第一週 • 週二

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但二34~35 你觀看，見有一塊非人手鑿出來的石頭，打在這像半鐵半泥的腳上，把腳砸碎。　…打碎這像的石頭，變成一座大山，充滿全地。

伯四二5~6 我從前風聞有你，現在親眼看見你。因此我厭惡自己，在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。

〔但以理二章三十一至四十五節的〕大人像表徵全人類歷史中人類政權的集大成（31~33），從人類政權開始於示拿地的巴別（創十6~12），就是巴比倫，即人像的頭所表徵的，到人類歷史中人類政權終結於羅馬帝國同其十王，即大人像的十個腳指頭所表徵的。

大人像的定命就是被一塊非人手鑿出來的石頭，在其顯出時砸碎（但二34~35上、44下~45，七13~14）。這塊非人手鑿出來的石頭就是基督。…藉着祂的釘十字架，祂被治死而被鑿（徒二23）；在祂的復活裏，祂首先被鑿成為房角石以建造召會，再成為砸人的石頭以毀滅全部人類政權（24，太二一42、44下）（但以理書生命讀經，一八、二○頁）。

信息選讀

當基督這塊非人手鑿出來的石頭顯現時，祂就把大人像從腳趾到頭，砸得粉碎。這就是說，祂要擊打十王連同敵基督〔啟十九〕。…同着基督的乃是由得勝者所組成，祂新娶的新婦；同着敵基督的乃是十王和他們的軍隊。這戰爭乃是地對抗天，人反對神的爭戰。基督要打敗並毀滅敵基督和十王。

當基督這砸人的石頭來臨時，祂不是單獨的來，乃是同着祂的新婦而來。…在祂的婚娶之後，祂要來到，同時要作砸人的石頭，並作踹酒醡的那位（15，十四19~20，賽六三2~3）。敵基督要聚集大批邪惡、背叛的人圍繞耶路撒冷，這就豫備了『葡萄』，給基督來踹『酒醡』。…敵基督甚至誇稱自己就是神（帖後二4，但十一36），並在美地和地中海中間，支搭帳幕給自己享受（45）。那時基督這塊神所鑿出來的石頭要同着祂的新婦來臨，擊打人像的腳指頭，把它從腳趾到頭毀滅。這樣，人類政權就被砸碎而了結。…大人像要被一座大山所頂替，這山表徵神的國，要充滿全地（二35下、44上）。這就是說，基督來臨砸碎人類政權的集大成以後，祂就帶進神在地上永遠的國（但以理書生命讀經，二○至二二頁）。

『我從前風聞有你，現在親眼看見你。因此我厭惡自己，在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。』（伯四二5~6）這指明約伯在個人經歷上（在他憑傳統的虛空知識對神的認識之外）得着神，並厭惡自己。

看見神等於得着神（太五8）。得着神就是在神的元素、生命和性情上接受神。至終，這使我們不僅與神合為一，更成為神的一部分。…我們看見神，使我們被神構成，但無分於祂的神格。

所有蒙神救贖、重生、聖別、變化、模成且榮化的人，都要見神的面（啟二二4）。看見神使我們變化（林後三18），因為我們看見神時，就把祂的元素接受到我們裏面。當我們接受神，就有新的元素進到我們裏面，舊的元素也被排除了。這新陳代謝的過程就是變化。看見神就是被變化成為神榮耀的形像，使我們成為神的一部分，使我們得以在神的生命裏彰顯神，並在祂的權柄裏代表祂（約伯記生命讀經，一八五至一八六頁）。

參讀：以西結書生命讀經，第十二篇。

WEEK 1 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Dan. 2:34-35 You were watching until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the image at its feet of iron and clay and crushed them…And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Job 42:5-6 I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen You; therefore I abhor myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.

This great image [in Daniel 2:31-45] signifies the aggregate of human government throughout human history (vv. 31-33), from the beginning of human government in Babel (Babylon) in the land of Shinar (Gen. 10:6-12), as signified by the head, to the termination of human government in human history in the Roman Empire with the ten kings, as signified by the ten toes.

The destiny of the great human image is to be crushed by a stone cut out without hands, at its appearing (Dan. 2:34-35a, 44b-45; 7:13-14). This stone cut out without hands is Christ. Through His crucifixion He was cut by being put to death (Acts 2:23), and in His resurrection He was cut out to be, first, the cornerstone for the building up of the church and the crushing stone to destroy the totality of human government (v. 24; Matt. 21:42, 44b). (Lifestudy of Daniel, pp. 14, 16)

Today’s Reading

At His appearing as the stone cut out not by human hands, Christ will crush the great image from the toes to the head. This means that He will strike the ten kings with Antichrist [Rev. 19]…With Christ there will be His newly married bride, composed of the overcomers, and with Antichrist there will be the ten kings with their armies. This war will be a fighting of the earth against the heavens, of man against God. Christ will defeat and destroy Antichrist and the ten kings.

When Christ comes as the smiting stone, He will not come alone. Rather, He will come with His bride…After His wedding He will come both as the smiting stone and as the One who will tread the winepress (v. 15; 14:19-20; Isa. 63:2-3). Antichrist will gather a vast number of evil, rebellious human beings around Jerusalem, thus preparing the “grapes” to be trodden in the “winepress” by Christ…Antichrist will even go so far as to say that he is God (2 Thes. 2:4; Dan. 11:36), and for his enjoyment will set up his tent between the good land and the Mediterranean Sea (v. 45). Then Christ as the God-cut
stone will come with His bride to strike the toes of the image, destroying it from the toes to the head. In this way, human government will be crushed and terminated. The great human image will be replaced with a great mountain, signifying the eternal kingdom of God, which will fill the whole earth (2:35b, 44a). This means that after Christ comes to crush the aggregate of human government, He will usher in the eternal kingdom of God on earth. (Life-study of Daniel, pp. 16-18)

“I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear,/But now my eye has seen You;/Therefore I abhor myself, and I repent/In dust and ashes” (Job 42:5-6). This indicates that Job gained God in his personal experience (in addition to knowing God in his vain knowledge by tradition) and that he abhorred himself.

Seeing God equals gaining God (Matt. 5:8). To gain God is to receive God in His element, in His life, and in His nature. Eventually, this not only makes us one with God—it even makes us a part of God…We see God that we may be constituted with God, yet we do not have any share in the Godhead.

All of God’s redeemed, regenerated, sanctified, transformed, conformed, and glorified people will see God’s face (Rev. 22:4). Seeing God transforms us (2 Cor. 3:18), because in seeing God we receive His element into us. As we receive God, a new element comes into us, and the old element is discharged. This metabolic process is transformation. To see God is to be transformed into the glorious image of Christ, the God-man. This makes us a part of God that we may express God in His life and represent Him in His authority. (Lifestudy of Job, pp. 151-152)

Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 12