王上八1　 ……所罗门将以色列的长老们和各支派的首领，

　　……招聚到耶路撒冷所罗门王那里，要把耶和华的约柜从大卫城，就是锡安，运上来。

　　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。

　　耶路撒冷是预表召会的，其中有一座锡安山。一是预表全体的召会，一是预表召会中的得胜者。……耶路撒冷的保障是在锡安。论合乎神的心意的，就称为锡安。……耶路撒冷有新的，锡安却没有新的。因为锡安从来不会旧。……耶路撒冷的特色、生命、祝福、建立，都是来自于锡安。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。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。一百二十八篇五节：神赐福是从锡安，美福是见于耶路撒冷。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，后报到耶路撒冷。约珥书三章十七节：神住在锡安，耶路撒冷就成为圣（倪柝声文集第一辑第十一册，一二五至一二六页）。

　　1 Kings 8:1 ...Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes...in Jerusalem in order to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah from the city of David, which is Zion.

　　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.

　　Within Jerusalem, there was Mount Zion. One typifies the whole body of the church, while the other typifies the overcomers of the church... The stronghold of Jerusalem is Zion. Whenever there is something that has to do with God’s heart desire, Zion is mentioned... There is a New Jerusalem, but there never will be a new Zion, because Zion can never become old... 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. (CWWN, vol. 11, p. 762)

　　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）。神每次都是借少数的信徒，把生命流到召会里，以复兴召会。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。

　　 所以，神的得胜者，必须离弃一切自以为是的。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，一二六页）。

　　基督身体的实际，就是一班神人所过这样生活的集合、总和。这种生活，就是基督身体的实际，要结束这时代，就是召会时代，且要把基督带回来，在国度时代与这些神人一同取得、占有并治理这地。这些神人在召会时代被成全，并得着终极完成。所以在下一个时代，就是国度时代，他们要与基督一同作王一千年（启二十4~6）。

　　今天在召会时代，被成全并得成熟的神人乃是锡安，就是得胜者，也就是召会中的活力排。但在新天新地，就不再有锡安，只有新耶路撒冷，因为一切原来不够格的圣徒，那时都已够格成为锡安。换句话说，整个新耶路撒冷都要成为锡安。……锡安就是神所在之处，也就是至圣所。在启示录二十一章有一个表号，表征新耶路撒冷将是至圣所。新耶路撒冷的量度是个正方体的量度，长一万二千斯泰底亚，宽一万二千斯泰底亚，高一万二千斯泰底亚（16）。那就是至圣所；因为在旧约里，不论在帐幕或圣殿中，至圣所都是立方的，其长、宽、高都相等（出二六2~8，王上六20）（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册，一七○至一七一页）。

　　参读：倪柝声文集第一辑第十一册，神的得胜者；关于相调的实行，第五章。

　　Today God is looking for the one hundred and forty-four thousand amidst the defeated church, who will stand on Mount Zion (Rev. 14). God always uses a small number of believers to pass on the flow of life to the church and to revive the church. 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. Thus, the overcomers of God need to give up what they consider as right. They 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)

　　The reality of the Body of Christ is the aggregate, the totality, of such a living by a group of God-men. This kind of a living, which is the reality of the Body of Christ, will close this age, the age of the church, and will bring Christ back to take, possess, and rule over this earth with these God-men in the kingdom age. They were perfected, completed, and consummated in the church age. So in the next age, the kingdom age, they will reign with Christ for a thousand years (Rev. 20:4-6).

　　Today in the church age, the God-men who were perfected and matured are Zion, the overcomers, the vital groups within the churches. But in the new heaven and new earth there will be no more Zion, only Jerusalem, because all the unqualified saints will have been qualified to be Zion. In other words, the entire New Jerusalem will become Zion... Zion is the very spot where God is, that is, the Holy of Holies. In Revelation 21 there is a sign signifying that the New Jerusalem will be the Holy of Holies. Its dimensions are the dimensions of a cube, twelve thousand stadia long, twelve thousand stadia wide, and twelve thousand stadia high (v. 16). That is the Holy of Holies, because the Holy of Holies in the Old Testament in both the tabernacle and the temple was a cube, equal in length, breadth, and height (Exo. 26:2-8; 1 Kings 6:20). (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” pp. 138-139)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 11, pp. 760-766; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” ch. 5