第五週•週六

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晨興餧養

太二五21『…好，良善又忠信的奴僕，你在不多的事上旣是忠信的，我要把許多事派你管理；進來享受你主人的快樂。』

啓二十6『在頭一次復活有分的有福了，聖別了，第二次的死在他們身上沒有權柄；他們還要作神和基督的祭司，並要與基督一同作王一千年。』

得勝的信徒在他們父的國裏，也要與舊約的得勝者一同坐席。主耶穌在馬太八章十一節說到這點：『我又告訴你們，從東從西，將有許多人要來，在諸天的國裏與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各一同坐席。』這是指諸天之國的實現。在國度的實現裏，得勝的外邦信徒要與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各一同坐席（新約總論第六册，五○一至五○二頁）。

信息選讀

在林前六章十節下半，保羅說到承受神的國。本節的承受含示享受。…要來的國度將是得勝者歡樂承受的產業。按照馬太福音，國度的實現是得勝聖徒的賞賜，作爲他們同主的享受。…這該激勵我們過得勝的生活。今天我們藉着過得勝的生活，就彀資格承受要來的國度爲賞賜。

得勝信徒有分於要來的國度時，就承受永遠的生命，藉此更完滿的享受神聖的生命（太十九29下，參23 ～ 24）。承受永遠的生命，乃是在來世諸天之國的實現裏，得着神聖生命更豐滿的享受爲賞賜（路十八29 ～ 30）。在國度的實現裏，得勝信徒要與主耶穌一同有分於永遠生命〔更完滿〕的享受。

有分於要來的國度也是得着我們的魂，救我們的魂，並享受我們魂的救恩。我們今天若單單愛主，不愛我們的魂（己），我們若憑祂而活，並照祂的標準而活，主回來時，就要以國度賞賜我們。在國度裏我們的魂沒有難處、憂愁或痛苦，因爲那時我們已得着我們的魂，救我們的魂，並享受我們魂的救恩。然而，我們若是失敗的信徒，就要在國度時代受懲罰。那個懲罰與我們的魂有關，哀哭切齒是我們的魂受痛苦的標記。

在要來的國度裏，得勝信徒要與基督一同作王。啓示錄二十章四節下半說，『他們都活了，與基督一同作王一千年。』〔參6 下〕…在提後二章十二節上半保羅說，『我們如果忍耐，也必與祂一同作王。』這些經節指明，在要來國度的顯現裏，得勝信徒要與祂一同作王掌權。

在要來諸天之國的實現裏，得勝的信徒要轄管列國。在啓示錄二章二十六至二十七節主耶穌說，『得勝者，又守住我的工作到底的，我要賜給他權柄制伏列國；他必用鐵杖轄管他們，將他們如同窰戶的瓦器打得粉碎，像我從我父領受的權柄一樣。』這是給得勝者在千年國裏與基督一同轄管列國的獎賞。主這應許有力的含示，那些不答應祂呼召勝過墮落基督教的人，不能有分於千年國的掌權。在詩篇二篇九節，神把轄管列國的權柄賜給基督；在要來的國度裏，基督把同樣的權柄賜給得勝的信徒（新約總論第六册，五○二至五○四、五○六至五○七、五○九頁）。

參讀：新約總論，第一百八十六篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Matt. 25:21 …Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful over a few things; I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.

Rev. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first 20:6 resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

In the kingdom of their Father the overcoming believers will also feast with the Old Testament overcomers. The Lord Jesus speaks of this in Matthew 8:11: “I say to you that many will come from the east and the west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.” This refers to the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens. It will be in the manifestation of the kingdom that the overcoming Gentile believers will feast with the Old Testament overcomers, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2011-2012)

Today’s Reading

In 1 Corinthians 6:10b Paul speaks of inheriting the kingdom of God. The word “inherit” in this verse implies enjoyment…The coming kingdom will be a joyful inheritance to the overcomers. According to Matthew, the manifestation of the kingdom will be a reward to the overcoming saints as their enjoyment with the Lord…This should be an incentive for us to live an overcoming life. By living an overcoming life today we shall be qualified to inherit the coming kingdom as a reward.

When the overcoming believers participate in the coming kingdom, they will inherit eternal life and thereby have a fuller enjoyment of the divine life (Matt. 19:29b; cf. Matt. 19:23-24). To inherit eternal life is to be rewarded in the coming age (Luke 18:29-30) with the enjoyment of the divine life in the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens. In the manifestation of the kingdom the overcoming believers will participate in the enjoyment of eternal life with the Lord Jesus…in a fuller way.

To participate in the coming kingdom is also to gain our soul-life, to save our soul-life, and to enjoy the salvation of our soul. If today we love only the Lord and not our soul-life, that is, our self, and if we live by Him and according to His standard, then when He comes back He will reward us with the kingdom. In the kingdom we shall have no problems, sorrows, or sufferings in our soul, for at that time we shall gain our soul-life, we shall save our soul-life, and we shall enjoy the salvation of our soul. However, if we are defeated believers, we shall be punished during the kingdom age, and that punishment will involve our soul, with the gnashing of teeth as a sign of suffering in our soul.

In the coming kingdom the overcoming believers will reign with Christ. Revelation 20:4b says, “They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years” [cf. v. 6b]…In 2 Timothy 2:12a Paul says, “If we endure, we will also reign with Him.” These verses indicate that in the coming manifestation of the kingdom the overcoming believers will reign with Christ as His co-kings.

In the coming manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens, the overcoming believers will rule over the nations. In Revelation 2:26 and 27 the Lord Jesus says, “He who overcomes and he who keeps My works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; and he will shepherd them with an iron rod, as vessels of pottery are broken in pieces, as I also have received from My Father.” This is a prize to the overcomers of reigning with Christ over the nations in the millennial kingdom. This promise of the Lord strongly implies that those who do not answer His call to overcome degraded Christianity will not participate in the reign of the millennial kingdom. In Psalm 2:9 God gave Christ authority to rule over the nations. In the coming kingdom Christ will give the same authority to the overcoming believers. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2012-2014, 2016, 2018-2019)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 186