创世记结晶读经(二十三):神创造的头一个人亚当是一个团体人

林前十五 45『经上也是这样记著：『首先的人亚当成了活的魂』；末后的亚当成了
赐生命的灵。』
西一 15『爱子是那不能看见之神的像，是一切受造之物的首生者。』

    〔创世记一章二十六〕至二十八节的代名词『他们』，以及五章二节『他们的』，
指明亚当是一个团体人，集体人，包括全人类。神没有创造许多人；他在一个人亚
当里面，集体的创造了人类。神按著他的形像并照著他的样式造了这样一个团体人，
使人类能团体的彰显神（圣经恢复本，创一 26 注 4）。

    第六日神创造地上的牲畜和野兽。这是能为人作事的生命。狗的生命比鱼的生
命强多了。然后在受造之物当中有最高的生命，就是人的生命。这生命不但能生活
在死亡中、超越一切、为神作工并行神的旨意，也能彰显神并代表神。这是带著神
的形像和权柄的生命。乃是到了这个时候，神才安息。

    神工作的完成乃是一个有他形像和权柄的生命。我们也许以为神安息了，是因
为他完成了他的工作；但只要没有带著神的形像和权柄的生命，神就没有安息（神
中心的思想，一三页）。

    圣经中的头一个人亚当，乃是那以后要来者─基督的豫像（罗五 14）。亚当是
基督的豫像，豫先表明出基督。凡神在亚当身上所定的旨意，并所作的工作，都要
在基督身上，并藉著他来完成。

    在神的造物里，亚当是神造物的中心。神是先立定了诸天，也豫备好了地，才
把人创造出来。他先造出了光、空气和陆地，又造出了青草、菜蔬、树木，以及鱼、
鸟、牲畜、野兽和爬物，最后才造出亚当。可见天是为著地，地连同其上各类的生
物乃是为著人。所以，人是神创造的中心。这豫表基督是神创造的真正中心。因为
万有，无论是在诸天之上的、在地上的、能看见的、不能看见的、或是有位的、主
治的、执政的、掌权的，都是在他里面造的，也都是藉著他并为著他造的。

    亚当受造为人类的元首，人类又是神造物的中心，所以亚当就为神造物的元首。
这豫表基督是神一切造物的元首。

    亚当是按著神的形像，照著神的样式造的（创一 26），这豫表基督有神的形像
和样式。歌罗西一章十五节说，基督『是那不能看见之神的像』。神是不能看见的，
但基督，神荣耀的光辉，神本质的印像（来一 3），乃是他的像，彰显他的所是。

    亚当受造之后，神要他管理海里、空中和地上一切受造的活物（创一 26、28）。
神要他所造的人作他的代表，执行他的权柄，为他在地上掌权。所以，人不只受造
来彰显神，又被授权来代表神管治一切。这豫表基督是神的彰显，也是神的代表。
基督这神的受膏者，为神所膏，受神委派，要完成神的定旨，好对付神的仇敌，恢
复被仇敌霸占的地，带进神的权柄。

    亚当是人类的始祖，当他受造时，全人类都包含在他里面，为神所造（26）。
所以他成了众人的头。这豫表基督是各人的头（林前十一 3）（真理课程三级卷一，
一五至一八页）。

    参读：神中心的思想，第一至二章；真理课程三级卷一，第二课。


1 Cor. 15:45 "So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living 
soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit."
Col. 1:15 "Who is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation.
"
    The pronouns them [in Genesis 1:26-28] and their in 5:2 indicate that 
Adam was a corporate man, a collective man, including all mankind. God did 
not create many men; He created mankind collectively in one person, Adam. 
God created such a corporate man in His image and according to His likeness 
so that mankind might express God corporately. (Gen. 1:26, footnote 4)

    On the sixth day God created the cattle and the beasts of the earth. 
This is the life that can do something for man. The life of a dog is much 
stronger than that of a fish. Then there is the highest life among the creatures,
 which is the human life. This is a life that not only can live in death, 
be transcendent, work for God, and do the will of God but also can express 
and represent God. This is a life with the image of God and the authority 
of God. It is at this point that God rested.

    The completion of God's work is a life with His image and His authority. 
We may have thought that God rested because He had finished His work. But 
as long as there is not a life with the image and authority of God, there 
is no rest for God. (The Central Thought of God, p. 17)

    In the Bible Adam as the first man is a type of the Christ who was to 
come (Rom. 5:14). As a type of Christ, Adam prefigured Christ. Whatever 
purpose God had for Adam and whatever work He did in Adam were to be carried 
out in and through Christ.

    In  God's  creation  Adam  was  the  center  of  all  creation.  God 
 first man is a type of the Christ who was to come (Rom. 5:14). As a type 
of Christ, Adam prefigured Christ. Whatever purpose God had for Adam and 
whatever work He did in Adam were to be carried out in and through Christ.In 
God's creation Adam was the center of all creation. God first established 
the heavens and prepared the earth, and then He created man. He first made 
the light, the expanse, and the land, and then He created the grass, the 
herbs, the trees, the fish, the birds, the cattle, the beasts, and the creeping 
things. Eventually, He created Adam. Thus we see that the heavens are for 
the earth, and the earth with the different kinds of living things is for 
man. Therefore, man is the center of God's creation. This is a type of Christ 
as the real center of God's creation, because in Him, through Him, and unto 
Him all things were created, the things in the heavens and on the earth, 
the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, lordships, rulers, or authorities.

    Adam was created as the head of the human race, and the human race was 
the center of God's creation. Therefore, Adam was the head of God's creation. This is a type 
of Christ as the Head of all God's creation.

Adam was created in God's image and according to God's likeness (Gen. 1:26). 
This typifies that Christ bears God's image and likeness. Colossians 1:15 
says that Christ “is the image of the invisible God.” God is invisible. 
But Christ, who is the effulgence of His glory and the impress of His substance 
(Heb. 1:3), is His image, expressing what He is.

    After the creation of Adam, God wanted man to have dominion over all 
the living created things in the seas, in the air, and on the earth (Gen. 
1:26, 28). God wanted the man whom He had created to be His representative 
to execute His authority and rule for Him on the earth. Therefore, man was 
not only created to express God but also given the authority to represent 
God to rule over all. This is a type of Christ as God's expression and also 
as God's representative. Christ as God's Anointed was anointed and commissioned 
by God for the carrying out of God's purpose in dealing with God's enemy 
to recover the enemy-usurped earth and bring in God's authority.

    Adam was the first ancestor of the human race. When he was created, 
the entire human race, which was included in him, was created by God (Gen. 
1:26). Thus, he became the head of all men. This is a type of Christ as 
the head of every man (1 Cor. 11:3). (Truth Lessons─Level Three, vol. 1, 
pp. 19-21)

    Further Reading: The Central Thought of God, chs. 1-2; Truth Lessons─
Level Three, vol. 1, lsn. 2

- 未完待续

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