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出埃及记生命读经 · 第146篇

亚伦和他的儿子成圣作祭司（十四）

The sanctification of Aaron and his sons to be the priests (14)
1读经： 出埃及记二十九章二十九至四十六节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 29:29-46
2在前面的信息里，我们强调旧约里豫表的价值，也看过了对这些豫表的不同态度。除了新约里的明言以外，我们还需要旧约里的豫表、图画，我们尤其需要留意出埃及记二十九章所说基督的豫表。倘若我们把这幅基督的图画应用到经历上，我们就会更多享受基督，并晓得如何长出基督、产生基督，使我们能彀在教会的聚会里把祂献给神。
2In the foregoing message we emphasized the value of the types in the Old Testament, and we also considered different attitudes toward these types. In addition to the plain words in the New Testament, we need the types, the pictures, in the Old Testament. In particular, we need to pay attention to the types of Christ presented in Exodus 29. If we apply this picture of Christ to our experience, we shall enjoy more of Christ and learn how to grow Christ and produce Him so that we can offer Him to God in the church meetings.
日常生活中根本的改变
A radical change in our daily life
3我盼望在主恢复里的众圣徒，都愿意抛弃老旧的宗教背景，这种背景至少在不知不觉或下意识里多多少少影响了众圣徒。许多人来到聚会里，还是受宗教背景的影响。 因着这种影响，他们来到聚会里，只不过和会众一同坐着唱唱诗；其他的人也许献上一个祷告，或作一个见证。当然，这是一种进步。无论如何，聚会的光景还是过于我们由传统的基督教所承袭的影响。我们应该把这种遗传、这种影响，当作必须丢弃的旧文化。
3I hope that all the saints in the Lord’s recovery will be willing to drop their old, religious background. At least to some extent, this background influences the saints unconsciously or subconsciously. When they come to the meetings, many are still under the influence of the background of religion. Because of this influence, they come to the meetings merely to sit and join the congregation in singing. Others may offer a prayer or give a testimony. This, of course, is an improvement. Nevertheless, the situation of the meetings is still too much under the influence of what we inherited from traditional Christianity. We may regard this inheritance, this influence, as an old culture that we need to drop.
4在这些论到出埃及记二十九章的信息里面，我们一直在看信徒成圣作祭司来事奉神的事，这与如何聚会的问题有关。由出埃及记二十九章里的豫表所启示出来的，与传统基督教的作法迥然不同。因这缘故，我劝你们把老旧的背景搁在一边，并照着出埃及记二十九章里的图画来接受新的东西。
4In these messages on Exodus 29 we have been considering the sanctification of the believers to serve God as priests. This is related to the question of how to meet. What is revealed through the types in Exodus 29 is absolutely different from the practice of traditional Christianity. For this reason, I urge you to lay aside your old background and take up something new according to the picture in Exodus 29.
5我们在出埃及记二十九章的末了，看见作赎罪祭的公牛，作燔祭的羊羔，作素祭的细面和油，以及作奠祭的酒。我们每天的实行都必须符合这些豫表所启示的。这意思是说，在我们的生活里，我们应当在这些方面经历基督，不该再以老样子来过基督徒的生活。新约说明了甚么是基督徒的生活，然而没有把细节告诉我们，这些细节在旧约的豫表里面有描绘。出埃及记二十九章有一幅图画，表明我们每天需要一只公牛、两只羊羔、细面、油和酒。在你过基督徒生活的方式上，赎罪祭在那里？羊羔、细面、油和酒在那里？很可能在你的日常生活里，甚么也没有。基督的各方面在圣经里都有描绘，但它们不是你经历的一部分，在你的日常生活中找不着它们。我们过基督徒生活的方式，根源也许是在伦理、文化、宗教和天然观念的里面，而不是由出埃及记二十九章所描绘的素质组成的。我们可能像研读旧约的圣经学者一样，虽然研读出埃及记二十九章里的豫表，却不照着这些豫表来生活；我们没有使这些豫表与我们的日常生活合而为一。公牛、羊羔、细面、油和酒这幅图画的目的何在？当然，这不是只为着构成圣经的。这乃是我们在日常生活中所该经历的一幅图画。
5Toward the end of Exodus 29 we see the bull for the sin offering, the lambs for the burnt offering, the flour and the oil for the meal offering, and the wine for the drink offering. Daily our practice needs to match what is revealed in these types. This means that in our living we should experience Christ in all these ways. No longer should we live the Christian life in an old way. The New Testament makes clear what the Christian life is. However, the New Testament does not give us the details. The details are pictured in the Old Testament types. Here in Exodus 29 we have a picture showing that daily we need a bull, two lambs, flour, oil, and wine. Where is the sin offering in your way of living the Christian life? Where are the lambs, the fine flour, the oil, and the wine? It is possible that you do not have any of these in your daily life. The aspects of Christ are pictured in the Bible, but they are not part of your experience; they are not found in your daily life. Our way of living the Christian life may have its source in ethics, culture, religion, and the natural concept. It is not constituted of the elements portrayed in Exodus 29. We may be like Bible students studying the Old Testament who study the types in Exodus 29, but do not live according to them. We do not make them one with our daily living. What is the purpose of the picture of the bull, the lambs, the flour, the oil, the wine? To be sure, it is not just for the composition of the Bible. It is a picture of what we should experience in our daily life.
