谁不识基督的身体？ Who Didn’t Know the Body of Christ?

不是所有识得神的人，都认识基督的肢体。
Not everybody who knew God knew about the body of Christ.

既然这肢体属于基督，那在基督道成肉身来世之前，人自然不知道它。从创世记到玛拉基书，你找不到基督的肢体的教导，但书里的人，有的认识神。
Since this body belongs to Christ, men didn’t know about it before Christ manifested himself in flesh. You can’t find the teaching of the body of Christ from Genesis to Malachi, but some people in those books knew God.

比如，被称为神的朋友的亚伯拉罕(雅2:23)；在西奈山与神说话的摩西，他们都认识神，却不知道何为基督的肢体；大卫王从神那里得到应许, 但并未得到有关基督的肢体的启示。
For example, God’s friend Abraham(Jam 2:23), Moses who had talked to God on Mount Sinai; they knew God while they knew nothing about the body of Christ.  King David got a promise from God, but he didn’t get any clue about the body of Christ.

不是所有识得耶稣的人，都认识基督的肢体。
Not everybody who knew Jesus knew about the body of Christ.

基督的肢体即是所有信靠基督的受死和复活而得救的人。既然这肢体依靠基督的复活，那在耶稣基督受死复活前，人不知它，也无法成为它。比如，讲到耶稣复活就马上结尾的马太、马可、路加、约翰四书中，你找不到基督的肢体的教导，既便在四书中，有人认识耶稣，例如：
The body of Christ is all the believers who trust salvation came from Christ’s death and resurrection. Since the body of Christ is built on the foundation of Christ’s resurrection, people can’t know it or become it before Christ rose again. Therefore, You can’t find the body of Christ in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John which ended right away with Jesus rising from death; although some people in those books knew Jesus in person. For example:

“于是他教导他的门徒们，对他们说，人子将要被交在人手里，他们要杀害他；他被杀以后，第三天他必复活。但他们不明白这话，又不敢问他。”——马可书9:31-32
“And as they came down from the moun­tain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. And they kept that say­ing with them­selves, ques­tion­ing one with another what the ris­ing from the dead should mean.” — Mark 9:31-32

12使徒追随耶稣，他们亲眼认识耶稣，却不理解耶稣为何要受死，又如何能复活。他们更不能明白耶稣基督用自身的受死和复活建造的肢体是什么。
12 disciples followed Jesus and knew him in person, but they didn’t know why Jesus had to die or how he could come alive again. Therefore,  they have no understanding of the body which was built on Christ’s death and resurrection.

不是所有识得圣灵的人，都认识道基督的肢体。
Not everybody who knew the Holy Spirit knew the body of Christ.

“就如身体是一个，却有许多肢体；而且肢体虽多，仍是一个身体；基督也是这样。我们不管是犹太人，是外邦人；是为奴的，是自由的，都被一位灵施浸，进入一个身体，饮于一位灵。”——哥林多前书12:13
“For by one Spir­it are we all bap­tized in­to one body, whether we be Jews or Gen­tiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink in­to one Spir­it.” — 1 Cor 12:13

信徒成为基督的肢体的唯一途径是被圣灵施洗。
The only way to become the body of Christ is to get baptized by the Holy Spirit.

虽然从旧约开始，圣灵的作为就有所记载，但我们读到的是圣灵降到神所膏的人身上，比如：
We can know from the old testament that the Holy Spirit worked on people by dwelling in the anointed people.

使徒行传2章，五旬节时，圣灵降下，彼得和使徒们被圣灵充满，口舌如火，随后彼得他们用水给信徒施洗。彼得和使徒经历了圣灵降下，但未经历圣灵的洗。他们知道用水施洗和识得圣灵，却不识圣灵的洗和基督的肢体。在使徒行传2章里找不到的基督的肢体。
In Acts chapter 2, Peter and the other disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, then they baptized the believers with water. Peter and the other disciples experienced the Holy Spirit by being filled with it, but they were not baptized by the Holy Spirit. They knew water baptism and the Holy Spirit, but not the Holy Spirit’s baptism or the body of Christ. You can’t find the teaching of the body of Christ in Acts chapter 2.

基督的肢体是创世以来的隐藏的奥秘，在奥秘揭示之前，谁都不识基督的肢体。
The body of Christ was a mystery hidden since the world began. Before it was revealed, nobody could know about it.

而这奥秘的启示，首先揭示给了使徒保罗，唯有在保罗的书信(罗马书到腓利门书)里，当今的教会可以知道基督的肢体。
The revelation of the mystery was given to the apostle Paul. In his books alone(Romans to Philemon), the church today can know the body of Christ.

“祂用启示使我知道福音的奥秘；（正如我以前略略写过的。你们念了，就能晓得我深知 基督的奥秘。）……这奥秘就是外邦人在 基督里，藉着福音，得以同为後嗣，同为一体，同蒙应许。”——以弗所书3:3-6
“How that by rev­e­la­tion he made known un­to me the mys­tery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Where­by, when ye read, ye may un­der­s­tand my knowl­edge in the mys­tery of Christ)… That the Gen­tiles should be fel­lowheirs, and of the same body, and par­tak­ers of his promise in Christ by the gospel…” — Eph 3:3-6