第八週．週二

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晨興餧養

可四２６『耶穌又說，神的國是這樣，如同人把種子撒在地上。』

２８～２９『地生五穀，是出於自然的：先發苗，後長穗，再後穗上結成飽滿的子粒。穀既熟了，他立刻用鐮刀去割，因為收割的時候到了。』

實際上，神的國乃是神自己種到人裏面，而在人裏面發展成為國度。

四福音裏啟示三一神成為肉體。至終這位神人出來，藉着傳揚與教訓，將祂自己撒到神所揀選的人裏面。當神所揀選的人聽見並接受祂的話時，他們就接受了國度的種子，就是國度的基因。這種子、基因乃是成為肉體的神，也就是在人性裏的三一神。在福音書裏，我們看見國度種子的撒播。

使徒行傳裏有幾百個，甚至幾千個撒種的人興起來。所有這些撒種的人都是接受了種子、基因的人。他們接受種子，就成了一班也能把種子撒到別人裏面的人。藉此，撒種與種子都繁殖了。（馬可福音生命讀經，一五四至一五五頁。）

信息選讀

我們在書信裏看見國度種子（基因）的生長。我們特別在林前三章看見這生長。…我們在這一章裏看見種子的生長與發展。［9下，6。］…國度基因的進一步發展，可以在彼後一章看見。…［在三節和五至七節］有種子發展到成熟階段的步驟。彼得指明，我們若有這種發展，『就必得着豐富充足的供應，以進入我們主和救主耶穌基督永遠的國。』（11。）這種子的收成是在新約最後一卷書—啟示錄中。按照十四章，我們先有初熟的果子，然後有收成。［4，15。］…十四章所說那些是初熟果子的人，要在千年國裏與基督一同作王。千年國將是國度基因的完全發展。在這一千年間，許多接受國度基因的人要與基督一同作王。那時，我們的父可能向祂的仇敵誇口說，『小撒但，你在那裏？你在無底坑裏。撒但，我要你看我的國度；我特別請你看所有現在與基督一同作王的人。許多信入我的兒子、接受國度基因的人，已經與祂一同作王。我的兒子是王，所有得勝的信徒也與祂一同作王。撒但，看看王與一同作王的人罷。這是何等奇妙的國度！』

在千年國末了，撒但會被釋放，並再次背叛。［參二十7∼8。］…雖然撒但要挑動列國背叛，卻絲毫不能摸着與主同作王的人，因為他們已經被國度的基因變化了，他們墮落人性的背叛元素已經被國度的基因吞沒了。因此，那惡者撒但不可能再挑動這班『有國度基因的人』來背叛神。

在新天新地裏，神要得着永遠的國，以新耶路撒冷為京城。新耶路撒冷將由眾王所組成，這些王要管治完全復興的列國。這樣，神就會有一個永遠的國，是那在福音書中拿撒勒人耶穌（祂是在人性裏的三一神）所撒之基因的完全發展。…在福音書裏所撒的國度基因是何等的奇妙！至終，這基因要發展成為啟示錄二十章所說的千年國，與二十一、二十二章所說神永遠的國。為着這幅國度基因及其發展的圖畫，讚美主！（馬可福音生命讀經，一五五至一五八頁。）

參讀：馬可福音生命讀經，第十五篇。

WEEK 8 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Mark 4:26 And He said, So is the kingdom of God: as if a man cast seed on the earth.

28-29 The earth bears fruit by itself: first a blade, then an ear, then full grain in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.

The kingdom of God is actually God Himself sown into human beings and developing in them into a kingdom.

The four Gospels reveal the Triune God incarnated. This God-man eventually came forth to sow Himself into God’s chosen people by proclaiming and teaching. When those who had been chosen by God heard His word and received it, they received the seed, the gene, of the kingdom. This seed, this gene, is the incarnated God, the Triune God in humanity. In the Gospels we have the sowing of this seed of the kingdom.

In Acts hundreds and even thousands of sowers were raised up. All these sowers were those who received the seed, the gene. By receiving the seed they became those who could then sow it into others. In this way we have the propagation of the sowing and of the seed. (Life-study of Mark, pp. 129-131)

Today’s Reading

In the Epistles we see the growing of the seed, the gene of the kingdom. We see this growth, in particular, in chapter 3 of 1 Corinthians…Here in this chapter we have the growth, the development, of the seed [vv. 9b, 6]. Further development of the kingdom gene is seen in chapter 1 of 2 Peter…[In 2 Peter 1:3 and 5-7] we have the steps of the development of the seed unto maturity. Peter indicates that if we have this development, “the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly and bountifully supplied” to us (v. 11).

The harvest of this seed is found in the last book of the New Testament, the book of Revelation. According to Revelation 14, we first have the firstfruits and then the harvest [vv. 4, 15]. Those who are the firstfruits spoken of in Revelation 14 will be among those who will be co-kings with Christ in the millennium. The millennium, the thousand years, will be the full development of the gene of the kingdom. During the millennium many of those who have received the kingdom gene will be co-kings with Christ. At that time our Father might boast to His enemy, “Little Satan, where are you? You are in the abyss. I ask you, Satan, to look at My kingdom. I especially ask you to look at all of those who are now co-kings with Christ. Many who have believed in My Son and received the gene of the kingdom have become co-kings with Him. My Son is the King, and all the overcoming believers are His co-kings. Satan, look at the King and the co-kings. What a wonderful kingdom this is!”

At the end of the millennium, Satan will be released and allowed to rebel again [cf. Rev. 20:7-8]…Although Satan will instigate rebellion among the nations, he will not be able to touch the co-kings, for they will have been transformed by the kingdom gene. All the rebellious element that is in the fallen humanity of these co-kings will have been swallowed up by the kingdom gene. Therefore, it will be impossible for Satan, the evil one, to instigate the “kingdom-gene people” to rebel against God.

In the new heaven and the new earth God will have an eternal kingdom with the New Jerusalem as the capital. The New Jerusalem will be a composition of kings, and these kings will rule over the fully restored nations. Then God will have an eternal kingdom as the full development of the gene sown in the Gospels by Jesus the Nazarene, who was the Triune God in humanity. How wonderful is the kingdom gene that was sown in the Gospels! Eventually, this gene will develop into the millennial kingdom spoken of in Revelation 20 and into God’s eternal kingdom in Revelation 21 and 22. Praise the Lord for this picture of the kingdom gene and its development! (Life-study of Mark, pp. 131-
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Further Reading: Life-study of Mark, msg. 15