡萄树预表基督是使神和人喜悦的牺牲者；无花果树预表基督作我们生命供应的甜美和满足；石榴树预表基督生命的丰盛和美丽；橄榄树预表基督是被那灵充满，且被那灵这欢腾的油所膏的人；动物的生命预表带着救赎生命的基督；奶与蜜预表在丰富和甜美里的基督；石头、铁和铜，预表基督是为着建造和争战的材料（新约总论第二册，二八三至二八五页）。

　　约翰十二章二十四节给我们看见，主是那一粒麦子落在地里死了，埋葬了。因此小麦是代表基督成为肉体，成为一个人，落到地里来受死，被埋葬。小麦预表那位成为肉体的基督，受死的基督，被埋葬的基督。

　　大麦是指基督的复活，预表复活的基督。在迦南地，大麦是所有谷物中首先成熟的。主在利未记二十三章嘱咐以色列人，到了收割庄稼的时候，初熟的庄稼必须献上给神，而初熟的庄稼明显就是大麦。林前十五章二十节说，“但如今基督，就是睡了之人初熟的果子，已经从死人中复活。”这清楚指明，初熟的庄稼乃是预表基督作复活初熟的果子。因此，大麦是预表复活的基督。主用以食饱五千人的，就是大麦饼（约六9），预表祂在复活里作信祂之人的生命供应（真理课程三级卷一，四五页）。

　　参读：出埃及记生命读经，第一百五十三篇；新约总论，第四十四篇。

　　In the Bible the land is a figure, a symbol, of Christ. The land that came out of the death water on the third day (Gen. 1:9-10, 13) is a type of the resurrected Christ who came out of death on the third day. Many different kinds of life, including vegetable, animal, and human life, then came out of the land (Gen. 1:11-12, 24-25). This signifies that Christ is the source of all kinds of life….God’s intention revealed in the Scriptures is that Christ should be our land. Christ as the good land, the land that came out of the death water, the land that was elevated above and surrounded by the death water, is depicted by the land of Canaan. This land is the crucial focus of the Old Testament. For this reason the Lord speaks of the land again and again. He called out Abraham and told him that He would bring him into a certain land, the land of Canaan (Gen. 12:1). The center of God’s plan, speaking according to type, is the good land with its temple and city.

　　The good land provided whatever the children of Israel needed…. All these items, most of which are mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:7-10, are types of Christ. He is the water that springs from valleys and hills. He is the wheat, which signifies the incarnated and crucified Christ, and the barley, which signifies the resurrected Christ. The vine typifies Christ as the sacrificing One who cheers God and man; the fig tree, the sweetness and satisfaction of Christ as our life supply; the pomegranate, the abundance and beauty of the life of Christ; the olive tree, Christ as the man filled with the Spirit and anointed with the Spirit as the oil of exultant joy; the animal life, Christ with His redeeming life; milk and honey, Christ in His richness and sweetness; stones, iron, and copper, Christ as the materials for building and fighting. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 467-468)

　　John 12:24 shows us that the Lord is the one grain of wheat that fell into the ground and died and was buried. Hence, the wheat represents the Christ who was incarnated to be a man and who fell into the ground to die and be buried. It typifies the Christ who was incarnated, the Christ who died, and the Christ who was buried.

　　Barley denotes Christ’s resurrection and typifies the resurrected Christ. In the land of Canaan barley is the first among the grains to ripen. In Leviticus 23 the Lord charged the Israelites that when the harvest time came, the firstfruits of the harvest had to be offered to God, and the firstfruits were clearly barley. First Corinthians 15:20 says, “But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” This clearly indicates that the firstfruits of the harvest typify Christ as the firstfruits of resurrection. Hence, barley typifies the resurrected Christ. The barley loaves with which the Lord fed the five thousand (John 6:9) typify Christ in His resurrection as the life supply to His believers. (Truth Lessons—Level Three, vol. 1, p. 45)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msg. 153; The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 44