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出埃及记生命读经 · 第121篇

祭司的衣服（六）

The priestly garments (6)
1读经： 出埃及二十八章六至十四节；三十九章二至九节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 28:6-14; 39:2-9
2我非常宝贝主由出埃及记所释放出来的话语。这卷书满了对基督经历的丰富。出埃及记描绘出基督的一些要点，是过于我们所能述说的，无论用英语或用我的本国话，我都没有彀用的口才，来发表我在这卷书里所看见的基督。
2I treasure very much the word which the Lord has been releasing from the book of Exodus. This is a book filled with the experiential riches of Christ. Some of the points concerning Christ portrayed in Exodus are beyond our ability to utter. Neither in English nor in my mother tongue do I have the adequate utterance to express what I have seen concerning Christ in this book.
3在新约里有明言论到基督、对基督的经历，以及教会。甚至有明言论到基督的宝贵，以及我们在神眼中的价值。然而，新约没有完整的细节，许多细节都在旧约的豫表里面。靠着主的恩典，在本篇信息中我要尽力指出一些奇妙的细节，说出基督的宝贵，以及圣徒在神眼中的宝贵。这些细节是在新约里面找不到的；但是出埃及记二十八章的图画里面却是有这些细节。
3In the New Testament we have plain words concerning Christ, our experience of Christ, and the church. There is even a clear word concerning the preciousness of Christ and concerning our value in the sight of God. However, in the New Testament we do not have the full details regarding these matters. Many of the details are found in the types in the Old Testament. By the Lord’s grace, in this message I shall try to point out some of the wonderful details of the preciousness of Christ and of the preciousness of the saints in the sight of God. These details cannot be seen in the New Testament; however, they are found in the picture in Exodus 28.
以弗得的材料和颜色
The materials of the ephod and its colors
4祭司的衣服主要的是外袍，就是一件几乎及地的长袍。大祭司在这袍子上穿上一件 外衣，在外衣上又穿着以弗得。出埃及记二十八章六节说：“他们要拿金子，和蓝色、紫色、朱红色并捻的细麻，用巧匠的手工作以弗得。”（另译。）我们读这一节便晓得以弗得是用甚么材料作的，以及它有那些颜色。用来作以弗得的材料是金子和麻。金子是矿物，麻是从植物的生命来的。蓝、紫、朱红是指颜色。不是指材料。然而，我 们可以说，金子和麻也有颜色。金子当然是金色的，麻则是白色的，因此，以弗得是用两种材料作成的衣服，有五种颜色。
4The main part of the priestly garments was the robe, a long robe reaching almost to the ground. Over this robe the high priest wore a tunic and over the tunic, an ephod. Exodus 28:6 says, “And they shall make the ephod of gold, blue and purple, scarlet, and fine-twined linen, the work of a skillful workman.” By reading this verse we learn with what materials the ephod was made and what colors it had. The materials used in making the ephod were gold and linen. Gold is a mineral, and linen is a substance that comes from the plant life. The blue, the purple, and the scarlet indicate colors, not materials. However, we may say that the gold and the linen also have color. Gold, of course, is golden, and linen is white. Therefore, the ephod was a garment made of two materials and it contained five colors.
5我不相信在人类数千年的历史中，另有用金线和麻线交织在一起所作成的纺织品。你有没有听过用金子和麻的原料交织在一起所作成的衣服？就材料而论，以弗得的确是很不寻常的衣服。今天有些衣服是用达克隆和棉作的，有些是用羊毛和人造纤维作 的。但那里有用麻和金子作的衣服呢？如果今天有人穿着一件用金子和麻作的夹克，有金色、白色、蓝色、紫色、朱红色，我们定规会认为这件衣服很奇特。我的确信，我们没有一个人见过这样的衣服。然而，这就是大祭司所穿的以弗得。
5I do not believe that in the thousands of years of human history there has ever been another fabric composed of golden and linen thread woven together. Have you ever heard of a garment made of golden and linen textiles woven together? As far as the material is concerned, the ephod certainly was an unusual garment. Today some garments are made of dacron and cotton, and others, of wool and polyester. But where is there a garment made of linen and gold? We certainly would think it strange if someone today wore a jacket made of gold and linen containing the colors gold, white, blue, purple, and scarlet. I am certain none of us has ever seen a garment like this. Nevertheless, this is a description of the ephod worn by the high priest.
