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出埃及记生命读经 · 第94篇

灯台─长大，分枝，发芽，开花，为着发光

The Lampstand (3)
GROWING, BRANCHING, BUDDING, AND BLOSSOMING TO SHINE THE LIGHT
1读经： 出埃及记二十五章三十一至四十节；四十章四节，二十四至二十五节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 25:31-40; 40:4, 24-25
2我们来查考关乎帐幕的各种豫表时，要注意经历的一面过于道理的一面。以往有许多书论到帐幕的器具，这些书多半重在道理一面，读那些注解，在经历方面不能给人多少的帮助。历年来我已学知，这些豫表不但是为着道理，更是为着我们的经历。不仅如此，这种经历不该是一般基督徒的经历。反之，它必须是对基督的经历。
2As we consider the various types related to the tabernacle, we shall pay more attention to the aspect of experience than to the aspect of doctrine. In the past many books have been written on the furniture of the tabernacle. For the most part, these books concentrate on doctrine. Reading these expositions of the tabernacle does not afford much help on the experiential side. Throughout the years I have learned that these types are not only for doctrine, but also for our experience. Furthermore, this experience should not be general Christian experience. Rather, it must be the experience of Christ.
3本篇信息的题目是：“灯台─长大，分枝，发芽，开花，为着发光。”这里有六件事：长大，分枝，发芽，开花，照耀，光。要有光的照耀，首先必须有长大，分枝，发芽和开花。我们惟有达到最后的步骤─开花─才能彀照耀，因我们开花了就照耀了。我们开花乃是为着照耀。然后光自然就照耀出来了。
3The title of this message is “The Lampstand—Growing, Branching, Budding, and Blossoming to Shine the Light.” Here we have six matters: growing, branching, budding, blossoming, shining, and light. In order to have the shining of the light, we must first have the growing, the branching, the budding, and the blossoming. Only when we reach the last step, the step of blossoming, can there be the shining, for we shine by blossoming. We blossom in order to shine. Then the light, of course, comes out from the shining.
4灯台是描绘基督的。然而，灯台所描绘的基督并不简单；祂乃是包罗万有的基督。从积极的一面来看，我们甚至可以说，祂是一位复杂的基督。这位基督乃是由一根主干、六个枝子、七个灯盏的灯台所描绘出来的。
4The lampstand portrays Christ. However, the Christ pictured by the lampstand is not simple; He is the all-inclusive Christ. We may even say that, in a positive sense, He is a complicated Christ. This Christ is portrayed by a lampstand with one stalk, six branches, and seven lamps.
5在前一篇信息中我们指出，灯台实际上是一棵树；因此，它是一个树台。在这棵金树上有花萼（球），花苞和花朵。惟有生机的、活的东西，才能彀发芽、开花。因此，我们查考灯台及其枝子、花萼、花苞、花朵时，有一个明确的印象，就是这个金灯台乃是一棵树。
5In the foregoing message we pointed out that the lampstand is actually a tree; hence, it is a tree-stand. On this golden tree we have the calyxes (the knobs), the buds, and the blossoms. Only something organic and living is able to bud and blossom. Thus, as we consider the lampstand with its branches, calyxes, buds, and blossoms, we have the definite impression that this golden lampstand is a tree.
