7. The Full Ministry of Christ in Three Stages 基督在祂三个时期中丰满的职事

1) Q. When you say that the full ministry of Christ is in three stages, what does this mean?
A. The full ministry of Christ includes all the works of Christ’s accomplishments from His incarnation to the consummation of the New Jerusalem.
问:当你说到基督丰满的职事是在三个时期中,这是什么意思?
答:基督丰满的职事,包括基督所成就的一切工作,从祂成肉体到新耶路撒冷的完成。


2) Q. What are the three stages of Christ?
A. The three stages of Christ are the stage of incarnation, the stage of inclusion, and the stage of intensification.
问:基督的三个时期是什么?
答:基督的三个时期是成肉体时期、总括时期和加强时期。


3) Q. Does the stage of incarnation only include Christ’s birth?
A. First, Christ was incarnated to be a man. Then He lived on this earth for thirty-three and a half years. He died on the cross, and His crucifixion ended His stage of incarnation.
问:成肉体的时期仅仅包括基督的出生吗?
答:首先,基督成了肉体,成为人。然后祂在地上活了三十三年半。祂死在十字架上,而祂的钉十字架结束了祂成肉体的时期。


4) Q. If Christ’s death ended the stage of incarnation, what started the stage of inclusion?
A. His crucifixion ushered Him into another stage. After His death, He resurrected and entered into the stage of inclusion. In this stage Christ is the all-inclusive Spirit.
问:如果成肉体的时期结束于基督的死。那么总括的时期开始于什么?
答:祂的钉十字架,把祂引进另一个时期。祂受死之后,就复活进入总括的时期。在这时期中,基督乃是包罗万有的灵。


5) Q. What else does the Bible say about Christ being the all-inclusive Spirit?
A. According to the flesh, Christ was the last Adam. Then as the last Adam, He became the life-giving Spirit. The book of Revelation shows that as the life-giving Spirit, He became the sevenfold intensified Spirit.
问:关于基督成了包罗万有的灵,圣经上还说到什么?
答:按肉体说,基督是末后的亚当。然后,祂这位末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。启示录这卷书给我们看见,祂这位赐生命的灵成了七倍加强的灵。


6) Q. What did Christ accomplish in the stage of incarnation?
A. Christ brought the infinite God into the finite man, united and mingled the Triune God with the tripartite man. He expressed in His humanity the bountiful God in His rich attributes through His aromatic virtues and finished His all-inclusive judicial redemption.
问:在成肉体的时期,基督成就了什么?
答:基督将无限的神带到有限的人里面,将三一神与三部分人联结并调和一起,借着祂芬芳的美德,在祂的人性里彰显全备之神丰富的属性,完成祂包罗万有之法理的救赎。


7) Q. What did Christ accomplish in the stage of inclusion?
A. Christ was begotten God’s firstborn Son to become the life-giving Spirit. This life-giving Spirit who is the pneumatic Christ is to regenerate the believers for His Body.
问:在总括时期,基督成就了什么?
答:基督生为神的长子,成为赐生命的灵,这赐生命的灵就是那是灵的基督,为着祂的身体重生众信徒。


8) Q. What did Christ accomplish in the stage of intensification?
A. In the stage of intensification, Christ intensifies His organic salvation, to produce the overcomers, and consummate the New Jerusalem.
问:在加强时期,基督成就了什么?
答:在加强时期,基督加强祂生机的救恩,产生得胜者,终极完成新耶路撒冷。


9) Q. I have never heard of the New Jerusalem. What is it?
A. The New Jerusalem is constituted with transformed precious material: gold as the base, pearls as the gates, and precious stones for the city’s wall.
问:我从来没有听过新耶路撒冷,它是什么?
答:新耶路撒冷是由变化过的宝贵的材料所构成的:金为城的基础,珍珠为其门,宝石为其墙。


10) Q. As a Christian, what kind of building work do I need to be involved in?
A. We need to build the church with the Triune God – the Father as the gold, the Son as the pearl or silver, and the Spirit as the precious stone – then our building work will be a part of the New Jerusalem.
问:作为基督徒,我需要从事哪种建造的工作?
答:我们需要以三一神—父为金、子为珍珠或银、灵为宝石—建造召会,我们建造的工程就是新耶路撒冷的一部分。