創世記結晶讀經(二十六):基督從神的獨生子到神的長子，聖徒們是他的眾弟兄

啟四 3『那位坐著的，顯出來的樣子好像碧玉和紅寶石，又有虹圍著寶座，顯出來
的樣子好像綠寶石。』
二一 11『城中有神的榮耀；城的光輝如同極貴的寶石，好像碧玉，明如水晶。』

    〔林後三章十八節所說〕的變化要達到變化成為『與他同樣的形像』的目標。
這形像就是復活並得榮之基督的形像。變化成為與他同樣的形像，意即我們漸漸被
模成復活並得榮的基督，使我們與他一樣（羅八 29）。

    當我們觀看並返照主的榮光，主就用他所是及所作的元素灌注我們，分賜到我
們裡面。結果我們就藉他生命的大能，憑他生命的素質，漸漸新陳代謝的變化，而
有他生命的形狀，並要藉著我們心思的更新，漸漸變化…成為他的形像（真理課程
三級卷三，三七頁）。

    當〔康乃馨的種子〕憑生命的素質，藉生命的大能生長時，就形成某種特定的
形狀。神聖的生命也是一樣。這生命有其素質、大能和形狀。神聖生命的形狀就是
基督的形像。因此，當我們憑基督生命的素質，藉他生命的大能成長時，我們就會
漸漸變化成為與基督同樣的形像，就是復活並得榮之基督的形像（真理課程三級卷
三，三七至三八頁）。

    基督是神的獨生子，有神性而無人性，乃是與神同樣的自有永有。他成為神的
長子，兼有神性和人性，乃是從他的復活開始。他這長子，是神產生眾子的根據、
標本、元素和憑藉；所產生的眾子，就是信入他，與他聯結為一的眾信徒，在生命
和性情上完全與他相同，也像他一樣兼有人性和神性，作他的擴增和彰顯，以彰顯
那永遠的三一神，直到永永遠遠。今日的召會，是這彰顯的雛形（弗一 23），永世
里的新耶路撒冷，就成為這彰顯的終極表現（啟二一 11）。

    神豫定我們，目的不是僅僅要我們聖別、屬靈、得勝，乃是要我們模成他兒子
的形像。這是我們的定命，是神在已過的永遠所決定的。模成是變化的最終結果，
包括我們裡面素質和性情的變化，和我們外面樣式的變化，好使我們與神而人者的
基督，在榮耀里的形像相配。他是原型，我們是大量產品（新約總論第十冊，八三
頁）。

    在啟示錄四章三節，神坐在寶座上，顯出來的樣子好像碧玉。到了二十一章十
八節約翰告訴我們，城牆是用碧玉造的。這兩節告訴我們，新耶路撒冷看起來和神
一樣。這城要成為神團體的彰顯。

    神創造人的時候，也指明他要得著一個團體的彰顯。神在創世以前，就豫定我
們得兒子的名分。然後神照著他的豫定，按著自己的形像造人，目的乃是有一天這
受造的人要成為他團體的彰顯。那一天還沒有來到。當四個時代─列祖時代、律法
時代、恩典時代、國度時代─過去了，神把我們模成長子形像的工作就完成了。那
時我們要成為一個活的團體實體，帶有神的形像。

    新耶路撒冷是眾子的集大成，作神團體的彰顯，乃是由所有親愛的聖徒，就是
神在新舊約一切時代救贖回來的人所構成。他們就是這聖城的構成分子，是神聖兒
子名分的集大成，團體的彰顯神，以實現他心頭的願望，正如神按著自己的形像造
人所指明的。啟示錄二十一章和二十二章應驗了創世記一章二十六節─神得著一個
有他形像的人（聖經中的基本啟示，一七四至一七五頁）。

    參讀：真理課程三級卷三，第四十三至四十四課；神聖啟示的中心路線，第五
至六篇。

Rev. 4:3 "And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in 
appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in 
appearance."
21:11 "Having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, 
like a jasper stone, as clear as crystal."

    The goal of transformation is to be “transformed into the same image” 
of the resurrected and glorified Christ [2 Cor. 3:18]. To be transformed 
to have the same image as Christ means that we are gradually being conformed 
to the resurrected and glorified Christ, to be made the same as He (Rom. 
8:29).

    When we behold and reflect the glory of the Lord, the Lord infuses and 
dispenses into us the elements of what He is and what He has done. Through 
His life power and by His life essence, we are gradually transformed metabolically 
to have His life shape, and through the renewing of our mind, we are gradually 
transfigured into His image. (Truth Lessons─Level Three, vol. 3, p. 33)

    As the seed of a carnation grows by its life essence and through its 
life power, it takes on a characteristic shape. The divine life is the same. 
This life has an essence, power, and shape. The shape of the divine life 
is the image of Christ. Therefore, when we grow by the essence of Christ's 
life and through the power of His life, we are gradually transformed into 
Christ's image, that is, into the image of the resurrected and glorified 
Christ. (Truth Lessons─Level Three, vol. 3, p. 33)

    With His firstborn Son as the base, pattern, element, and means, God 
is producing many sons, and the many sons who are produced are the many 
believers who believe into God's firstborn Son and are joined to Him as 
one. They are exactly like Him in life and nature, and, like Him, they have 
both humanity and divinity. They are His increase and expression in order 
that they may express the eternal Triune God for eternity. The church today 
is a miniature of this expression (Eph. 1:23), and the New Jerusalem in eternity 
will be the ultimate manifestation of this expression (Rev. 21:11).

    God has predestinated us not simply that we may be sanctified, spiritual,
 and victorious but that we may be fully conformed to the image of His Son. 
This is our destiny, determined by God in eternity past. Conformation is 
the end result of transformation. It includes the changing of our inward 
essence and nature, and it also includes the changing of our outward form, 
that we may match the glorified image of Christ, the God-man. He is the 
prototype, and we are the mass reproduction. (The Conclusion of the New 
Testament, pp. 3081-3082)

    In Revelation God sitting on the throne looks like jasper (4:3). Then 
in 21:18 John tells us that the wall of the city was made of jasper. These 
two verses tell us that the New Jerusalem will look like God. The city will 
be a corporate expression of God.

    That God will have a corporate expression is also indicated in His creation 
of man. Before the ages God predestinated us unto sonship. Then He created 
man in His own image, according to His predestination, with the intention 
that one day this created man would be His corporate expression. That day 
is not here yet. When the four dispensations are over─the dispensations 
of the Patriarchs, of the law, of grace, and of the kingdom─God's work 
of conforming us to the image of the Firstborn will be completed. Then we 
will be a living corporate entity, bearing the image of God.


    The New Jerusalem is the aggregate of all the sons together as a corporate 
expression. It is a composition of all the dear saints redeemed by God in 
all the dispensations, both of the Old and of the New Testaments. They together 
will be the components of this holy city, the aggregate of the divine sonship,
 expressing God corporately to fulfill His heart's desire, as indicated 
in His creating man in His own image. Revelation 21 and 22 are the fulfillment 
of Genesis 1:26─God having a man in His image. (The Basic Revelation in 
the Holy Scriptures, p. 144)

    Further Reading: Truth Lessons─Level Three, vol. 3, lsns. 43-44; The 
Central Line of the Divine Revelation, msgs. 5-6

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