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约柜和帐幕的历史

第四篇 约柜和帐幕的历史
第四周 周六
纲目
1柒 约柜和帐幕的历史预表召会的历史,完全描绘出召会从开始到如今的过程和光景;这历史主要的有五方面:
1Ⅶ The history of the Ark and the tabernacle is a prefigure of church history, giving us a full portrait of the course and situation of the church from the very beginning to the present time; there are five main aspects of this history:
2一 第一种光景是召会中有基督;这是由约柜在帐幕里所预表,以约柜为内容,而帐幕是约柜的彰显;这是召会第一个时期的图画,在绝对正常的光景里—基督是召会的内容,召会是基督的彰显—出四十34~38弗三16~21
2A The first situation is that of the church with Christ in it; this is typified by the Ark in the tabernacle, with the Ark as the content and the tabernacle as its expression; this is a picture of the first stage of the church in an absolutely normal condition of Christ being the content of the church and the church being the expression of Christ—Exo. 40:34-38; Eph. 3:16-21.
3二 第二种光景是召会中没有基督;这是由因着神百姓的失败,约柜被掳并与帐幕分开所预表;帐幕成为空的,描绘基督徒的失败,使召会失去基督的实际和同在—启二4~5三20
3B The second situation is that of the church without Christ in it; this is typified by the Ark being captured and separated from the tabernacle because of the failure of the people of God; the tabernacle becoming empty portrays the failures of the Christians that caused the church to lose the reality and presence of Christ—Rev. 2:4-5; 3:20.
4三 第三种光景是有基督却没有召会;这是由没有帐幕的约柜所预表;首先在基列耶琳的亚比拿达家中二十年,(撒上七1~2,)后来在迦特人俄别以东的家中三个月,(撒下六10~12,)约柜与帐幕分开;召会历史启示,从第二世纪到现在,有过许多俄别以东。
4C The third situation is that of Christ without the church; this is typified by the Ark being without the tabernacle; first, in the house of Abinadab at Kiriath-jearim for twenty years (1 Sam. 7:1-2) and then in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months (2 Sam. 6:10-12), the Ark was apart from the tabernacle; church history reveals that from the second century to the present time there have been many Obed-edoms.
5四 第四种光景是基督同着不合式的召会;大卫在耶路撒冷为约柜预备了一个帐棚,但不是照着神启示给摩西的样式;许多基督徒有约柜—基督—同着不合式的召会—17节,代上十五1代下一4出二五9
5D The fourth situation is that of Christ with an inadequate church; David had prepared a tent for the Ark in Jerusalem, but it was not according to the pattern revealed by God to Moses; many Christians have the Ark—Christ—with an inadequate church—v. 17; 1 Chron. 15:1; 2 Chron. 1:4; Exo. 25:9.
6五 第五种光景是基督同着正确的召会;这是由约柜同着已扩大又扩增为殿的正确帐幕所预表;乃是在这样的光景里,就是有基督作实际,同着彰显祂的正确召会,我们感觉到完全在家了—诗九十1~2九一1~16九二12~15一三二58代上二八11~20代下三1
6E The fifth situation is that of Christ with a proper church; this is typified by the Ark with the proper tabernacle that has been enlarged and increased to be the temple; it is in this situation—Christ as the reality with a proper church as His expression—that we feel completely at home—Psa. 90:1-2; 91:1-16; 92:12-15; 132:5, 8; 1 Chron. 28:11-20; 2 Chron. 3:1.
晨兴喂养
7出四十21 〔摩西〕把柜抬进帐幕,挂上遮掩柜的幔子,把见证的柜遮掩了…。
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834 …耶和华的荣光充满了帐幕。
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9弗三16~17 愿祂照着祂荣耀的丰富,借着祂的灵,用大能使你们得以加强到里面的人里,使基督借着信,安家在你们心里…。
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10帐幕连同约柜的历史,乃是召会历史的预表,完全描绘出召会从开始到如今的过程和光景。这历史主要的有五方面:
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11起初帐幕中有约柜。帐幕是神的居所,与约柜乃是一。…这预表召会的第一个时期…;召会是基督的彰显,基督是召会的内容。在五旬节那天,…基督是约柜,召会是帐幕。那是绝对正常的情形。(神建造的异象,一三四至一三五页。)
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12因着神百姓的失败,约柜就被掳去。约柜和帐幕分开,帐幕成为空的。这描绘基督徒的失败,使召会失去基督的实际和同在。这是第二方面,…作为内容的基督与召会分开,召会成为空的器皿,只有外面的彰显,没有里面的实际。…甚至在今天,许多所谓的基督教会,乃是空的帐幕,没有基督在其中作实际。
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13旧约预表的第三种光景是没有帐幕的约柜。约柜和帐幕分开,首先在…亚比拿达家中二十年,(撒上七1~2,)后来在…俄别以东的家中三个月。(撒下六10~12。)因着约柜的同在,神的祝福临到俄别以东家;但帐幕仍然在示罗,和约柜分开。这第三种光景…好多了,但还是不正常。召会历史给我们看见,从第二世纪到现在,…有许多人〔像俄别以东〕在他们个人的生活中,有基督的实际和同在。约柜与他们同在,但这不是正常的光景。
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14第四种位置是,约柜在不正确、不合式的帐幕中。大卫王在锡安预备了一个帐幕〔帐棚〕,但不是照着神在山上启示的样式。这帐棚是照着大卫的意见支搭的。召会历史中满了这样的事。许多忠信的基督徒的确有约柜—仅仅有基督。后来他们感觉需要召会生活以彰显基督,正如大卫感觉需要帐幕以容纳约柜。所以他们照着自己的领会,照着大卫所实行同样的原则,支搭帐幕,设立聚会。…那是不错,却嫌不足。…第四种情形—基督在不正确的“召会”中—只对了一半。…大多数在这种可怜情形中的人,并没有完全的平安或满足,因为事实上他们并不能达到神对召会生活的完全定旨。
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15第五种情形是约柜同着正确的、扩大又扩增的帐幕。乃是在这样的光景里,就是在基督同着彰显祂自己的正确召会中,你感觉到完全在家安息了。
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16第一种〔位置〕完全正确;第二种却全然虚空;第三种位置虽好,却不正常;而第四种位置只有一半的满足;第五种位置有基督作实际,有正确的召会作彰显。…我信在这末后的日子,主不仅要恢复原初、正常的情形,更要扩大召会生活,使召会生活更扎实。…我们赞美祂!(神建造的异象,一三五至一四○页。)
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17参读:认识生命与召会,第十篇。
17Further Reading: CWWL, 1953, vol. 1, “Knowing Life and the Church,” ch. 10