可十29~30 ……人为我〔耶稣〕和福音，撇下……，没有不在今世得百倍，……且要在来世得永远生命的。

　　启二10 ……务要至死忠信，我就赐给你那生命的冠冕。

　　来世得永生，是在将来千年国的时候，只关系我们在国度时得赏赐，并不关系我们永远得救。

　　主耶稣在〔马可十章二十九至三十节〕说到今世和来世。今世就是现今的世代，也就是我们今天所处的这恩典时代。来世是将来的世代，也就是将要来的国度时代。主在这里应许说，我们若为祂和福音撇下一切，必在来世得永远的生命。这给我们看见，来世得永远的生命，乃是一个赏赐，是需要我们出代价—就是为主和福音撇下一切—才能得着的。……前面所看的，……是一信就得着永远的生命；这是在今世撇下一切，等到来世才得着永远的生命。所以这不关系我们永远得救，乃关系我们在国度时得赏赐（李文集一九三二至一九四九年第三册，三○一至三○二页）。

　　Mark 10:29-30 …There is no one who has left…for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, but that he shall receive a hundred times as much now at this time…and in the coming age, eternal life.

　　Rev. 2:10 …Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

　　Obtaining life in the coming age, which is the time of the millennial kingdom, is related only to the matter of reward in the kingdom age; it is not related to our eternal salvation.

　　In Mark 10:29-30 the Lord Jesus speaks of the present age and the coming age. The present age is the age today; it is the age of grace in which we live. The coming age is the next age; it is the age of the coming millennial kingdom. The Lord promised that if we leave everything for His sake and for the gospel’s sake, we will obtain eternal life in the coming age. This shows that obtaining eternal life in the coming age is a reward for which we must pay a price, the price of leaving everything for the Lord’s sake and for the gospel’s sake…Previously, we gained eternal life by believing, but in these verses we will obtain eternal life in the coming age only if we leave everything. Therefore, this obtaining is not related to eternal salvation; instead, it is related to our reward in the coming kingdom age. (CWWL, 1932-1949, vol. 3, “Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 1,” pp. 224-225)

　　这个需要我们撇下一切，换得在来世才得着的永远生命，必是主在千年国时，所给我们的赏赐。这是告诉我们，主是把千年国时，人对永远的生命一段时期的享受，特别划出来，作为那些忠心跟从祂者的赏赐。

　　主……应许说，祂要把生命的冠冕，赐给为祂至死忠信的人〔启二10〕。冠冕乃是作王的荣耀的表号。生命的冠冕，就是在生命中作王之荣耀的表号。……这个在生命中作王的荣耀，乃是主赐给为祂至死忠信的人的，所以是为主至死忠信所换得的。这不是因信白白在今世得到的永生的恩赐，乃是因出了极大的代价，换得在来世得到的永生的赏赐。这个赏赐，就是得以在将来享受在生命中作王的荣耀。这自然是在千年国的时候。

　　〔启示录二章七节〕所说的神的乐园，里面有生命树。所以这乐园就是将来的新耶路撒冷，因为将来只有新耶路撒冷里有生命树（二二2）。新耶路撒冷和其中的一切福分，是神为我们所有蒙恩的人所预备的，要我们在永世里—就是在新天新地时—享受。但主在这里（二7）却应许，要把新耶路撒冷里生命树的果子，当作赏赐，赏给得胜的信徒吃。……主是要在千年国的时候，先把新耶路撒冷里生命树的果子，当作赏赐，赏给祂的得胜者。这就叫我们知道，虽然所有的信徒将来在新天新地时，都得享受新耶路撒冷和其中的福分，但只有得胜的信徒，才能在千年国时，得预尝新耶路撒冷里生命树的果子。吃生命树的果子，就是享受永生的福分，也就是享受永生。预尝生命树的果子，就是预先享受永生的福分。这永生福分的享受，到新天新地时，是所有蒙恩的人都得有分的。但这永生福分的预享预尝，只是得胜的信徒在千年国时所能有分的。新天新地还未来到之前，主在千年国的时候，先把永生的福分—就是生命树的果子—的新鲜，当作赏赐，给得胜的信徒预尝预享。所以这是在来世得享永生，和在今世得永生，或在永世享永生，都是不同的（李文集一九三二至一九四九年第三册，三○二至三○四页）。

　　参读：约翰一书生命读经，第四篇。

　　Since obtaining eternal life in the coming age requires us to leave everything in this age, it must be related to the reward that the Lord gives in the millennial kingdom. This shows that the Lord especially designated the kingdom age as a period of enjoyment of eternal life as a reward for those who faithfully follow Him.

　　The Lord promises to give the crown of life to those who are faithful unto death [Rev. 2:10]. A crown is a symbol of the glory of reigning as a king. The crown of life is a symbol of the glory of reigning in life…The glory of reigning in life is given to those who are faithful unto death; it is bought at the price of being faithful unto death. This is not related to the free, gracious gift of eternal life obtained by faith in this age; rather, it is the reward of eternal life obtained in the coming age for paying the highest price. This reward is to enjoy the glory of reigning in life in the coming age. This will be in the millennial kingdom.

　　The Paradise of God spoken of [in verse 7] has the tree of life. Therefore, this Paradise must be the future New Jerusalem because the coming New Jerusalem has the tree of life (22:2). The New Jerusalem and all its blessings have been prepared for us by God and are for our enjoyment in eternity in the new heaven and new earth. In 2:7 the Lord promised that to eat of the fruit of the tree of life in the New Jerusalem would be a reward to the overcoming believers…The Lord will give the fruit of the tree of life in the New Jerusalem as a reward to the overcoming believers in the millennial kingdom. Although all believers will enjoy the New Jerusalem with its blessings in the new heaven and new earth, only the overcomers will have a foretaste of the fruit of the tree of life in the New Jerusalem during the millennial kingdom. To eat the fruit of the tree of life is to enjoy the blessing of eternal life, to enjoy eternal life itself. To have a foretaste of the fruit of the tree of life is to have an early enjoyment of the blessing of eternal life. This enjoyment of the blessing of eternal life is something every saved one will partake of in the new heaven and new earth. However, only the overcomers will enjoy the foretaste of the blessing of eternal life in the millennial kingdom. Before the coming of the new heaven and new earth, the Lord first gives the freshness of the blessing of eternal life, the fruit of the tree of life, as a reward to the overcomers as a foretaste and early enjoyment in the millennial kingdom. Thus, enjoying eternal life in the coming age is different from obtaining eternal life in the present age and enjoying eternal life in eternity. (CWWL, 1932-1949, vol. 3, “Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 1,” pp. 225-226)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of 1 John, msg. 4