基督是耶和华的受膏者
作耶和华仆人的基督，是耶和华的受膏者。“基督”这名称相当于希伯来文的“弥赛亚”，意思是受膏者。以赛亚六十一章一至三节描绘了耶和华受膏者的职事，为祂的选民以色列带来复兴。
基督的来分两个部分。基督第一次来，是来将自己供应、分赐到跟从祂的人里面。藉此，祂完成了新约的经纶，在祂的职事之下，把三一神分赐到祂的门徒里面，这些门徒大多是犹太人。基督第一次来的这职事，为祂的第二次来立下坚固的根基。祂第二次来的时候，主要的是在外面拯救以色列脱离他们的环境，并带进他们的复兴。这复兴要扩展至神的一切造物。这复兴的时期要延续一千年，就是千年国。
主第一次来的职事是恩典的职事
一节说，“主耶和华的灵在我身上，因为耶和华膏了我，叫我传好信息给困苦的人，差遣我缠裹伤心的人，宣扬被掳的得释放，被囚的眼睛得开启。”正如路加四章十六至二十一节所指明的，这是指基督第一次来说的。主第一次来的职事是恩典的职事。
主第一次来的时候，是由圣灵成孕，并有圣灵的素质加到祂的人性里而构成一位神人。然后祂在那灵的素质里，生活为人了三十年。祂在三十岁那年出来尽职事。那时祂在水里受浸，随即有圣灵在经纶一面降到祂身上（路三21-22）。在那时以前，祂已经在素质一面为那灵所构成，但为了完成神的经纶，祂需要那灵在经纶一面给祂能力和权柄，作神的仆人，把神服事到神的选民里面。这就是“主耶和华的灵在我身上”这句话的意思。
基督作耶和华的仆人，传好信息给困苦的人，缠裹伤心的人，宣扬被掳的得释放，被囚的眼睛（物质的和属灵的）得开启，宣扬耶和华悦纳人的禧年（赛六一2上）。因此，祂带进真正的禧年。
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The Ministry of the Anointed of Jehovah (1) – Isa. 61:1-2
Christ, the Anointed of Jehovah
As the Servant of Jehovah, Christ is the Anointed of Jehovah. Christ is the equivalent of the Hebrew word Messiah, which means “the anointed.” The ministry of the anointed Jehovah described in Isaiah 61:1-3 will issue in the restoration of Israel, His elect people.
Christ’s coming is of two parts and at two times. In His first coming, Christ came to minister, to dispense Himself into His followers. In this way He carried out the New Testament ministry to dispense the Triune God into the disciples under His ministry, most of whom were Jews. This ministry in Christ’s first coming laid a solid foundation for His second coming. When He comes the second time, He will come mainly in an outward way to rescue Israel from their circumstances and to bring in their restoration. This restoration will be expanded to include all things created by God. This period of restoration will last for a millennium, for the thousand-year kingdom.
The Lord’s First Coming Is the Ministry of Grace
Isaiah 61:1 says, “The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me, / Because Jehovah has anointed Me / To bring good news to the afflicted; / He has sent Me to bind up the wounds of the brokenhearted, / To proclaim liberty to the captives, / And the opening of the eyes to those who are bound.” As Luke 4:16-21 indicates, this refers to Christ in His first coming. The Lord’s ministry in His first coming was one of grace.
When the Lord came the first time, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and constituted with the essence of the Holy Spirit added to His humanity to be a God-man. He then lived thirty years as a man in that essence of the Spirit. At the age of thirty He came forth to carry out His ministry. At that time He was baptized in water, and immediately the Holy Spirit descended upon Him economically (Luke 3:21-22). Prior to that time, He was already constituted with the Spirit essentially, but in order to carry out God’s economy, He needed the Spirit economically to empower Him and authorize Him to be the Servant of God to minister God into His chosen people. This is the significance of the words, “The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me.”
As the Servant of Jehovah, Christ brought good news to the afflicted, bound up the wounds of the brokenhearted, proclaimed liberty to the captives, opened the eyes of the blind (physically and spiritually), and proclaimed the acceptable year of Jehovah (Isa. 61:2a), which is the year of jubilee. Thus, He brought in the real jubilee.