反应二、在柱子上奠酒——接上篇
奠祭的种子是撒在创世记三十五章。我们若要明白这事，必须读民数记十五和二十八章，腓立比二章十七节和提后四章六节。然后我们会明白，我们不仅必须把基督当作基本的祭献给神，也必须把祂当作奠祭献给神。我们需要藉着经历基督被喜乐充满，使我们成为给神的酒，并且甘愿作奠祭浇奠在基督上献给神。这种经历很深，并且非常主观。在教会生活中，经历基督可能达到一个地步，使我们被神圣的酒所浸透，甚至成为酒，使神满足。神不要葡萄作的酒，乃要基督浸透我们所作成的酒。神对葡萄没有兴趣－祂是对你同基督有兴趣。我们必须藉着经历基督成为酒。惟一能使我们成为神的酒的地方，乃是在教会中。我向你保证，你在教会中对基督的经历，会带你到一个地步，被属天的喜乐所充满，并且成为神圣的酒，愿意浇奠在基督上，使神满足。
反应三、浇油在柱子上
我们曾指出，在创世记二十八章，浇油在柱子上表征神的灵浇灌在神的选民身上，为着建造神的家。但这里浇油在柱子上，是在浇奠祭在柱子上之后，这指明我们将自己当作奠祭浇奠给神，带来神的灵的浇灌，来为着神的建造。我们越将自己同基督当作祭，为着神的家浇奠给神，就越带进神的灵的浇灌。这是神家的建造所需要的。
反应四、称那地方为伯特利
创世记三十五章十五节说，“雅各就给那地方起名叫伯特利。”在创世记二十八章，雅各称那地方为伯特利。但在三十五章，他确信那地方是伯特利，就再称那地方为伯特利。我们越留在教会中，越在教会中经历基督，就越有把握这地方是伯特利，并且越有胆量说，“这是教会，我在其中。”这不是仅仅一个说法，更不是一个名称或命名；这是我们的信念，并我们对于事实的宣告。我们完全确信这是伯特利。赞美主，我们都能说，“我现今在伯特利，这是教会。”
信息重点：雅各奠酒、浇油，并再次称那地方为伯特利。 奠酒表明人的献上，浇油表明神灵的浇灌；二者都指向同一个目标——神家的建造。 伯特利至终不只是一个地方，更是神在人中间所得着的居所。
应用祷告：主耶稣，愿我更多经历你，被你充满，并甘愿把自己献给你。求你的灵更多浇灌在我们身上，使我们一同被建造，成为你在地上的居所，满足你永远的心意。
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Jacob’s Response to God’s Promise (2) — Gen. 35:15
Response Two: Pouring Out a Drink Offering on the Pillar (Continued)
The seed of the drink offering is sown in Genesis chapter 35. If we want to understand this matter, we need to read Numbers chapters 15 and 28, Philippians 2:17, and 2 Timothy 4:6. Then we will understand that we must not only offer Christ to God as the basic offering, but we must also offer Him to God as a drink offering. We need, through experiencing Christ, to be filled with joy, so that we become wine for God, and are willing to become a drink offering poured out on Christ, offered to God. This kind of experience is very deep and very subjective. In the church life, our experience of Christ may reach the point where we are saturated with the holy wine, even becoming wine, to satisfy God. God does not want wine made from grapes; He wants wine that comes from Christ saturating us. God has no interest in grapes — He is interested in you together with Christ. We must become wine through experiencing Christ. The only place where we can become God’s wine is in the church. I assure you that your experience of Christ in the church will bring you to a point where you are filled with heavenly joy and become holy wine, willing to be poured out on Christ, to satisfy God.
Response Three: Pouring Oil on the Pillar
We have pointed out that in Genesis 28, pouring oil on the pillar signifies the Spirit of God being poured out upon God’s chosen people for the building up of God’s house. But here, pouring oil on the pillar comes after pouring out the drink offering on the pillar, indicating that as we offer ourselves as a drink offering poured out to God, this brings in the outpouring of the Spirit of God for God’s building. The more we offer ourselves together with Christ as a sacrifice, poured out to God for the sake of His house, the more we bring in the outpouring of the Spirit of God. This is what is needed for the building of God’s house.
Response Four: Naming That Place Bethel
Genesis 35:15 says, “So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.” In Genesis 28, Jacob called that place Bethel. But in chapter 35, being convinced that the place was indeed Bethel, he called that place Bethel once again. The longer we remain in the church, and the more we experience Christ in the church, the more assured we become that this place is Bethel, and the bolder we become to say, “This is the church, and I am in it.” This is not merely a statement, nor merely a name or a designation; it is our conviction and our declaration of the fact. We are fully assured that this is Bethel. Praise the Lord, we can all say, “I am now at Bethel — this is the church”.
Message Main Points: Jacob poured out a drink offering, poured oil, and once again named that place Bethel. The drink offering shows a person’s offering; the pouring of oil shows the outpouring of the Spirit of God — both point to the same goal, the building up of God’s house. Bethel, ultimately, is not merely a place, but the dwelling place God has gained in the midst of man.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, I want to experience You more, be filled by You, and willingly offer myself to You. I ask that Your Spirit would be poured out upon us more, that we may be built together, becoming Your dwelling place on the earth, satisfying Your eternal heart’s desire.