The Altar of Burnt Offering
壹 两座坛─燔祭坛与金香坛─乃是为着完成神的经纶─出二七1～8，三十1～10，来十三10，九4，启八3：
I. The two altars—the altar of burnt offering and the golden incense altar—are for the carrying out of God's economy—Exo. 27:1-8; 30:1-10; Heb. 13:10; 9:4; Rev. 8:3:
一 神的工作乃是要完成祂的经纶；神在祂经纶中的渴望，是要得着一个神人宇宙扩大的合并─约十四20：
A. God's work is to complete His economy, and in His economy God desires to have an enlarged, universal, divine-human incorporation—John 14:20:
1 神已经从帐幕里出来，为要把我们带进帐幕，就是把我们带到祂居住的地方。
1. God has come out of the tabernacle in order to bring us into the tabernacle, to bring us to the very place where He dwells.
2 主耶稣上了十字架，目的是要把我们这些堕落的罪人带到祂居住的地方，归向祂自己─3、10～11、20节，十七21、24。
2. The Lord Jesus went to the cross with the intention that we, fallen sinners, might be brought back to Himself in the place where He dwells—vv. 3, 10-11, 20; 17:21, 24.
二 两座坛与神完整的救恩有关─罗五10：
B. The two altars are related to God's complete salvation—Rom. 5:10:
1 燔祭坛与神法理的救赎有关；法理的救赎是在物质的范围里，由基督在祂地上的职事里所完成─10节上，八3，来九14，七27，十10。
1. The altar of burnt offering is related to God's judicial redemption accomplished in the physical realm by Christ in His earthly ministry—v. 10a; 8:3; Heb. 9:14; 7:27; 10:10.
2 金香坛与神生机的救恩有关；生机的救恩是在神圣奥秘的范围里，由基督在祂天上的职事里所执行─罗五10下，八34，来七25，九24。
2. The golden altar of incense is related to God's organic salvation carried out in the divine and mystical realm by Christ in His heavenly ministry—Rom. 5:10b; 8:34; Heb. 7:25; 9:24.
三 我们必须看见两座坛（出四十5～6）连在一起，乃是借着膏抹（三十26～28）、赎罪祭的血（利十六18，四7）、以及焚烧祭物的火（六13，十六12）。─引用经文
C. We need to see that the two altars (Exo. 40:5-6) are connected by the anointing (30:26-28), by the blood of the sin offering (Lev. 16:18; 4:7), and by the fire that burned the offerings (6:13; 16:12).
贰 燔祭坛预表基督的十字架─出二七1，三八1，四十6、29，来十三10：
II. The altar of burnt offering typifies the cross of Christ—Exo. 27:1; 38:1; 40:6, 29; Heb. 13:10:
一 十字架是一切属灵经历的基础，立场；一切属灵的经历乃是开始于十字架─加六14，林前二2，加二20。
A. The cross is the base, the ground, of all spiritual experience; all spiritual experience begins from the cross—Gal. 6:14; 1 Cor. 2:2; Gal. 2:20.
二 十字架是神在祂经纶中作为的中心─三1，一4，二19～21，三13，五24，六14：
B. The cross is the center of God's operation in His economy—3:1; 1:4; 2:19-21; 3:13; 5:24; 6:14:
1 神在祂的经纶里赐给我们一个人位─基督─和一条路─十字架─西一12、20、27。
1. In His economy God gives us one person—Christ—and one way—the cross—Col. 1:12, 20, 27.
2 十字架是神行政的中心；神借着十字架管理万有，并借着十字架对付万有。
2. The cross is the center of God's government; God governs everything by the cross and deals with everything by the cross.
叁 燔祭坛是用皂荚木包铜作的─出二七1～2：
III. The altar of burnt offering was made of acacia wood overlaid with bronze—Exo. 27:1-2:
一 燔祭坛的基本本质是皂荚木：
A. The basic substance of the altar of burnt offering was acacia wood:
1 皂荚木表征主耶稣的人性；祂作我们的代替，在十字架上受了神的审判─提前二5。
1. The acacia wood signifies the humanity of the Lord Jesus, who was judged by God on the cross as our Substitute—1 Tim. 2:5.
2 十字架不仅仅是一样东西；十字架与一个人位有关，这人位就是基督。
2. The cross is not merely a thing; the cross is related to a person, and this person is Christ.
3 拯救的元素不在于十字架这件东西，乃在于一个人位，就是那为我们钉死者─加二20。
3. The saving element is not in the cross as a thing but in a person, in the One who was crucified for us—Gal. 2:20.
4 十字架的功效不在于十字架本身，乃在于与十字架有关并钉在其上的人性。
4. The effectiveness of the cross is not in the cross itself; it is in that humanity, which is related to the cross and which was crucified on it.
二 铜表征神在作我们代替之基督身上公义的审判─出二七2，民十六37～39，罗八3。
B. The bronze signifies God's righteous judgment on Christ as our Substitute—Exo. 27:2; Num. 16:37-39; Rom. 8:3.
三 皂荚木包上铜，表征基督成为人，在十字架上死了，为我们担当神的审判─彼前三18。
C. The acacia wood overlaid with bronze signifies that Christ became a man to die on the cross to bear the judgment of God for us—1 Pet. 3:18.
肆 网是祭坛最重要的部分，因为网描绘基督救赎的奥秘─出二七4，罗三24，西一14：
IV. The grating is the most important part of the altar, for it depicts the mystery of Christ's redemption—Exo. 27:4; Rom. 3:24; Col. 1:14:
一 网表征在救赎工作里的救赎者基督─出二七4，弗一7。
A. The grating signifies Christ the Redeemer in His redemptive work—Exo. 27:4; Eph. 1:7.
二 铜网连同其环和杠，是坛的内容，表征基督救赎的内在内容─出二七4。
B. The bronze grating, with its rings and poles, is the content of the altar, signifying the inner content of Christ's redemption—Exo. 27:4.
