創世記結晶讀經(47):生命水的河_6
約四14『人若喝我所賜的水，就永遠不渴；我所賜的水，要在他裡面成為泉源，直湧入永遠的生命。』
啟二二1『天使又指給我看在城內街道當中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，從神和羔羊的寶座流出來。』
當〔三一神〕涌流到我們裡面，他就帶着我們一同涌流。他要把我們涌流入新耶路撒冷里，而成為新耶路撒冷。『入』這個介詞，也有『成為』的意思。湧入新耶路撒冷，意思就是成為新耶路撒冷。如果我們不成為新耶路撒冷，我們就絕不可能在新耶路撒冷里。我們必須是新耶路撒冷，然後我們才能在新耶路撒冷里.
得着永遠的生命，意思就是聯於、有分於新耶路撒冷。…經過種種過程之三一神，成肉體、死、復活之萬有主，終極完成、內住之生命靈，都以新耶路撒冷為目標。當我寫這段話時，我知道少有人會明白我為甚麼把它用在約翰福音結晶讀經上，但這的確是我讀約翰福音的結論。…這卷福音書，特別是一至四章，乃是記載涌流之神的三個階段─父是源，子是泉，靈是涌流的河。不僅如此，三者都以新耶路撒冷為永遠的目標。表面上，約翰福音沒有提到新耶路撒冷。然而，新耶路撒冷乃是見於四章十四節永遠的生命。這裡『永遠的生命』乃是神聖生命的總和。一個人就是屬人生命的總和；我們每一個人都是屬人生命的總和。但在全宇宙中，神聖的生命只有一個總和，就是新耶路撒冷。
『湧入永遠的生命』，意思不僅是進入那是永遠生命的新耶路撒冷，更是成為那是永遠生命的新耶路撒冷。要來的新耶路撒冷將是你和我；我們就是新耶路撒冷。新耶路撒冷現今還在完成的工作中，這完成的工作就是神聖生命的涌流。這是非常深邃的（對同工長老們以及愛主尋求主者愛心的話，二一至二二頁）。
神是借着從寶座流出來的河將他自己分賜到我們裡面。按照啟示錄二十二章一節，這河稱為『生命水的河』。這河就如創世記二章十至十四節，詩篇四十六篇四節，以西結四十七章五至九節的河所豫表的，是表徵在其流中生命的豐盛。這是一道河，流遍聖城的四方，就像創世記二章十至十四節的一條河分為四道。這一道河連同它的豐富，在我們對神生命之靈各面的豐富所有不同的經歷中，成了許多道河，如約翰七章三十八節所指明的。
生命水象徵神在基督里成為那靈，將自己流進他所救贖的人裡面，作他們的生命和生命的供應。這是從裂開磐石流出的水（出十七6，民二十11）所豫表的，也是從主耶穌被扎的肋旁流出的水（約十九34）所象徵的。這裡的生命水成了一道河，從神和羔羊的寶座流出來，供應並浸透整個新耶路撒冷，所以這城充滿神聖的生命，在神生命的榮耀中彰顯他。
〔啟示錄二十二章一節里〕『神和羔羊的寶座』，一個寶座既為着神，也為着羔羊，表徵神和羔羊乃是一─他是羔羊神，是救贖的神，是神那救贖者。在永世里，坐寶座的神乃是我們救贖的神，從他的寶座有生命水的河流出來，作我們的供應和滿足。這描述三一神─神、羔羊和生命水所象徵的那靈─如何在他元首權柄（寶座的權柄所含示的）之下，將自己分賜給他所救贖的人，直到永遠。
參讀：啟示錄生命讀經，第六十五篇；新耶路撒冷的解釋應用於尋求的信徒，第五篇。
John 4:14 "But whoever drinks of
the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst
forever; but the water that I will give him
will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life."
Rev. 22:1 "And he showed me a
river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God
and of the Lamb in the middle of its street."
When [the Triune God] flows into us, He flows with us. He will flow us
into the New Jerusalem to be the New Jerusalem. The preposition into also means
“to become.” Into the New Jerusalem means “to become the New Jerusalem.” If we
are not becoming the New Jerusalem, we can never be in the New Jerusalem. We
have to be the New Jerusalem; then we can be in the New
Jerusalem. (Crystallization-study of
the Gospel of John, p. 142)
To have eternal life means to be joined to, to participate in, the New
Jerusalem....The Triune God who passed through all the processes, the
allinclusive Christ who was incarnated to die and resurrect, and the
life-giving Spirit who was consummated to indwell us all take the New Jerusalem
as Their eternal goal. When I wrote this utterance, I realized that few would
understand why I used it for a crystallization-study of John, but it is the conclusion
of my study of John....This Gospel, especially from chapter 1 to chapter 4, is
the record of the flowing God in His three stages: the Father as the fountain,
the Son as the spring, and the Spirit as the flowing river. Moreover, They all
take the New Jerusalem as Their eternal goal. Apparently, the New Jerusalem is
not mentioned in John. However, it is seen in the eternal life in 4:14. Eternal
life here is the totality of the divine life. A man is the totality of the
human life; each one of us is the totality of the human life, but the divine
life has only one totality in the whole universe─the New Jerusalem.
Into eternal life does not merely mean to enter into the New Jerusalem
as the eternal life but to become the New Jerusalem as the eternal life. The
coming New Jerusalem will be you and me. We are the New Jerusalem. The New
Jerusalem is still under a consummating work, and this consummating work is the
flow of the divine life. This is very deep. (A Word of Love to the
Co-workers, Elders, Lovers, and
Seekers of the Lord, pp. 23-24)
God dispenses Himself into us by means of the river proceeding out of
the throne. According to Revelation 22:1, this river is called “a river of
water of life.” The river, as typified by the rivers in Genesis 2:10-14, Psalm
46:4, and Ezekiel 47:5-9, signifies the abundance of life in its flow. It is
one river, flowing through the four directions of the holy city like the four
heads of the one river in Genesis 2:10-14. This one river with its riches
becomes many rivers in our experience, as indicated in John 7:38.
The water of life is a symbol of God in Christ as the Spirit flowing
Himself into His redeemed people to be their life and life supply. It is
typified by the water that came out of the riven rock (Exo. 17:6; Num. 20:11)
and is symbolized by the water that flowed out of the pierced side of the Lord
Jesus (John 19:34). Here, this water of life becomes a river, proceeding out of
the throne of God and of the Lamb to supply and saturate the entire New Jerusalem.
Thus, it is filled with the divine life to express God in His glory of life.
[In Revelation 22:1] the throne of God and of the Lamb, one throne for
both God and the Lamb, signifies that
God and the Lamb are one─the Lamb-God, the redeeming God, God the
Redeemer. In eternity, the very God who will sit on the throne is our redeeming
God, from whose throne proceeds the river of water of life for our supply and
satisfaction. This depicts how the Triune God─God, the Lamb, and
the Spirit, symbolized by the water of life─dispenses Himself
into His redeemed under His headship (implied in the authority of the throne)
for eternity. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 742-743, 740)
Further Reading: Life-study
of Revelation, msg. 65; The Application of the Interpretation of the New
Jerusalem to the Seeking Believers, msg. 5
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