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出埃及记生命读经 · 第114篇

点灯和祭司的衣服（一）

The lighting of the lamps and the garments for the priesthood (1)
1读经： 出埃及记二十七章二十节至二十八章五节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 27:20—28:5
2在上一篇信息中，我们结束了帐幕及其外院子的生命读经。我们看过了帐幕这一段 之后，盼望来看祭司，尤其是祭司的衣服这一段。但二十七章结束的两节，论到要在帐幕里的灯台上点灯：“你要吩咐以色列人，把那为点灯捣成的清橄榄油拿来给你，使灯常常点着。在会幕中见证之柜前的幔外，亚伦和他的儿子，从晚上到早晨，要在耶和华面前经理这灯；这要作以色列人世世代代永远的定例。”（另译。）如果二十七章末了不包含这两节，也许我们没有一个人会注意它们。许多年前，这件事实就使我感到不解：论到帐幕及其外院子这么长的一段之后，神圣的记载插入了与点灯有关的这两节。因我没有把圣经里的话视为理所当然，我就把这件事带到主面前，并花时间去查考，想办法找出在这一点上插入这两节的原因。为甚么本章结束于论到点灯的话？
2With the foregoing message, we finished the life-study of the tabernacle with its outer court. After completing the section on the tabernacle, we would expect to come next to the priests, especially to the garments of the priests. But chapter twenty-seven concludes with two verses on the lighting of the lamps on the lampstand in the tabernacle: “And you shall command the sons of Israel that they bring you olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamps continually. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set them in order from evening until morning before Jehovah; it shall be a statute forever for their generations by the sons of Israel.” If these two verses were not included at the end of chapter twenty-seven, probably none of us would miss them. Years ago, I was bothered by the fact that after such a long portion concerning the tabernacle with its court, the divine record inserts these two verses related to the lighting of the lamps. Because I do not take anything in the Word for granted, I have brought this matter to the Lord and spent time with Him regarding it, seeking to find the reason for the insertion of these two verses at this very point. Why is this matter, which does not describe any aspect of the tabernacle or its furniture, included here? Why does this chapter end with a word about lighting the lamps?
一 祭司的事奉
A priestly service
3我读出埃及记二十七章、二十八章的时候，也注意到二十八章开始于“并且”这个连接词。二十八章是论到祭司的衣服，虽然这些衣服与点灯似乎没有甚么关系，但二十八章却以这个连接词为开始。这指明神圣的记载把这两件事摆在一起。摩西在帐幕及其器具和外院子的长篇记载以后，加上论到点灯这一小段，接著论到祭司的衣服。我们必须找出这个顺序的原因，尤其是摩西为甚么把点灯和祭司衣服相题并论的原因。
3In reading chapters twenty-seven and twenty-eight of Exodus, I have noticed that chapter twenty-eight also begins with the conjunction “and.” Chapter twenty-eight is concerned with the garments for the priesthood. Although these garments do not seem to have anything to do with the lighting of the lamps, chapter twenty-eight begins with the conjunction. This indicates that the divine record puts these two matters together. After the lengthy record concerning the tabernacle with its furniture and outer court, Moses adds a short section on lighting the lamps, and then follows with a portion on the priestly garments. We need to find the reason for this sequence, especially why Moses links together the lighting of the lamps and the priestly garments.
4我们要了解这件事，就必须晓得帐幕里没有窗户，尤其是屋顶上没有窗户，没有天空的光；因此，光不可能透进来。如果帐幕里面没有光，帐幕就会满了黑暗。我们在 黑暗中，就不能作甚么。如果我们想要作点甚么，就会造成破坏，或是伤了自己。因为帐幕里没有窗户，在帐幕里就必须点灯。
4To understand this matter, we need to realize that there were no windows in the tabernacle. In particular, there was no sky light, no window in the roof. Therefore, it was impossible for light to get in. If there had been no light inside the tabernacle, the tabernacle would have been filled with darkness. When we are in the dark, we are not able to do anything. If we try to do something, we may cause damage or injure ourselves. Because there were no windows in the tabernacle, there was the need for the lighting of the lamps inside the tabernacle.
