属天的奥秘 #908
908. “和你在一起凡有血肉的一切野兽” 表该教会成员里面活过来的一切. 这一点从以下事实清楚可知, 即 “野兽” 论及挪亚, 就是现已重生的该教会成员, 显然也论及接下来的事物, 即 “飞鸟, 牲畜和爬行物”, 因为经上说 “和你在一起凡有血肉的一切野兽, 就是飞鸟, 牲畜和一切爬在地上的爬行物”. 在原文中, 用于 “野兽” 的这个词严格来说表生命或活物; 但在圣言中, 它既用来表活物, 也用来表某种意义上并非活着的事物, 或野兽. 所以, 人若不通晓圣言的内义, 有时就不明白什么意思. 这个词具有双重含义的原因在于, 上古教会成员在主面前谦卑地承认自己不是活的, 甚至不如家畜, 不过是个野兽. 因为他知道, 人在专注于自己, 或处于自我中心时就是这样. 所以, 这同一个词既表活物, 也表野兽.
至于它表活物, 明显可见于诗篇:
你的野兽要住在其中 (神的子民); 神啊, 你必以你的良善使穷乏人强健. (诗篇 68:10)
此处, 由于他要住在神的子民中, 故 “野兽” 无非表重生的人, 因而如此处的情形, 即它表他里面的活物. 又:
因为森林中的一切野兽是我的, 千山上的牲畜也是我的; 山中的飞鸟, 我都知道; 田野的野兽与我同在. (诗篇 50:10, 11)
此处, “田野的野兽与我同在”, 即与神同在, 表重生之人, 因而表他里面的活物. 以西结书:
空中的所有飞鸟都在枝子上搭窝, 田野的一切野兽都在枝条下生产. (以西结书 31:6)
当那日, 我必与田野的野兽和空中的飞鸟立约. (何西阿书 2:18)
这论及即将重生之人, 要与他立约. 事实上, “野兽” 完全表 “活物”, 以致以西结所看到的基路伯或天使被称为 “四个活物” 或 “活物” ( 以西结书 1:5, 13-15, 19; 10:15).
在圣言中, “野兽” 在相反意义上则表非活物, 或凶猛的野兽, 这一点从大量经文清楚可知. 仅引用以下经文证实这一点. 诗篇:
不要将你斑鸠的灵魂交给野兽. (诗篇 74:19)
西番雅书:
这城何竟荒凉, 成为野兽躺卧之处. (西番雅书 2:15)
以西结书:
他们必不再作外邦人的掠物, 地上的野兽也不再吞吃他们. (以西结书 34:28)
又:
空中的飞鸟都要宿在他的废墟上; 田野的一切野兽都要卧在它的枝条下. (以西结书 31:13)
何西阿书:
在那里我必像狮子吞吃他们, 田野的野兽必撕裂他们. (何西阿书 13:8)
以西结书:
我已将你给地上野兽, 空中飞鸟作食物. (以西结书 29:5)
这种用法很常见. 而且, 由于犹太人只局限于字义, 将 “野兽” 理解为一头野兽, 将 “飞鸟” 理解为一只飞鸟, 所以他们并不知道圣言的内在事物, 也不愿承认它们, 从而接受指教. 事实上, 他们本身是如此残忍和野蛮的动物, 以致他们不是以埋葬在战场所杀戮的敌人为乐, 而是以将他们暴尸荒野, 任飞禽和野兽吞吃为乐. 这也表明何为野兽人.
Genesis 29
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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
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He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.
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There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place.
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Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."
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He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."
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He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."
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He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."
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They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."
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While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
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It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
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Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
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It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
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Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." He lived with him for a month.
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Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"
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Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
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Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
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Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."
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Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
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Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
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Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
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It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.
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Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
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It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
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Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."
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Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
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Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.
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He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
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Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
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Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."
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She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.
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She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.
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She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
