二 在消极一面，迦南表征撒但黑暗国度空中、天上的部分，就是满了撒但势力的诸天界—弗二2，六12： |
B On the negative side, Canaan signifies the aerial part, the heavenly part, of the dark kingdom of Satan, the heavenlies that are full of Satan’s forces—Eph. 2:2; 6:12: |
１ 撒但有他的权势和他的使者，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；因此，撒但有他的国，就是黑暗的权势—徒二六18，太十二26，二五41，弗六12，西一13。 |
１ Satan has his authority and his angels, who are his subordinates as principalities, powers, and rulers of the darkness of this world; hence, he has his kingdom, the authority of darkness—Acts 26:18; Matt. 12:26; 25:41; Eph. 6:12; Col. 1:13. |
２ 神的仇敌撒但一直竭力拦阻神的子民享受包罗万有的基督作美地；直到今天邪恶的势力还是一直蒙蔽神的子民，使其无法看见基督的包罗万有—二8、18，林后四3~4。 |
２ Satan, the enemy of God, has been doing his utmost to hinder the people of God from enjoying the all-inclusive Christ as the good land; to this day, evil forces are veiling the all-inclusiveness of Christ from God’s people—2:8, 18; 2 Cor. 4:3-4. |
３ 以弗所书指明，诸天界里有好几层—一3，二2，六12： |
３ The book of Ephesians indicates that in the heavenlies there are different layers—1:3; 2:2; 6:12: |
ａ 基督是在最高的一层，就是三层天上，作我们的一切，就是我们的美地—申八7~10。 |
ａ Christ is in the highest layer, the third heaven, to be our everything as our good land—Deut. 8:7-10. |
ｂ 诸天界里还有较低的一层，就是空中，在那里撒但是空中掌权者的首领，阻挠地上的人接触神并接受基督；这是由那些阻挠以色列人进入美地的迦南人所预表的—弗二2。 |
ｂ There is a lower layer of the heavenlies—the air, where Satan as the ruler of the authority of the air is frustrating the people on earth from contacting God and receiving Christ; this is typified by the Canaanites, who were frustrating Israel from entering into the good land—Eph. 2:2. |
４ 迦南人预表跟随撒但的堕落天使，背叛的天使，他们成了撒但国里执政的、掌权的和有权势的，就是诸天界里邪恶的属灵势力—启十二4、7，弗六12。 |
４ The Canaanites typify the fallen angels, the rebellious angels who follow Satan, who have become the powers, rulers, and authorities in Satan’s kingdom, the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies—Rev. 12:4, 7; Eph. 6:12. |
三 迦南在预表上两面的意义在以弗所书里说到；就这面意义说，旧约的约书亚记，就好比新约的以弗所书，因为两卷书所记载的都是“迦南”： |
C The two aspects of the significance of Canaan in typology are spoken of in Ephesians; in this sense, the book of Joshua in the Old Testament is comparable to Ephesians because both books are a record of “Canaan”: |
１ 以色列人一进入迦南，就得享迦南的丰富，并从事争战—书五12，六1~21。 |
１ As soon as the children of Israel entered Canaan, they enjoyed the riches of Christ and engaged in warfare—Josh. 5:12; 6:1-21. |
２ 以弗所三章八节说到基督的丰富，一章三节，二章六节和六章十二节说到诸天界；这指明在召会中，我们该享受基督的丰富并从事属灵的争战。 |
２ Ephesians 3:8 speaks of the riches of Christ, and 1:3; 2:6; and 6:12 speak of the heavenlies; this indicates that in the church we should enjoy the riches of Christ and engage in spiritual warfare. |
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弗三8 这恩典赐给了我这比众圣徒中最小者还小的，叫我将基督那追测不尽的丰富，当作福音传给外邦人。 六12 因我们并不是与血肉之人摔跤，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这黑暗世界的、以及诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力摔跤。 约书亚一章预表以弗所一章。约书亚一章给我们看见，一切都预备好了。以色列人借着数百年在埃及，以及四十年在旷野，神在他们身上的对付，已经预备好了。…他们已经预备好，与神是一，往前去取得迦南地，那地乃是预表丰富、包罗万有的基督。 根据以弗所一章，我们已经蒙神拣选，有分于祂的圣别性情，也被神预定，要得着祂的生命，好成为祂的儿子（4~5）。不仅如此，基督的救赎已经把我们带进基督这三一神的具体化身里，祂乃是那个范围和元素，我们在这范围里并借这元素，就能被作成神的基业（7、11）。我们既已蒙救赎，并被摆在基督这范围和元素里，就天天被这元素重新构成并变化，成为珍宝，作神的基业。我们取得基督，并享受祂作我们的基业时，就成为神的基业。此外，我们还有那灵的盖印和作质（13~14）。那灵的盖印就是那灵浸润并浸透我们，为要变化我们；那灵作质乃是担保神是我们的基业（约书亚记生命读经，一九至二○页）。 |
Eph. 3:8 To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel. 6:12 For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies. Chapter 1 of Joshua typifies chapter 1 of Ephesians. Joshua 1 shows us that everything was ready. Israel had been prepared through God’s dealing with them for several hundred years in Egypt and for forty years in the wilderness….They were ready to go on with God as one to take the land of Canaan, which typifies the rich, all-inclusive Christ. According to Ephesians 1, we have been chosen by God to partake of His holy nature and we have been predestinated