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召会的历史 被拣选的以色列人在地上蒙保守-十二支派中十四万四千人 7:1 | 1这事以后,我看见四位天使站在地的四角,执掌地上四方的2风,3叫风不吹在地上、海上和任何树上。 | 7:2 | 我又看见1另一位天使,从日出之地上来,拿着活神的印;祂向那得着权柄要伤害地和海的四位天使,大声喊着说, | 7:3 | 地与海并树木,你们不可伤害,等我们印了我们神众奴仆的额。 | 7:4 | 我听见1受印者的数目,以色列子孙各支派中受印的有十四万四千。 | 7:5-8 | 1犹大支派...一万二千,流便...,迦得...,亚设...,拿弗他利...,亚设...,玛拿西...,西缅...,利未...,以萨迦...,西布伦...,约瑟...,便雅悯支派中受印的有一万二千。 | | | | | | | 蒙救赎的圣徒被提到天上,在天上的殿里事奉神,享受神的看顾和羔羊的牧养 7:9 | 这些事以后,我观看,看哪,有1大批的群众,没有人能数得过来,是从各邦国、各支派、各民族、各方言来的,2站在宝座前和羔羊面前,身穿3白袍,手拿4棕树枝, | 7:10 | 大声喊着说,愿1救恩归与坐在宝座上我们的神,也归与羔羊。 | 7:11 | 众天使都站在宝座、众长老和四活物的周围,在宝座前面伏于地,敬拜神,说, | 7:12 | 1阿们。愿颂赞、荣耀、智慧、感谢、尊贵、能力、力量,都归与我们的神,直到永永远远。阿们。 | 7:13 | 长老中有一位问我说,这些穿白袍的是谁?是从那里来的? | 7:14 | 我对他说,我主,你晓得。他对我说,这些人是从1大患难中出来的,曾用羔羊的血,洗净了他们的袍子,并且洗白了。 | 7:15 | 所以1他们在神宝座前,昼夜在祂殿中2事奉祂;坐宝座的3要用帐幕覆庇他们。 | 7:16 | 他们不再饥、不再渴,日头和一切炎热也必不1伤害他们, | 7:17 | 因为宝座中的羔羊必1牧养他们,领他们到2生命水的泉;神也必从他们眼中擦去一切的2眼泪。 7章17节 注 | 眼泪是不满足的表记,生命水是为叫他们满足。因为羔羊要用生命水供应他们,使他们满足,他们就不再有不满足的眼泪。羔羊要供应他们生命水,并要擦去他们的泪水。 牧养包括喂养。在基督的牧养下,“我必不至缺乏。”(诗二三1。) | | 请我们先祷告 | 主,我们敬拜你,给我们这样的祷告。但愿我们所祷告,你都能带我们进入,以认识基督,认识基督的身体,认识神的经纶,并认识今天神在地上的行动! | | 哦,基督有一荣耀召会, | 我们有分于她─ | | 何等喜乐, | 主使我们合为一! | | 看哪,在宇宙中有一身体, | 我们属于她─ | | 阿利路亚, | 主使我们合为一! | | 阿利路亚, | 荣耀身体! | | 我们是身体的肢体! | 一切完全为这身体! | | 阿利路亚, | 主使我们合为一! | 今日经节及注解: 启七1~17 | 重点经节 | | 你要写信给在撒狄的召会的使者,说,那有神的七灵和七星的,这样说…。 你要写信给在非拉铁非的召会的使者,说,那圣别的、真实的,拿着大卫钥匙,开了就没有人能关,关了就没有人能开的,这样说。 你要写信给在老底嘉的召会的使者,说,那阿门,那忠信真实的见证人,那神创造之物的元始,这样说。 | 生命供应 | 在[启示录]二、三章七封书信所记的,乃是当时七个召会真实的光景。然而,本书既是一本表号的书,带有豫言的性质,这七个召会的光景也是表号,豫言性的表征召会在七个时期的进展:初期的召会、受苦的召会、属世的召会、背道的召会、改革的召会、恢复的召会、以及恢复后又堕落的召会。 三章八节给我们看见非拉铁非召会的情形。首先,这个召会“稍微有一点能力”。…能讨主喜悦的,不在于我们多刚强,而在于我们尽我们所能的用上这一点点的能力。 非拉铁非的特征,就是她遵守了主的话。按照历史,没有别的基督徒像非拉铁非召会的圣徒,那样严谨的遵守主的话。靠着祂的恩典,我们今天也同样遵守祂的话。 恢复的召会不但完全回到主的话上,也弃绝了主耶稣基督之外一切的名,恢复的召会绝对属于主,与任何公会(任何名称)无关。…召会如同贞洁的童女许配基督,(林后十一2,)除了她丈夫的名以外,不该有别的名。 在[启示录三章]八节主说,“看哪,我在你面前给你一个敞开的门,是无人能关的。”主是那拿着大卫的钥匙,开了就没有人能关的,祂给恢复的召会一个敞开的门,无人能关。从十九世纪初期,正当召会生活的恢复开始,直到如今,主的恢复始终有敞开的门。组织的基督教越想关闭这门,这门就越敞开。今天尽管有许多反对,这门在世界各地总是敞开的。钥匙是在召会元首的手中,不在反对者的手中。阿利路亚!我们有一个敞开的门! 无疑的,惟有恢复的召会能成就神永远的定旨,也惟有她是主所要的。我们必须接受主的选择。(启示录生命读经,一三三、二二一至二二三、二二五至二二六、二五三页。) | 问答: | 1、 启示录如何豫表出召会的七个时期?(参读 启二1注1。) 2、 请说明在非拉铁非的召会—恢复的召会?(参读 启三7注1。) 3、 请以启六章二节说明荣耀福音的传扬?(参读 启六2注2,注3。) | The History of the Church | Let's Pray: | Lord, we worship You. May You bring us into all that we pray so that we would know Christ, the Body of Christ, the economy of God, and God's move on earth today. | | Oh, the church of Christ is glorious, and we are part of it- We're so happy that the Lord has made us one! There's a Body in the universe and we belong to it- Hallelujah, for the Lord has made us one! Hallelujah for the Body! We are members of the Body! We are wholly for the Body! Hallelujah, for the Lord has made us one! | Today's Verses and Footnotes: Rev. 7:1-17 | Key Verse: | | And to the messenger of the church in Sardis write: These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: ... | | And to the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says