5点灯的行动是神圣的。这些灯不是在凡俗或普通的地方，而是在圣所里。因为点灯是一种神圣的工作，凡俗的人就没有资格作这件事。他们也许很好、很有教养，但他们不是圣洁的。在圣所里需要圣洁的人来点圣洁的灯。因此，需要祭司来点灯。点灯乃是一种祭司的事奉。
5The activity of lighting the lamps was holy. These lamps were not in a common or ordinary place; they were the lamps in the sanctuary, in the Holy Place. Because it was a holy task to light these lamps, the common people were not qualified to do this. They may have been good people and well-educated, but they were not holy. There was the need for holy persons to light the holy lamps in the Holy Place. Thus, for the lighting of the lamps there was the need of the priesthood. The lighting of the lamps was a priestly service.
6祭司的事奉主要有三项。首先要在外院子的祭坛那里献祭；所有的祭物必须由祭司来献给神，一个人不能彀自己来把祭物献给神，他必须藉着祭司来献上他的祭物。因此祭司的事奉首先包含了献祭。祭司事奉的这一面相当粗糙，因为它与庞大动物的祭牲有关。祭坛是宰杀的地方；而宰杀动物，把它们当作祭牲献给神，乃是祭司的工作。
6The priestly service involved three main items. The first was to offer the sacrifices at the altar in the outer court. All the sacrifices had to be offered to God by a priest. A person coming to offer something to God was not able to do this himself. He had to offer his sacrifice through a priest. Thus, the priestly service first included the offering of the sacrifices. This aspect of the priestly service was rather rough or coarse, for it involved the sacrifice of large animals. The altar was a place of slaughter, and it was the duty of the priests to slaughter the animals and offer them to God as sacrifices.
7祭司事奉的第二项和第三项是点灯和烧香。这些事很精细。我们已经看见，凡俗的人不能来点灯，只有圣洁的人，只有祭司，才能彀点灯。
7The second and third items of the priestly service were the lighting of the lamps and the burning of the incense. These matters were fine and delicate. As we have seen, the lighting of the lamps could not be done by common people, but could be done only by holy ones, by priests.
8根据圣经，照属灵方面来看，祭司就是完全被神占有的人。就新约的意义来说，祭司不但是完全被神占有的人，更是完全被神充满、被神浸透的人。旧约里的祭司乃是新约里真祭司的豫表、影儿。今天我们这些相信基督的人都是真祭司。我们这些祭司 应当被神占有、被神充满并被神浸透。此外，祭司也是绝对为着神的人，他的生命和生活全是为着神。他的生活为人乃是为着神的，除了神以外，他在地上不在意别的。所以，祭司乃是被神占有、被神浸透并为神而活的人。他没有别的兴趣，他在每一方面、在每一种情形下的独一兴趣就是神。因着祭司被神充满并被神浸透，他就是属神的人。在圣所里点灯需要这样的人来服事。为这缘故，我们强调点灯是祭司的事奉。
8According to the Bible, spiritually speaking, a priest is one who has been fully possessed by God. In the New Testament sense, a priest is not only possessed by God in full, but is entirely filled and saturated with God. The priests in the Old Testament were types, shadows, of the real priests in the New Testament. Today we who believe in Christ are true priests. As priests, we should be possessed by God, filled with God, and saturated with God. Furthermore, a priest is a person who is absolutely for God. His life and living are wholly for God. He lives and has his being for God. He does not care for anything on earth except God. Hence, a priest is a person possessed by God, saturated with God, and living for God. He has no other interest. In every respect and in every way, his unique interest is God. Because a priest is filled and saturated with God, he is a man of God. The lighting of the lamps in the Holy Place requires the service of this kind of person. For this reason, we emphasize the fact that the lighting of the lamps was a priestly service, a service of the priests.
