Jacob’s Prophesying with Blessing (2) 雅各用祝福说预言（二）(Day4)
Samuel Lin
Gen. 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose; he gives beautiful words.
Deut. 33:23 And concerning Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full of the blessing of Jehovah: possess the sea and the south.
A hind is a lovely animal, so living and active. Although a hind is not proud or especially large, it is quite strong, able to skip upon the mountaintops. According to the Hebrew text, the title of Psalm 22 speaks of the hind of the dawn,...[which] signifies the resurrected Christ. Psalm 22 firstly speaks of Christ’s death on the cross. Then, beginning with verse 22, it proceeds to His resurrection. Psalm 22:22 says, “I will declare Your name to my brothers; / In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.” This indicates that in His resurrection Christ declared the name of the Father to His brothers and praised Him in the midst of the assembly, the church. Thus, this psalm eventually issues in the resurrection of Christ as the hind of the dawn. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 1328)
Today’s Reading
Rich words, pleasant words, beautiful words, words of joy and life—all these come out of the experience of the resurrected Christ. The more we experience Christ as the resurrected One, the more we have something to say. We could never be silent. Everyone who experiences Christ as the resurrected One will be bubbling over with beautiful words....Christ is the word of God, the word of life, and the word that is spirit....The principle here is that we always utter what is filling us within. The word we speak comes out of the abundance of our inner being. When our inner being is filled with Christ, we must speak lest we burst. Now we can understand why Naphtali, a hind let loose, gives beautiful words. Because he has experienced Christ, he is filled with beautiful words.
[In Deuteronomy 33:23] we see that Naphtali is satisfied with favor. Favor in the Old Testament is the equivalent of grace in the New Testament. Thus, Naphtali is satisfied with grace. When we are in resurrection speaking beautiful words, we also are satisfied with grace....This verse also says that Naphtali is filled with the blessing of the Lord. He is satisfied with grace and full of blessing. This is the victorious and matured life in resurrection. As we speak for Christ to nourish others, we ourselves are satisfied with grace and filled with blessing.
The favor and blessing here link Naphtali with Asher, who is more blessed than the sons and favored among his brothers. In the Lord’s recovery we are daily satisfied with rich grace and full of God’s blessing. This blessing does not refer to the material blessing, but to the blessing in the spirit, the blessing in life, the blessing in the heavenlies. What grace we have tasted and what blessing we have enjoyed since coming into the church life!...(1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 13:14).
Naphtali will possess the west, the sea, the Gentile world, and the south, the land, the nation of Israel. This means that Naphtali will take the earth. It is the resurrected Christ experienced by us who will take the earth. At the end of Psalm 22 we see that the resurrected Christ will gain the nations. Psalm 22:27 says, “All the ends of the earth / Will remember and return to Jehovah, / And all families of the nations / Will worship before You.” All the nations will submit to Him, obey Him, and worship Him....When we truly experience Christ in resurrection, we become those who will take the earth by preaching Christ (Matt. 28:19; Acts 1:8; Rom. 15:19).