the Holy One, the true One, the One who has the key of David, the One who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens: | | And to the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God: | Life Supply: | The seven epistles in chapters two and three are the record of the actual situation existing in the seven churches at the time these epistles were written. However, since this book is a book of signs with a prophetic nature, the situations of the seven churches are also signs, signifying prophetically the progress of the church in seven stages: … the initial church, the suffering church, the worldly church, the apostate church, the reformed church, the recovered church, and the degraded recovered church. In 3:8 we see the condition of the church in Philadelphia. Firstly, this church had “a little power.”… What pleases the Lord is not that we are strong, but that we use our little power to do the best we can. One outstanding feature of Philadelphia is that she kept the Lord’s word. According to history, no other Christians have kept the Lord’s word as strictly as these in the church in Philadelphia. Likewise, by His grace, we are keeping His word today. The recovered church has not only returned to the Lord’s word in a full way, but has also abandoned all names other than that of the Lord Jesus Christ. The recovered church belongs to the Lord absolutely, having nothing to do with any denominations (any names)… The church as the chaste virgin espoused to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2) should not have any name other than her husband’s. In verse 8 the Lord said, “Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut.” As the One who has the key of David and who opens and no one can shut, the Lord has given the recovered church “an open door which no one can shut.” Since the recovery of the proper church life began, in the early part of the nineteenth century, until now, a door has always been wide open to the Lord’s recovery. The more that organized Christianity tries to shut the door, the wider it is open. In spite of much opposition, the door today is open worldwide. The key is in the hand of the Head of the church; it is not in the hand of the opposers. Hallelujah, we have an open door! Undoubtedly, only the recovered church can fulfill God’s eternal purpose, and only she is what the Lord is after. We must take the Lord’s choice. (Life-Study of Revelation, pp. 113,186-187, 189, 211) | Questions: | 1. How does the book of Revelation typify prophetically the progress of the church in seven stages? (See Rev. 2:1 note 1) | 2. What is the significance of the church in Philadelphia, the recovered church? (See Rev. 3:7 note 1 and note 3) | 3. Please expound the gospel preaching according to Revelation 6:2? (See Rev. 6:2 note 2, note 3) | Tomorrow: The Prayers of All the Saints |
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