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出埃及记生命读经 · 第179篇

摩西与神同在（二）

Moses’ stay with God (2)
1读经： 出埃及记三十四章。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 34
2出埃及记三十四章十八至三十五节论到三件要紧的事：神吩咐百姓要与祂一同守节、一同安息；享受主的五个条件；以及神注入到摩西里面。在本篇信息中，我们要来看与主一同守节、一同安息的嘱咐。
2Verses 18 through 35 of Exodus 34 cover three important matters: God’s charge to His people to feast and rest with Him, five conditions for enjoying the Lord, and God’s infusion into Moses. In this message we shall consider the charge related to feasting and resting with the Lord.
守节与安息
Feasting and resting
3在十八节主说：“你要守除酵节，照我所吩咐你的，在亚笔月内所定的日期，吃无酵饼七天，因为你是这亚笔月内出了埃及。”然后在二十一至二十二节，祂接着说到守安息日，守七七节、收藏节。在这些经文里面，神吩咐百姓要与祂一同守节，与祂一同安息。倘若我是摩西，我也许会说：“主，你呼召我到山顶上来的时候，吩咐过我把两块石版带来，你应许要将十诫重写在这些版上，而现在你对这些诫命只字不题 ，反倒对我说，我们该与你一同守节，与你一同安息。”
3In verse 18 the Lord says, “You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.” Then in verses 21 and 22 He goes on to speak of keeping the Sabbath and observing the feast of weeks and the feast of ingathering. In these verses God commanded the people to feast with Him and rest with Him. If I had been Moses, I might have said, “Lord, when You called me to come to the mountaintop, You told me to bring two tablets. You promised to rewrite the Ten Commandments on these tablets. But now You wouldn’t say a word about these commandments. Instead, You are telling me that we should feast with You and rest with You.”
4神的心意不是要百姓努力遵守十诫。神的心意乃是吩咐百姓来享受祂，与祂一同守节，并安息在祂里面。这与我们天然的愿望不同，我们总是想要为神作点甚么。
4It was not God’s intention that His people would try to keep the Ten Commandments. God’s intention was to command His people to enjoy Him — to feast with Him and rest in Him. This is contrary to our natural desire to want always to do something for God.
5想想路加十五章里浪子的比喻。浪子回到父亲那里的时候，对父亲说：“把我当作一个雇工罢。”（路十五19。）这指明回头的浪子想要为父亲作点甚么。然而，父亲无心去听这样的谈论。他立刻对仆人说：“把那肥牛犊牵来宰了，我们可以吃喝快乐。”（23。）父亲渴望他们都来坐席；一同坐席，便有享受与安息。
5Consider the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15. When the prodigal son came back to his father, he said to the father, “Make me as one of your hired servants” (Luke 15:19). This indicates that the returned prodigal wanted to do something for his father. The father, however, did not have the heart to listen to that kind of talk. Immediately he said to the servants, “Bring the fattened calf; slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry” (v. 23). The father’s desire was that they all would have a feast. In feasting together they would have enjoyment and rest.
6摩西不晓得神无意吩咐百姓遵守诫命。遵守诫命必须是次要的，是与主一同守节、与主一同安息的结果。倘若以色列人好好与主一同守节，不断与主一同安息，遵守十诫就不会有难处。
6Moses did not know that it was not God’s intention to charge His people to keep His commandments. The keeping of the commandments must be secondary; it must be the issue of feasting with the Lord and resting with Him. If the children of Israel would feast with the Lord properly and rest with Him continually, they would not have a problem in keeping the Ten Commandments.
7今天这个原则也可以应用到我们身上。我们若天天与主一同守节，终日与祂一同安息，日常生活中就会事事顺利。然而，一位弟兄也许尽力作个好丈夫，而没有与主一同守节，没有安息在祂里面。照样，一位姊妹也可能努力作个好妻子，而没有守节与安息。但如果我们不与主一同守节，不安息在祂里面，我们就是个可怜的丈夫，或可怜的妻子。我们不该努力去履行以弗所书第五章，只该一天多次与主一同守节。早晨我们该享受除酵节，一天之中该享受五旬节，晚上该享受住棚节。以色列人年年享受这些节期，而我们却该天天享受。此外，我们也该终日多次与主一同安息。以色列人一周有一次安息日，而我们一天该有多次安息日的安息。事实上，我们时时刻刻都该与主一同安息。如果我们这样与主一同守节，并安息在祂里面，我们的确会经历到以弗所第五章。
7This principle also applies to us today. If we feast with the Lord every day and rest with Him during the day, everything will be all right in our daily living. However, a brother may endeavor to be a good husband without feasting with the Lord and resting in Him. Likewise, a sister may try to be a good wife without this feasting and resting. But if we do not feast with the Lord and rest in Him, we shall be a poor husband or wife. Instead of trying to fulfill Ephesians 5, we should simply feast with the Lord a number of times during the day. In the morning we should enjoy the feast of unleavened bread; during the day, the feast of Pentecost; and in the evening, the feast of tabernacles. The children of Israel enjoyed these feasts yearly, but we should enjoy them daily. Furthermore, we should rest with the Lord many times throughout the day. The children of Israel had a Sabbath once a week, but we should have a Sabbath rest many times during the day. Actually, every hour, we should rest with the Lord. If we feast with the Lord and rest in Him in this way, we shall surely experience Ephesians 5.
