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出埃及记生命读经 · 第99篇

帐幕里面的幔子（一）

The Veil Within the Tabernacle (1)
1读经： 出埃及记二十六章三十一至三十五节；三十六章三十五至三十六节；四十章三节，二十一节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 26:31-35; 36:35-36; 40:3, 21
2为甚么帐幕里面有一层幔子，这件事实在很难懂。如果我们来看帐幕整体的情形，也许就会很困扰，为甚么有一层幔子把圣所和至圣所隔开。帐幕乃是一个帐棚，长三十肘，宽十肘，高十肘。幔子隔开圣所和至圣所，这幔子乃是用蓝色、紫色、朱红色和捻的细麻织成的帘子，以巧匠的手工绣上基路伯。在颜色和设计上，幔子完全与帐幕的天花板─头一层盖相同。祭司一进到帐幕里，立刻就会注意到天花板和幔子是同一样式。
2It is difficult to understand why there was a veil within the tabernacle. If we consider the situation of the tabernacle as a whole, we may be puzzled by the fact that there was a veil separating the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. The tabernacle was a tent thirty cubits in length, ten cubits in width, and ten cubits in height. The veil served as a partition between the Holy of Holies and the Holy Place. This veil was a curtain of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. It was the work of a skillful workman, and it was made with cherubim. In color and design it was exactly the same as the ceiling of the tabernacle, the first layer of the covering. Whenever a priest came into the tabernacle, he would immediately notice that the ceiling and the veil were the same.
3至圣所是一个立方体，长、宽、高都是十肘。圣所长二十肘，宽十肘，高十肘。至圣所这个词是希伯来文的说法，意思是最圣洁的地方，是圣中之圣。要紧的问题是：为甚么必须把圣所和至圣所隔开？帐棚分为两个房间，目的何在？我们盖房子，隔房间时，总有一个专一的目的。一所房子里，不同的房间目的各有不同，各个房间也摆设些相称的家具。比方说，卧室和客厅里的家具就大不相同。至圣所只有一样器具─约柜。圣所里面有陈设饼的桌子、灯台、香坛。祭司一进到圣所里，就马上到桌子前先得滋养。在桌子那里得了滋养以后，就到灯台那里去整理灯、添上油，使灯台照耀明亮。接着再到香坛那里。在以后的信息中我们会看见，香坛和坛上所献的香，都是基督的豫表。香豫表基督是献给神的馨香之气，我们藉着祂才能进入至圣所，就是神所停留的地方，祂与我们相会、与我们交通的地方。在神的荣耀所在的至圣所里，我们与祂有交通。虽然我们知道圣所里面有甚么，但我们还需要看见，为甚么必须有一层幔子，一个帘子，把至圣所里面见证的柜，与圣所里面的桌子和灯台隔开。我们还必须找出，为甚么需要把帐幕隔成两部分。
3The Holy of Holies was a cube measuring ten cubits in each direction. The Holy Place was twenty cubits in length and ten cubits in both width and height. The term Holy of Holies is a Hebrew expression meaning the most holy place, the holiest of all. The crucial question is why there had to be a separation between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. For what purpose was the tent divided into two rooms? Whenever we build a house with rooms or erect a partition in a room, we have a specific purpose. The various rooms in a house each have a particular purpose, and each room contains furniture suitable to it. For example, the furniture in the bedroom is very different from that in the living room. The Holy of Holies contained only one piece of furniture—the ark. In the Holy Place there were the table of the bread of the presence, the lampstand, and the incense altar. Whenever a priest came into the Holy Place, he first went to the table for nourishment. After being nourished at the table, he would go to the lampstand to trim it and add oil to it so that it would shine brightly. Following this, he would go to the incense altar. As we shall see in a later message, both the incense altar and the incense offered at this altar are types of Christ. Through Christ as the sweet fragrance to God typified by the incense, we can enter into the Holy of Holies, the very place where God stays, where He meets with us, and where He communes with us. In the Holy of Holies, where God’s shekinah glory is, we have fellowship with Him. Although we know what was in the Holy Place, we still need to see why there was the need to have a veil, a curtain, separating the ark of the testimony in the Holy of Holies from the table and the lampstand in the Holy Place. We still need to find out why there was the need of a partition to separate the tabernacle into two sections.
