基督是罩盖和帐棚
在四章，以赛亚说过基督是耶和华的苗和地的果子之后，接着就说这一位是罩盖和帐棚（赛四5-6）。基督不仅是苗和果子，祂更是罩盖，遮覆我们，且遮覆神的行动及一切与此有关的。
神在地上有一个大行动，这行动牵涉到许多事。基督是神圣三一行动大轮的中心与普及。作神行动之中心与普及的这位基督，也是遮覆这整个行动的罩盖。重点乃是：基督不只是神在地上伟大行动的实际，也是遮覆神行动以及与这有关之一切事物的罩盖。
以赛亚在五节说到罩盖，在六节说到帐棚。基督不仅是神行动里遮覆一切事物的罩盖，更是覆庇神选民的帐棚。作我们罩盖的神人基督，也作帐棚，白日成荫，可以避暑，并作避难所和藏身处，可以躲避狂风暴雨。
今天我们都需要基督作这样一个罩盖，也需要基督作覆庇的帐棚，给我们遮荫避暑，并作避难所和藏身处，可以躲避狂风暴雨。
看见以赛亚书中丰富的基督
以赛亚书所启示的基督是极其丰富的。我们需要看见这位丰富的基督，并认识祂是耶和华的苗、地的果子、罩盖和帐棚。你也作基督徒许多年了，但在这之前，从未看见基督对我们之所是的这些项目。你曾看见神人基督在祂的神性里是耶和华的苗，在祂的人性里是地的果子么？你曾听见基督是罩盖，遮覆神在地上一切的权益，也是帐棚，覆庇神子民不受任何事的打扰么？基督徒知道神爱世人，将祂的独生子赐给他们（约三16），但少有人看见并认识以赛亚书所启示的基督。所以，我恳求你们花时间、花力气、花精力来研读这卷书，好看见并认识其中所启示奇妙的基督。
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Christ as the Canopy and the Tabernacle – Isa. 4:5-6
In chapter four, after speaking of Christ as the Shoot of Jehovah and the Fruit of the earth, Isaiah goes on to refer to this One as a canopy and a tabernacle. Christ is not only the Shoot and the Fruit – he is also the canopy to cover us and to cover God’s move and everything related to it.
God has a great move on earth, and this move involves many things. Christ is the centrality and the universality of the great wheel of the move of the Divine Trinity. The Christ who is the centrality and universality of God’s move is also the canopy to cover the totality of this move. The crucial point is that in addition to being the reality of the great move of God on earth, Christ is also the canopy to cover God’s move and all that is involved with it.
In verse 5 Isaiah speaks of the canopy, and in verse 6 he speaks of a tabernacle. Christ is not only the canopy to cover all the things in God’s move but also a tabernacle to overshadow God’s chosen people. The God-man, Christ, who is our canopy, is also a tabernacle as a shade in the day to keep us from the heat and a refuge and a cover to keep us from any kind of storm and rain.
Today we all need Christ as such a canopy, and we need Christ also as the overshadowing tabernacle to shade us from the heat and as a refuge and cover to protect us from any storm and rain.
Seeing the Rich Christ in Isaiah
The Christ revealed in the book of Isaiah is exceedingly rich. We need to see this rich Christ and know him as the Shoot of Jehovah, the Fruit of the earth, the canopy and the tabernacle. Perhaps you have been a Christian for many years, but before now you had not seen Christ in these items of what he is to us. Had you ever seen that Christ, the God-man, is the Shoot of Jehovah in his divinity and the Fruit of the earth in his humanity? Had you ever heard that Christ is the canopy that covers all God’s interests on the earth and a tabernacle that overshadows God’s people from everything that could bother them? Christians know that because God loved the world he gave his only begotten Son (John 3:16), but few, if any, see Christ and know Christ as he is revealed in Isaiah. Therefore, I urge you to spend your time, ability and energy to study this book in order to see and know the wonderful Christ revealed in it.