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出埃及记生命读经 · 第128篇

祭司的衣服（十三）

The priestly garments (13)
1读经： 出埃及记二十八章三十节；利未记八章八节；民数记二十七章二十一节；申命记三十三章八至十节；以斯拉记二章六十三节；撒母耳记上二十三章六节，九至十二节；二十八章六节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 28:30; Lev. 8:8; Num. 27:21; Deut. 33:8-10; Ezra 2:63; 1 Sam. 23:6, 9-12; 28:6
2在前面的信息里我们指出，乌陵和土明加到胸脾里，使胸脾成为决断的胸牌。我们也看过使用胸牌之人的资格，以及胸牌如何在旧约里应用到不同的人身上。此外，我们还看见乌陵是豫表基督这位照明者。现在我们要继续来看土明的意义，以及乌陵和 土明如何应用到我们今天的经历上。
2In the foregoing message we pointed out that the Urim and Thummim were added into the breastplate to make it the breastplate of judgment. We also considered the qualifications of those who used the breastplate and how it was applied to various people in the Old Testament. Furthermore, we saw that the Urim typifies Christ as the illuminator. Now we shall go on to consider the significance of the Thummim and how the Urim and the Thummim may be applied to our experience today.
基督是完成者与成全者
Christ as the completer and perfecter
3根据大卫巴伦所著“古代的圣经与现代的犹太人”这本书论到乌陵和土明的附录说，土明有四个希伯来字母，是十二支派的名字所没有使用到的，因此没有刻在胸牌里的 十二块宝石上。希伯来字“土明”的意思就是完成者、成全者，豫表基督是完成者和成 全者。我们不晓得乌陵和土明是如何加到胸牌里的，然而，我们的确晓得乌陵和土明都是豫表基督，而胸牌是豫表教会。因此，乌陵和土明加到胸牌里，就是豫表基督加到教会里面。
3According to an appendix concerning the Urim and the Thummim in David Baron’s book The Ancient Scriptures and the Modern Jew, the Thummim contained four letters of the Hebrew alphabet that were not used in the names of the twelve tribes and therefore not inscribed on the twelve precious stones in the breastplate. The Hebrew word for Thummim means completers, perfecters, and it typifies Christ as the completer and perfecter. We do not know how the Urim and the Thummim were added to the breastplate. However, we do know that both the Urim and the Thummim typify Christ and that the breastplate typifies the church. Therefore, the Urim and the Thummim added to the breastplate typify Christ added to the church.
4胸牌里的十二块宝石豫表信徒，就是组成教会的人，刻着基督这些属灵的字母。照启示录来看，基督是阿拉法，也是俄梅戛。既然祂是头一个字母和最后一个字母，没有疑问，祂也是中间所有的字母。这意思是说，基督乃是用来构成单字、句子、段落、章节和整本书的字母。刻在胸牌里十二块宝石上的字母豫表基督是属天的字母。根据大卫巴伦这本书里的附录来看，有四个希伯来字母没有刻在胸牌里所镶的宝石上。因此，要得着完全的希伯来字母，就需要补上剩余的字母。这个附录又说，这四个希伯来字母就在土明上。那么，土明就是胸牌上面字母的完成者、成全者。这指明无论有多少的基督刻到我们里面，我们还是不完全，有些字母，有些属于基督的东西，我们还是漏掉了。我们需要完全的基督，就是带着这些遗漏字母的那一位。
4The twelve precious stones in the breastplate typify the believers, the components of the church, inscribed with Christ as the letters of the spiritual alphabet. According to the book of Revelation, Christ is the Alpha and the Omega. Since He is the first letter and the last, He is no doubt all the letters in between. This means that Christ is the alphabet used to compose words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and books. The letters inscribed on the twelve stones in the breastplate typify Christ as the letters in the heavenly alphabet. According to the appendix in David Baron’s book, four letters of the Hebrew alphabet were not inscribed on the stones set in the breastplate. Therefore, in order to have a complete Hebrew alphabet, it was necessary for the remaining letters to be supplied. That appendix also says that these four Hebrew letters were found on the Thummim. The Thummim, then, was a completer, a perfecter, of the letters on the breastplate. This indicates that no matter how much of Christ has been inscribed into us, we still are not complete. Some letters, something of Christ, are still missing. We need the completing Christ, the One who bears these missing letters.
