美地是神应许的中心，也是神百姓的目标
在旧约中，神一而再、再而三的应许祂的百姓，要赐给他们一块美地：神向亚伯拉罕、以撒，以及他们的后裔，应许这块美地，神要以色列人进入并取得美地。美地是神应许的中心，也是以色列人出埃及、经过旷野所要达到的目标。
究竟什么是美地？为什么神这么看重这块地？当我们对照新旧约的圣经，就看见美地就是包罗万有之基督的预表。在旧约里，美地是神应许的中心；在新约里，基督是我们经历的中心。美地是那样丰富、宽广、高超，基督也是那样丰富、宽广，无法测量。
在创世记一章，神创造天地的第三日，神使地从死水中出来，水是死的，但地从水里出来之后，各样的生命就长出来了，有青草、结种子的菜蔬，并结果子的树木。在这一块满了生命的地上，人就被造出来。人享受地的一切丰富，人也在地上作神的代表，有神的形像、样式和权柄。因此地乃是一个象征，说出基督是我们的一切。
凡神为人类所预备的一切，都集中在这一块地上。人是被造来住在地上，享受神所预备的一切。凡有关于人的都集中在这地上，而这地乃是基督的预表。基督复活之后，产生了丰富的生命，祂满了生命的出产，为供我们取用并享受。阿利路亚！基督就是这包罗万有、丰富无限的美地。
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The All Inclusive Good Land – Deut. 8:7-8
The Good Land Is the Center of God’s Promise and the Goal of God’s People
In the Old Testament, God promised His people again and again to give them a good land: God promised Abraham, Isaac and their descendants this good land, and wanted the Israelites to enter and gain the good land. The good land is the center of God’s promise, and also the goal that the Israelites aimed to reach when they left Egypt and passed through the wilderness.
What exactly is the good land? Why does God value this land so much? When we compare the Old and New Testaments, we see that the good land is a type of the all-inclusive Christ. In the Old Testament, the good land is the center of God’s promise; in the New Testament, Christ is the center of our experience. The good land is so rich, broad and extraordinary, and Christ is also so rich, broad and immeasurable.
In Genesis chapter 1, on the third day when God created the heavens and the earth, He brought the earth out of dead water. The water was dead, but after the earth came out of the water, all kinds of life grew, including grass and seeds. Vegetables and fruit-bearing trees. On this land full of life, man was created. Man enjoyed all the riches of the earth, and he also served as God’s representative on earth, possessing God’s image, likeness and authority. Therefore, the earth is a symbol, indicating that Christ is everything to us.
Whatever God has prepared for man is concentrated on this piece of land. Man was created to live on earth and enjoy everything God has prepared. Everything related to man is concentrated on this earth, and this earth is a type of Christ. After Christ’s resurrection, He produced abundant life. He is full of the produce of life for us to take and enjoy. Hallelujah! Christ is this all-inclusive and infinitely rich good land.