三个节期
Three feasts
8照旧约来看，神命定以色列人每年要守七个节期：逾越节、除酵节、初熟节、七七节（五旬节）、吹角节、赎罪日、住棚节（也称为收藏节或收割节）。每年的开头，亚笔月间的逾越节过了以后，立刻要守除酵节。亚笔这个词的意思是嫩芽。实在说来，逾越节和除酵节是同一个节期。我们可以说，头一天是逾越节，接着几天就是除酵节。这指明我们享受了逾越节以后，需要立刻除净所有的酵，好守除酵节。今天我们守除酵节的意思是说，我们过着洁净的生活，过着无罪、无酵的生活。 初熟节带进了五旬节。在除酵节和收藏节之间，当初熟节的时候，就享受了一些美地的出产。到了一年的末了，在收藏节，神的百姓就完全享受美地的出产。
8According to the Old Testament, God had ordained that seven feasts be observed annually by the children of Israel: the Passover, the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of firstfruit, the feast of weeks (Pentecost), the feast of trumpets, the feast of atonement, and the feast of tabernacles (also called the feast of ingathering or harvest). The feast of unleavened bread was held immediately after the feast of Passover in the month of Abib, at the beginning of the year. Abib, the first month of the year, indicates a new beginning. The word Abib means a tender sprout. In a very real sense, the feast of the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread were one feast. We may say that the first day was the feast of Passover and the following days were the feast of unleavened bread. This indicates that immediately after we enjoy the Passover, we need to cleanse ourselves of all leaven in order to keep the feast of unleavened bread. For us today to keep the feast of unleavened bread means that we live a clean life, a life without sin, without leaven. The feast of firstfruit issues in the feast of Pentecost. Between the feasts of unleavened bread and of ingathering, there is some enjoyment of the produce of the good land during the feast of firstfruit. Toward the end of the year, at the feast of ingathering, God’s people had the full enjoyment of the produce of the good land.
9出埃及记三十四章里的节期全是为着享受。开头我们可以说，我们有撒种、有栽种，然后开始享受出产。但末了我们有彻底的收割作我们完满的享受。其间所守的节期，就着享受美地而论，不是这么要紧。这里的要点是说，出埃及记三十四章里的记载指明，神要百姓完满地享受美地。
9The feasts in Exodus 34 are all for enjoyment. At the beginning we may say that we have sowing and farming, and then we start to enjoy the produce. But at the end we have the full harvest for our full enjoyment. The feasts that were observed in the intervals were not as crucial as far as the enjoyment of the good land was concerned. The important point here is that the record in Exodus 34 indicates that God wanted His people to have the full enjoyment of the good land.
10除了节期以外，以色列人还必须周周守安息日。无论他们多么忙碌，每周必须有一 天歇了工作，与主一同安息。
10In addition to the feasts, the children of Israel were to keep the Sabbath every week. No matter how busy they were, they had to take one day a week to stop work and rest with the Lord.
天天守节并安息
Daily feasting and resting
11出埃及记三十四章里的这些经文有守节与安息。这些是我们今天所要享受的两件事，我们天天都需要守节，需要安息。我们不可能终日守节，但我们可以一天三次，早晨、中午、晚上来享受节期。此外，我们需要一天多次与主一同安息。我们一天至少该与主一同守节三次，并且多次与主一同安息。我们该一再地小憩片时，来记念主，并与祂一同安息。假定我们每二十分钟就休息片刻，与主一同享受安息，如果扣除八小时的睡眠时间，我们一天至少可与主一同安息四十八次。每二十分钟就有一个安息日，是何等的好！
11In these verses in Exodus 34 we have feasting and resting. These are two matters for us to enjoy today. Every day we need to feast and rest. It is not possible for us to feast all day long. However, we can enjoy a feast three times a day, at morning, at noon, and in the evening. Moreover, we need to rest with the Lord many times during the day. At least three times a day we should feast with the Lord, and many times a day we should rest with Him. Again and again we should take a break to remember the Lord and rest with Him. Suppose we took a break every twenty minutes to enjoy a rest with the Lord. If we deduct eight hours spent in sleeping, this would allow us to rest with the Lord at least forty-eight times during the day. How good it would be to have a Sabbath every twenty minutes!