6以弗得是用麻线和金线作的，有五种颜色：金、白、蓝、紫、朱红。然而，以弗得 上没有黑色或灰色。因为以弗得作成这样的款式，外表上就很特别。如果你看见以弗得，你会说它是甚么颜色的？金色、蓝色、紫色还是朱红色？既然以弗得是好几种颜色交织成的，我们就很难用一个词来描述它的颜色。无论谁仔细观看以弗得，都会看出五种不同的颜色来。然而，他没有话语可以描述这件衣服整体的颜色。
6The ephod was made of linen thread and golden thread and with five colors: golden yellow, pure white, blue, purple, and scarlet. However, there was no black or gray in the ephod. Because it was made in such a fashion, the ephod was extraordinary in appearance. If you could have seen it, what color would you have said it was? Gold? Blue? Purple or scarlet? Since it was a mixture of several colors, it is very difficult to describe its color in a single word. Anyone who looked at the ephod carefully would have seen five different colors. However, he would not have a word to describe the overall color of this garment.
神性与人性的调和
A mingling of divinity and humanity
7我们由新约中晓得，主耶稣乃是一位有神性与人性这两种性情的人。以弗得上的金 子豫表基督的神性，麻则豫表祂的人性。以弗得上的金子和麻不是相连或相接在一起，而是交织在一起。以弗得上的金子与麻交织在一起，豫表在基督里神性与人性的调和。
7We know from the New Testament that the Lord Jesus is a Person with two natures: divinity and humanity. Christ’s divinity is typified by the gold in the ephod, and His humanity is typified by the linen. The gold and the linen in the ephod were not linked together or joined together. On the contrary, they were woven together. This weaving together of the gold and the linen in the ephod typifies the mingling of divinity and humanity in Christ.
8因着我们用调和这个词来说到基督神圣的性情和属人的性情，我们就被定罪为异端。有些人还毁谤我们，说我们教导人：基督的神性和人性这两种性情调和在一起，产生出第三种性情来，这种性情不完全是神圣的，也不完全是属人的。我从来没有说过，基督的神性与人性调和在一起，产生出第三种性情。用来作以弗得的金线和麻纤维，并没有交织在一起，产生出第三种既不是金也不是麻的东西。不，金与麻用来作以弗得的时候，并没有失去它本身特有的本质。金子还是金子，是矿物；麻还是麻，是出自植物的东西。即使这两种材料交织在一起，调和在一起，它们的本质仍旧存在。基督的神性和人性也是这样，基督的神性和人性并没有调和在一起产生出第三种性情。此外，在基督里的神性和人性也没有失去它本身的性情。
8Because we use the word mingling in relation to the divine nature and human nature of Christ, we have been condemned as heretical. Some are still falsely claiming that we teach that in Christ the two natures of divinity and humanity were mingled together to produce a third nature, a nature which is neither fully divine nor fully human. I have never said that the mingling of divinity and humanity in Christ produces such a third nature. The gold fibers and the linen thread used to make the ephod were not woven together to produce a third nature, something which was neither gold nor linen. No, neither the gold nor the linen lost its own particular nature when it was used to make the ephod. The gold remained gold, a mineral, and the linen remained linen, a substance derived from plants. The natures of these two materials remained, even though they were woven together, mingled together. The same is true of Christ’s divinity and humanity. The divinity and humanity of Christ have not been mingled to produce a third nature. Furthermore, in Christ neither divinity nor humanity has lost its own nature.
9约翰一章一节说：“太初有话，话与神同在，话就是神。”（另译。）根据约翰一章十四节：“话成了肉身”，我们可以说，这位是神的话，就是金的，而约翰一章十四节里的肉身，就是麻。因此，神道成肉身的时候，金子与麻，神性与人性，便交织在一起，调和在一起了。
9John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” According to John 1:14, “The Word became flesh.” We may say that the Word, which is God, is golden, and that the flesh in John 1:14 is linen. Thus, when God became incarnate, the gold and the linen, divinity and humanity, were woven together, mingled.
