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召会是基督的配偶─书拉密女的预表(二)
Message Thirty-One The Church as the Counterpart of Christ—the Type of the Shulammite (2)
 

  
读经:歌六13,四7,五10~16,六4,七7,11~12,来六19,十三12~13
Scripture Reading: S. S. 6:13; 4:7; 5:10-16; 6:4; 7:7, 11-12; Heb. 6:19; 13:12-13
壹 
所罗门预表复活得荣的基督,书拉密女预表复活得荣耀的召会─王上十1~9,14~29,弗三21,五27:
Solomon typifies the resurrected and glorified Christ, and the Shulammite typifies the church in resurrection and glorification—1 Kings 10:1-9, 14-29; Eph. 3:21; 5:27:
一 
整卷雅歌都说到书拉密女如何经历、享受所罗门,也就是说到召会如何经历、享受复活的基督─二8~10:
The entire book of Song of Songs portrays how the Shulammite experienced and enjoyed Solomon, typifying the church's experience and enjoyment of the resurrected Christ—2:8-10:
1 
雅歌中的基督是复活的基督,是经过死,且从死里出来进到复活里的基督─11~13节。
The Christ in Song of Songs is the resurrected Christ who has passed through death, come out of death, and entered into resurrection—vv. 11-13.
2 
在我们里面的基督,是复活的基督;我们所经历的基督,是经过苦难,经过死而现今在复活里的基督─罗八10~11,西一18,27。
The Christ in us is the resurrected Christ; the Christ whom we experience is the One who passed through sufferings and death and is now in resurrection— Rom. 8:10-11; Col. 1:18, 27.
3 
我们所接触、所交通的,乃是雅歌里的基督,就是复活的基督─三6,9~10。
The Christ whom we contact and with whom we fellowship—the Christ in Song of Songs—is the resurrected Christ—3:6, 9-10.
二 
书拉密女预表的重点乃是在复活里的召会─四6:
The focus of the Shulammite as a type is the church in resurrection—4:6:
1 
书拉密女预表召会的重点,乃在于召会是在复活里,以及召会如何享受、经历复活的基督─一14,17。
The Shulammite, as a type of the church, centers on the church in resurrection and on the way that the church enjoys and experiences the resurrected Christ—1:14, 17.
2 
复活不仅是生命,更是不受任何拘禁的生命,甚至死亡都不能;复活的意义,就是这个生命冲破一切的捆绑、一切的压制、一切的拘禁,而从里面出来了─徒二24。
Resurrection is not merely life but a life that cannot be held by anything, not even death; the meaning of resurrection is that life breaks through all bondage, oppression, and imprisonment and cannot be held by them—Acts 2:24.
3 
我们若活在复活里,就是在复活里之召会的一部分─书拉密女所预表之基督的配偶─罗八11,林后一9。
If we live in resurrection, we live as part of the church in resurrection—the counterpart of Christ as typified by the Shulammite—Rom. 8:11; 2 Cor. 1:9.
贰 
书拉密女珍赏她的良人─歌五10~16:
The Shulammite appreciates her Beloved—S. S. 5:10-16:
一 
雅歌五章十至十六节描绘基督在复活里可爱如良人。
Song of Songs 5:10-16 portrays Christ in resurrection as the lovely Bridegroom.
二 
佳偶答以她对她良人的印象,用许多绝佳、细致的发表称赞祂─歌五10~16节:
In giving her impression of her Beloved, she praises Him with many excellent and detailed expressions—vv. 10-16:
1 
祂在复活里满了生命和能力─10节。
In His resurrection He is full of life and power—v. 10.
2 
祂作头的权柄是出于神,祂对神的服从旺盛且有力─11节。
His headship is of God, and His submission to God is flourishing and strong—v. 11.
3 
祂情绪的发表单一且纯洁,并且祂向着我们有亲密的情爱─12节。
His expression of sentiment is single and pure, and He is intimately affectionate toward us—v. 12.
4 
祂所有的一切都是稳定不可摇动的,祂是高超属天的─14~15节。
All that He has is firm and unshakable, and He is transcendent and heavenly—vv. 14-15.
5 
这样一位在复活里的基督,叫我们不能不心里火热,不能不呼喊,“祂是全然可爱的!”这一位就是“我的良人!”(16。)
With such a Christ in resurrection we cannot but be burning in our heart and cry out, "This is my Beloved! He is altogether desirable!" (v. 16).
