12在旧约里,有为着完成神经纶之相调的预表。……保罗〔在林前十章十七节〕看召会是一个饼,这种想法不是他自己发明的,乃是取自旧约。利未记二章四节的素祭,是由细面调油所作的饼组成的。……那就是相调。保罗告诉我们,召会乃是由细面所作成的饼。细面来自麦粒,而麦粒来自那一粒麦子,就是基督。约翰十二章二十四节说,基督是一粒麦子,落在地里死了,在复活里长起来,产生许多子粒,就是我们,祂的信徒。我们是许多子粒,被磨成细面,好作成召会这饼(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册,一三九页)。
12In the Old Testament there is a type of the blending for the fulfillment of God’s economy…Paul’s thought of the church being one bread [1 Cor. 10:17] was not his own invention; rather, it was taken from the Old Testament. The meal offering in Leviticus 2:4 consisted of cakes made of fine flour mingled with oil…That is blending. Paul tells us that the church is a bread, a cake, made of fine flour. This fine flour comes from wheat grains, and the wheat grains come from the one grain of wheat, which is Christ. John 12:24 says that Christ is the one grain of wheat who fell into the earth and died and grew up in resurrection to produce many grains, which are we, His believers. We are the many grains so that we may be ground into fine flour for making the cake, the bread, of the church. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” p. 112)