申十二2 你们要将所赶出的国民事奉他们神的各地方，无论是在高山上，在小山上，在各青翠树下，都彻底毁坏。

　　西一18　 祂也是召会身体的头；祂是元始，是从死人中复活的首生者，使祂可以在万有中居首位。

　　虽然以色列人毁坏了外邦人……事奉他们神的地方，虽然在耶路撒冷也建造了圣殿，但是到后来，那些毁掉的东西又回来了。丘坛〔王上十一6~8，十二31〕、青翠树、柱像、木像和偶像的名字都恢复了。所罗门按着神的心意把圣殿建造在一的立场上，后来竟又带头把丘坛建立起来。……摩西吩咐以色列人毁坏的那些丘坛，所罗门再建立了起来。这些丘坛是与淫乱和拜偶像关联在一起。所罗门设立丘坛，特别是与情欲的放纵相联。他为着从各国娶来的妃嫔，建立了这些丘坛〔十一8〕（李文集一九七九年第二册，四一二页）。

　　Deut. 12:2 You shall completely destroy all the places where the nations whom you will dispossess have served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every flourishing tree.

　　Col. 1:18 And He is the Head of the Body, the church; He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that He Himself might have the first place in all things.

　　Although the children of Israel destroyed the places wherein the nations served their gods... and although the temple was built in Jerusalem, eventually the very things that had been destroyed came back. The high places (1 Kings 11:6-8; 12:31), the flourishing trees, the pillars, the Asherahs, and the idolatrous names were restored. In fact, Solomon, the very one who built the temple according to God’s desire on the ground of oneness, took the lead to build up the high places once again... He built up again the very high places Moses had charged the people to destroy. These high places were related to fornication and idolatry. Solomon’s setting up of the high places was especially connected with the indulgence of lust. It was for the sake of “all his foreign wives” [11:8] that he built up the high places. (CWWL, 1979, vol. 2, “The Genuine Ground of Oneness,” pp. 313-314)

　　建立丘坛，就是产生分裂。因此，丘坛的意义就是分裂。在旧约中，神对以色列人的心意，是要祂的子民保守在一里，好使他们能合式地敬拜祂。为着保持祂子民的一，神要他们来到祂所选择独一的地方。然而，丘坛是这独一地方的代替品。这指明分裂是一的代替品。耶路撒冷这独一的地方表征一，而丘坛表征分裂。那时，各样罪恶与可憎的事都和丘坛的设立有关；用新约的说法，各种的罪恶都与分裂相联。

　　 按照列王纪上的记载，有两个王—好王所罗门和恶王耶罗波安—带头设立丘坛。所罗门建立丘坛，与放纵情欲有关。所罗门有成百的妻妾妃嫔；为满足她们的欲望，他建立了丘坛。这些妃嫔“使他的心偏离，去随从别神”（十一4）。耶罗波安建立丘坛则与野心有关（十二26~32）。耶罗波安想要保持他的王国。如果以色列人上耶路撒冷去敬拜神，恐怕国权仍归大卫家，于是“耶罗波安造了丘坛的殿”（31）。因此，耶罗波安的野心是使他决定建立丘坛的原因。……与丘坛有关的是何等的罪恶！丘坛关联着情欲、野心与拜偶像。因为丘坛表征分裂，所以这指明今天基督徒中间的分裂，与这些邪恶的事有关联。

　　很少基督徒看见，分裂是与情欲、野心以及拜偶像联在一起的。大多数的基督徒顶多说，分裂是不对的，是不合乎圣经的，他们不予同意。然而在主的眼中，分裂关联着情欲、野心和拜偶像。请记得，丘坛的高度是超过普通平地的。这指明丘坛涉及高举某些事物。原则上，今天基督教中的每一个丘坛，每一个分裂，都涉及高抬或高举一些基督以外的事物。那些被高举的东西可能不是罪恶，反而还可能是非常好的，甚至圣经研究或圣经教学等也可能包括在内。当然，教圣经是好事，但圣经研究也可能与分裂有关。照这种情形，甚至研读圣经的聚会都变成丘坛，可能导致高举某些东西来代替基督（李文集一九七九年第二册，四一二至四一四页）。

　　参读：一的真正立场，第八至九章。

　　To set up a high place is to have a division. Hence, the significance of high places is division. God’s intention with the children of Israel in the Old Testament was that His people be kept in oneness in order to worship Him in a proper way. To preserve the oneness of His people, God required that they come to the unique place of His choice. The high places, however, were a substitute and an alternative for this unique place. This indicates that division is a replacement for oneness. The unique place, Jerusalem, signifies oneness, whereas the high places signify division. Just as all manner of evil and abominable things were related to the setting up of the high places, so, in New Testament terms, all manner of evil is related to division.

　　According to the record in 1 Kings, two kings—Solomon, a good king, and Jeroboam, an evil king—took the lead to set up the high places. In the case of Solomon, the building of the high places was related to the indulgence of lust. Solomon had hundreds of wives and concubines. In order to satisfy their desire, he built up high places. His wives had “turned his heart after other gods” (11:4). In the case of Jeroboam, the building of the high places was related to ambition (12:26-32). Jeroboam wanted to maintain his empire. Fearing that the kingdom would return to the house of David if the people went to Jerusalem to worship, Jeroboam “made a house of high places” (v. 31). Hence, Jeroboam’s ambition was the cause of his decision to build up high places... What evil is associated with high places! The high places were related to lust, ambition, and idolatry. Since high places signify divisions, this indicates that the divisions among Christians today are related to these evil things.

　　Not many Christians realize that division is connected to lust, ambition, and idolatry. Most Christians would not go beyond saying that divisions are wrong and unscriptural and that they cannot agree with them. However, in the eyes of the Lord, division involves such things as lust, ambition, and idolatry. Remember, a high place is an elevation, something lifted above the common level. This indicates that a high place involves the exaltation of something. In principle, every high place, every division, in Christianity today involves the uplifting, the exaltation, of something other than Christ. The things that are exalted may not be evil. On the contrary, they may be very good and may include even Bible study or Bible teaching. Surely it is a good thing to teach the Bible. But Bible study may be related to division. In such a case, even a meeting for the study of the Scriptures becomes a high place; it may lead to the exaltation of something in place of Christ. (CWWL, 1979, vol. 2, “The Genuine Ground of Oneness,” pp. 314-315)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1979, vol. 2, “The Genuine Ground of Oneness,” chs. 8-9