6很可能我们受主的职事供应了多年，而没有在日常生活中应用我们所得着的启示。如果我们的光景是这样，我们的职事不过就是听道、学习、研读，而不是在生活里。不但如此，我们在基督徒的生活里所有的，也可能是源于传统。甚至我们从主的职事里所得着的，只不过影响我们过基督徒生活的传统方式，还没有在我们的日常生活中产生根本的改变，产生革命。出埃及记二十九章里的图画应当在我们基督徒的生活中产生根本的改变，使我们不再以传统的老方式来过日常的生活。
6It is possible to be under the Lord’s ministry for years without applying in our daily life the revelation we have received. If this is our situation, we have the ministry in our listening, learning, or reading, but not in our living. Furthermore, what we have in our Christian life may be derived from tradition. Even what we gain from the Lord’s ministry may do nothing more than influence our traditional way of living the Christian life. It does not lead to a radical change, to a revolution, in our daily living. The picture in Exodus 29 should bring about a radical change in our Christian life. It should cause us to no longer have our daily life in a traditional way.
7天主教一些传统的作法可说明我们的意思。按着天主教的作法，信徒应当规律地办告解，然后参加弥撤；此外又认为妇女在教堂里必须蒙头。按着天主教的传统，有些人也可能会买蜡烛，摆在偶像面前。这就是天主教根据传统的作法。虽然你没有跟随这种传统，但原则上，你过基督徒生活的方式也是传统的。因此，我盼望我们说到如何聚会以及如何作祭司事奉主的时候，能把出埃及记二十九章里所有的事物都应用到我们的日常生活中。愿这些事物在我们基督徒的生活里产生革命，尤其我们必须在祷告上彻底有改变。
7We may illustrate what we mean by tradition from certain practices of Catholicism. According to the Catholic way, regularly a believer should go to confession and then attend mass. In addition, when she is in a church building, a woman is supposed to have a covering on her head. Also according to Catholic tradition, some may buy candles and place them in front of an image. This is the Catholic way according to tradition. Although you do not follow this kind of tradition, in principle your way of living the Christian life may also be traditional. Therefore, I hope that as we are speaking concerning how to meet and how to be priests serving the Lord, we shall apply all the matters in Exodus 29 to our daily living. May all these things cause a revolution in our Christian life. In particular, we need to be revolutionized in our praying.
8我能彀作见证，我还在学习如何过正当的基督徒生活。我承认以往非常受传统的影响，我们不晓得自己在传统里有多深。当我们努力要从传统里出来的时候，我们就发现，这是极其不容易的事。
8I can testify that I am still learning how to have a proper Christian life. I admit that in the past I was strongly under the influence of tradition. We do not know how deep in tradition we are. When we try to get out of tradition, we discover that it is extremely difficult to get out.
9在出埃及记二十九章里面，公牛是豫表基督作我们的赎罪祭，羊羔是豫表基督作我们的燔祭。我鼓励你把基督当作赎罪祭和燔祭献给神，我也鼓励你终日享受基督作素祭，作调油的细面，甚至经历祂是当作奠祭浇奠给神的酒。
9In Exodus 29 the bull typifies Christ as our sin offering and the lambs typify Christ as our burnt offering. I encourage you to practice offering Christ to God as your sin offering and also as your burnt offering. I would also encourage you throughout the day to enjoy Christ as the meal offering, as the fine flour mingled with oil, and even to experience Him as the wine to be poured out to God as a drink offering.