6三十五节是以很不平常的方式写的：“灯台每两个枝子以下，有球，与枝子接连一块；灯台出的六个枝子，都是如此。”这一节反覆说到球与枝子是表明长大。因此，灯台中央的干乃是活的、生长的东西。主干长大，枝子也跟着长大。首先，两个枝子 由主干的底部长出来。然后主干继续长大时，又有两对枝子长出来，一对由主干的中间长出来，另一对由上面长出来。而且，球、花苞、花朵还出现在所有的枝子上。最终就有发芽、开花，为着产生花朵。花苞产生花瓣，而花瓣乃是花朵的一部分。先有长大，后有发芽，最终有开花；这种开花产生光的照耀。因这缘故，在本篇信息中，我们说到长大，分枝，发芽，开花，为着发光。分枝隐含在长大里面。光的照耀乃是长大，分枝，发芽，开花这四个步骤的结果。
6Verse 35 is written in a very unusual way: “And a knob under two branches of it, and a knob under two branches of it, and a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches going out from the lampstand.” The repetition in this verse related to the knobs and the branches indicates growth. Hence, the central stalk of the lampstand is something living and growing. As the stalk grows, the branches grow also. First, two branches grow out of the lower part of the stalk. Then as the stalk continues to grow, two more pairs of branches grow out, one pair out of the middle section and another pair out of the upper section of the stalk. Furthermore, knobs, buds, and blossoms appear on all the branches. With the full growth we eventually have the budding and the blossoming to produce flowers. The buds produce petals, and the petals are parts of the blossom. First we have the growing, then the budding, and finally the blossoming. This blossoming produces the shining of the light. For this reason, in this message we speak of growing, branching, budding, and blossoming to shine the light. The branching is implied in the growing. The shining of the light is the issue of the four steps of growing, branching, budding, and blossoming.
7在灯台上共有二十五个球或花萼。三对枝子以下有三个球，每对枝子以下有一个球；六个枝子上各有三个球；主干的上部有四个球，总共有二十五个。二十五这个数字是由五乘五组成的。在圣经里，五是负责任的数字。我们的手有四个手指和一个拇指可以来说明这件事。在圣经里，五这个数字不是由二加三组成的，五乃是由四加一组成的。四这个数字表征受造之物，受造；而一这个数字表征神这位创造者。不仅如此，十个童女五个五个的分为两组，五个是聪明的，五个是愚拙的；十诫也是五条、五条的分为两组，刻在两块石版上，表明五乃是负责任的数字。二十五个球表明五倍负责任的数字。
7On the lampstand there is a total of twenty-five knobs, or calyxes. There are three knobs under the pairs of branches, one knob under each pair; three on each of the six branches; and four on the upper part of the stalk, making a total of twenty-five. The number twenty-five is composed of five times five. In the Bible five is the number of responsibility. This can be illustrated by our hand with its four fingers and thumb. The number five in the Bible is composed not of two plus three, but of four plus one. The number four signifies the creature, the creation, and the number one signifies God the Creator. Furthermore, the fact that five is the number of responsibility is indicated by the dividing of the ten virgins into two groups of five, five wise and five foolish, and the engraving of the Ten Commandments in two groups of five on two tablets of stone. The twenty-five knobs indicate five times the number of responsibility.
8球虽然有二十五个，花却只有二十二朵，因为托着三对枝子的三个球没有花。有二十五个球为着负责任，却只有二十二朵花为着开花和照耀，指明就灯台而言，负责任使生命长大，比发芽、开花、照耀更重大。这意思是说，长大是基本的。这表明我们 需要更多的长大，甚至需要乘上二十五倍的长大。
8Although there are twenty-five knobs, there are only twenty-two buds, for the three knobs holding the three pairs of branches do not have any buds. That there are twenty-five knobs for responsibility and only twenty-two buds for blossoming and shining indicates that with the lampstand the matter of responsibility for growth is greater than the matter of budding, blossoming, and shining. This means that growth is basic. It shows that we need more growth, even growth multiplied twenty-five times.