12安息日的意义是说，它是记念主的时间，是记念我们创造主的时间。倘若我们没有把时间花在安息日的安息上，意思就是说我们把主忘了。但每当我们有了安息日，我们就记念了祂。我们每十五分钟或二十分钟便记念主一下，的确没有太过。让我们实行在每天的生活中一再地记念主，并安息在祂里面。
12The significance of the Sabbath is that it is a time to remember the Lord, a time to remember our Creator. If we do not take the time for a Sabbath rest, this means that we forget the Lord. But whenever we have a Sabbath, we remember Him. Certainly it is not too much for us to remember the Lord every fifteen or twenty minutes. Let us practice to remember the Lord and rest in Him time after time during the day.
除酵节
The feast of unleavened bread
13我们已经指出，三十四章十八节没有题起逾越节，反倒题起除酵节。原因乃是这里所关切的不是救恩，而是我们与神的交通。我们已经得救了，但我们与主交通的光景如何？我们若渴望维持与神的交通，就需要从我们的生活中清除所有的酵。这就是守除酵节。
13As we have pointed out, 34:18 does not mention the feast of Passover, but the feast of unleavened bread. The reason is that the concern here is not salvation; it is our fellowship with God. We have already been saved, but what is the situation with respect to our fellowship with the Lord? If we desire to maintain fellowship with God, we need to clear away all the leaven from our lives. This is to keep the feast of unleavened bread.
七七节
The feast of weeks
14三十四章所说到的第二个节期是七七节，在除酵节和收藏节之间。七七节成五旬节是复活生命的完满结果。我们晓得，初熟节七周以后，要守七七节。我说五旬节是初熟节的完满结果，原因就在这里。初熟节产生了五旬节。旧约里的豫表和新约里豫表的应验，都是如此。
14The second feast spoken of in chapter thirty-four is the feast of weeks, which came in between the feast of unleavened bread and the feast of ingathering. The feast of weeks or Pentecost is the full issue of resurrection life. We know that the feast of weeks is observed seven weeks after the feast of firstfruit. This is my reason for saying that the feast of Pentecost is the full issue of the feast of firstfruit. Firstfruit produces Pentecost. This is true both in the type in the Old Testament and in the fulfillment of the type in the New Testament.
15初熟的果子表征复活的基督。基督是头一个从死人中复活的，成为复活的初熟果子。（林前十五20。）利未记二十三章十至十一节里，在安息日的次日，就是复活的日子，（太二八1，）献给神的初熟果子，就是豫表这件事。
15The firstfruit signifies the resurrected Christ. Christ was the first one raised from among the dead as the firstfruit of resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20). This was typified by the firstfruits in Leviticus 23:10-11 offered to God on the day after the Sabbath, the day of resurrection (Matt. 28:1).
16从基督复活的日子到五旬节那一天，恰好是五十天。主耶稣复活以后，与门徒同在四十天之久，然后离开他们，升到天上去。接着，门徒祷告了十天。到了五旬节（五旬即五十），就是基督复活五十天以后，圣灵便浇灌下来。圣灵浇灌下来就是复活基督的完满结果。复活的基督在复活那日是初熟的果子，一捆大麦。然后这位复活的基督在五旬节那一天显出了完满的结果。这意思是说，复活的基督成了那灵，浇灌在信徒身上，作他们完满的享受。
16From the day of Christ’s resurrection to the day of Pentecost was exactly fifty days. After His resurrection, the Lord Jesus stayed with the disciples for forty days. Then He left them and ascended to the heavens. Following that, the dis-ciples prayed for ten days. Then on the day of Pentecost (Pentecost means fifty), fifty days after the resurrection of Christ, there was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was the full issue of the resurrected Christ. The resurrected Christ was the firstfruit, the barley sheaf, on the day of resurrection. Then this resurrected Christ had a full issue manifested on the day of Pentecost. This means that the resurrected Christ became the Spirit poured out upon His believers for their full enjoyment.
