启二二7 看哪，我必快来！凡遵守这书上预言之话的有福了。

　　　　　20 见证这些事的说，是的，我必快来！阿们。主耶稣啊，我愿你来！

　　〔启示录二十二章二十节〕的上半是主在这章第三次警告我们，祂必快来；下半是使徒约翰的祷告，也是他对主警告的响应，这也是圣经中最后的祷告。我们听过本书的话之后，都该有同样的祷告和响应：“主耶稣啊，我愿你来！”这是约翰的渴望发表成为祷告。因此整本圣经结束于我们对主再来的渴望发表成为祷告（启示录生命读经，八九六页）。

　　Rev. 22:7 And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this scroll.

　　20 He who testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come　　,

　　Lord Jesus!

　　The first part of Revelation 22:20 is the Lord's third warning that He is coming quickly. The last part is the apostle John’s prayer and response to the Lord’s warning. It is also the last prayer in the Bible. After reading this book, we should have such a prayer and response —”Come, Lord Jesus!”…The whole Bible is concluded with the desire for the Lord’s coming expressed as a prayer. (Life-study of Revelation, p. 751)

　　〔提后四章一节〕是保罗将要殉道之时的劝勉。他说那美好的仗他已经打过了，当跑的赛程他已经跑尽了，当守的信仰他已经守住了；在审判台前他必要得公义的冠冕为赏赐；这冠冕也要赐给凡爱慕主显现的人（6~8）。他以审判和国度提醒提摩太，要过一个爱慕主显现的生活；这对我们也是一个提醒，这会叫我们不灰心、不退后、不软弱，反而忠心到底。

　　在第一世纪末了，主说，“看哪，我必快来！”（启二二12），好使我们看重在祂回来时的赏罚；这是主的警告。……我们不该以为，主已容忍这情况十九个世纪多，祂会慢慢回来。我们需要看看今天世界的局势。我们不知道往后几天内会发生什么事情。在今世，事情发生得很快。所以，我们必须儆醒祷告。我们也必须在灵里并在日常生活中预备好。愿主遮盖我们，使我们作个儆醒、祷告并且预备好的人。

　　主还没有回来，因为祂还没有得着祂所想望的。祂渴望得着一个身体彰显祂，得着一个可爱的新妇满足祂的心。当主说祂要快来时，乃是照着祂的时间观念，不是照着我们的时间观念。这里的重点是：神正在慢慢作工，将祂自己分赐到我们里面。我们需要看见，我们的生命若成熟得早，主便能早来。

　　主耶稣回来时，不但要审判消极的事物，也要迎娶祂的新妇。这就是说，祂来是要作审判者，也要作新郎。……主要来作新郎，新妇就必须为祂预备好。……因着新妇还没有预备好，我们可以说，主的来可能不会像有些人所期待的那样快。

　　这里的原则乃是：生命越高等，其生长就越缓慢。……新妇必须为新郎预备好，而这预备是借着在生命里的长大；长大是需要时间的。我们不该因着主耽延祂的回来就归咎于祂，乃该殷勤预备自己迎见祂。我们也该供应生命给别人，使他们长大并预备好。

　　只有懒惰、闲懒的仆人才说，“我的主人必来得迟。”（太二四48下）然而，主正加速祂的回来；祂的回来将不会太久，就在召会时代结束之前。我们必须看见，召会是基督的身体……。主还没有回来，因为身体还没有在地上显现。

　　在基督身体里生活的实际乃是神圣的交通。历世纪以来，主一直受阻挠，就是因着缺少交通。主还没有回来，因为信徒是个人主义、单独、有意见，且是制造分裂的。……在地上必须有一些遗民，他们会回应主的心，并甘心放弃自己的个人主义，好同被建造成为一个身体（新约总论第十四册，四○一至四○三页）。

　　参读：神圣分赐的异象与新路实行的指引，第四篇。

　　[Second Timothy 4:1] is an exhortation from Paul immediately before his martyrdom. He says that he had fought the good fight, finished the course, and kept the faith, and that at the judgment seat he would be awarded the crown of righteousness, which would be awarded to all those who have loved His appearing (vv. 6-8). He reminded Timothy that by the Lord’s judgment and kingdom we should have a living that loves the Lord’s appearing. This is also a reminder to us, and this will cause us not to be discouraged, not to backslide, and not to become weak but to remain faithful to the end.

　　At the end of the first century, the Lord said, “Behold, I come quickly,” (Rev. 22:12) so that we would consider His reward to be rendered at His coming back. This is the Lord’s warning…We should not think that because the Lord has been tolerating the situation for more than nineteen centuries, He is slow to come back. We need to look at the world situation today. We do not know what will happen within the next few days. In this age things happen very quickly. Therefore, we must pray and be watchful. We must also be prepared in spirit and in our daily life. May the Lord cover us so that we may be a watchful, praying, and prepared people.

　　The Lord has still not come, because He does not yet have what He desires. He is after a Body to express Him and a dear bride to satisfy His heart. When the Lord said that He would come soon, He spoke according to His sense of time, not according to ours. The point here is that God is working slowly to dispense Himself into us. We need to see that the quicker our life matures, the sooner the Lord will return.

　　When the Lord Jesus comes back, He will not only judge the negative things but also receive His bride. This means that He will come both as the Judge and as the Bridegroom…For the Lord to come as the Bridegroom, the bride must be prepared for Him…Because the bride is not yet ready, we may say that it is possible that the Lord’s coming will not be as soon as some expect.

　　The principle here is that the higher the life is, the slower it grows…The bride must be prepared for the Bridegroom, and this preparation is through the growth in life, a growth that requires time. Instead of blaming the Lord for delaying His coming, we should be diligent to prepare ourselves to meet Him. We should also minister life to others so that they may grow and be prepared.

　　Only the lazy, idle servant says, “My master delays” (Matt. 24:48b). The Lord, however, is hastening His coming, and it will not be long before the church age is ended. We must see that the church is the Body of Christ…The Lord has not yet returned, because the Body has not yet been manifested on the earth.

　　The reality of living in the Body of Christ is the divine fellowship. The Lord has been frustrated throughout the centuries because of the lack of fellowship. The Lord has not come back because the believers are individualistic, independent, opinionated, and divisive…There must be a remnant that will respond to the Lord’s heart and be willing to lose their individualism in order to be built up together as one Body. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4449-4451)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “The Vision of the Divine Dispensing and Guidelines for the Practice of the New Way,” ch. 4