一 作为复活生命的基督长大，分枝，发芽，开花，好发光照耀
I. CHRIST AS THE RESURRECTION LIFE GROWING, BRANCHING, BUDDING, AND BLOSSOMING TO SHINE THE LIGHT
9灯台乃是基督的豫表，它描绘出基督是复活的生命，祂要长大，分枝，发芽，开花，好发光照耀。我们已经看见，灯台乃是一个长大的实体。灯台既然豫表基督，就指明基督是生长的一位。请记得，灯台不是只由一个枝子和一个灯盏构成的。反之，中 央的干长大的时候，就产生三对枝子。不仅如此，所有的枝子都在长大，而且还有球，有花苞，有花朵。灯台的干开始长大时，先产生头一对枝子。然后再继续长大，产生第二对枝子，最后产生第三对。至终，灯台本身长到完全的尺寸。这一切都表明基督一直在长大。
9As a type of Christ, the lampstand portrays Christ as the resurrection life growing, branching, budding, and blossoming to shine the light. We have seen that the lampstand is a growing entity. Since the lampstand typifies Christ, it indicates that Christ is the One who is growing. Remember that the lampstand is not made up of only one branch and one lamp. On the contrary, as the central stalk grows, it produces three pairs of branches. Moreover, all the branches are growing and have knobs, buds, and blossoms. As the stalk of the lampstand begins to grow, it produces the first pair of branches. Then as it continues to grow, it produces the second pair and finally the third. Eventually, the stalk itself grows to its full measure. All this indicates that Christ is growing.
10基督先在祂自己里面长大，然后也在我们这些枝子里面长大。表面看来是枝子在长大，实际上乃是台藉着枝子并在枝子里面长大。这表明基督在我们里面长大。不是我们长大，而是基督在我们里面长大。基督也是中央的干，祂在自己里面，藉着祂自己，并同着祂自己而长大。但在六个枝子里面，基督乃是在我们里面，藉着我们，并同着我们而长大。
10Christ grows first in Himself and then also in us as the branches. Apparently it is the branches that are growing. Actually, it is the stand that is growing through the branches and within them. This indicates Christ’s growth in us. We are not growing—Christ is growing in us. As the central stalk, Christ grows in Himself, by Himself, and with Himself. But in the six branches He grows in us, by us, and with us.
11基督在祂自己里面并在我们里面长大，这件事不仅仅是一个道理；而是一个异象，它适用在我们对主的经历上。我们已经指出，灯台上有六个枝子。人是第六日被造的；因此，六是人的数字。这数字不是由二加四组成的，而是由三加三组成的。在圣经里，三这个数字表明在复活里的三一神。作为在第六日被造的人，我们是六这个数字，然而我们有复活里的三一神。这意思是说，我们是受造的人，如今在复活里的三一神里面。这就是由三加三所组成六这个数字的意义。
11This matter of Christ growing both in Himself and in us is not merely a doctrine; it is a vision which applies to us in our experience with the Lord. We have pointed out that there are six branches on the lampstand. Man was made on the sixth day; hence, six is the number of man. This number is composed not of two plus four, but of three plus three. The number three in the Bible indicates the Triune God in resurrection. Although as those created on the sixth day we are the number six, we nonetheless have the Triune God in resurrection. This means that we are created men who are now in the Triune God in resurrection. This is the significance of the number six composed of three plus three.
12基督是主干，所以祂在自己里面并同着祂自己而长大；同时祂也在我们这六个枝子里面长大。这就是为甚么我们说，灯台不是描绘一位简单的基督，而是描绘一位复杂的基督，就是包罗万有基督的原因。
12As the stalk, Christ is growing in Himself and with Himself; but He is also growing in us as the six branches. This is why we say that the lampstand does not portray a simple Christ, but rather a complicated Christ, the all-inclusive Christ.
13灯台也隐含另外两件事─灯芯和油。如果灯台没有灯芯，也没有油的供应，灯台就不可能燃烧、发光。灯芯是由来自植物的原料作成的，因而表征人性。油是那灵的表征，代表神性。人性在神性里燃烧，就有光的照耀。但我们的灯芯若太长的话，就不会产生光，而是产生烟。只要灯芯太多，油太少，就会冒烟，没有照耀。
13The lampstand also implies two other matters—the wick and the oil. If the lampstand did not have a wick and if it was not supplied with oil, it would be impossible for it to burn and give light. The wick was made of material from plants and thus signifies humanity. The oil, a symbol of the Spirit, signifies divinity. When humanity is burned in divinity, there is the shining of light. However, if our wick becomes too long, smoke will be produced instead of light. Whenever there is too much wick and too little oil, there is smoking instead of shining.
