18保罗在别的书信中,主要的是向我们陈明,基督作赐生命的灵(林前十五45),住在我们灵里(罗八10,提后四22),作了我们的生命和一切。但在希伯来书,他特别将我们指向这坐在天上、具备多面、在各面照顾我们的基督。…在希伯来书,天上的基督与地上的宗教并一切地上的事物相对。我们要经历内住的基督,就需要转到灵里接触祂;我们要享受天上的基督,就需要望断一切地上的事物,而及于这位坐在神宝座右边的基督。祂借着死与复活,已经成就了神和人所需要的一切;现今祂在升天里,坐在诸天之上,乃是在神子(一5)和人子(二6)的身位里,也就是在神(一8)和人(二6)的身位里,作了神所立的承受万有者(一2)、神的受膏者(9)、我们救恩的创始者(二10)、那圣别人者(11)、常时的救援者(16)、应时的帮助者(四16)、从神来的使徒(三1)、大祭司(二17,四14,七26)、真帐幕的执事(八2),有更超特的职任(6),是更美之约的保证和中保(七22,八6,十二24)、新约的执行者(九16~17)、先锋(六20)、信心的创始者与成终者(十二2)以及群羊的大牧人(十三20)。我们若仰望祂这奇妙且包罗万有的一位,祂就要把天、生命和力量供应我们,将祂的所是传输并灌注到我们里面,使我们能奔跑属天的赛程,在地上过属天的生活;如此,祂要带我们走完一生的路途,领我们进荣耀里去(二10)(新约总论第十三册,一六四至一六六页)。 18In all his other Epistles Paul presents to us mainly the Christ who dwells in our spirit (Rom. 8:10; 2 Tim. 4:22) as the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45) to be our life and our everything. But in Hebrews he points us particularly to the Christ who has sat down in heaven and who is of so many aspects, that He may care for us in every way… In this book the heavenly Christ is contrasted to the earthly religion and all earthly things. To experience the indwelling Christ, we need to turn to our spirit and contact Him. To enjoy the heavenly Christ, we need to look away from all things on earth unto Him, who has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God. By His death and resurrection He accomplished everything that is needed by both God and man. Now in His ascension He is sitting in the heavens, in the person of the Son of God (Heb. 1:5) and the Son of Man (2:6), in the person of God (1:8) and man (2:6), as the appointed Heir of all things (1:2), the anointed One of God (v. 9), the Author of our salvation (2:10), the Sanctifier (v. 11), the constant Succor (v. 16), the instant Helper (4:16), the Apostle from God (3:1), the High Priest (2:17; 4:14; 7:26), the Minister of the true tabernacle (8:2) with a more excellent ministry (v. 6), the surety and the Mediator of a better covenant (7:22; 8:6; 12:24), the Executor of the new testament (9:16-17), the Forerunner (6:20), the Author and Perfecter of faith (12:2), and the great Shepherd of the sheep (13:20). If we look to Him as such a wonderful and all-inclusive One, He will minister heaven, life, and strength to us, transfusing and infusing us with all that He is, that we may be able to run the heavenly race and live the heavenly life on earth. In this way He will carry us through all the lifelong pathway and lead and bring us into glory (2:10). (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3832-3833)