第一篇 出到拜偶像的營外,進入幔內
壹 在出埃及記,十誡稱爲見證的版;十誡在兩方面見證神
貳 在二十章一節至二十三章十九節,神頒佈律法及其典章;然後在二十四章十二節,神呼召摩西到山頂,好將律法的石版,就是見證的版交給他
叁 甚至律法尚未頒佈完畢,百姓已經陷在拜偶像的罪裡,至少干犯了律法的頭三條誡命;見證的版被摔碎,指明以色列人在領受律法以前,已經干犯了律法和律法的約
肆 以色列人拜了金牛犢後,摩西就遷到營外,所有尋求主的人都到那裡與他同聚,因爲主的同在和說話都在那裡
伍 希伯來書的目標和最終的結論,乃是我們要進入幔內,並出到營外
第二篇 認識神和祂的法則(道路)
壹 『我喜悅…認識神,勝於燔祭』—何六6
貳 我們需要有對神的感覺,並對神有充分的認識
叁 『如今…求你叫我知道你的法則』(出三三13上);『祂使摩西知道祂的法則』(詩一○三7上)
肆 『使我可以認識你』—出三三13
伍 『惟獨認識神的子民,必剛強行事』—但十一32
第三篇 事奉神
壹 『讓我的百姓去,他們好在曠野事奉我』
貳 『讓我的百姓去,他們好在曠野向我守節』;『讓我們去獻祭給耶和華』
叁 神呼召的目的是要帶領祂的選民到山上,他們要在那裡事奉祂並獻祭給祂
肆 我們事奉神必須按照神的異象,以及山上所指示之樣式的異象
伍 立約的血使信徒能事奉活神
陸 我們事奉的根據,乃是神這從天上來的火
柒 主帶領以色列人出埃及,爲要使他們成爲祭司的國度;在這個國度裡,人人都是不斷事奉神的祭司
捌 神的建造是神心頭的願望,也是神救恩的目標
第四篇 三個帳幕
壹 聖經裡的三個帳幕—帳幕的豫表、帳幕的實際、帳幕的終極完成—啓示出神經綸的目標,是要得著一個團體的人成爲祂的居所,在永世裡作祂的彰顯和代表
貳 詩篇八十四篇是關於享受基督作爲帳幕豫表之應驗的隱密啓示,這享受使我們合併到祂裡面,成爲帳幕的實際和終極完成
叁 詩篇八十四篇內在的內容,是關於享受基督作那成爲肉體之三一神、作神人的隱密啓示
肆 詩人羡慕,甚至渴想在神的帳幕裡,指明詩人愛神的帳幕到何等的地步;這愛藉著許多試煉而達到成熟
伍 『萬軍之耶和華,我的王我的神阿,在你的兩座壇那裡,連麻雀也找著房屋;燕子也爲自己找著菢雛之窩』—3節
陸 『住在你殿中的,便爲有福;他們仍要讚美你。細拉…萬軍之耶和華阿,信靠你的人,便爲有福』
柒 『因你有力量,心中想往錫安大道的,這人便爲有福』
捌 『他們經過流淚穀,叫這谷變爲泉源之地;並有秋雨之福,蓋滿了這穀』—詩八四
玖 『他們行走,力上加力,各人到錫安朝見神。…在你的院宇住一日,勝似在別處住千日;我寧願站在我神殿的門檻,也不願住在惡人的帳棚裡。因爲耶和華神是日頭,是盾牌;耶和華賜下恩典和榮耀』—詩八四7,10~11上:
第五篇 帳幕與祭司體系
壹 生命與建造是聖經基本且中心的啓示
貳 在出埃及記神聖記載的順序裡,祭司體系在帳幕之後
叁 在出埃及記裡,帳幕在祭司體系之前題到,乃是強調信徒需要被建造成爲神的居所,使他們能成爲團體、配搭的祭司體系事奉神
肆 神惟一的目標乃是建造
第六篇 帳幕所豫表在三一神裡的一
壹 基督身體的一乃是約翰十七章主的禱告裡所啓示在三一神裡的一;基督身體的一乃是神聖三一擴大的一
貳 主在約翰十七章所禱告的一,乃是出埃及二十六章裡的帳幕所豫表的一;因著帳幕的四十八塊豎板豫表信徒建造在一起作神的居所,所以帳幕是三一神裡的一清楚的圖畫
第七篇 幔子、簾子、以及和好的兩面
壹 在帳幕裡,有藍色、紫色、朱紅色線,和撚的細麻織的幔子,掛在四根包金的皂莢木柱子上
貳 簾子是用藍色、紫色、朱紅色線,和撚的細麻織的,又用皂莢木包金爲簾子作五根柱子
叁 簾子和幔子與保羅在林後五章十八至二十一節所說和好的兩面有關
第八篇 作祭司穿著基督的彰顯而事奉,在神的聖所裡點燈
壹 神是光,並且在基督裡的信徒作爲神的兒女乃是光的兒女
貳 按豫表,在神的聖所裡點燈表徵基督徒正確的聚會
叁 點燈是祭司的事奉
肆 聖所裡的光不是天然的光,也不是人造的光,乃是神聖的光,聖別的光,真光,就是神自己
伍 神的光是在聖所裡,在這光中,我們必得見光,並看見事情的真相;我們看見神所看見的,並認識祂的道路
陸 每當我們在召會的聚會中經歷真正的點燈,就會有一些成分—三一神的具體化身、神聖的性情、耶穌拔高的人性、和基督的靈
柒 祭司在神的聖所裡點燈的資格,乃是祭司的衣服所表徵基督的彰顯
捌 信徒聚集的目的就是要有神的聖所,其中有合格的祭司來點燈,使我們有基督不同方面的異象,並看見進入在神裡面之基督深處的路
第九篇 胸牌—祭司體系中心和終極的點
壹 按照出埃及二十八章十五至三十節,決斷的胸牌乃是祭司衣服的中心物件,也是祭司體系中心和終極的點
貳 胸牌上的十二塊寶石,其上刻有以色列十二支派的名字,表徵所有蒙神救贖並變化的人,建造在一起,成爲一個實體
叁 十二支派的名字刻在寶石上,相當於將基督寫在信徒心裡,使他們成爲基督的活信,有基督爲其內容
肆 烏陵和土明放在胸牌裡,胸牌就不僅作爲記念,也成爲決斷的胸牌
伍 表明神引導的決斷胸牌,就像屬天、神聖、屬靈的打字機一樣,神藉著帶有烏陵和土明的胸牌來說話的方式,與我們所認爲的正好相反
第十篇 帳幕的八重意義
壹 我們需要看見並經歷基督的救贖
貳 我們需要看見並經歷神聖性情的顯出
叁 我們需要看見並經歷變化過的人性
肆 我們在基督的身體裡需要一個穩固、不動搖的立場,並且我們必須一直願意受別人平衡
伍 爲著召會的建造,身體的每一個肢體都需要成爲完整的,並且主的行動中有轉彎時,就需要堅固
陸 我們必須憑聖靈並在聖靈裡,因著神聖性情托住的大能,與別人聯結在一起
柒 神的建造,召會,被『四重的』基督遮蓋(帳幕的蓋有四層)
捌 我們需要在三一神裡成爲柱子,由帳幕裡的九根柱子所表徵;帳幕的入口有五根柱子支撐簾子,而至聖所的入口有四根柱子支撐幔子
第十一篇 製作帳幕的人,以及安息日與建造工作的關係
壹 『…看哪,猶大支派中,戶珥的孫子,烏利的兒子比撒列,我已經題名召他。我也已經以神的靈充滿他,使他有智慧,有悟性,有知識,能作各樣的工,能設計奇巧的工,用金、銀、銅製造各物;又能刻寶石,可以鑲嵌,能凋木頭,能作各樣的工。我已經親自分派但支派中,亞希撒抹的兒子亞何利亞伯與他同工;凡心中有智慧的,我已賜他們心中有智慧,能作我所吩咐你的一切…』—出三一1~17
貳 論到安息日的話,是在帳幕建造的囑咐之後
第十二篇 帳幕的建立,以及帳幕、雲彩、與榮光乃是三一神完滿的豫表
壹 對人來說,帳幕是會幕,對神來說,那是帳幕;帳幕與神的見證有關,會幕是比較外表、外面的,與神在地上的權益和祂的行動有關
貳 放進帳幕的頭一件器物是見證的櫃,指明這櫃是帳幕及其器物的中心項目
叁 帳幕、雲彩、與榮光乃是三一神完滿的豫表
肆 在舊約時代,神的家就是以色列家,由帳幕所代表,以後由聖殿所代表
2016 SUMMER TRAINING Crystallization-Study
of Exodus (4)
Message One Going outside the
Idolatrous Camp and Entering within the Veil
I. In Exodus the Ten Commandments are called the tablets of the Testimony; the commandments testify of God
in two ways
II. The law and its ordinances were decreed by God in 20:1—23:19; then, in
24:12 God called Moses up to the top of the mountain to give him the tablets of
the law, the Testimony
III. Even before the decree of the law was completed, the people broke at