14出埃及记没有题起灯芯或油。但我们查考本章所记灯台的图画，就晓得这里隐含着灯芯和油。倘若没有灯芯和油的供应，灯台怎么能照耀？因此这里隐含了灯芯和油。不仅如此，灯芯必须长度适当，与灯台的比例相称，此外还需要有适量的油。然后灯芯和油一同产生燃烧，燃烧造成照耀，照耀便发出光来。然而，这种燃烧和照耀是从长大，分枝，发芽，开花来的。
14There is no mention in Exodus 25 of either the wick or the oil. But if we consider the picture of the lampstand given in this chapter, we shall realize that both the wick and the oil are implied. How could the lampstand shine if it did not have a wick and a supply of oil? Thus, the wick and the oil are implied. Furthermore, the wick must be of the right length, in proper proportion to the lampstand, and there must be an adequate quantity of oil. Then the wick and the oil will work together to produce the burning, the burning will cause the shining, and the shining will give forth light. However, this burning and shining result from the growing, branching, budding, and blossoming.
二 在圣所里照耀
II. SHINING IN THE HOLY PLACE
15灯台在圣所里照耀；那就是说，灯台在教会里照耀。今天基督徒与我们争辩，问说：“为甚么你们说你们是教会？难道我们不是教会，像你们是教会一样么？”不需要争论谁是教会。如果你真是教会，那么你就是教会。如果你不是教会的话，那么你就不是教会。比方说，我是一个人。不论别人怎么说，这总是一件事实。我既然是一个人，就不需要宣传我是一个人。倘若我们是教会，灯台的照耀定规会在我们中间。 在前一篇信息中我们指出，外院子、圣所、至圣所有三种的光。外院子有天然的光，就是太阳、月亮、众星的光。外院子是露天的，所以有这样的光。然而，圣所和至圣所是完全遮盖起来的。这样的遮盖使太阳、月亮、众星的光无法透入。圣所里面如果不是因着特别的光，就像满了黑暗的牢房一样。但圣所里满了光，因为灯台及七个灯盏的照耀照亮了圣所。
15The lampstand shines in the Holy Place; that is, it shines in the church. Today Christians argue with us and ask, “Why do you say that you are the church? Are we not the church just as much as you are?” There is no need to quarrel about who is the church. If you are truly the church, then you are the church. But if you are not the church, then you simply are not the church. For example, I am a man. This is a fact no matter what others may say. Since I am a man, there is no need for me to advertise the fact. Likewise, if we are the church, there is no need for us to argue the fact. If we are the church, then the shining of the lampstand will surely be among us. In the foregoing message we pointed out that with the outer court, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies there are three kinds of light. In the outer court we have the natural light, the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars. Since the outer court is in the open air, it has this kind of light. However, both the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies are completely covered. This covering makes it impossible for the light of the sun, moon, and stars to penetrate. If it were not for a particular kind of light in the Holy Place, it would be like a dungeon full of darkness. But the Holy Place is full of light because it is enlightened by the shining of the lampstand with its seven lamps.
16每当祭司离开外院子，进到圣所里，马上就能彀看见灯台上灯光的照耀。灯台的照耀证实这个地方的确是圣所。没有灯台照耀着，那个地方就是一个黑暗的牢房。但灯台的照耀证实这是圣所。今天教会的原则也是一样。我们怎么来辨别谁是教会，谁不是教会？我们辨别聚会里是黑暗的，还是有灯台光的照耀，就能彀断定。某一个团体的信徒是不是教会，决定于他们中间有没有灯台的照耀。
16Whenever a priest left the outer court and came into the Holy Place, he could see the shining of light from the lamps on the lampstand. The shining of the lampstand was proof that this place was indeed the Holy Place. Without the lampstand shining, that place would have been a dark dungeon. But the shining of the lampstand proves that it is the Holy Place. The principle is the same with the church today. How can we discern who is the church and who is not the church? We can determine this by discerning whether in the meetings there is darkness or the shining of light from the lampstand. Whether or not a particular group of believers is the church depends on whether or not there is the shining of the lampstand among them.
