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创世记结晶读经(34):生命水的河
读经：创二 10 ～ 14，出十七 6，诗七二 8，耶二13，约四 14，启二二 1
1 在圣经中，关于生命水河，神圣水流，独一之流的观念是非常要紧的─诗四六
4 上，约七 37 ～ 39，启二二 1。
2 圣经启示涌流的三一神─父作生命源，子作生命泉，灵作生命河─耶二 13，诗
三六 9上，约四 14，七 37 ～ 39。
3 圣经里只有一道流，只有一道神圣的水流；历经所有世代一直在涌流的神圣水流，
是独一无二的─创二 10 ～ 14，启二二 1。
4 『有一道河从伊甸流出来滋润那园子，从那里分为四道』─创二 10：
5 这里的河表徵生命水的河，沿著这河长著生命树─启二二 1 ～ 2。
6 河从伊甸流出来，表徵生命水的河从神流出来，指明神是给人喝的活水源头─1
节，参约四 10，七 37。
7 四这数字表徵受造之物─人（结一 5）；一道河分为四道，表徵一道河从作为源
头和中心的独一之神（由一这数字所表徵）流出来，临到各方的人。
8 这生命水河，神圣水流的种子是撒在创世记二章十至十四节，此后圣经的各卷
是这种子的生长，到启示录就有收成─诗四六4 上，约七 37 ～ 39，启七 17，二
二 17 下。
9 基督是活的灵磐石，被神律法的权柄所击打，好叫生命的水在复活里能从他流出
来，并流进他所救赎的人里面给他们喝─出十七6，约十九 34，林前十 4。
10 这活水乃是在复活里生命的水，就是包罗万有赐生命的灵作三一神的终极流出
─十五 45 下。
11 复活表明摆在死里又活过来的；复活也表明经过死所长出的生命─约十一 25，
徒二 24，启一 18。
12 因著生命的水是在复活里，它是得胜的，且超越每一件消极的事物─弗一 19
～ 22，二 5 ～ 6。
13c 当我们在复活里喝生命的水时，我们就成了在复活里并属於复活的人─林前
十 4，林后一 9，四 14。
14 我们需要在复活里喝生命水，并涌流生命水─约七37 ～ 39。
15 当我们与这被击打的基督联合为一，神圣生命作为活水就从我们里面涌流出
来─出十七 6，约七 38。
16 我们若在复活里喝生命水并涌流生命水，就要成为『河』（表徵得胜者）；
基督在他争战的日子领头争战到底时，要喝这河的水─诗一一? 7。
17 在民数记二十章八节，神吩咐摩西『拿著杖』，并『吩咐磐石发出水来』：
18 『拿著杖』，就是在基督的死里与他联合，并将基督的死应用在我们自己身
上和我们的处境中。
19 『吩咐磐石』，就是向基督这被击打的磐石直接说话，求他基於那灵已经赐
下的这个事实，将生命的灵赐给我们─约四 10。
20 美地豫表包罗万有的基督，『那地有川，有泉，有源』─申八 7。
21 源是源头，泉是源头的流出，川（或河）是流。
22 美地里的水是『从谷中和山上流出…来』─7 节下。
23 『从谷中和山上流出…来』，指明基督作为活水在不同的环境中流出来。
24 谷是十字架的经历，基督死的经历，而山是基督复活的经历─林后一 9，四
11、14。
25 诗篇七十二篇八节启示，在他的作王掌权里，基督『要执掌权柄，…从大河直
到地极』。
26 主的国度要藉著主作为河的涌流扩展到地极；他要执掌权柄，作为大河涌流
直到地极；那里有水流，那里就有他的掌权─启十一 15，珥三 18。
27 主耶稣要藉著那从耶路撒冷流出的河，恢复这地（结四七 1 ～ 12，珥三 18）；
这河要以四个方向达到全地，如在创世记二章十至十四节。
28 神在他经纶里的心意，是要作活水的泉源，源头，满足他的选民，作他们的享
受─耶二 13。
29 神要我们接受他作活水的泉源，我们生活惟一的源头─罗十一 36。
30 神作活水泉源的目标，是要产生召会，作他的扩增，好成为他的丰满，使他
得著彰显；这是神在他经纶里的心愿，喜悦─弗一 5、9、22 ～ 23。
31 神需要对他的选民作活水的泉源，因为他有一个经纶，要为自己产生一个配
偶，新妇─约三 29 上、30 上，四 14，启十九 7 ～ 8。
32 我们饮於神这活水的泉源，乃是为著召会作他的扩增；我们的喝，乃是为著
产生他的扩大，他的丰满，作他的彰显─约四 14，三 29 上、30 上，林前十二 12
～ 13。
33 除了神作活水的泉源以外，没有甚么能解我们的乾渴并满足我们；除了神分
赐到我们里面以外，也没有甚么能使我们成为他的扩增，使他得著彰显─启二二 1、
17。
34 以西结四十七章一至十二节说到水从殿中流出的异象。
35 这里的水表徵三一神作生命水从永远里流出来，解他子民的乾渴─约四 14，
启二二 1、17。
36 水越深，我们就越放弃自己的努力，弃绝自己的方向，让水流带我们往前─
结四七 3 ～ 5。
37 约翰福音描绘涌流的三一神─四 14。
38 三一神在神圣三一里的涌流有三个阶段：父是源，子是泉，灵是河。
39 这涌流的三一神乃是『涌入永远的生命』；『涌入』说到目的地，就是新耶
路撒冷作永远生命的总和─启二二 1。
40 父是源，子是泉，灵是河，涌流到我们里面，并带同我们归入新耶路撒冷，
而成为新耶路撒冷─二一10 ～ 11，二二 1。
41 父是源，子是泉，灵是河，都以新耶路撒冷为永远的目标。
42 启示录二十二章一节说到『一道生命水的河』。
43 这河就如创世记二章十至十四节，诗篇四十六篇四节上半，以西结四十七章
五至九节的河所豫表的，是表徵在其流中生命的丰盛。
44 这是一道河，流?圣城的四方，就像创世记二章十至十四节的一条河分为四道。
45 这一道河连同它的丰富，在我们对神生命之灵各面的经历中，成了许多道河，
如约翰七章三十八节所指明的─罗八 2，十五 30，帖前一 6，帖后二 13，加五 22
～ 23。
46 生命水象徵神在基督里成为那灵，将自己流进他所救赎的人里面，作他们的