基督论的学派
Schools of Christology
10从头一世纪保罗和约翰的时代起，就有许多论到基督身位不同的教训。在神学上有一个特别的名词表明对基督身位的研究，这个名词就是基督论。神学怎样是研究神的，基督论也照样是研究基督的。历代以来，有许多的争辩是关乎基督的身位。大多数的教师都承认基督有两种性情，就是神圣的性情和属人的性情。然而，关于基督的两 种性情，有许多错误的教训，许多的争辩都是由于这一点所产生的。
10From the time of Paul and John in the first century, there have been many different teachings concerning the Person of Christ. In theology there is a special term signifying the study of Christ’s Person. This term is Christology. Just as theology is the study of God, so Christology is the study of Christ. Throughout the centuries, there has been debate concerning Christ’s Person. Most teachers have recognized that Christ has two natures, the divine nature and the human nature. However, there have been a number of erroneous teachings concerning the two natures of Christ. Much of the debate has arisen out of this point.
11我们有一本书叫作“关于基督的身位”，说出论到基督的身位有七种不同的学派。在 这七种学派中，有六种是异端，只有一种是合乎圣经的。我愿鼓励你们去阅读那本书。这六种异端的学派就是：多西特派错谬的教导，宣称基督只有神性，没有人性；以比安派的异端教导人说，基督只有人性，没有神性；亚流派错误的教导说，基督的神性不完全，祂只是受造之物中最高的；阿普利那流派荒谬的教训说，基督的人性不完全；奈斯多留派错误的道理坚持说，基督的神性和人性是分开的；犹推古派错误的教 训否认基督神性和人性的区别与共存，并主张这两种性情是融合为一的。正当的、合乎圣经的教训乃是基督有神性也有人性，祂的神性与人性乃是完全的，而且在一个身位里联合在一起。我们驳斥六种异端的学派并跟随合乎圣经的学派。
11Our book entitled Concerning the Person of Christ gives seven different schools of thought regarding the Person of Christ. Of these seven schools, six are heretical and one is scriptural. I would encourage you to read that book. The six heretical schools are the erroneous teaching of the Docetists, those who claimed that Christ has only divinity, but not humanity; the heresy of the Ebionites, who teach that Christ has only humanity, but not divinity; the erroneous teaching of the Arians, who say that Christ’s divinity is not complete and that He was merely the highest among the creatures; the absurd teaching of the Apollinarians, who said that Christ’s humanity was not complete; the false doctrine of the Nestorians, who maintained that Christ’s divinity and humanity were separated; and the wrong teaching of the Eutychians, who denied the distinctness and coexistence of Christ’s divinity and humanity and asserted that these two natures were merged into one. The proper, scriptural teaching is that Christ has both divinity and humanity and that His divinity and humanity are complete and united in the body of one Person. We repudiate the six heretical schools and follow the scriptural school.
神人
The God-man
12在新约里，我们很容易就能看见我们的主耶稣基督是神，也是人。因着祂是神，又是人，祂就是神人。然而，我们却被错误地指摘为异端，因为我们教导人说，基督是神人。但许多健全的、正统的、合乎圣经的教师都承认基督是神人。有些人甚至出书 论到这件事。例如，Ruth Paxson 由慕迪出版社所出版的“最高水准的生命”这本书中说：“这位中保必须是双方所接受、所信靠的一位，有分于神的性情和人的性情… 真正的中保必须是一位神人。人类的救主必须是一位神人。基督耶稣这位中保就是神人；祂不是人神，祂也不是一个人成了神，而是神成了人。”在同书的一百一十二页 Ruth Paxson 又说：“在神人里面，神与人类产生了新的联合。”此外，慕迪出版社所出版的“赖瑞圣经研究”（The Ryrie Study Bible）在约翰一章十四节的注解上也说：“耶稣基督是独一的，因为祂从永世以来就是神，然而祂自己却在道成肉身里联于罪恶的人性。这位神人具有神性一切的特质，（腓二6，）和人性共有的属性（除了罪以外），而且祂在复活的身体里也是神人，要一直存在直到永远。（行传一11，启五6。）惟有这位神人才能彀成为合宜的救主…。”我们来读新约就晓得，我们的主是神，也是人。因此，称祂为神人乃是完全正确的。
12In the New Testament we can easily see that our Lord Jesus Christ is both God and man. Because He is God and man, He is a God-man. Nevertheless, we are falsely accused of heresy because we teach that Christ is a God-man. However, a number of sound, fundamental, biblical teachers admit that Christ is a God-man. Some have even put this into writing. For example, in her book Life on the Highest Plane, published by Moody Press, Ruth Paxson says, “Such a Mediator must needs be one accepted and trusted by both parties, one who partakes both of God’s nature and of man’s nature....A true Mediator must be a God-man. The Saviour of men must be a God-man. Christ Jesus, the Mediator, is the God-man. He is not the man-God. He is not a man who became God but God who became man” (p. 101). On page 112 of the same book Ruth Paxson goes on to say, “In the God-man, God made a new union with the human race.” Moreover, a note on John 1:14 in The Ryrie Study Bible, also published by Moody Press, says, “Jesus Christ was unique, for He was God from all eternity and yet joined Himself to sinful humanity in the incarnation. The God-man possessed all the attributes of deity (Phil. 2:6) and the attributes common to humanity (apart from sin), and He will exist forever as the God-man in His resurrected body (Acts 1:11; Rev. 5:6). Only the God-man could be an adequate Savior....” By reading the New Testament we know that our Lord is both God and man. Therefore, it is altogether right to call Him the God-man.
