極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

Christ as the Word in History VS Christ as the Spirit in History

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

John 7:37-39 "On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, "Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water."' Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."

Our Withered Rods VS Aaron's Budding Rod

Numbers 17:1-4 "The Lord said to Moses, 'Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes... Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law...'"

Numbers 17:8 "The next day Moses entered the tent and saw that Aaron's staff, which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds."

2 Corinthians 3:5 "Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God."

我們的枯杖 VS 亞倫發芽的杖

民數記17:1-4 "耶和華對摩西說：你要從以色列人當中取十二根杖，每支派一根...把這些杖存放在會幕內法櫃前..."

民數記17:8 "第二天，摩西進法櫃的帳幕去。看哪，利未族亞倫的杖已經發了芽，生了花苞，開了花，結了熟杏。"

基督復活真理的重要性

約翰福音 11:25 "耶穌對她說，復活在我，生命也在我；信我的人，雖然死了，也必復活。"

歌羅西書 1:18 "祂也是召會身體的頭；祂是元始，是從死人中復活的首生者，使祂可以在萬有中居首位。"

基督的復活 VS 那靈的實際

約11:25 "耶穌對她說,我是復活,我是生命；信我的人,雖然死了,也必復活。"

約16:13 "只等真理的聖靈來了,祂要引導你們明白一切的真理；因為祂不是憑自己說的,乃是把祂所聽見的都說出來,並要把將來的事告訴你們。"

基督作為神的話 VS 基督作為那靈

約1:1 "太初有話，話與神同在，話就是神。"

約7:37-39 "節期的末日，就是最大之日，耶穌站著高聲說：'人若渴了，可以到我這裡來喝。信我的人就如經上所說：從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。'耶穌這話是指著信他之人要受聖靈說的。那時還沒有賜下聖靈來，因為耶穌尚未得着榮耀。"

基督作為住棚節 VS 基督作為那靈

約7:2         當時猶太人的住棚節近了。

約7:37       節期的末日，就是最大之日，耶穌站着高聲說，人若渴了，可以到我這裏來喝。

How the Good Land Became the Lord's Table, the Lord's Feast?

Deuteronomy 8:7-10 "For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you."

美地如何成了主的桌子，主的筵席?

申命記8:7-10 "因為耶和華你神領你進入美地，那地有河，有泉，有源，從山谷中流出水來。那地有小麥、大麥、葡萄樹、無花果樹、石榴樹、橄欖樹和蜜。你在那地不缺食物，一無所缺。那地的石頭是鐵，山內可以挖銅。你喫得飽足，就要稱頌耶和華你的神，因祂將那美地賜給你了。

"There are only two feasts in the universe: the feast of demons VS the feast of the Lord"

1 Cor. 10:20-21 "No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons."

宇宙中只有兩個筵席：鬼的筵席 VS 主的筵席

林前10:20-21 "我乃是說，外邦人所獻的祭是祭鬼，不是祭神。我不願意你們與鬼相交。你們不能喝主的杯，又喝鬼的杯；不能吃主的筵席，又吃鬼的筵席。"

The Fine Linen in Jesus' Tomb VS The Fine Linen at the Lamb's Wedding Feast"

John 19:38-42 "Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there."

Revelation 19:7-9 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God's holy people.) Then the angel said to me, 'Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!'"

Galatians 6:9 "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

"David had no sword in his hand" VS "David held the Philistine's (Goliath's) head in his hand"

1 Samuel 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

1 Samuel 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

1 Samuel 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

‘大衛手中卻沒有(掃羅王的)刀’ VS ‘大衛手中拿著那非利士人(歌利亞巨人)的頭’

撒上17:49 大衛伸手到囊中，掏出一塊石子來，用機弦甩去，打中那非利士人的額；石子進入額內，他就仆倒，面伏於地。

撒上17:50 這樣，大衛用機弦和石子，勝了那非利士人，打死了他；大衛手中卻沒有刀。