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出埃及记生命读经 · 第136篇

亚伦和他的儿子成圣作祭司（四）

The sanctification of Aaron and his sons to be the priests (4)
1读经： 出埃及记二十九章十五至二十八节；四十章十四至十五节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 29:15-28; 40:14-15
2我们已经指出，记得我们有罪恶的性情，并且天天把基督当作赎罪祭献上，会防卫我们、保守我们。把赎罪祭献上乃是亚伦和他的儿子成圣作祭司的基本方面。现在我们继续来看其它的方面。
2We have pointed out that remembering that we have a sinful nature and daily offering Christ as our sin offering will protect us and preserve us. The offering of the sin offering was a basic aspect of the sanctification of Aaron and his sons to be priests. Let us now go on to consider some other aspects.
与燔祭合而为一
One with the burnt offering
3亚伦和他儿子成圣作祭司来事奉神，除了公牛犊以外，还需要两只公绵羊，来作赎罪祭。二十九章十五至十八节论到头一只公绵羊，说：“你要牵一只公绵羊来，亚伦和他儿子，要按手在这羊的头上。要宰这羊，把血洒在坛的周围。要把羊切成块子，洗净五脏，和腿，连块子带头，都放在一处。要把全羊烧在坛上，是给耶和华献的燔祭，是献给耶和华为馨香的火祭。”照这些经文来看，头一只公绵羊要被宰杀，然后切成块子。没有疑问，这是指基督说的，祂被宰杀、被切成块子。然而也和我们有关，因为我们与基督联合。亚伦和他儿子按手在羊的头上，（15，）就表明这种与基督的联合。
3The sanctification of Aaron and his sons to serve God as priests required two rams, in addition to the young bull for the sin offering. Concerning the first ram, 29:15-18 says, “And you shall take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. And you shall slaughter the ram, and take its blood and sprinkle it upon the altar round about. And you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards and its legs, and put them upon its pieces and upon its head. And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to Jehovah, a sweet savor; it is an offering by fire to Jehovah.” According to these verses, the first ram was slaughtered and then cut into pieces. This, no doubt, refers to Christ, who was slaughtered and cut into pieces. However, we also are involved, for we are identified with Christ. This identification with Christ is indicated by Aaron and his sons laying their hands upon the head of the ram (v. 15).
4我们都很宝贝与基督联合这件事，但你晓得在基督里、同着基督、藉着基督，就需要被宰杀，并被切成块子么？在相信基督的人中间，有谁愿意被宰杀，并被切成块子呢？恐怕没有人真愿意这样。但我们要成为祭司，就必须被宰杀，并在基督里、藉着基督被切成块子。当然，不是我们宰杀自己或别人，而是神在基督里宰杀我们。圣经指明凡要作祭司事奉神的，都会被神宰杀，并被切成块子。
4We all treasure the matter of identification with Christ. But have you ever realized that in Christ, with Christ, and through Christ you need to be slaughtered and also cut into pieces? Who among those who believe in Christ is willing to be slaughtered and cut into pieces? It is doubtful that anyone truly wants this. But in order to be a priest, we need to be slaughtered and cut into pieces in Christ and through Christ. We, of course, are not to slaughter ourselves or others, but God will slaughter us in Christ. The Bible indicates that whoever wants to serve God as a priest will be slaughtered and cut into pieces by Him.
5有些人听见祭司要被宰杀，并在基督里被切成块子，也许会抗议说：“不，我们不同意。公牛和公绵羊岂不是基督的豫表么？基督乃是被宰杀的一位。神宰杀了基督，并把祂切成块子。这不是发生在我们身上的事。在这一点上，基督乃是我们的代替；祂代替我们被宰杀，被切成块子。”如果你的观念是这样的话，你就只彀资格得救，不彀资格作祭司。不错，基督钉在十字架上，作了我们的代替。当祂死在十字架上担当我们的罪时，祂就是我们的代替。然而，要作祭司事奉神，我们就必须与被宰杀、被切割的基督联合，就是与被神切成块子的基督联合。
5When some hear about the priests being slaughtered and cut into pieces in Christ, they may protest and say, “No, we don’t agree with this. Are not the bulls and the rams types of Christ? Christ is the One who was slaughtered. God has slaughtered Christ and cut Him into pieces. This is not something that happens to us. Regarding this, Christ is our substitute; He has replaced us in being slaughtered and cut into pieces.” If this is your concept you are qualified only to be saved; you are not qualified to be a priest. Yes, Christ was crucified as our substitute. He was our replacement in bearing our sins when He died on the cross. Nevertheless, in order to serve God as priests, we must be identified with the slaughtered and cut Christ, the Christ who was cut into pieces by God.
