创世记结晶读经(15): 六日谈神创造之第二日
创一 7~9『神就造出天空，将天空以下的水，与天空以上的水分开；事就这样成了。神称天空为天；有晚上，有早晨，是第二日。神说，天以下的水要聚在一处，使旱地露出来；事就这样成了。』
在诸水之间造出广阔的空间，将诸水分开，在属灵上表徵藉著十字架的工作，将属天的事与属地的事分开（西三 1~3，来四 12）；这是产生生命的第五条件（圣经恢复本，创一 6 注 2）。
旱地露出来，是产生生命的第六条件。这事发生在第三日，与复活之日相符（林前十五 4）。在圣经里，海代表死，地代表基督（见申八 7 注 1）是产生生命的源头。地露出来以后，各种生命─植物生命、动物生命甚至人的生命─都从地里产生出来（创一 11~12、24~27，二 7）。这豫表神圣生命同其一切丰富都出於基督。在第三日，基督在复活里从死而出，以产生生命（约十二24，彼前一 3），为著构成召会（创一 9 注 1）。
分开光暗还相当客观；分开天空上下的水就很主观了。我们需要这第二步的分开，把属天的事与属地的事分开（西三 1~3）。天空以下的水代表属地的事，天空以上的水代表属天的事。有些事也许不是黑暗的，却是属地的，不是属天的。
天空是甚么？就是大气，就是环绕地球的空气。若是没有大气，在这地上就不可能产生生命。在月亮上没有生命，因为月亮的周围没有空气。神创造空气环绕地，使地能产生生命。我们在得救以后，不只里面有光，也有空气，天空。有些东西进到了我们里面，把属天的事与属地的事分开，把神所悦纳上面的事，与他所不悦纳下面的事分开。这是甚么？这就是十字架分开的工作。我们在得救并与主一同往前以后，就要经历十字架。这十字架要把天然的事与属灵的事分开，把圣的事与俗的事分开，也把属天的事与属地的事分开。希伯来四章十二节告诉我们，活的话能将我们分开到一个地步，使我们的灵与魂分开。我也许说好话，或者作好事，但好话或者好事的源头不是灵，乃是魂。就道德、伦理或人的观念说，这并没有错；但就属灵说，源头不是出於神，不是出於诸天。那不是出於灵的，乃是出於魂，出於地的。因此，我们需要进一步的分开：不仅分开光暗，也要分辨灵（上面的事）与魂（下面的事）。
在第二天以后是第三天，这是复活的日子。在第三天这复活的日子里，在天空以下，旱地露出来，为要产生生命。…在整本圣经中，海代表死亡，地代表基督自己。圣经告诉我们，当神工作了许多世代之后，至终海就不再有了。…耶利米五章二十二节说，神划了一条界线来限制海水。今天神还在工作来消除海，因为在海里有鬼。海代表属撒但的事，属鬼魔的事。最终，当神工作完成时，海就不再有了；在新天新地里只有地，没有海（启二一1）。代表撒但国度主要部分的海，已经被除去了。赞美主！（创世记生命读经，四二至四四页）
参读：创世记生命读经，第三篇。
Gen. 1:7-9 "And God made the
expanse and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters
which were above the expanse, and it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven.
And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heavens
be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was
so."
The separating of the waters by producing an expanse between them,
signifying, spiritually, the dividing of the heavenly things from the earthly
things through the work of the cross (Col. 3:1-3; Heb. 4:12), was the fifth
requirement for generating life. (Gen. 1:6, footnote 2)
The appearing of the dry land is the sixth requirement for generating
life. This took place on the third day, corresponding to the day of
resurrection (1 Cor. 15:4). In the Bible the sea represents death and the land
represents Christ (see footnote 71 in Deut. 8) as the generating source of
life. After the land appeared, every kind of life─the plant life, the
animal life, and even the human life─was produced out of the land (Gen. 1:11-12,
24-27; 2:7). This typifies that the divine life with all its riches comes out
of Christ. On the third day Christ came out of death in resurrection to
generate life (John 12:24; 1 Pet. 1:3) for the constituting of the church.
(Gen. 1:9, footnote 1)
To divide light from darkness is rather objective; to divide the waters
above the expanse from the waters under the expanse is more subjective. We need
the second separation─dividing the heavenly things from the earthly
things (Col. 3:1-3). The waters under the expanse represent the earthly things,
while the waters above the expanse represent heavenly things. Some things may
not be dark, but they are earthly, not heavenly.
The expanse is simply the atmosphere, the air surrounding the earth.
Without the atmosphere no life could ever be generated upon the earth. There is
no life on the moon because there is no expanse around the moon. God created
the expanse surrounding the earth so that the earth may produce life. After
being saved, we not only have the light within us, but also the air, the
expanse. Something has come into us to separate the heavenly things from the
earthly things, the things above which are acceptable to God from the things
below which are not acceptable to Him. What is this? This is the dividing work
of the cross. After we have been saved and have gone on with the Lord, we will
experience the cross. The cross divides. It divides the natural things from the
spiritual things, it divides the holy things from the common things,
and it divides the heavenly things
from the earthly things. Hebrews 4:12 tells us that the living Word can
separate us to such an extent that our soul is divided from our spirit. I may
say or do something good; yet that good word or deed does not have its source
in the spirit, but in the soul. Morally speaking, ethically speaking, or
humanly speaking, there is nothing wrong. But spiritually speaking, the source
is not of God, not of the heavens. It is not of the spirit, but of the soul, of
the earth. Thus, we need a further division: not only a separation between
light and darkness, but also a discernment between the spirit (the things above)
and the soul (the things beneath).
After the second day, we have the third day─the day of
resurrection. On the third day, the day of resurrection, the dry land appeared
under the expanse for generating life....In the whole Bible, the sea represents
death and the earth represents Christ Himself. The Bible tells us that,
eventually, after God has worked through many generations, the sea will be
eliminated....In Jeremiah 5:22 we are told that God drew a line to limit the
sea. Today, God is still working to eliminate the sea because in it there are
demons. The sea represents something demonic, something devilish....In the new
heavens and new earth there is only land, no sea (Rev. 21:1). The sea
representing a main part of Satan's kingdom has been eliminated. Praise the
Lord! (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 32-34)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 3
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