自然而亲密地祷昔
Praying spontaneously and intimately
10要懂得这些事情并且好好来实行，多少有点困难，所以我试着进一步来说明我的意思。我不是说，你该按着律法作甚么。主是活的，同在的，并且我们爱祂。祂与我们同在，我们也与他同在。主岂不是活的、同在的么？你岂不也是活的同在的么？因此，你和主彼此都是活的、同在的，在你和主之间就当有自自然然的交通。当你和主享受这样的关系时，你就会觉得自己还是罪恶的，你也会把赎罪祭献上。
10Because it is somewhat difficult to understand these matters and practice them, let me try to explain further what I mean. I do not mean that you should do anything in a legal way. The Lord is living and present, and we love Him. He is present with us, and we are present with Him. Is the Lord not living and present? And are you not also living and present? Therefore, both you and the Lord are living and present to each other. There should be some spontaneous communication between you and the Lord. As you and the Lord enjoy such a relationship, you will realize that you are still sinful, and you will offer the sin offering.
11活在主的同在里会使我们觉得我们是罪恶的，甚至我们自己就是罪。倘若我们在主的同在里没有这样的感觉，定规是出了甚么毛病：当然，主不会有甚么错，错的定规是我们这一边。但如果光景正常的话，我们所作的头十件事也许是这么说：“主阿，我还在旧造里，还在自己里，还在老旧的性情里，还在肉体里。主，我承认自己是罪恶的。主，感谢你作我的赎罪祭，为我在十字架上死了，主，现今在你面前，我将手按在你身上，并应用你作我现在的赎罪祭。”这就不是按着律法，而是自印然然地接受基督作赎罪祭。
11Living in the Lord’s presence will make us conscious of the fact that we are sinful, even that we are sin itself. If we do not have this feeling when in the Lord’s presence, there must be something wrong. Of course, there cannot be anything wrong with the Lord. Whatever is wrong must be on our side. But if the situation is proper, probably the first thing we shall do is to say something like this: “O Lord, I am still in the old creation, still in myself, my old nature, and in the flesh. Lord, I confess that I am sinful. Thank You, Lord, that You died for me on the cross as my sin offering. Lord, now in Your presence, I lay my hand on You and apply You as my present sin offering.” This is to take Christ as the sin offering in a spontaneous manner, not in the way of legality.
12我们在自自然然地祷告里应用基督作我们的赎罪祭，对主乃是真实的赞美；我们这么祷告，就是把上好的感谢归给主。这样的祷告与一般照着宗教的传统或习惯而有的祷告不同。以下是一个例子，是照着习惯献上的相当普通的祷告：“主，我是罪恶的，为着你的宝血，我感谢你，现在我能彀把这血应用到我的身上来。”这样的祷告的确不错，但这个发表指明，这样来祷告的人多多少少还在传统的影响之下。然而，我们若照着以上所说明的来应用基督作赎罪祭，就表明我们不是在传统之下，而是在主的光照之下。
12A spontaneous prayer in which we apply Christ as our sin offering is a true praise to the Lord. When we pray like this, we render Him the best appreciation. This kind of prayer is different from common prayer according to religious tradition or habit. The following is an example of a rather common prayer, a prayer that may be offered according to habit: “Lord, I am sinful. I thank You for Your precious blood that I can now apply to me.” This kind of prayer certainly is good, but the expression indicates that, at least to some extent, the one who prays in this way is still under the influence of tradition. However, if we apply Christ as the sin offering in the way illustrated above, that will be a sign that we are not under tradition but that we are under the Lord’s enlightenment.