6燔祭的公绵羊被宰杀，并切成块子以后，要洗净五脏和腿，然后把全羊烧在坛上，当作馨香之气献给主。这表明经过宰杀和切割之后，我们就需要洗净并焚烧。照二十九章四至五节来看，要使亚伦和他儿子用水洗身，然后穿上祭司的衣服，这是最初的洗净。以后祭司就必须与被宰杀、切成块子、洗净，并焚烧的公绵羊合而为一。
6After the ram of the burnt offering was slaughtered and cut into pieces, its inwards and legs were washed, and then the whole ram was burned on the altar as a sweet savor to the Lord. This indicates that after the slaughtering and the cutting, we need the washing and the burning. According to 29:4-5, Aaron and his sons were washed with water and then clothed with the priestly garments. That was the initial washing. After that, the priests had to be one with the ram that was slaughtered, cut into pieces, washed, and burned.
神的食物
God’s food
7十八节说，要把全羊烧在坛上，是给耶和华献的燔祭，是献给耶和华为馨香的火祭。“燔祭”这希伯来名词实际上的意义是上升的祭物。这祭在坛上焚烧的时候，就成为馨香之气升到神那里作祂的满足。这就是民数记二十八章二节、三节说到燔祭是神食物的原因。神的食物─燔祭，使神满足。
7Verse 18 says that the whole ram was burned on the altar as an offering by fire to the Lord, a sweet savor to Him. The Hebrew term for burnt offering actually means ascending sacrifice. When this offering was burned on the altar, it became a sweet savor ascending to God for His enjoyment. This is the reason Numbers 28:2 and 3 speak of the burnt offering as God’s food. God’s food, the burnt offering, satisfies Him.
8当然，基督就是被焚烧的那位，使神得着餧养和满足。然而，我们还需要把手按在基督身上；那就是说，我们需要与祂合一、与祂联合。这意思是说，凡我们的所是和所作都必须被宰杀、切成块子、洗净，且烧在祭坛─十字架上，完全为着神的享受和满足。然后这就成为给神的食物。
8Certainly, Christ is the One who is burned to feed God and satisfy Him. However, we still need to lay our hands on Christ; that is, we need to be one with Him, identified with Him. This means that whatever we are and whatever we do must be slaughtered, cut in pieces, washed, and burned on the altar, the cross, entirely for God’s enjoyment and satisfaction. This will then become food for God.
9在我作基督徒的早期，我不懂得神需要食物，需要吃一些东西。我由圣经里只晓得我们罪人需要吃一些东西，我不知道神也需要吃。但一九五三年，我在台湾和圣徒们再查读豫表的时候，我就开始看见神需要食物。神的食物头一方面就是燔祭。利未记描述所有的祭，首先题起燔祭，原因就在这里。虽然利未记里燔祭在先，但出埃及记二十九章里描述祭司的成圣，却是作赎罪祭的公牛在先，其次才是作燔祭的公绵羊。我们首先必须献上基督作为赎罪祭；我们必须不断地觉察到我们的性情是罪恶的，甚至就是罪。因着天然的出生和生命，我们就是罪。那些要作祭司事奉神的人，必须有这种感觉和领会。既然我们在性情上是罪恶的，我们怎能事奉神呢？凭着我们自己和天然的生命，这是不可能的。我们需要蒙救赎，我们罪恶的性情也必须受对付。
9In my early years as a Christian, I did not know that God needed food, that He needed something to eat. From the Bible I had learned only that it was necessary for us sinners to eat something. I did not know that God also wanted to eat. But when I restudied typology with the saints in Taiwan in 1953, I began to see that God needs food. The first aspect of God’s food is the burnt offering. This is the reason that, of all the offerings described in the book of Leviticus, the burnt offering is mentioned first. Although in Leviticus the burnt offering comes first, regarding the sanctification of the priests described in Exodus 29, the bull for the sin offering is first, and the ram for the burnt offering is second. We must first offer Christ as our sin offering; we must realize constantly that we are sinful in nature and even sin itself. By our natural birth and life, we are sin. Those who would serve God as priests must have this consciousness and understanding. Since we are sinful in nature, how can we serve God? In ourselves and in our natural life, it is impossible. We need to be redeemed, and our sinful nature must be dealt with.
