第二週 • 週六
晨興餧養
約十二24~25 我實實在在的告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。愛惜自己魂生命的，就喪失魂生命；在這世上恨惡自己魂生命的，就要保守魂生命歸入永遠的生命。
聖經是深奧的，其中所啟示的許多事物都是奧秘的。戶蘭似乎沒有理由屬於拿弗他利支派，但〔王上七章十三至十四節〕清楚的告訴我們，他屬於這支派。我們若看見但、推羅和拿弗他利的意義，我們就要敬拜神。但人是虺蛇支派的人，咬傷在神賽程中的馬（創四九17）；推羅是貿易中心，聯於撒但（結二八12、16）。由虺蛇支派的婦人和聯於撒但的男子所生的人，最後竟能成為拿弗他利支派的人，這是何等的奇妙！拿弗他利是母鹿（創四九21），對神是有用的（創世記生命讀經，一三一七頁）。
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按照聖經，母鹿象徵在無望的情況裏信靠神的人〔哈三17~19〕。…母鹿也表徵基督經過釘十字架的苦難，已經為召會的緣故進入復活〔來二11~12〕。…因此母鹿表徵信靠神，行走在山頂上的人，並表徵為着神的建造，憑着復活的基督而活的人。
在我們重生的生命中有個奧秘的元素。不錯，我們是『但』母親和『推羅』父親所生的，但我們已經重生成了另一個人。甚至我們中間的年輕人也能作見證，有些奧秘的事發生在他們身上。…你越走這條路，就越奧秘（創世記生命讀經，一三一七、一三一九頁）。
我們天然的性能、天然的才幹、天然的美德若不被除去，就會造成許多難處，並成為大錯的根源。但我們若讓我們天然的性能、才幹和美德被帶到十字架上治死，我們就必復活。然後在復活裏，我們的性能、才幹和美德，會比在天然生命裏強上許多倍。這些東西仍是我們的，卻經過了死與埋葬，現今在復活裏。這就是說，我們自己，同我們的性能、才幹和美德，都進入了復活。我們繼續存在，但我們同我們天然的才幹，已被帶進復活裏。
復活的實際是那靈，而那靈是終極完成的三一神。所以，復活是終極完成的三一神。我們天然的性能、才幹和美德，需要藉着死與埋葬，從我們天然的生命遷到終極完成的三一神裏。我們在自己裏面是天然的，但我們從自己遷到那是復活的神裏面，我們就進入復活。
神需要受過高等教育的人。祂需要像摩西這樣的人，『在埃及人的一切智慧上受了訓練』（徒七22）。摩西若不是受過教育的人，神就不會使用他頒賜律法。然而，我們不該信靠我們天然的智慧或教育；信靠這樣的事物是冒險的。我們需要與神是一。我們若與神是一，就會將我們天然的智慧和教育置於十字架。我們越這樣作，就越在復活裏。
將我們天然才幹的『種子』種在地裏，絕不是損失。我們撒種，雖然暫時失去種子，但至終必有在復活裏的收成。
在尼希米自己裏面，他的進取是天然的，但在神裏面，他的進取是在復活裏。尼希米是進取的人；他愛神、聖地、聖殿和聖城，他接觸神，與神交通，信靠神，並與神是一。結果，他成為神的代表。我們需要清楚這點，好照着那靈所賜的洞察力，領會〔舊約〕豫表內裏的意義（尼希米記生命讀經，一七至一九頁）。
參讀：創世記生命讀經，第八十五至八十六篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
John 12:24-25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his soul-life loses it; and he who hates his soul-life in this world shall keep it unto eternal life."
The Bible is profound, and many things revealed in it are mysterious. Although there seems to be no reason for Hiram to be of the tribe of Naphtali, [1 Kings 7:13-14] clearly tells that he was of this tribe. If we consider the significance of Dan, Tyre, and Naphtali, we shall worship God. Dan was a people of the serpent that bit the horse in the race of God (Gen. 49:17), and Tyre, a center filled with commerce, was related to Satan (Ezek. 28:12, 16). How marvelous that a man born of a woman of the people of the
serpent and of a man of the people related to Satan could eventually become one of the tribe of Naphtali. Naphtali is a hind (Gen. 49:21), which is useful to God. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 1106)
Today's Reading
According to the Bible, a hind signifies a person who trusts in God when he is in a desperate situation [Hab. 3:17-19]....The hind also signifies the very Christ who, having passed through the suffering of crucifixion, has entered into resurrection for the sake of the church [Heb. 2:11-12]....Therefore, the
hind signifies a person who trusts in God, who walks upon the mountaintops, and who lives by the resurrected Christ for God’s building.
There is a mysterious element in our regenerated life. Yes, we were born of a “ Danite” mother and of a “Tyrian” father, but we have been regenerated to be another person. Even the young ones among us can testify that certain mysterious things have happened to them....The more you take this way, the more mysterious you will become. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1106-1107)
If our natural capacity, natural ability, and natural virtues are not crossed out, they will cause a great deal of trouble and will be the source ofbig mistakes. But if we allow our natural capacity, ability, and virtues to be brought to the cross and die, we will be resurrected. Then in resurrection our capability, ability, and virtues will be many times greater than they were in the natural life. These things are still ours, but having passed through death and burial, they are now in resurrection. This means that we ourselves, with our capacity, ability, and virtues, have entered into resurrection. We continue to exist, but we with our natural ability have been brought into resurrection.
The reality of resurrection is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the consummated Triune God. Resurrection, therefore, is the consummated Triune God. Our natural capacity, ability, and virtue need to be transferred from our natural life into the consummated Triune God through death and burial. In ourselves we are natural, but when we are transferred out of ourselves into God, who is resurrection, we enter into resurrection.
God needs people who are highly educated. For example, he needed someone like Moses, who was “educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians” (Acts 7:22). If Moses had not been an educated person, God would not have used him to give the law. However, we should not trust our natural wisdom or
education. It is risky to put our trust in such things. We need to be one with God. If we are one with God, we will put our natural wisdom and education to the cross. The more we do this, the more we will be in resurrection.
It is never a loss to sow the “seed” of our natural ability into the ground. When we sow a seed, we lose it temporarily, but eventually there will be a harvest in resurrection.
In himself Nehemiah’s aggressiveness was natural, but in God his aggressiveness was in resurrection. Nehemiah was an aggressive person who loved God, the holy land, the holy temple, and the holy city, who contacted God and had fellowship with Him, who trusted in God, and who was one with God.
As a result, he became the representative of God. We need to be clear about this in order to understand the intrinsic significance of the type according to the insight given by the Spirit. (Life-study of Nehemiah, pp. 14-15)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 85-86
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