圣经的中心思想
圣经的中心思想乃是，神在寻找一个建造，就是蒙祂救赎并与祂调和之人活的组成（太十六18，弗二21～22，四16）。这不是一句轻率的话。这建造是圣经所有异象、启示的集大成。
圣经的第一个异象—神居所的异象
圣经的第一个异象是创世记二十八章雅各的梦，那是伯特利，就是神居所的异象。我们必须应用圣经第一次题起的原则。圣经头一次题起一件事，就立定了以后题到这件事的原则。第一个异象是建造的异象。这里的原则乃是，从创世记二十八章起，圣经中所有属灵的异象，都是关于神的建造。
先有创世记二十八章，然后有帐幕的建造（出三五～四十），殿的建造（王上六），恢复之殿的建造（拉三～六），然后有神的儿子基督自己，作神的帐幕（约一14）和神的殿（二21）而来，在祂的复活里扩大成为教会，作为神的家（提前三15～16），要终极完成于新耶路撒冷（启二一2）。这就是圣经的中心思想，这思想必须进到我们的想法里，管制我们的观念、想法和意见。
神的心意是要得着一班人成为属灵的建造
神的心意是要得着一班人成为属灵的建造，以彰显祂并代表祂，好对付祂的仇敌，并恢复失去的地。创世记一章二十六节是由一班人来成就的，这班人是属灵的建造，有神形像的实际，以神的权柄来代表神，藉着对付仇敌，恢复失去的地。
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God’s Dwelling Place – Matt. 16:18
The Central Thought of the Bible
The central thought of the Bible is that God is seeking a building, a living constituent of people who have been redeemed by Him and mingled with Him (Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:21-22; 4:16). This is not a word given lightly. This building is the consummation of all the visions and revelations of the Bible.
The First Vision of the Bible – The Vision of God’s Dwelling Place
The first vision in the Bible is Jacob’s dream in Genesis chapter 28. It is the vision of Bethel, a dwelling place of God. We must apply the principles first mentioned in the Bible. The first time the Bible mentions a matter, it establishes the principle for how it will be followed in the future. The first vision is a vision of building. The principle here is that from Genesis chapter 28 onwards, all spiritual visions in the Bible are about God’s building.
First there is Genesis chapter 28, then there is the building-up of the tabernacle (Exo. 35-40), the building-up of the temple (1 Kings 6), the building-up of the restored temple (Ezra 3-6), and then there is the Son of God Christ Himself came as the tabernacle of God (John 1:14) and the temple of God (2:21), and it was enlarged into the church as the house of God in His resurrection (1 Timothy 3:15-16), which will be consummated in the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2). This is the central thought of the Bible. This thought must enter into our thinking to control our concepts, minds and opinions.
God’s heart desire is to gain a group of people to become a spiritual building to express Him and to represent Him in order to deal with His enemies and restore the lost land. Genesis 1:26 was accomplished by a group of such people. They were spiritually built, had the reality of God’s image, represented God with God’s authority, and restored the lost land by dealing with the enemy.