壹 “妇人生了一个男孩子，是将来要用铁杖辖管万国的；她的孩子被提到神和祂的宝座那里去了”—启十二5： |
Ⅰ "She brought forth a son, a man-child, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne"—Rev. 12:5: |
一 这里的“生”表征复活，与行传十三章三十三至三十四节者同： |
A Brought forth here signifies resurrection, as in Acts 13:33-34: |
１ 男孩子是由那些死了且复活的得胜圣徒组成的。 |
１ The man-child is composed of the overcoming saints who have died and been resurrected. |
２ 这可由启示录十二章十一节“他们虽至于死”的话得到证明。 |
B In the Bible, woman signifies the weaker one and man the stronger one— 1 Pet. 3:7: |
二 在圣经中，女人象征较软弱的，男人象征较刚强的—彼前三7： |
１ The man-child in Revelation 12 signifies the stronger part of God's people. |
１ 启示录十二章的男孩子象征神子民中较刚强的部分。 |
２ That the man-child is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod indicates that the man-child consists of the overcomers, as mentioned in 2:26-27. |
２ 这男孩子将来要用铁杖辖管万国，指明男孩子是由得胜者（如二章二十六至二十七节所提的）组成的。 |
C To be caught up is to be raptured: |
三 男孩子被提： |
１ The rapture of the man-child differs from that of the majority of the believers, which is mentioned in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. |
１ 男孩子的被提，和帖前四章十七节所说大体信徒的被提不同。 |
２ There, the majority of the believers are raptured to the air, and at the last trumpet (1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thes. 4:16), which is the seventh trumpet (Rev. 11:15). |
２ 那里大体信徒的被提乃是：提到空中；在末次号筒（林前十五52，帖前四16），就是第七号（启十一15）之时。 |
３ Here, the man-child is raptured to the throne of God, and before the one thousand two hundred and sixty days, which is the time of the great tribulation of three and a half years (forty-two months, 12:14; 13:5; 11:2), beginning from the sixth seal, before the fifth trumpet (9:1). |
３ 这里男孩子的被提乃是：提到神的宝座前；在一千二百六十天之前，也就是在第五号（九1）以前，从第六印开始的三年半（四十二个月—十二14，十三5，十一2）大灾难之前。 |
晨兴喂养
启十二5 妇人生了一个男孩子，是将来要用铁杖辖管万国的；她的孩子被提到神和祂的宝座那里去了。 二26~27 得胜的，又守住我的工作到底的，我要赐给他权柄制伏列国；……像我从我父领受的权柄一样。 启示录十二章二节说妇人怀了孕，而五节说，“妇人生了一个男孩子。”这里的孩子是男孩子，象征神子民中较刚强的部分。……这里的男孩子不是指婴孩，乃是指妇人里面较刚强的部分。妇人代表神全体的子民。但历代以来，神子民中总有些较刚强的人。在圣经里，这些人被视为一个集体单位，为神争战，将神的国带到地上（启示录生命读经，四八九页）。 |
History proves that not everyone among God's people is a strong one… This was true during the time of the patriarchs…I believe that God had hundreds of people. Noah, however, was a strong one. During the time of Israel, there were hundreds of thousands who belonged to God, but only a few of them were strong. For example, Elijah and Jeremiah were strong ones. Undoubtedly, the majority of God's people were genuine, but they were not strong. We find the same thing in the New Testament. Although there were thousands of Christians in the early days, not that many were truly strong. Even at present there are thousands, even millions, of Christians, but not many are strong. I encourage you all to be strong. We should not only be part of the woman but also part of the man-child… The man-child consists of the resurrected overcomers. That the man-child “is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod” (Rev. 12:5) indicates that the man-child consists of the overcomers as mentioned in 2:26-27. These overcomers are those who have already died. Revelation 12:5 says that the woman “brought forth” the man-child. Brought forth here signifies resurrection, as in Acts 13:33-34. The man-child is composed of the overcoming saints who have died and who have been resurrected. This is proved by the words unto death in Revelation 12:11. The Lord Jesus was brought forth in resurrection to be the firstborn Son of God. To Him that was a birth. Acts 13:33 and 34, a quotation of Psalm 2:7, reveal that when He was resurrected, He was begotten as the firstborn Son of God. Prior to that, He was the only begotten Son of God with divinity, but through His resurrection He was begotten as the firstborn Son of God with both divinity and humanity. All the overcomers who die will be part of the man-child. By resurrection the man-child will come into full existence…If you are an overcomer today and live until the Lord comes back, you will not be a part of the man-child. Instead, you may be among the firstfruits mentioned in Revelation 14. But if you are an overcomer and die before the Lord comes back, you will be resurrected to be part of the man-child. Revelation 12:5 also says that the man-child “was caught up to God and to His throne.” To be caught up is to be raptured. The rapture of the man-child differs from that of the majority of the believers, which is mentioned in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. There, the majority of the believers are raptured to the air and at the last trumpet (1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thes. 4:16), which is the seventh trumpet (Rev. 11:15). But here, the man-child is raptured to the throne of God and before the one thousand two hundred and sixty days, which is the time of the great tribulation of three and a half years (forty-two months, 12:14; 13:5; 11:2), beginning from the sixth seal, before the fifth trumpet (9:1). (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 400, 405-406, 412-413) Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msgs. 34-36 |