出四十20~21　　又把见证的版放在柜里，…把柜抬进帐幕，挂上遮掩柜的幔子，把见证的柜遮掩了…。

　　西二9　　因为神格一切的丰满，都有形有体地居住在基督里面。

　　提前三15　　…你也可以知道在神的家中当怎样行；这家就是活神的召会，真理的柱石和根基。

　　根据出埃及二十五章二十二节，这柜称为“见证的柜”。在出埃及记，见证是指律法说的。神把祂借摩西在西乃山上所颁布的律法，当作祂的见证。

　　假设我从未见过某位弟兄；有人把他的照片给我看，我就看见那位弟兄长相的见证了。因着那一位弟兄的照片描述他，所以就是他的见证。（出埃及记生命读经，一一三九页。）

　　Exo. 40:20-21 Then he took the Testimony and put it into the Ark…. And he brought the Ark into the tabernacle…and screened the Ark of the Testimony…

　　Col. 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

　　1 Tim. 3:15 …You may know how one ought to conduct himself in the house of God,…the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.

　　According to Exodus 25:22, this Ark was called “the Ark of the Testimony.” In the book of Exodus the testimony refers to the law. God regarded the law decreed through Moses on Mount Sinai as His testimony.

　　Suppose I have never met a certain brother. When someone shows me a photograph of that brother, I see a testimony of what that brother is like. As a description of the brother, his photograph is his testimony. (Life-study of Exodus, p. 983)

　　从创世记一章我们晓得，神在创造的工作里，完成了许多事。然而，这章圣经没有启示我们的神是怎样的神。从这章我们不晓得祂是爱的神，还是恨的神；祂是黑暗的神，还是光明的神；…祂是圣别的，还是凡俗的；是公义的，还是不义的。律法颁赐下来，使我们得着神的描绘、描述，因而认识祂的所是。为这缘故，神把律法当作祂的见证。律法既是神的见证，就是基督的预表。基督是神活的描绘，是神活的说明和描述，因此，基督乃是神真实的见证。

　　帐幕称为见证的帐幕，（出三八21，）因为见证是在约柜里，约柜又在帐幕里。在…出埃及记…，我们说到见证的柜或见证的帐幕时，应当明白“见证”一辞是指律法说的。然而，见证是指律法作为神的解释，而不是指律法作为给人遵守的诫命。

　　帐幕有许多重要的物件：外院子的祭坛和洗濯盆；圣所里的陈设饼桌子、灯台和香坛；以及帐幕最内层之至圣所里的约柜。…约柜是头一项物件，它居于首位。从出埃及四十章二至三节我们晓得，它是在帐幕里；从二十至二十一节我们晓得，它是在至圣所里。

　　约柜是神见证的具体表现，预表基督是神的具体化身。神一切的所是，都具体化身在基督里。歌罗西二章九节说，神格的丰满，都有形有体地居住在基督里面。我们用“具体化身”一辞，就是根据这节经文。因为神具体化身在基督里，所以神是借着基督来描绘、解释并说明的。基督乃是神的解释、神的说明。基督是神的见证，就是见证的柜所预表的。

　　因着至圣所是在帐幕的最内里部分，它就是帐幕的中心。它是帐幕的中心点，并且表征神居所的中心。神住在帐幕里，但不是在外院子或圣所里，乃是住在至圣所里。至圣所里的约柜表征神居所的中心，神的居所就是召会。（弗二21~22。）…约柜的盖等于希伯来四章十六节里施恩的宝座。神乃是住在约柜的盖上，就是施恩的宝座上；这就是神确实所在的地方。在旧约，这地方是在见证的帐幕里。但在新约，这地方乃是在召会里，今天召会就是神的帐幕，神的居所。

　　约柜也表征神的家—召会—的内容。（提前三15~16。）约柜如何是神见证的具体表现，是帐幕的内容；照样，作神具体化身的基督也是召会的内容。…从里面说，召会必须是在实际上，而不仅仅是在名义上，有基督作内容。（出埃及记生命读经，一一三九至一一四四页。）

　　参读：出埃及记生命读经，第八十四篇。

　　In His work of creation God accomplished many things. However, Genesis 1 does not reveal what kind of God our God is. We do not know from this chapter whether He is a God of love or of hate, a God of darkness or of light,…whether He is holy or common, righteous or unrighteous. The law was given that we might have a portrait, a description, of God and thereby understand what He is. For this reason, God considers the law as His testimony. As a testimony of God, the law is a type of Christ. Christ is the living portrait of God, His living definition and description. Therefore, Christ is the real testimony of God.

　　The tabernacle is called the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Exo. 38:21), because the testimony is in the Ark, and the Ark is in the tabernacle. In…Exodus, when we speak of the Ark of the Testimony or the Tabernacle of the Testimony, we should understand that the word testimony refers to the law. However, it refers to the law as a definition of God, not as commandments for people to keep.

　　The tabernacle had a number of important furnishings: the altar and the laver in the outer court; the showbread table, the lampstand, and the incense altar in the Holy Place; and the Ark in the Holy of Holies, the inmost chamber of the tabernacle…. As the first item, [the Ark] occupied the place of preeminence. We know from Exodus 40:2 and 3 that it was in the tabernacle, and from 40:20 and 21, that it was in the Holy of Holies.

　　The Ark as the embodiment of God’s testimony typifies Christ as the embodiment of God. All that God is, is embodied in Christ. Colossians 2:9 says that the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Christ bodily. Our use of the word embodiment is based on this verse. Because God is embodied in Christ, He is portrayed, defined, and explained by Christ. Christ is God’s definition, His explanation. As God’s testimony, Christ is typified by the Ark of the Testimony.

　　Because the Holy of Holies is in the inmost part of the tabernacle, it is the center of the tabernacle. It is the focus of the tabernacle and signifies the center of God’s dwelling place. God dwelt in the tabernacle but not in the outer court or in the Holy Place. He dwelt in the Holy of Holies. The Ark in the Holy of Holies signifies the center of God’s dwelling place, the church (Eph. 2:21-22). The cover of the Ark is equal to the throne of grace in Hebrews 4:16. It was upon the cover of the Ark, the throne of grace, that God dwelt. This was the exact place where God was. In the Old Testament this place was in the Tabernacle of the Testimony. But in the New Testament this place is in the church. The church today is God’s tabernacle, His dwelling place.

　　The Ark also signifies the contents of the church as the house of God (1 Tim. 3:15-16). Just as the Ark as the embodiment of God’s testimony was the content of the tabernacle, so Christ as the embodiment of God is the content of the church…. Inwardly the church must have Christ as the content in reality and not merely in terminology. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 983-987)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msg. 84