2024-01-30 周二 五旬节圣灵的浇灌(二)

经文:又有舌头如火焰向他们显现出来,分开落在他们各人身上,他们就都被圣灵充溢,并且按着那灵所赐的发表,用别种不同的语言说起话来。(徒二3-4,另译)

五旬节是收割节的应验

五旬节是七七节的应验,这节也称为收割节(出二三16)。五旬节与美地丰富出产的收成、收割有密切的关联。五旬节是献上一捆初熟庄稼之后的第五十天。利未记二十三章十、十一节论到一捆初熟的庄稼,说,“你要告诉以色列人说,你们进了我赐给你们的地,收割庄稼的时候,要把一捆初熟的庄稼带给祭司。他要在耶和华面前摇这一捆,使你们蒙悦纳;祭司要在安息日的次日摇这一捆。”然后百姓要从献上一捆初熟庄稼的那日起,计算七个安息日:“你们要从安息日的次日,就是从你们把摇祭的禾捆带来的那日起,算是七周。到第七个安息日的次日,共计五十天;你们就要献新的素祭给耶和华”(利二三15-16)。

按照利未记二十三章,要将初熟的庄稼一捆,在安息日的次日当作摇祭献给耶和华。这捆初熟的庄稼,豫表基督在复活里是初熟的果子(林前十五20,23)。在旧约里,庄稼成熟的时候,要将初熟的庄稼一捆献给神。这一捆豫表在复活那天献给神的复活基督。

享受复活基督的丰富

五旬节是七七节的应验,七七节也称为收割节。收割节豫表享受复活基督所带来丰富的出产。很少圣经读者充分注意一个事实:五旬节实际上是指收割节,而收割节是豫表享受复活基督的一切丰富。这丰富的出产实际上就是包罗万有的灵。

那灵的浇灌就是收成的享受

在豫表里,有逾越节和五旬节(又称七七节和收割节)。收割节豫表享受在复活里的基督,而逾越节豫表在钉十字架里作神羔羊的基督。所以,逾越节指基督钉十字架。基督钉十字架已经成为一个节期,称为逾越节。在这节里,我们享受在祂的钉十字架里作救赎羔羊的基督。基督被钉十字架三天以后,从死人中复活。五十天以后,升天的基督将自己这包罗万有的灵,就是三一神的终极完成,浇灌在信徒身上。那灵的浇灌就是收成的享受。

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Outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost (2) – Acts 2:3-4

Pentecost – The Fulfillment of the Feast of Weeks

Pentecost was the fulfillment of the feast of Weeks, and this feast was also called the feast of Harvest (Exo. 23:16). Pentecost is very closely related to the harvest, to the reaping of the rich produce of the good land. Pentecost was fifty days after the offering of a sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest. Concerning the sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest, Leviticus 23:10 and 11 say, “Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the priest: and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.” Then the people were to count seven Sabbaths from the day of the offering of the sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest: “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days” (Lev. 23:15-16).

According to Leviticus 23, a sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest was offered to the Lord as a wave offering on the morrow after the Sabbath. That sheaf of the first fruits was a type of Christ as the first fruit in resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20, 23). In the Old Testament, when the harvest was ripe, a sheaf of the first fruits of that harvest was offered to God. This sheaf is a type of the resurrected Christ offered to God on the day of his resurrection.

Enjoy the Rich of the Resurrected Christ

The feast of Pentecost was the fulfillment of the feast of Weeks, which was also called the feast of Harvest. The feast of Harvest typifies the enjoyment of the rich produce brought in by the resurrected Christ. Not many readers of the Bible pay adequate attention to the fact that Pentecost actually refers to the harvest and that the harvest typifies the enjoyment of all the riches of the resurrected Christ. This rich produce is actually the all-inclusive Spirit.

The Outpouring the Holy Spirit – The Enjoyment of the Harvest

In typology we have both the feast of Passover and the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of Weeks and also the feast of Harvest. The feast of Harvest typifies the enjoyment of Christ in his resurrection, whereas the Passover typifies Christ as the Lamb of God in his crucifixion. The Passover, therefore, refers to the crucifixion of Christ. Christ’s crucifixion has become a feast, called the feast of Passover. In this feast we enjoy Christ in his crucifixion as the redeeming