第四週   照着雅歌的內在意義，維持我們對主的愛，而愛主的顯現

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詩歌：408

讀經：歌一2～4，二8～9，三9～10，四12～16，六10，13，七11，八13～14

【週一】

壹 雅歌是一首詩，其主題是一個絕佳婚姻裏愛的歷史，啓示出個別信徒與基督愛的交通中進展的經歷，爲着在六個主要階段中豫備祂的新婦—啓十九7 ～ 9，太二五6～13，啓三18～22，亞四1～ 6，11 ～14，約壹四19，詩一一○ 3，一一九140：

一 在雅歌的第一階段中，基督的佳偶受吸引追求基督以得滿足；（一2 ～二7；）主要尋求祂者與祂有個人、情深、私下並屬靈的關係；（一2，4；）所有屬靈的原則都包括在尋求者得勝生活的第一階段裏；此後所學的，並非新的功課，不過是一次過一次，學得更深而已。

【週二】

二 在雅歌的第二階段中，基督的佳偶蒙呼召藉與基督的十字架合一脫離己——二8 ～三5：

1 二章八至九節是說到復活的活潑；在這兩節基督被比作羚羊或小牡鹿『躥山越嶺』；山和嶺是指艱難和攔阻說的，但沒有一件東西彀高、彀大，可以攔阻復活的基督；我們需要尋求並認識基督躥山越嶺的同在。

2 基督的佳偶落到內顧自己之中，她的內顧自己成了隔離的牆，使她離開基督的同在；（9 下；）因此基督鼓勵她起來，從自己下沉的光景裏出來，與祂同在。（10 ～ 13。）

3 我們這些愛基督的人乃是藉着復活的大能，不是藉着自己天然的生命，纔能與基督的十字架成爲一，而模成祂的死；（14 ～ 15；）我們乃是在調和的靈裏，有分於並經歷基督的復活，這使我們能與十字架成爲一，得拯救脫離己，並被變化成爲神新造裏的新人，以建造基督生機的身體，完成神的經綸。（羅八2，4，29，加六15，林後五17。）

【週三】

三 在雅歌的第三階段中，基督的佳偶蒙呼召活在升天裏，作復活裏的新造—三6 ～五1：

1 活在升天裏，就是一直在我們的靈裏過生活；當我們活在我們的靈裏，就聯於諸天之上升天的基督—弗二22，創二八12 ～ 17，約一51，啓四1～2，來四12，16 與註1。

2 藉着那靈在我們裏面變化的工作，我們成爲基督行動的器皿，基督的乘具，基督的『車』，爲着基督在祂身體裏並爲着祂身體的行動—歌三9 ～ 10，參林後二12 ～ 17。

3 我們被神聖的三一所重建，使我們外在的架構是耶穌復活並升天的人性，並使我們裏面的妝飾是我們向着主的愛——歌三9 ～ 10。

4 基督的佳偶藉着在基督的升天裏生活，在復活裏作新造，而在基督生命的豐富裏成熟，使她能成爲基督的園子，作祂私有的享受；（四12 ～ 15；）她豫備好在任何境遇或環境中，都散發基督的馨香之氣。（16。）

【週四】

四 在雅歌的第四階段中，基督的佳偶蒙更厲害的呼召，藉復活後的十字架，在幔內生活—五2～六13：

1 藉着在幔內生活，基督的佳偶被變化成爲天上的光體；她向前觀望如晨光，美麗如月亮，皎潔如日頭—10 節。

2 基督的佳偶在基督的生命裏成熟，成了書拉密女（所羅門的女性寫法），表徵她在生命、性情、彰顯和功用上，（但不在神格上，）成了與基督一樣，作基督的複製和複本，配得過祂，好與祂成爲婚配—13 節，林後三18。

五 在雅歌的第五階段中，基督的佳偶分擔主的工作—七1 ～ 13：

1 雅歌七章十一節表明基督的佳偶願意從一地到另一地寄居（在村莊住宿），爲要與她良人一同完成那爲着全世界（田間）的工作；這指明她在完成主工作的事上，不是分門結黨的，乃是把工作開放，使別人能到那裏來寄居，她也能往別處寄居；這是保守一個身體裏的一個工作。

2 分擔主的工作就是與主同工；（林後六1 上；）我們要與主同工，就需要在生命裏成熟，需要與主是一，我們的工作也必須是爲着祂的身體。（西一28 ～ 29，林前十二12 ～ 27。）

