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出埃及记生命读经 · 第101篇

帐幕的门帘（一）

The Curtain for the Door of the Tent (1)
1读经： 出埃及记二十六章三十六至三十七节；三十六章三十七至三十八节；四十章五节，二十八节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 26:36-37; 36:37-38; 40:5, 28
2在本篇信息里，我们要来看二十六章三十六和三十七节。我们也许认为这两节圣经很容易懂。三十六节说：“你要拿蓝色、紫色、朱红色、捻的细麻，用绣花的手工织帐幕的门帘。”（直译。）这节圣经说到帐幕的门帘。可是三十七节说到帘子：“要用皂荚木为帘子作五根柱子，用金子包裹；柱子上当有金钩，又要为柱子用铜铸造五个带 卯的座。”
2In this message we shall consider 26:36 and 37. We may think that these verses are easy to understand. Verse 36 says, “And you shall make a curtain for the door of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer.” This verse speaks of a curtain for the door of the tent. Verse 37, however, speaks of the screen: “And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; and their hooks shall be of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.”
一 盖、幔子，以及帘子
THE COVERING, THE VEIL, AND THE SCREEN
3制造帐幕门帘的材料，与第一层盖及隔开圣所、至圣所的幔子材料一样一式。因此，帐幕上面的平顶、里面的幔子，以及门帘都是用同样的材料作的；颜色、设计和手工也都一样。每逢祭司进入帐幕的时候，就能看见上面、前面和后面有许多幅幔子，或是单独的一幅幔子，都是用蓝色、紫色、朱红色、捻的细麻作的。里面的帘子叫作幔子，而门的幔子叫作帘子。
3The curtain for the door of the tent was made of the same material as the first layer of the covering and the veil separating the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place. Thus, the ceiling, the inner veil, and the curtain for the door were made of the same material and of the same colors, design, and workmanship. Whenever a priest came into the tabernacle, he could see above, at the front, and at the rear curtains or a veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. The inner curtain is called the veil, whereas the curtain for the door is called the screen.
4达秘把三十六节繙作：“你要作帐幕入口的帘子。”达秘不用“门”字，而用“入口”一词，也许你会认为入口与门没有甚么不同。它们虽然意义相似，可是入口比门特别一点。门可以作为入口和出口，可是入口不是出口，入口只是进来用的，不是出去用的。三十六节的门既可作为入口，也可作为出口，不过，门主要的目的是作入口，不是 作出口用的。
4In his translation of verse 36 J. N. Darby says, “And thou shalt make for the entrance of the tent a curtain.” Darby uses the word entrance instead of door. You may think that there is no difference between an entrance and a door. Although these words are similar in meaning, nevertheless an entrance denotes something more specific than a door. A door may be used both as an entrance and an exit, but an entrance is not an exit. It is for going in, but not for going out. The door in verse 36 serves both as an entrance and an exit. However, its primary purpose is to serve as an entrance, not an exit.
5我赞同达秘三十六节的翻译。实际上，帐幕前面看起来不太像门，既没有门框，也没有门楣，倒是有一幅由五根柱子支撑着的帘子，作为进入的通路。为这缘故，我宁可说入口的帘子，而不说门帘。
5I agree with Darby’s rendering of verse 36. Actually the front of the tabernacle did not have the appearance of a door. There were no doorposts, and there was no lintel. Instead, there was a curtain supported by five pillars to serve as an opening for an entrance. For this reason, I prefer to speak of a curtain for the entrance, instead of a curtain for the door.
6我们曾经指出，隔开至圣所与圣所的幔子，在材料与手工上，与帐幕入口处的帘子一样一式。虽然它们的设计与外表都一样，可是一个叫作幔子，一个叫作帘子。
6We have pointed out that the veil separating the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place was the same in material and workmanship as the curtain, or screen, at the entrance of the tabernacle. But although they were the same in design and appearance, the one is called the veil and the other is called the screen.
7作者描述与帐幕有关的物件，都不是从外面说到里面，而是从里面说到外面，这样描述很有意义。比方，说四层盖是从最里面捻的细麻作的那一层说起，一直说到最外面海狗皮作的那一层。照样，里面的幔子与帘子这两种幕幔，神圣的记载首先描述里面的幔子，然后才说到帐幕入口的帘子。了解幔子与帘子的意义是非常要紧的。
7It is significant that the matters related to the tabernacle are described not from the outside in, but from the inside out. For example, the four layers of the covering are described from the innermost layer, that of the fine twined linen, to the outermost layer, that of the porpoise skins. Likewise, concerning the two curtains, the inner veil and the screen, the divine record first describes the inner veil and then the screen at the entrance of the tabernacle. It is important to understand the significance of both the veil and the screen.