二 来自灯台的光
Light from the lampstand
9圣所里的光是特别的光，它不是天然的光，来自白天的太阳，或夜间的月亮、星星。圣所里的光也不是人造的光，而是来自金灯台的光。换句话说，它乃是来自神圣性情的光。
9The light in the Holy Place was a particular light. It was not a natural light, that is, a light that comes from the sun during the day or from the moon and the stars at night. Neither was the light in the Holy Place a man-made light. Neither a natural light or a man-made light, it was a light that came from the golden lampstand. In other words, it is a light that comes from the divine nature.
10在论到金灯台的信息中我们曾经指出，灯台完全是用一块金子锤出来而成的，没有用金子以外的物质或材料。光是从金子来的，这表明圣所里的光完全是从基督神圣的性情来的。
10In the messages on the golden lampstand we pointed out that the lampstand is made purely of beaten gold. No substance or material other than gold is used. The light comes out of the gold. This indicates that the light in the Holy Place comes purely out of the divine nature of Christ.
11灯台是三一神的具体表现。金子说出父的性情、神圣的性情；灯台的形状、样式说明子；灯台的灯盏表明那灵的彰显。因此，灯台就是三一神的具体表现，圣所里的光乃是出自三一神。这金灯台没有搀杂，除了灯芯以外，一切都是金的。
11The lampstand is the embodiment of the Triune God. With the gold we have the nature of the Father, the divine nature; with the form, the shape, of the lampstand, we have the Son; and with the lamps of the lampstand, we have the expression of the Spirit. Therefore, the lampstand is the embodiment of the Triune God, and the light in the Holy Place issues from the Triune God. With this golden lampstand, there is no mixture. With the exception of the wick, everything is golden.
12灯台的光是从灯芯焚烧来的。古时候，灯芯是由植物的材料作的，灯芯表征基督的人性。不错，基督是神圣的、纯金的。可是因油而焚烧的乃是祂由灯芯所表征的人性。如果灯芯没有被油浸透，就会冒烟，不会发光。二十七章二十节说，“把那为点灯捣成的清橄榄油拿来给你，使灯常常点着”，原因就在这里。
12The light of the lampstand comes from the burning of the wick. In ancient times the wick was made of materials from plants. The wick signifies Christ’s humanity. Yes, Christ is divine, golden. But it is His humanity, signified by the wick, that burns with oil. If the wick had not been saturated with oil, it would give off smoke instead of light. This is the reason 27:20 speaks of bringing “olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamps continually.”
三 橄榄油
Olive oil
13我们必须思想用来点灯的橄榄油。纯金的灯台所表征的基督，乃是三一神的具体表现。但在灯盏的中央有灯芯，这些灯芯不是金的，而是植物的生命。因为金子不会焚烧，所以不能发光，焚烧而发光的乃是灯芯。然而，灯芯本身很难发出光来，它们会冒烟，但不会发光。这就是灯芯需要用油浸透好发光的原因。
13We need to dwell on this matter of the olive oil used in lighting the lamps. Christ, as signified by the lampstand all of gold, is the embodiment of the Triune God. But in the center of the lamps there were the wicks. These wicks were not of gold; on the contrary, they were of the plant life. Because gold does not burn, it cannot give light. It is the wicks that burn to give light. However, in themselves it is very difficult for the wicks to give off light. Instead of giving off light, they give off smoke. This is the reason it is necessary to saturate the wicks with oil in order to have light.
14在豫表里，油表征神的灵。油是从橄榄树来的，而橄榄树表征基督。在神眼中，基 督就是真橄榄树。
14In typology oil signifies the Spirit of God. Oil comes from olive trees, and the olive tree signifies Christ. In the sight of God, Christ is the real olive tree.