17当我思想旧约里的节期，以及它们在新约里的应验，我就再一次确信圣经是神的话。圣经不是根据人的头脑写成的经书。不，圣经的确是神圣的启示。奥古斯丁曾说，新约隐藏在旧约里面，旧约彰显在新约里面。这种领会是正确的。就着节期的豫表及其应验而论，我们看见新约和旧约互相吻合。
17As I consider the feasts in the Old Testament and their fulfillment in the New, I am convinced once again that the Bible is the Word of God. The Bible is not a book written according to the human mentality. No, the Bible truly is the divine revelation. Augustine once said that the New Testament is concealed in the Old and that the Old is expressed in the New. This understanding is correct. Regarding the types of the feasts and their fulfillment, we see that the New Testament and the Old Testament correspond to each other.
天天享受三个节期
Enjoying three feasts daily
18我们需要从日席生活中除净所有的酵、所有罪恶的事物，使我们能彀享受基督。这意思是说，我们若有除酵节，也就有五旬节，好享受基督。我们已经看见，我们需要天天接受基督作赎罪祭和赎愆祭。如果我们每天早晨这样应用基督，我们就会从日常生活中把酵除净。这会把我们导致日常的五旬节，导致日常对基督的享受。到了一天的末了，我们就有收藏的时间、收割的时间。收藏的意思是说，将丰满出产的收成积存起来，为要有完满的享受。经历收藏节，就是与神一同住在对基督完满的享受里。每天晚上都有收藏节是何等的好！以收藏节来结束一天，就是我们与神同住时完满地享受主。这才是真正的住棚节。
18We need to clear all the leaven, all the sinful things, out of our daily life so that we may have the enjoyment of Christ. This means that if we have the feast of unleavened bread, we shall also have the feast of Pentecost for the enjoyment of Christ. We have seen that daily we need to take Christ as the sin offering and the trespass offering. If we apply Christ in this way every morning, we shall clear away the leaven from our daily life. This will lead us to a daily Pentecost, to the daily enjoyment of Christ. Then at the end of the day we shall have a time of ingathering, a time of harvest. Ingathering means to gather in the full harvest of produce in order to have a full enjoyment. To experience the feast of ingathering is to dwell with God in the full enjoyment of Christ. How marvelous it would be to have a feast of ingathering every evening! To end the day with a feast of ingathering is to enjoy the Lord in a full way as we dwell with God. This is the real feast of tabernacles.
19然而，许多圣徒早晨没有除酵节，一天中也没有享受五旬节。结果，一天的末了就没有收藏节，没有住棚节。我们的光景常常就是这样。但如今我们看见，我们需要天天与主一同守节，与主一同安息。我们该天天享受基督作除酵节、七七节、收藏节，我们也该有许多安息日来记念主，并安息在祂里面。
19However, many saints do not have the feast of unleavened bread in the morning. Neither do they enjoy the feast of Pentecost during the day. As a result, at the end of the day there is no feast of ingathering, no feast of tabernacles. Often our situation has been like this. But now we see that daily we need to feast with the Lord and rest with Him. Daily we should enjoy Christ as the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of ingathering, and daily we should have many Sabbaths to remember the Lord and rest in Him.
藉着享受主与仇敌争战
Fighting the enemy by enjoying the Lord
20现在我们继续来看三十四章二十三至二十四节：“你们一切男丁，要一年三次朝见主耶和华以色列的神。因为我要从你面前赶出外邦人，扩张你的境界；你一年三次上去朝见耶和华你神的时候，必没有人贪慕你的地土。”（另译。）二十四节开头的“因为”这个词，表明这些经文里面有一件很要紧的事。这话指明我们需要享受主作无酵节、七七节、收藏节的原因。照二十三节、二十四节来看，一切男丁要一年三次朝见主，因为主要赶出外邦人，并为以色列人扩张境界。外邦人一直占有那地，但主应许要把他们赶走，将他们驱逐。不仅如此，主也应许要为以色列人扩张境界。这表征扩充我们的度量来享受基督。
20Let us now go on to consider 34:23 and 24: “Three times in the year every male shall appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel. For I will dispossess the nations from before you and enlarge your borders, and no one shall covet your land when you go up to appear before Jehovah your God three times in the year.” In these verses we have a very crucial matter indicated by the word “for” at the beginning of verse 24. This word indicates the reason we need to enjoy the Lord as the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of ingathering. According to verses 23 and 24, every male was to appear before the Lord three times a year, for the Lord would dispossess the nations and enlarge the borders for the children of Israel. The nations had been possessing the land. But the Lord promised that He would dispossess them, that He would drive them away. Furthermore, the Lord promised to enlarge the borders for the children of Israel. This signifies the enlargement of our capacity to enjoy Christ.