8幔子把我们的视线挡住，与某个东西隔离，叫我们看不见那个东西。通常幔子是用 来遮掩非常贵重的物品。一样东西被幔子遮盖起来时，我们就与它隔开了。贵重的物品本身不是不能看见，但是因着幔子，我们就不能看见。在帐幕里面，有些贵重的物品是用幔子遮起来的，堕落的人不能看见它们。至圣所里面第一件贵重的物品就是柜，它向神的子民是隐藏的。我们已经看过，柜表征基督是神的具体表现。这柜与神的历史有关，神的历史包含了祂的一切所是，以及祂所成就、所得着，并所达到的一切。这一切都具体表现在柜所表征的基督里面。此外，在柜─基督─的上面有个地方叫作蔽罪盖。在那里神能彀与我们相会，对我们说话。这是彰显神荣耀的地方，正如基路伯所表征的。此外，救赎的血要弹在蔽罪盖，就是柜的盖子上。因此，柜使我们看见神，看见神的历史、神的具体表现、神彰显出来的荣耀，以及基督的救赎。柜以及与柜有关的一切实在何等宝贵！
8A veil hides something from our sight and keeps that thing away from our presence. Often a veil is used to conceal things that are very precious. When something is covered by a veil, we are separated from that thing. The precious things are not invisible, but we cannot see them because of the veil. In the tabernacle, certain precious things were covered with a veil, and fallen people could not see them. The ark in the Holy of Holies was the first of the precious things hidden from God’s people. We have seen that the ark signifies Christ as the embodiment of God. This ark is related to God’s history. God’s history includes all that He is and all that He has accomplished, obtained, and attained. All this is embodied in Christ as the ark. Furthermore, upon Christ as the ark there is a place called the propitiatory cover, where God can meet with us and speak to us. This is where God’s glory is expressed, as signified by the cherubim. In addition, the redeeming blood was sprinkled on this propitiatory cover, the lid of the ark. Therefore, with the ark we have God with His history, His embodiment, His expressed glory, and Christ’s redemption. How precious is the ark and all the things related to it!
9在圣所里面，我们看见陈设饼的桌子、灯台，和香坛。在桌子那里，我们领受生命供应，作我们的滋养；在灯台那里，我们被照亮：在香坛那里，我们有基督作乳香─表征基督是馨香之气，神因此能悦纳我们。所以，我们在圣所里有供应、有光照，并且蒙神的悦纳。现在我们必须再来看柜里面的东西：约版、隐藏的吗哪，以及发芽的杖。这三样符合圣所里的另三样东西。圣所里面有饼，而至圣所里有吗哪，这表示圣所的饼成了至圣所隐藏的吗哪。另外，在圣所里有灯台及灯台的亮光，在至圣所里却有律法作为神的见证。所以，一方面，我们在圣所里被灯台照亮；另一方面，我们在至圣所里，被律法─神的见证─照亮。再者，在圣所里，我们有香坛上的乳香，使我们蒙悦纳。可是在至圣所里面，我们有发芽的杖，表征复活的生命，使我们蒙悦纳。因此，圣所的香成为至圣所里发芽的杖。发芽的杖与乳香表征复活的基督。
9In the Holy Place we have the table of the bread of the presence, the lampstand, and the incense altar. At the table we receive the life supply for our nourishment, at the lampstand we are enlightened, and at the incense altar we have Christ as the frankincense, which signifies Him as the sweet fragrance for God’s acceptance of us. Thus, in the Holy Place we have supply, enlightenment, and acceptance. Now we must go on to see that the contents of the ark—the tablets of the law, the hidden manna, and the budding rod—correspond to the three items in the Holy Place. In the Holy Place we have the bread, but in the Holy of Holies, the manna. This indicates that the bread in the Holy Place becomes the hidden manna in the Holy of Holies. Also, in the Holy Place we have the lampstand with its light, and in the Holy of Holies we have the law as God’s testimony. Thus, at one end, in the Holy Place, we are enlightened by the lampstand, but at the other end, in the Holy of Holies, we are enlightened by the law as God’s testimony. Furthermore, in the Holy Place we have the frankincense at the incense altar for our acceptance. But within the Holy of Holies we have the budding rod signifying the resurrection life becoming our acceptance. Thus, the incense in the Holy Place becomes the budding rod in the Holy of Holies. The budding rod and the frankincense both signify the resurrected Christ.
10吗哪、律法和发芽的杖，与饼、灯台和香坛之间相对应的关系，可以用约翰福音里 面的恩典和实际，与约翰一书中爱和光之间的关连来说明。在我们这一面是恩典，在神那一面，恩典乃是爱。照样，我们这一面是实际，但是我们追溯这实际的源头时，在神那一面，实际就是光。因此，我们这一面是恩典和实际，神那一面却是爱与光。同样地，饼相当于吗哪，灯台相当于约版，乳香相当于发芽的杖。在圣所里，我们有基督的生命供应、基督的光，以及基督的乳香，就是悦纳。但是在至圣所里，我们有基督自己作为我们的生命供应、光照，和悦纳。然而，只要我们还留在堕落的性情里，约柜并其中贵重的物品就会被遮盖起来，我们就看不见，也不能接近。
10The correspondence between the manna, the law, and the budding rod and the bread, the lampstand, and the incense altar can be illustrated by the correspondence between grace and truth in the Gospel of John and love and light in the First Epistle of John. On our side we have grace, but on God’s side grace is love. Likewise, on our side we have truth. But when we trace this truth to its source on God’s side, truth is light. Therefore, at our end we have grace and truth; at God’s end there are love and light. In like manner, the bread corresponds to the manna; the lampstand, to the tablets of the law; and the incense, to the budding rod. In the Holy Place we have the life supply of Christ, the light of Christ, and the incense, the acceptance, of Christ. But in the Holy of Holies, we have Christ Himself as our life supply, enlightenment, and acceptance. However, as long as we remain in our fallen nature, the ark with its precious contents is veiled from our sight and kept away from our presence.