一 豫表基督的肉身
TYPIFYING THE FLESH OF CHRIST
4根据希伯来十章二十节，幔子表征基督的肉身。主耶稣死在十字架上的时候，殿里 的幔子从上到下裂为两半。这意思是说，藉着死，基督肉身的幔子裂开了。帐幕里面的幔子挂在四根柱子上，其中的含意很难领会。柱子与竖板不同。我们已经看见，帐幕的北面、西面、南面，共有四十八块竖板。东面没有竖板，只有帘子，称为头一层幔子。因此，帐幕里面的幔子可以称为第二层幔子。头一层幔子挂在五根柱子上，第 二层幔子挂在四根柱子上。
4According to Hebrews 10:20, the veil signifies the flesh of Christ. When the Lord Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the temple was rent from the top to the bottom. This means that through death the veil of Christ’s flesh was cleft. What is difficult to understand is the significance of the veil within the tabernacle being placed on four pillars. The pillars are different from the boards. We have seen that on the north, west, and south sides of the tabernacle there was a total of forty-eight boards. On the east side, instead of boards, there was a curtain, called the first veil. Thus, the veil within the tabernacle may be called the second veil. The first veil was put on five pillars, and the second veil was put on four pillars.
5我们已经指出，帐幕的四十八块竖板不是基督的豫表。我们顶多这么说，竖板是豫表基督的扩大，或是扩大的基督。我们不能说，竖板直接豫表基督，因为这些竖板乃是豫表信徒是基督的扩大。照样，第二层幔子挂在四根柱子上，这四根柱子也不是豫表基督的。虽然柱子与竖板形状不同，但它们是用一样的材料作成的，都是皂荚木包上金子。不仅如此，它们都是立在银座上的。每块竖板底下有两个银座，两榫坚固地安在里面。共有九十六个银座，每块竖板有两个。四根柱子都是安在银座上。因此， 帐幕共有一百个银座。
5As we have pointed out, the forty-eight boards of the tabernacle are not types of Christ. The most we can say is that they are types of the enlargement of Christ, or types of the enlarged Christ. We cannot say that the boards typify Christ directly, for these boards are types of the believers who are the enlargement of Christ. Likewise, the four pillars upon which the second veil was placed are not types of Christ. Although the pillars differed from the boards in shape, they were made of the same materials—acacia wood overlaid with gold. Furthermore, they stood on a base of silver. Underneath each standing board were two sockets of silver in which the two tenons were firmly placed. There was a total of ninety-six sockets, two for each board. Each of the four pillars was placed in a silver socket. Thus, with the tabernacle there was a total of one hundred sockets of silver.
6柱子安在银座上的事实，进一步证实柱子是豫表信徒，而不是豫表基督自己。基督不需要救赎作祂的立场，然而，信徒必须有稳固的立场，这个立场是银座─基督的救赎─所表征的。竖板和柱子都是站在基督救赎之上的信徒。
6The fact that the pillars rest in sockets of silver is a further proof that the pillars typify the believers and not Christ Himself. Christ has no need of redemption to be His standing. However, the believers must have a firm standing, and this standing, as signified by the silver sockets, is the redemption of Christ. Both the boards and the pillars are believers who stand on Christ’s redemption.
二 竖板和柱子
THE BOARDS AND THE PILLARS
7竖板和柱子既然都豫表信徒，我们也许会问，柱子和竖板有甚么不同。柱子豫表信徒，但不是一般的信徒，而是特出的信徒。照加拉太二章九节来看，彼得、约翰、雅各都是柱子，主耶稣这些杰出的门徒乃是教会里的柱子。启示录三章十二节主说，得胜者要成为神殿中的柱子。
7Since both the boards and the pillars typify the believers, we may ask what is the difference between the pillars and the boards. The pillars typify believers, but extraordinary believers, not ordinary ones. The forty-eight boards typify ordinary believers. According to Galatians 2:9, Peter, John, and James were pillars. These extraordinary disciples of the Lord Jesus were pillars in the church. In Revelation 3:12 the Lord says that the overcomers will become pillars in the temple of God.
8在每一个地方教会里，都该有一些柱子。在神的家里，在神的居所里，不但需要竖板，也需要柱子。在帐幕里面，柱子的数目是竖板的十二分之一。我盼望教会里所有的长老都是柱子。
8In every local church there should be some pillars. In God’s house, God’s dwelling place, there is the need not only for boards, but also for pillars. In the tabernacle the pillars were one-twelfth the number of the boards. I hope that all the elders in the churches are pillars.
