16〔在希伯来一章三节〕,神荣耀的光辉如同日光的照耀和光辉。基督是父荣耀的照耀和光辉。光辉无法与荣耀分开,正如太阳的照耀无法与太阳的光线分开,因为照耀与光线乃是一。……〔该节〕也说基督是神本质的印像。荣耀是外在的彰显,本质是内在的素质。神有祂的显出,也有祂的素质;祂有祂的荣耀,也有祂的本质。……就祂的荣耀而论,基督是这荣耀的光辉;就神的本质而论,基督是这本质的印像。
16[In Hebrews 1:3] the effulgence of God’s glory is like the shining, or the brightness, of the light of the sun. Christ is the shining, the brightness, of the Father’s glory. The effulgence cannot be separated from the glory just as the shining of the sun cannot be separated from the rays of the sun, since the shining and the rays are one. Hebrews 1:3 says... also that He is the impress, the express image, of God’s substance. The glory is the outward expression, and the substance is the inward essence. God has His essence as well as His appearance; He has His substance as well as His glory... As far as His glory is concerned, Christ is the effulgence of this glory, and as far as God’s substance is concerned, Christ is the express image of this substance.