"For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?"
Here we have a saying of Jesus in which he is comparing himself to a green tree. How can a tree be compared to man but God has established the principle of Similitude towards our spiritual instruction. Like the slain Lamb motif existing in the will of the Father we have a similar motif in the tree. It figures in the cov(Col.1:16-17)enant between God and Man marked day Three.
Ge.1:11-12 "And the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good" is about the Son. God also endorses it as good. So whatever is good is intended towards the blessings man may receive of God. The Spirit of God associate all things for the Man who was before all things. In short the covenant establishes blessings to man through Jesus Christ. "all things were created by him, and for him:/ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."(Col.1:16-17). Principle of Similitude sets heaven and the earth, lower parts included, on a single standard namely Jesus Christ. Thus Lamb of God refers to him. So does the tree of life.
This principle has another aspect: God created man after our image and it refers his body, soul and spirit. Man also is created 'after our likeness' so man cannot be seen without his world as Jesus Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. His stewardship over other lifeforms in the covenant applies to him. Brevity of his glory is compared to grass. By the same token James asks "For what is your life? It is even a vapour,"(Jas.4:14) Thus volume of man blessed of God carries the fulness of Christ. The indwelling Spirit is a proof of it.
Isaiah inspired of God refers to Jesus Christ as a tender plant. "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground" (Is.53:2). Jesus in the key text refers himself to a green tree. We know it is true since he has the dew of youth.
"For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?"
Here we have a saying of Jesus in which he is comparing himself to a green tree. How can a tree be compared to man but God has established the principle of Similitude towards our spiritual instruction. Like the slain Lamb motif existing in the will of the Father we have a similar motif in the tree. It figures in the cov(Col.1:16-17)enant between God and Man marked day Three.
Ge.1:11-12 "And the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good" is about the Son. God also endorses it as good. So whatever is good is intended towards the blessings man may receive of God. The Spirit of God associate all things for the Man who was before all things. In short the covenant establishes blessings to man through Jesus Christ. "all things were created by him, and for him:/ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."(Col.1:16-17). Principle of Similitude sets heaven and the earth, lower parts included, on a single standard namely Jesus Christ. Thus Lamb of God refers to him. So does the tree of life.
This principle has another aspect: God created man after our image and it refers his body, soul and spirit. Man also is created 'after our likeness' so man cannot be seen without his world as Jesus Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. His stewardship over other lifeforms in the covenant applies to him. Brevity of his glory is compared to grass. By the same token James asks "For what is your life? It is even a vapour,"(Jas.4:14) Thus volume of man blessed of God carries the fulness of Christ. The indwelling Spirit is a proof of it.
Isaiah inspired of God refers to Jesus Christ as a tender plant. "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground" (Is.53:2). Jesus in the key text refers himself to a green tree. We know it is true since he has the dew of youth.
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