创世记结晶读经(四):生命树与河(一)

创二10『有一道河从伊甸流出来滋润那园子，从那里分为四道。』
启二二1『天使又指给我看在城内街道当中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔
羊的宝座流出来。』

随着这树有一道河（创二10）。树既是生命的树，河也必定与生命有关。在圣经的
结尾，我们也看见一道生命河在涌流，一棵生命树在生长（启二二1~2）。

在圣经的开头和结尾，我们都看见生命树和涌流着活水的河。在圣经中，河的观念
也很重要。圣经在开头和结尾提到人的时候，也提到河。人接受神作生命，享受神
的肥甘，得着解渴、滋润，得以生长并喜乐，都在於河。

创世记二章里的河表征生命水的河，沿着这河长着生命树（启二二1~2 与1 注2，注
3，及2 注1）。这河解除人的乾渴并浇灌园子，使生命能生长。圣经的开始和末了，
都有生命树，也有涌流着活水的河。

河从伊甸流出来，表征生命水的河从神流出来（启二二1），指明神是给人喝的活水
源头（参约四10，七37）（圣经恢复本，创二10 注1，注2）。

启示录二十二章一节说到〕『神和羔羊的宝座』，一个宝座既为着神，也为着羔羊，
表征神和羔羊乃是一─他是羔羊神，是救赎的神，是神那救赎者。

在永世里，坐宝座的神乃是我们救赎的神，从他的宝座有生命水的河流出来，作我
们的供应和满足。这描述三一神─神、羔羊和生命水所象征的那灵─如何在他元首
权柄（宝座的权柄所含示的）之下，将自己分赐给他所救赎的人，直到永远（启二
二1 注5）。

圣城的街道是纯金（二一21），金象征神圣的性情。生命水的河在街道当中流着，
表征神圣的生命在神圣的性情里涌流，作神赎民日常生活的惟一道路。那里有神圣
生命的涌流，那里就有神圣的性情作圣别的道路，给神的百姓凭以行事；

那里有神圣性情的圣别道路，那里就有神圣生命的涌流。神圣的生命和作圣别道路之神圣的
性情，总是同行的。所以神生命水的河，是顺着神圣的道路便於应用的。我们是借
着行在这生命的道路中，享受这生命水的河（启二二1 注1）。

 交通，原文意一同参与，共同分享。交通乃是永远生命的流出，并且实际上，就是
所有已经接受并得着神圣生命之信徒里面永远生命的流。这是新耶路撒冷里生命水
的流所描绘的（二二1）。因此，所有的真信徒都在这交通里（徒二42）。

这交通是凭我们重生之灵里的那灵而得继续的，因此称为圣灵的交通（林后十三14）
和（我们）灵的交通（腓二1）。我们信徒乃是在这永远生命的交通里，有分於父与
子所是并为我们所作的一切；这乃是我们借着那灵的交通，享受父的爱和子的恩
（林后十三14）。

这样的交通首先是使徒在借着那灵享受父与子上所得的分，因此称为使徒的交通
（徒二42），以及约壹一章三节『我们〔使徒〕的交通』，就是与父并与他儿子耶
稣基督的交通。这是个神圣的奥秘。永远生命这奥秘的交通，应当视为约翰一书的
主题（约壹一3 注3）。

参读：创世记生命读经，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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