需要基督加到我们里面来
The need for Christ to be added to us
5加到胸牌里的乌陵使十二块宝石发亮。如果缺了一些宝石，胸牌上就会有一个黑点，表明缺了一些属于基督的东西。但这里要紧的点乃是，即使所有的宝石都刻着字母，表征信徒都刻着基督，还是会有一些东西缺了。这表征即使教会是完全的、完美的，没有短缺或亏欠，还是会缺了一些属于基督的东西。因此，需要土明所豫表的基督加到教会─胸牌里。
5The Urim added to the breastplate caused the twelve precious stones to shine. If some stones had been missing, there would have been a dark spot on the breastplate, indicating that something of Christ is missing. But the important point here is that even with all the stones inscribed with letters signifying the believers inscribed with Christ, there was still something missing. This signifies that even if the church is complete, perfect, and without defects or shortcomings, something of Christ is still missing. Hence, there is the need for the Christ typified by the Thummim to be added to the church, the breastplate.
6教会里领头的人常常觉得，他们所在之地的圣徒无论多么经历基督，或是无论有多少基督刻到他们里面，还是会缺少一些属于基督的东西。所有的信徒都需要加上一些 属于基督的东西。虽然圣徒也许经历了基督，并有基督刻到他们的里面，他们还是缺少基督。惟有基督自己才能彀补上所缺漏的。因此，我们需要基督作为完全。此外，无论我们多么经历基督，并有基督刻在我们身上，如果我们倚靠自己，我们还是在黑暗里。我们需要基督作光，作乌陵，加到教会里面。即使胸牌上的宝石刻着十二支派的名字，还是会缺了一些希伯来字母。照样，即使我们对基督的经历是丰富的，还是会缺了一些属于基督的东西，并且只有基督才能彀补上。我们绝不该以为我们已经把基督用尽了。不，祂是取之不尽，是用之不竭的。甚至我们经历祂很长一段时间以后，我们还得承认，我们缺了一些属于基督的东西。因此，我们需要基督加到我们里面来。这缺漏的一分基督加上来，我们就得着完全并照耀。
6Often the leading ones in the church realize that no matter how much the saints in their locality have been experiencing Christ or how much of Christ has been inscribed into them, something of Christ is still missing. All the believers need something additional of Christ. Although the saints may experience Christ and have Christ inscribed into their being, they are still short of Christ. Only Christ Himself can supply what is missing. Therefore, we need Christ as the completion. Furthermore, no matter how much we have experienced Christ and have had Him inscribed upon us, we shall still be in darkness if we depend on ourselves. We need Christ as the light, as the Urim, to be added to the church. Even though the precious stones on the breastplate had been inscribed with the names of all twelve of the tribes, there were still some Hebrew letters missing. Likewise, even though we may be rich in the experience of Christ, something of Christ is still lacking and can be made up by Him alone. We should never think that we have exhausted Christ. No, He is inexhaustible. Even after experiencing Him over a long period of time, we must admit that something of Christ is still missing. Therefore, we need Christ to be added to us. When this missing portion of Christ is added, we have the completion and the shining.
基督是字母为着铭刻与完成
Christ as the alphabet for inscription and completion
7基督是属灵的字母，为着铭刻，也为着完成。我们所经历的基督乃是铭刻到我们里 面的那位。但即使我们有许多基督刻到我们里面，我们还是缺了一些属于基督的东西。我们晓得这一点，也许就会说：“我在自己里面无法得着完全，但我能彀藉着教会得着完全。”然而，如果你想要在教会里寻得完全，你就会失败。教会本身也需要这个完全。因此，即使你有了教会，你还是需要基督作你的完全。
7Christ is the spiritual alphabet for inscription and also for completion. The Christ whom we experience is the One who is inscribed into us. But even though we may have a great deal of Christ inscribed into us, we are still missing something of Christ. When we realize this, we may say, “I cannot have this completion in myself, but I can have it through the church.” However, if you try to find this completion in the church, you will not be successful. The church itself also needs this completion. Therefore, even if you have the church, you still need Christ as your completion.
8基督乃是为着铭刻与完成的字母，这件事实指明祂是取之不尽，用之不竭的。我们也许有基督作为铭刻的字母，但我们还需要祂作为完成的字母。我们绝不会把基督用尽了，因我们虽然享受祂的铭刻，但我们还需要更多属于祂的东西好得着完全。
8The fact that Christ is the alphabet for inscription and completion indicates that He is inexhaustible. We may have Him as the letters for inscription, but we still need Him as the letters for completion. We can never exhaust Christ, for although we may enjoy His inscription, there is still something more of Him that we need for completion.