least the first three commandments of the law by falling into the sin of
idolatry; the shattering of the tablets of the Testimony indicates that before
the children of Israel received the law, they had already broken the law and
the covenant of the law
IV. After the children of Israel worshipped the golden calf, Moses moved
to a place outside the camp, where everyone who sought the Lord went to meet
with him, for both the Lord’s presence and speaking were there
V. The goal and ultimate conclusion of the book of Hebrews are that we
would enter within the veil and go outside the camp
Message Two Knowing God and His
Ways
I. “I delight in…the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings”—Hosea 6:6:
II. We need to have the consciousness of God and the full knowledge of God
III. “Please let me know now Your ways” (Exo. 33:13a); “He made His ways
known to Moses” (Psa. 103:7a)
IV. “That I may know You”—Exo. 33:13
V. “The people who know their God will show strength and take action”—Dan.
11:32
Message Three Serving God
I. “Let My people go that they may serve Me in the wilderness”
II. “Let My people go that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness”;
“let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah”
III. The purpose of God’s calling is to bring His chosen people to the
mountain, where they may serve Him and sacrifice to Him
IV. We must serve God according to the vision of God and of the pattern
shown on the mountain
V. The blood of the covenant enables the believers to serve the living God
VI. The basis of our service is God as fire from heaven
VII. The Lord brought the children of Israel out of Egypt in order to make
them a kingdom of priests, a kingdom in which everyone would be a priest, one
who serves God continually—Exo. 19:6
VIII. God’s building is the desire of God’s heart and the goal of His
salvation
Message Four The Three Tabernacles
I. The three tabernacles in the Holy Scriptures—the type of the
tabernacle, the reality of the tabernacle, and the consummation of the tabernacle—reveal
the goal of God’s economy to have a corporate people to be His dwelling place
for His expression and representation in eternity
II. Psalm 84 is the secret revelation of the enjoyment of Christ as the
fulfillment of the type of the tabernacle so that we may be incorporated into
Him to become the reality and consummation of the tabernacle
III. The intrinsic content of Psalm 84 is the secret revelation concerning
the enjoyment of Christ as the incarnated Triune God, the God-man
IV. The psalmist’s longing and even fainting to be in God’s tabernacles indicate
to what extent the psalmist loved God’s tabernacles; this love was matured
through many trials—Psa. 84:2.
V. “At Your two altars even the sparrow has found a home; / And the
swallow, a nest for herself, / Where she may lay her young, / O Jehovah of
hosts, my King and my God”—v. 3
VI. “Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; / They will yet be
praising You. Selah… / O Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man / Who trusts in
You”—Psa. 84:4, 12
VII. “Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, / In whose heart are
the highways to Zion”
VIII. “Passing through the valley of Baca, / They make it a spring; /
Indeed the early rain covers it with blessings”
