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三 基督是神忠信真实的见证人,骑在白马上,审判、争战都凭着公义:
C Christ is God's faithful and true Witness who sits on a white horse, judges in righteousness, and makes war:
1 基督将会回来与撒但不义的势力争战,这势力今天是不法的奥秘运行在世界里,这势力也将产生敌基督,就是不法的人—帖后二3、7~8。
1 Christ will come back to fight against Satan's power of unrighteousness, which today operates in the world as the mystery of lawlessness and which will issue in Antichrist, the man of lawlessness—2 Thes. 2:3, 7-8.
2 全世界都在撒但不义的势力之下。
2 The entire world is under the satanic power of unrighteousness.
3 基督将回来,凭着公义与敌基督和他所有同伙所实行的不义争战。
3 In righteousness Christ will return to make war against the unrighteousness practiced by Antichrist and all his partners.
4 基督不仅凭着公义审判,也凭着公义争战;祂借着争战而审判。
4 Christ will not only judge in righteousness but also fight in righteousness; He judges by fighting.
 


晨兴喂养  
  启十九12 祂的眼睛如火焰,……又有写着的名字,除了祂自己没有人晓得。

     15 有利剑从祂口中出来,可以用以击杀列国……。

  帖后二8 那时这不法者必显露出来,主耶稣要用祂口中的气除灭他,并用祂来临的显现废掉他。

  基督是神忠信真实的见证人,骑在白马上,审判、争战都凭着公义。基督将会回来与撒但不义的势力争战,这势力今天是不法的奥秘运行在世界里,这势力也将产生敌基督,就是不法的人。……基督将回来,凭着公义与敌基督和他所有同伙所实行的不义争战。

  基督不仅凭着公义审判,也凭着公义争战。祂是借着争战来审判。当今的情形也是一样,政府若没有警察的力量来支持审判,作奸犯科的人就不会接受法庭的审判。审判唯有凭借警力才能得以执行。基督来审判敌基督的时候,敌基督要背叛至极;所以,基督需要争战来征服这背叛,并且凭着公义审判这些背叛者。祂借着争战来审判,不仅是按着公义,也是要维持公义(新约总论第十四册,二六二至二六三页)。
  Rev. 19:12 And His eyes are a flame of fire,…and He has a name written which no one knows but Himself.

  15 And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations…

  2 Thes. 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed (whom the Lord Jesus will slay by the breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of His coming).

  Christ is God's faithful and true Witness who sits on a white horse, judges in righteousness, and makes war. Christ will come back to fight against Satan's power of unrighteousness, which today operates in the world as the mystery of lawlessness and which will issue in Antichrist, the man of lawlessness…In righteousness Christ will return to make war against the unrighteousness practiced by Antichrist and all his partners.

  Christ will not only judge in righteousness but also fight in righteousness. He judges by fighting. Even today, no wrongdoers would accept the judgments of our courts if the government had no police force to back up these judgments; judgment can be executed only by police power. When Christ comes to judge Antichrist, Antichrist will be utterly rebellious. Thus, there will be the need for Christ to fight to subdue this rebellion and to judge these rebels in righteousness. His judging by fighting is not only according to righteousness; it is also to maintain righteousness. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4335)
信息选读  
  启示录十九章里,基督这位作元帅的新郎,骑在白马上出现。在六章二节里,第一印的马也是白色的,象征福音的传扬。因此,基督和福音都是骑在白马上。在启示录这卷书中,白色指明清洁、纯一、公义并可蒙称许。……即使在今天,我们也是骑在这匹白马上。我们福音的传扬是清洁、纯一、公义并完全可蒙主称许的。基督与祂的仇敌争战时,就要骑在这匹马上。

  按照圣经所言,我们该传福音,领罪人得救。我们都需要结果子;虽然我们可能承认这是合乎圣经的,但我们可能没有结任何果子。这意思是:我们没有骑在白马上。我们若传福音,我们在地上的关切乃在于神的国。我们应当是那些劳苦使人得救,为着神的国建造基督身体的人。……我们没有借口不传福音。我们必须骑在白马上扩展福音。

  白马不仅包括传扬福音,也包括有家聚会、喂养新人、有小排为着成全以及申言好建造召会。我们若不传福音以拯救罪人,喂养、保养顾惜新人,将新人聚集成排,或是有性能和能力申言以建造召会,我们就不是在白马上。我们……不能让白马停住。

  基督的眼睛如“火焰”〔启十九12〕表征祂审判的眼睛。祂要照着所看见的审判。祂如火焰的眼睛将完成祂的审判。作为战士,基督头上戴着许多冠冕。……基督得着了各种不同的荣耀为冠冕(来二9),所以祂戴着许多冠冕。

  主这骑在白马上的一位,“有写着的名字,除了祂自己没有人晓得。”〔启十九12〕这话指明基督有些方面是我们从未经历的,只有祂自己晓得。这些是祂保留在祂自己里面关于基督的秘密。即使我们可能经历并享受祂到极点,基督仍有许多方面对我们是秘密,甚至祂最亲密的得胜者都不晓得。这指明我们所经历的基督是取之不尽,用之不竭的(新约总论第十四册,二六三至二六四页)。

  参读:新约总论,第四百二十五篇。
  In Revelation 19 Christ, the Bridegroom as the Commander-in-chief, appears riding on a white horse. The horse of the first seal in 6:2 is also white and signifies the preaching of the gospel. Thus, both Christ and the gospel ride on a white horse. In the book of Revelation, white indicates being clean, pure, just, and approvable…Even today we are riding on this white horse. Our preaching of the gospel is clean, pure, just, and absolutely approvable by the Lord. Christ will ride on this horse as He fights against His enemy.

  According to the Bible, we should preach the gospel to lead sinners to salvation. We all need to bear fruit. Although we may admit that this is scriptural, we may not be bearing any fruit. This means that we are not on the white horse. If we are preaching the gospel, our interest on the earth is in God's kingdom. We should be those who are laboring to help people to be saved in order to build up the Body of Christ for the kingdom of God…We have no excuse for not preaching the gospel. We must be on the white horse for the spreading of the gospel.

  The white horse includes not only preaching the gospel but also having home meetings, feeding the young ones, holding group meetings for perfecting, and prophesying to build up the church. If we do not preach the gospel to save sinners, feed, nourish, and cherish the young ones, gather the new ones together for a group meeting, or have the capacity and ability to prophesy for the building up of the church, we are not on the white horse…We must not stop the white horse.

  Christ's eyes being “a flame of fire” [Rev. 19:12] signifies His judging eyes. He will judge according to what He sees. His flaming eyes will carry out His judgment. As the Warrior, Christ has many diadems on His head…Because He has been crowned with many kinds of glory (Heb. 2:9), He wears many diadems.

  As the One on the white horse, the Lord has “a name written which no one knows but Himself” [Rev. 19:12]. This indicates that there are certain aspects of Christ that we have not experienced and that only He Himself knows. These are secrets concerning Christ that He keeps within Himself. Even though we may experience and enjoy Him to the uttermost, there will still be aspects of Christ that will be kept secret from us; they will not be known even by His closest overcomers. This indicates that the Christ whom we experience is inexhaustible. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4335-4337)

  Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 425
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