9因着主的怜悯和恩典，多年来我一直经历基督。我初次到上海去的时候，得着帮助 来经历基督，是前所未有的。那次访问上海以后，我回到北方，召开了一次特会，并释放了一些论到基督的信息。我晓得，无论我对基督的经历如何，当我释放那些信息的时候，我觉察到我对基督实在没有多少经历。然后在经历基督的事上，我就想要从圣徒和教会得着帮助。然而，我发现别人在经历基督的事上比我还要贫穷。我在上海的时候，以为自己大大地经历了基督。但我回到北方，并释放一些关乎基督的信息时，我就晓得我对祂没有多少经历。那就是我发现到在我们中间对于经历基督有很大缺欠的时候。有些圣徒只有极少的经历，有些圣徒实际上一点经历也没有。
9By the Lord’s mercy and grace, I have been experiencing Christ for many years. When I went to Shanghai the first time, I was helped to experience Christ in a way I had not experienced Him in the past. After that visit to Shanghai, I returned to the north, where I held a conference and gave messages on Christ. I learned that no matter what my experience of Christ had been, while I was giving those messages, I realized that I had actually experienced very little of Christ. Regarding the experience of Christ, I then tried to receive help from the saints and from the church. However, I discovered that others were even more poor than I in experiencing Christ. In Shanghai I thought that I had experienced Christ to a great degree. But when I returned to the north and gave messages on Christ, I learned that I had not experienced Him very much at all. That was when I discovered what a great shortage there was among us with respect to the experience of Christ. Some saints had very little experience, and other saints had virtually no experience at all.
缺少基督的铭刻
The shortage of the inscription of Christ
10倘若你仔细察看今天基督徒的光景，你就会发现，实在缺少基督的铭刻。一位信徒也许很不错，但他还是晦暗无光，缺少变化，也缺少基督的铭刻。虽然这样的信徒真得救了，但他还没有刻着基督。
10If you carefully examine the situation of Christians today, you will find out what poverty there is concerning the inscription of Christ. A certain believer may be very good, but he may still be opaque, lacking both in transformation and in the inscribing of Christ. Although such a believer has truly been saved, he has not yet been inscribed with Christ.
11有一天，倪弟兄说到一些人，问我是不是认为他们已经重生了。我晓得那些人相当不错，就回答说，我看他们已经得救了。倪弟兄有几分开玩笑地回答说：“他们可能已经得救了，但是还没有重生。”我问他怎么可能有人得救而没有重生。他回答说：“按道理说，不会有人得救了而没有重生这样的事，但照着实际的经历来看，有些人似乎已经得救了而没有重生。没有疑问，他们已经蒙宝血所救赎，但是我们认识他们多年了，却从来没有碰见他们重生的灵。他们已经蒙基督的血所救赎是没有问题的，但没有那灵来表明他们有一个重生的灵。他们不晓得要运用他们的灵。”在这些人身上，的确没有基督的铭刻。
11One day Brother Nee, referring to certain persons, asked me if I thought they had been regenerated. I knew those persons rather well and answered that it seemed to me that they had been saved. Brother Nee, somewhat in a joking way, replied, “Perhaps they have been saved, but not regenerated.” When I asked him how it was possible for someone to be saved without being regenerated, he answered, “Doctrinally, there is no such thing as a person who is saved but not regenerated. But according to actual experience, it seems that certain ones have been saved without being regenerated. No doubt, they have been redeemed by the blood, but although we have known them for years, we have never met their regenerated spirit. There is no question that they have been redeemed by the blood of Christ, but there is no indication of the Spirit that they have a regenerated spirit. They just don’t know to exercise their spirit.” It was surely the case that with these ones there was no inscription of Christ.
12一位圣徒也许是个不错的弟兄，或和蔼的姊妹，但有多少的基督刻到他里面？有多少的基督刻到你里面？也许你得承认，刻到你里面的基督少之又少。因着许多圣徒的光景是这样，近年来我的负担就愈过愈沉重。很可能地方教会有成百成千个，圣徒有成千成万，对基督的经历却没有多少。你所在之地的圣徒经历基督有多少？他们有多少基督的铭刻？如果我们这样来想想自己的光景，我们多少会有几分失望。
12A particular saint may be a good brother or a nice sister, but how much of Christ has been inscribed into that one? How much of Christ has been inscribed into you? You may have to admit that little of Christ has been inscribed into your being. Because this is the situation with so many saints, in recent years my burden has become more and more heavy. It is possible to have thousands of local churches with tens of thousands of saints, but with little experience of Christ. How much have the saints in your locality been experiencing Christ? How much inscription of Christ do they have? If we consider our situation in this way, we may be somewhat disappointed.