10头一只公绵羊被宰杀以后，要把血洒在坛的周围。这血说出救赎。我们怎么可能作神的祭司呢？惟有藉着救赎才有可能。
10After the first ram was slaughtered, its blood was sprinkled upon the altar round about. This blood speaks of redemption. How is it possible for us to be God’s priests? It is possible only through redemption.
血和馨香之气
The blood and the fragrance
11在出埃及记二十九章里的燔祭，给我们看见两件要紧的事。首先是把血洒在坛的周围，这是为着我们的平安和满足。其次是馨香之气升到天上作神的满足。赎罪的血洒在地上的坛上，而馨香之气升到天上使神满足。基督是我们的燔祭，使我们成圣作祭司，祂流出血来叫我们得平安，而祂自己被焚烧作为神的满足。
11Concerning the burnt offering in Exodus 29, we see two important matters. The first is the blood sprinkled about the altar. This is for our peace and satisfaction. The second matter is the sweet savor ascending to heaven for God’s satisfaction. The redeeming blood is sprinkled on the altar on earth, and the savor ascends to the heavens to satisfy God. As our burnt offering for our sanctification as priests, Christ shed His blood for our peace, and He Himself was burned for God’s satisfaction.
12头一只公绵羊是作为燔祭，而第二只公绵羊是作为平安祭。平安祭相当复杂。燔祭实际上很简单：祂被宰杀、切成块子、洗净并焚烧。这个祭有双重的结果─血洒在坛上，而馨香之气升到神那里去。血是给我们注视的，馨香之气是给神享受的。当然，血能使神满足，但血主要是为着我们的良心，并叫我们得平安。
12The first ram was for a burnt offering, but the second ram was for a peace offering. The peace offering is rather complicated. The burnt offering is actually simple: it was slaughtered, cut into pieces, washed, and burned. From this offering there was a twofold issue — the blood sprinkled upon the altar and the sweet fragrance ascending to God. The blood is for us to look at, and the sweet fragrance is for God to enjoy. To be sure, the blood satisfies God, but mainly the blood is for our conscience and for our peace.
13为甚么我们把基督当作头一只公绵羊─燔祭的公绵羊献上呢？我们这样把祂献上，因为我们晓得我们向来不是为着神的，现在也不是为着神的，反而总是为着自己。再者，我们不是神的食物，反倒一直是自己的食物。所以，因着我们是罪恶的，我们就需要基督来救赎我们。祂为我们被宰杀，为我们被切成块子，祂的血流出来，为着救赎我们。如今每当我们注视这血，我们就平安了，因为知道我们已经蒙了救赎。又有馨香之气升到神那里，作为祂的享受和满足。结果，我们的难处解决了，神的饥饿也饱足了。因此就有平安的光景，我们也能彀进一步享受基督，并且更多经历祂。如今我们尤其能彀经历祂作第二只公绵羊，经历祂作平安祭。
13Why do we offer Christ as the first ram, the ram of the burnt offering? We offer Him in this way because we realize that we have not been for God and that we are not for God. Instead we are always for ourselves. Furthermore, instead of being God’s food, we have always been our own food. Therefore, because we are sinful, we need Christ to redeem us. He has been slaughtered for us, He has been cut into pieces for us, and His blood was shed for our redemption. Now whenever we look at the blood, we are at peace, knowing we have been redeemed. Also the sweet fragrance ascends to God for His enjoyment and satisfaction. As a result, our problem is solved, and God’s hunger is satisfied. Hence, there is a peaceful situation, and we can go on further to enjoy Christ and experience more of Him. In particular, we may now experience Him as the second ram, as the peace offering.