三 坛内的铜网，表征神的审判达到基督里面的各部分─诗二二14。
C. The bronze grating within the altar signifies that God's judgment reached the inward parts of Christ—Psa. 22:14.
四 网在坛内，表征神在作我们代替之基督身上的审判（铜），不仅是外面的，更是达到基督里面的各部分─14节：
D. That the grating was within the altar signifies that God's judgment (bronze) upon Christ as our Substitute was not merely outward but reached the inward parts of Christ—v. 14:
1 神审判的圣火不仅是在基督外面，也在基督里面焚烧。
1. The holy fire of God's judgment was not only outside of Christ but also burned within Him.
2 基督承受神审判的时候，这个审判达到祂的心，达到祂里面的各部分；祂的心在祂里面融化─14节。
2. When Christ bore God's judgment, that judgment reached His heart, His inward parts; His heart melted in His inward parts—v. 14.
3 神在基督身上的审判，里面所经历的比外面所经历的更多：
3. God's judgment upon Christ was experienced more inwardly than it was outwardly:
a 事实上，基督里面所受的苦比外面所受的苦还要多。
a. Actually, Christ suffered more inwardly than He did outwardly.
b 网─神审判的圣火焚烧的地方─乃是在主耶稣里面，在祂里面的各部分。
b. The grating—the place where the holy fire of God's judgment burned—was in the Lord Jesus, in His inward parts.
c 网在坛内的意义是，基督不仅是在身上，更是在心里承受了神的审判。
c. The significance of the grating being within the altar is that Christ bore God's judgment with His heart and not only on His body.
五 救赎不单是一件事情，救赎乃是一个人位，就是基督自己；因此，基督和祂的救赎无法分开─来九12。
E. Redemption is not merely a matter—it is a person, Christ Himself; therefore, Christ and His redemption cannot be separated—Heb. 9:12.
伍 网四角上的四个铜环预表永远的灵─出二七4，来九14：
V. The four rings of bronze at the four ends of the grating typify the eternal Spirit—Exo. 27:4; Heb. 9:14:
一 包罗万有的基督借着永远的灵完成包罗万有的死；因此，基督救赎的功效是在于永远的灵：
A. The all-inclusive Christ died an all-inclusive death through the eternal Spirit; thus, the efficacy of Christ's redemption depends upon the eternal Spirit:
1 基督的血有功效，乃因祂借着永远的灵将自己献给神─约壹一7。
1. Christ's blood is effective because He offered Himself to God through the eternal Spirit—1 John 1:7.
2 基督献上自己作祭物；但基督救赎的功效和能力是在于永远的灵；我们看见这事是紧要的─来九14。
2. Christ offered Himself as the sacrifice, but the efficacy and power of Christ's redemption depend on the eternal Spirit; it is crucial that we see this—Heb. 9:14.
二 环与网接成一块，指明救赎的基督带进那灵─约七39，林前十五45下，加三1～2。
B. The rings forming one piece with the grating indicates that the redeeming Christ issues in the Spirit—John 7:39; 1 Cor. 15:45b; Gal. 3:1-2.
陆 坛两边的杠，表征十字架的行动是借着信徒的配搭作为见证─出二七6～7：
VI. The poles upon the two sides of the altar signify the move of the cross by the coordination of the believers as a testimony—Exo. 27:6-7:
一 传扬十字架─宣扬钉十字架之基督─的人，必须配搭作为见证─林前一23。
A. Those who preach the cross, proclaiming Christ crucified, must do so in coordination as a testimony—1 Cor. 1:23.
二 我们若是活的人，配搭着背负见证而传扬十字架，就有资格扛抬祭坛，行走在地上。
B. If we are living persons preaching the cross by bearing a testimony in coordination, we will be qualified to carry the altar in its journey on earth.
柒 我们由燔祭坛得着全部新约的一幅图画─救赎的基督、那灵与召会─罗八3、9～11，十二4～5，林前十五3～4、45下，十二12～13，加一4，三1～2、13～14，六10、15：
VII. With the altar of burnt offering, we have a picture of the entire New Testament—the redeeming Christ, the Spirit,and the church—Rom. 8:3, 9-11; 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 15:3-4, 45b;12:12-13; Gal. 1:4; 3:1-2, 13-14; 6:10, 15:
一 在福音书里，我们看见基督是救赎的网和在形成过程中的环─约一29，三14，十二24，十九34，七37～39，十四16～18。
A. In the Gospels we see Christ as the redemptive grating and the rings in the process of being formed—John 1:29; 3:14; 12:24; 19:34; 7:37-39; 14:16-18.
二 在使徒行传里，我们有那灵作为四个环子─一8。
B. In the book of Acts we have the Spirit as the four rings—1:8.
三 在书信中，我们有四个环子的解释─来九14，罗八9～11，林前十五45下，六17，加三1～2、14，启五6。
C. In the Epistles we have the definition of the four rings—Heb. 9:14; Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 6:17; Gal. 3:1-2, 14; Rev. 5:6.
四 基督的身体借着包罗万有的灵，将救赎的基督扛抬到全地─林前十二12～13，启一12～13上，二1、7上。
D. The Body of Christ carries the redeeming Christ throughout the earth by the all-inclusive Spirit—1 Cor. 12:12-13; Rev. 1:12-13a; 2:1, 7a.
五 基督的身体借着包罗万有的灵，在全地背负着耶稣的见证；这就是新约的启示─林后四5、7。
E. The Body of Christ bears the testimony of Jesus throughout the earth by the all-inclusive Spirit; this is the revelation of the New Testament—2 Cor. 4:5, 7.