13在这一点上，我要对住在弟兄之家或姊妹之家的人说一句话。有多少的基督刻到与你同住的人里面？我们已经看见，胸牌上的十二块宝石，每一块都刻着以色列一个支派的名字。然而，如果你想想那些与你一同住在弟兄之家或姊妹之家的人，你也许会发现，那位弟兄或那位姊妹身上甚至连一个完全的字也没有刻上。在一些实例中，也许只刻了一个字母的一部分。那些弟兄妹都很不错，但很难在他们里面看见基督清楚而明确的铭刻。作个不错的弟兄或和蔼的姊妹是一回事；但对基督有明确的经历又完全是另一回事。
13At this point I would say a word to those who live in a brothers’ house or in a sisters’ house. How much of Christ has been inscribed into those with whom you live? We have seen that each of the twelve precious stones on the breastplate was inscribed with one of the names of the tribes of Israel. However, if you consider those with whom you live in a brothers’ or sisters’ house, you may find that no one has even one complete word inscribed on him or her. In some cases, only a part of a letter may be inscribed. The brothers and sisters may be very good, but it is difficult to see in them the clear and definite inscription of Christ. It is one thing to be a good brother or a nice sister; it is a very different matter to have the definite experience of Christ.
对基督合式的经历
The proper experience of Christ
14请再想想胸牌里的宝石。每块宝石都是透亮的，并且刻得合式而明确。比方说，犹大支派的名字刻在其中一块宝石上。然而，今天许多圣徒都缺少基督清楚而明确的铭刻。但有些圣徒对基督有明确的经历，并有基督清楚的铭刻，这些圣徒经历了基督作为属灵的字母。
14Consider once again the precious stones in the breastplate. Each stone was transparent, and each had been inscribed properly and definitely. For example, the name of the tribe of Judah had been inscribed into one of the stones. But, with many saints today there is a shortage of the clear and definite inscription of Christ. However, with some saints there are the definite experiences of Christ and the clear inscription of Christ. These saints have experienced Christ as the spiritual alphabet.
15今天大多数基督徒的光景与神所渴望的相去甚远。历代以来，基督徒几乎完全忽略了对基督的经历。许多人得着了造就，但很少人有基督刻到他们里面。你进入教会生活以前，也许在某些方面得了造就，但你有多少基督的铭刻呢？你必须承认，虽然你得救重生了，但你却没有甚么属于基督的东西刻到你里面。我们中间有些人进到主恢复之前是传教士，虽然他们在布道地区劳苦多年，但对基督仍旧没有清楚而明确的经历。反之，他们的经历是模糊不清的。
15The situation of most of today’s Christians is far short of what God desires. The experience of Christ has been almost completely neglected by Christians throughout the centuries. Many have received edification, but few have had Christ inscribed into them. Before you came into the church life, you may have been edified in certain ways, but how much of the inscription of Christ did you have? You may have to admit that, although you were saved and regenerated, you did not have anything of Christ inscribed into you. Some among us were missionaries before they came into the Lord’s recovery. But although they labored on the mission field for years, they still did not have the clear and definite experiences of Christ. Rather, their experience was vague and indefinite.
16我一九三三年到上海去以前，我花了七年多和弟兄会在一起，我从他们得知许多豫表和豫言的事。但在上海过了几周之后，我才晓得那些年间我对基督没有多少经历。我们许多人都在类似的光景里，我们得着了圣经的知识，却没有多少基督刻到我们里 面来。因这缘故，我深深关切众教会里的圣徒要对基督有合式的经历。
16Before I went to Shanghai in 1933, I spent more than seven years with the Brethren, from whom I learned a great deal about typology and prophecy. But after spending a number of weeks in Shanghai, I realized that during those years I had very little experience of Christ. Many of us have been in a similar situation. We gained knowledge about the Bible, but not very much of Christ was inscribed into us. For this reason, I am deeply concerned that the saints in all the churches have the proper experiences of Christ.
17即使我们好像胸牌上的十二块宝石─被变化、透亮、被雕刻，我们还是不完全、不完美。因此，我们需要谦卑自己，说：“主耶稣，我们还是不完全。因着我们还是不完全，主，我们需要你作我们的增加和完全。主，在教会里，我个人需要你。不但如此，主，全教会也需要你。即使教会对你的经历是丰富的，我们还是缺了一些属于你的东西。主，我们仍然需要你加到我们里面来。”
17Even if we are like the twelve precious stones on the breastplate — transformed, transparent, and inscribed — we still are not complete or perfect. Therefore, we need to humble ourselves and say, “Lord Jesus, we are not yet complete. Because we are still imperfect, Lord, we need You to be our addition and completion. Lord, as an individual member of the church, I need You. Not only so, Lord, the whole church needs You. Even if as the church we are rich in experiencing You, we are yet missing something of You. Lord, we still need You to be added to us.”