平安祭的血
The blood of the peace offering
14现在让我们略略来看第二只公绵羊的意义。我们由二十九章二十节晓得这只公绵羊被宰杀了，然而没有切成块子。头一只公绵羊的血是洒在坛上，而第二只公绵羊的血处理的方式有些不同。二十节说：“你要宰这羊，取点血，抹在亚伦的右耳垂上，和他儿子的右耳垂上；又抹在他们右手的大拇指上，和右脚的大拇指上；并要把血洒在坛的四围。”请注意血是抹在右耳垂上、右手的大拇指上，和右脚的大拇指上。血在耳朵上指明，如果我们要作祭司，就需要一个听从神的耳朵。我们不该说得太多。我们也许会觉得很希奇，摩西没有奉命把血抹在亚伦的嘴唇上或舌头上。作祭司不需要说得太多，只需要听。大拇指表征作工，而脚趾表征行走。因此，作祭司需要合式地听、合式地作工、合式地行走。这也是祭司成圣的一部分。我们的耳朵、拇指、脚趾都需要救赎的血。在我们的耳朵、拇指、脚趾上的血使我们成圣，与别人有所不同。耳朵、拇指、脚趾上没有血的，还没有成圣归给神。亚伦和他的儿子这样用血洁净以后，就成圣作祭司来事奉神。
14Let us now consider, in the way of a brief sketch, the significance of the second ram. From 29:20 we know that this ram was slaughtered. However, it was not cut into pieces. The blood of the first ram was sprinkled upon the altar, but something different was done with the blood of the second ram. Verse 20 says, “And you shall slaughter the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the big toe of their right foot; and you shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.” Notice that the blood was put on the tip of the right ear, upon the right thumb, and upon the first toe of the right foot. The blood on the ear indicates that if we would be priests, we need an ear to listen to God. We should not speak too much. It may strike us as unusual that Moses was not commanded to put the blood on Aaron’s lips or tongue. Being a priest requires that we listen, not that we speak so much. The thumb signifies working, and the big toe signifies walking. Therefore, as priests we need the proper listening, working, and walking. This also is part of the sanctification of the priests. Our ears, our thumbs, and our big toes all need the redeeming blood. The blood on our ear, thumb, and toe sanctifies us makes us different from others. Those who do not have the blood on their ear, thumb, and toe have not been sanctified to God. After Aaron and his sons had been cleansed by the blood in this way, they were sanctified to serve Him as priests.
15照二十节来看，第二只公绵羊的血不但要抹在右耳垂、大拇指、脚趾上，也要洒在坛上。这就是平安祭的血第二种的应用。
15According to verse 20, the blood of the second ram was not only put upon the tip of the right ear, on the thumb, and on the big toe, but was also sprinkled upon the altar. This is the second kind of application of the blood of the peace offering.
16二十一节说：“你要取点坛上的血和膏油，弹在亚伦和他的衣服上，并他儿子和他儿子的衣服上，他们和他们的衣服，就一同成圣。”（另译。）这里我们看见平安祭血的第三方面。摩西要取点洒在坛上的血和膏油，弹在亚伦和他儿子的衣服上。现在亚伦和他儿子就全然成圣了，因为遮盖他们全身的衣服已经洁净并受膏了。
16Verse 21 says, “And you shall take of the blood which is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and he shall be holy, he and his garments, and his sons and his sons garments with him.” Here we see the third aspect of the blood of the peace offering. Moses took some of the blood that was sprinkled upon the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkled the blood and the oil upon the garments of Aaron and his sons. Now Aaron and his sons were fully sanctified, for the garments covering their entire body had been cleansed and anointed.
两种受膏
Two kinds of anointing
17出埃及记二十九章七节首先题起膏油，二十一节再度题起。七节说：“就把膏油倒在他头上膏他。”这是指宰杀祭物之前亚伦的受膏。首先亚伦自己在血以外受膏。这就是豫表诗篇一百三十三篇所题基督的受膏。在这篇诗里，膏油倒在亚伦的头上，最后流到他的衣襟。这表征神在救赎之外膏了基督。当然，基督受膏是不需要流血的。
17In Exodus 29 the anointing oil is mentioned first in verse 7 and again in verse 21. Verse 7 says, “And you shall take the anointing oil and pour it upon his head and anoint him.” This refers to the anointing of Aaron before any of the offerings were slaughtered. First Aaron himself was anointed apart from the blood. This is a type of the anointing of Christ mentioned in Psalm 133. In this psalm the ointment was poured upon Aaron’s head and eventually ran down to the skirts of his garments. This signifies the anointing of Christ by God apart from redemption. Christ’s anointing, of course, did not require the shedding of blood.
18亚伦受膏不但是豫表基督，也是豫表罪人成圣作祭司来事奉神。因为亚伦和他的儿子是罪恶的，所以需要第二种的受膏，就是为膏油和所洒的救赎之血所膏。事实上，这次受膏先题起血。这指明我们必须先有救赎的血，然后才能有分于膏油涂抹的灵。
18Aaron was anointed not only as a type of Christ, but also as a sinful person who was being sanctified to serve God as a priest. Because Aaron and his sons were sinful, there was the need for a second kind of anointing, an anointing with the anointing oil and the sprinkling of the redeeming blood. Actually, regarding this anointing, the blood is mentioned first. This indicates that we must first have the redeeming blood, and then we can participate in the anointing Spirit.
