伯十13 然而你待我的这些事，早已藏在你心里；我知道这是你的意思。

　　弗三9　 并将那历世历代隐藏在创造万有之神里的奥秘有何等的经纶，向众人照明。

　　　　17　 使基督借着信，安家在你们心里……。

　　约伯对神说，“要指示我，你为何与我争辩。”（伯十2下）在约伯记十章十三节他继续说，“然而你待我的这些事，早已藏在你心里；我知道这是你的意思。”这指明约伯找不出神这样对待他的理由，但他相信，神心里隐藏着一些理由。约伯是对的；有件事隐藏在神心里。以弗所三章九节告诉我们隐藏在神里的奥秘，这是个历世历代的奥秘（约伯记生命读经，五八页）。

　　Job 10:13 But You have hidden these things in Your heart; I know that this is with You.

　　Eph. 3:9 And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things.

　　17 That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith…

　　Job said to God, “Make known to me why You contend with me” (Job 10:2b). In verse 13 he went on to say, “You have hidden these things in Your heart; / I know that this is with You.” This indicates that Job could not find the reason for God’s treatment of him, but he believed that there had to be some reason hidden in God’s heart. Job was right; something was hidden in God’s heart. Ephesians 3:9 tells us of the mystery hidden in God. This is the mystery of the ages. (Life-study of Job, pp. 48-49)

　　按照约伯记三十八章七节，当神立大地根基的时候，神的天使（神的众子）都欢呼。这些天使可能不明白神造大地和造人的定旨是什么。亚当自己也不知道，神为什么按着自己的形像，照着自己的样式造他（创一26）。……创造主在祂的创造中作了许多，但在新约时代以前，没有向任何人揭示祂的定旨。……这隐藏的奥秘乃是神渴望在祂神圣的三一里，将祂自己分赐并作到祂所创造的人里面，使人成为祂的复制，成为祂的彰显。约伯不知道这点，所以误会了神，以为神向他发怒，正在审判并惩罚他。神的目的不是要审判或惩罚约伯，乃是要把他拆毁，然后以神自己重新建造约伯。神知道约伯经过一段受苦的时间，就会重新建造起来，成为另一个人—神新造里的新人。这是给约伯、约伯记和约伯之表白的答案。圣经……只为着一件事：神在基督里借着那灵，将祂自己分赐到我们里面，作我们的生命、性情和一切，使我们活基督并彰显基督。这该是管制我们生活的原则。在实际一面，这该是今天作我们享受的生命树。……圣经主要不是一本预言、教训或预表的书；圣经乃是一本神经纶的书。……圣经乃是论到在神经纶里的基督。神的经纶是要将祂自己在祂神圣的三一里，在基督里借着那灵，分赐到我们里面，使我们得着祂作我们的生命、性情和一切。当我们经历这个，现在活着的，就不再是我们，乃是基督在我们里面活着（加二20）。这就是生命树。

　　约伯是在神圣启示的原始阶段。……神自己里面有许多事，但祂不能向约伯揭示。神无法向约伯说到这些事。……主耶稣对尼哥底母说到关于重生的话，也能应用在约伯身上：“我对你们说地上的事，你们尚且不信，若对你们说天上的事，你们如何能信？”（约三12）约翰十六章十二至十三节启示，主耶稣甚至能对门徒说多少话，也受到限制：“我还有好些事要告诉你们，但你们现在担当不了。只等实际的灵来了，祂要引导你们进入一切的实际；因为祂不是从自己说的，乃是把祂所听见的都说出来，并要把要来的事宣示与你们。”……今天我们是跟随保罗来说神的经纶、神圣的分赐以及包罗万有的灵作为经过过程并终极完成之三一神的完成这些事。

　　神的行动，从成为肉体到新耶路撒冷的终极完成，与许多属灵的事有关，包括重生、更新、圣别、变化、得荣和改变形状。因为约伯是在神圣启示的原始阶段，所以他无法明白这些事（约伯记生命读经，五八至六○、一九二至一九三页）。

　　参读：约伯记生命读经，第三十篇。

　　According to Job 38:7, the angels of God (the sons of God) shouted for joy when God laid the foundations of the earth. The angels might have wondered what God’s purpose was in creating the earth and man. Adam himself did not know why God created him in His image, according to His likeness (Gen. 1:26)…The Creator did a lot in His creation, but before the New Testament time He did not unveil to anyone what His purpose was. The hidden mystery is that God in His Divine Trinity desires to be dispensed and wrought into His creation, man, to make man His duplication, to make man His expression. Not knowing this, Job misunderstood God and thought that God was angry with him and was judging him and punishing him. God’s intention was not to judge Job or to punish him but to tear him down and then rebuild him with Himself. God knew that after Job had passed through a time of suffering, he would be rebuilt and become another person—a new man in God’s new creation. This is the answer to Job, to the book of Job, and to Job’s vindication.

　　The Bible…is for only one thing: for God in Christ by the Spirit to dispense Himself into us to be our life, our nature, and our everything that we may live Christ and express Christ. This should be the principle that governs our life. In a practical way, it should be today’s tree of life for our enjoyment. The Bible is not mainly a book of prophecy, teaching, or types. The Bible is a book of God’s economy…The Bible is on Christ in God’s economy. God’s economy is to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity in Christ by the Spirit into us that we may have Him as our life, nature, and everything. When we experience this, it is no longer we who live, but it is Christ who lives in us (Gal. 2:20). This is the tree of life.

　　Job was in the primitive stage of the divine revelation…God had many things within Himself, but He could not unveil them to Job. God could not speak to Job about these things. The word of the Lord Jesus to Nicodemus regarding regeneration can also be applied to Job’s situation: “If I told you of the things on earth and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you of the things in heaven?” (John 3:12). As John 16:12 and 13 reveal, the Lord Jesus was even limited in what He could say to His disciples: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit of reality, comes, He will guide you into all the reality; for He will not speak from Himself, but what He hears He will speak; and He will declare to you the things that are coming.”…Today, following Paul, we speak of such matters as God’s economy, the divine dispensing, and the all-inclusive Spirit as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God.

　　God’s move from the incarnation to the consummation of the New Jerusalem involves many spiritual things, including regeneration, renewing, sanctification, transformation, glorification, and transfiguration. Because Job was in the primitive stage of the divine revelation, he could not understand any of these things. (Life-study of Job, pp. 49-50, 156)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Job, msg. 30