壹 圣经乃是一本神经纶的书—创一1、26~28，启二一1~2、9~11： |
Ⅰ The Bible is a book of God’s economy—Gen. 1:1, 26-28; Rev. 21:1-2, 9-11: |
一 整本圣经新旧两约，首先是神经纶的图画，然后是神经纶完全的解释和应验—弗一10，提前一4。 |
A The entire Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is first a picture of God’s economy and then a full definition and fulfillment of God’s economy—Eph. 1:10; 1 Tim. 1:4. |
二 圣经乃是关于神永远经纶之神圣启示的记载；神这永远经纶的中心和实际乃是基督—约十四6，西一15，三11： |
B The Bible is a record of the divine revelation concerning God’s eternal economy, of which Christ is the center and the reality—John 14:6; Col. 1:15; 3:11: |
１ 基督是三一神的具体化身，召会是基督的身体—二9，弗一22~23。 |
１ Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God, and the church is the Body of Christ—2:9; Eph. 1:22-23. |
２ 基督与召会是圣经的基本结构—弗五32。 |
２ Christ and the church are the basic structure of the Bible—Eph. 5:32. |
三 神的经纶—圣经的钥匙—乃是那有其计划与安排的三一神，将祂自己在祂的神圣三一里分赐到祂所拣选、救赎并重生的人里面，作他们的生命、生命的供应和一切，好使他们成为祂团体的彰显—起先是基督的身体，至终是新耶路撒冷—弗三9： |
C God’s economy, the key to the Bible, is the Triune God with His plan and arrangement to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity into His chosen, redeemed, and regenerated people as their life, their life supply, and their everything to make them His corporate expression, initially as the Body of Christ and ultimately as the New Jerusalem—Eph. 3:9: |
１ 我们若看见神的经纶乃是圣经的钥匙，我们就会使用这把钥匙来读圣经的每一卷书。 |
１ If we see that God’s economy is the key to the Bible, we will use this key in our study of every book of the Bible. |
２ 我们若看见这把钥匙并使用这把钥匙，圣经对于我们就会和圣经对于神是一样的—是神圣经纶的启示—路二四44~46。 |
２ If we see this key and use it, the Bible will become to us what it is to God—the revelation of the divine economy—Luke 24:44-46. |
晨兴喂养
弗三9 ……将那历世历代隐藏在创造万有之神里的奥秘有何等的经纶，向众人照明。 五32 这是极大的奥秘，但我是指着基督与召会说的。 我们若还没有看见神经纶的意义，就无法进入整本圣经的真实意义。我们可能一再地读圣经，却没有领悟其中心的思想。当主开我们的眼睛，使我们看见神的经纶，神的经纶立刻就成为我们打开整本圣经的钥匙。……要打开圣经中的一切，我们需要这把不变的钥匙（李文集一九七五至一九七六年第二册，六○四页）。 |
Eph. 3:9 ...To enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things. 5:32 This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church. If we have not seen the significance of God’s economy, we will not be able to get into the real significance of the whole Bible. We may read it again and again without realizing its central thought. When the Lord opens our eyes to see God’s economy, the economy of God immediately becomes a key for us to open the entire Bible...To open everything in the Bible, we need this constant key. (CWWL, 1975-1976, vol. 2, “The Church—the Reprint of the Spirit,” p. 453) |
信息选读
我们需要来看旧约关于神经纶的预表在新约的应验。旧约所有的只是一些预表，而新约所有的，乃是旧约关于神经纶这些预表的全部应验。因此整本圣经新旧两约，首先是神经纶的图画，然后是神经纶完全的解释和应验。一面，我们若要认识旧约，就必须来看新约的解释。……另一面，我们若要认识新约，就必须花时间去看旧约的那些图画。 圣奥古斯丁（Saint Augustine）曾说，新约隐藏在旧约里，旧约在新约里揭示出来。……图画和解释是我们明白圣经的一个很强的基本原则。 弟兄会中间的大教师曾说过，以色列人全部的历史乃是召会的预表。……弟兄会的教训很着重地说，以色列人被掳到巴比伦，是预表召会被掳到天主教。……主耶稣称罗马天主教为耶洗别（启二20，太十三33），也称天主教为奥秘的大巴比伦（启十 七5）。……弟兄会看见以色列人的被掳是预表召会的被掳，并且看见以色列人的归回是预表召会的恢复，这恢复是从路德开始。 虽然弟兄会看见这一点，但他们没有看见旧约列王的历史是神经纶的预表。……他们甚至没有用这样的字眼。他们用别的辞，“神的计划”或“神的定旨”，代替“神的经纶”。“经纶”一辞的英文是economy，乃是希腊字oikonomia的英语化。……大多数人一想到economy这个字，就想到钱的事。然而我们说到神的经纶，意思是指神的计划，是说到神的神圣安排，为着完成祂的美意，照着祂的意愿，成就祂的定旨。以色列人的历史不仅是整个召会的预表，如弟兄会教师所指出的，也是神经纶的预表。神的这个经纶乃是应验在新约里。新约给我们看见旧约列王的预表完全的应验。……一个是图画，另一个是解释（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册，二○七至二○九页）。 圣经不是一本历史书。圣经乃是关于神永远经纶之神圣启示的记载；神这永远经纶的中心和实际乃是基督。基督是三一神的具体化身，召会是基督生机的身体。这两项是整本圣经的基本结构。所以我们要明白圣经的任何一卷，都该持守这观点，尤其在列王纪的生命读经里，更是如此。表面上，这两卷书是以色列诸王的历史。事实上，这两卷书在神的灵感动下写成，乃是与神永远的经纶息息相关（列王纪生命读经，三页）。 参读：过照着神启示之高峰的生活，第一至二篇；列王纪生命读经，第一至四、六篇。 |