17我们许多人进入主恢复里的教会生活以前，参加过其他基督徒的聚集。可是等到我 们进入了真实的教会生活中，我们才看见了灯台的照耀。在教会的聚会中，我们看见照耀的东西。我能彀作见证说，首先我在基要派的基督教里，然后和弟兄会在一起。在宗派里所有的全是黑暗，而弟兄会只有少许的光。但我来到主恢复里的教会时，我不但在光中，甚至浸在光里面。这光不是天然的光，不是太阳、月亮、众星的光；而是灯台的光。
17Before we came into the church life in the Lord’s recovery, many of us attended other Christian gatherings. But we did not see the shining of the lampstand until we came into the genuine church life. In the meetings of the church we behold something shining. I can testify that I was first in fundamental Christianity and then with the Brethren assemblies. With the denomination there was darkness, and with the Brethren assembly there was only a small amount of light. But when I came to the church in the Lord’s recovery, I was not only in the light, but was even immersed in the light. This light is not a natural light, the light of the sun, moon, or stars; it is the light of the lampstand.
18诗篇七十三篇十六节、十七节说：“我思索怎能明白这事，眼看实系为难；等我进了神的圣所，思想他们的结局。”作诗的人对于一种特别的光景感到烦扰、困惑、为难。他一思索，就觉得痛苦。他愈想就愈受不了。但他进了神的圣所，就得了悟性。这意思是说，神圣所里的光光照了他。我们许多人能彀作见证说，我们因着一些事情烦扰、为难。但我们来到教会的聚会中，我们蒙了光照，事情就明朗了。
18Psalm 73:16 and 17 say, “When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.” The psalmist was bothered, perplexed, and puzzled about a particular situation. When he thought about it, it was painful to him. Thinking about the matter was unbearable. But when he went into the sanctuary of God, the Holy Place, he received understanding. This means that he was enlightened by the light in God’s sanctuary. Many of us can testify that we have been troubled and perplexed about certain things. But when we came to a meeting of the church, we were enlightened, and the matter became clear to us.
19我们的聚会里有多少光，在于基督在我们里面有多少的长大。如果基督在我们里面更多长大，我们就有更多的光。假定圣所里的灯台没有完全长大，或是长得不平衡，灯台仍会照耀，但不会照耀得充分、合式。如果灯台没有机会长得完全，圣所里的光也照样不会完全。因这缘故，我们有时候觉得某个教会聚会里的光不是非常的明亮；不错，有光，但没有丰满、完全的照耀。在教会里能有多少的光，决定于基督能彀在我们里面并藉着我们长大有多少。如果我们都给主一条自由的通路，天天在我们里面长大，每当我们来在一起，光就会充分的照耀。惟有基督在我们里面有完全的长大，光才能有完全的照耀。
19How much light there will be in our meetings depends upon how much we have of the growth of Christ. If we have more growth of Christ, we shall have more light. Suppose the lampstand in the Holy Place was not fully grown or had grown in an unbalanced way. The lampstand would still shine, but it would not shine adequately or properly. If the lampstand did not have the opportunity to grow in full, the light in the Holy Place would likewise not be full. For this reason, we sometimes sense that the light in a particular church meeting is not very bright. Yes, there is light, but there is not the full, complete shining. How much light there can be in the church depends on the extent to which Christ has a way to grow in us and through us. If we all give the Lord a free course to grow within us day by day, there will be the adequate shining of the light whenever we come together. Only when there is the full growth of Christ within us can there be the full shining of the light.
