13我们把这三种木料归纳起来,就看见在主耶稣身上的三件大事:一件是祂死了,一件是祂复活了,还有一件是祂成为那灵。在我们这一班得救的人身上,也能看见这三种属灵的经历,那就是和基督同死、同复活以及同得圣灵。在召会中所有同被建造的人,头一步个个必须是和主同死的人,是〔松木〕。第二步必须是和主同复活的人,是香柏木。第三步都是和主一同在圣灵里面,对属灵的事入了门,开了窍,神的荣耀彰显在他们身上的人,是橄榄木。……召会中只有在复活里,和在圣灵里的新人,在这里没有希利尼人、犹太人、化外人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的,因为这些都已经和基督同死同葬了(教会建造的异象,九一至九三页)。
13In summary, these three kinds of wood show three great matters concerning the Lord Jesus. The first matter is that He died, the second matter is that He resurrected, and the third matter is that He became the Spirit. These three kinds of wood also show us, the saved ones, three aspects of our spiritual experience—our death with Christ, our resurrection with Christ, and our receiving the Holy Spirit with Christ. All those who want to be built together in the church must first be those who have died with Christ; that is, they must be cypress. Second, they must be those who have resurrected with Christ; that is, they must be cedar. Third, they must be those who are in the Holy Spirit with Christ, who have gained a spiritual entrance into spiritual matters and have a spiritual understanding of them, and upon whom the glory of God is manifest; that is, they must be olive wood... In the church there is only the new man in resurrection and in the Holy Spirit, and in this new man there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free man, because all of these have died and been buried with Christ. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 1, “The Vision of the Building of the Church,” pp. 204-206)