15士师记九章明确地说到三种树：橄榄树、无花果树和葡萄树。照士师记九章九节来看，橄榄树的油是为着供奉神并尊重人的。根据十一节，无花果树以甜美的果子闻名，这果子是滋养人的。十三节说，葡萄树产生酒，使神和人喜乐。这三种树都是豫表基督。基督是橄榄树，基督是无花果树，基督也是葡萄树。约翰十五章主耶稣清楚地说：“我是葡萄树。”在本篇信息中，我们论到基督是橄榄树。
15Chapter nine of Judges speaks positively of three kinds of trees: the olive tree, the fig tree, and the vine tree. According to Judges 9:9, the fatness of the olive tree is used to honor God and man. According to verse 11, the fig tree is known for its sweetness and good fruit. This fruit is for man’s nourishment. Verse 13 says that the vine produces wine which cheers God and man. All three of these trees typify Christ. Christ is the olive tree, Christ is the fig tree, and Christ is the vine tree. In John 15 the Lord Jesus clearly said, “I am the vine.” In this message we are concerned with Christ as the olive tree.
16我们已经看见，灯台就是基督作为神的具体表现，灯盏里面有灯芯，而灯芯是表征基督的人性。灯芯因油而焚烧，油则代表神的灵。今天我们所有的不但是神的灵，也是基督的灵。神的灵已经成了基督的灵。正如橄榄经过了一段过程，产生橄榄油，基督的灵也照样经历了一段过程。今天对我们而言，灯芯因油而焚烧，这油就是表征基督的灵。
16We have seen that the lampstand is Christ as the embodiment of God, that within the lamps are the wicks, and that the wicks signify Christ’s humanity. The wicks burn with oil, and the oil signifies the Spirit of God. What we have today is not only the Spirit of God, but the Spirit of Christ. The Spirit of God has become the Spirit of Christ. Just as olives pass through a process to produce olive oil, so the Spirit of Christ has passed through a process. For us today, the oil with which the wicks burn signifies the Spirit of Christ.
17我们把这些事摆在一起来看，有金子作成灯台，表征基督是三一神的具体表现；有灯芯，表征基督的人性，因油而焚烧；还有油，表征基督的灵。基督是橄榄树，在地上生长，然后经历了一段过程，包含了道成肉身、为人生活，钉十字架和复活。把这些事都摆在一起，光就发出来了。
17Putting all these matters together, we have the gold to make the lampstand signifying Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God; we have the wick, Christ’s humanity burning with oil; and we have the oil signifying the Spirit of Christ. As the olive tree, Christ grew on earth and then passed through a process that included incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. When all these matters are put together, we have the coming forth of the light.
四 在聚会里点灯
Lighting the lamps in the meetings
18祭司在圣所里点灯所蕴含的意义非常丰富。今天的教会就是真帐幕，是神的居所，应验了帐幕的豫表。圣所在教会里，而教会就是神的圣所。然而，很可能有一班信徒聚在一起成为教会，而这些信徒却在黑暗里聚集。他们也许在圣所里聚集，而那个圣所是黑暗的。我曾参加过这样的基督徒聚会，因为我有这样的经历，我就能彀释放一篇经历的信息，论到这一段神的话。
18The lighting of the lamps by the priests in the Holy Place implies a great deal. As the fulfillment of the type of the tabernacle, the church today is the real tabernacle, God’s dwelling place. The Holy Place is within the church, and the church is God’s sanctuary. However, it is possible for a group of believers to come together to meet as the church, and yet these believers may meet in darkness. They may meet in a sanctuary, but that sanctuary is dark. I once attended that kind of Christian meeting. Because I had such an experience, I can give an experiential message on this portion of the Word.
19我曾经多年和别人在黑暗的圣所里聚会，来在一起聚会的人都是真基督徒，可是没有神圣的光，我们是在黑暗里聚会。在聚会中，有时候我觉得我们是在黑暗里；有时 候在聚会中也有一种光，但那是天然的光，是日、月、星的光。这光是由那些谈论文化或哲学的人发出来的。除了这种天然的光，有时侯还有一种人造的光，从人的观念来的。就算有天然的光、属人的光，但那里却没有神圣的光。没有出自基督的光。基督是三一神的具体表现，带着祂的人性因基督的灵而焚烧，这位基督经过了道成肉身、为人生活、钉十字架和复活。
19For years I met with others in a dark sanctuary. All who came together for the meetings were genuine Christians. Nevertheless, there was no divine light. We met in darkness. In the meetings I sometimes had the sense that we were in darkness. At certain times, there was a kind of light in the meetings, but it was a natural light, the light of the sun, moon, or stars. This light was given off by those who talked about culture or philosophy. In addition to such natural light, there was sometimes a man-made light, a light that comes from someone’s concept. But although there was a natural light and a human light, there was no holy light. There was no light that comes out of Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God, with His humanity burning with the Spirit of Christ who has passed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection.