11有一件事很有意义：外面的幔子，就是帐幕的门帘在第三十七节中称为帘子。帘子的功用一面来说是让空气进来，但另一面来说，是要把昆虫和别的有害之物阻挡在外。我们如果没有装纱窗，苍蝇蚊子就都进来了。等一下我们就要来看，帐幕入口处的帘子，是要把一切消极的东西阻挡在神的居所之外。
11It is significant that the outer veil, the curtain at the door of the tabernacle, is called in verse 37 a screen. The function of a screen is, on the one hand, to allow air to come in, but, on the other hand, to keep out insects and other pests. If we did not have screens on our windows, the way would be open for flies and mosquitoes to come in. As we shall see, the screen at the entrance to the tabernacle serves to keep all negative things out of God’s dwelling place.
12我们已经看过第一层盖、幔子，以及帘子，都是用同样的材料作的；颜色、设计和手工也都没有两样。可是，这些东西有三种不同的名称：盖、幔子，以及帘子。这种颜色相同、绣花相同的东西有三种功能。第一，遮盖竖板；第二，把经过种种过程三一神的宝贵遮盖起来；第三，把消极的事物阻挡于神居所之外。我们已经看见，盖与幔子都是基督。根据这样对盖与幔子的领会，顺理成章，帘子也该是指着基督说的。
12We have seen that the first layer of the covering, the veil, and the screen were all made of the same material with the same colors, design, and workmanship. However, this material is called by three different terms: the covering, the veil, and the screen. Material of the same color and with the same embroidery has three functions. First, it covers the standing boards; second, it veils the preciousness of the processed Triune God; and third, it keeps away negative things from God’s dwelling. We have seen that both the covering and the veil are Christ. With this understanding of the covering and the veil as a basis, we may rightly conclude that the screen also refers to Christ.
二 进入帐幕
ENTERING THE TABERNACLE
13帐幕的第一层盖与我们进入神的居所无关。可是，幔子与帘子都与进入帐幕有关。我们若不能进入神的居所，就无法对神的居所有甚么经历，这意思是说，帐幕在我们 的经历中，与我们一点关系也没有，它仅仅是客观存在我们的身外。但我们进入帐幕里，帐幕就要成为我们主观的经历。我们不光进到神的居所里面，更是要与它合一。因此，我们进入帐幕时，我们就与它成为一个。我们所面临的重要问题就是：我们怎样可以进入神的居所里。 我们怎么能彀进入圣洁且公义、是爱又是光的神的居所里面？我们若省察自己，就知道我们既不圣，又不义。我们会和以赛亚一同宣告说：“祸哉，我灭亡了；因为我是嘴唇不洁的人，又住在嘴唇不洁的民中。”（赛六5。）因为我们是嘴唇不洁的人，我们没有资格在神的居所里。神是圣洁的，我们是不洁的；神是公义的，而我们全然不义；神是爱，我们却满了恨；神是光，我们却是黑暗。我们怎么能进入圣洁且公义的神的居所里面？我们怎么能进入是爱又是光的神的居所？我们这些堕落的人，是不可能进入神居所里面的。
13The first layer of the covering of the tabernacle has nothing to do with our entering into God’s dwelling place. But both the veil and the screen are related to entering into the tabernacle. If there were no way for us to come into God’s dwelling place, we could not have any experience of God’s dwelling place. This means that the tabernacle would have nothing to do with us in our experience; it would simply exist objectively apart from us. But if we enter the tabernacle, the tabernacle will become experiential and subjective to us. We shall not only come into God’s dwelling place, but we shall even become identified with it. Therefore, when we enter into the tabernacle, we become one with it. The crucial problem we face is how it is possible for us to enter God’s dwelling place. How can we enter the dwelling place of the holy and righteous God, the God who is love and light? If we examine ourselves, we shall realize that we are not holy or righteous. Along with Isaiah, we shall declare, “Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips” (Isa. 6:5). Because we are of unclean lips, we are not qualified to be in God’s dwelling place. God is holy, but we are unclean. God is righteous, but we are altogether unrighteous. God is love, but we are full of hatred. God is light, but we are darkness. How then can we enter into the dwelling place of the holy and righteous God? How can we come into the dwelling place of the God who is love and light? It is impossible for us as fallen people to enter into God’s dwelling place.
14基督是双重的屏障，使我们不得进入神的居所。我们若要进入帐幕，就必须与入口 的帘子相配。帐幕里面住着圣洁公义、是爱又是光的神，这是捻的细麻、属天的蓝色、君尊的紫色所表征的；金子则表征神的彰显。如果我们不能符合这个帘子，我们就不能与神相配。这个帘子实际上就是神与神之所是最好的说明。可是这个帘子成了一种阻隔，使我们不能进入神的居所里。再者，这个阻碍有两层，因为幔子与帘子都叫我们不能进到神面前。
14Christ is a twofold barrier keeping us out of God’s dwelling place. If we would come into the tabernacle, we must match the curtain at the entrance. Within the tabernacle dwells the holy and righteous God, the God of love and light, as signified by the fine twined linen, the heavenly blue, the royal purple, and the gold typifying the expression of God. If we do not correspond to this curtain, we do not match God. The curtain is actually a marvelous description of God and of what He is. But this curtain becomes the barrier which keeps us away from God’s dwelling place. Furthermore, there is a twofold barrier, for both the veil and the screen keep us away from God’s presence.
