第四週 • 週六
晨興餧養
啟二二17 那靈和新婦說，來！聽見的人也該說，來！口渴的人也當來；願意的都可以白白取生命的水喝。
七17 因為寶座中的羔羊必牧養他們，領他們到生命水的泉…。
啟示錄二十二章十七節上半…啟示那靈作為經過過程之三一神的總和，已與信徒成為一；信徒現今完全成熟，成為新婦。因此，那靈是經過過程的三一神終極的彰顯，新婦是變化過的三部分人終極的彰顯。到啟示錄二十二章十七節的時候，經過過程的三一神—那靈，與變化過的三部分人—新婦將是一，並且說話如同一人。
經過過程之三一神神聖分賜的完成，將是宇宙的婚娶（十九7~9，二一2、9）。那靈作經過過程之三一神的完成，分賜到祂的贖民裏面，將是新郎；神的贖民作蒙救贖、得重生、被變化之人性的完成，將是新婦。啟示錄二十二章十七節，那靈和新婦這對夫婦一同說『來』。…這是施浸者約翰在約翰三章二十九節告訴他的門徒『娶新婦的，就是新郎』的完成。新約的末了至終向我們啟示，那得着新婦的一位，就是那靈（新約總論第六冊，四二一至四二二頁）。
信息選讀
〔那靈〕與新婦成為一，新婦就是所有得重生且變化過之三部分人的集大成。這就是說，三一神在終極完成為那靈以後，要『娶』信徒作新婦。
在啟示錄二十二章十七節有兩個完成。第一，三一神經過了過程—成為肉體、人性生活、釘十字架、復活和升天，成為那靈，就是三一神的總和、完成，作為新郎。第二，信徒也經過了過程—救贖、重生和變化，成為神所揀選、救贖、重生並變化之人的完成，作為新婦。…所以，經過過程的三部分人，要永遠與經過過程的三一神相配，作祂完全的彰顯和滿足。
這對夫婦是聖經所啟示神聖羅曼史的終極完成。照着全本聖經，在那作為男子的神這位創造者，救贖主，和那作為女子的贖民之間，有一個神聖的羅曼史。…在主耶穌來時，施浸者約翰告訴他的門徒，基督是那來娶新婦的新郎；新婦就是召會（約三29）。在以弗所五章保羅告訴我們，妻子表徵召會，丈夫表徵基督。…保羅也告訴我們，他將我們如同童女許配一個丈夫，就是基督（林後十一2）。…這新婦是從亞伯直到主回來所有得勝聖徒的集大成。最終，新耶路撒冷將是神配偶的完成，所有蒙救贖並得成全之人的集大成。
聖經開始於創世記裏亞當和夏娃的婚娶，結束於啟示錄裏那靈和神贖民的婚娶。這最終的婚娶，乃是經過過程、終極完成、分賜的三一神作丈夫，與祂重生且變化過的人作新婦的婚娶。這宇宙的夫婦將是三一神彰顯在祂一切榮耀裏的完全彰顯，直到永遠。…聖經的總結有那靈，就是經過過程之三一神的終極完成，同着新婦，就是蒙救贖、得重生、被變化且得榮耀之三部分人的集大成與完成。這裏有一對永遠、宇宙的夫婦，彰顯三一神，直到永遠（新約總論第六冊，四二三至四二五頁）。
參讀：新約總論，第一百七十九篇。
WEEK 4 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely.
7:17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and guide them to springs of waters of life…
Revelation 22:17a…reveals that the Spirit as the totality of the processed Triune God has become one with the believers, who are now fully matured to be the bride. Hence, the Spirit is the ultimate expression of the processed Triune God, and the bride is the ultimate expression of the transformed tripartite man. By the time of Revelation 22:17, the processed Triune God—the Spirit—and the transformed tripartite man—the bride—will be one and speak as one.
The consummation of the divine dispensing of the processed Triune God will be a universal marriage (19:7-9; 21:2,9). The Spirit as the consummation of the processed Triune God dispensed into His redeemed people will be the Bridegroom, and God’s redeemed people as the consummation of the redeemed, regenerated, and transformed humanity will be the bride. In Revelation 22:17 the Spirit and the bride together as a couple say, “Come.”…This is the consummation of what John the Baptist told his disciples in John 3:29: “He who has the bride is the bridegroom.” The end of the New Testament eventually reveals to us that the One who has the bride is the Spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1939-1940)
Today’s Reading
The Spirit…becomes one with the bride, the aggregate of all the regenerated and transformed tripartite men. This means that the Triune God, after being consummated as the Spirit, will “marry” the believers as the bride.
In Revelation 22:17 there are two consummations. First, the Triune God has gone through a process—through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension—to become the Spirit, the totality, the consummation, of the Triune God to be the Bridegroom. Second, the believers also have gone through a process—redemption, regeneration, and transformation— to become the consummation of God’s chosen, redeemed, regenerated, and transformed people to be the bride…Therefore, the processed tripartite man will match the processed Triune God forever for His full expression and satisfaction.
This couple is the ultimate consummation of the divine romance revealed in the Bible. According to the entire Bible, there is a divine romance between God the Creator, the Redeemer, who is the male, and His redeemed people, who are the female…When the Lord Jesus came, John the Baptist told his disciples that Christ was the Bridegroom coming to take the bride, which is the church (John 3:29). In Ephesians 5 Paul tells us that the church is typified by the wife and Christ by the husband…Paul also tells us that he has betrothed us as a virgin to one Husband who is Christ (2 Cor. 11:2)…This wife is the aggregate of all the overcoming saints from Abel until the Lord comes back. Finally, the New Jerusalem will be the consummation of God’s counterpart, the aggregate of all
His redeemed and perfected people.
The Bible begins with the marriage of Adam and Eve in Genesis and ends with the marriage of the Spirit and God’s redeemed people in Revelation. This final marriage is the marriage of the processed, consummated, and dispensed Triune God as the Husband with His regenerated and transformed people as the bride. For eternity this universal couple will be the full manifestation of the Triune God expressed in all His glory…At the conclusion of the Bible is the Spirit, the consummation of the processed Triune God, with the bride as the aggregate and consummation of the redeemed, regenerated, transformed, and glorified tripartite man. Here is an eternal, universal couple expressing the Triune God for eternity. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1941-1942)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 179