生命和生命的供应。
47 这是从裂开磐石流出的水所豫表的，也是从主被扎的肋旁流出的水所象徵的
─出十七 6，约十九 34。
48 启示录二十二章一节的生命水成了一道河，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来，供应
并浸透整个新耶路撒冷，因此这城充满神圣的生命，得以在神生命的荣耀中彰显他
─二一 23。
49 生命水的河『从神和羔羊的宝座』流出来─二二 1。
50 在永世里，坐宝座的神乃是羔羊神─我们救赎的神，从他的宝座有生命水的河
流出来，作我们的供
应和满足。
51 这描述三一神─神、羔羊和生命水所象徵的那灵─如何在他元首权柄（宝座的
权柄所含示的）之下，将自己分赐到他所救赎的人里面，直到永远。
The River of Water of Life
Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:10-14; Exo. 17:6; Psa. 72:8; Jer. 2:13; John 4:14;
Rev. 22:1
I. In the Scriptures the concept of the river of water of life, the divine
stream, the unique flow, is crucial (Psa. 46:4a; John 7:37-39; Rev. 22:1):
A. The Bible reveals the flowing Triune God─the Father as the fountain
of life, the Son as the spring of life, and the Spirit as the river of life
(Jer. 2:13; Psa. 36:9a; John 4:14; 7:37-39).
B. In the Scriptures there is only one flow, only one divine stream; the
divine stream, which has been flowing throughout the generations, is uniquely
one (Gen. 2:10-14; Rev. 22:1).
II. "A river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from there it
divided and became four branches" (Gen. 2:10):
A. The river here signifies the river of water of life, along which the
tree of life grows (Rev. 22:1-2).
B. The river going forth from Eden signifies the river of water of life
flowing forth from God, indicating that God is the source of the living
water for man to drink (v. 1; cf. John 4:10; 7:37).
C. The number four signifies man, the creature (Ezek. 1:5); the one river
becoming four branches signifies that the one river flows out of the unique
God (signified by the number one) as the source and center to reach man
in every direction.
III. The seed of the river of water of life, the divine stream, is sown
in Genesis 2:10-14, the growth occurs in the following books of the Bible,
and the harvest is in Revelation (Psa. 46:4a; John 7:37-39; Rev. 7:17; 22:17b):
A. Christ as the living, spiritual rock was smitten by the authority of
God's law so that the water of life in resurrection could flow out of Him
and into His redeemed people for them to drink (Exo. 17:6; John 19:34; 1
Cor. 10:4):
1. The living water is the water of life in resurrection, the all-inclusive
life-giving Spirit as the ultimate issue of the Triune God (15:45b):
a. Resurrection denotes something that has been put to death
and is alive again; resurrection also denotes life that springs forth
from something that has passed through death (John 11:25; Acts 2:24; Rev.