9现在我们来看另一个难题：幔子豫表基督，而柱子豫表特出的信徒，为甚么幔子是挂在柱子上？照豫表所描绘的图画来看，基督成为肉身的时候，祂是挂在信徒身上。但为甚么基督在肉身里，是穿在信徒身上呢？现在我们有两个难题要解决，一个是为甚么帐幕里面是隔开的，另一个是为甚么基督是穿在信徒身上。
9Now we come to another difficult question: Why was the veil, a type of Christ, placed on pillars, which typify extraordinary believers? According to the picture portrayed by the type, when Christ became flesh, He was placed on the believers. But why was Christ in the flesh put on the believers? Now we have two difficult questions to answer, one concerning why there was a separation within the tabernacle and the other concerning why Christ was put on the believers.
10出埃及记二十六章三十一节说：“你要用蓝色、紫色、朱红色，和捻的细麻，织幔子；以巧匠的手工绣上基路伯。”（直译。）我们已经指出，幔子与帐幕的头一层盖相同。这意思是说，隔开的幔子与天花板在材料上、颜色上、手工上、刺绣上，都是一样。蓝色代表属天，（林前十五47～48，）紫色表征君尊，（约十九19～22，）朱红色豫表为着救赎而流血，（来九22，彼前一18～19，）捻的细麻表征基督柔细的生活，藉着受苦和试炼彰显出来，而绣上的基路伯豫表那灵在基督身上的工作，使神的荣耀在受造之物里面彰显出来。基督在地上的时候，活出非常柔细的为人生活。这种生活藉着受苦和试炼而得以彰显出来。
10Exodus 26:31 says, “And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; the work of a skillful workman shall it be made, with cherubim.” We have pointed out that the veil is the same as the first layer of the covering of the tabernacle. This means that the separation is the same as the ceiling in material, color, workmanship, and embroidery. Blue means heavenly (1 Cor. 15:47-48), purple signifies royalty (John 19:19-22), scarlet typifies the shedding of blood for redemption (Heb. 9:22; 1 Pet. 1:18-19), twined linen signifies the fine living of Christ manifested through suffering and trials, and the embroidered cherubim typify the work of the Spirit on Christ to make the glory of God manifested in the creature. When Christ was on earth, He lived a very fine human life. This living was manifested through sufferings and trials.
11出埃及记二十六章三十二节继续说：“要把幔子挂在四根包金的皂荚木柱子上，柱子上当有金钩，柱子安在四个带卯的银座上。”在圣经里，四这个数字表征受造之物。四根柱子立在四个带卯的银座上，表征蒙救赎的受造之物。
11Exodus 26:32 goes on to say, “And you shall put it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold; and their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver.” In the Bible the number four signifies creatures. The four pillars standing on four sockets of silver signify the redeemed creatures.
12我们已经看见，这些柱子豫表特出的信徒，而竖板表征普通的信徒。你喜欢作竖板呢，还是喜欢作柱子？信徒也许多半喜欢作竖板，作帐幕里的竖板很舒适，但作柱子就大不相同了。竖板无论安在那里，总是舒舒适适的，可是，柱子却面临艰难。如果你盼望成为一根柱子，你就必须准备好面临难处。柱子首先是普通的信徒，就如竖板所豫表的；然后，经过对付并经历相当的切割或压力以后，才成为柱子。因此，产生一根柱子比产生一块竖板需要更多的工作。再者，柱子上的手工比竖板上的手工还要巧妙，用金子包裹竖板也比包裹柱子要容易些。柱子不但蒙了救赎，也受过对付。他 们受了许多苦，经过许多试炼，好成为柱子。因此，柱子表征信徒刚强背负基督道成肉身和钉十字架的见证。（加二9，启三12，提前三15。）
12We have seen that these pillars typify extraordinary believers, whereas the boards signify ordinary believers. Do you prefer to be a board or a pillar? Most believers may prefer to be boards. To be a board in the tabernacle is comfortable, but to be a pillar is quite difficult. Wherever a board may be placed, it enjoys comfort. Pillars, however, face hardships. If you desire to be a pillar, you must be ready to face difficulties. The pillars were first ordinary believers, as typified by the boards. After being dealt with and experiencing a certain amount of cutting or pressure, they became pillars. Thus, it takes more work to produce a pillar than it does to produce a board. Moreover, the workmanship on the pillars is more skillful than that on the boards. To overlay a board with gold is easier than to overlay a pillar with gold. The pillars are not only redeemed, but they have been dealt with. They have suffered a great deal and have passed through many trials in order to become pillars. Hence, they signify believers strong to bear the testimony of Christ’s incarnation and crucifixion (Gal. 2:9; Rev. 3:12; 1 Tim. 3:15).