13当我们和主这两个活的人位一同在交通里的时候，有个东西会在我们里面运行，并使我们晓得主是新的，我们是老旧的。然后我们会说：“主阿，你是这么圣别，这么新鲜，而我却是老旧的。我活在旧造里，我还在肉体和老旧的性情里。我是罪恶的，甚至就是罪，即使我得救了、重生了，我还是罪。”这是我们与主有真实、亲密的接触时，自自然然产生的体认。这不是按着律法献上凡俗、传统的祷告。反之，这是亲密和主说话的方式。然后我们会接着说：“主，我感谢你，你替我成为罪。当你死在十字架上的时候，你定罪了罪。主，我感谢你定罪了我的肉体。”这样的祷告不是照着传统，而是在主的光照之下对主说亲爱、亲密的话。这样的发表乃是照着我们里面深处的情操。
13When we and the Lord, as living persons, are together in fellowship, something will operate within us and cause us to realize that the Lord is new and that we are old. Then we may say, “O Lord, You are so holy and new, but I am old. I live in the old creation, and I am still in my flesh and in my old nature. I am sinful — I am even sin. Even though I have been saved and regenerated, I am still sin.” This is a realization that comes spontaneously when we have genuine, intimate contact with the Lord. It is not a common, traditional prayer offered in a legal way. On the contrary, it is an intimate way of speaking to the Lord. Then, we may go on to say, “Lord, I thank You that You were made sin for me. When You died on the cross, You condemned sin. Lord, I thank You for condemning my flesh.” This kind of prayer is not according to tradition; it is a loving, intimate word spoken to the Lord under His enlightenment. This kind of expression is according to the sentiment deep within us.
14在我们的实行里，我们对主说话的方式和对家人说话的方式迥然不同。我们不是亲密地来对祂说话，而是一本正经，甚至对祂说话如同表演一样。这样来到主面前，一点也不喜乐。你活泼、自然、亲密地来接触那些与你亲近的人，为甚么不同样地来接触主呢？你看见你的丈夫、你的妻子的时候，不是刻刻板板地说话；反之，你是亲爱、自然地来说话。我们也该这样来和主说话。
14Often in our actual practice, our way of speaking to the Lord is very different from the way we speak to the members of our family. Instead of speaking to Him in an intimate way, we may be formal and even speak as if we were performing. It is not at all pleasant to come to the Lord in such a way. Why not contact the Lord in the same kind of living, spontaneous, and intimate way you contact those who are close to you? When you see your husband or wife, you do not speak in a formal manner. On the contrary, you speak in a loving, spontaneous way. We should also talk to the Lord Jesus this way.
15你有没有注意到，在福音书里，门徒没有以宗教、仪文、传统的方式来向主耶稣祷告？反之，门徒是藉着亲密、亲爱地和主说话来祷告的。我们应当由这个榜样学习停下老旧的祷告方式，并照着出埃及记二十九章所描绘的来过生活。
15Have you noticed that in the Gospels the disciples did not pray to the Lord Jesus in a way that was religious, formal, or traditional? Rather, the disciples prayed by talking to the Lord intimately and lovingly. We should learn from this example to cease from our old way of praying and live a life according to what is pictured in Exodus 29.
听与说
Listening and speaking
16我由经历中晓得，与主亲近、与主合一是何等美好。有时候我们不该先向主说话，我们该让主先说话。当祂说话的时候，我们不该立刻回答。这意思是说，我们和主应当和朋友一样，花时间听对方倾诉。假设一位朋友来拜访你，开始和你说到一些事情，如果你打断他的话，说起别的事来，就表明你不注意他所说的。这不是亲密的朋友在一起交谈。合式的交谈乃是你的朋友对你说话，而你留意听。过了一段时间以后，他会给你机会说话，他也留意听。如果全是他在说话，说完了，说声再见，就离开了，这样的确不合式。他该给你机会来对他说话。我们和主的关系也该是这样。
16I have learned from experience how good it is to be intimate with the Lord and one with Him. Sometimes we should not first speak to Him. We should let the Lord speak first. When He speaks, we should not immediately speak in return. This means that we and the Lord should be like friends who take time to listen to each other. Suppose a friend visits you and begins to speak to you about certain things. If you interrupt him and begin to speak about other matters, that would indicate that you do not care for what he is saying. That is not the way for intimate friends to converse together. The proper way is that your friend talks to you, and you listen. Then, after a period of time, he will give you an opportunity to speak, and he will listen. It certainly would not be proper for him to do all the talking and then, when he is finished, to say goodbye and leave. He should give you the opportunity to speak to him. This should also be true of our relationship with the Lord.
