三 神给挪亚的是包罗万有的启示，建造方舟的启示，就是神要结束那败坏的世代，而带进一个新时代的路；他的工作乃是转移时代的工作—林前二9，林后六1，太十六18，林前三12： |
C God gave Noah an all-inclusive revelation, the revelation to build the ark, which was the way that God would terminate the corrupted generation and bring in a new age; his work was a work that changed the age—1 Cor. 2:9; 2 Cor. 6:1; Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 3:12: |
１ 方舟是基督的预表，（彼前三20~21，）不仅预表个人的基督，也预表团体的基督，就是召会，也就是基督的身体和新人，要终极完成于新耶路撒冷。（太十六18，林前十二12，弗二15~16，西三10~11，启二一2。） |
１ The ark is a type of Christ (1 Pet. 3:20-21), not only the individual Christ but also the corporate Christ, the church, which is the Body of Christ and the new man to consummate in the New Jerusalem (Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 2:15-16; Col. 3:10-11; Rev. 21:2). |
２ 建造方舟就是在我们的经历中，建造作为恩典的基督，为着建造团体的基督，召会，作基督的身体；（林前十二12，弗四11~16；）这乃是作成我们自己的救恩，使我们得以蒙拯救脱离神对这弯曲悖谬之世代的审判，并被引进新的时代，就是千年国的时代。（腓二12~16，来十一7，太二四37~39，路十七26~27。） |
２ To build up the ark is to build up Christ as grace in our experience for the building up of the corporate Christ, the church, as the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:11-16); this is to work out our own salvation so that we may be saved from God's judgment on this crooked and perverted generation and be ushered into a new age, the age of the millennium (Phil. 2:12-16; Heb. 11:7; Matt. 24:37-39; Luke 17:26-27). |
叁 神经纶中恩典终极并完成的产品，乃是基督的身体作为神的诗章，成为新耶路撒冷，作神在新天新地中义的完成；神自己的丰富作我们的享受，超越各样的限制，并要公开显示出来，直到永远—弗二7~10，彼后三13，启二二21。 |
Ⅲ The consummate and ultimate product of the grace of God in His economy is the Body of Christ as God's poem to be the New Jerusalem as the consummation of God's righteousness in the new heavens and new earth; the riches of God Himself for our enjoyment surpass every limit and will be publicly displayed for eternity—Eph. 2:7-10; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 22:21. |
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来十一7 挪亚因着信，既蒙神指示他未见的事，就为虔敬所动，预备了一只方舟，使他全家得救，借此就定了那世界的罪，并且承受了那照着信而得的义。 腓二12 ……你们既是常顺从的，……就当恐惧战兢，作成你们自己的救恩。 神这经纶中之恩典的产品，乃是一首诗章（弗二10上）。神创造的诸天、地和人，不是神的诗章；但召会，基督的身体，乃是神的诗章。 神这经纶中之恩典的产品，乃是一首诗章，展示神这经纶中之恩典超越的丰富（7）。……这恩典是丰富、洋溢、繁殖而增多的（李文集一九九一至一九九二年第二册，四四八页）。 |
Heb. 11:7 By faith Noah, having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen and being moved by pious fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. Phil. 2:12 …As you have always obeyed,…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. The product of the grace in God’s economy is a poem (Eph. 2:10a). The heavens, the earth, and man, which were created by God, are not God’s poem. Rather, the church, the Body of Christ, is God’s poem. The product of the grace in God’s economy is a poem to exhibit the surpassing riches of the grace in God’s economy (v. 7)…Grace is rich, abounding, multiplying, and increasing. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” p. 342) |
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〔挪亚〕所作、所进入的乃是神的救恩，就是方舟（创七7）。方舟预表实际的基督，现今的基督。……根据我们在挪亚身上所看见的，我们应当有一位现今的、实际的基督，是我们可以进入的，而不仅是一位历史上的基督，也不是一位遥不可及的基督。我们应当与神同工来建造我们的方舟—基督，我们在众地方召会中正在建造方舟。……我们是今日的挪亚，也应当建造基督。 今天我们已经得救了，但我们还需要建造基督。挪亚开始建造方舟以前就已经得救了。……到了神来嘱咐挪亚造方舟的时候，他已经与神同行，在那个时代他在神眼中乃是义人（六9）。……他既然得救了，为什么还需要造方舟？因为他需要进一步蒙拯救脱离败坏的世界。 保罗在腓立比二章十二节告诉我们，我们需要顺从，恐惧战兢地作成我们自己的救恩。我们虽然得救了，但我们还需要作成我们的救恩。神的救恩不是那么短缺、简短或简单。神的救恩持续一段过程。我们必须进到神的救恩里，通过全程，从神救恩的这一头达到另一头。我们今天乃是在神救恩的通道上。……现在我们正在经过这个通道，我们的通过就是作成。当挪亚……越建造方舟，就越通过神的救恩。最后他进入他所作成的工（创七7）。……你们正在建造的基督，要成为你们将来的救恩。有一天在神主宰的权柄下，你要进入你所建造的基督里面。 你如果从周一到周六都爱主，与祂交通，凭祂活着，与祂同行，到了主日你必定会深深地感觉到你是在基督里。你会有一位实际、现今的基督，让你住在祂里面。但是另一面，你如果从周一到周六都不爱主，不与祂交通，不在祂里面活着，也不与祂同行，即使你今天想住在祂里面，你也会觉得祂不在了。在你的经历里，祂并没有与你同在。你在道理上有祂，但你在经历上并没有祂。你虽然渴慕住在祂里面，但你好像不知道祂在那里。这就是说，在已过这周里，你没有建造基督，你没有建造方舟。所以当洪水来的时候，你没有方舟可以进入。但是当你爱祂，与祂交通，凭祂活着，时时刻刻与祂同行，你就在你的经历中将祂建造起来。你就在你的经历中建造一位基督，使你可以进入其中，作为你的救恩（李文集一九八三年第二册，二二七至二三○页）。 参读：神在祂经纶中的律法与恩典，第四篇；神圣三一的神圣分赐，第二至三章。 |
