創世記結晶讀經(45): 生命水的河_4
詩七二8『他要執掌權柄，從這海直到那海，從大河直到地極。』
羅十一36『因為萬有都是本於他、借着他、並歸於他；願榮耀歸與他，直到永遠。阿們。』
〔詩篇七十二篇八節的〕河與四十六篇四節所提的河一樣：『有一道河，這河的支流，使神的城快樂。』這的確很有意義。四節的河表徵三一神的流出，指明主的國度和王權，借着三一神的涌流擴展到地極。他的掌權是借他自己作滋潤的水，他是借滋潤執掌權柄。…雨就是河，滋潤就是涌流。主要恢復全地，不是借察驗，不是借審判，不是借擊打，乃是借滋潤！毫無疑問，主耶穌要回來，在地上施行他公義的審判。但那不過是他回來的一方面，另一方面是他要回來，像雨水滋潤地。
今天全地就像乾旱不毛的曠野。從這種乾旱和乾涸之中，生發出許多邪惡、罪惡的事。人是罪惡的，因為他們失望且不滿足。…〔主回來〕主要的特點是，他必降臨，如甘霖澆灌乾旱、乾渴的大地〔詩七二6〕。他要憐憫這地，因此，他的掌權不是借審判和擊打，乃是借滋潤。這樣一位基督要執掌權柄，從這海直到那海，作為大河涌流直到地極〔8〕。那裡有水流，那裡就有主耶穌的掌權。在那日，雨要臨到所有的人─黑種人和白種人，黃種人和紅種人。他們要在基督的掌權下歡樂。當基督回來時，那是何等的滋潤、滿足、平安、穩妥！
當我是個青年的基督徒時，我聽過許多關於基督再來的教訓。這些教訓都說基督是審判者。我受到教導說，他要在怒中擊打並摧毀人。我從沒有聽過一篇信息說，主耶穌要滿帶恩典回來，如甘霖澆灌不毛之地，並使憂鬱虛空的人滿足。但從詩篇中，我有把握說，在某種意義上，他要回來審判，但甚至在他審判時，地也要得着滋潤。那裡會有河。他來據有地，不但是借着運用能力，也是借着三一神的涌流。他要借着那河，就是那從耶路撒冷流出的河，取得這地。在那日，耶路撒冷要成為地的中心，在耶路撒冷的中心有殿，有河從殿中流出。我信這河要以四個方向達到全地，如在創世記二章。他要執掌權柄，從大河直到地極─不僅是借着能力，也是借着滋潤。讚美主！
耶利米二章十三節說，『我的百姓，作了兩件惡事，就是離棄我這活水的泉源，為自己鑿出池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。』在神的經綸里，他的心意是要作活水的泉源，源頭，以滿足他的選民，作他們的享受。這享受的目標，是要產生召會作神的擴增，神的擴大，好成為神的豐滿來彰顯他。這是神在他經綸里的心意，喜悅（弗一5、9）。這思想的完滿發展是在新約里，但其種子是撒在耶利米二章十三節。
神要我們為着我們的生活，接受他作活水的泉源。這就是說，他要我們接受他作我們全人的源頭、泉源。我們如何能接受他作我們的源頭？接受神作活水的泉源，惟一的路就是天天飲於他。借着喝，我們將流自神這泉源的活水接受到我們裡面。
參讀：詩篇中所啟示並豫表的基督與召會，第十一章；聖經中關於生命的重要啟示，第四章。
Psa. 72:8 "And He will have dominion
from sea to sea and from the River unto the ends of the earth."
Rom. 11:36 "Because out from Him
and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever.
Amen."
The significance of this river [in Psalm 72:8] is the same as the one
mentioned in Psalm 46:4: “There is a river whose streams gladden the city of
God.” It is really meaningful. The river in verse 4 signifies the flowing out
of the Triune God, indicating that the Lord's kingdom and reign is spread to
the ends of the earth by the flowing of the Triune God. His dominion is by
Himself as the watering river, and He gains the dominion by watering....The
rain is the river, and the watering is the flowing. The Lord will recover the
entire earth, not by examining, not by judging, not by smiting, but by
watering. Undoubtedly the Lord Jesus will return to exercise His righteous
judgment upon this earth. But that is only one aspect of His return. The other
is that He will come back as the rain to water the earth. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3,
pp. 107-108)
Today the entire earth is as a dry and barren wilderness. Many evil and
sinful things spring forth from this drought and dryness. Men are sinful
because they are disappointed and dissatisfied....The primary feature [of the
Lord's return] is that He will come down as abundant showers dripping on the
dry and thirsty land. He will have pity on this earth, and thus His dominion
will not be by judging and smiting but by watering. Such a Christ will have
dominion from sea to sea and will flow as a river to the ends of the earth.
Where the flow is, there also is the dominion of the Lord Jesus. In that day
all people─black
and white, yellow and red─will be rained upon.They will be so happy
under Christ's dominion. Oh the watering, oh the satisfaction, oh the peace, oh
the security when Christ returns!
When I was a young Christian, I was given much teaching concerning the
second coming of Christ. All these teachings set forth Christ as a judge. I was
taught that He would blast and smite the people in His anger. Never did I hear
a message saying that the Lord Jesus would come back so graciously as showers
of rain to water the barren land and satisfy the depressed and empty people.
But from the Psalms I have assurance to say that, while in one sense He will
come back to judge, yet even in His judging, the earth will be watered. The
river will be there. He will come to possess the earth not only by exercising
power but by the flowing of the Triune God. He will take the earth by means of
that river, the river which flows from Jerusalem. Jerusalem in that day will be
the center of the earth, and in the center of Jerusalem will be the house, from
which the river flows. I believe that this river will reach all the earth in
four directions, as in Genesis 2. His dominion will be from the River unto the
ends of the earth─not just by power, but by watering. Praise
the Lord! (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, pp. 108-109)
Jeremiah 2:13 says, “My people have committed two evils: / They have
forsaken Me, / The fountain of living waters, / To hew out for themselves
cisterns, / Broken cisterns, / Which hold no water.” God's intention in His
economy is to be the fountain, the source, of living waters to satisfy His
chosen people for their enjoyment. The goal of this enjoyment is to produce the
church as God's increase, God's enlargement, to be God's fullness for His
expression. This is the heart's desire, the good pleasure (Eph. 1:5, 9), of God
in His economy. The full development of this thought is in the New Testament,
but it is sown as a seed in Jeremiah 2:13.
God wants us to take Him as the fountain of living waters for our
living. This means that He wants us to take Him as the source, the fountain, of
our being. How can we take Him as our source? The only way to take God as the
fountain of living waters is to drink of Him day by day. By drinking we take
into us the living water that issues from God as the fountain. (Life-study of
Jeremiah, pp. 17, 259)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, “Christ and the Church Revealed and
Typified in the Psalms,” ch. 11; CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of
Life in the Scriptures,” ch. 4
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