13柱子背负基督道成肉身和钉十字架的见证。首先幔子表明基督道成肉身，就是基督这位活的话成了肉身。（约一1，14。）根据希伯来十章二十节，这肉身就是幔子。最终，因着钉十字架，幔子就裂开了。主耶稣死在十字架上的时候，幔子从上到下裂开了。幔子这样裂开，指明幔子是神所撕裂的。幔子是一个豫表，表征基督道成肉身、钉十字架。这些乃是蒙了救赎、受过对付的信徒，所穿上之基督的主要方面。
13The pillars bear the testimony of Christ’s incarnation and crucifixion. First the veil indicates the incarnation of Christ, that Christ, the living Word, became flesh (John 1:1, 14). According to Hebrews 10:20, this flesh is the veil. Ultimately, through crucifixion, this veil was rent. When the Lord Jesus died on the cross, the veil was rent from the top to the bottom. The fact that it was rent in this way indicates that it was torn by God. As a type, the veil signifies Christ’s incarnation and crucifixion. These are the main aspects of Christ who is put on the believers who have been redeemed and dealt with.
三 金钩和带卯的银座
HOOKS OF GOLD AND SOCKETS OF SILVER
14三十二节题起柱子上有金钩。这些金钩表征神圣性情持守、联结的力量。惟有神圣的性情才能把柱子和道成肉身、钉十字架的基督联结起来。惟有藉着神圣性情的持守力量，我们才能背负基督道成肉身和钉十字架的见证。
14Verse 32 mentions that the pillars had hooks of gold. These golden hooks signify the holding and connecting strength of the divine nature. Only the divine nature can connect the pillars to the incarnated and crucified Christ. Only through the holding strength of the divine nature can we bear the testimony of Christ’s incarnation and crucifixion.
15我们已经看见，四根柱子立在四个带卯的银座上。这些银座表明基督救赎了受造之物。帐幕共有一百个带卯的银座，竖板有九十六个，柱子有四个。一百这个数字是由十乘十组成的。十这个数字是属人的完全和完满。十乘十表征照着神的所是，完满且完全地满足了十诫的要求。十这个数字也在至圣所里看见，至圣所是一个立方体，长、宽、高都是十肘。照三十八章二十七节来看，以色列人赎命的价银比一百他连得多出一些。所有的以色列人都是神所救赎的子民。因这缘故，每人必须付出象征神救赎的价银。每人所付出的必须相等。从百姓所收取的一百他连得银子，用来为帐幕作一 百个带卯的银座。这无疑是表征神的赎民作为建造神居所的竖板，立在基督稳固的救赎上。
15We have seen that the four pillars stood upon four sockets of silver. These sockets indicate Christ’s redemption for the creatures. With the tabernacle there was a total of one hundred silver sockets, ninety-six for the boards and four for the pillars. The number one hundred is composed of ten times ten. Ten is the number of human completion and perfection. Ten times ten signifies the full and complete fulfillment of the requirements of the Ten Commandments according to what God is. The number ten is also seen in the Holy of Holies, a cube measuring ten cubits in each direction. According to 38:27, the silver for the redemption of the lives of the children of Israel was a little more than a hundred talents. All the children of Israel were God’s redeemed people. For this reason, each had to pay a piece of silver as a symbol of God’s redemption. Everyone had to pay the same amount. From the silver collected from the people, one hundred talents were used to make the one hundred silver sockets for the tabernacle. This no doubt signifies that as the boards for the building up of God’s dwelling place, His redeemed people stand on the solid redemption of Christ.
