第四週•週六

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晨興餧養

歌八 14『我的良人哪，願你快來，如羚羊或小牡鹿在香草山上。』

啓十一 15『第七位天使吹號，天上就有大聲音說，世上的國，成了我主和祂基督的國，祂要作王，直到永永遠遠。』

但二 35『…打碎這像的石頭，變成一座大山，充滿全地。』

良人的佳偶禱告，求祂在復活的大能裏快快回來，設立那要充滿全地，祂甘甜美麗的國（啓十一15，但二 35）。這裏〔歌八 14〕我們該留意，這佳偶的禱告是〔雅歌〕這卷詩意之書的結語，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）。

這卷…書乃是一位君王和一個鄉村女子之間愛的故事，這首詩（作爲豫表）乃是一幅奇妙生動的圖畫（作爲應驗），描繪新郎基督和愛祂的新婦，在祂神聖屬性與愛祂者之人性美德的調和中，相互享受的新婚之愛。這首詩及其所描繪的這兩面，在其各階段進展的互相對應，乃是無所不能、無所不知、無所不在之神的聖言內在的啓示（雅歌生命讀經，八五至八六頁）。

信息選讀

〔雅歌八章十四節〕的話語和二章十七節是一樣的，在那一邊也有這樣的禱告。但是，這兩邊所指着的事，並不是一樣的。…這卷書…兩次說到主的來如何是像『羚羊或小牡鹿在…山上』一樣的。祂頭一次…在山上〔17〕，乃是指着…祂如何要和信徒有完全的交通。但是，那一個是在黑影還未飛去，天還未亮的時候，就是在今天主還未降臨的時候。那裏注重的乃是交通。…但是…〔第二次（八14）〕卻是指着主的再來說的。因爲這一個『來』，是在乎將來；也許是很近的，但誰也不能知道那個時候，所以不像二章那裏的有時間的限制。在這裏，也不是交通的問題，所以就看見山並不是比特山，乃是香草山。因爲在這裏所注意的，乃是主的再臨和祂國度的情形。

到了這裏，我們看見女子的經歷，好像一滴的水，已經流到海裏，已經無可再進步，雖然還可越流越深。現在她所有的一切，留在世界裏的，只有一個身體，其餘的已經都到另外一個世界裏去了。所以她就不能不發出呼求的聲音說，『我的良人哪，願你快來！』求你…如同羚羊或小牡鹿那樣的快來。羚羊或小牡鹿如何在香草山上，當你來的時候，你也要如何降臨在你的國度中。…當你來的時候，真的，『信則變見，贊代祈』，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，一四八至一五○頁）

雅歌這卷書的最後一點是在末了一節〔八 14〕。…這卷書是全本聖經的精粹，將全本聖經濃縮在短短的八章中。在聖經的末了，主說，『是的，我必快來！』（啓二二 20）『我的良人哪，願你快來。』這意思是說，『主耶穌，願你快來。』主要來到香草山上。…在雅歌這卷書中，香料是我們所經歷之主耶穌的各種不同方面，甚至也是從我們長出來的。不久，我們對主的一切經歷將要累積成山。然後主會來到那裏與我們相遇。這會帶進國度，而國度是由香草山組成的（李常受文集一九七二年第一册，四六二頁）。

參讀：雅歌中所描繪的生命與建造，第十四章。

WEEK 4 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

S. S. 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Rev. 11:15 And the seventh angel trumpeted; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.

Dan. 2:35 …And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

The lover of her Beloved prays that He would make haste to come back in the power of His resurrection to set up His sweet and beautiful kingdom which will fill the whole earth (Rev. 11:15; Dan. 2:35). Here [S. S. 8:14] we should note that the prayer of this lover of her Beloved is the concluding word of this poetic book, portraying the union and communion between Christ as the Bridegroom and His lovers as the bride in their bridal love, as the prayer of John, a lover of Christ, is the concluding word of the Holy Scripture, revealing God’s eternal economy concerning Christ and the church in His divine love (Rev. 22:20).

The poem, as a type,…as the story of the love between a king and a country girl is a marvelous and vivid portrait, as the fulfillment, of the bridal love between Christ as the Bridegroom and His lovers as His bride in their mutual enjoyment in the mingling of His divine attributes with the human virtues of His lovers. The correspondence of the progression with its stages on these two sides of the poem and its portrait is the intrinsic revelation of the Holy Word of the omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent God. (Life- study of Song of Songs, pp. 68-69)

Today’s Reading

[The words in Song of Songs 8:14] are the same as in 2:17. It is the same prayer, but the things that are referred to are not the same in both cases. This book mentions…the Lord’s coming as “a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains…” two times. The first time [v. 17]…shows His longing for an absolute fellowship with the believers. But then the shadows had not fled and the day had not yet broken; that is, the Lord had not yet come. The emphasis was fellowship…But the second [8:14] refers to the Lord’s second coming. This coming is in the future, and though it may be very near, no one knows when it will be. Unlike the case in chapter 2, it does not have a time limit. The matter is not fellowship; therefore, this verse does not speak of the mountains of Bether but of the mountains of spices. It describes the condition of the Lord’s coming and His kingdom.

Then the maiden’s experience will be like a drop of water that has disappeared into the ocean; there will be no more room for advancement, though the tide can always go deeper. All that is left in the world is just her body. Everything else has gone to another world. Therefore, she cannot help but cry, “Make haste, my beloved.” “Come as quickly as the gazelle or a young hart. Just as a gazelle or a young hart appears on the mountains of spices, may You come in Your kingdom.”…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! (CWWN, vol. 23, “The Song of Songs,” pp. 125-
126)

The last point in this book is in the very last verse [S. S. 8:14]…This book is an extract of the entire Bible. It is a condensation of the Bible in eight short chapters.
At the end of the Bible the Lord says, “I come quickly” (Rev. 22:20). To make haste
means to come quickly. “Make haste, my beloved” means “Come quickly, Lord Jesus.” The Lord is coming upon the mountains of spices…In the Song of Songs the spices are the different aspects of the Lord Jesus experienced by us and even grown out from us. Soon, all our experiences of the Lord will be piled up like mountains. Then the Lord Jesus will come to meet us there. This will bring in the kingdom, and the kingdom will be composed of mountains of spices. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs,” p. 345)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs,” ch. 14