by God to have His life in order to become His sons (vv. 4-5). Furthermore, Christ’s redemption has brought us into Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God to be the realm in which and the element by which we can be made God’s inheritance (vv. 7, 11). Having been redeemed and having been put into Christ as the realm and the element, we are daily being reconstituted and transformed by this element to be a treasure for God’s inheritance. As we take Christ and enjoy Him as our inheritance, we become God’s inheritance. In addition, we have the sealing and the pledging of the Spirit (vv. 13-14). The Spirit’s sealing is the Spirit’s soaking and saturating of us in order to transform us. The Spirit’s pledging is the guarantee that God is our inheritance. (Life-study of Joshua, pp. 13-14) |
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以弗所二章指明，诸天界里有好几层。基督是在最高的一层，就是三层天上，作我们的一切，就是我们的美地。但诸天界里还有较低的一层，就是空中，在那里撒但是空中掌权者的首领，阻挠地上的人接触神并接受基督（2）。这就是由那些阻挠以色列人进入美地的迦南人所预表的。 二章也告诉我们，我们原是死了的人（1、5），但神使我们这些蒙拣选的喇合，成为享受基督的人。在一章我们看见约书亚，就是在基督里的信徒，领受了一切在基督里的福分；但在二章，我们看见喇合，就是一切邪恶的、死了的罪人。然而，神能借着基督的救赎，施行祂大能的救恩，拯救这样的罪人，使这样的喇合成为享受基督的人（约书亚记生命读经，二○页）。 堕落的天使与人类之间不法的结合产生了拿非利人。创世记六章四节所说，“上古英武有名的人，”就是堕落的灵与人类调和的产品（参民十三33）。…他们是人类—人的血统—与天使的灵调和后的产物。…根据圣经记载，拿非利人是“身量高大”的人（民十三32）。你若看到他们，他们会把你吓坏。摩西所打发去窥探迦南地的十二个探子，其中十个正是这样。他们看见了拿非利人，就战栗害怕（33）。他们告诉以色列人：“我们不可进入那地，因为在那里我们看到拿非利人。”他们所看见的那些拿非利人，应该也是堕落的天使和人的女子调和而生的后裔（创世记生命读经，四四七页）。 因着拿非利人（堕落天使和堕落人类的混杂）住在迦南地，所以神命令以色列人要取得这地，并毁灭其上所有的人，使人类得着清理（申七1~2）（圣经恢复本，民十三33注1）。 参读：约书亚记生命读经，第三篇；创世记生命读经，第二十七篇；以弗所书生命读经，第六十三至六十五篇。 |
Ephesians 2 indicates that in the heavenlies there are different layers. Christ is in the highest layer, the third heaven, to be our everything as our good land. But there is a lower layer of the heavenlies—the air, where Satan as the ruler of the authority of the air is frustrating the people on earth from contacting God and from receiving Christ (v. 2). This is typified by the Canaanites, who were frustrating Israel from entering into the good land. Ephesians 2 also tells us that we were once dead persons (vv. 1, 5), but then God made us, the chosen Rahabs, the enjoyers of Christ. In Ephesians 1 we see Joshua, the believers in Christ receiving all the blessings in Christ. But in Ephesians 2 we see Rahab, all the sinners who were wicked, evil, and dead. Nevertheless, God can perform His dynamic salvation through the redemption of Christ to save such sinners, to make such Rahabs the enjoyers of Christ. (Life-study of Joshua, pp. 14-15) This illegal marriage between fallen angels and the human race produced Nephilim. The “mighty men who were of old, the men of renown” in Genesis 6:4 were a product of the fallen spirits mingled with the human race (cf. Num. 13:33)….They were the product of the mingling of the human race, that is, human blood, with angelic spirits. According to the Bible, the Nephilim were “men of great size” (Num. 13:32). If you were to look at them, they would threaten you, and you would be frightened. That is exactly what happened to ten of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. They saw the Nephilim and were terrified (Num. 13:33). They told the Israelites, “We should not go into the land, for we saw the Nephilim there.” The Nephilim whom they saw should be again the descendants of the fallen angels that had mingled with the daughters of men. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 366-367) Because the Nephilim, a mixture of fallen angels and fallen man, dwelt in the land of Canaan, God commanded the children of Israel to take over this land and to destroy every living being there so that the human race could be cleared up (Deut. 7:1-2). (Num. 13:33, footnote 1) Further Reading: Life-study of Joshua, msg. 3; Life-study of Genesis, msg. 27; Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 63-65 |