16以色列人每人付出半舍客勒银子。既然一舍客勒是二十季拉，半舍客勒就是十季拉。因此，十这个数字又一次出现了，它表征属人的完全。神赐给人的诫命也是十条，十诫表征神对人完满而完全的要求。神的子民必须担负完全的责任，完全满足神的要求；所以，每人必须付出十季拉。这么多季拉银子的总数，比一百他连得要多出一些。十这个数字所有的例子，指明完全的命令，完全的要求，完全的责任，完全的满足，与基督和基督的救赎有关。基督的救赎乃是在十这个数字里面。十是由二乘五组成的，五是负责任的数字，二是见证的数字。因此，二乘五表征两倍的负责任，为着一个见证。这就是基督并祂的救赎。
16Each of the children of Israel paid a half-shekel of silver. Since a shekel is twenty gerahs, a half-shekel is ten gerahs. Thus, we once again have the number ten signifying human completion. God’s commandments for man are also ten. Ten commandments signify a full and complete demand on man. Because God’s people must bear the complete responsibility and have a complete fulfillment of God’s requirements, each must pay ten gerahs. The total of so many gerahs of silver is a little over a hundred talents. All these cases of the number ten, indicating complete demand, requirement, responsibility, and fulfillment, are related to Christ and to Christ’s redemption. Christ’s redemption is in the number ten. Ten is composed of two times five, with five being the number of responsibility and two the number of testimony. Thus, two times five signifies two times responsibility for a testimony. This is Christ with His redemption.
17幔子遮盖见证的柜。（民四5。）进入圣所的人能彀看见桌子、灯台、香坛，可是，他们看不见见证的柜。幔子不但把圣所和至圣所隔开，也把约柜遮盖起来。这表征人与神中间的间隔。（创三24。）现在我们可以答覆本篇信息开头所题出的问题：为甚么帐幕里面必须有隔开的幔子？因为堕落之人的性情是与神隔绝的，所以必须隔开。我们仍在堕落的性情里面，所以，我们与神之间就有间隔。堕落的人无法来到至圣所约柜面前接触神，与神说话，或与神交通。神虽然爱我们，巴望与我们交通，可是我们堕落的性情却不容许祂这样作。我们是罪恶的，但祂是公义的；我们是不法的，但祂是正直的。正直、公义的神无法与不法、不义的人相会。在神与人之间必须有一个间隔，就是帐幕里面的幔子所表征的。
17The veil covered the ark of the testimony (Num. 4:5). Those who entered the Holy Place could see the table, the lampstand, and the incense altar. However, they could not see the ark of testimony. Not only did the veil separate the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies; it also covered the ark. This signifies the separation between man and God (Gen. 3:24). Now we can answer the question we raised at the beginning of this message: Why was there the need of a separating veil within the tabernacle? There had to be a separation because fallen man in his nature is separated from God. Because we are still in our fallen nature, there is a separation between us and God. Fallen human beings cannot come to the ark in the Holy of Holies to contact God, converse with God, or have fellowship with God. Although God loves us and desires to have fellowship with us, our fallen nature does not allow Him to do this. We are sinful, but He is righteous. We are unjust, but He is just. A just and righteous God cannot meet with unjust and unrighteous people. There must be a separation between Him and them, a separation signified by the veil within the tabernacle.
18这幔子在主死的时候裂开了，（太二七51，）给我们开了一条又新又活的路来接触神。（来十19～20。）我们堕落之后，就有了罪的性情。因这缘故，帐幕里面的约柜必须与外界隔开。堕落的结果，人就成了肉体。在圣经里，肉体多半是消极的名词，表明堕落的人。我们堕落了，成了肉体，如今这肉体乃是使我们与神隔绝的幔子。
18This veil was broken at the Lord’s death (Matt. 27:51) to open a new and living way for us to contact God (Heb. 10:19-20). Because of the fall, we became sinful in nature. For this reason, there had to be a separation of the ark in the inner chamber of the tabernacle from the outer chamber. As a result of the fall, man has become flesh. For the most part, in the Bible flesh is a negative term; it denotes the fallen man. We fell and became flesh. Now this flesh is a veil separating us from God.
