第一週・週五
晨興餧養
出三14～15 神對摩西說，我是那我是；又說，你要對以色列人這樣說，那我是差我到你們這裏來。…你要對以色列人這樣說，耶和華你們祖宗的神，就是亞伯拉罕的神，以撒的神，雅各的神，差我到你們這裏來。這是我的名，直到永遠；這也是我的記念，直到萬代。
在出埃及三章十五節，神親自說出〔亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神〕這神聖的名稱，那時祂〔是〕對摩西說〔話〕。…亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神乃是耶和華伊羅欣（創二4～22，出三15）。創世記一章只用『伊羅欣』這名稱題到神，而沒有用『耶和華』。到了二章，神的名稱纔變作『耶和華伊羅欣』（原文）。『伊羅欣』的意思是信實的大能者。…『耶和華』意即祂是昔是今是以後永是的。二章四至二十二節一再的題到『耶和華伊羅欣』，這神聖的名稱指明神與祂選民的關係。
耶和華這偉大的我是，…是自有的、無始的，也是永有的、無終的〔出三13～14〕。整個宇宙中的開始與終結乃是神。神是開始，就是阿拉法；祂也是終結，就是俄梅嘎（啟二二13）（李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第四冊，一七五至一七六頁）。
📖信息選讀
耶和華伊羅欣，亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神，乃是偉大永遠的『我是』，『我是那我是』（出三14，約八24、28、58）。祂既是『我是』，就是永遠的。在約翰八章，主耶穌三次題到祂是那『我是』。在二十四節，祂說，『你們若不信我是，必要死在你們的罪中。』在二十八節，祂說，『你們舉起人子以後，必知道我是。』最後，在五十八節祂說，『還沒有亞伯拉罕，我就是。』…基督是偉大的『我是』，祂這永遠、永存的神乃是在亞伯拉罕以前。祂是永遠的『我是』，就是『我是那我是』。
亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神乃是帳幕的神。…當亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各住在帳棚裏的時候，他們熱切等候神永遠的帳幕，就是新耶路撒冷城（來十一10，啟二一2～3）。…三一神化身於子，成為肉體，作祂在地上的帳幕。話成了肉體，支搭帳幕在我們中間（約一14）。那人是個帳幕。祂是神成為人，就是神人。藉着祂的成為肉體，祂將神與人調和在一起。這人作神與人的調和，乃是神的帳幕。藉着成為肉體，神終於成了我們的居所，使我們成為祂的居所，就是神與人互相的住處。
神的帳幕先是個別的神人耶穌（太一21～23）。這個別的神人耶穌，作神的帳幕，終極完成於團體的新耶路撒冷。這團體的新耶路撒冷，乃是在千年國裏住棚節的應驗（利二三34、39～43，啟二7下）。住棚節是以色列人一年最後的節期。在千年國裏，基督要作住棚節的實際，作為在永世裏對經過過程並終極完成之三一神的全享（二二14、19）。基督在永遠裏要成為這樣一個完全的享受，使我們享受神作我們永遠的分。
在將來的永遠裏，新耶路撒冷乃是基督的擴大，是神與人永遠的調和，也是神與人相互的住處。啟示錄二十一章說，新耶路撒冷是神所居住的帳幕，也說神是祂選民所居住的殿〔2～3、22〕。所以要來的新耶路撒冷乃是救贖之神和祂救贖之人相互的住處，以彰顯經過過程的三一神，調和着蒙重生、被變化、得榮耀的三部分人。這是亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各同約瑟的神終極的完成（李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第四冊，一七七、一八六至一八八頁）。
參讀：神在祂與人聯結中的歷史，第十章。
WEEK 1 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Exo. 3:14-15 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you…Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial from generation to generation.
In Exodus 3:15 this divine title [the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob] was spoken by God Himself when He [spoke to] Moses…The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is Jehovah Elohim (Gen. 2:4-22; Exo. 3:15). Genesis 1 uses only the title Elohim for “God,” not Jehovah. In Genesis 2 God’s title becomes Jehovah Elohim. Elohim means “the faithful mighty One.”…Jehovah means “He who was, who is, and who is to be.” Genesis 2:4- 22 repeatedly mentions Jehovah Elohim, a divine title indicating God’s relationship with His elect.
Jehovah as the great I Am…is self-existing, without beginning, and ever- existing, without ending [Exo. 3:13-14]. The beginning and ending in the whole universe is God. God is the beginning, the Alpha, and He is the ending, the Omega (Rev. 22:13). (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” p. 134)
Todays Reading
Jehovah Elohim, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, is the great eternal I Am, the I Am Who I Am (Exo. 3:14; John 8:24, 28, 58). As the I Am, He is eternal. In John 8 the Lord Jesus mentioned three times that He is the I Am. In John 8:24 He said, “Unless you believe that I am, you will die in your sins.” In verse 28 He said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am.” Finally, in verse 58 He said, “Before Abraham came into being, I am.”…Christ is the great I Am who, as the eternal, ever- existing God, was before Abraham. He is the eternal I Am, the I Am Who I Am.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the God of the tabernacle… While Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were living in tents, they were eagerly waiting for the eternal tabernacle of God, the city of New Jerusalem (Heb. 11:10; Rev. 21:2-3). The Triune God embodied in the Son was incarnated to be His tabernacle on the earth. The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (John 1:14). That man was a tabernacle. He was God becoming a man, a God-man. By His incarnation He mingled God with man. This person as the mingling of God with man is God’s tabernacle. By incarnation God eventually became our dwelling, making us His dwelling, a mutual abode of God and man.
The tabernacle of God was first the individual God-man Jesus (Matt. 1:21- 23). The individual God-man Jesus as the tabernacle of God consummates in the corporate New Jerusalem. This corporate New Jerusalem will be the fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles in the millennium (Lev. 23:34, 39- 43; Rev. 2:7b). The Feast of Tabernacles was the last feast of the year for the Israelites. In the millennium Christ will be the reality of that feast as the full enjoyment of the processed and consummated Triune God in eternity (22:14, 19). Christ in eternity will be such a full enjoyment for us to enjoy God as our eternal portion.
In eternity future the New Jerusalem will be the enlargement of Christ, the eternal mingling of God with man, and the mutual abode of God and man. Revelation 21 says that the New Jerusalem will be the tabernacle of God for God to dwell in and that God will be the temple for His elect to dwell in. Therefore, the upcoming New Jerusalem will be a mutual abode for the redeeming God and for His redeemed to express the processed Triune God mingled with the regenerated, transformed, and glorified tripartite man. This is the ultimate consummation of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with Joseph. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” pp. 134-135, 141-142)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” ch. 10
