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。

　　一二五1 信靠耶和华的人，好像锡安山，永远存在，总不动摇。

　　锡安，大卫王的城（撒下五7），是耶路撒冷城的中心，就是那作神在地上居所的殿建造的所在（诗九11，七四2，七六2下，一三五21，赛八18）。……锡安作为圣城耶路撒冷的高峰和美丽（诗四八2，五十2），预表得胜者是召会的高峰、中心、拔高、加强、丰富、美丽和实际（四八2、11~12，二十2，五三6上，八七2）。得胜者作为锡安，乃是基督身体的实际，并且终极完成众地方召会中身体的建造，带进永世里终极完成的圣城新耶路撒冷，就是作神居所的至圣所（启二一1~3、16、22）（圣经恢复本，诗四八2注1）。

　　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.

　　125:1 Those who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.

　　Zion was the city of King David (2 Sam. 5:7), the center of the city of Jerusalem, where the temple as God’s dwelling place on earth was built (Psa. 9:11; 74:2; 76:2b; 135:21; Isa. 8:18)... As the highlight and beauty of the holy city Jerusalem (Psa. 48:2; 50:2), Zion typifies the overcomers as the high peak, the center, the uplifting, the strengthening, the enriching, the beauty, and the reality of the church (48:2, 11-12; 20:2; 53:6a; 87:2). The overcomers as Zion are the reality of the Body of Christ and consummate the building up of the Body in the local churches to bring in the consummated holy city, New Jerusalem, the Holy of Holies as God’s dwelling place, in eternity (Rev. 21:1-3, 16, 22). (Psa. 48:2, footnote 1)

　　耶路撒冷建造在山顶上，……在耶路撒冷有一个高峰，就是圣殿建造在其上的锡安山。圣殿建造之前大约一千年，神要亚伯拉罕在摩利亚山上，献上他的儿子以撒；摩利亚山是锡安山的别名（创二二2，代下三1）。今天这恢复美好的光景就像耶路撒冷；然而，没有锡安。新约中的得胜者好比锡安。在启示录十四章一节，十四万四千个得胜者不仅是在耶路撒冷，乃是在锡安高峰。得胜者，活力排，就是今天的锡安。今天我的负担是要帮助你们达到活力排的高峰，就是得胜者的锡安。我们虽然可能有很好的召会生活，但在我们中间几乎没有身体生活的实化、实行、实现和实际。这就是今日这恢复中的需要。

　　 当倪弟兄被主兴起时，他看见亮光，就是主需要用地方召会为手续，好往前达到祂经纶里的目标。所以他非常强调地方召会。……我们都……一再地强调地方召会。

　　独一的召会显于众地方召会，乃是为着有形的原因。我们信徒散居在这地上，所以无法同在一个地方。我们必须在许多地方，所以在某种意义上，我们必须因地方而分开。但我们不能忘记，众召会乃是基督的身体。以弗所四章说只有一个身体（4）；保罗说我们虽多，还是一个饼，一个身体（林前十17）。

　　启示录最后的确有一个终极完成。在这终极完成里，七个灯台都不见了。在头一章，我们看见七个灯台，但到了末了两章，我们只看见一座城。至终，地方召会都过去了，只有基督的身体要存留到永永远远，基督的这个身体乃是独一的帐幕，作神在这地上的居所，并且是羔羊唯一的新妇（二一2~3）。我们都需要看见这点。

　　所以我们必须注意基督的身体，过于注意地方召会。这不是说，我废掉了关于地方召会的教训。我们仍然需要这个教训。我们是人，就有物质的骨架，那是我们的身体。但身体本身只是个骨架，物质的身体里面需要有一个生命。今天召会也是这样。一面，召会的确有一个骨架—身体，但这骨架不是召会的性质、素质或元素。以弗所四章告诉我们，召会是基督的身体，在这召会里面有那灵、主和父（4~6）。父是身体的源头，主是身体的元素，那灵是身体的素质。这四个实体都建造在一起（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册，一三六至一三七、一四三至一四五页）。

　　参读：活力排的训练与实行，介言、第一篇。

　　Jerusalem is built on the top of a mountain... In Jerusalem there is a peak, that is, Mount Zion, on which the temple was built. About one thousand years before the building of the temple, God asked Abraham to offer his son Isaac on Mount Moriah, which is another name for Mount Zion (Gen. 22:2; 2 Chron. 3:1). The good situation in the recovery today is just like Jerusalem. However, there is no Zion. In the New Testament the overcomers are likened to Zion. In Revelation 14:1 the one hundred forty-four thousand overcomers are not just in Jerusalem; they are on the peak of Zion. The overcomers, the vital groups, are today’s Zion. My burden today is to help you reach the peak of the vital groups, that is, the overcomers’ Zion. Although we may have a good church life, among us there is almost no realization, no practicality, no actuality, and no reality of the Body life. This is the need in the recovery today.

　　When Brother Nee was raised up by the Lord, he saw the light that the local churches are needed for the Lord to take the procedure to go on to reach His goal in His economy. So he stressed the local churches very much... We have stressed the local churches again and again.

　　The one church is expressed in the local churches because of physical reasons. We believers are scattered on this earth, so we cannot be in one location. We have to be in many locations, so in a sense, we have to be separated by localities. But we cannot forget that the churches are the Body of Christ. Ephesians 4 says that there is one Body (v. 4). Paul says that though we are many, we are still one bread and one Body (1 Cor. 10:17).

　　Eventually, the book of Revelation does have a consummation. In this consummation all the seven lampstands disappear. In the first chapter we see the seven lampstands. But in the last two chapters we see only one city. Eventually, the local churches will be over. Only the Body will remain and remain forever, and this Body of Christ is the unique tabernacle as God’s dwelling place on this earth, the unique bride of the Lamb (21:2-3). We all have to see this.

　　Therefore, we must pay much more attention to the Body of Christ than to the local churches. This does not mean that I annul the teaching of the local churches. We still need it. As a person, we have a physical frame. That is our body. But a body by itself is a carcass. A physical body needs an inner life. Today the church is the same. On the one hand, it does have a frame, a body, but this frame is not the nature, the essence, or the element of the church. Ephesians 4 tells us the church is the Body, and within this church is the Spirit, the Lord, and the Father (vv. 4-6). The Father is the source, the Lord is the element, and the Spirit is the essence of the Body. These four entities are built together. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” pp. 110, 116-118)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Training and the Practice of the Vital Groups,” An Introductory Word, ch. 1