3 書拉密女是所羅門的配偶，作工顧到所有的葡萄園，（歌八11，）就是全地的眾召會和眾信徒；我們的工作必須是爲着全世界的；這就是保羅所作的，他建立眾地方召會，然後作工，把眾地方召會帶到基督身體完滿的實現裏。（羅十六1 ～ 24。）

【週五】

六 在雅歌的第六階段中，基督的佳偶盼望被提；（八1 ～ 14；）她『靠着她良人』（5）從曠野（屬地的範圍）上來：

1 『靠着她良人』含示，她就像雅各一樣，大腿窩被摸了一把，天然的力量受了主的對付—創三二24 ～ 25。

2 『靠着她良人』也含示，她發現自己力不能勝，這似乎要持續直到曠野的路程過去—林後一8 ～ 9，十二9 ～ 10，十三3 ～ 4。

3 她求她的良人將她放在祂愛的心上如印記，帶在祂力量的臂上如戳記；此時她感覺到自己的一無所能和無依無靠，並領悟一切都在於神的愛和保守的能力—歌八6 ～ 7。

4 基督的佳偶求祂這位住在作祂園子之信徒裏面的，使她得聽見祂的聲音；這指明我們爲那作我們良人的主工作時，需要維持我們與祂的交通，一直聽祂—13 節。

【週六】

貳 作爲這卷詩意之書的結語，基督的佳偶禱告，求她的良人在祂復活的大能（羚羊和小牡鹿）裏快快回來，設立那要充滿全地，祂甘甜美麗的國（香草山）—14 節，啓十一15，但二35：

一 這樣的禱告描繪基督這位新郎和祂的佳偶新婦之間，在新婚之愛裏的聯結與交通；這正如約翰這位愛基督者的禱告（作爲聖經的結語）一樣，乃是啓示神關於祂神聖之愛裏基督與召會的永遠經綸—啓二二20。

二 『當你來的時候，真的，「信則變見，讚代祈，」愛就要達到毫無陰翳、完全的地位，能彀絲毫無罪的在主面前事奉祂。這是甚麼日子呢？所以主耶穌阿，求你快來！』—倪柝聲文集第二輯第三册，歌中的歌，一四九至一五○頁。

Week Four

Loving the Lord’s Appearing by Maintaining Our Love for Him according to the Intrinsic Significance of Song of Songs

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Hymns: 556

Scripture Reading: S. S. 1:2-4; 2:8-9; 3:9-10; 4:12-16; 6:10, 13; 7:11; 8:13-14

§ Day 1

I. The subject of Song of Songs, a poem, is the history of love in an excellent marriage, revealing the progressive experience of an individual believers loving fellowship with Christ for the preparation of His bride in six major stages—Rev. 19:7- 9; Matt. 25:6-13; Rev. 3:18-22; Zech. 4:1-6, 11-14; 1 John 4:19; Psa. 110:3; 119:140:

A. In the first stage of Song of Songs, the lover of Christ is drawn to pursue Him for satisfaction (1:2—2:7); the Lord wants His seeker to have a personal, affectionate, private, and spiritual relationship with Him (1:2, 4); all the spiritual principles are contained in this first stage of the seekers overcoming life; the lessons that follow are not new, but they are old lessons repeated in a deeper way.

§ Day 2

B. In the second stage of Song of Songs, the lover of Christ is called to be delivered from the self through her oneness with the cross of Christ—2:8—3:5:

1. Song of Songs 2:8-9 speaks of the vitality of resurrection; in these verses Christ is likened to a gazelle or a young hart “leaping upon the mountains, / Skipping upon the hills”; mountains and hills refer to difficulties and barriers, but nothing is too high or too great to stop the resurrected Christ; we need to seek for and know Christs mountain-leaping and hill-skipping presence.

2. The lover of Christ falls into introspection, which becomes a seclusion as a wall that keeps her away from the presence of Christ (v. 9b); hence, Christ encourages her to rise up and come out of her low situation to be with Him (vv. 10-13).

3. It is by the power of resurrection, not by our natural life, that we, the lovers of Christ, are enabled to be conformed to His death by being one with His cross (vv. 14-15); in our mingled spirit we participate in and experience the resurrection of Christ, which enables us to be one with the cross to be delivered from the self and to be transformed into a new man in Gods new creation for the fulfillment of Gods economy in the building up of the organic Body of Christ (Rom. 8:2, 4, 29; Gal. 6:15; 2 Cor. 5:17).