19约柜是另一类的器具，与桌子、灯台、香坛都不同。在桌子、灯台、香坛那里有属于神的东西，但没有神自己。神自己乃是在至圣所的约柜那里。堕落的人虽然可以接受神的供应，看见祂的亮光，但他们无法接触祂。从神得着供应和光照是一回事，与神有直接的接触又是另一回事。比方说，假定一个儿子有件事情得罪了父亲，父亲虽然仍旧愿意给儿子一些东西供应他，可是要等到他们中间的障碍、间隔除去了，儿子才能再见到父亲。父亲也许会说：“他是我的儿子，我的丰富一定要供应给他，可是障碍还没有除去，我不能见他。”这个例子说明一件事实：我们的肉体没有破碎，神不会见我们，与我们交通，或面对面与我们说话的。神爱我们，祂要用祂的丰富来供应我们。可是，我们的肉体不破碎的话，祂不会在约柜那里，面对面和我们说话。有一层幔子把我们隔开了，这幔子乃是肉体，就是我们堕落的人。
19The ark is of a different category of furniture from the table, the lampstand, and the incense altar. At the table, the lampstand, and the incense altar, we have something of God, but we do not have God Himself. God Himself is at the ark in the Holy of Holies. Although fallen persons may receive God’s supply and see His light, they cannot contact Him. To receive supply and enlightenment from God is one thing; to have direct contact with Him is another thing. Suppose, for example, that a son offends his father in a certain way. Although the father still desires to give the son something to supply him, he cannot see him until the barrier, the separation, between them has been removed. The father may say, “He is my son, and I want to supply him with my riches. But I cannot see him until the barrier is removed.” This illustrates the fact that God will not see us and have fellowship with us or speak with us face to face until our flesh is broken. God loves us, and He will supply us with His riches. Nevertheless, until our flesh is broken He will not speak to us face to face from the ark. There is a veil separating us, and this veil is the flesh, our fallen being.
20肉体、堕落之人的难处，与罪的难处不同，这乃是我们这个人、我们所是的问题。我们的罪已经得了赦免，可是我们自己还是一个难处。即使我们的罪洗净了，我们还有肉体，这个肉体还没有破碎，这个没有破碎的肉体就是幔子。
20The problem of the flesh, our fallen being, is different from the problem of sins. This is a matter of our being, of our person. Our sins have been forgiven, but we ourselves remain a problem. Even though our sins have been washed away, we are still with the flesh, and the flesh may be unbroken. This unbroken flesh is the veil.
21出埃及记二十六章三十三至三十四节说：“要使幔子捶在钩子下，把见证的柜抬进幔子内，这幔子要将圣所和至圣所隔开。又要把蔽罪盖安在至圣所内见证的柜上。”（直译。）挂幔子的金钩是在头一层盖上面。我们已经看见，这一层盖是用十幅幔子作成的，长四十肘，每幅宽四肘。五十个金钩把盖的两大幅联结起来，每幅长四十肘。这 一层盖的二十肘遮盖圣所，十肘遮盖至圣所，十肘垂在背后。因为幔子是在天花板五十个金钩所形成的直线之下，我们就知道至圣所是一个立方体，长、宽、高都是十肘。头一层盖有十肘在帐幕后面把幔子到竖板之间遮盖起来。因此，至圣所长、宽、高都是十肘。
21Exodus 26:33 and 34 say, “And you shall put the veil under the clasps, and you shall bring in there, within the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a separation for you between the holy place and the holy of holies. And you shall put the propitiatory cover upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.” The clasps under which the veil was put are the clasps on the first layer of the covering. We have seen that this layer, made of ten pieces, each four cubits wide, was forty cubits long. Fifty clasps of gold connected the two main sections of the covering, each of which measured twenty cubits in length. Twenty cubits of this layer covered the Holy Place, ten cubits covered the Holy of Holies, and ten cubits hung down over the back side. Because the curtain, the veil, was under the line formed by the fifty clasps of the ceiling, we know that the Holy of Holies was a cube measuring ten cubits in each direction. There were ten cubits of the first layer to cover the area from the veil to the standing boards at the rear of the tabernacle. Thus, the Holy of Holies measured ten cubits in length, width, and height.
22至圣所乃是一个立方体，长、宽、高都是十肘，这件事实表征完全中的完全。圣所长二十肘，宽十肘，高十肘，是至圣所的两倍大。再者，幔子是四方的，长十肘、宽十肘，都是在完满的完全里面。
22The fact that the Holy of Holies was a cube measuring ten cubits in three directions signifies completion in completion. The Holy Place, measuring twenty cubits by ten cubits by ten cubits, was twice as large as the Holy of Holies. Furthermore, the veil was a square, ten cubits by ten cubits. It was a square in full completion.