IX. “They go from strength to strength; / Each appears before God in Zion…
/ For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand; / I would rather stand at
the threshold of the house of my God / Than dwell in the tents of the wicked. /
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield; / Jehovah gives grace and glory”
Message Five The Tabernacle and the
Priesthood
I. Life and building are the basic and central revelation of the Bible
II. In the sequence of the divine record in Exodus, the priesthood follows
the tabernacle
III. The fact that the tabernacle is mentioned before the priesthood in Exodus
emphasizes the need of the believers to be built up to be God’s dwelling place
so that they may serve Him as a corporate, coordinated priesthood
IV. God’s unique goal is the building
Message Six The Oneness in the Triune God Typified by the Tabernacle
I. The oneness of the Body of Christ is the oneness in the Triune God,
revealed in the Lord’s prayer in John 17; the oneness of the Body of Christ is
the enlarged oneness of the Divine Trinity
II. The oneness for which the Lord prayed in John 17 is the oneness typified
by the tabernacle in Exodus 26; because the forty-eight boards of the tabernacle
typify the believers built together to be the dwelling place of God, the
tabernacle is a clear picture of the oneness in the Triune God
Message Seven The Veil, the Screen,
and the Two Aspects of Reconciliation
I. In the tabernacle a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet strands and fine
twined linen was hung upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold
II. A screen was made of blue, purple, and scarlet strands and fine twined
linen, and for the screen five pillars were made of acacia overlaid with gold
III. The screen and the veil are related to the two aspects of
reconciliation spoken of by Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
Message Eight Lighting the Lamps in
the Sanctuary of God by Serving as Priests Clothed with the Expression of
Christ
I. God is light, and the believers in Christ, as children of God, are
children of light
II. In typology lighting the lamps in the sanctuary of God signifies the
proper way to meet as Christians
III. The lighting of the lamps is a priestly service, a service of the
priests
IV. The light in the sanctuary of God is neither a natural light nor an
artificial light; it is a divine light, a holy light, the real light, which is
God Himself
V. God’s light is in the sanctuary, and in this light we see light and the
true nature of things; we see what God sees and know His way
VI. Certain elements are involved whenever we experience the genuine
lighting of the lamps in the church meetings—the embodiment of the Triune God,
the divine nature, the uplifted humanity of Jesus, and the Spirit of Christ
VII. The qualification for the priests to light the lamps in the sanctuary
of God is the expression of Christ, signified by the priestly garments
VIII. The purpose of the gathering of the believers is to have the
sanctuary of God with the lighting of the lamps by qualified priests so that we
may have a vision of the different aspects of Christ and see the way to enter
into the depths of Christ within God
Message Nine The Breastplate
I. According to Exodus 28:15-30, the breastplate of judgment is the
