启二1　 ……那右手中握着七星，在七个金灯台中间行走的，这样说。

　　　　7　 ……得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。

　　在启示录二、三章，基督是向众召会说话的那灵。……在二、三章所记载的七封书信中，每封开头都是主向一个召会说话（二1、8、12、18，三1、7、14），但七封书信的末了都是那灵向众召会说话（二7、11、17、29，三6、13、22）。在二、三章，那无限、释放生命、七倍加强、是灵的基督，在每封书信开头向七个召会个别的说话，成了七倍加强、包罗万有、赐生命之灵，在每封书信末了向七个召会普遍的说话。从这里我们看见，说话的基督成了说话的那灵，就是向众召会说话的那灵。这含示父、子、灵乃是一。基督作为向众召会说话的那灵，乃是经过过程的三一神（新约总论第十四册，一二九至一三○页）。

　　Rev. 2:1 …These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, He who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.

　　7 …To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

　　In Revelation 2 and 3 Christ is the Spirit who speaks to all the churches… At the beginning of each of the seven epistles recorded in chapters 2 and 3, it is the Lord who speaks to a certain church (2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14). But at the end of each epistle, it is the Spirit who speaks to all the churches (2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). In Revelation 2 and 3 the speaking of the unlimited, life-releasing, sevenfold intensified, pneumatic Christ to the seven churches at the beginning of each epistle becomes the speaking of the sevenfold intensified, all-inclusive life-giving Spirit to all the seven churches at the end of each epistle universally. Here we see that the speaking Christ becomes the speaking Spirit, the Spirit who speaks to all the churches. This implies that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are one. Christ as the Spirit speaking to the churches is the processed Triune God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4220)

　　基督的说话与那灵的说话就是一个说话。基督是向特定的地方召会说话，而那灵是向宇宙的身体说话。这证明说话的基督就是那灵；祂是在那灵里，同着那灵并借着那灵说话。基督的说话，就是那灵的说话。这不仅指明那灵就是主，主就是那灵，并且强调在召会堕落的黑暗中，那灵是极其重要的，就如启示录一章四节之七倍加强的灵所指明的。

　　主作为那灵，不只向某一个召会说话，乃是向众召会说话；这是很有意义的。那灵作主的眼察验众召会的情形（五6），并说到整体的情形。主作为那灵向众召会说话，不受任何时空的限制。当某地召会读到给以弗所的书信时，那灵就察验那地的召会，并向那里的人说话。神的七灵奉差遣不仅到以弗所，也到全地去。启示录二、三章里的七封书信是主耶稣所说的话，但我们今天读到这两章时，神的七灵为着神行政的缘故，就在我们的灵里向我们说这些话。当初主的话是对某个地方召会说的，以后历世历代的人读的时候，就成了那灵对众召会的说话。凡主所说的，都记载在圣经里；但是当我们读的时候，那灵还得说话。这事证明：第一，主说就是那灵说，那灵说也就是主说。这证明那灵与主是一，主也与那灵是一。主在那灵里，借着那灵，并同着那灵说话，因为主就是那灵，那灵就是主。第二，主虽然已经向某个地方召会说话，但今天众召会若要听这话，还需要那灵来说。这指明，在我们里面的那灵乃是说话的灵。

　　说话的若只是基督而不是说话的那灵，祂就不能将一些话说到我们灵里，并且祂的说话也不会那么主观并摸着人。但是我们的经历可以证明，我们读这些书信时，我们的灵若向主敞开，那灵会将出于基督的东西说到我们里面来。因为说话的，不是外面客观的基督，乃是里面主观的那灵；祂不仅在白纸黑字的圣经里说话，更在我们的灵里说话。我们一听到祂的说话，就有一些东西作到我们里面来，是拿不掉的（新约总论第十四册，一三○至一三一页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第四百一十四篇。

　　Christ’s speaking and the Spirit’s speaking are one speaking. Christ speaks to a particular local church, and the Spirit speaks to the universal Body. This proves that the speaking Christ is the Spirit and that He speaks in the Spirit, with the Spirit, and through the Spirit. Whatever Christ speaks, that is the speaking of the Spirit. This not only indicates that the Spirit is the Lord and the Lord is the Spirit, but it also emphasizes that in the darkness of the church’s degradation the Spirit is vitally important, as indicated by the sevenfold intensified Spirit (Rev. 1:4).

　　It is significant that the Lord is speaking as the Spirit not only to a certain church but to all the churches. The Spirit, as the eyes of the Lord, looks into the situation of all the churches (5:6), and He speaks concerning the whole situation. The Lord as the Spirit speaks to the churches without any limitation of time and space. While the church in a certain locality reads the epistle to Ephesus, the Spirit looks into the church in that locality and speaks to the ones there. The seven Spirits of God are sent forth not only to Ephesus but to the whole earth. The seven epistles in Revelation 2 and 3 are words spoken by the Lord Jesus, but today when we read them, the seven Spirits of God speak these words to us in our spirit for the purpose of God’s administration. The Lord’s word at the beginning is to a certain local church, but later when the people from all the ages read it, it becomes the Spirit’s speaking to all the churches. Whatever the Lord speaks is recorded in the Bible, but when we read it, the Spirit still must speak it. First, this matter proves that the Lord’s speaking is the Spirit’s speaking and that the Spirit’s speaking is the Lord’s speaking. This indicates that the Spirit is one with the Lord, and the Lord is one with the Spirit. The Lord speaks in the Spirit, through the Spirit, and with the Spirit, because the Lord is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the Lord. Furthermore, although the Lord’s word was already spoken to a certain local church, today when the churches want to hear His word, there is still the need for the Spirit to speak it. This indicates that the Spirit we have within us is the speaking Spirit.

　　If the Speaker were only Christ and not the speaking Spirit, He would not be able to speak words into our spirit, and His speaking would not be very subjective and touching. But as our experience testifies, if when we read these epistles, we are open in our spirit to Him, the Spirit will immediately speak something of Christ into us. Because the Speaker is not the outward, objective Christ but the inward, subjective Spirit, He speaks not only in the black and white letters of the Bible but also in our spirit. Once we hear His speaking, something indelible is wrought into us, and nothing can take it away. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4221-4222)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 414