诗四八2　　…锡安山，是大君王的城，居高华美，为全地所喜悦。

　　五十2　　从全美的锡安，神已经发光了。

　　启十四1　　我又观看，看哪，羔羊站在锡安山上，同祂还有十四万四千人，额上都写着祂的名，和祂父的名。

　　在旧约里，有耶路撒冷城，以锡安为其中心。耶路撒冷建在群山上。锡安山是耶路撒冷建在其上的群山之一。…召会生活是今日的耶路撒冷；在召会生活里必须有一班得胜者，这些得胜者乃是今日的锡安。按照启示录十四章，得胜者是与主一同站在锡安山上。（1~5。）按预表说，得胜者事实上就是今日的锡安。…没有锡安（得胜者），耶路撒冷（召会生活）就无法保守并维持。（李文集一九九三年第二册，三五七至三五八页。）

　　Psa. 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion,…the city of the great King.

　　50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

　　Rev. 14:1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.

　　In the Old Testament there was the city of Jerusalem with Zion as the center. Jerusalem was built on a mountain range. Mount Zion was one of the mountains on which Jerusalem was built…. The church life is today’s Jerusalem; within the church life there must be a group of overcomers, and these overcomers are today’s Zion. According to Revelation 14, the overcomers are standing on Mount Zion with the Lord (vv. 1-5). Actually, in typology the overcomers are today’s Zion…. Without Zion (the overcomers), Jerusalem (the church life) cannot be kept and maintained. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Training and the Practice of the Vital Groups,” p. 274)

　　锡安是圣城（召会）的高峰、中心、高举、加强、丰富和实际。…一个地方召会必须有一些得胜者，这些得胜者是那个地方召会的高峰和中心。他们是那个地方召会的高举、加强、丰富和实际。…得胜者像锡安，乃是召会的高峰、中心和实际。

　　得胜者作今日的锡安，乃是为着终极完成圣城（召会）。他们要终极完成地方召会的建造，并带进永世里终极完成的新耶路撒冷。（启二一1~2。）为了要完成基督身体的建造，主需要得胜者，而这身体的建造乃是终极完成于新耶路撒冷。所以在圣经的末了，就是在最后一卷书里，有向得胜者的呼召。今天要成为有活力的路，乃是答应主的呼召，作得胜者。（李文集一九九三年第二册，三五八至三五九页。）

　　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。…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。王上八章一节：长老是在耶路撒冷，约柜是在锡安。诗篇五十一篇十八节：神善待的是锡安，建造的是耶路撒冷。诗篇一百零二篇二十一节：神的名是在锡安，赞美神的话是在耶路撒冷。诗篇一百二十八篇五节：神赐福是从锡安，美福是见于耶路撒冷。诗篇一百三十五篇二十一节：耶和华是住在耶路撒冷，受颂赞是从锡安。以赛亚四十一章二十七节：先对锡安说，后报给耶路撒冷。约珥书三章十七节：神住在锡安，耶路撒冷就成为圣。

　　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。）…〔这些得胜者〕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。

　　神的得胜者…必须出代价，让十字架割断一切出于旧造的，必须对付阴府的门。（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？等你十分顺服了，神才能对付那些不顺服的人。（林后十6。）（倪柝声文集第一辑第十一册，一二五至一二六页。）

　　参读：活力排的训练与实行，介言与第一篇；倪柝声文集第一辑第十一册，一二三至一三一页。

　　Zion is the high peak, the center, the uplifting, the strengthening, the enriching, and the reality of the church, the holy city…. A local church must have some overcomers, and these overcomers are the peak and the center of that local church. They are the uplifting, the strengthening, the enriching, and the reality of that local church….The overcomers as Zion are the highlight, the center, and the reality of the church.

　　The overcomers as today’s Zion are for the consummation of the holy city (the church). They are to consummate, to finish, the building up of the local church and to bring in the consummated New Jerusalem in eternity (Rev. 21:1-2). In order to complete the building up of the Body, the Lord needs the overcomers, and the building up of the Body consummates in the New Jerusalem. This is why at the end of the Bible, in the last book, there is the calling for the overcomers. Today the way to become vitalized is to answer the Lord’s call to be an overcomer. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Training and the Practice of the Vital Groups,” pp. 274-275)

　　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…. 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. In 1 Kings 8:1, the elders were in Jerusalem, and the Ark of the Covenant was in Zion. Psalm 51:18 says that God did good to Zion and built the walls of Jerusalem. Psalm 102:21 says that the name of the Lord was in Zion and that His praise was in Jerusalem. Psalm 128:5 says that the Lord blessed out of Zion and that the good was seen in Jerusalem. Psalm 135:21 says that the Lord dwelt at Jerusalem but that the Lord was to be blessed out of Zion. In Isaiah 41:27 the word was first announced to Zion and then preached to Jerusalem. Joel 3:17 says that when God dwelt in Zion, Jerusalem would be holy.

　　Today God is looking for the one hundred and forty-four thousand amidst the defeated church, who will stand on Mount Zion (Rev. 14)…. 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.

　　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? When your obedience is fulfilled, God will deal with all disobedience (2 Cor. 10:6). (CWWN, vol. 11, pp. 762-763)

　　Further Reading: The Training and the Practice of the Vital Groups, intro., ch. 1; CWWN, vol. 11, pp. 760-766