15我们怎么能通过这两层的障碍，进入神的居所？把你自己和入口的帘子比比看。这个帘子乃是神的说明，这个帘子表示神柔细又纯良、属天且君尊、神圣并荣耀。实际上，这个帘子表征在人性里的基督乃是神的说明。可是，我们是罪人，这个帘子的这个说明，成了我们与神之间的阻隔、我们和祂之间的藩篱。如果你拿自己和那帘子比较一下，就会明白无论如何你也无法与它匹配。你一点不属天、不尊贵，你是个可怜、不洁、不义的罪人。你怎么能通得过这道障碍，进入圣洁、公义之神的居所里？
15How can we pass through this twofold barrier so that we can come into God’s dwelling place? Compare yourself with the screen at the entrance, a screen which is the description of God. This screen indicates that God is fine, heavenly, royal, divine, and glorious. Actually, this screen signifies Christ in His humanity as God’s description. But because we are sinful, this screen, this description, is a barrier between us and God, a separation between us and Him. If you compare yourself with the screen, you will realize that you cannot match it in any way. Far from being heavenly and royal, you are a pitiful, unclean, unjust sinner. How then can you pass through this barrier and come into the dwelling place of the holy and righteous God?
16没有疑问，神是要我们进入这个帐幕里。祂的居所有三面是用木板来作墙的，因此，有一面没有竖板，却是用一幅幔子，就是一个帘子遮掩起来。这就表示，神盼望祂的子民能彀进入祂的居所。可是，我们已经看过，我们要进入帐幕的话，就必须与神的说明相配，我们必须配得上祂的所是。
16God definitely wants us to come into the tabernacle. This is indicated by the fact that His dwelling place has walls made of boards only on three sides. One side has no standing boards, but is instead covered by a curtain, a screen. This indicates that God’s expectation is that His people would be able to come into His dwelling place. Nevertheless, as we have seen, if we would come into the tabernacle, we must match God’s description. We must match what He is.
三 基督为我们的罪而死
CHRIST DYING FOR OUR SINS
17我们是有罪的，必须受圣洁、公义之神的审判。而且我们满了仇恨与黑暗，所以，必须受是爱、是光的神来审判。这个审判在基督为我们的罪死的时候施行了。保罗在哥林多前书十五章三节告诉我们，基督为我们的罪死了，这是基本福音真理的第一面。我们曾经偷过东西、恨过别人、撒了许多谎，也作过许多坏事。然而，基督代替我们受了神的审判，祂为我们的罪死了。
17Because we are sinful, we need to be judged by the holy and righteous God. Because we are full of hatred and darkness, we need to be judged by the God of love and light. This judgment took place when Christ died for our sins. In 1 Corinthians 15:3 Paul tells us that Christ died for our sins. This is the first aspect of the basic truth of the gospel. We have stolen, we have hated others, we have told many lies, and we have done many evil things. Nevertheless, Christ was judged by God on our behalf; He died for our sins.
18支撑帘子的五根柱子下面，有五个带卯的铜座，说出基督替我们受了审判。铜表征神对叛逆者所施行公义的审判。（民十六38～39。）那二百五十位背叛神的人都受了神的审判。神吩咐摩西要把那些背叛者的铜香炉拿来，锤成片子，用以包坛，祭物就是在这个坛上献给神，代替蒙救赎的罪人受祂的审判。另一个例子也显示铜表征神的审判，就是将铜蛇挂在杆子上。（民二一9。）因为以色列子民犯罪得罪了神，就被定了死罪。但是神吩咐摩西造一条铜蛇，并把它挂在杆子上，表示铜蛇要替他们受神的审判。五个带卯的铜座，指出基督替我们的罪受了审判。
18That Christ was judged for us is indicated by the five sockets of bronze under the five pillars which support the curtain. Brass signifies God’s righteous judgment exercised upon rebels (Num. 16:38-39). The two hundred fifty who rebelled against God were judged by Him. God told Moses to take the brass censers belonging to those rebellious ones and make them plates to cover the altar upon which sacrifices were offered to God for His judgment upon redeemed sinners. Another case showing that brass signifies God’s judgment is the lifting up of a brass serpent on a pole (Num. 21:9). Because the children of Israel were sinning against God, they were sentenced to die. But God told Moses to make a serpent of brass and put it on a pole to indicate that it would be judged by God for them. The five sockets of brass indicate that Christ was judged for our sins.
19为我们的罪而死，代替我们受了审判的基督，已经成了帐幕的门帘。一方面，这位基督是个屏障，叫我们不得接近；另一方面，祂是入口，准许蒙救赎的罪人进入神的居所里。从前我们被阻隔在帐幕外面，我们完全被隔离了。可是，基督已经为我们的 罪死了，祂也替我们受了神的审判，如今我们能彀进入神的居所里。太好了！
19The Christ who died for our sins, being judged for us, has become the screen at the door of the tabernacle. On the one hand, this Christ is a screen keeping us away; on the other hand, He is an entry allowing redeemed sinners to come into God’s dwelling place. Once we were kept away from the tabernacle. We were altogether screened out. But because Christ has died for our sins and has been judged by God for us, we can now enter into God’s dwelling place. How wonderful!