20我们思想圣所里灯台的景象，就看见神的具体表现、神圣的性情、基督的人性，以及神的灵，祂现今是基督的灵，带着道成肉身、为人生活、钉十字架和复活。此外，点灯的人乃是圣洁的人，是祭司，就是被神占有、被神浸透并绝对为神而活的人。这样的人在圣所里所作的就是点灯。凡他所说的、所作的都发出光来。他所有的行动都是灯的照亮。
20As we consider the scene of the lampstand in the Holy Place, we see the embodiment of God, the divine nature, the humanity of Christ, and the Spirit of God who is now the Spirit of Christ with incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. Furthermore, the one who lights the lamps is a holy person, a priest, a person possessed by God, saturated with God, and living absolutely for God. Whatever such a person does in the Holy Place is the lighting of the lamps. He gives light in all he says and does. All his actions are the lighting of the lamps.
21每当一班信徒来在一起聚会，但其中没有圣洁的祭司时，那个聚会就是在黑暗里。有些人也许照着属人的观念来发表，还有些人也许照着天然的思想来说话。结果，在那样的聚会中虽有天然的光或人造的光，却没有神圣的光、圣洁的光。
21Whenever a group of believers comes together for a meeting without any who are holy priests, that meeting will be in darkness. Some may utter something according to the human concept, and others may speak according to natural thoughts. As a result, in that meeting there will be natural light or man-made light, but no divine light, no holy light.
22假设信徒聚在一起的时候，会众里的每一个人都是祭司，他们一开口说话，就是灯的照亮。一位青年姊妹也许作了简短的见证，在她的见证里就有灯的照亮。聚会里的圣徒也许很希奇，聚会本身也满了光，然后这个聚集、这个圣所，就满了神圣的光。这光乃是出自三一神的具体表现、出自神圣的性情、出自基督的人性，也出自神的灵成了基督的灵，带着道成肉身、为人生活、钉十字架和复活的成分。我们在聚会中所说、所作的，总该含有这些成分。
22Suppose when believers come together, everyone in the congregation is a priest. When they open their mouths to speak, that will be the lighting of the lamps. A young sister may give a short word of testimony, and in her testimony there will be the lighting of the lamps. The saints in the meeting may be surprised, and the meeting itself will be full of light. Then the gathering, the sanctuary, will be full of divine light. This light comes out of the embodiment of the Triune God, out of the divine nature, out of Christ’s humanity, and out of the Spirit of God becoming the Spirit of Christ with the elements of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. What we say and do in the meetings should always include these elements.
23每当我们在聚会中真正经历到灯的照亮，我们定规会经历到一些成分。这些成分就是三一神的具体表现、神圣的性情、基督拔高的人性和基督的灵，带着基督道成肉身、为人生活、钉十字架和复活的过程。倘若我们有这些成分，那么我们在聚会中无论说甚么、作甚么，都会发出光来，这就是圣所里灯的照亮。
23Certain elements must be involved whenever we experience the genuine lighting of the lamps in the meetings. These elements are the embodiment of the Triune God, the divine nature, the uplifted humanity of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ with Christ’s process of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. If we have these elements, then whatever we say and do in the meetings will give forth light. This is the lighting of the lamps in the Holy Place.