What [Noah] worked on and entered into was just God’s salvation, the ark (Gen. 7:7). The ark was a type of the practical and present Christ…According to the picture that we see with Noah, we should have a present and practical Christ whom we can enter into, not just a historical Christ or a Christ of distance. And we should work together with God on Christ. Christ is our ark, and in the local churches we are building up this ark… As today’s Noahs, we also should build up Christ. Today we are saved, but we still need to work on Christ. Noah also was saved before he began working on the ark… By the time God came and charged Noah to build the ark, he was already walking with God and in the eyes of God was a righteous man in that age (6:9)… Since he was already saved, why did he need to build the ark? He needed further salvation from the corrupted world. Paul told us in Philippians 2:12 that we need to be obedient and to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. Although we have been saved, we still need to work out our salvation. God’s salvation is not so short or so brief or so simple. God’s salvation has a long span. We have to enter into God’s salvation and to go through from one end of God’s salvation to the other end. Today we are in the passage of God’s salvation… Now we are going through this passage, and our going through is our working…The more [Noah] built the ark, the more he passed through God’s salvation. Eventually, he entered into what he worked out (Gen. 7:7)… [The] Christ whom we are building up will become our future salvation. One day under God’s sovereignty we will enter into the very Christ whom we have built up. If you spend from Monday through Saturday loving the Lord, fellowshipping with Him, living by Him, and walking together with Him, surely on the Lord’s DAY you would have the deep sensation that you are in Christ. You would have a practical and present Christ for you to abide in. But if, on the other hand, you spent from Monday through Saturday not loving the Lord and not fellowshipping with Him, not living in Him, and not walking with Him, even if you wanted to abide in Him today, you would feel that He is absent. In your experience He is not with you. You have Him in doctrine, but you do not have Him in experience. Although you might desire to abide in Him, it seems that you do not know where He is. This would mean that for the past week you did not build Christ. You did not work on the ark. So when the flood came, you had no ark to enter into. But when you love Him and fellowship with Him and live by Him and walk with Him day after day and hour after hour, you build Him up in your experience. You build up a Christ in your experience for you to enter into as your salvation. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” pp. 179-181) Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” ch. 4; CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” chs. 2-3 |