17清晨你与主同在的时候，也许祂开始和你说话。祂一面说话，一面光照，因为祂的说话就是我们的光照。有时候祂也许鼓励你，有时候也许责备你，甚至斥责你。但无论神说甚么，你都必须留意听。然后祂会给你时间来说话，我相当确信，无论你说甚么，总是在赎罪祭的范围内。你可能会回答说：“主，我就是罪，但你是我的赎罪祭，你替我成为罪，并且死在十字架上定罪了罪。我何等感谢你，你的宝血流出来作我的赎罪祭。主阿，我何等宝贝这血！”这样和主说话会使你深深地爱祂，你会觉得你从来没有像现在这么爱祂，你会给祂最高的评价。这一切会使你天天过着享受主的生活，尤其是享受祂这细面来餧养你，并将生命供应给你。自然而然地，你也会在灵里行事，在灵里行动，并在灵里说话；这样你就享受了基督作橄榄油。然后你会甘心乐意地为着主和别人将自己献上；这就是有了把基督当作酒浇奠出来的生活。这样你就会有一只公牛、两只羊羔，和一些细面、油和酒。
17Early in the morning, when you are with the Lord, He may begin to speak to you. As He speaks, He enlightens, for His speaking is our enlightening. Sometimes He may encourage you. At other times, He may rebuke you or even scold you. But no matter what He says, you must listen to Him. Then He will give you time to speak. I am rather certain that whatever you say will be in the realm of the sin offering. You may answer Him by saying, “Lord, I am sin, but You are my sin offering. You were made sin for me, and You died on the cross to condemn sin. How I thank You that Your precious blood is the blood shed by You as my sin offering. O Lord, how I treasure this blood!” Talking to the Lord in this way will cause you to love Him very much. You will sense that you have never loved Him as much as you love Him now. Furthermore, you will give Him the highest appreciation. All this will cause you to live a daily life of enjoying the Lord. In particular, you will enjoy Him as the fine flour feeding you and supplying life to you. Also, spontaneously you will walk in spirit, act in spirit, and speak in spirit. In this way you will enjoy Christ as the olive oil. Then you will become willing to sacrifice yourself for the Lord and for others. This is to have a life in which we pour out Christ as wine. In this way you will have a bull, two lambs, and an amount of flour, oil, and wine.
我们聚会的方式
Our way of meeting
18如果你带着这些方面的基督来到教会的聚会里，你就不会以传统、凡俗、照着宗教背景的方式而来。不，你来聚会并在聚会里尽功用的方式会完全不同。我不晓得你要作甚么，但我信你自然而然会向主献上赞美，并为祂作见证。圣经启示出我们充满了甚么，最终就会倾倒出甚么。这意思是说，如果我们被基督充满，我们就会在赞美和见证中把祂倾倒出来。
18If you come to the church meeting with Christ in these aspects, you will not come in a traditional way, in a common way, in a way according to the religious background. No, the way you come to the meetings and function in the meetings will be absolutely different. I do not know what you will do, but I believe that spontaneously you will offer praise to the Lord and testify of Him. The Bible reveals that whatever fills us will eventually be poured out. This means that if we are filled with Christ, we shall pour Him forth in praise and testimony.
19我们聚会的方式还是太形式、太传统了。例如，我们也许认为作见证该在聚会结束的时候。照这种观念来看，如果我们在聚会开始的时候作见证，就违反了聚会的规条。事实上没有一个规条说，我们该在聚会结束的时候作见证，而不该在聚会开始的时候作见证。如果这个规条存在，就是存在圣徒里面自制的规条。假设我们来到教会的聚会里，甚至来到职事的聚会里，并且一位一位地作见证，也许就会有许许多多的见证，谁也没有机会释放信息了。然而，我说这话的用意不是要为聚会的方式题出建议。我的负担是要指出我们是多么形式、多么宗教、多么天然、多么传统。我的用意是要表明我们还是受传统基督教的影响。在我们每天的习惯和聚会里，我们必须脱去这种影响。
19Our way of meeting is still too formal and traditional. For instance, we may think that testimonies should be given at the end of the meeting. According to this concept, if we testify at the beginning of the meeting, we break the rules or regulations of the meeting. Actually, there is no rule that says we should testify at the end of the meeting and not at the beginning. If this rule exists, it exists in the saints as a self-made rule. Suppose we come to a church meeting or even to a ministry meeting and testify one by one. There may be so many testimonies that there will not be an opportunity for anyone to give a message. My intention in saying this, however, is not to present a proposal concerning the way of meeting. My burden is to point out how formal, religious, natural, and traditional we are. My intention is to show that we are still under the influence of traditional Christianity. In our daily practice and in our meetings we need to get away from this influence.
