I am wondering what these passages in John's gospel have in common: Not a figure which, itself, failed even to properly, in faithfulness, represent that which it was supposed to figure.īut he, himself, is come, the true vine and the branches which are fixed in him shall be fruitful. Not a figure of that which is yet to come. Thus, cursed.īut He, himself, is the true vine.
Carried off to another land, uprooted.Ī similar figure is the fig tree, which Jesus cursed, which bore no figs at the proper season, that is to say the season of the coming of the Son of man. But, latterly, burned with fire, in judgment. Brought out of Egypt, and planted like a plant potted and travelled and transplanted in a foreign land. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.ĩThou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.ġ0The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.ġ1She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.ġ2Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?ġ3The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.ġ4Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine ġ5And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.ġ6It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. Assuming the adjective "true" represents a contrast and taking "true vine" as the anti-type (actuality), what is the vine that is the type (foreshadowing)? The context of chapter 15, however, doesn't offer a similarly explicit contrast. I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Later, in John 15, Jesus declares that he is the "true" vine: The contrast appears not to be between true and false but between shadow and reality, if you will. This seems borne out as Jesus acknowledges that the Father gave the bread in Exodus but that he, himself, is the "true" bread. Within the realm of typology the Manna is seen as the type (foreshadowing) and Jesus as the anti-type (actuality). Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
In a lengthy discourse, Jesus establishes two main things: 1) The Father gives the true bread, 2) Jesus, himself, is that bread. A person who forces sex upon people without their consent.In John chapter six Jesus declares many times that he is the bread of life that comes down from heaven, from the Father."There is only one thing worse than a rapist-".Even if you looked like _, You'd still love yourself.
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