三 借着经过伯特利，就是舍弃世界，完全转向神，以神为一切的地方，时代就转变了；伯特利指胜过世界—创十二8，约壹二15： |
C The age was changed by passing through Bethel, which is the place to give up the world and turn to God absolutely, taking God as everything; Bethel refers to victory over the world—Gen. 12:8; 1 John 2:15: |
１ 按照创世记十二章八节，伯特利是亚伯拉罕筑坛的地方，祭坛乃是与神交通，与神来往的地方；伯特利乃是我们奉献给神，完全归神以胜过世界的地方—十三3~4。 |
１ According to Genesis 12:8, Bethel is the place where Abraham built an altar, the place of fellowship and communication with God; it is the place where we consecrate ourselves to God and are totally given to Him to overcome the world—13:3-4. |
２ 胜过世界乃是被提和得着圣灵能力的条件；一个信徒如果真盼望充满圣灵，真盼望被提，就当出代价舍弃世界，并在奉献一切的祭坛上，学习与神交通。 |
２ Victory over the world is a condition for being raptured and receiving the power of the Holy Spirit; if a believer truly desires to be filled with the Holy Spirit and be raptured, he must pay the price to forsake the world and learn to fellowship with God on the altar of total consecration. |
四 借着经过耶利哥，时代就转变了；耶利哥是约书亚和以色列人进入美地时，必须击败的第一座城，表征神的仇敌撒但—书六，启十二11： |
D The age was changed by passing through Jericho; it was the first city that Joshua and the people of Israel had to defeat when they entered into the good land, and it signifies God’s enemy, Satan—Josh. 6; Rev. 12:11: |
１ 约书亚六章说到胜过耶利哥；耶利哥的意思是“被咒诅”；迦南人表征以弗所六章十二节里所说诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力。 |
１ Joshua 6 speaks of overcoming Jericho, which means “cursed”; the Canaanites signify the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies mentioned in Ephesians 6:12. |
２ 撒但是这世界的王（约十四30），邪灵是管辖这黑暗世界的，这黑暗的世界，指今天的世界；邪灵乃是背叛的天使，他们跟从撒但一同背叛神，现今在诸天界里管辖世上的列国—就如波斯的魔君和雅完的魔君（但十20）。 |
２ Satan is the ruler of this world (John 14:30), and the evil spirits are the world-rulers of this darkness, which refers to today’s world; the evil spirits are the rebellious angels, who followed Satan in his rebellion against God and who now rule in the heavenlies over the nations of the world—such as the prince of Persia and the prince of Greece (Dan. 10:20). |
３ 我们必须是“穿戴神全副的军装”的人（弗六11、13）；神全副的军装是为着基督的整个身体，不是为着身体上任何单个的肢体；我们必须在基督的身体里打属灵的仗，绝不能单独作战。 |
３ We need to be those who “put on the whole armor of God” (Eph. 6:11, 13); the whole armor of God is for the entire Body of Christ, not for any individual member of the Body; we must fight the spiritual warfare in the Body, not as individuals. |
４ 胜过世界的路就是操练信心的灵相信神的话，按着祂的话去行，并相信我们要得着行祂话的结果（林后四13，约十七17，六63，弗六17~18）；耶利哥的陷落，乃是因着以色列人信靠神的话，稳固地站住他们的地位；主三次受魔鬼试诱时，三次回答说，“经上记着……。”（太四4、7、10） |
４ The way to overcome the world is to exercise our spirit of faith to believe in God’s word, act according to His word, and believe that we will receive the results of carrying out His word (2 Cor. 4:13; John 17:17; 6:63; Eph. 6:17-18); Jericho fell by the Israelites relying on God’s word and standing firm in their position; when the Lord was being tempted by the devil three times, the Lord responded three times by saying, “It is written…” (Matt. 4:4, 7, 10). |
５ 我们要胜过邪灵的攻击，就必须不顾一切的光景和感觉，操练信心的灵相信神应许的话；我们也必须站在基督所给我们的地位，就是在诸天之上的地位，而监守撒但和他的邪灵在他们较低的地位上—林后四13，弗二6，西三1~2。 |