In order to take the earth, we must begin from Reuben and continue through Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, and Asher until we come to Naphtali. When we have become Naphtali...it is easy to take the earth because we are in resurrection speaking beautiful words, and we are satisfied with favor and full of blessing. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1329, 1312, 1329-1330, 1313)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 103
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创四九21 拿弗他利是被释放的母鹿，他出嘉美的言语。
申三三23 论拿弗他利说，拿弗他利啊，你饱受恩惠，满得耶和华的福，可以得海和南方为业。
母鹿是一种可爱的动物，十分活泼、活跃。虽然母鹿不骄傲，或特别庞大，却非常强壮，能在山顶上跳跃。按照希伯来原文，诗篇二十二篇的标题说到朝鹿，……表征复活的基督。二十二篇首先说到基督死在十字架上，然后从二十二节起说到祂的复活。二十二节说，“我要向我的弟兄宣告你的名；在会中我要赞美你。”这指明基督在祂的复活里，向祂的弟兄宣告父的名，并在会中赞美父；这会就是召会。所以这篇诗最后的结果是如朝鹿之基督的复活（创世记生命读经，一五八五页）。
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丰富的言语，愉快的言语，嘉美的言语，喜乐和生命的言语—这一切都出自对复活基督的经历。我们越经历基督是复活的那一位，我们越有可说的。我们绝不会缄默。每一个经历基督是复活者的人，都会涌出嘉美的言语。……基督是神的话，生命的话，是灵的话。……这里的原则乃是，我们一直说出里面所充满的。我们所说的话，乃是出于我们里面之所是的丰富。当我们里面的所是被基督充满，我们就必须说话，不然我们会爆炸。现在我们能明白，为什么拿弗他利这被释放的母鹿，说出嘉美的言语。因为他经历了基督，他被嘉美的言语充满了。
〔在〕申命记三十三章二十三节……我们看见，拿弗他利饱受恩惠。旧约的恩惠，等于新约的恩典。因此，拿弗他利饱受恩典。当我们在复活里说嘉美的言语，我们也饱受恩典。……本节也说，拿弗他利满得耶和华的福。他饱受恩典，满得祝福。这是在复活里得胜并成熟的生命。当我们为基督说话，滋养别人，我们自己就饱受恩典，满得祝福。
这里的恩惠和福把拿弗他利连于亚设，“亚设蒙福胜过众子，得他弟兄们的喜悦。”（24）在主的恢复里，我们天天饱受丰富的恩典，并满得神的祝福。这种祝福不是指物质的福，乃是指灵里的福，生命里的福，和诸天界里的福。自从进入召会生活以后，我们尝到了何等的恩典，享受了何等的祝福！（林前十五10，林后十三14）
拿弗他利要得着西方，就是海，也就是外邦世界；以及南方，就是陆地，也就是以色列国为业。这意思就是拿弗他利要得着全地。这是我们所经历的复活基督，祂要得着全地。在诗篇二十二篇末了，我们看见复活的基督要得着列国。二十七节说，“地的四极都要想念耶和华，并且归向祂；列国的万族，都要在你面前敬拜。”所有的国家都要服从祂，顺从祂，并且敬拜祂。……当我们真实经历在复活里的基督，我们就成为那些将要借着宣扬基督，而据有全地的人（太二八19，徒一8，罗十五19）。
要取得全地，我们必须从流便开始，经过西缅、利未、犹大、西布伦、以萨迦、但、迦得和亚设，直到我们来到拿弗他利。……当我们成了拿弗他利，就很容易取得全地，因为我们在复活里说嘉美的言语，并且饱受恩惠，满得祝福（创世记生命读经，一五八六、一五六六至一五六七、一五八六至一五八七、一五六七页）。
参读：创世记生命读经，第一百零三篇。
周 四
肆 关于拿弗他利总结的预言，预表当我们经历在复活里的基督，我们就成为那些借着将基督当作国度福音传到整个居人之地，而据有全地的人—创四九21，申三三23，诗二二27，太二八19，徒一8，罗十五19，太二四14：
一 “拿弗他利是被释放的母鹿，他出嘉美的言语”—创四九21：
1 母鹿表征复活的基督：“朝鹿”（诗二二标题）表征在复活里的基督；复活是在黎明的时候发生的（路二四1）。
2 鹿以蹿越、跳跃闻名；在复活里的基督乃是蹿越的一位—歌二8~9。
3 嘉美的言语，丰富和愉快的言语，喜乐和生命的言语，都出自对复活基督的经历—创四九21，太二八16、18~20，约七37~39上，徒二32~36，五20。
二 “拿弗他利啊，你饱受恩惠，满得耶和华的福，可以得海和南方为业”—申三三23：
1 拿弗他利饱受恩惠（等于新约的恩典），满得耶和华的福；这福不是指物质的福，乃是指灵里的福，生命里的福，和诸天界里的福—弗一3。
2 拿弗他利要得海（外邦世界—太十三1，但七3，启十七15）和南方（以色列地）为业，表征那些经历复活基督的人，要借着宣扬基督，而据有全地（太二八19，徒一8，罗十五19）。