四 基督替我们死
CHRIST DYING FOR US
20我们进入帐幕之后，就到了圣所，这里比外院子好多了。今天许多基督徒还在外院子里，他们还没有进入圣所。赞美主！藉着基督的死，我们已经进入了圣所，在此， 我们享受基督的供应、光照和悦纳。可是，就算这些我们都享受了，也不是说我们就 享受了基督自己。反之，这意思是说，我们只是享受基督的一面而已；比方说，只享受了基督的滋养。可是，享受基督的某方面，与享受基督自己作那一方面不同。比方说，享受基督的滋养和享受基督作滋养不同。不错，圣所是个好地方，我们应当赞美主，使我们能彀在圣所里。可是，圣所还不是最好的地方。有一个内室─至圣所─比圣所好多了。
20When we come into the tabernacle, we find ourselves in the Holy Place, which is far better than the outer court. Many Christians today are still in the outer court; they have not yet come into the Holy Place. Praise the Lord that through the death of Christ we have come into the Holy Place where we enjoy the supply of Christ, the enlightenment of Christ, and the acceptance of Christ! However, even though we enjoy all this, this does not mean that we enjoy Christ Himself. Rather, it means that we enjoy something of Christ, for example, the nourishment of Christ. But to enjoy something of Christ is different from enjoying Christ Himself as that thing. For instance, to enjoy the nourishment of Christ is not the same as enjoying Christ as nourishment. Yes, the Holy Place is a good place, and we should praise the Lord that we are able to be here. Nevertheless, the Holy Place is not the best place. There is an inner chamber, the Holy of Holies, which is much better than the Holy Place.
21你有没有进入至圣所里面？你也许和大多数基督徒一样，你必须承认，你还没有进入内室。你还没有进入至圣所，原因是你的罪虽然得了赦免，你的肉体仍旧原封不动，还是老样子。因此，你需要基督的死，不光为着你的罪，更是为着你的己。根据哥林多前书十五章三节所说，基督为我们的罪死了。但哥林多后书五章十四节说，基督 替众人死，还不光是为众人的罪死。这节圣经清楚地说，基督替我们死。基督为我们的罪死了，使我们可以得着赦免；而祂替我们死，使我们可以向祂活着。我们的罪得着赦免与我们向主活着，两者之间大不相同。
21Have you entered into the Holy of Holies? Along with most Christians, you will probably have to admit that you have not yet come into the inner chamber. The reason you have not yet entered the Holy of Holies is that although your sins have been forgiven, your flesh remains untouched. It is still the same. Therefore, you need the death of Christ not only for your sins, but also for your self. According to 1 Corinthians 15:3, Christ died for our sins. But according to 2 Corinthians 5:14, Christ died for all, not merely for the sins of all. This verse says clearly that Christ died for us. Christ died for our sins so that we may be forgiven, and He died for us so that we may live to Him. There is a great difference between being forgiven of our sins and living to the Lord.
22哥林多后书五章二十一节说，基督替我们成为罪。从罗马书八章三节，我们就知道罪在我们的肉体里。这节圣经明说：“神─既差遣祂自己的儿子，成为罪之肉体的形状，并作了赎罪祭─就在肉体中定罪了罪。”（直译。）此外，照着哥林多后书五章二十一节所说，基督替我们成为罪，好叫我们在祂里面成为神的义。
22Second Corinthians 5:21 says that Christ became sin for us. From Romans 8:3 we learn that sin is in our flesh. This verse declares, “God sending His own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh.” Furthermore, according to 2 Corinthians 5:21, Christ became sin so that we may become the righteousness of God.
五 基督之死的两方面
TWO ASPECTS OF CHRIST’S DEATH
23我们若要了解这件事，就必须明白基督的死有两方面。一方面，祂为我们的罪死了，使我们可以得着赦免；另一方面，祂替我们死，使我们被了结。神对我们的审判可以用五根柱子下面带卯的铜座来表征，这五根柱子是用来支撑帘子的。幔子在基督死的时候裂开了，这表示基督替我们死，使我们的肉体被撕裂，叫我们可以活祂。一方面，基督在神的审判之下为我们的罪死了；另一方面，祂替我们死，使我们可以被了结。
23If we would understand this matter, we must realize that there are two aspects to Christ’s death. On the one hand, He died for our sins so that we may be forgiven; on the other hand, He died for us so that we may be terminated. God’s judgment upon us is signified by the brass sockets under the five pillars supporting the screen. The veil which was rent at the time of Christ’s death indicates that Christ died for us so that our flesh might be torn and that we might live Him. On the one hand, Christ died for our sins under God’s judgment. On the other hand, He died for us so that we may be terminated.
