创世记结晶读经(17): 六日谈神创造之第四日
创一 14~16『神说，天上穹苍之中要有光体，可以分昼夜，作记号，定节令、日子、年岁；并要发光…普照在地上；事就这样成了。於是神造了两个大的光体，大的管昼，小的管夜；又造众星。』
按照整本圣经的启示，光是为著生命；光和生命总是并行的（诗三六 9，太四 16，约一 4，八12，约壹一 1~7）。光越高，生命就越高。第一日不确定的光（创一 3），足以产生最低等的生命；第四日来自太阳、月亮和众星等光体（16，诗一三六 7~9）更扎实且更确定的光，是产生较高等生命（包括人的生命）所必需的。这表徵为著我们属灵的重生，『第一日』的光就足彀了；但为著在神圣生命里长大以至成熟，就需要『第四日』更大、更强的光（圣经恢复本，创一 14 注 2）。
虽然第一天光已经来了，但不是那么扎实，不是那么强。在第四天不只光来了，也有光体：太阳、月亮和众星。这些光体更强、更扎实、也更便利。这是生命长大的第一个条件。
假定你不只是青草或菜蔬，也是树木，这时你要接受更多的光。…你需要接受更高的光，更完全的光，更丰富、更强、也更便利的光。约壹一章五至七节告诉我们，我们在得救之后，需要更多的光，需要在光中行。
创世记一章十四至十九节讲到光，…乃是很确定的讲到太阳、月亮以及众星。在豫表上，太阳豫表基督，基督是我们的太阳。玛拉基四章二节说，基督是公义的日头，其翅膀有医治之能。他的照耀就是他的翅膀，在这照耀里有医治。本节下半告诉我们，我们必在基督的照耀下长大。
月亮是召会。…约瑟所梦见的…太阳是指他的父亲，月亮是指他的母亲，众星是指他的众弟兄〔创三七 9~11〕。根据这事实，我们可以说，召会是基督的新妇，妻子，可用月亮作豫表。…月亮这物体本身没有光，却能返照光。…召会被造乃是为返照基督的光。再者，月亮只能在夜间返照光。今天在召会时代，正是夜间。…虽然召会确是在黑夜（地方召会是这黑夜中发光的灯台─启一 20），她却能返照基督的光。然而，召会（像月亮一样）时常上下起伏不定，有时是满月，有时是半月，或是新月。
我们不单有日、月，还有众星。不只有基督、召会，还有所有得胜的圣徒。但以理十二章三节说，『那使多人归义的，必发光如星。』我们若要帮助人得救，使人从黑暗转向光，使退后者得著恢复，我们就必须是发光的星。启示录一章二十节说，众召会是黑暗中发光的灯台，众使者（众召会中的活肢体）是发光的星。主也说圣徒是世上的光（太五 14）。保罗说，圣徒『好像发光之体显在世界里』（腓二 15）。
神在第四天所造的光体，是设立来藉著照耀『管理昼夜』的（创一 18 上）。…那里有照耀，那里就有管理。黑暗带来混乱，而光规律一切。为著生命的长大，我们需要第四天光体的管理和规律（创世记生命读经，四八至五一页）。
参读：创世记生命读经，第五篇。
Gen. 1:14-16 "...God said, Let
there be light-bearers in the expanse of heaven to separate the day from the
night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years...and let them be...to give light on
the earth; and it was so. And God made the two great light-bearers, the greater light-bearer to rule the day
and the lesser light-bearer to rule the night, and the stars."
According to the revelation of the whole Bible, light is for life; light
and life always go together (Psa. 36:9; Matt. 4:16; John 1:4; 8:12; 1 John
1:1-7). The higher the light, the higher the life. The indefinite light of the
first day (Gen. 1:3) was sufficient for generating the lowest forms of life;
the more solid and more definite light from the light-bearers─the sun, the moon,
and the stars (v. 16; Psa. 136:7-9)─on the fourth day was necessary for producing
the higher forms of life, including the human life. This signifies that for our
spiritual rebirth, the light of the "first day" is sufficient; but
for the growth in the divine life unto maturity, more and stronger light, the
light of the "fourth day," is needed. (Gen. 1:14, footnote 1)
Although light came in on the first day, it was not that solid, not that
strong. On the fourth day, not only the lights came, but also the light-bearers─the sun, the moon,
and the stars. These are lights which are stronger, more solid, and more
available. This is the first requirement for the growth of life.
Suppose that you are not only the grass or the herb, but also the tree.
By this time you will receive more light....You need to receive some higher
lights, some fuller lights, some richer, stronger, and more available lights.
First John 1:5-7 tells us that after we are saved we need more light, that we
need to walk in the light.
Genesis 1:14-19 [speaks about lights]...in a very definite way─the sun, the moon,
and the stars. In typology, the sun typifies Christ. Christ is our sun. Malachi
4:2 tells us that Christ is the Sun of Righteousness and that there is healing
in His wings. His shining forth is the wings, and with this shining forth there
is healing. The second half of this verse tells us that we all will grow up
under the shining of Christ.
The moon is the church....[In] Joseph's dream...the sun was his father,
the moon his mother, and the stars his brothers [Gen. 37:9-11]. Based upon this
fact, we may say that the church as the wife, the bride of Christ, may be
typified by the moon....The moon is an object that has no light in itself, but
has the ability to reflect light....The church was made in a way to reflect the
light of Christ. Furthermore, the moon is able to reflect light only in the
night time. Today, during the church age, it is the night time....Although the
church is really in a dark night (the local churches are lampstands shining in
this dark night, Rev. 1:20), she can reflect the light of Christ. However,
frequently the church (like the moon) is not very stable, coming up and going
down. The church may be the full moon, the half moon, or the new moon.
We not only have the sun, the moon, but also the stars: not only Christ,
the church, but also all the overcoming saints. Daniel 12:3 says that those who
turn many to righteousness shine like the stars. If we are going to help people
to be saved, if we are going to turn people from darkness to light, if we are
going to recover all the backsliders, we must be the shining stars. Revelation
1:20 tells us that the churches are the lampstands shining in the darkness and
that the angels (the living ones in the churches) are the shining stars. The
Lord said that the saints are “the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14), and Paul
said that the saints shine “as luminaries in the world” (Phil. 2:15).
The lights God made on the fourth day were established “to rule over the
day and over the night” by their shining (Gen. 1:18a)....Where there is
shining, there is ruling. Darkness brings in confusion, but light regulates.
For the growth of life, we need the ruling and the regulating of the fourth-day
lights. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 39-41)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 5
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