叁 在恢复后又堕落的召会中，基督是那位要与得胜者一同坐席，赐得胜者在宝座上与祂同坐的，就如祂得了胜，在祂父的宝座上与父同坐一样—启三20~21： |
Ⅲ In the degraded recovered church, Christ is seen as the One who will dine with the overcomers and give the overcomers to sit with Him on His throne, as He overcame and sat with His Father on His throne—Rev. 3:20-21: |
一 “看哪，我站在门外叩门；若有听见我声音就开门的，我要进到他那里，我与他，他与我要一同坐席”—20节： |
A "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and dine with him and he with Me"—v. 20: |
１ 这里的门不是个人的心门，乃是召会的门；主是召会的元首，祂站在堕落召会的门外叩门。 |
１ The door is not the door of the hearts of individuals but the door of the church; the Lord as the Head of the church is standing outside the degraded church, knocking at her door. |
２ 这门是召会的门，但需要个别的信徒打开；在老底嘉的召会有知识，却没有主的同在。 |
２ The door is the door of the church, but the door is opened by individual believers; the church in Laodicea has knowledge but does not have the Lord's presence. |
３ 在主眼中，那恢复后又堕落的召会是：㈠困苦，因为她夸口她在道理上虚空知识的丰富，而实际上她在对基督之丰富的经历上是极其贫穷的；㈡可怜，因为她是赤身、瞎眼、满了羞耻和黑暗的；㈢贫穷，因为她在经历基督上，并在神经纶的属灵实际上是贫穷的；㈣瞎眼，因为她在真实属灵的事上，缺少真实属灵的内在眼光；㈤赤身，因为她不凭基督活着，不活基督作她主观的义，作她在日常生活中的第二件衣服—15~17节，参诗四五1、9~14。 |
３ In the eyes of the Lord the degraded recovered church is ྄ wretched because she is proud of being rich in the vain knowledge of doctrine but in reality is sorely poor in the experience of the riches of Christ; m miserable because she is naked, blind, and full of shame and darkness; ➾ poor because she is poor in the experience of Christ and in the spiritual reality of God's economy; ¾ blind because she lacks true spiritual insight in the genuine spiritual things; and ྈ naked because she does not live by Christ or live Christ as her subjective righteousness, as the second garment in her daily walk—vv. 15-17; cf. Psa. 45:1, 9-14. |
４ 主是在对付整个召会，但接受主的对付，必须是个人主观的事。 |
４ The Lord is dealing with the whole church, but the acceptance of the Lord's dealing must be a personal and subjective matter. |
５ 与主一同坐席不单是吃一种食物，乃是吃丰盛的筵席；这可指以色列人吃迦南美地丰富出产之预表的应验—书五10~12。 |
５ To dine with the Lord is not merely to eat one item of food but to partake of the riches of a meal, a feast; this may imply the fulfillment of the type of the children of Israel eating the rich produce of the good land of Canaan—Josh. 5:10-12. |
６ 借着享受基督作生命树、隐藏的吗哪和筵席，我们将在构成上与祂调和，成为一个实体，作新耶路撒冷以彰显祂—启二7、17，三20。 |
６ Through our enjoyment of Christ as the tree of life, the hidden manna, and the feast, we will be mingled with Him in our constitution as one entity in order to express Him as the New Jerusalem—Rev. 2:7, 17; 3:20. |
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启三16 你既如温水，也不热也不冷，我就要从我口中把你吐出去。 20 看哪，我站在门外叩门；若有听见我声音就开门的，我要进到他那里，我与他，他与我要一同坐席。 基督就是那位要与得胜者一同坐席，赐得胜者在宝座上与祂同坐的，就如祂得了胜，在祂父的宝座上与父同坐一样。〔启示录三章二十一节〕的得胜，是指胜过恢复后又堕落的召会中，不冷不热和骄傲的光景〔16~17〕，并出代价买所需之物（金子、白衣和眼药）〔18〕，且开门让主进来与开门的人一同坐席〔20〕。 主是召会的元首，祂站在堕落召会的门外叩门，……这门是召会的门，但需要个别的信徒打开。在老底嘉的召会有知识，却没有主的同在。主是在对付整个召会，但接受主的对付，必须是个人的事（新约总论第十四册，一二三至一二四页）。 |
Rev. 3:16 So, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of My mouth. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and dine with him and he with Me. Christ is the One who will dine with the overcomers and give the overcomers to sit with Him on His throne as He overcame and sat with His Father on His throne. [In Revelation 3:21] to overcome is to overcome the lukewarmness and pride of the degraded recovered church [vv. 16-17], to pay the price to buy the needed items (gold, white garments, and eyesalve) [v. 18], and to open the door so that the Lord can come in and dine with those who open the door [v. 20]. The Lord as the Head of the church is standing outside the degraded church, knocking at her door…The door is the door of the church, but the door is opened by individual believers. The church in Laodicea has knowledge but does not have the Lord’s presence. The Lord is dealing with the whole church, but the acceptance of the Lord’s dealing must be a personal matter. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4215-4216) |