21也许有些以色列人对自己说：“如果我们花七天去过除酵节，没有一个男丁防御仇敌，假定非利士人当节期之日来攻击我们的土地，我们怎么能彀自卫呢？”这里主的意思是说：“你们都会平平安安的，如果你们一年三次上去与我一同守节，这样的守节会使贪婪的仇敌远离你的地土。”
21Perhaps some of the children of Israel said to themselves, “If we spend seven days at the feast of unleavened bread, none of the males will be available to stand guard against the enemy. Suppose the Philistines attack our land during the feast? How would we be able to defend ourselves?” Here the Lord seems to be saying, “You may all be at peace. If you go up to feast with Me three times a year, this feasting will keep away the covetous enemy from your land.”
22这里的原则非常有意义。主说到赶出外邦人、扩张境界，表明我们若不留意对主的享受，仇敌就会来攻击我们。例如，你若不是天天享受主，你的脾气就会攻击你、胜过你。不但如此，许多别的东西也会进来辖管你。然而，你若顾到对主的享受，这种享受就会使恶者远离你。
22The principle here is very significant. The Lord’s word about dispossessing the nations and enlarging the borders indicates that if we do not care for the enjoyment of the Lord, the enemies will come to attack us. For example, if you do not enjoy the Lord daily, you may be attacked and overcome by your temper. Furthermore, many other things will come in to take you over. However, if you take care of the enjoyment of the Lord, this enjoyment will keep the evil ones away from you.
23我要请你们留意二十四节里的“贪慕”这个词。许多消极的东西贪慕我们，并且巴望辖管我们。然而，因着我们认识不足，连我们不享受主的时候，还盼望仇敌远离我们。但我们由经历晓得，如果我们不享受主，许多“病菌”会攻击我们。我们可用物质的身体作比方。如果你要有健康的身体，你就需要好好去吃营养的食物。如果你吃了健康的食物，许多“臭虫”会被杀死，许多病菌也会远离你。这说明了一件事实：与仇敌 争战最好的路就是享受主。
23I would call your attention to the word “covet” in verse 24. Many negative things covet us and desire to take us over. However, because of our lack of understanding, we may still expect the enemies to be kept away from us even when we do not enjoy the Lord. But from experience we know that if we do not enjoy the Lord, many “germs” will attack us. We may use our physical body as an illustration. If you want to have a healthy body, you need to eat properly and have a sound diet. If you eat healthy food, many “bugs” will be killed, and many germs will be kept away from you. This is an illustration of the fact that the best way to fight against the enemy is to enjoy the Lord.
24我能彀证实，享受主就是真正与仇敌争战。我们凭着守节来争战。我天天都吃健康的食物来与病菌争战。我不晓得因着天天吃健康的食物，打败了多少的病菌。同样的原则，我们需要天天与主一同守节，来享受主。倘若我们顾到对主的享受，仇敌就会远离我们，真奇妙！
24I can testify that the enjoying of the Lord is the real fighting against the enemy. We fight by feasting. Every day I fight against disease germs by eating healthy food. I do not know how many germs have been defeated through my daily diet of healthy food. In the same principle, we need to enjoy the Lord daily by feasting with Him. If we care for the enjoyment of the Lord, the enemies will be kept away from us. This is marvelous!
25我们花时间来享受主的时候，不该惧怕仇敌来攻击我们。根据主在三十四章二十三节、二十四节的应许，我们会平安无事。如果我们顾到与主一同守节，祂就会对付贪婪的仇敌。事实上，我们对主的享受会使仇敌远离。
25We should not fear that the enemy will come in to attack us while we are taking the time to enjoy the Lord. According to the Lord’s promise in 34:23 and 24, we may be at peace. If we take care of feasting with the Lord, He will take care of the covetous enemy. Actually, our enjoyment of the Lord will keep the enemy away.
26主已经应许要赶出外邦人，扩张美地的境界，并使贪婪的仇敌远离美地。这意思是说，祂要毁坏所有霸占、篡夺我们的事物，扩张基督的境界，并护卫我们对基督的享受。
26The Lord has promised to dispossess the nations, enlarge the borders of the good land, and keep away the coveting enemies from the good land. This means that He will demolish all our preoccupations and usurpations, enlarge the borders of Christ, and guard the enjoyment of Christ.