1:18).
b. Because the water of life is in resurrection, it is victorious and
transcends every negative thing (Eph. 1:19-22; 2:5-6).
c. When we drink the water of life in resurrection, we become persons
in resurrection and of resurrection (1 Cor. 10:4; 2 Cor. 1:9; 4:14).
2. We need to drink and flow the water of life in resurrection (John 7:37-39):
a. When we identify ourselves with the smitten Christ, the divine life
as the living water flows out of us (Exo. 17:6; John 7:38).
b. If we drink and flow the water of life in resurrection, we will be
“the brook” (signifying the overcomers) from which Christ will drink as
He is taking the lead to fight in the day of His warfare (Psa. 110:7).
3. In Numbers 20:8 God told Moses to “take the rod” and "speak to the
rock...so that it yields its water":
a. To "take the rod" is to identify with Christ in His death and apply
the death of Christ to ourselves and our situation.
b. To "speak to the rock"is to speak a direct word to Christ as the smitten
rock, asking Him to give us the Spirit of life based on the fact that the
Spirit has already been given (John 4:10).
B. The good land, a type of the all-inclusive Christ, is “a land of waterbrooks,
of springs and of fountains” (Deut. 8:7):
1. The fountain is the source, the spring is the issue of the source,
and the waterbrook, or the river, is the flow.
2. The water in the good land flows forth “in valleys and in mountains”
(v. 7b):
a. "Flowing forth in valleys and in mountains" indicates that Christ as
the living water flows in different environments.
b. The valleys are the experiences of the cross, the experiences of the
death of Christ, and the mountains are the experiences of Christ's resurrection
(2 Cor. 1:9; 4:11, 14).
C. Psalm 72:8 reveals that, in His reigning, Christ “will have dominion...from
the River unto the ends of the earth”:
1. The Lord's kingdom will spread to the ends of the earth by His flowing
as a river; He will have dominion and will flow as a river to the ends of
the earth; where the flow is, there His dominion will be (Rev. 11:15; Joel
3:18).
2. The Lord Jesus will recover the earth by means of the river that will
flow from Jerusalem (Ezek. 47:1-12; Joel 3:18); this river will reach all
the earth in four directions, as in Genesis 2:10-14.
D. God's intention in His economy is to be the fountain, the source, of
living waters to satisfy His chosen people for their enjoyment (Jer. 2:13):
1. God wants us to take Him as the fountain of living waters, the unique
source of our living (Rom. 11:36).
2. God's goal in being the fountain of living waters is to produce the
church as His increase to be His fullness for His expression; this is the
heart's desire, the good pleasure, of God in His economy (Eph. 1:5, 9, 22-23):
a. God needs to be the fountain of living waters to His elect because
He has an economy, and His economy is to produce a counterpart, a bride,
for Himself (John 3:29a; 4:14; Rev. 19:7-8).
b. Our drinking of God as the fountain of living waters is for the church
as His increase; our drinking is for the producing of His enlargement, His
fullness, for His expression (John 4:14; 3:29a, 30a; 1 Cor. 12:12-13).
c. Nothing apart from God as the fountain of living waters can quench
our thirst and satisfy us; nothing apart from God dispensed into our being
can make us His increase for His expression (Rev. 22:1, 17).
E. In Ezekiel 47:1-12 we have the vision of the water flowing out from
the house:
1. The water here signifies the Triune God as the water of life flowing
out from eternity to quench the thirst of His people (John 4:14; Rev. 22:1,
17).
2. The deeper the water is, the more we abandon our self-effort, forsake
our own direction, and allow the flow to carry us on (Ezek. 47:3-5).
F. The Gospel of John portrays the flowing Triune God (4:14):
1. The Triune God flows in the Divine Trinity in three stages: the Father
is the fountain, the Son is the spring, and the Spirit is the river.
2. This flowing Triune God is “into eternal life”; into speaks of destination,
which is the New Jerusalem as the totality of the eternal life (Rev. 22:1).
3. The Father as the fountain, the Son as the spring, and the Spirit as
the river flow into us and with us into the New Jerusalem to be the New
Jerusalem (21:10-11; 22:1).
4. The Father as the fountain, the Son as the spring, and the Spirit as
the river all take the New Jerusalem as Their eternal goal.