５ In order to overcome the attack of the evil spirits, we must disregard every situation and feeling and exercise our spirit of faith to believe in God’s word of promise; we must also stand in the position that Christ has given us, which is in the heavens, and must put down Satan and his evil spirits to their inferior position—2 Cor. 4:13; Eph. 2:6; Col. 3:1-2. |
６ 在耶利哥祭司抬着约柜，表征在属灵的争战中，我们第一该作的事乃是高举基督，让祂在一切事上居第一位，居首位；吹号并呼喊（绕城第七次时），表征相信神指示的话而见证并宣扬神和基督（约柜）—书六1~20。 |
６ The bearing of the Ark by the priests at Jericho signifies that in spiritual warfare the first thing we should do is to exalt Christ, giving Him the first place, the preeminence, in everything; the blowing of the trumpets and the shouting (the seventh time around the city) signify the testifying and proclaiming of God with Christ (the Ark) through faith in God’s word of instruction—Josh. 6:1-20. |
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王下二2 以利亚对以利沙说，你留在这里，因耶和华已差遣我到伯特利去。以利沙说，我指着永活的耶和华和你的性命起誓，我必不离开你。于是二人下到伯特利。 创十二8 从那里他〔亚伯拉罕〕又迁到伯特利东边的山，支搭帐棚；……他在那里又为耶和华筑了一座坛，并且呼求耶和华的名。 伯特利是舍弃世界，完全转向神，以神为一切的地方（创十二8）；耶利哥是约书亚和以色列人进入美地时，必须击败的第一座城，表征神仇敌的领头者—撒但（书六1~27）（圣经恢复本，王下二1注1）。 伯特利是亚伯拉罕建筑祭坛的地方〔创十二8〕。祭坛乃是与神交通，与神来往的地方，乃是奉献给神，完全归神的地方（倪柝声文集第一辑第九册，二四○页）。 |
2 Kings 2:2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me as far as Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel. Gen. 12:8 And [Abram] proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent,... and there he built an altar to Jehovah and called upon the name of Jehovah. Bethel is the place to give up the world and turn to God absolutely, taking God as everything (Gen. 12:8); Jericho, the first city that Joshua and the people of Israel had to defeat when they entered into the good land, signifies the head of God’s enemy, Satan (Josh. 6:1-27). (2 Kings 2:1, footnote 1) Bethel is the place where Abram built an altar [Gen. 12:8]. The altar is a place of fellowship and communication with God. It is the place where we consecrate ourselves to God, the place where we are totally given to Him. (CWWN, vol. 9, p. 309) |
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吉甲，是说胜过肉体；伯特利，是说胜过世界，因为埃及是世界的代表。胜过世界乃是被提和得着圣灵能力的条件。……我们的心若没有完全胜过世界，世界的人、事、物，若不是在我们的心里失去了地位，就我们不能达到前面的目标。一个信徒如果真盼望充满圣灵，真盼望被提，就当出代价，来走主的道路，到一个主可以把祂的灵给他的地方。我们必须舍弃世界，在奉献一切的祭坛上，学习与神交通，这样的奉献与交通是不可少的。 世界是没有饥荒的；在顺服神的道路中，就难免有饥荒之时。因为在世界里是没有试炼的，在顺服神的道路里是充满试炼的。 但是，这是得着被提和能力所必经的途径。……长久住在埃及，虽然可以免去试炼，但是在埃及是没有祭坛的。 约书亚六章二十六节：“……那起来重建这耶利哥城的人，当在耶和华面前受咒诅……。”所以，〔耶利哥〕这名称是被咒诅的意思。此段的历史，是说以色列人首次在迦南胜过仇敌。迦南的人是代表邪灵，就是属乎魔鬼的，就是以弗所六章十二节所说诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力。 我们胜过了肉体，胜过了世界，还应当胜过仇敌。胜过仇敌，没有第二个法子，就是相信神的话，而按着祂的话去行，相信我们要得着行祂话的结果。神说了，就够了。耶利哥人是说，我们有城；我们说，我们有神的话。耶利哥人是说，我们的城高得到天；我们说，我们的神在天上。耶利哥人是说，凡城所围的地方，是属乎我们的；我们说，神应许我们，凡我们脚掌所踏之地，都赐给我们了。 实在的属灵的争战，乃是我们与撒但和他的邪灵争战，这个是一切成熟的信徒们所必须加入的。神的儿女们在地上常受邪灵的攻击，有的是在环境里，有的是在身体里，有的是在思想里，有的是在感觉里，有的是在灵里。……耶利哥的陷落，不是靠着能力，乃是靠着（一）神的话，（二）他们所站的地位。胜过邪灵的攻击，就是（三）不顾一切的光景和感觉，而相信神应许的话，以置仇敌于失败；（四）站在基督所给你的地位，就是在诸天之上的地位，而监守撒但和他的邪灵在他们较低的地位上。……没有神的话，没有用信心拣选神所赐的地位，就不能胜过仇敌（倪柝声文集第一辑第九册，二四一至二四四页）。 参读：初信造就，第四十三篇；但以理书生命读经，第十五篇。 |
