12每一百个石榴中,四个是隐藏的,指明我们生命丰富的彰显虽是永远的,在复活里并在灵里,但我们天然的所是(由四这数字所表征)必须遮盖起来。我们天然的生命、天然的所是、我们的己、我们的自我,必须完全隐藏。……当基督的丰富彰显时,别人能在复活和那灵的气氛中,看见生命丰富永远的彰显,但很难说出我们天然的人在哪里。我们的自我被遮盖,这是何等有意义!什么时候“我”显出来,“四”这个大数字就会在那里,而“九十六”却消失了。在那里就没有空气,只有天然的生命、旧人和自我。但什么时候“四”不见了,就会有九十六个石榴,就是基督的生命在开敞的空气中丰富的彰显(创世记生命读经,一二九二至一二九六页)。
12That four of every one hundred pomegranates were hidden indicates that while our expression of the riches of life is eternal, in resurrection, and in the Spirit, our natural being, signified by the number four, must be covered. Our natural life, our natural being, our self, and our ego must be wholly concealed…When the riches of Christ are expressed, others can see the eternal expression of the riches of life in resurrection and in the atmosphere of the Spirit, but it is difficult to say where our natural man is. How meaningful it is to see that our ego is covered! Whenever “I” appears, the big number four will be there, but the ninety-six will be gone. Instead of air, there will just be the natural life, the old man, and the ego. But whenever the number four disappears, we shall have the ninety-six pomegranates, the rich expression of the life of Christ in the open air. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1084-1088)