两种文化
Two cultures
20我愿意把我从古老的东方文化转到现代的西方文化这个经历当作一个例子。我和西方人多方接触的结果，家人开始受到西方文化的影响。但古老的东方文化影响力很强，我们需要一些时日才跟得上现代的方式。当我们的处境必须在两种文化之间有所选择的时候，我们就需要运用鉴别力来区别何者较为优秀。从我年轻的时候起，我就开始懂得现代文化优于传统文化。但绝大多数的中国人不了解这一点，甚至反对现代文化。我用这件事来说明我们今天的光景。今天有两种气氛，一种比另一种还要盛行。比较盛行的气氛是基督教，另一种气氛则是主的恢复。我们需要合式的鉴别力，好知道我们该在那一种气氛里，是在基督教的气氛里，还是在主的恢复里？
20I would take as an illustration my experience of turning from the old, Oriental culture to the modern, Western culture. As a result of much contact with Westerners, my family began to be influenced by Western culture. But the influence of the old, Oriental culture was so strong that it took a while before we could follow the modern way. When we are in a situation where we must choose between two cultures, we need to exercise discernment to know which is better. From my youth, I began to realize that the modern culture was better than the traditional culture. But the vast majority of the Chinese did not realize this and even opposed modern culture. I use this as an illustration of our situation today. Today there are two atmospheres, one more prevalent than the other. The more prevalent atmosphere is that of Christianity; the other is that of the Lord’s recovery. We need the proper discernment to know which atmosphere we should be in, the atmosphere of Christianity or of the Lord’s recovery.
实际地经历基督
Experience Christ in a practical way
21基督是活的、同在的、实际的。祂实实在在是我们的赎罪祭、赎愆祭、燔祭。祂是细面，与油调和而成素祭；油是表征赐生命的灵。祂也是酒，我们被这酒所充满，并把这酒当作奠祭浇奠出来让神享受。基督就是这一切的事物。但我们不仅需要有一种生活来与此相配，更需要有一种生活来返照它。我们的生活该是这位基督的返照。
21Christ is living, present, and real. In reality and in actuality He is our sin offering, our trespass offering, and our burnt offering. He is the fine flour for the meal offering composed of flour mingled with oil, which signifies the life-giving Spirit. He is also the wine with which we are filled and which we pour out as a drink offering for God’s enjoyment. Christ is all these things. But we need to have a life not only to match this, but also to reflect it. Our living should be the reflection of such a Christ.
22倘若我们一周一周、一年一年地参加职事的聚会，而没有把我们在信息里所听见的事付诸实行，这样的聚会就会仅仅成了查经班。藉着主的职事从主话里所启示出来的事，我们都必须实行。我盼望自己得着怜悯、恩典，率先实行这些事。愿我们把这些事都带到日常生活里，使它们照着旧约豫表的图画成为基督的返照。
22If we attend ministry meetings week after week and year after year and do not put into practice the things we hear in the messages, then this kind of meeting becomes merely a class for Bible teaching. We all need to practice the things revealed from the Word through the Lord’s ministry. I hope that I myself shall receive mercy and grace to take the lead to practice these things. May we put all these matters into our daily life and make them a reflection of Christ according to the picture of the Old Testament types.
23我们必须天天实际地经历基督作现今的赎罪祭和燔祭。我们也该经历祂作素祭，就是作我们生命的供应；这意思是说，我们该有细面与充分的油调和。我们不该是枯干的；我们该有赐生命之灵的油，不但浇灌在我们身上，也与我们调和。然后我们该完全被那灵的油所浸透。接着，我们需要有基督作酒来充满我们，使我们喜乐，我们就 甘愿为主献上一切，并为主把一切都浇奠出来。
23We need to experience Christ daily in a practical way as our present sin offering and burnt offering. We should also experience Him as the meal offering, that is, as our life supply. This means that we should have the fine flour mingled with an adequate amount of oil. We should not be dry; we should have the oil of the life-giving Spirit not only poured upon us, but also mingled with us. Then we should be thoroughly saturated with the oil of the Spirit. Following this, we need to have Christ as our wine to fill us up and make us so happy that we shall be willing to sacrifice everything for the Lord and pour out everything for Him.
