Christ a
Branch
Branch
Benjamin Keech
“I will bring
forth my servant the BRANCH,” (Zechariah 3:8)
“And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant ,” (Hebrews
12:24)
“Behold the
man whose name is The BRANCH,” (Zechariah 6:12)
In these
places of scripture, where Christ is called a Branch, we are to understand His
human nature is intended.
And
this according to the judgment of diverse expositors. "In those days, and at that
time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David;" (Jeremiah
33:15)
"And
there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow
out of his roots:" (Isaiah 11:1)
And this
is according to the apostle, where he mentions, that God sware unto David, "Therefore
being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of
the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit
on his throne;" (Acts 2:30)
"I
Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I
am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."
How fitly Christ may be compared to a
Branch, we shall note under three or four particulars.
A MEDIATOR
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PARALLEL
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A Branch hath a
root or stock from whence it proceeds.
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Christ, as concerning the flesh, proceeded from Abraham,
Jesse, David, Mary etc. (Romans
1:3), Mark 6:3)
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A Branch is of the
same nature with the stock and root from whence it naturally proceeds.
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Christ is really and truly man, and hence he is called the
seed of the woman, (Genesis
3:15)),
and the seed of Abraham, (Genesis 22:18),
and “made of a woman.” Forasmuch as
the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took
part of the same, (Hebrews
2:14).
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A Branch partakes
of sap and nourishment from the root.
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Christ partook of nourishment from the virgin not only in the
womb, but afterwards; “Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and
the paps which thou hast sucked,” (Luke 11:27).
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A Branch, or the
Branches of a tree, are the glory of a tree.
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Christ, the Son of man, being the real offspring and son of
David according to the flesh, is the glory of all David’s race, and of the
whole church of God in general, (Matthew 22:45).
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INFERENCES
1.This may serve to refute those that say, the matter of Christ’s
human nature was from heaven; and that He passed through the womb of the
virgin, as water through a conduit-pipe; and is called the seed of the woman,
and “made
of a woman,“ (Galatians
4:4), upon no other account than His being born of a woman. From
hence,
2.We may admire the goodness and rich grace of God, and His distinguishing
love to mankind, in that the Lord Jesus took not hold of “the nature of angels; but he
took on him the seed of Abraham,” (Hebrews
2:16), that there should be a Saviour for
fallen man, and none for fallen angels.
3.This shows how man is magnified and exalted by the Almighty.
What greater dignity can God confer upon us, than that our nature should be
united to, and made one with the Deity? This is the rise and ground of all our
hope and consolation.
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Fairest
Lord
Jesus
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(Crusader’s
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lyrics
Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of
all nature,O Thou of God and man the Son,
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.
Fair are the meadows, fairer
still the woodlands,
Robed in the blooming garb of spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful heart to sing.
Robed in the blooming garb of spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful heart to sing.
Fair is the sunshine,
Fairer still the moonlight,
And all the twinkling starry host;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heaven can boast.
Fairer still the moonlight,
And all the twinkling starry host;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heaven can boast.
All fairest beauty, heavenly
and earthly,Wondrously, Jesus, is found in Thee;
None can be nearer, fairer or dearer,
Than Thou, my Savior, art to me.
Beautiful Savior! Lord of all
the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
Now and forever more be Thine.
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
Now and forever more be Thine.
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