創世記結晶讀經(四):生命樹與河(一)

創二10『有一道河從伊甸流出來滋潤那園子，從那裡分為四道。』
啟二二1『天使又指給我看在城內街道當中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，從神和羔
羊的寶座流出來。』

隨着這樹有一道河（創二10）。樹既是生命的樹，河也必定與生命有關。在聖經的
結尾，我們也看見一道生命河在涌流，一棵生命樹在生長（啟二二1~2）。

在聖經的開頭和結尾，我們都看見生命樹和涌流着活水的河。在聖經中，河的觀念
也很重要。聖經在開頭和結尾提到人的時候，也提到河。人接受神作生命，享受神
的肥甘，得着解渴、滋潤，得以生長並喜樂，都在於河。

創世記二章里的河表徵生命水的河，沿着這河長着生命樹（啟二二1~2 與1 注2，注
3，及2 注1）。這河解除人的乾渴並澆灌園子，使生命能生長。聖經的開始和末了，
都有生命樹，也有涌流着活水的河。

河從伊甸流出來，表徵生命水的河從神流出來（啟二二1），指明神是給人喝的活水
源頭（參約四10，七37）（聖經恢復本，創二10 注1，注2）。

啟示錄二十二章一節說到〕『神和羔羊的寶座』，一個寶座既為着神，也為着羔羊，
表徵神和羔羊乃是一─他是羔羊神，是救贖的神，是神那救贖者。

在永世里，坐寶座的神乃是我們救贖的神，從他的寶座有生命水的河流出來，作我
們的供應和滿足。這描述三一神─神、羔羊和生命水所象徵的那靈─如何在他元首
權柄（寶座的權柄所含示的）之下，將自己分賜給他所救贖的人，直到永遠（啟二
二1 注5）。

聖城的街道是純金（二一21），金象徵神聖的性情。生命水的河在街道當中流着，
表徵神聖的生命在神聖的性情里涌流，作神贖民日常生活的惟一道路。那裡有神聖
生命的涌流，那裡就有神聖的性情作聖別的道路，給神的百姓憑以行事；

那裡有神聖性情的聖別道路，那裡就有神聖生命的涌流。神聖的生命和作聖別道路之神聖的
性情，總是同行的。所以神生命水的河，是順着神聖的道路便於應用的。我們是借
着行在這生命的道路中，享受這生命水的河（啟二二1 注1）。

 交通，原文意一同參與，共同分享。交通乃是永遠生命的流出，並且實際上，就是
所有已經接受並得着神聖生命之信徒裡面永遠生命的流。這是新耶路撒冷里生命水
的流所描繪的（二二1）。因此，所有的真信徒都在這交通里（徒二42）。

這交通是憑我們重生之靈里的那靈而得繼續的，因此稱為聖靈的交通（林後十三14）
和（我們）靈的交通（腓二1）。我們信徒乃是在這永遠生命的交通里，有分於父與
子所是並為我們所作的一切；這乃是我們借着那靈的交通，享受父的愛和子的恩
（林後十三14）。

這樣的交通首先是使徒在借着那靈享受父與子上所得的分，因此稱為使徒的交通
（徒二42），以及約壹一章三節『我們〔使徒〕的交通』，就是與父並與他兒子耶
穌基督的交通。這是個神聖的奧秘。永遠生命這奧秘的交通，應當視為約翰一書的
主題（約壹一3 注3）。

參讀：創世記生命讀經，第十二篇。

English Version
Gen. 2:10 "And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from 
there it divided and   became four branches."

Rev. 22:1 "And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal,proceeding 
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street."

    Along with the tree there is a river (Gen. 2:10). Since the tree is 
a tree of life, the river must also be related to life. At the end of the 
Bible we also see a river of life flowing and a tree of life growing (Rev. 
22:1-2). At the beginning and the end of the Bible we find the tree of life 
and a river flowing with living water. In the Scriptures the concept of 
the river is also crucial. When the Scripture mentions man, both in the beginning 
and at the end, it also mentions the river. For man to receive God as life, 
to enjoy the fatness of God, to quench thirst, to be watered, to grow, and 
to rejoice, all depends on the river. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 141-142)

    The river [in Genesis 2:10] signifies the river of water of life, along 
which the tree of life grows (Rev. 22:1-2 and footnotes 12, 13, and 21). 
This river quenched man's thirst and watered the garden that life might 
grow. At the beginning and the end of the Bible there are the tree of life 
and the river flowing with living water.

    The river going forth from Eden signifies the river of water of life 
flowing forth from God (Rev. 22:1), indicating that God is the source of 
the living water for man to drink (cf. John 4:10; 7:37). (Gen. 2:10, footnotes 
1 and 2)

    The throne of God and of the Lamb [in Revelation 22:1], showing that 
there is one throne for both God and the Lamb, indicates that God and the 
Lamb are one─the Lamb-God, the redeeming God, God the Redeemer. In eternity 
the very God who sits on the throne is our redeeming God,from whose throne 
proceeds the river of water of life for our supply and satisfaction. This 
depicts how the Triune God─God, the Lamb, and the Spirit, who is symbolized 
by the water of life─dispenses Himself to His redeemed under His headship 
(implied in the authority of the throne) for eternity. (Rev. 22:1, footnote 
5)

    The street of the holy city is pure gold (Rev. 21:21). Gold symbolizes 
the divine nature. That the river of water of life proceeds “in the middle 
of its street” signifies that the divine life flows in the divine nature 
as the unique way for the daily life of God's redeemed people. Where the 
divine life flows, there the divine nature is as the holy way by which God's 
people walk; and where the holy way of the divine nature is, there the divine 
life is flowing. The divine life and the divine nature as the holy way always 
go together. Thus, God's river of water of life is available along this 
divine way, and we enjoy the river by walking in this way of life. (Rev. 
22:1,footnote 6)

    The Greek word [for fellowship] means joint participation, common participation.
 Fellowship is the issue of the eternal life and is actually the flow of 
the eternal life within all the believers, who have received and possess 
the divine life. It is illustrated by the flow of the water of life in the 
New Jerusalem (Rev. 22:1). All genuine believers are in this fellowship 
(Acts 2:42).It is carried on by the Spirit in our regenerated spirit. Hence, 
it is called “the fellowship of the Holy Spirit” (2 Cor. 13:14) and "fellowship 
of [our] spirit” (Phil. 2:1). It is in this fellowship of the eternal life 
that we, the believers,participate in all that the Father and the Son are 
and have done for us; that is, we enjoy the love of the Father and the grace 
of the Son by virtue of the
fellowship of the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14). Such a fellowship was first the 
apostles' portion in their enjoyment of the Father and the Son through the 
Spirit. Hence, in Acts 2:42 it is called “the fellowship of the apostles,"and 
in 1 John 1:3 “our [the apostles'] fellowship,” a fellowship with the Father 
and with His Son Jesus Christ. It is a divine mystery. This mysterious fellowship 
of the eternal life should be considered the subject of this Epistle. (1 
John 1:3, footnote 3)

    Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 12

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