G. Revelation 22:1 speaks of “a river of water of life”:
1. This river, typified by the rivers in Genesis 2:10-14, Psalm 46:4a,
and Ezekiel 47:5-9, signifies the abundance of life in its flow:
a. It is one river, flowing to the four corners of the holy city, like
the one river in Genesis 2:10-14, which parts into four branches.
b. As indicated in John 7:38, this one river with its riches becomes many
rivers in our experience of the different aspects of God's Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2; 15:30;
1 Thes. 1:6; 2 Thes. 2:13; Gal. 5:22-23).
c. The water of life is a symbol of God in Christ as the Spirit flowing
Himself into His redeemed people to be their life and life supply.
d. This water is typified by the water that came out of the riven rock
and symbolized by the water that flowed out of the Lord's pierced side (Exo.
17:6; John 19:34).
e. In Revelation 22:1 the water of life becomes a river, proceeding out
of the throne of God and of the Lamb to supply and saturate the entire New
Jerusalem; thus, this city is filled with the divine life so that it may
express God in His glory of life (21:23).
2. The river of water of life proceeds “out of the throne of God and of
the Lamb” (22:1):
a. In eternity God who sits on the throne is the Lamb-God, our redeeming
God, from whose throne proceeds the river of water of life for our supply
and satisfaction.
b. This depicts how the Triune God─God, the Lamb, and the Spirit, who
is symbolized by the water of life─dispenses Himself into His redeemed
people under His headship (implied in the authority of the throne) for eternity.
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创世结晶001-神中心的思想_1
创世结晶002-神中心的思想_2
创世结晶003-神中心的思想_3
创世结晶004-神中心的思想_4
创世结晶005-神中心的思想_5
创世结晶006-神中心的思想_6
创世结晶007-神中心的思想_7
创世结晶008-神在基督里的创造_1
创世结晶009-神在基督里的创造_2
创世结晶010-神在基督里的创造_3
创世结晶011-神在基督里的创造_4
创世结晶012-神在基督里的创造_5
创世结晶013-神在基督里的创造_6
创世结晶014-神在基督里的创造_7
创世结晶015-创世记一章_1_六日谈神之创造
创世结晶016-创世记一章_2:六日谈神创造之第一日
创世结晶017-创世记一章_3:六日谈神创造之第二日
创世结晶018-创世记一章_4:六日谈神创造之第三日
创世结晶019-创世记一章_5:六日谈神创造之第四日
创世结晶020-创世记一章_6:六日谈神创造之第五日
创世结晶021-创世记一章_7:六日谈神创造之第六日
创世结晶022-神按着自己的形像样式造人_1
创世结晶023-神按着自己的形像样式造人_2
创世结晶024-神按着自己的形像样式造人_3
创世结晶025-神按着自己的形像样式造人_4
创世结晶026-神按着自己的形像样式造人_5
创世结晶027-神按着自己的形像样式造人_6
创世结晶028-神按着自己的形像样式造人_7
创世结晶028-神按着自己的形像样式造人_7
创世结晶036-生命树与善恶树_1
创世结晶037-生命树与善恶树_2
创世结晶038-生命树与善恶树_3
创世结晶039-生命树与善恶树_4
创世结晶040-生命树与善恶树_5
创世结晶041-生命树与善恶树_6
创世结晶042-生命树与善恶树_7
创世结晶043-生命水的河_1
创世结晶044-生命水的河_2
创世结晶045-生命水的河_3
创世结晶046-生命水的河_4
创世结晶047-生命水的河_5
创世结晶048-生命水的河_6
创世结晶049-生命水的河_7
创世结晶050-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_1
创世结晶051-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_2
创世结晶052-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_3
创世结晶053-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_4
创世结晶054-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_5
创世结晶055-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_6
创世结晶056-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_7
创世结晶057-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_1
创世结晶058-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_2
创世结晶059-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_3
创世结晶060-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_4
创世结晶061-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_5
创世结晶062-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_6
创世结晶063-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_7
创世结晶064-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_1
创世结晶065-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_2
创世结晶066-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_3
创世结晶067-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_4
创世结晶068-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_5
创世结晶069-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_6
创世结晶070-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_7
创世结晶071-挪亚的时代_1
创世结晶072-挪亚的时代_2
创世结晶073-挪亚的时代_3
创世结晶074-挪亚的时代_4
创世结晶075-挪亚的时代_5
创世结晶076-挪亚的时代_6
创世结晶077-挪亚的时代_7
创世结晶078-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_1
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创世结晶080-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_3
创世结晶081-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_4
创世结晶082-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_5
创世结晶083-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_6
创世结晶084-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_7
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