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创世记结晶读经（二 ）:神用那人的肋骨造了一个女人
创二 22『耶和华神就用那人身上所取的肋骨，建造成一个女人，领她到那人跟前。』
启二二 17『那灵和新妇说，来！听见的人也该说，来！口渴的人也当来；愿意的都
可以白白取生命的水喝。』
圣经里神圣启示开头关于伊甸园的启示，以及圣经里神圣启示末了关于新耶路撒冷
的启示，彼此对照。二者都包括四件事：
1. 生命树作神永远经纶的中心（创二 9，启二二 2）；
2. 一道河涌流到地的四方（创二 10，启二二 1）；
3. 三种宝贵的材料（创二 11~12，启二一 11~14、18~21）；
4. 一对夫妇（创二 18~25，启二一9~10，二二 17）。
圣经这两部分所启示的，是整本圣经神圣启示的中心线，也该是解释并领会圣经的
支配原则。
创世记一至二章就像建筑指导手册开头的蓝图。启示录二十一至二十二章就像插在
手册末了建筑完工的照片。我们先看蓝图；然后我们读建筑指示，并进行建造；末
了，我们就达成完工的建造，与手册内的照片惟妙惟肖。
圣经就是这样一本关于神建造的指导手册；起头有蓝图，末了有照著原初观念的完
成。
我们必须花很多时间来看这『手册』的详细指导。但首先我们必须有深刻的印象，
我们受造是一个器皿，有灵作内里的接收器来接受神。我们必须学习如何一直操练
我们的灵，以接触神并接受神。
其次我们必须明白，神在基督里藉著那灵乃是生命树，就是给我们契并给我们享受
的真食物。当我们这样享受基督，我们里面就有活水的涌流，藉这涌流我们要从泥
土变化成为宝贵的材料。然后我们这些变化过的材料必须与别人建造起来。
我们不可能作独立又宝贵的基督徒。我们必须学习与别人相联，并且彼此依赖。末
了，这样的建造将是在这地上的新妇，就是满足基督的新妇。
神所要的团体人不仅是他的彰显和代表，也是满足新郎的新妇。然而，只有当我们
享受基督作我们的食物，我们才能被变化；只有当我们被变化，我们才能与别人建
造起来；只有当我们与别人建造起来，基督才能在我们身上有完全的满足。
我们就是神的彰显和代表，也是基督的新妇。
我们都知道，在我们里面、凭著我们、以我们自己，也就是在我们天然的生命里，
我们绝不可能与别人是一。每一个天然的人都是乖僻的人，与人分开的人。一个丈
夫在天然的状况下与妻子不能是一。
虽然丈夫和妻子是地上最亲密的关系，但我们却是单独而乖僻，天然而分开的。在
这样的状况下不可能是一。我们天然的人必须被基督吞没。我们必须学习如何在灵
里接触基督并契他。
我们必须学习如何否认己，拒绝我们天然的生命，并凭基督而活。这样，主就要在
我们里面涌流，把我们从泥土变化成为宝石。然后，当我们与别人联结、相联并建
造起来，神的目标就要达到。
我们必须看见这样一个见证的恢复，乃是有一班人操练这些事，因著他们是他在地
上的身体，就将一切尊贵、荣耀归给升天的元首。这样，在这地上就有新妇彰显神
并满足基督。
参读：神建造的异象，第二章；三一神的启示与行动，第七篇；神人，第四章。
English Version
Gen. 2:22 "...Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man,
into a woman and brought her to the man."
Rev. 22:17 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears
say, Come! And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the
water of life freely."
The revelation concerning the garden of Eden, as the beginning of the
divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, and the revelation concerning
the New Jerusalem, as the ending of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures,
reflect each other. Both contain four things: (1) the tree of life as the
center of God's eternal economy (Gen. 2:9; Rev. 22:2), (2) the river flowing
to reach the four directions of the earth (Gen. 2:10; Rev. 22:1), (3) three
kinds of precious materials (Gen. 2:11-12; Rev. 21:11-14, 18-21), and (4)
a couple (Gen. 2:18-25; Rev. 21:9-10; 22:17). What is revealed in these two
parts of the Scriptures is the central line of the divine revelation of
the entire Holy Scriptures and should be a controlling principle of the
interpreting and understanding of the Holy Scriptures. (Gen. 2:25, fn 1)
Genesis 1 and 2 are like the blueprint in the beginning of a manual
of building instructions. Revelation 21 and 22 are like a photo of the finished
structure inserted at the end of the manual. First we look at the blueprint;
then we read the building instructions and go to work; finally, at the end,
we attain the finished structure, similar in every detail to the photo in
the manual. The Scriptures are such an instruction book regarding God's
building. At the beginning there is the blueprint, and at the end there is
the completion according to the initial concept.
We must spend much time in the detailed instructions of this “manual.”
But first we must be deeply impressed that we are a vessel made with a spirit,
an inner recipient to receive God. We must learn how to exercise our spirit
continually to contact and receive God. Next we must realize that God in
Christ by the Spirit is the tree of life, the real food for us to eat and
enjoy. As we enjoy Christ in such a way, we will have the flowing of the
living water within us, and by this flowing we will be transformed from clay
into precious materials. Then as transformed materials we must be built up
with others. We cannot be independent, precious Christians. We must learn
to be related with others and very dependent. Finally, such a building will
be the bride on this earth, the bride which will satisfy Christ.
The corporate man whom God is after is not only His expression and representative
but also the bride to satisfy the Bridegroom. However, it is only when we
are enjoying Christ as our food that we may be transformed, and it is only
as we are being transformed that we may be built up with others, and it
is only as we are built up with others that Christ will have full satisfaction
with us. We will be the expression and representative of God as well as
the bride of Christ.
We all know that in ourselves, by ourselves, and with ourselves─in
our natural life─we can never be one with others. Every natural man is
a peculiar man, a separate man. A husband in his natural state is not one
with his wife. Although we may be in the closest relationship on earth as
a husband and wife, we are individually peculiar and naturally divided.
It is impossible in such a state to be one. Our natural life must be swallowed
up by Christ. We must learn how to contact and feed on Christ in our spirit.
We must learn how to deny our self, rejecting our natural life, and live
by Christ. Then the Lord will flow within, transforming us from clay into
precious stone. As we are united, related, and built up with others, God's
goal will be attained.
We must see a recovery of such a testimony, a group of people who practice
these things, giving all the honor and glory to the ascended Head because
they are His Body on this earth. Then there will be a bride on this earth
to express God and to satisfy Christ. (The Vision of God's Building, pp.
31-33)
Further Reading: The Vision of God's Building, ch. 2; The Triune God's
Revelation and His Move, msg. 7; The God-men, ch. 4
-未完待续
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