central item of the priestly garments and the central and ultimate point of the
priesthood
II. The twelve precious stones on the breastplate, on which the names of
the twelve tribes of Israel were engraved, signify all the redeemed and transformed
people of God built together to become one entity
III. The engraving of the names of the twelve tribes on the precious stones
corresponds to the inscribing of Christ into the believers’ hearts, making them
living letters of Christ, with Christ as the content
IV. After the Urim and the Thummim were put into the breastplate, it
became not only a memorial but also a breastplate of judgment
V. The breastplate of judgment for God’s leading was like a heavenly, divine,
and spiritual typewriter, and His way of speaking through the breastplate with
the Urim and the Thummim is the opposite of what we would expect
Message Ten The Eightfold
Significance of the Tabernacle
I. We need to see and experience the redemption of Christ
II. We need to see and experience the manifestation of the divine nature
III. We need to see and experience the transformed human nature
IV. We need a firm and unshakable standing in the Body, and we must always
be willing to be balanced by others
V. Each member of the Body needs to be completed for the building up of
the church, and there is the need for reinforcing when a turn in the Lord’s
move is made
VI. We must be joined with others by the Holy Spirit and in the Holy
Spirit with the holding power of the divine nature
VII. God’s building, the church, is covered by a “fourfold” Christ (the
covering of the tabernacle consisted of four layers)
VIII. We need to become pillars in the Triune God , signified by the nine
pillars in the tabernacle; at the entrance to the tabernacle five pillars supported
the screen, and at the entrance to the Holy of Holies four pillars supported
the veil
Message Eleven The Workers of the
Tabernacle and the Sabbath in Relation to the Building Work
I. “…See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom
and with understanding and with knowledge and with all kinds of workmanship, to
fashion skillful designs, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze, and in
the cutting of stones for setting and in the carving of wood, to work in all
kinds of workmanship. And now, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab the son
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise in heart
I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you…”—Exo.
31:1-17
II. The Sabbath follows the charge for the building of the tabernacle
Message Twelve The Erecting of the
Tabernacle and the Tabernacle, the Cloud, and the Glory Being a Full Type of
the Triune God
I. With respect to man, the tabernacle was the Tent of Meeting, but with
respect to God, it was the tabernacle; the tabernacle is related to God’s
testimony, whereas the Tent of Meeting is more outward, external, related to
God’s interest on earth and to His move.
II. The first item of the furniture to be put into the tabernacle was the
Ark, indicating that the Ark was the central item of the tabernacle and its
furniture
III. The tabernacle, the cloud, and the glory are a full type of the
Triune God
IV. In Old Testament times, the house of God was the house of Israel,
represented by the tabernacle and later by the temple