王下二21 他〔以利沙〕出到水源，将盐倒在那里，说，耶和华如此说，我治好了这水，这里必不再有死亡或不出产的事。

　　罗五17　 ……那些受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义恩赐的，就更要借着耶稣基督一人，在生命中作王了。

　　在旧约的预表和表号的应验里，基督也是真以利沙（王下五9，路四27）。以利沙是比以利亚更可爱的申言者。……以利沙所行最显著的事，其中一件就是用盐医治死水（王下二19~21）。这医治指明以利沙对人是甜美、祝福的申言者。以利亚是定罪的申言者，预表施浸者约翰；约翰责备法利赛人和撒都该人，甚至称他们为“毒蛇之种”（太三7）。正如以利沙在以利亚之后来临，是以利亚的延续；照样，耶稣也在施浸者约翰之后来临，作他的延续。主耶稣作为真以利沙，乃是甜美、可爱的申言者，祝福的申言者（新约总论第二册，二九○页）。

　　2 Kings 2:21 And he went out to the source of the water and threw salt there; and he said, Thus says Jehovah, I have healed this water; there will not be any more death or barrenness from there.

　　Rom. 5:17 ...Those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

　　In the fulfillment of the types and figures in the Old Testament, Christ is also the real Elisha (2 Kings 5:9; Luke 4:27). Elisha was more pleasant as a prophet than Elijah was... One of the most striking things Elisha did was to heal the death waters with salt (2 Kings 2:19-21). This healing indicates that Elisha was a sweet prophet of blessing to the people. As a prophet of condemnation, Elijah was a type of John the Baptist, who rebuked the Pharisees and Sadducees, even calling them “offspring of vipers” (Matt. 3:7). Just as Elisha came after Elijah and was the continuation of Elijah, so Jesus came after John the Baptist as his continuation. As the real Elisha, the Lord Jesus is a sweet and pleasant prophet, a prophet of blessing. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 472)

　　以利沙预表基督，在生命里行恩典的神迹。以利亚曾行一些大神迹，就如叫天闭塞不下雨，并吩咐火从天降下，烧尽燔祭和倒在其上的水。然而，以利沙进来顶替他时，没有行奇事；反之，以利沙乃是在生命里行恩典的神迹。

　　许多基督徒留意神迹，却忽略恩典和生命的事，或是非常肤浅地说到这两件事。保罗在罗马书里非常强调恩典。在罗马书里，因着恩典得称义，结果是在生命中作王（三24，五17~18）。

　　恩典是神借着将祂自己赐给我们，作我们的享受，而为我们作一切。这恩典的结果乃是神圣的生命；这生命丰富高超到一个

　　 一个地步，甚至使我们与基督一同作王。然而，在今天的基督徒中间，不太可能听见一篇信息告诉信徒，神恩典的结果乃是神圣的生命，使我们得以作王掌权。

　　当耶利哥城的人告诉以利沙，因水恶劣，以致地不出产，他就出到水源，将盐倒在那里，说，“耶和华如此说，我治好了这水，这里必不再有死亡或不出产的事。”（王下二21）耶利哥表征撒但；同着撒但一切都是死亡，包括水在内。但耶利哥恶劣的水照着以利沙的话被治好，成为美好的水，赐生命的水。……在约翰福音里，主耶稣所行的头一件神迹是变水为酒（二3~11）。这神迹的意义是变死亡为生命。变死亡为生命，是约翰福音里主所行的一切神迹，并三至十一章里祂所对付的一切事例的管治原则。王下二章里以利沙所行的神迹，与约翰二章里主耶稣所行的神迹，意义是一样的，就是变死亡为生命。

　　其次，以利沙称无为有（王下四1~7、8~17、42~44，参太十四14~21，十五32~39，罗四17上）。以利沙从一个器皿的油产生许多器皿的油，特别显出他称无为有。主耶稣在原则上作同样的事。在马太十四和十五章，祂用几个饼和几条鱼食饱群众。

　　在这事上，以利沙也是新约时代主耶稣的预表。以利沙在预表里所作的事，与主耶稣在实际里所作的相同；在这点上，他胜于任何其他的申言者。以利沙和主耶稣所作的，在原则上是同样的事，就是在生命里行恩典的神迹（列王纪生命读经，一○二至一○四页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第四十四篇。

　　Elisha was a type of Christ in doing miracles of grace in life. Elijah did some great miracles, such as closing up the heavens so that it might not rain and calling down fire from heaven to consume the burnt offering and the water that had been poured upon it. However, when Elisha came in to replace him, he did not perform wonders. Instead, Elisha did miracles of grace in life.

　　Many Christians pay attention to miracles, but they neglect the matters of grace and life or speak of them in a very shallow way. Paul emphasized grace very much in the book of Romans. In Romans justification by grace is unto the reigning in life (3:24; 5:17-18).

　　Grace is God doing everything for us by giving Himself to us as our enjoyment. This grace issues in the divine life, which is rich and high, even unto making us co-kings with Christ. However, among today’s Christians it is not likely that one will hear a message telling the believers that God’s grace issues in the divine life for us to reign as kings.

　　When the men of the city [of Jericho] told Elisha that the water was bad and that the land was barren, he went out to the source of the water and threw salt there, saying, “Thus says Jehovah, I have healed this water; there will not be any more death or barrenness from there” (2 Kings 2:21). Jericho signifies Satan, and with Satan everything is death, including the water. But the bad water of Jericho was healed according to the word of Elisha and became good water, water that gave life. The first miracle the Lord Jesus performed in the Gospel of John was the changing of water into wine (2:3-11). The significance of this miracle is the changing of death into life. Changing death into life is the governing principle of all the Lord’s miracles in the Gospel of John and of all the cases dealt with by Him in chapters 3 through 11 of John. The significance of the miracle performed by Elisha in 2 Kings 2 and of the miracle performed by the Lord Jesus in John 2 is the same—the changing of death into life.

　　Next, Elisha called the things not being as being (2 Kings 4:1-7, 8-17, 42-44; cf. Matt. 14:14-21; 15:32-39; Rom. 4:17b). In particular, Elisha called things not being as being when he produced many vessels of oil from one vessel. The Lord Jesus did the same thing in principle. In Matthew 14 and 15 He fed multitudes with a few loaves and fishes.

　　In this matter also Elisha was a type of the Lord Jesus in the New Testament age. More than any other prophet, Elisha did things that, in type, were the same as what the Lord Jesus did in reality. In principle, Elisha and the Lord Jesus did the same thing, performing miracles of grace in life. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Kings, pp. 85-86)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 44