四 挂在四根柱子上
PLACED ON FOUR PILLARS
23在这一点上，我们必须进一步来看幔子挂在四根柱子上的意义。我们已经指出，这些柱子表征特出的信徒，就是那些蒙了救赎，也受过对付的人。幔子表征基督的肉身。我们知道逾越节的羔羊、吗哪、约柜、美地都豫表基督。幔子所豫表的，是怎样的基督呢？羔羊是救赎的基督，吗哪是滋养的基督，而幔子乃是在肉身里为我们钉十字架的基督。在肉身里的基督经历了道成肉身和钉十字架。不错，基督自己已经被分开、被撕裂。可是如今这些柱子，就是蒙了救赎、受过对付的特出信徒，必须在帐幕里，在神的居所里，背负道成肉身、钉十字架之基督的见证。我们惟有受过对付，才能彀成为这样的柱子。受对付的意思就是经历钉十字架，经历肉体的破碎。而那些柱子，就是特出的信徒，必须在教会里，在神的居所里，背负肉体钉在十字架上的见证。彼得、约翰、保罗，以及历代得胜的信徒，都背负这样的见证。他们是柱子，证实堕落的人及其堕落的性情，就是他们和他们的肉体，已经破碎了。这里的观念和思想很 深奥。
23At this point we need to consider further the significance of the veil placed on four pillars. We have pointed out that these pillars signify extraordinary believers, those who have been not only redeemed, but also dealt with. The veil signifies the flesh of Christ. We know that Christ is typified by the Passover lamb, the manna, the ark, and the good land. What kind of Christ is typified by the veil? The lamb is the redeeming Christ, the manna is the nourishing Christ, and the veil is Christ in the flesh crucified for us. With Christ in the flesh we have incarnation and crucifixion. Yes, Christ Himself was cleft, riven. But now the pillars, the extraordinary believers who have been redeemed and dealt with, must bear a testimony in the tabernacle, the habitation of God, of the incarnated and crucified Christ. Only by being dealt with can we become such pillars. To be dealt with here means to experience the crucifixion, the rending, of our flesh. Those who are pillars, the extraordinary believers, in the church, God’s dwelling place, must bear the testimony that their flesh has been crucified. Peter, John, Paul, and the overcoming believers throughout the generations and centuries have borne such a testimony. They have been pillars testifying that their fallen being with its fallen nature, that is, their person and their flesh, has been rent. The concept here is deep and the thought is profound.
24帐幕乃是神的居所，但在神的居所里面，有一道间隔。在人的居所里，间隔也许是积极的，但在神的居所里，间隔却是消极的。因此，幔子是消极的，因为幔子把神的面光向祂的子民隐藏起来。幔子裂开以前，只有大祭司有资格每年一次进到至圣所里，这就证实幔子是消极的东西。今天这幔子就是我们的肉体。有些人会争辩说，幔子所表征的不是我们的肉体，而是基督的肉身。但基督─神永远的话成为肉身时，和我们一式一样。这意思是说，基督成为肉身，的确是表明我们堕落的性情。再者，祂钉在十字架上的时候，我们堕落的性情，就是天然的人、肉体，也和祂一同钉在十字架上。祂裂开的时候，我们的肉体也裂开了，因为我们的肉体与祂一同裂开。不错，在神的居所里，基督已经钉在十字架上，幔子已经裂开了。可是，如今柱子还必须一直背负这个见证。对基督来说，肉体已经钉在十字架上，幔子已经裂开了。但对我们来说，幔子也许还没有裂开。因为在基督身上，幔子已经裂开了，神和人中间的间隔已经打碎了。如今那些蒙基督所救赎的人，可以直接与神交通。可是许多信徒还没有经历把肉体钉在十字架上，因此，他们的肉体仍旧是他们与神之间的间隔。如今神居所里的柱子必须背负一个见证：他们肉体的幔子已经与基督一同裂开了。换句话说，那些在教会里作柱子的人，不该再凭着肉体活着，反而必须作见证说，他们的肉体已经与基督一同钉在十字架。这就是加拉太书五章二十四节的意义。
24The tabernacle is the dwelling place of God. But within God’s dwelling place there is a separation. In a human dwelling place a separation may be a positive thing, but in God’s dwelling place the separation is a negative matter. Thus, the veil is negative, for it conceals God’s presence from His people. Before the veil was rent, only the high priest was qualified to enter the Holy of Holies once a year. This proves that the veil was something negative. Today this veil is our flesh. Some may argue that the veil signifies Christ’s flesh, not our flesh. But when Christ, the eternal Word of God, became flesh, He became identified with us. This means that the flesh which Christ became actually denotes our fallen nature. Furthermore, when He was crucified on the cross, our fallen nature, that is, our natural being, the flesh, was crucified with Him. When He was cleft, our flesh was cleft also, for our flesh was cleft with Him. Yes, in God’s dwelling place Christ has been crucified, and the veil has been rent. Now the pillars must continue to bear this testimony. With Christ, the flesh has been crucified, and the veil has been rent. But with us the veil may not yet have been cleft. Because with Christ the veil has been cleft, the separation between God and man has been broken. Now those who have been redeemed by Christ can commune with God directly. However, many believers still have not experienced the crucifixion of their flesh. Thus, their flesh remains as a separation between them and God. The pillars within God’s dwelling place must now bear the testimony that the veil of their flesh has been cleft with Christ. In other words, those who are pillars in the church should no longer live by their flesh. Instead, they must bear the testimony that their flesh has been crucified with Christ. This is the meaning of Galatians 5:24.