24在道理上来领会豫表很容易。照这种方式来看，旧约里的豫表不过是新约里各样事物的影儿。但要解释旧约豫表的真义相当需要属灵的经历。五十多年前，我就听见灯台、点灯，以及用来产生光的油这些教训。然而，我没有听见这些事的属灵经历。结果，那些教训在我身上毫无功效。他们所作的，就是使我的心思充满各样的观念。不但如此，我把这些教训传给别人的时候，他们也没有受到影响，没有生命里的果效。我们感谢主，祂怜悯了我们，使我们摸着经历的方面。现在论到点灯，我们所说的乃是经历上的事，就是我们每逢聚在一起成为教会的时候，就作为祭司来尽功用。
24It is easy to understand typology in a doctrinal way. According to this way, the types in the Old Testament are merely shadows of various matters in the New Testament. But to interpret the real significance of the Old Testament types requires much spiritual experience. More than fifty years ago, I heard teachings concerning the lampstand, the lighting of the lamps, and the oil used to produce light. However, I did not hear a word regarding the experiential significance of these things. As a result, those teachings did not have any effect on me. All they did was fill my mind with concepts. Furthermore, when I passed on these teachings to others, they were not affected either. There was no result in life. We thank the Lord that He has been merciful to us in that we are touching the experiential aspect. Now concerning the lighting of the lamps, we are covering the experiential matter of functioning as priests whenever we come together to meet as the church.
五 祭司体系
The priesthood
25在教会生活里，圣徒们的年龄不同，有些人很年轻，而有些人能彀当祖父了。此外，我们中间的青年人是学生，还有其它各行各业的人。但不论我们的年龄与职业是甚 么，我们在聚会中来在一起的时候，都该是祭司。我们听过“圣品阶级”与“平信徒”这些词，我们也时常宣告，圣品阶级与平信徒体制的任何东西我们都不要。在教会的聚会中，我们既不是圣品阶级，也不是平信徒，我们乃是祭司。个别说来，我们是祭司；团体说来，我们也是祭司。我们是祭司的体系，没有圣品阶级与平信徒的体制。
25In the church life the saints are of different ages. Some are very young, and others are old enough to be grandparents. Moreover, the younger ones among us are students, and others have various occupations and professions. But regardless of our age or occupation, when we come together in the meetings, we all should be priests. We have heard the terms clergy and laity, and we often declare that we do not want anything of the clergy-laity system. In the church meetings we are neither the clergy nor the laity — we are priests. Individually we all are priests, and corporately we are priests also. We are the priesthood; we do not have the clergy-laity system.
26在圣经里，“祭司体系”这个词有两个涵意，首先，它是指祭司团，就是一班祭司。其次是指祭司的事奉。我们不但是祭司，还是祭司的体系。我们是一同作祭司、团体地作祭司。因为我们是祭司的体系，一位弟兄在聚会中释放信息的时候，就不是单独说话。反之，整个祭司团都与他一同说话。每当这样的说话在聚会中进行的时候，灯就点亮了，聚会也满了神圣的光。
26In the Bible the word priesthood has two meanings. First, it denotes a priestly body, that is, a group of priests. Second, it means the priestly service, the service of the priests. We are not only priests; we are a priesthood. We are priests together, priests in a corporate way. Because we are a priesthood, when one brother gives a message in a meeting, he is not speaking alone. Rather, the entire body of priests is speaking with him. Whenever such a speaking takes place in the meeting, the lamps are lighted, and the meeting is full of divine light.
27我们已经强调过这件事实：神圣的光、圣洁的光，包含了三一神的具体表现、神圣的性情、基督的人性和基督的灵。基督乃是经过了道成肉身、为人生活、钉十字架和复活的一位。我们用基督的灵这油来点灯的时候，就是使灯上升。“点灯”的原意就是“使灯上升”，（20，）使灯兴起。当圣洁的祭司在教会的聚会中说话时，灯就上升，圣所也就满了光。
27We have emphasized the fact that the divine light, the holy light, includes the embodiment of the Triune God, the divine nature, the humanity of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ. Christ is the One who has passed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. When we light the lamps, using the oil of the Spirit of Christ, we cause the lamps to ascend. Literally, “to light” the lamps means “to cause to ascend” (v. 20). It is to cause the lamps to arise. When the holy priests speak in the church meeting, the light ascends, and the sanctuary is full of light.