20所有的枝子都给灯台一条自由的通路，好在它们里面并藉着它们长大，这是顶重要的。灯台愈在枝子里面长大，就愈开花、照耀，也愈有光。然后我们在教会的聚会中来在一起，光就愈过愈明亮。我们许多人能彀证实在教会的聚会中蒙了光照。我们有些蒙蔽和隐藏的事，就被光暴露出来。这光是从基督来的，祂是中央的干，不但在祂自己里面长大，也在我们这些灯台的枝子里面长大。
20It is crucial for all the branches to give the lampstand a free way to grow in them and through them. The more the lampstand grows in the branches, the more it will blossom and shine, and the more light there will be. Then when we come together in the church meetings, the light will gradually become brighter and brighter. Many of us can testify of having been enlightened in the church meetings. Certain things related to us that were covered or hidden were exposed by the light. This light comes from the Christ who grows not only in Himself as the central stalk, but who also grows in us as the branches of the lampstand.
三 指引我们享受基督作生命的供应
III. DIRECTING US TO ENJOY CHRIST AS OUR LIFE SUPPLY
21灯台的照耀指引我们享受基督作生命的供应。我们进到圣所里，光就照耀在我们身上。因为我们不是在黑暗里，我们知道在圣所里有甚么，并且也得着指示。光指引我们到桌子前，那里有神的陈设饼作我们生命的供应。这就是在教会的聚会中，我们在光的照耀之下，得着生命供应的原因。
21The shining of the lampstand directs us to enjoy Christ as our life supply. When we come into the Holy Place, the light shines upon us. Because we are not in darkness, we know what is in the Holy Place, and we also have direction. The light directs us to the table where we have the bread of God’s presence for our life supply. This is the reason that in the church meetings, when we are under the shining of the light, we receive the life supply.
22惟独祭司才有资格进到圣所里。桌子上的滋养是单单为着他们的。祭司在桌子那里得着滋养以后，就到灯台那里执行他们的任务，就是修剪燃焦的灯芯，并添上新鲜的油。我们享受基督作桌子上生命的供应，并得着祂的滋养时，我们也来到光的面前，修剪老旧燃焦的灯芯。我们由经历中晓得，在教会生活里，光照耀在我们身上，并且指引我们得着基督的滋养。我们得着祂的滋养以后，就来修剪、切除、整理灯芯。我们不是修剪别人的灯芯；而是修剪我们自己。我们只有天然的光─外院子的光时，我们才会批评别人。但我们进入圣所，得了滋养和光照之后，就会修剪自己。我们不是批评别人，而是修剪我们自己的灯芯。我能彀作见证说，我常常在享受基督作滋养以 后，修剪我自己。
22Only priests were qualified to enter into the Holy Place. The nourishment on the table was for them alone. After they were nourished at the table, the priests would go to the lampstand and carry out their duty of snuffing the charred wick and supplying fresh oil. When we enjoy Christ as our life supply on the table and are nourished by Him, we also come to the light and trim the old, charred wick. From our experience we know that in the church life the light shines upon us and directs us to the nourishment of Christ. Then after we have been nourished by Him, we snuff, cut, trim, the wick. We do not trim others’ wick; we trim ourselves. When we have only the natural light, the light in the outer court, we may criticize others. But when we come into the Holy Place to receive nourishment and enlightenment, we snuff ourselves. Instead of criticizing others, we trim our own wick. I can testify that often after enjoying Christ as my nourishment, I have snuffed myself.
四 生命的供应成为我们生命的光
IV. THE LIFE SUPPLY BECOMING THE LIGHT OF LIFE TO US
23修剪的结果乃是光更明亮的照耀。在经历中这意思是说，在桌子那里所得着生命的供应，成了我们生命的光。我们享受生命愈多，照耀也愈多。
23The issue of the snuffing is a brighter shining of the light. In experience this means that the life supply received at the table turns out to be the light of life to us. The more life we enjoy, the more shining there will be.