We need to see the fulfillment in the New Testament of the typology in the Old Testament concerning God’s economy. What is in the Old Testament is a typology, a set of types. Then what is in the New Testament is a complete fulfillment of that typology concerning God’s economy. Thus, the entire Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is first a picture of God’s economy and then a full definition and fulfillment of God’s economy. On the one hand, if we want to know the Old Testament, we must come to the New Testament definition ...On the other hand, if we want to know the New Testament, we have to spend the time to look at all these pictures. Saint Augustine said that the New Testament is concealed in the Old Testament, and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New Testament ...The pictures and the definitions form a strong basic principle for us to understand the Bible. The great teachers among the Brethren said that the entire history of Israel was a type of the church ...The teaching of the Brethren strongly stressed that the captivity of Israel into Babylon typifies the church that was captured into Catholicism ... The Lord Jesus referred to the Roman Catholic Church as Jezebel (Rev. 2:20; Matt. 13:33) and also as the great Babylon, a mystery (Rev. 17:5)...The Brethren saw that Israel’s captivity typifies the church’s captivity and that the return of Israel typifies the recovery of the church starting from Luther. Although the Brethren saw this, they did not see that the history of the kings in the Old Testament is a typology of God’s economy...They did not even use this term. They somewhat used another term to replace God’s economy, that is, God’s plan or God’s purpose. The English word economy is anglicized from the Greek word oikonomia...When most think of an economy, they think of it in terms of dollars and cents. We do not mean this when we speak of God’s economy. God’s economy is God’s plan, God’s divine arrangement, for the fulfillment of His good pleasure in His will to be His purpose. Israel’s history is not only a type of the entire church, as the Brethren teachers pointed out, but also a type of God’s economy. The fulfillment of this economy is in the New Testament. The New Testament presents the complete fulfillment of the typology of the kings in the Old Testament...One is the picture, and the other is the definition. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Living a Life according to the High Peak of God’s Revelation,” pp. 173-175) The Bible is not a book of history. The Bible is the record of the divine revelation concerning God’s eternal economy, of which Christ is the center and reality. Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God, and the church is the organic Body of Christ. These two items are the basic structure of the Bible. So, in understanding any book of the Bible, we should hold this point of view, especially in the life-study of the books of Kings. Apparently, these two books are the history of the kings of Israel. Actually, they are books written in the inspiration of the Spirit of God in the way of being related to God’s eternal economy. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Kings, pp. 2-3) Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Living a Life according to the High Peak of God’s Revelation,” chs. 1-2; Life-study of 1 & 2 Kings, msgs. 1-4, 6 |