24我们已经指出，帐幕物件启示出来的先后顺序不光是照着道理，更是照着属灵的经历。我们首先经历基督作为我们罪而死的那位。我们领会了基督之死的这一面，就可以进入圣所，在此我们能得着滋养和光照，我们也祷告，献上基督作我们的馨香之气。这样，有一段长的时间，甚至可能有好几年，我们都能有满足。可是，最终我们会了解，仅仅留在圣所里，不能叫我们满意，我们必须进入内室。然而我们还在肉体里，所以还不能进入至圣所。等到我们知道自己还在肉体里时，就必须看见，基督不光为我们的罪死了，祂更替我们死了。祂替众人死的时候，我们也与祂一同死了。祂在 十字架上被了结的时候，我们也一同被了结。
24We have pointed out that the revelation of the tabernacle is not merely according to doctrine, but also according to spiritual experience. First we experience Christ as the One who died for our sins. Realizing this aspect of Christ’s death, we may come into the Holy Place, where we can be nourished and enlightened and where we can pray with Christ as our incense. For a long period of time, perhaps years, we may be satisfied. But eventually we shall realize that we should not be content simply to be in the Holy Place. There is an inner chamber into which we must enter. However, because we are still in the flesh, we cannot come into the Holy of Holies. When we realize that we are still in the flesh, we need to see that Christ died not only for our sins, but also for us. When He died for all, we died with Him. When He was terminated on the cross, we were terminated also.
25现在我们就能明白，帐幕里为甚么要有两层幔子。两层幔子都表征独一的基督，就是为我们罪而死，更替我们这些人而死的基督，祂替我们受了神的审判，祂与我们一同被了结。因此，藉着祂我们已经受了审判，神赦免了祂所审判的人；神赦免了我们，使我们可以进入祂居所中的圣所里面。再者，神看我们为被了结的人，就是已经被治死，能彀在祂居所的至圣所里，过另一种生活的人。
25Now we can see why there were two veils in the tabernacle. Both veils signify the unique Christ, the Christ who died for our sins and also for us. He was judged by God for us, and He was terminated with us. Therefore, through Him we have been judged. God forgives those whom He judges. God forgives us so that we may enter into the Holy Place of His dwelling. Furthermore, God looks upon us as terminated persons, as those who have been put to death so that they may live another life in the Holy of Holies of His dwelling.
26假定有个罪人听到福音，来到外院子的祭坛这里。他在祭坛这里，接受了基督作他的救赎主，就是接受了为他的罪而死的那位，他马上就能通过柱子所支撑的帘子。这 些柱子乃是安在带卯的铜座上。这意思是说，他通过了神的审判所支撑的基督。现在这个蒙救赎的罪人可以进入圣所，并享受基督的供应、基督的生命，以及基督的甜美，蒙祂的悦纳。过一段时间之后，他终于领会基督不光为他的罪死了，也替他死了。现在他了解，基督在十字架上不光替他受了神的审判，还与他一同被杀并了结。这意思是说，基督死了的时候，蒙救赎的人也与祂一同死了。此外，这位被了结的人还要经历肉体的裂开。这意思是说，他应当把肉体钉在十字架上，就是加拉太书五章二十四节所说的。这就是裂开幔子，在对付肉体的事上经历基督主观的死。
26Suppose a sinner hears the gospel and comes to the altar in the outer court. At the altar he receives Christ as his Redeemer, as the One who died for his sins. Immediately he passes through the curtain supported by the pillars in the brass sockets. This means that he passes through the Christ who is supported by the judgment of God. Now this redeemed sinner can come into the Holy Place and enjoy the supply of Christ, the life of Christ, and the sweetness of Christ as His acceptance. Eventually, after a certain time, he comes to realize that Christ died not only for his sins, but died also for him. Now he understands that on the cross Christ not only was judged by God for him, but also was killed and terminated with him. This means that when Christ died, the redeemed one died with Him. Moreover, as a terminated person he should experience the rending of his flesh. This means that, according to Galatians 5:24, he should crucify the flesh. This is to have the veil torn and thereby experience Christ’s subjective death in dealing with the flesh.
27外层幔子表征基督客观的死。基督为我们的罪而死，这是客观的死。可是，内层幔子却是表征基督主观的死。基督死的时候，祂与我们同死，我们也与祂同死。现在我们必须晓得，我们是被了结的人。既是如此，我们再也不该向自己活着，而该向基督活着。这样，我们马上就不再在圣所，而进入至圣所里。在至圣所里，我们不光享受一些属基督的事物，我们更是享受基督自己作一切。我们经历基督是神自己具体表现在人性里面，把神性照耀出来。
27The outer veil signifies Christ’s objective death. Christ died for our sins in an objective way. But the inner veil signifies Christ’s subjective death. When Christ died, He died with us, and we died with Him. Now we need to realize that we are terminated persons. As such, we should no longer live to ourselves, but instead should live to Christ. Then immediately, we shall no longer remain in the Holy Place; we shall enter into the Holy of Holies. In the Holy of Holies we not only enjoy certain things that are of Christ; we enjoy Christ Himself as everything. We experience Christ as God Himself embodied in humanity shining forth the divine nature.
