15圣经中神圣启示的总结乃是一个建造,就是新耶路撒冷。这建造是神性与人性的调和,由启示录二十一章所描述的新耶路撒冷所证明。三节提到新耶路撒冷是“神的帐幕”;二十二节也说,“我未见城内有殿,因主神全能者和羔羊为城的殿。”新耶路撒冷是神的帐幕,是为给神居住;神和羔羊是殿,是为给蒙救赎的圣徒居住。这指明新耶路撒冷乃是神与人相互的居所。不仅如此,这建造也是人的组成。城门是珍珠,门上写着以色列十二个支派的名字(12);十二根基上有羔羊十二使徒的十二个名字(14)。这清楚指明,新耶路撒冷是三一神(祂是素质、中心和普及)与祂所救赎之人的组成(撒母耳记生命读经,二四三至二四四页)。
15The conclusion of the divine revelation in the Bible is a building, the New Jerusalem. This building is a blending and mingling of divinity with humanity. This is proved by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21. Verse 3 refers to the New Jerusalem as “the tabernacle of God,” and verse 22 says, “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” The New Jerusalem as the tabernacle of God is for God to dwell in, and God and the Lamb as the temple are for the redeemed saints to dwell in. This indicates that the New Jerusalem will be a mutual dwelling place for God and man. Furthermore, this building is a composition of human beings. The gates are pearls inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel (v. 12), and on the twelve foundations are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (v. 14). This indicates clearly that the New Jerusalem is a composition of the Triune God, who is the essence, center, and universality, and God’s redeemed people. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, pp. 198-199)