神性与人性交织在一起
Divinity and humanity woven together
13虽然新约启示出基督是神人，但我们无法找出一节经文告诉我们说，基督的两种性情是交织在一起的。但在基督里神性与人性交织在一起，却由以弗得的豫表描绘出来 了。金子与细麻的材料不是堆在一起、接在一起，也不是仅仅连在一起，它们乃是交织在一起的。然而，许多基督徒有个观念，以为基督神圣的性情加到属人的性情里，就像一块金子包裹在麻里面。他们也许没有这么发表出来，但许多人不知不觉就有这种想法。
13Although the New Testament reveals that Christ is the God-man, we cannot find a verse telling us that Christ’s two natures were woven together. But this weaving together of divinity and humanity in Christ is portrayed by the type of the ephod. The gold and linen materials were not piled together, linked together, or merely joined together. They were woven together. However, many Christians have the concept that Christ’s divine nature was added to His human nature much like a piece of gold is wrapped in linen. They may not express themselves this way, but unconsciously many have this understanding.
14以往你对基督的两种性情是怎样的领会？你对神性和人性调在一起的观念又如何呢？你以为基督的两种性情是以某种方式连接在一起的么？没有疑问，你坚决相信基督是神，也是人，但你有没有想过，基督的两种性情是怎样调在一起？这两种性情在祂里面并排着，还是基督神圣的性情摆在属人的性情上面？基督神圣的性情以某种方式围绕祂属人的性情，还是祂属人的性情遮盖着神圣的性情？圣经有一幅图画给我们看 见，我们主的两种性情如何调在一起，不是加在一起，也不是连接在一起；而是把神性和人性交织在一起。
14In the past what was your understanding concerning the two natures of Christ? What was your concept of how divinity and humanity were put together? Did you think that the two natures of Christ were linked together somehow? No doubt you strongly believe that Christ is both God and man, but have you ever thought about how the two natures of Christ are put together? Were these two natures side by side within Him, or was Christ’s divine nature placed on top of His human nature? Was Christ’s human nature somehow surrounded by His divine nature, or did His human nature cover His divine nature? The Bible has a picture showing us how the two natures of our Lord have been put together. It is not by adding or linking; it is by weaving together divinity and humanity.
15基督神圣的性情已经经过了种种的过程，正如用来作以弗得的金子也经过了种种的过程。金子首先要被炼净，然后锤成薄片，抽成线，捻在一起，才和麻交织在一起。这幅图画表明基督经过了一个过程才成为人，祂不是突然从天上降到地上来成为一个人。不，祂是神，在童女的腹中孕育了九个月之久。然后生在伯利恒的一个马槽里。希律王晓得祂生下来了，就想要杀祂。因此，约瑟在主的引导之下带着小孩子往埃及去。希律死了以后，约瑟和祂一同回到以色列，但他不敢留在犹太。因此，他往北到了人所藐视的加利利地。结果，主耶稣就在穷苦的拿撒勒小村庄长大，主生长在一个穷苦的家庭里。古时候像约瑟那样的木匠所赚的钱不多。主在地上的年日里，经历到 为人生活的苦难。金子成为线与麻交织在一起，描绘出祂经过的过程和所有的苦难。
15Christ’s divine nature has been processed, just as the gold used in making the ephod was processed. First the gold was refined in order to be pure. Then it was beaten into thin plates, cut into threads, twined together, and woven together with the linen. This picture indicates that Christ became a man by passing through a process. He did not become a man by suddenly descending from heaven to earth. No, He, as God, was conceived in the womb of a virgin. For nine months He developed in that virgin’s womb. Then He was born in a manger in Bethlehem. When King Herod learned of His birth, he tried to kill Him. Therefore, under the Lord’s leading, Joseph took the young child to Egypt. After the death of Herod, Joseph returned with Him to Israel, but he did not dare to stay in Judea. Therefore, he went up to the north to a despised district known as Galilee. As a result, the Lord Jesus grew up in the poor, small village of Nazareth. The Lord was raised in a poor family. In ancient times a carpenter, like Joseph, did not earn very much money. Throughout His years on earth, the Lord experienced the sufferings of human life. His process with all the sufferings is portrayed by the gold becoming the thread woven together with the linen.