叁 
书拉密女是美丽的─一15,四7,10,六4,10:
The Shulammite is beautiful—1:15; 4:7, 10; 6:4, 10:
一 
作为基督的配偶,召会需要美丽─四7:
As the counterpart of Christ, the church needs beauty—4:7:
1 
召会的美丽,是为着新妇的献上─弗五27。
The beauty of the church is for the presentation of the bride—Eph. 5:27.
2 
书拉密女的美丽来自那位作到她里面,然后借着她彰显出来的基督;她惟一的美丽,乃是基督从她里面照耀出来─三16~21,歌六4,10。
The beauty of the Shulammite comes from the Christ who is wrought into her and who is then expressed through her; her only beauty is the shining out of Christ from within her—3:16-21; S. S. 6:4, 10.
3 
基督在我们身上所珍赏的,乃是祂自己的彰显─四7,10~15。
What Christ appreciates in us is the expression of Himself—4:7, 10-15.
二 
书拉密女的美丽可见于许多不同方面:
The beauty of the Shulammite is seen in various ways:
1 
在于她那来自心中单纯而有的属灵见识、鉴别力和领悟─1节上。
In her spiritual insight, discernment, and realization from the singleness of her heart—v. 1a.
2 
在于她借神的喂养而有的服从和顺从─1节下。
In her submission and obedience through God's feeding—v. 1b.
3 
在于她接受神圣食物的能力,已经受了十字架的对付,不再凭她天然的力量─2节。
In her receiving the divine food by her power of reception, which has been dealt with by the cross and is no longer by her natural strength—v. 2.
4 
在于她讲说基督的救赎与权柄─3节上。
In her speaking with Christ's redemption and authority—v. 3a.
5 
在于她那充满生命而隐藏的彰显─3节下。
In her expression, which is full of life and hidden—v. 3b.
6 
在于她服从且富有防卫能力的意志─4节。
In her having a will that is submissive and rich in defending power—v. 4.
7 
在于她柔和的信与爱,得着双倍的加强─5节。
In her tender faith and love that are strengthened twofold—v. 5.
8 
在于她美丽如天上的圣所(得撒),秀美如天上的耶路撒冷─六4。
In her being beautiful as the heavenly sanctuary (Tirzah) and lovely as the heavenly Jerusalem—6:4.
9 
在于她里面的各部分,以及她活动的能力能喂养别人─七2~3。
In her inward parts and her active ability to feed others—7:2-3.
10 
在于她的心怀意念刚强为着神,以及她那为着奉献而有的服从和顺从,使神得着荣耀,也夺得了她那作王的良人─5节。
In her thoughts and intentions, which are strong for God, and in her submission and obedience for her consecration, which are for the glory of God and which capture her Beloved, who is the King—v. 5.
肆 
书拉密女是成熟的─7节,六13:
The Shulammite is mature—v. 7; 6:13:
一 
她在成熟的身量上,如同基督一样─七7。
In her mature stature she is like Christ—7:7.
二 
她的美德是她在神圣生命里成熟的记号─1~5节。
Her virtues are signs of the maturity of the divine life—vv. 1-5.
三 
在生命上成熟,就是充满生命,能吃干粮,(来五12~14,)在领悟上成熟,(林前十四20,)得知神奥秘中的智慧,(二6~7,)像我们的天父完全一样,(太五48,)并且认识身体,活在身体里,并为着身体,顾到身体,尊重身体。(弗四13~16。)
To be mature in life is to be filled with life, to be able to eat solid food (Heb. 5:12-14), to be full-grown in our understanding (1 Cor. 14:20), to be able to know God's wisdom in a mystery (2:6-7), to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect (Matt. 5:48), and to know the Body, to live in and for the Body, to care for the Body, and to honor the Body (Eph. 4:13-16).
四 
书拉密女在基督生命的成熟里,成了基督的复制,在生命、性情、彰显和功用上(但不在神格上)与基督一样─歌六13。
In the maturity of Christ's life, the Shulammite becomes the reproduction of Christ, the same as He is in life, nature, expression, and function but not in the Godhead—S. S. 6:13.
伍 
书拉密女是神的建造─4节上:
The Shulammite is the building of God—v. 4a:
一 
得撒和耶路撒冷表征神的圣所,就是神的居所,有神的圣城环绕作其保障─4节上:
Tirzah and Jerusalem signify God's sanctuary, God's dwelling place, with God's holy city surrounding it to be its safeguard—v. 4a:
1 
基督的佳偶借着在复活里,在基督的升天里生活,就在基督生命的丰富里成熟,使她成为神的建造,就是成为神的圣所及其保障。
Through her living in Christ's ascension in resurrection, the lover of Christ becomes mature in the riches of the life of Christ so that she becomes the building of God, the sanctuary of God and its safeguard.
