第十二週■週六

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晨興餧養

啓三12『得勝的，我要叫他在我神殿中作柱子，他也絕不再從那裏出去；我又要將我神的名，和我神城的名，（這城就是…新耶路撒冷，）並我的新名，都寫在他上面。』

羅十二2『不要模倣這世代，反要藉着心思的更新而變化，叫你們驗證何爲神…的旨意。』

神的名，新耶路撒冷的名，並主的新名，寫在得勝者上面，指明得勝者爲神、新耶路撒冷和主所得着；神自己、神的城新耶路撒冷和主自己，也全屬於得勝者；並且他與神、與新耶路撒冷、與主也是一。神的名意卽神自己，新耶路撒冷的名意卽城本身，主的名意卽主自己。將神的名，新耶路撒冷的名，並主的名，寫在得勝者上面，指明神的所是，新耶路撒冷的性質並主的人位，全都作到得勝者裏面。…千年國的新耶路撒冷是單給得勝聖徒的獎賞。（聖經恢復本，啓三12 註3。）

信息選讀

神所關心的，乃是蒙祂揀選、救贖、重生、變化，並得榮耀的人所形成活的組合。這些人都要建造在一起，彰顯神直到永遠，使神永遠心滿意足。撒但要在火湖裏；神要在祂活的居所裏。凡是祂所創造、揀選、救贖、重生、變化的人，都要得榮耀，成爲祂的形像。神要活在他們裏面，他們也要活在神裏面。沒有人能充分的解釋這樣深奧的觀念。真奇妙！這就是神的居所，並祂愛子基督的妻子。物質的建築不能成爲妻子。妻子乃是生機的活人。

新耶路撒冷表徵神在新天新地的居所。在新約裏，神在地上的居所首先是單個的人—耶穌基督，由帳幕所表徵，（約一14，）然後是團體的人—召會，由殿所表徵。（林前三16。）在新天新地，神的居所成爲羔羊的妻，（啓二一9 ～ 10，）也是蒙神救贖之人活的組合，由十二支派所代表的舊約聖徒，以及十二使徒所代表的新約聖徒，共同組成的。（12，14。）

這些人建造在一起成爲神的居所，首先藉着基督的死與復活經歷了重生。這是由進城的珍珠門所表徵的。珍珠是由活蚌在死水中所產生的。砂粒傷了蚌，蚌就分泌出一種物質包裹砂粒，使砂粒成爲一顆珍珠。蚌受傷表徵死；分泌出生命的汁液包裹砂粒，表徵復活的生命。耶穌的死與復活使我們藉着重生成爲珍珠。人若不重生，就不能進神的國。（約三5。）

在聖城裏，神的性情或神的素質成了我們的基本元素，由金所表徵；（啓二一18 下，21 下；）城是金的，街道也是金的。所有信徒的素質就是神自己。

藉着那靈的工作，我們都要變化成爲神的形像，由碧玉所表徵。父的性情（金），子的救贖和我們的重生（珍珠），以及那靈的變化工作（寶石），產生了所有的構成要素，構成了神永遠的居所。神的居所也是我們的居所。我們也要建造在一起，成爲神的至聖所，在榮耀裏彰顯祂。（李常受文集一九八三年第三册，六三七至六三九頁。）

參讀：真理課程四級卷一，第二十課；李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第二册，神人生活的復興，第一章。

WEEK 12 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 3:12 He who overcomes, him I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall by no means go out anymore, and I will write upon him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem,…and My new name.

Rom. 12:2 And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is… That the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and the Lord’s new name are written upon the overcomer indicates that the overcomer is possessed by God, by the New Jerusalem, and by the Lord; that God Himself, His city (the New Jerusalem), and the Lord Himself all belong to him; and that he is one with God, with the New Jerusalem, and with the Lord. The name of God denotes God Himself, the name of the New Jerusalem denotes the city itself, and the name of the Lord denotes the Lord Himself. That the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and the name of the Lord are written upon the overcomer indicates that what God is, the nature of the New Jerusalem, and the person of the Lord have all been wrought into the overcomer…The New Jerusalem in the millennial kingdom will be a prize only to the overcoming saints. (Rev. 3:12, footnote 3)

Todays Reading

What God cares about is a living composition of His chosen, redeemed, regenerated, transformed, and glorified people. All these will be built together to express God for eternity. This will satisfy God forever. Satan will be in the lake of fire. God will be in His living dwelling place. All those He created, chose, redeemed, regenerated, and transformed will be glorified into His image. He will be living in them, and they will be living in Him. No one can adequately explain such a profound concept. Marvelous! This will be God’s dwelling and the wife of His dear Son, Christ. No physical building can be a wife. A wife is something organic—a living person.

The New Jerusalem signifies God’s dwelling in the new heaven and new earth. In the New Testament God’s dwelling place on earth was first an individual man, Jesus Christ, signified by the tabernacle (John 1:14), and then a corporate man, the church, signified by the temple (1 Cor. 3:16). In the new heaven and new earth, God’s dwelling, as the wife of the Lamb (Rev. 21:9-10), is also a living composition of His redeemed people, composed of both the Old Testament saints, represented by the twelve tribes, and the New Testament saints, represented by the twelve apostles (vv. 12, 14).

These people, built together to be God’s dwelling, first experienced regeneration through Christ’s death and resurrection. This is signified by the pearl gates, their entrance into the city. A pearl is produced by an oyster, a living creature in the death waters. When a grain of sand wounds the oyster, it secretes a substance around the sand, which makes the sand become a pearl. The wound of the oyster signifies death, and the secretion of life juice around the grain of sand signifies the resurrection life. Jesus’ death and resurrection make us pearls through regeneration. No one can enter into the kingdom of God except by regeneration (John 3:5).

In the holy city God’s nature, or God’s essence, becomes our basic element, signified by gold (Rev. 21:18b, 21b); the city proper is gold, and the street is gold. The essence of all believers is just God Himself.

By the Spirit’s work we will be transformed into the image of God, signified by jasper. The Father’s nature (gold), the Son’s redemption and our regeneration (pearl), and the Spirit’s transforming work (precious stones) produce all the components that comprise this eternal dwelling of God. God’s dwelling is also our dwelling. We will also be built together to be God’s Holy of Holies, expressing Him in glory. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, “The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures,” pp. 482-483)

Further Reading: Truth Lessons—Level Four, vol. 1, lsn. 20; CWWL, 1994- 1997, vol. 2, pp. 3-7