16我们的主就是神，祂经过了一个过程，与人性合而为一。没有这个过程，祂怎么能彀与人合而为一呢？如果祂没有经历这个过程，作以弗得所需要的原料就产生不出来。由此我们看见基督宝贵的一面，这是新约里没有清楚启示出来的。
16As the very God, our Lord went through a process to become one with humanity. Without this process, how could He have become one with man? If He had not experienced this process, the textile needed for making the ephod would not have been produced. In this we see an aspect of the preciousness of Christ that is not clearly revealed in the New Testament.
17在以弗得这幅图画里，我们也看见基督的人性如何作到祂的神性里面。这也包含了一个过程。麻必须先经过一个过程，才能彀成为捻成的线，用来作以弗得。出埃及记二十八章六节说到捻的细麻，这就是把线搓在一起作成的麻。麻捻好以后，就作成编织用的线。麻要成为捻成的线，必须经过一个过程。最终，金子和捻成的麻这两种线交织在一起，成了以弗得。
17In this picture of the ephod we also see how Christ’s humanity has been wrought into His divinity. This too involved a process. The linen had to go through a process before it could become twined thread used in making the ephod. Exodus 28:6 speaks of fine-twined linen. This is linen made up of threads wound together. When the cords of linen are twined, they make the thread for weaving. For the linen to become a twined thread, it had to go through a process. Eventually, the two kinds of threads, the gold and the twined linen, were woven together to make the ephod.
18虽然我们无法恰切地解释基督的神性和人性如何交织在一起，但如果我们来看用来作以弗得的特殊织物，并晓得这幅图画乃是基督的豫表，我们就会说：“主耶稣，我敬拜你，你就是以弗得的金子和麻所描绘的。你的神性经过了一个过程，你的人性也经过了一个不同的过程，然后你的神性和人性交织在一起成了一种编织的原料。主耶稣，这就描绘出你的身位，你是何等的奇妙！”
18Although we cannot explain adequately how Christ’s divinity and humanity have been woven together, if we look at the picture of the extraordinary fabric used to make the ephod and realize that it is a type of Christ, we shall say, “Lord Jesus, I worship You. You are portrayed by the gold and linen of the ephod. Your divinity has gone through a process, and Your humanity has passed through a different kind of process. Then both Your divinity and humanity were woven together into one textile. Lord Jesus, this portrays Your Person. How wonderful You are!”
19许多基督徒因着受系统神学的霸占，不愿从主的话中来接受对基督的启示。不但如 此，当我们教导人说，在基督里神性与人性调和、交织在一起，他们就反对我们。但不管有多少的反对，不管别人怎样讲论我们，我总无法否认主由神纯正的话语所启示给我们的，对于基督身位的认识我绝不会改变。我已经由旧约豫表的图画里看见主耶稣是怎样的一个人，我绝不能说，我没有看见主的这幅图画。为着出埃及记里的这幅图画，我们赞美主！在这幅图画里面，我们看见了新约明言里所找不到的宝贵细节。
19Because they are preoccupied by systematic theology, many Christians are not willing to accept this revelation concerning Christ from the Word. Furthermore, they oppose us when we teach that in Christ divinity and humanity have been mingled, woven together. But no matter how much opposition there is or what others may say about us, I cannot deny what the Lord has shown us from the pure Word of God. I will never change my realization concerning the Person of Christ. I have seen the picture from the types in the Old Testament concerning what kind of person the Lord Jesus is. I could never say that I have not seen this picture of the Lord. Praise the Lord for this portrait in the book of Exodus! In this picture we see precious details that we cannot find in the plain words of the New Testament.