While Gilgal refers to the victory over the flesh, Bethel refers to the victory over the world, because Egypt signifies the world. Victory over the world is a condition for being raptured and receiving the power of the Holy Spirit. If our heart has not completely overcome the world and the people, affairs, and things of this world, and if these things have not lost their place in our heart, we will not be able to arrive at the goal before us. If a believer truly desires to be filled with the Holy Spirit and be raptured, he must pay the price to take the way of the Lord, which is to journey to a place where the Lord can give him His Spirit. We must forsake the world and learn to fellowship with God on the altar of total consecration. In the world there are no trials; but the pathway of obedience to God is full of trials. This is the road that must be traveled in order to be raptured and receive power... Even though we can avoid trials in Egypt, there is no altar there. Joshua 6:26 says, “...Cursed be the man before Jehovah who rises up to rebuild this city Jericho!” Thus, the name of this city means “cursed.” This portion of history speaks of the Israelites’ first victory over the enemies in Canaan. The Canaanites signify evil spirits, which are of the devil. They are the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies mentioned in Ephesians 6:12. We have overcome the flesh and the world; now we still must overcome the enemy. The only way to overcome the enemy is to believe in God’s Word, act according to His Word, and believe that we will receive the results of carrying out His Word. God has spoken, and it is sufficient. The men of Jericho said that they had a city; we say that we have God’s Word. The men of Jericho said that their city was as tall as heaven; we say that our God is in heaven. The men of Jericho said that every place surrounded by their city belonged to them; we say that God has promised us every place that the soles of our feet will tread upon. The real spiritual warfare is the warfare between us and Satan with his evil spirits. Every mature believer should join in this warfare. God’s children on earth are often attacked by evil spirits. Some of these attacks are in the environment, some are in the physical body, mind, emotion, or spirit. It is not by power that Jericho fell, but by the Israelites’ relying on God’s Word and standing firm in their position. In order to overcome the attack of evil spirits, we first must disregard every situation and feeling and believe in God’s Word of promise. This will defeat the enemy. Second, we must stand in the position that Christ has given us, which is in the heavens, and must put down Satan and his evil spirits to their inferior position. Without God’s Word and without exercising our faith to choose the position God has given, we cannot overcome the enemy. (CWWN, vol. 9, pp. 309-312) Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 50, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (3),” ch. 43; Life-study of Daniel, msg. 15 |