五 引导我们在与神交通的祷告中享受基督作复活的馨香
V. LEADING US TO ENJOY CHRIST AS THE FRAGRANT INCENSE OF RESURRECTION IN THE PRAYER OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
24灯台的照耀不但指引我们享受基督作生命的供应，也引导我们在与神交通的祷告中，享受基督作复活的馨香。首先我们在桌子那里享受基督作滋养，然后在香坛那里享受祂作复活的馨香。复活的生命乃是在祷告中献给神的香。
24The shining of the lampstand not only directs us to enjoy Christ as our life supply, but also leads us to enjoy Christ as the fragrant incense of resurrection in the prayer of fellowship with God. First we enjoy Christ at the table as our nourishment, and then we enjoy Him at the incense altar as the fragrant incense of resurrection. The resurrection life is the incense offered to God in prayer.
25在道理上很难了解的事情，在属灵经历的光中就能彀懂得了。我们在外院子的时候是天然的，我们的思想和观念也是天然的。因为外院子的光是天然的光。但我们进入圣所以后就不再是天然的，因为已经把我们引到灵的门槛上。在圣所里，基督是我们生命的供应，对付了我们天然的生命，而蜡剪也剪除了天然的生命。修剪灯芯就是剪去燃焦的天然生命。然后光就燃烧得更加明亮，把我们引到香坛复活的生命那里去。因此，我们不但在桌子面前享受基督，也在香坛那里享受基督，以复活的生命作为馨香之气献给神。到了这一地步，就很难断定我们是在圣所还是在至圣所里。圣经没有明确地指明香坛的位置。我们无法由读圣经来确定香坛是在幔子里面，还是在幔子外面。有时候似乎是在圣所里，有时候又似乎是在至圣所里。这指出一件事实，就是在我们的经历中，我们也许绝对在灵里，也许在灵的门槛、边界上。
25What is difficult to understand doctrinally can be understood in the light of spiritual experience. When we are in the outer court, we are natural, and our thoughts and concepts are natural because the light in the outer court is a natural light. But after we come into the Holy Place, we are no longer natural, for we are ushered to the threshold of the spirit. In the Holy Place Christ as our life supply deals with our natural life, and the snuffing cuts away the natural life. To trim the wick is to cut off the charred natural life. Then the light burns brighter and leads us to the resurrection life at the incense altar. Thus, we enjoy Christ not only at the table, but also at the incense altar with the resurrection life as the fragrance offered to God. When we reach this point, it is difficult to determine whether we are in the Holy Place or in the Holy of Holies. The Bible does not locate the incense altar with certainty. We are not sure from reading the Bible whether the incense altar is within the veil or outside the veil. Sometimes it seems to be in the Holy Place, and at other times in the Holy of Holies. This points to the fact that in our experience we may either be absolutely in the spirit or on the threshold, the border, of the spirit.
六 引导我们进入至圣所享受基督作神的见证和施恩的宝座
VI. GUIDING US INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES TO ENJOY CHRIST AS THE TESTIMONY OF GOD WITH THE THRONE OF GRACE
26从灯台而来的光也引导我们进入至圣所，享受基督作神的见证和施恩的宝座。施恩的宝座（来四16）就是约柜的蔽罪盖。约柜是神的见证，而蔽罪盖乃是神的宝座。整个约柜，尤其是蔽罪盖，乃是基督。
26The light from the lampstand also guides us into the Holy of Holies to enjoy Christ as the testimony of God with the throne of grace. The throne of grace (Heb. 4:16) is the propitiatory cover of the ark. The ark is the testimony of God, and the propitiatory cover is God’s throne. Both the ark as a whole and the cover in particular are Christ.