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我们……虽然爱主，常常祷告，也常常聚会，却不肯实际地出代价；结果就变作不冷不热。……虽然祂在我们灵里，但我们却把祂关在门外。例如，我们把祂关在我们情感的门外。我们的灵有如“冷宫”，我们把主留在那里，以致主无法进到我们的内室，进到我们的心房。主一直站在我们那冷冷的灵里叩门，祂盼望进到我们的心情，进到我们的情感里。主巴望与我们有相互的享受。 主在启示录三章二十节又说，祂进到开门的人那里时，主与他，他与主，要一同坐席。“坐席”原文指在晚上用一天的正餐。坐席不单是吃一种食物，乃是吃丰盛的筵席。这可能含示以色列人吃迦南美地丰富的出产这预表的应验（书五10~12）。以色列人每年过节都与神一同坐席，而神也与他们一同坐席。每逢以色列人过节，他们都与神同吃，把他们所吃的献给神，让神与他们同吃。照样，主告诉我们，祂要与我们一同坐席，我们也要与祂一同坐席。 这里所应许的坐席，不单是指将来，也是指今天。我们若是得胜者，当主在国度里来临的时候，我们就有特权与祂同吃。但在那天以前，我们可以享受与祂一同坐席。 我们……把启示录二、三章里的七封书信，全面地看过，就知道主高举吃祂自己这件事，就是接受祂自己作我们生命的供应，使我们长大、变化，成为与祂一样。在基督应许要赏赐七个召会中的得胜者时，祂是那生命树、隐藏的吗哪以及我们与祂同享的筵席。这与旧约中神的子民吃的三个阶段相合。神的子民被命定要吃生命树，神的赎民在旷野飘流时得以吃吗哪，在美地上他们一年三次在锡安山上过节，享受美地丰富的出产。圣经的最后一卷书启示录再次提到吃的三个阶段，作为应许得胜者的赏赐；基督对于得胜者将是生命树、隐藏的吗哪以及美地丰富的出产。这完全是为着我们对基督的享受。……借着享受基督，我们就得以被祂构成。至终，我们将在构成上与祂调和，成为一个实体，作新耶路撒冷以彰显祂（新约总论第十四册，一二四至一二五页）。 参读：新约总论，第四百一十三篇。 |
Although we love the Lord and consistently pray and attend the meetings, we may not be willing to practically pay a price, and in the end we become lukewarm…Even though He is in our spirit, we often shut Him outside the door. For instance, we shut Him outside the door of our emotion. Our spirit is like a prison in which we keep the Lord. Therefore, the Lord has no way to enter into our inner chambers and into our heart. The Lord is standing and knocking in our cold spirit, longing to enter into our heart and our emotion. The Lord desires to have mutual enjoyment with us. In Revelation 3:20 the Lord also said that, after He comes in to him who opens the door, He will dine with him and he with Him. According to the Greek, the word dine signifies the principal meal of the day at evening. To dine is not merely to eat one item of food but to partake of the riches of a meal. This may imply the fulfillment of the type of the children of Israel eating the rich produce of the good land of Canaan (Josh. 5:10-12). During the yearly feasts the children of Israel feasted with God, and God feasted with them. Whenever the Israelites had a feast, they ate with God, offering what they were eating to God and letting God eat with them. In like manner, the Lord says that He will dine with us and that we will dine with Him. The dining promised here is not only for the future but also for today. If we are an overcomer, we will have the special privilege of eating with the Lord when He comes in the kingdom. Before that day, however, we may enjoy His dining with us. In Revelation 2 and 3, we [can] see that the Lord exalts the eating of Himself, the taking in of Himself as our life supply, that we may grow, be transformed, and be the same as He is. In His promises concerning the reward to the overcomers in the seven churches, Christ is considered as the tree of life, the hidden manna, and the feast for us to enjoy with Him. This corresponds to the three stages of eating by God’s people in the Old Testament. God’s people were destined to eat the tree of life, God’s redeemed people were given to eat the manna while wandering in the wilderness, and in the good land they had a feast three times a year on Mount Zion to enjoy the rich produce of the land. These three stages of eating are repeated in Revelation, the concluding book of the Bible, as rewards promised to the overcomers, to whom Christ will be the tree of life, the hidden manna, and the rich produce of the good land. This is altogether for our enjoyment of Christ…Through our enjoyment of Christ, we may be constituted with Him. Eventually, we will be mingled with Him in our constitution as one entity in order to express Him as the New Jerusalem. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4216-4217) Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 413 |