创二9　 耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来，可以悦人的眼目，也好作食物；园子当中有生命树，还有善恶知识树。

　　　　17　 只是善恶知识树上的果子，你不可吃，因为你吃的日子必定死。

　　在圣经的神圣启示里有两棵树、两个源头、两条线、两个原则、两个结局。

　　在创世记二章有两棵树—生命树和善恶知识树。但到了启示录二十一至二十二章，我们只看见一棵树—生命树—在一座圣城里。在这城的中心有神和羔羊的宝座（二二1），指明神的行政。……羔羊是灯（二一23），而神乃是灯里的光。这指明神和羔羊，光和灯，乃是一。从神和羔羊的宝座，就是从这一位神，流出一道河，在河两岸长着生命树（二二2上）（约伯记生命读经，二三二至二三三页）。

　　Gen. 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

　　17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, of it you shall not eat; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

　　In the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, there are two trees, two sources, two lines, two principles, and two ends.

　　In Genesis 2 there are two trees—the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. However, in Revelation 21 and 22 we see only one tree—the tree of life—in a holy city. In the center of this city is the throne of God and of the Lamb (22:1), indicating God’s administration…The Lamb is the lamp (21:23), and God is the light in the lamp. This indicates that God and the Lamb, the light and the lamp, are one. Out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, that is, out of the one God, flows a river, and on the two sides of this river grows the tree of life (22:2a). (Life-study of Job, p. 191)

　　启示录二十二章里一切邪恶的东西，都联于火湖。因此，两个结局乃是水城和火湖。在这两个源头和两个结局之间，有两条线，成为两条路。每一个源头带进一条线，这条线成为一条路，总结于一个结局。

　　圣经是神圣启示的全部记载，乃是一本表号的书（启一1下）。譬如，启示录里有许多表号，如金灯台（一12）、星（20）、犹大支派中的狮子（五5）、羔羊（6）、四匹马（六1~8）以及宇宙的妇人（十二1）。启示录里最末了并最大的表号，乃是新耶路撒冷。

　　在创世记一至二章里，头一组表号中，最显著的两个乃是两棵树（二9）。……第一个表号是生命树，乃是最高的表号，表征神，就是三一神，在人与神的关系中，对人乃是生命（诗三六9上）。神造了人，将生命之气吹到他里面（创二7），成了人的灵。但那时神并没有将祂自己放到人里面，作人的生命。……第二个表号是善恶知识树，是最高的消极表号，表征魔鬼撒但，就是那恶者，在人于神面前的堕落中，对人乃是死亡（17）。

　　这两个表号都是最显著的，表征神与撒但这两个人位，而不是表征事或物。……第一棵树表征神单单是生命，不包含别的元素。……第二棵树表征撒但是死亡，包含知识、善和恶。神是简单的，撒但却很复杂。

　　照着神圣的启示，知识是撒但，善是撒但，恶也是撒但。今天的世界是个崇拜知识的世代。亚当和夏娃在吃善恶知识树以前是无知的，不知罪，所以没有罪。他们吃了知识树以后，眼睛明亮了，他们就有了知识，那就是罪。我们都认为犯罪是罪，却不认为知道罪也是罪。

　　真正的善乃是神自己（太十九17中）；因此，得着神就等于得着真正的善。当那富有的青年官来到主耶稣那里，称祂为“良善的夫子”，主耶稣说，“你为什么称我是良善的？除了神一位以外，再没有良善的。”（可十17~18）……我们若摸着神以外的善事，这就是说我们摸着撒但。圣经教导我们，知识、善和恶都是撒但。因此，在善恶知识树上，善和恶是同等的（约伯记生命读经，二三三至二三五页）。

　　参读：约伯记生命读经，第十至十一篇。

　　All the evil things in Revelation 22 are involved with the lake of fire. Thus, the two ends are the city of water and the lake of fire. Between the two sources and the two ends are two lines, which become two ways. Each source issues in a line that becomes a way consummating in an end.

　　The Bible, as a full record of the divine revelation, is a book of signs (Rev. 1:1b). In the book of Revelation, for example, there are many signs, such as the golden lampstands (1:12), the stars (v. 20), the Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5), the Lamb (v. 6), the four horses (6:1-8), and the universal woman (12:1). The last and the greatest sign in Revelation is the New Jerusalem.

　　The two most striking in the first group of signs in Genesis 1 and 2 are the two trees (2:9). The first of these signs is the tree of life, as the highest sign, signifying God, even the Triune God, as life to man in man’s relationship with Him (Psa. 36:9a). God created man, breathing into him the breath of life (Gen. 2:7), which became man’s spirit; but at that time He did not put Himself into man as man’s life. The second of these signs is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as the highest negative sign, signifying Satan the devil, even the evil one, as death to man in man’s fall before God (v. 17).

　　Both of these signs, as the most striking ones, signify persons—God and Satan—not things or matters. The first tree signifies God only as life, with no implications of other elements. The second tree signifies Satan as death, with the implications of knowledge, good, and evil. Whereas God is simple, Satan is very complicated.

　　According to the divine revelation, knowledge is Satan, good is Satan, and evil is Satan. Today the world is in an age that worships knowledge. Before eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve were ignorant, not knowing, so they had no sin. After they ate of the tree of knowledge, their eyes were opened, and they became knowledgeable. That was sin. We all consider that to commit sin is sin, but we may not consider that knowing sin is sin.

　　The genuine good is God Himself (Matt. 19:17a); hence, gaining God equals gaining the genuine good. When the rich young ruler came to the Lord Jesus and called Him, “Good Teacher,” the Lord Jesus said, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One—God” (Mark 10:17-18)…If we touch the good things outside of God, this means that we touch Satan. The Bible teaches us that knowledge, good, and evil all are Satan. In the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, therefore, evil and good are equal. (Life-study of Job, pp. 191-193)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Job, msgs. 10—11