27在至圣所里，我们享受基督到极点。我们在桌子那里享受祂作生命的供应，在香坛那里享受祂作复活的生命，以后就在至圣所里面享受祂作神的见证和施恩的宝座。这乃是对基督最深、最高的经历。我们享受基督作神的见证和施恩的宝座，在那里神与 我们相会，我们就能彀与神交通，神也能彀将祂自己注入到我们里面。
27In the Holy of Holies we enjoy Christ to the uttermost. After we enjoy Him as our life supply at the table and as our resurrection life at the incense altar, we enjoy Him as God’s testimony and as the throne of grace in the Holy of Holies. This is both the deepest and highest experience of Christ. When we enjoy Christ as God’s testimony and as the throne of grace where God meets with us, we can commune with God, and He can infuse us with Himself.
七 照耀的光成了光辉的荣耀为着我们与神最亲密的交通
VII. THE SHINING LIGHT BECOMING THE SHEKINAH GLORY FOR OUR CLOSEST FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
28我们在至圣所里经历基督，并且在那里享受祂到极点，我们就不再需要灯台的照耀了？照耀的光如今成了光辉的荣耀，为着我们与神最亲密的交通。至圣所里光辉的荣耀，相当于圣所里灯台的光。这意思是说，来自灯台的光和光辉的荣耀乃是同义词，两者都是说到神自己。
28When we experience Christ in the Holy of Holies and enjoy Him there to the uttermost, we no longer need the shining of the lampstand. The shining light now becomes the shekinah glory for our closest fellowship with God. The shekinah glory in the Holy of Holies equals the light from the lampstand in the Holy Place. This means that the light from the lampstand and the shekinah glory are synonyms and both refer to God Himself.
29虽然光和荣耀都是神自己，但它们之间却有点不同。神在灯台那里照耀，却在施恩 的宝座上显现。神的显现与祂的照耀不同。神的显现总是在荣耀里。在聚会中我们时常觉得神在照耀，而且聚会里满了光；然而，聚会中也许没有多少神的荣耀。但有时侯，我们不但觉得有光在照耀，也觉得荣耀显出来了。
29Although both the light and the glory are God Himself, there is a difference between them. At the lampstand, God shines, but on the throne of grace, God appears. God’s appearing is different from His shining. God’s appearing is always in glory. In the meetings we often have the sense that God is shining and that the meeting is full of light; however, there may not be much of God’s glory in the meeting. However, at other times we have the sense not only of light shining, but also of glory dawning.
30光和荣耀的不同，可用电和闪电的不同来说明。有电，就有光的照耀。但这种照耀不是电的显现。电的显现乃是闪电。我们可以安然坐在电灯的照耀之下，但闪电一出现，我们也许就被吓住了。
30The difference between light and glory can be illustrated by the difference between electricity and lightning. Through electricity we have the shining of light. But this shining is not the appearing of electricity. The appearing of electricity is lightning. We may sit peacefully under the shining of a lamp powered by electricity, but when lightning appears, we may be terrified.
31神荣耀的显现既是可畏、可怕的，我们就需要救赎的血弹在蔽罪盖上，就是施恩的宝座上。没有弹上基督救赎的血，就没有人能彀当得起神荣耀的显现。每当神的荣耀显在我们眼前，我们立刻就觉得需要宝血。这种经历，连同本篇信息所描述的其它经历，都是从在教会生活里，因着基督作灯台，藉着我们、同着我们并在我们里面的照 耀而来的。
31Because the appearing of God’s shekinah glory can be awesome and frightening, we need the redeeming blood sprinkled on the propitiatory cover, the throne of grace. Apart from the sprinkling of the redeeming blood of Christ, no one can withstand the appearing of the shekinah glory. Whenever the glory of God is manifest to our sight, we immediately sense the need for the blood. This experience, along with all the others described in this message, comes by means of Christ as the lampstand shining through us, with us, and in us in the church life.