19平安祭的血多少有几分复杂。我们已经看见，有三个步骤，三种应用：首先，把血应用到祭司的耳朵、拇指、脚趾上；其次，把血洒在坛上；第三，把血和膏油弹在祭司的衣服上。
19The blood of the peace offering is somewhat complicated. As we have seen, there are three steps, three applications: first, the blood applied to the ear, the thumb, and the big toe of the priests; second, the blood sprinkled upon the altar; and third, the blood with the anointing oil sprinkled upon the priests’ garments.
平安祭的其它方面
Other aspects of the peace offering
20二十二节、二十三节说：“你要取这羊的脂油，和肥尾巴，并盖脏的脂油，与肝上的网子、两个腰子，和腰子上的脂油，并右肩；因为这是把手充满了的羊；再从耶和华面前装无酵饼的筐子中取一个饼、一个调油的饼，和一个薄饼。”（另译。）这里所题起公绵羊的部位乃是最丰富、最甜美的部分。照二十四节、二十五节来看，这些部分和从装无酵饼的筐子中所取的一个饼、一个调油的饼，和一个薄饼，要烧在耶和华面前燔祭的坛上，为馨香的火祭。内脏和脂油都要焚烧，作为神的食物。利未记三章十一节和十六节便证实这件事。
20Verses 22 and 23 say, “And you shall take from the ram the fat, and the fat; tail, and the fat that covers the inwards, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them. and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of the filling of hand; and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is before Jehovah.” The parts of the ram mentioned here are the richest and sweetest parts. According to verses 24 and 25 these parts, along with a loaf of bread, a cake of oiled bread, and a wafer from a basket of unleavened bread, were burned “on the altar upon the burnt offering for a sweet savor before Jehovah.” The inward parts and the fat were all burned to be God’s food. This is confirmed in Leviticus 3:11 and 16.
21第二只公绵羊外面主要的部位是胸和肩。右肩、内脏、脂油要和三种饼一同焚烧。右胸要在神面前摇一摇，这就是摇祭，豫表复活里的基督。这右胸在神面前摇一摇，不可焚烧；反倒要给摩西，作他的分。左胸和左肩是给亚伦和他儿子享受的分。肩要举起，要高举。这举祭豫表升天里的基督。复活里的基督就是摇祭，而升天里的基督乃是举祭。
21The main outward parts of the second ram were the breast and the shoulders. The right shoulder, the inward parts, and the fat were burned, along with the three cakes. The right breast was waved before God. This is a wave offering, a type of Christ in resurrection. This right breast which was waved before God was not burned; instead, it was given to Moses to be his portion. The left breast and the left shoulder were the portions for Aaron and his sons to enjoy. The shoulder was heaved, exalted. This heave offering typifies Christ in ascension. Christ in resurrection is the wave offering, and Christ in ascension is the heave offering.
22平安祭的胸表征爱，肩表征力量。复活里的基督有爱，升天里的基督有力量。在新约里，升天表征力量和能力。升天的基督就是有能力、有力量的基督。
22The breast of the peace offering signifies love, and the shoulder signifies strength. The Christ in resurrection is of love, and the Christ in ascension is of strength. In the New Testament the ascension signifies strength and power. The ascended Christ is a Christ of power and strength.
23我再说，右肩是焚烧给神的，而右胸首先在神面前摇一摇，然后给摩西，作为他的分。左肩和左胸都要在神面前举起，然后给亚伦和他的儿子，作为他们的分。在要来的信息里，我们要更详细地讲到这些事。
23To repeat, the right shoulder was burned for God, and the right breast was first waved before God and then given to Moses to be his portion. Both the left shoulder and the left breast were heaved up before God and then given to Aaron and his sons to be their portion. In forthcoming messages we shall cover these matters in more detail.
24由我们到目前为止所讲论的来看，我们需要基督作我们的赎罪祭，作公绵羊，成为使神满足的燔祭，并作我们的平安祭，及其所有的方面。平安祭的一部分是为着神的满足，一部分是为着事奉的祭司。我们作祭司的，可以享受平安祭和胸的一分。
24From what we have covered thus far, we see that we need Christ to be our sin offering, to be the ram as our burnt offering for God’s satisfaction, and to be our peace offering, with all its aspects. Part of the peace offering is for God’s satisfaction, and part is for the ministering priests. As priests, we may enjoy our part of the peace offering along with the bread.