第五週 • 週五
晨興餧養
出三8 我下來要救他們脫離埃及人的手，領他們從那地出來，上到美好、寬闊、流奶與蜜之地…。
四9 他們若這兩個神蹟都不信，也不聽你的話，你就從河裏取些水，倒在乾地上，你從河裏取的水必在乾地上變作血。
神呼召摩西的目的，消極一面是要救以色列人脫離法老和埃及的霸佔和暴虐，積極一面是要領他們進入迦南流奶與蜜之地（申八7~9），在那裏他們能建立神的國（出十九6，撒下五12，七12、16），並建造祂在地上的居所（13）。按豫表，這表徵救人脫離撒但和世界的霸佔及暴虐，並領人進入迦南地所豫表包羅萬有的基督裏（見申八7注1），為着建造召會作神的國，並神在地上的居所（羅十四17，弗二20~22，四12）（聖經恢復本，出三8註1）。
法老是撒但的豫表，而埃及是世界的豫表。正如法老是埃及的王，照樣，撒但是這世界的王（約十二31）。神仍在拯救祂的選民脫離撒但霸佔的手和世界的暴虐。作為神所呼召的人，我們需要清楚看見世界到底是甚麼。世界不是享受的源頭；它乃是暴虐之地。在世界中，撒但將神的選民，就是命定來完成神定旨的人，掌握在他霸佔的手下（出埃及記生命讀經，一四五頁）。
信息選讀
我們看過燒着之荊棘的異象，並認識神是誰以及神的所是以後，還需要三個神蹟。頭一個神蹟是杖變蛇的神蹟。在創世記三章毒害亞當和夏娃的那條狡猾的蛇，在出埃及四章中被暴露。這個神蹟説明我們認識那惡者。它指明我們在神以外所倚靠的任何事物，都是蛇所藏身之處。多年來我學知，每當我信靠某件事物時，蛇就藏身在那件事物裏。我們已經指出，摩西使用多年的杖，是霸佔人之蛇的藏匿之處。然而，摩西不領悟這事，直到他照着主的話把杖丟在地上，那隱藏的蛇就被暴露。
第二個神蹟是手長痲瘋。這神蹟是為着認識罪的肉體。我們不僅是長麻風的，我們就是痲瘋。這意思是說，我們不光有罪而已，我們就是罪。基督在十字架上受死時，不僅擔當了我們的罪（彼前二24），也替我們成為罪（林後五21）。…每個蒙召的人必須有主觀的認識，他的肉體是罪的肉體，並且住在肉體之中，並沒有善。我們的肉體是由罪、腐朽和敗壞所構成。
不僅如此，蒙召者還必須領悟世界滿了死亡。這在第三個神蹟—水變血的神蹟中啟示出來。對世人而言，享受是從世界的供應和娛樂而來，這由灌溉埃及地的尼羅河所表徵。然而，在神所呼召的人眼中，世界不是充滿活水，乃是充滿死亡的血。世界所給我們的，不是解渴的水，乃是毒化並殺害我們的死亡。
作為神所呼召的人，我們必須認識那惡者、肉體和世界。保羅就有這三重的認識。論到撒但，保羅說，『我們並非不曉得他的陰謀。』（林後二11）論到肉體，他說，『我知道住在我裏面，就是我肉體之中，並沒有善。』（羅七18）論到世界，他說，『就我而論，世界已經釘了十字架；就世界而論，我也已經釘了十字架。』（加六14）我們再一次看見，摩西在豫表裏所經歷的，保羅實際的經歷了（出埃及記生命讀經，一三八至一四○頁）。
參讀：出埃及記生命讀經，第八、十一篇；倪柝聲文集第三輯第十六冊，第二十八篇。
WEEK 5--DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Exo. 3:8 "And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey..."
4:9 "And if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then you shall take some of the water of the River and pour it on the dry ground, and the water...will become blood upon the dry ground."
The purpose of God’s calling of Moses was, negatively, to deliver the children of Israel out of the usurpation and tyranny of Pharaoh and Egypt, and, positively, to bring them into Canaan, the land flowing with milk and honey (Deut. 8:7-9), where they could establish God’s kingdom (Exo. 19:6; 2 Sam. 5:12; 7:12, 16) and build up His dwelling place on earth (2 Sam. 7:13). In typology, this signifies delivering people out of the usurpation and tyranny of Satan and the world, and bringing people into Christ, the all-inclusive One typified by the land of Canaan (see note 71 in Deut. 8), for the building up of the church as God’s kingdom and God’s dwelling place on earth (Rom. 14:17; Eph. 2:20-22; 4:12). (Exo. 3:8, footnote 1)
Pharaoh was a type of Satan, and Egypt was a type of the world. Just as Pharaoh was the ruler of Egypt, so Satan is the ruler of this world (John 12:31). God is still seeking to deliver His chosen people out of the usurping hand of Satan and out of the tyranny of the world. As God’s called ones, we need a clear view of what the world is. The world is not a source of enjoyment; it is a place of tyranny. In the world Satan is keeping God’s chosen people, those destined for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, under his usurping hand. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 121-122)
Today's Reading
After we see the vision of the burning thornbush and after we come to know who God is and what God is, we still need the three signs. The first sign is that of the rod becoming the serpent. The subtle serpent who poisoned Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 is exposed in Exodus 4. This sign helps us to know the devil. It indicates that anything we rely upon apart from God is a hiding place for the serpent. Through the years I have learned that whenever I trust in something, the serpent is hidden in that thing. We have pointed out that the rod which Moses had used for many years was a hiding place for the usurping serpent. However, Moses did not realize this until, at the word of the Lord, he cast the rod to the ground. Then the hidden serpent was exposed.
The second sign is that of the hand that became leprous. This sign is for knowing the flesh of sin. We are not only leprous, but we are leprosy. This means that we are sin, not just sinful. When Christ died on the cross, He not only bore our sins (1 Pet. 2:24), but He was made sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21)....Every called one must have the subjective knowledge that his flesh is a flesh of sin and that nothing good dwells in it. Our flesh is a constitution of sin, rottenness, and corruption.
Furthermore, the called one must realize that the world is filled with death. This is revealed in the third sign, the sign of the water becoming blood. To the people of the world, enjoyment comes from the supply and entertainment of the world, signified by the Nile that watered the land of Egypt. However, in the eyes of God’s called one, the world is not filled with living water, but filled with the blood of death. What the world has to offer is not water to quench our thirst; it is death that poisons us and kills us.
As God’s called ones, we must know the devil, the flesh, and the world. Paul had this threefold knowledge. Regarding Satan, Paul said, “We are not ignorant of his schemes” (2 Cor. 2:11). Regarding the flesh, he said, “For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, nothing good dwells” (Rom. 7:18). And regarding the world, he said, “The world has been crucified to me and I to the world” (Gal. 6:14). Again we see that what Moses experienced in type, Paul experienced in reality. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 117-118)
Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msgs. 8, 11; CWWN, vol. 62, ch. 28
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