基督的属天、君尊和救赎
Christ’s heavenliness, kingliness, and redemption
20我们看见了金子与麻如何藉着受苦的过程交织在一起，现在我们继续来看以弗得的颜色。蓝色表征基督的属天。反之，棕色是泥土成灰尘的颜色。在基督身上没有棕色的东西，在祂身上每样东西都是蓝色的、属天的。
20Having seen how the gold and the linen are woven together through a process involving suffering, let us now go on to consider the colors of the ephod. The color blue signifies Christ’s heavenliness. Brown, by contrast, is the color of things earthy or dusty. With Christ there is nothing brown. With Him everything is blue, heavenly.
21紫色表征基督的君尊。主耶稣所行的一切都是君尊的，甚至祂作小孩子生长在木匠家里的时候，为人就很君尊。如果你读到祂十二岁时对父母怎样说话，你就会晓得祂是以君尊的方式来说话。即使祂是一个十二岁的小男孩，祂的行动与说话也能彀俨若君王。（路二46～52。）祂不是僭取王权，而是自然而然显出王权来。
21Purple signifies the kingliness of Christ. In all He did the Lord Jesus was kingly. Even as a child growing up in the home of a carpenter, He conducted Himself in a kingly way. If you read the account of the way He spoke to His parents when He was twelve, you will realize that He spoke to them in a kingly manner. Even as a small boy of twelve, He could act and speak with kingliness (Luke 2:46-52). If you read through the four Gospels again, you will see that in everything He said the Lord was a king. He did not assume His kingship; it was manifested spontaneously.
22我们在天然的生命里的确不属天，也不君尊。我们不是彰显蓝色，而是彰显棕色，就是尘土的颜色。不但如此，我们的举止不像君王，我们的行动非常低下。我们发脾气的时候，也许是“蝎子”。甚至我们喜乐的时候，还是没有主君尊的样式。但主耶稣恼怒那些在圣殿里的人，拿绳子作成鞭子，把他们赶出去的时候，发怒起来还是非常的君尊。（约二15～16。）此外，祂在拉撒路的坟墓那里哭泣时，也是君尊的。（ 约十一35。）甚至主在哭泣的时候仍然显出祂的王权。
22We in our natural life certainly are not heavenly or kingly. Instead of expressing blue, we express brown, the color of dust. Furthermore, instead of conducting ourselves like kings, we may act in a way that is very low. When we lose our temper, we may be “scorpions.” Even when we are happy, we still may not have the Lord’s kingly manner. But when the Lord Jesus became angry with those in the temple and made a whip of cords to drive them out, He was angry in a kingly way (John 2:15-16). Moreover, when He wept at the tomb of Lazarus, He did so with kingliness (John 11:35). Even in His weeping, the Lord’s kingship was manifested.
23朱红色表征救赎。主耶稣在地上的一生，都是以救赎的方式来行动。例如，祂为了众人对祂的门徒说：“你们给他们吃罢。”（太十四16。）就是显出朱红色─救赎的颜色来。主不愿看见百姓饿着回去，这隐含了救赎的意思。有一个女人，被鬼附着，病了十八年，一直受撒但的捆绑，主耶稣治好了她，（路十三11～16，）这也是以救赎的方式来行动。祂对那些批评祂的人说，祂不愿这女人再被撒但所捆绑。
23Scarlet signifies redemption. Throughout His life on earth, the Lord Jesus acted in a redemptive way. For example, He manifested the color red, the color of redemption, when He said to His disciples concerning the multitude, “Give them something to eat” (Matt. 14:16). The Lord did not want to see the people go hungry. This implies redemption. Also, when the Lord Jesus healed the woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years and was bound by Satan, He was acting in the way of redemption (Luke 13:11-16). To those who criticized Him concerning this, He said that He did not want this woman to be bound by Satan any longer.
24随着蓝色、紫色、朱红色，还有金色与白色。金色表征神的彰显。主耶稣用五饼二鱼食饱五千人的时候，神彰显出来了，金色从祂身上照耀出来了。祂发怒洁净圣殿的时候，也显出了祂的王权和金色的神性。不但如此，在那个场合中，也能彀看见细麻，就是表征基督人性的彰显。
24Along with the colors blue, purple, and scarlet, we have golden yellow and pure white. Golden yellow signifies the expression of God. When the Lord Jesus fed the five thousand with two loaves and five fishes, God was manifested. The golden yellow color shone forth from Him. Also, when He was angry and cleansed the temple, He manifested both His kingliness and the golden yellow of His divinity. Furthermore, on that occasion the pure linen, signifying the expression of Christ’s humanity, could also be seen.