六 三个入口
THREE ENTRANCES
28现在我们来看入口。入口处有五根柱子支撑着帘子，因此，一定有一根柱子紧邻北面的木板，另一根柱子靠着南面的木板。其余的三根柱子，定规是顺着帘子的间隔，平均地排列，这样就有四个入口。同样的原则，支撑幔子的四根柱子，定规有两根立在靠近竖板的边缘，另外两根沿着幔子间隔地立着，这样总共有三个入口。所以，帘子处有四个入口，幔子那里有三个入口。这种情形与新耶路撤冷十二个门一致，城有四边，每边各有三个门，这是表示三一神自己是入口，能让祂所救赎的子民，不仅进入祂的居所，也进到祂自己里面。就像前一篇信息所题到的，路加福音十五章的三个比喻就是很好的说明。从这三个比喻看来，子寻找失迷的羊，那灵光照失落的钱，而父收纳转回的浪子。此外，以弗所书二章十八节说，我们在那灵里藉着子，得以进到父面前。这又给我们看见，三一神是入口。
28Let us now consider the matter of the entrances. There were five pillars supporting the screen. There must have been one pillar next to a board on the north side and another pillar next to a board on the south side. The remaining three pillars must have been spaced evenly along the screen. This would give four entrances. In the same principle, the four pillars supporting the veil must have been placed two at the edges near the standing boards and two spaced along the veil, providing a total of three entrances. Thus, with the screen there were four entrances, and with the veil there were three entrances. This corresponds to the twelve gates in the New Jerusalem. There are three gates on each of the four sides of the city, indicating that the Triune God Himself is the entrance for His redeemed people to enter not only His dwelling place, but also Himself. As mentioned in the preceding message, this is illustrated by the three parables in Luke 15. According to these parables, the Son seeks the lost sheep, the Spirit enlightens, and the Father receives the returned prodigal. Furthermore, Ephesians 2:18 says that through the Son we have access in the Spirit unto the Father. Once again we see that the Triune God is the entrance.
29一方面，入口有三处，因为入口与三一神有关；另一方面，入口必须有四处，因为入口与四这个数字所表征的受造之物有关。帘子有四个入口，这件事实表示，所有从地的四方来的人，神的居所向着他们都是敞开的。启示录五章九节告诉我们，神所救赎的人是从各国、各方、各族、各民来的。“各”字不是重复了五次或六次，而是重复了四次。原因是“四”这个数字，在积极方面表征神的造物。我们这些从地的四方来的人，乃是蒙了救赎的受造之物，能彀进入神的居所里，享受祂自己。我们通过帘子的四个入口时，就能进入圣所，至终我们必须通过三一神，就是幔子三个入口所表征的子、灵，与父，而进入至圣所。
29On the one hand, the entrance is three because it is related to the Triune God; on the other hand, it must be four because it is related to the creatures, signified by the number four. The fact that the screen has four entrances indicates that God’s dwelling place is open to all people from the four corners of the earth. Revelation 5:9 tells us that God’s redeemed come out of every nation, tongue, tribe, and people. Here the word every is repeated four times, not five or six times. The reason is that the number four signifies God’s creation in a positive way. We have come from the four corners of the earth as redeemed creatures to enter into God’s dwelling place for the enjoyment of Himself. When we pass through the four entrances of the screen, we come into the Holy Place. Eventually, we must pass through the Triune God, through the Son, the Spirit, and the Father, signified by the three entrances in the veil, and enter into the Holy of Holies.
七 两种柱子
TWO KINDS OF PILLARS
30现在我们要来看一件难懂的事：五根柱子与外层帘子是一个，四根柱子与内层幔子又是一个。我们已经看过，幔子与帘子都附着在柱子上；附在一起就表示成为一个， 幔子与柱子是一个，柱子与幔子也是一个。我们已经指出，幔子就是基督。然而，支撑幔子的柱子不可能是基督自己，因为它们是复数的，而基督是单数的。帘子和五根柱子也是一样。五根柱子和四根柱子都是指信徒说的。这意思是说，基督与我们是一，我们也与基督是一，当我们联于基督，并与祂成为一时，我们就成了柱子。
30Now we come to a matter which is difficult to understand—the identification of the five pillars with the outer curtain and the four pillars with the inner veil. We have seen that both the veil and the curtain were attached to pillars. This attachment indicates identification. The veil is identified with the pillars, and the pillars are identified with the veil. We have pointed out that the veil is Christ. However, the pillars supporting the veil cannot be Christ Himself, for they are plural in number, whereas Christ is singular. The same is true of the screen and its five pillars. Both the five pillars and the four pillars refer to believers. This means that Christ is identified with us and that we are identified with Christ. When we become attached to Christ and identified with Him, we become pillars.
31我们都相信，基督为我们的罪死，同时也替我们死。可是，在我们的经历中，我们也许还没有完全联于基督。我们会说：“不错，我相信基督替我死。赞美主！阿利路 亚！主，谢谢你！”这样宣告之后，我们又忙每天的事情去了。可是有些基督徒却被这件事抓住了，他们日夜拼命传福音，告诉别人基督替他们死了。那些热心传福音， 甚至好像传疯了的人，就是联于帘子上的柱子。慕迪（D. L. Moody）就是这样的人。他得救以后，成为这种柱子。他传福音好像传疯了，慕迪实在是一根柱子紧紧地联于救赎的基督。
31We all believe that Christ died for our sins and that He also died for us. However, in our experience we may not yet be thoroughly attached to Christ in this matter. We may say, “Yes, I believe that Christ died for me. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Thank You, Lord.” After declaring this, we may go about our daily affairs. But some Christians are beside themselves regarding this. Day and night they desire to preach the gospel and tell others that Christ died for them. Those who are so zealous to preach the gospel that they even seem to be crazy are the pillars attached to the curtain. D. L. Moody was such a person. After he was saved, he became this kind of pillar. He was beside himself for the gospel. D. L. Moody truly was a pillar attached to the redeeming Christ.