六 基督的彰显
The expression of Christ
28出埃及记二十八章二节说：“你要给你哥哥亚伦作圣衣为荣耀，为华美。”我们既是祭司体系的一部分，就必须晓得这些祭司的衣服是甚么，并要在我们的经历中有这些 衣服的实际。四节说：“所要作的，就是胸牌、以弗得、外袍、杂色的内袍、冠冕、 腰带，使你哥哥亚伦和他儿子穿这圣服，可以给我供祭司的职分。”这些衣服的属灵意义是甚么？祭司衣服的意义就是在祭司的体系中彰显基督。这意思是说，衣服表征基督从祭司的体系中活出来。我们不但有基督作为三一神的具体表现，有基督神圣的性情，有基督拔高的人性，有基督的灵，带着基督所经过的一切步骤，我们也有基督的彰显。
28Exodus 28:2 says, “And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.” As those who are part of the priesthood, we need to know what these priestly garments are and to have the reality of these garments in our experience. Verse 4 says, “And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a tunic of woven work, a turban, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and for his sons, to serve as priests to Me.” What is the spiritual significance of all these garments? The significance of the priestly garments is the expression of Christ in the priesthood. This means that the garments signify Christ lived out of the priesthood. We have not only Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God, the divine nature of Christ, the uplifted humanity of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ with all the steps of Christ’s process, but we have also the expression of Christ.
29如果我们在日常生活中没有基督的彰显，那么我们在教会的聚会中无论作甚么，都 是假冒为善；我们在聚会中的说话和活动，都是假冒为善。如果我们没有祭司的衣服，我们就不彀资格，也没有装备好来点灯。祭司在圣所里点灯的资格乃是基督的彰显。我们是点灯的祭司，需要有基督充分的彰显。二十八章开头的“并且”这个连接词表明祭司的衣服是点灯所不可少的。
29If in our daily living we do not have the expression of Christ, then whatever we do in the church meetings will be hypocrisy. Our speaking and activities in the meetings will be hypocritical. If we do not have the priestly garments, we are not qualified or equipped to light the lamps. The qualification for a priest to light the lamps in the Holy Place is the expression of Christ. As priests who would light the lamps, we need the adequate expression of Christ. The conjunction “and” at the beginning of chapter twenty-eight indicates that the priestly garments are needed for the lighting of the lamps.
30身为祭司，你在教会的聚会中有怎样的衣服、怎样的彰显呢？如果你要在圣所里点灯，而没有基督充分的彰显，就是祭司的衣服所豫表的，你就会遭到属灵的死亡。这意思是说，你会经历到一种神圣的杀死，因为你在神眼中穿得不合式。祭司需要长袍，把他们完全遮盖起来。这个祭司袍就是基督。
30As a priest, what kind of garments, what kind of expression, do you have in the church meetings? If you try to light the lamps in the sanctuary without the adequate expression of Christ typified by the priestly garments, you will suffer spiritual death. This means that you will experience a divine killing because you are not properly clothed in the sight of God. Priests need a long robe to cover them completely. This priestly robe is Christ.
31如果我们在聚会中说话是假冒为善的，而不是真正彰显基督，我们就会经历死亡，这种死亡会带来黑暗。因此，我们若要在圣所里点灯，就必须穿上祭司的衣服。在要来的信息中，我们要详细来看各种不同衣服的意义。我们会看见，它们是描述基督各 方面的彰显。在本篇信息中，我的目标是概括地指出，我们需要基督的彰显把我们装备好，使我们有资格在神的居所里点灯。我们都必须穿上祭司袍。
31If our speaking in the meetings is hypocritical, not genuine in expressing Christ, we shall experience death, and this death will bring in darkness. Therefore, if we would light the lamps in the sanctuary, we must wear the priestly garments. In forthcoming messages we shall consider in detail the significance of the different garments. We shall see that they describe various aspects of the expression of Christ. In this message my aim has been to point out in a general way that we need the expression of Christ so that we may be equipped and qualified to light the lamps in God’s dwelling place. We all must wear a priestly robe.