25主耶稣在地上的一生，把神和人、神性和人性彰显了出来。在这个人的生活中，我们能彀看见属天、君尊和救赎。我们能彀看见神圣的光辉，也能彀看见纯洁的人性。
25Both God and man, divinity and humanity, were manifested in the life of the Lord Jesus on earth. In the living of this Man we can see heavenliness, kingliness, and redemption. We can see the divine brightness and also a pure humanity. In the living of the Lord Jesus we see all these colors.
宝贝基督的图昼
Treasuring the picture of Christ
26你能彀指出新约那一章是用以弗得的方式来描绘主耶稣么？在新约里没有这样的一章圣经，因为这是无法用言词来描述的，它只能用图画来表明。
26Can you point to a chapter of the New Testament that portrays the Lord Jesus in the way He is portrayed in the ephod? There is no such chapter in the New Testament, for this kind of description cannot be put into words. It can only be presented by a picture.
27你能用言语恰当地描述一个人的面貌么？当然不可能。然而一画胜千言，我很宝贝八章里基督的图画，原因就在这里。
27Is it possible to describe adequately in words a person’s face? Certainly not. You may take a thousand words to describe someone’s nose or ear, and still your description would not be complete. But a picture would be better than thousands of words. This is the reason I treasure the picture of Christ in Exodus 28.
28历代的基督徒，包括那些爱主、寻求主的人在内，都不彀充分注意出埃及记二十八章里基督的图画，这真是一件可悲的事。结果，他们对主的评价就不彀高。我能彀作见证，因着来看这幅图画，我更加珍赏主，由于对祂的珍赏，我就献给祂新的敬拜。我说：“主，我在这幅图画里看见了你，我也珍赏你。但我无法把我所看见、所珍赏的用言词表达出来。主，在出埃及记二十八章里我看见了你。主，为着你自己的这幅 图画，我感谢你。你就是用金子与麻交织而成的以弗得。你的神性和人性全在你一个人身上，然而神圣的性情与属人的性情仍然存在，没有失去。主，我赞美你！”
28It is a sad thing that for centuries Christians, including those who love the Lord and seek Him, have not paid adequate attention to the portrait of Christ in Exodus 28. As a result, their appreciation of the Lord has not been sufficiently high. I can testify that by considering this picture, I appreciate the Lord much more, and out of my appreciation I have given Him new worship. I have said, “Lord, I see You in this picture, and I appreciate You. But I cannot put into words what I see and appreciate. Lord, here in Exodus 28 I see You. Thank You, Lord, for this picture of Yourself. You are the ephod woven with gold and linen. Your divinity and humanity are together in Your one Person, yet the nature of divinity and humanity remain. They are not lost. Lord, I praise You for the wonderful Person You are!”
29为着以弗得和所有美丽的颜色这幅奇妙的图画，我们感谢主。这些颜色，就是彩虹的颜色，乃是宇宙中最美丽的颜色。有甚么颜色比以弗得的五种颜色还要美丽？因为这些在编织原料上的颜色乃是表征主身位的彰显。
29We thank the Lord for the marvelous picture of the ephod with all the beautiful colors. These colors, the colors of the rainbow, are the most beautiful colors in the universe. What colors are more beautiful than the five colors of the ephod? I do not believe you can find colors more beautiful than these, for these colors are in a textile signifying the expression of the Lord’s Person.
30我不是照着天然的聪明来解释出埃及记二十八章里的图画。再者，我也不是画这幅图画的人。反之，我蒙了主的怜悯，多少有点了解这幅图画。出埃及记二十八章这里有一幅图画给我们看见，在这个宇宙中有一种用金线和麻线编织而成的织物，含有金、白、蓝、紫，朱红这五种颜色。这就是主耶稣今天所穿的以弗得。祂仍然穿着用金子和麻作成的衣服，有五种美丽的颜色，表明祂的神性、人性、属天、君尊和救赎。真奇妙！
30I have not interpreted the picture in Exodus 28 according to my natural cleverness. Furthermore, I am not the one who painted this picture. Rather, I have received the mercy from the Lord to understand it to some degree. Here in Exodus 28 we have a picture showing us that there is a fabric in this universe woven with golden and linen thread and containing the five colors of golden yellow, pure white, blue, purple, and scarlet. This is the ephod that the Lord Jesus is wearing today. He is still clad in a garment made of gold and linen and with five beautiful colors expressing His divinity, humanity, heavenliness, kingliness, and redemption. How marvelous!