25我们从经历的观点来看幔子，就可以看见，作幔子的基督与作柱子的信徒，有一种联合。这意思是说，柱子紧密地联于基督自己。幔子乃是挂在柱子上，这里暗示幔子与柱子联合，幔子与柱子合一。我们可以说，幔子是柱子的衣服、遮盖。衣服表征联合。我们把衣服穿在身上时，这些衣服就和我们成为一。照样，挂在柱子上的幔子也和柱子成为一。所以，幔子和柱子就联合了。
25When we consider the veil from the standpoint of experience, we see that there is an identification of Christ as the veil with those believers who are pillars. This means that the pillars are closely identified with Christ Himself. The veil was put on the pillars. This implies the identification of the veil with the pillars and the oneness of the veil and the pillars. We may say that the veil was the clothing, the covering, of the pillars. Clothing signifies identification. When we put clothes upon our body, these clothes become one with us. In like manner, the veil clothing the pillars became one with the pillars. Therefore, the veil and the pillars were identified.
五 敞开的道路
A WAY OPENED
26联合更深的意义是说，人接触神的道路能不能打开，就在于这种联合的经历。如果幔子裂开了，堕落之人接触神的道路就开通了，不然路就封闭了。这意思是说，肉体受了对付，堕落的人就有一条路来接触神，并与神有交通。
26The deep significance of identification is that whether or not the way can be opened for people to contact God depends on the experience of this identification. If the veil is rent, then the way will be open for fallen people to contact God. Otherwise, the way will be closed. This means that when the flesh is dealt with, there is an entrance for fallen man to contact God and have fellowship with Him.
27幔子裂开以前，没有路可通往至圣所。祭司能彀进入圣所，就近桌子、灯台、香坛，但他们无法更往前。幔子一裂开，就开了三个入口，我们这样说，乃是根据四根柱子大概的位置。也许两端有两根，靠近竖板，中间有两根，构成到神面前的三个入口 。如果两根柱子不靠近竖板的话，幔子的两角就支持不住。就属灵方面说，这三个入口乃是豫表三一神。在新耶路撒冷里，四面各有三个门。这些门豫表三一神是通往圣城的入口。在路加十五章的三个比喻里，我们看见这三个门：子是牧人，灵是点灯的妇人，父得着了回家的浪子。在以弗所二章十八节我们也读到，我们藉着基督，在一位灵里，得以进到父面前。因此，三个入口乃是表征三一神自己。
27Before the veil was broken, there was no entry into the Holy of Holies. The priests could come into the Holy Place and approach the table, the lampstand, and the incense altar, but they could go no further. When the veil was rent, three entries were opened up. We say this on the basis of the probable location of the four pillars. It is likely that two were on each end, next to the standing boards, and that two were in between. This would make three entrances into the presence of God. If two pillars were not next to the standing boards, there would be no way to support the corners of the veil. Spiritually speaking, these three entrances typify the Triune God. In the New Jerusalem there are three gates on each of the four sides. These gates typify the Triune God as the entrance into the holy city. We see these gates in the three parables in Luke 15: the Son as the Shepherd, the Spirit as the woman lighting a lamp, and the Father receiving the returned prodigal son. Also, in Ephesians 2:18 we read that in one Spirit we have access through Christ unto the Father. Therefore, the Triune God Himself is signified by the three entrances.
28我们又一次看见，藉着帐幕里的豫表，我们可以非常详细地认识基督。这些豫表所描绘的是甚么，很难用言语来述说。但即使我们无法说出这些图画中我们所看见的，我们里面却能彀有正确的领会。这便加强我们，滋养我们，并且帮助我们长大。
28Once again we see that through the types in the tabernacle we can know Christ in a very detailed way. It is difficult to find words to convey what is portrayed by all these types. But even though we may not be able to utter what we see in these figures, deep within we can have a proper realization. This will strengthen us, nourish us, and help us to grow.