§ Day 3

C. In the third stage of Song of Songs, the lover of Christ is called to live in ascension as the new creation in resurrection—3:6—5:1:

1. To live in ascension is to live continually in our spirit; when we live in our spirit, we are joined to the ascended Christ in the heavens— Eph. 2:22; Gen. 28:12-17; John 1:51; Rev. 4:1-2; Heb. 4:12, 16 and footnote 1.

2. By the Spirits transforming work in us, we become the moving vessel of Christ, the carriage of Christ, the “car” of Christ, for the move of Christ in and for the Body of Christ—S. S. 3:9-10; cf. 2 Cor. 2:12-17.

3. We are rebuilt with the Divine Trinity so that our external structure is the resurrected and ascended humanity of Jesus, and our interior decoration is our love for the Lord—S. S. 3:9-10.

4. Through her living in Christs ascension as the new creation in resurrection, the lover of Christ becomes mature in the riches of the life of Christ so that she can become a garden to Christ for His private enjoyment (4:12-15); she is prepared to give forth Christs fragrance in any circumstance or environment (v. 16).

§ Day 4

D. In the fourth stage of Song of Songs, the lover of Christ is called more strongly to live within the veil through the cross after resurrection—5:2—6:13:

1. By living within the veil, the lover of Christ is transformed into the heavenly bodies; she looks forth like the dawn, she is as beautiful as the moon, and she is as clear as the sun—v. 10.

2. In the maturity of Christs life, the lover of Christ becomes the Shulammite (the feminine form of Solomon), signifying that she has become the same as He is in life, nature, expression, and function (but not in the Godhead) as the reproduction and duplication of Christ to match Him for their marriage—v. 13; 2 Cor. 3:18.

E. In the fifth stage of Song of Songs, the lover of Christ shares in the work of the Lord—7:1-13:

1. Song of Songs 7:11 shows that Christs lover wants to carry out with her Beloved the work that is for the entire world (fields) by sojourning from one place to another (lodging in the villages); this indicates that she is not sectarian in carrying out the Lords work but keeps the work open, so that others can come to sojourn there and she can go to sojourn elsewhere; this is to keep one work in one Body.

2. To share in the work of the Lord is to work together with Him (2 Cor. 6:1a); to work with Him, we need the maturity in life, we need to be one with the Lord, and our work must be for His Body (Col. 1:28-29; 1 Cor. 12:12-27).

3. The Shulammite works as Solomons counterpart, taking care of all the vineyards (S. S. 8:11), the churches and the believers on the whole earth; we must have a work that is for the entire world; this is what Paul did by establishing local churches and then working to bring them into the full realization of the Body of Christ (Rom. 16:1-24).

§ Day 5

F. In the sixth stage of Song of Songs, the lover of Christ is hoping to be raptured (8:1-14); she is coming up from the wilderness (the earthly realm) by “leaning on her beloved” (v. 5):

1. Leaning on her beloved implies that, like Jacob, the socket of her hip has been touched, and her natural strength has been dealt with by the Lord—Gen. 32:24-25.

2. Leaning on her beloved also implies that she finds herself pressed beyond measure, and this seems to last until the wilderness journey is over—2 Cor. 1:8-9; 12:9-10; 13:3-4.

3. She asks her Beloved to set her as a seal on His heart of love and as a seal on His arm of strength; at this point she is conscious of her powerlessness and helplessness, and she realizes that everything depends on Gods love and preserving power—S. S. 8:6-7.

4. The lover of Christ asks Him who dwells in the believers as His gardens to let her hear His voice; this indicates that in the work that we do for the Lord as our Beloved, we need to maintain our fellowship with Him, always listening to Him—v. 13.

§ Day 6

II. As the concluding word of this poetic book, the lover of Christ prays that her Beloved would make haste to come back in the power of His resurrection (gazelle and young hart) to set up His sweet and beautiful kingdom (mountains of spices), which will fill the whole earth—v. 14; Rev. 11:15; Dan. 2:35:

A. Such a prayer portrays the union and communion between Christ as the Bridegroom and His lovers as the bride in their bridal love, in the way that the prayer of John, a lover of Christ, as the concluding word of the Holy Scriptures, reveals Gods eternal economy concerning Christ and the church in His divine love—Rev. 22:20.

B. “When He comes, faith will be turned to facts, and praise will replace prayer. Love will consummate in a shadowless perfection, and we will serve Him in the sinless domain. What a day that will be! Lord Jesus, come quickly!”—Watchman Nee, The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 23, “The Song of Songs,” p. 126.