第四週■週六

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晨興餧養

撒下七 12 ～ 14『你在世的日子滿足…的時候，我必興起你腹中所出的後裔接續你，我也必堅定他的國。他必爲我的名建造殿宇；我必堅定他的國位，直到永遠。我要作他的父，他要作我的子…。』

在撒下七章十二至十四節上半，…論到『你…的後裔』和『我的子』，指明大衞的後裔要成爲神的兒子，就是人的後裔要成爲神的兒子。

這個思想在新約有非常強的延續，特別是在羅馬一章三至四節，這裏保羅說，『論到祂的兒子，我們的主耶穌基督：按肉體說，是從大衞後裔生的，按聖別的靈說，是從死人的復活，以大能標出爲神的兒子。』…這兩節經文啓示：一面，基督是大衞的後裔；另一面，祂這位大衞的後裔，已被標出爲神的兒子。我們比較這兩處神的話時，就看見舊約和新約都說到大衞的後裔成爲神的兒子這件事（撒母耳記生命讀經，二○一至二○二頁）。

信息選讀

大衞有心爲神建殿，但神向大衞指明，這不是他所需要的，也不是神所需要的。神告訴大衞，祂要建造一位成爲大衞的後裔，這後裔要稱爲神的兒子。這後裔兼有神性和人性。希伯來一章五節指明，這是指基督作神的長子。不僅如此，我們也已經看見，羅馬一章三至四節與撒下七章十二至十四節上半相符，告訴我們在復活裏，大衞的後裔被標出爲神的兒子。撒下七章十二至十四節上半和羅馬一章三至四節這二處經節的內在意義，是向我們啓示一個兼有人性和神性的人位。

撒下七章十二節說到大衞的後裔。至終，這位人的後裔成了神的兒子（14）。關於這點，主耶穌問法利賽人一個問題（太二二 41 ～ 45）。首先，祂問他們：『論到基督，你們怎麼看？祂是誰的子孫？』（42）當他們說基督是大衞的子孫時，主接着就問，大衞怎麼還稱祂爲主（43）。最後祂說，『大衞旣稱祂爲主，祂怎麼又是大衞的子孫？』（45）這是宇宙中最大的問題：基督怎能旣是人的後裔，又是神的兒子？祂怎能旣是大衞的子孫，又是大衞的主？…法利賽人知道基督是大衞的後裔，對此他們能毫不猶豫的回答。但主耶穌問，基督的先祖大衞爲甚麼稱基督爲主時，他們就無法回答。一面，祂是人；另一面，祂是神。沒有人能把這兩面調在一起。

在撒下七章，神應許給大衞一個後裔。至終，這大衞的後裔被標出爲神的兒子（羅一 3 ～ 4）。今天基督這大衞的後裔，成了我們一切的一切。祂是神的中心和普及，祂是軸心和圓周。祂是神和人的濃縮及終極完成。祂是包羅萬有、延展無限的基督。祂是神，又是人。祂是創造者，又是受造之物。祂是首先的，又是末後的（啓一 17）。祂是始，又是終。祂在萬有中充滿萬有（弗一 23）。祂也終極完成爲那靈。祂是我們的食物、飲料、氣息和衣服。祂也是身體一切的肢體，又在一切肢體之內。身體不是頭，頭也不是身體。但基督是頭，又是身體（林前十二 12，西一 18）。我們作爲身體，在生命、性情、構成上，與作頭的基督是一樣的。至終，這位基督是新人裏的每一個人（三 10 ～ 11）。在新人裏，任何國籍、種族或階級的人都沒有地位；只有基督有地位（撒母耳記生命讀經，二○四至二○五、二一五至二一六、二二○至二二一頁）。

參讀：撒母耳記生命讀經，第二十五、二十七、三十一篇；馬太福音生命讀經，第五十九篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

2 Sam. 7:12-14 When your days are fulfilled…, I will raise up your seed after  you, which will come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. It is he who will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his Father, and he will be My son…

In 2 Samuel 7:12-14a…the word concerning “your seed” and “My son” indicates that the seed of David would become the Son of God, that the seed of a man would become God’s Son.

This thought is continued very strongly in the New Testament, particularly in Romans 1:3 and 4. Here Paul says, “Concerning His Son, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.”…These verses reveal, on the one hand, that Christ is the seed of David and, on the other hand, that He, the seed of David, has been designated the Son of God. When we compare these two portions of the Word, we see that both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament we have the matter of the seed of David becoming the Son of God. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, p. 165)

Todays Reading

David had the heart to build a house for God, but God indicated to David that this was neither what he needed nor what God needed. God told David that He would build One to be David’s seed and that this seed would be called God’s Son. This seed would be both divine and human. Hebrews 1:5 indicates that this refers to Christ as God’s firstborn Son. Furthermore, as we have seen, Romans 1:3-4, which corresponds to 2 Samuel 7:12-14a, tells us that in resurrection the seed of David was designated the Son of God. In their intrinsic significance, 2 Samuel 7:12-14a and Romans 1:3-4 reveal to us a human and divine person.

Second Samuel 7:12 refers to the seed of David. Eventually, this human seed becomes the Son of God (v. 14). Concerning this, the Lord Jesus asked a question of the Pharisees (Matt. 22:41-45). First, He asked them, “What do you think concerning the Christ? Whose son is He?” (v. 42). When they said that Christ was David’s son, the Lord Jesus went on to ask how David could call Him Lord (v. 43). Finally, He said, “If then David calls Him Lord, how is He his son?” (v. 45). This is the greatest question in the universe. How could Christ be the seed of a man and also the Son of God? How could He be the son of David and also David’s Lord?…The Pharisees realized that Christ was the seed of David, and they answered without any hesitation. But when the Lord Jesus asked why David, a forefather of Christ, called Christ the Lord, they could not answer. On the one hand, He was a man; on the other hand, He was God. No one can reconcile these two.

In 2 Samuel 7 God promised a seed to David. Eventually, this seed of David was designated the Son (Rom. 1:3-4). Today Christ as the seed of David has become all in all to us. He is the centrality and universality of God. He is the hub and the circumference. He is the condensation and consummation of God and man. He is the all-inclusive, all-extensive Christ. He is God and He is man. He is the Creator and He is a creature. He is the First and He is the Last (Rev. 1:17). He is the beginning and He is the end. He fills all in all (Eph. 1:23), and He has been consummated to be the Spirit. He is our food, our drink, our breath, and our clothing. He is also every member of the Body and He is within every member. The Body is not the Head, nor the Head the Body, but Christ is both the Head and the Body (1 Cor. 12:12; Col. 1:18). In life, in nature, in constitution, we as the Body are the same as Christ the Head. Eventually, this Christ is every person in the new man (Col. 3:10-11). In the new man there is no room for any nation, any race, or any class of persons. There is room only for Christ. (Life- study of 1 & 2 Samuel, pp. 167, 177, 181)

Further Reading: Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, msgs. 25, 27, 31; Life-study of Matthew, msg. 59