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羔羊神在城内的宝座上
The Lamb-God Being on the Throne within the City
 


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  启二二1~2 天使又指给我看在城内街道当中一道生命水的河,明亮如水晶,从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。在河这边与那边有生命树,生产十二样果子,每月都结出果子……。

  羔羊同神是在城内的宝座上。在这宝座上,神和羔羊不会并排而坐;反之,神会在基督里坐在宝座上。我们知道这事,因为是光的神会住在那是灯的羔羊里(启二一23)。……正如光和灯是一个单位,一个实体,神和羔羊也是一个实体。

  一个神和羔羊的宝座,表征神和羔羊乃是一—祂是羔羊神,是救赎的神,是神那救赎者。在永世里,坐宝座的神乃是救赎我们的神,从祂的宝座有生命水的河流出来,作我们的供应和满足。这描述三一神—神、羔羊和生命水所象征的那灵—如何在祂元首权柄(宝座的权柄所含示的)之下,将自己分赐到祂所救赎的人里面,直到永远(新约总论第十四册,三五三至三五五页)。
  Rev. 22:1-2 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month…

  The Lamb with God is on the throne within the city. On this throne God and the Lamb will not sit beside each other; instead, God in Christ will sit on the throne. We know this because God as the light will dwell in the Lamb as the lamp (Rev. 21:23)…Just as the light and the lamp are one unit, one entity, God and the Lamb are one entity.

  The one throne of God and of the Lamb signifies that God and the Lamb are one—the Lamb-God, the redeeming God, God the Redeemer. In eternity the God who will sit on the throne is our redeeming God, from whose throne proceeds the river of water of life for our supply and satisfaction. This depicts how the Triune God—God, the Lamb, and the Spirit (symbolized by the water of life)—dispenses Himself into His redeemed under His headship (implied by the authority of the throne) for eternity. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4411-4412)
信息选读  
  在我们基督徒的经历中,独特的项目该是那位定意者和救赎者的宝座。这样的宝座必须设立在我们全人里面,且该成为我们基督徒生活的中心。这就是说,我们要接受定意的神和救赎我们的基督,作我们的元首、主和权柄。我们该甘愿使自己服从这样的元首权柄。我们敬拜祂是主,并接受祂作我们的权柄。我们让祂在我们里面,并在我们的基督徒生活中登上宝座。

  在我们基督徒的生活里,中心乃是神和羔羊的宝座。我们在这里的生活不是为着自己。我们的生活、存在,乃是为着成

  就神的定旨,好成就基督所已经完成的。因此,我们经历那一位在宝座上作元首、作主的,并且自己服从这样的权柄。在我们的日常生活、家庭生活、婚姻生活、职业生活和召会生活里,中心必须是神的宝座。我们凡事都该服从祂的元首权柄。

  我们都经历过,每当我们愿意使自己服从这元首权柄,我们立刻感觉到有个满了神丰富的东西,在我们里面涌流。这就是三一神的流,作了我们的生命、生命的供应、和全人的一切。

  照我们日常的经历看,我们基督徒该天天经历神圣三一的流。每天早晨起床后,我们需要说,“主,感谢你给我新的一天,让我接受你作我的主。我终日把自己服在你元首的权柄之下。主,在我的生活中设立你的宝座。在我全人的中心设立你的宝座。主,我把一整天日常的生活带到你的宝座之下。”倘若你每天早晨向三一神献上这样的祷告,从那一刻起你就会有活水在里面涌流。这活水的涌流就是三一神的流。今天三一神在你里面涌流,这不是一件小事。祂是定意者、救赎者,也是赐生命的灵,在你里面涌流。这一位乃是成为活水临到我们之三一神的完成。

  在我们里面的神乃是生命的源头。神和羔羊的宝座该是我们全人的中心。在聚会中我们可以说宝座在我们里面,但许多时候姊妹们去购物,就把宝座搁到天上去了。弟兄们也需要问问自己,在工作的时候,有没有神的宝座在他们里面。在日常生活中,谁是我们的主、元首和权柄?许多时候,甚至在小事上,就如买一条领带或一双鞋子,我们也不愿容让宝座设立在我们心里(李文集一九八四年第三册,六二四至六二六、六二八页)。

  参读:新约总论,第四百三十二篇。
  In our Christian experience the unique item should be the throne of the One who purposed and of the One who redeemed. Such a throne must be set up in our entire being, and this should be the center of our Christian life. This means that we would accept the God who purposed and the Christ who redeemed us as our Head, Lord, and authority. We should be willing to subject ourselves to such a headship. We adore Him as the Lord, and we take Him as our authority. We enthrone Him in our being and in our Christian life.

  In our Christian life the center is the throne of God and of the Lamb. We are not here living for ourselves. We are living and existing for the accomplishment of God’s purpose, to carry out what Christ has accomplished. Therefore, we experience the One on the throne in His headship and lordship, and we submit ourselves to such an authority. In our daily life, in our family life, in our marriage life, in our business life, and in our church life the center must be God’s throne. Everything should be subjected to His headship.

  All of us have experienced that whenever we would subject ourselves to this headship, we immediately sense something full of God's riches flowing within us. This is the flow of the Triune God as life, the life supply, and everything to our being.

  According to our daily experiences, we Christians should experience the flow of the Divine Trinity every day. Every morning after rising up we need to say, “Lord, thank You for a new day for me to take You as my Lord. I subject myself under Your headship for the whole day. Lord, set up Your throne in my life. Set up Your throne in the center of my being. Lord, bring my whole day with my daily life under Your throne.” If you would offer such a prayer to the Triune God every morning, from that moment you would have the living water flowing within you. This living water flowing is the flow of the Triune God. It is not a small thing that the Triune God flows in you today. He flows in you as the One who purposed, as the One who redeemed, and as the One who is the life-giving Spirit. This One is the very consummation of the Triune God reaching us as the living water.

  This very God who is in us is the source of life. The throne of God and of the Lamb should be the center of our being. In the meeting we may say that the throne is in us, but many times when the sisters go shopping, the throne is thrown away to the heavens. The brothers also need to ask themselves if they have the throne of God in them in doing business. Who is our Lord, Head, and authority in our daily life? Many times even in small things such as buying a tie or a pair of shoes, we would not let the throne be in our heart. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “God’s New Testament Economy,” pp. 460-463)

  Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 432
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