磨与压
Grinding and pressing
24细面是由小麦磨成的，磨小麦乃是十字架在我们的经历里作工的一幅图画，十字架的对付就是磨。也许我们是小麦，但还不是细面。这意思是说，我们也许有基督作小麦的经历，却没有基督作细面的经历，因为我们没有被磨的经历。我们需要这种经历，就是十字架的对付。
24The fine flour comes from grains that have been ground. This grinding of the grains is a picture of the working of the cross in our experience. The dealing of the cross is a grinding. We may be grains, but we may not be fine flour. This means that we may have the experience of Christ as grain, but may not have the experience of Him as the fine flour, because we do not have the experience of being ground. We need this experience, this dealing of the cross.
25橄榄油是橄榄被压榨而成的，如果橄榄不被压榨，就没有油会流出来：橄榄惟有经过压榨的过程，才会流出油来。葡萄也是这样，除非经过压榨，就无法流出酒来。橄榄和葡萄被压榨，都是说明十字架的对付。因此，磨与压都是表征十字架在我们里面的运行。如果我们要享受基督作细面，就必须模成祂的死。我们必须在十字架的磨辗之下过生活。此外，我们要流出油和酒来，就必须在十字架的压榨之下过生活。
25The olive oil comes from olives that have been pressed. If olives are not pressed, no oil can flow out. Olives flow out oil only through the process of being pressed. The same is true of grapes. Unless grapes are pressed, they cannot flow out wine. The pressing of the olives and the pressing of the grapes are both illustrations of the dealing of the cross. Thus, the grinding and the pressing both signify the operation of the cross in us. If we would enjoy Christ as fine flour, we must be conformed to His death. We must live a life under the grinding of the cross. Moreover, in order to flow out oil and wine, we must live a life under the pressing of the cross.
26我们来看这些事的时候，也许觉得很不容易领会，但如果我们在日常生活中付诸实行，并有一种返照这幅图画的生活，自然而然就会经历到小麦所受的磨辗，以及橄榄和葡萄所受的压榨。如果我们不在十字架的压榨之下，就不会有油，我们无法有一种在赐生命之灵里丰富的生活。照样，如果我们不在十字架的压榨之下，就没有酒可喝，更没有酒可为着主和别人浇奠出来了。酒和油是压出来的，而细面是磨出来的。
26As we consider these matters, we may feel that they are difficult to comprehend. But if we put them into practice in our daily life and have a living that is a reflection of this picture, spontaneously we shall experience the grinding of the grains and the pressing of the olives and the grapes. If we are not under the pressing of the cross, we cannot have oil. We cannot have a life rich in the life-giving Spirit. In like manner, if we are not under the pressing of the cross, we cannot have any wine to drink, much less have wine to pour out for the Lord and for others. Wine and oil come from the pressing, and fine flour comes from the grinding.
主住在我们中间
The Lord dwelling in our midst
27四十二节、四十三节说：“这要在耶和华面前，会幕门口，作你们世世代代常献的燔祭；我要在那里与你们相会，和你们说话。我要在那里与以色列人相会，会幕就要因我的荣耀成为圣。”这些经文指明，如果我们有这一章里所描述的生命，主就要与我们相会，并和我们说话。照四十三节来看，祂不但要与祭司相会，也要与全会众相会。此外，每样东西都是圣别、成圣的了。四十四节、四十五节说：“我要使会幕和坛成圣，也要使亚伦和他的儿子成圣，给我供祭司的职分。我要住在以色列人中间，作他们的神。”这也是这一章里所描述之生命的结果、结局。最后，四十六节有结语：“他们必知道我是耶和华他们的神，是将他们从埃及地领出来的，为要住在他们中间；我是耶和华他们的神。”照着出埃及记二十九章来经历基督，结果就是主住在我们中间。
27Verses 42 and 43 say, “It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you to speak with you there. And I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by My glory.” These verses indicate that if we have the life described in this chapter, the Lord will meet with us and will speak with us. According to verse 43, He will meet not only with the priests, but with the entire congregation. Furthermore, everything will be holy, sanctified. Verses 44 and 45 say, “And I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I will sanctify to serve as priests to Me. And I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and I will be their God.” This also is the outcome, the issue, of the kind of life depicted in this chapter. Finally, in verse 46 we have the conclusion: “And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt that I might dwell in their midst; I am Jehovah their God.” The result of experiencing Christ according to Exodus 29 is that the Lord dwells in our midst.