創世記結晶讀經(28): 神創造亞當(一個團體人)的目的
創一 26『神說，我們要按著我們的形像，照著我們的樣式造人，使他們管理海里的魚、空中的鳥、地上 的牲畜、和全地、並地上所爬的一切爬物。』
28『神就賜福給他們；又對他們說，要繁衍增多，遍滿地面，並制伏這地，也要管理…。』
神創造了一個團體人，不僅有他的形像以彰顯他，也運用他的管治權管理萬有以代表他。神給人管治權，目的是：1. 征服神的仇敵，那背叛神的撒但；2. 恢復被撒但所篡竊的地；以及 3. 運用神管理地的權柄，使神的國得以臨到地上，神的旨意得以行在地上，神的榮耀得以顯在地上。
創世記一章二十六和二十七節的『人』字，在原文中是單數的。這表明一位神在他三個身位里，按著他自己的形像創造了一個單個的人，並且把全地的管治權託付給這一個人。這句話包含整本聖經的神聖啟示，因為聖經啟示三一神造了一個人，是按著他的形像並有他的管治權，以彰顯他並代表他。
藉著享受三一神，我們就天天在神聖形像和管治權的實際中長大。我們越在基督里長大，就越有神的形像，越有神的權柄。當人來到召會聚會中，他們能在那靈的流中摸著基督的實際，看見神的彰顯，感覺到行使神聖權柄所帶來制伏與征服的能力（李常受文集一九七○年第一冊，一一九、一三六至一三七頁）。
神給人管治權的用意是甚麼？…神第一面的用意就是對付他的仇敵，對付爬物所象徵的撒但（創一 26）。在聖經中，爬物是屬鬼的，屬撒但的。…四活物─鷹、牛、獅子和人，代表一切受造之物，呈現在神的寶座前。在神面前沒有蛇或蠍子等爬物的代表（創世記生命讀經，九九頁）。
在創世記一章二十六節，爬物豫表那蛇撒但（三 1、14，啟十二 9），和他的使者（太二五 41，啟十二 4 上、7 下），以及跟隨撒但的鬼（參路十 19）。
創世記一章二十八節的『制伏』含示，神在地上與他的仇敵撒但之間進行著一場激烈的爭戰。誰贏得地，誰就得勝。神造人是要人為神制伏、征服並恢復地。
神把管治權賜給受造的人，使人能代表神，對地上神所造的萬物行使神的權柄。神是創造者，但他不想自己直接管理地。他把管治權賜給人，使人能管理地上的萬物。…我們若仔細讀聖經，就會看見神有一個難處，就是天使長撒但，他背叛神，並成為神在宇宙中，特別是在地上的仇敵（賽十四 12~14，結二八 12~18）。
根據創世記三章一節，神的仇敵撒但藏身在地上的一種爬物─蛇─裡面。神為了征服他的仇敵，從而解決他的難處，便賜人權柄管理他所造的萬有。人特別要管理地甚至制伏地，因為地已經被背叛神的仇敵所篡奪。所以，神需要人行使他對所有爬物的權柄，也需要人制伏並征服背叛的地，好使神能恢復地來為著他的國。
仇敵撒但有能力，但我們有權柄要他停下。 參讀：李常受文集一九七○年第一冊，一一七至一三七頁；神建造的異象，第一章。
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創世記結晶讀經(29): :神造人對付他的仇敵地並奪回地
English Version
Gen. 1:26 "And God said, Let Us
make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over
every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." 28 "And God blessed
them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and
subdue it, and have dominion..."
God created a corporate man not only
to express Himself with His image but also to represent Him by exercising His
dominion over all things. God's intention in giving man dominion is (1) to subdue
God's enemy, Satan, who rebelled against God; (2) to recover the earth, which
was usurped by Satan; and (3) to exercise God's authority over the earth in
order that the kingdom of God may come to the earth, the will of God may be
done on the earth, and the glory of God may be manifested on the earth (Matt.
6:10, 13b). (Gen. 1:26, footnote 5)
In Genesis 1:26 and 27 the word man in
Hebrew is singular. This indicates that the one God in His three persons
created a singular man in His own image, and He committed to this man His
dominion over all the earth. This one sentence encompasses the divine
revelation in the entire Bible, for the revelation of the Bible is that the
Triune God created a man in His image and with His dominion to express Him and
represent Him.
Through the enjoyment of the Triune
God, day by day we are growing in the reality of the divine image and the
reality of the divine dominion. The more we grow in Christ, the more we have
God's image, and the more we have God's authority. When people come into the
church meetings, they can touch the reality of Christ in the flow of the
Spirit, and they can see the expression of God and sense the subduing and
conquering by the exercise of the divine authority. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, pp.
94, 106)
What was God's intention in giving man
dominion?...The first aspect of God's intention is to deal with His enemy, to
deal with Satan typified by the creeping things (Gen. 1:26). In the Bible, the
creeping things are demonic, devilish, and satanic....Four living creatures,
representing all creation, are present before the throne of God─the eagle, the ox,
the lion, and the man. No creeping things such as serpents or scorpions are
represented before God. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 79)
[In Genesis 1:26 creeping thing
typifies] Satan, the serpent (3:1, 14; Rev. 12:9), and his angels (Matt. 25:41;
Rev. 12:4a, 7b), as well as the demons who follow Satan (cf. Luke 10:19). (Gen.
1:26, footnote 6)
Subdue [in Genesis 1:28] implies that
a war is raging on earth between God and His enemy, Satan. Whoever gains the
earth will have the victory. (Gen. 1:28, footnote)
God gave created man dominion so that
man could represent God by exercising His authority over all the things on the
earth that were created by God. God is the Creator, but He does not want to
rule over the earth by Himself directly. He gave dominion to man so that man
could rule over all things on the earth....If we read the Bible carefully, we
will see that God has a problem, and this problem is Satan, the archangel who
rebelled against God and became His enemy in the universe and especially on the
earth (Isa. 14:12-14; Ezek. 28:12-18). According to Genesis 3:1, Satan as God's
enemy hid himself in the serpent, one of the creeping things on the earth. In
order to subdue His enemy and thus solve His problem, God gave man the
authority to rule over all the things created by God. Man especially must rule
over the earth and even subdue the earth because the earth has been usurped by
God's rebellious enemy. Thus, God needs man to exercise His authority over all
the creeping things, and God needs man to subdue and conquer the rebellious
earth so that God may recover the earth for His kingdom.
The enemy Satan is powerful, but we
have the authority to stop him. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, pp. 97-99) Further Reading: CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, pp.
94-107; The Vision of God's Building, ch. 1
- To be continued
創世記結晶讀經(29):神造人對付他的仇敵地並奪回地
創世記結晶讀經(二十七):神造人的定旨是去征服神的仇敵恢復
神的管理權