2 
当基督得胜的佳偶与神成为一,作神的居所时,她在神眼中就美丽如得撒,秀美如耶路撒冷─4节上。
When the overcoming lover of Christ becomes one with God to be God's dwelling place, in the eyes of God she is as beautiful as Tirzah and as lovely as Jerusalem—v. 4a.
二 
借着以上好的爱来爱主,我们就合并到三一神里,成为祂的居所─启二4,约十四20~21,23,弗三17。
By loving the Lord with the best love, we are incorporated into the Triune God to become His dwelling place—Rev. 2:4; John 14:20-21, 23; Eph. 3:17.
三 
成为神的圣所,乃是凭着基督的生命及其追测不尽的丰富而长大成熟,因而被建造(与基督身体的建造有关)─四12~16:
To become the sanctuary of God is to be built up (related to the building up of the Body of Christ) in the growth in the life of Christ with its unsearchable riches unto maturity—4:12-16:
1 
身体的建造是生机的,在于我们在生命里长大成熟─15节。
The building up of the Body is organic and depends on our growth and maturity in life—v. 15.
2 
至终,基督生机身体(也就是基督的妻子─五25~32)的这个建造,要终极完成新耶路撒冷,就是圣城,作为至圣所的终结,就是神与蒙祂救赎之人在永世里相互的居所─启二一2,3,16,22。
Ultimately, this building up of the organic Body of Christ, which is also Christ's wife (5:25-32), will consummate the New Jerusalem, the holy city as the consummation of the Holy of Holies, the mutual dwelling of God and His redeemed in eternity—Rev. 21:2-3, 16, 22.
陆 
书拉密女是军队─歌六4节下,10:
The Shulammite is an army—S. S. 6:4b, 10:
一 
神的建造总是军队;当我们向着主成为一座城时,我们对仇敌而言就是军队─4节下,10节:
The building of God is always an army; when we become a city to the Lord, we are an army to the enemy—vv. 4b, 10:
1 
对仇敌而言,书拉密女是威武如展开旌旗的军队。
To the enemy the Shulammite is as terrible as an army with banners.
2 
基督的佳偶在主的面前乃是美丽并秀美的,像天城那样的坚固,像圣所那样的安静;而在仇敌和世人面前,她又显出她得胜的荣耀来。
The lover of Christ is beautiful and comely before the Lord, as solid as the heavenly city and as serene as the sanctuary; at the same time, she displays the glory of her victory before the enemy and the world.
二 
威武的军队表征主的得胜者使神的仇敌撒但惧怕─4节下,10:
A terrible army signifies that the Lord's overcomers terrify God's enemy, Satan— vv. 4b, 10:
1 
仇敌害怕那建造为神的城的召会─尼六15~16,诗一〇二12~16。
The enemy is frightened by the church, which is built up as the city of God—Neh. 6:15-16; Psa. 102:12-16.
2 
撒但不怕个人主义的基督徒,即使他们的人数成千上万;但他怕那作为基督身体的召会,就是与他和他国度争战的团体战士─弗六10~20。
Satan is not afraid of individualistic Christians, even if they number in the thousands, but is terrified of the church as the Body of Christ, the corporate warrior fighting against him and his kingdom—Eph. 6:10-20.
柒 
书拉密女是她良人的同工─歌七11~12:
The Shulammite is a co-worker of her Beloved—S. S. 7:11-12:
一 
我们要分担主的工作,就需要够资格,而我们的资格是在于得着神圣生命一切属性的装备─1~9上。
To share in the Lord's work, we need to be qualified, and our qualification depends on our being equipped with all the attributes of the divine life expressed in human virtues—vv. 1-9a.
二 
书拉密女与她的良人为着祂的身体工作─11~12节:
The Shulammite works with her Beloved for His Body—vv. 11-12:
1 
三一神在我们里面的工作,乃是要产生并建造基督的身体─弗三16~21,四4~6,12,16。
The work of the Triune God in us is to produce and build up the Body of Christ—Eph. 3:16-21; 4:4-6, 12, 16.
2 
身体是我们生活与工作的管制法则─一22~23,林前十二27。
The Body is the governing law of our life and work—1:22-23; 1 Cor. 12:27.
捌 
今天我们应当是书拉密女和亚比该;作为书拉密女,我们在幔内享受荣耀、复活的基督;作为亚比该,我们跟随低微、受苦的耶稣出到营外─来六19,十三12~13。
Today we should be both the Shulammite and Abigail; as the Shulammite we enjoy the glorious, resurrected Christ within the veil, and as Abigail we follow the lowly, suffering Jesus outside the camp—Heb. 6:19; 13:12-13.
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