32联于帘子的柱子就是传福音的人、放胆传扬基督的人，他们是站在教会的前面。还有些柱子站立在教会里面、在内室里面。就是那些更深经历基督的人，尤其是长老们 。他们每天把自己联于裂开的幔子，破裂的幔子，联于那位在肉体里被了结的基督。因着他们把自己联于这样一位被了结的基督，所以他们能背负这样的见证：他们自己已经被了结，肉体也已经钉在十字架上了。因此，他们成为柱子，不是在教会前面的柱子，而是在教会里面的柱子。
32The pillars attached to the curtain are evangelists, bold preachers of Christ standing at the front of the church. Other pillars stand inside the church, in the inner chamber. These are those, especially the elders, who experience Christ in a deeper way. They daily attach themselves to the rent veil, the broken veil, to the very Christ who was terminated in His flesh. Because they attach themselves to such a terminated Christ, they bear the testimony that they themselves have also been terminated and that their flesh has been crucified on the cross. Therefore, they become pillars not in front of the church, but inside the church.
33今天我们在主的恢复里需要这两种柱子。我们需要传福音的柱子，站立在教会生活的前面，热心地传扬基督，向所有的人宣告基督为他们的罪死了。我们也需要里面的柱子，就是那些认识基督不光为他们的罪死，也替他们死，并且与他们同死的人；他们能作见证，他们已经与基督同钉十字架，他们的肉体已经被撕裂、分裂、裂开了。
33In the Lord’s recovery today we need both kinds of pillars. We need the evangelists standing at the front of the church life zealously preaching Christ, declaring to all that Christ died for their sins. We also need the inner pillars, those who realize that Christ died not only for their sins, but also for them and with them, and who bear the testimony that they have been crucified with Christ and that their flesh has been torn, cleft, rent.
34教会的人数要增加不容易。可是，如果有一些人能放胆传福音，不知道别的，只知道传扬基督以及祂为人的罪而死，我信许多罪人会得救，会被带进教会中。如果缺了这些传福音的人，前面就缺了柱子；如果我们缺了那些像保罗、彼得和约翰那样的人，教会里面的柱子就没有了。我们需要一些人，与受审判的基督是一，也需要一些人，与被了结的基督是一。如果我们有在前面的柱子，也有在内室的柱子，神的居所就会有入口。这样，我们就会有一条进入教会生活的路。
34It is not easy to gain the increase in the church. But if there are some who are bold evangelists, knowing nothing except to preach Christ and His death for people’s sins, I believe that a good number of sinners will be saved and brought into the church. If we are short of these evangelists, we shall not have the front pillars, and if we are short of those like Paul, Peter, and John, we shall not have the pillars within the church. We need those who are identified with the judged Christ and also those who are identified with the terminated Christ. If we have both the pillars at the front and the pillars in the inner chamber, God’s dwelling place will have entrances. Then there will be a way to enter into the church life.
八 与基督合一
IDENTIFIED WITH CHRIST
35你知道为甚么很少有人进入教会生活里？因为我们缺少一些联于受审判的基督，并与这位基督合一的柱子，我们也缺少一些联于钉十字架、被了结的基督并与这位基督合一的柱子。我们需要一些柱子，能背负基督为我们的罪而死的见证，也需要一些柱子背负基督替我们而死的见证。我们有了这两种柱子，就会有个入口，让蒙拯救的罪人进入神的居所，被了结，使他们可以进入神的至圣所，在神的丰满里享受神自己。这样，我们的教会生活就像帐幕一样，为着神的见证。
35Do you know why rather few have entered into the church life? It is because we are lacking the pillars attached to and identified with the judged Christ and also the pillars attached to and identified with the crucified, terminated, Christ. We need pillars bearing the testimony that Christ died for our sins and also pillars bearing the testimony that Christ died for us. When we have both kinds of pillars, there will be entrances for sinful people to be saved into God’s dwelling place and then to be terminated so that they may come into God’s Holy of Holies to enjoy God Himself in His fullness. Then we shall have the church life as a tabernacle for God’s testimony.
36我们都必须亲自联于受审判并钉十字架的基督。这样，我们就不光是木板，也是柱子。木板与柱子都有功用。可是，我们若只是木板，就不需要十分紧密地联于受审判并钉十字架的基督。但我们要成为柱子的话，就必须专一地联于受审判的基督，或是专一地联于钉十字架的基督。教会是用木板和柱子建造起来的。可是，只有柱子才能开路并且作成入口，让别人进入教会生活中，就是进入神的帐幕、神的居所中。
36We all need to attach ourselves to the judged Christ and the crucified Christ. Then we shall be not only boards, but also pillars. Both the boards and the pillars have their function. However, if we are boards, it is not necessary for us to be quite so closely attached to the judged and crucified Christ. But if we would be the pillars, we must be specifically attached either to the judged Christ or the crucified Christ. The church is built up with the boards and with the pillars. But it is the pillars who open the way and form the entrances for others to come into the church life, God’s tabernacle, His dwelling place.