CRYSTALLIZATION-STUDY
OF THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST

MESSAGE ONE

IN THE PROPHECY
CONCERNING THE ETERNAL ECONOMY OF GOD

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OUTLINE

1. The seed of woman (Gen. 3:15), signifying:
1. The Son born of a human virgin who is called Immanuel—God with us—Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Gal. 4:4.
2. A child is born to us, a son is given to us, whose name is Mighty God and Eternal Father—Isa. 9:6; Luke 2:11-12.
3. As the seed of woman, in His humanity, He would bruise the head of the old serpent—Satan—Rev. 12:9; Heb. 2:14:
1. Who tempted the man, whom God created for Himself, to sin and rebel against God and imparted himself in his sinful nature into man to be man's nature, constituting man a sinner, dead in his spirit (Gen. 3:1-6), making himself one with man—Matt. 16:23; John 6:70; 8:44; 1 John 3:8a.
2. Who has the might of death, holding man in slavery through the fear of death—Heb. 2:14-15.
4. As the seed of woman, in His humanity, He would become the sacrifice, shedding His blood (Heb. 9:22) for the redemption of fallen man, covering him as his righteousness (signified by the coats of skins of the sacrifice—Gen. 3:21; 1 Cor. 1:30a; Phil. 3:9) and making him alive (Rom. 1:17; 5:18b).
5. As the seed of woman, in His humanity, He opened the closed way for sinners to take God as the tree of life—the source of the divine life—Gen. 3:22-24; Heb. 10:19-20.
2. The seed of Abraham—Gen. 22:18; Matt. 1:1b:
1. Signified by Isaac—Matt. 1:2.
2. As the seed of Abraham, in His humanity, He blesses all the nations with the gospel of Christ—Gal. 3:8-12, 16.
3. As the seed of Abraham, in His humanity, He bore the curse of the law that the redeemed sinners may be blessed with the consummated Spirit, who is the consummation of the Triune God—Gal. 3:13-14.
3. The seed of David—Matt. 1:1a; Rom. 1:3:
1. Signified by Solomon—2 Sam. 7:12b-14a; Matt. 1:6.
2. As the seed of David, in His humanity, He builds up the temple of God, the church of God, to be God's dwelling place on the earth—2 Sam. 7:13a; Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:21-22.
3. As the seed of David, in His humanity, He is the King of the kingdom of God for the consummation of God's eternal economy—2 Sam. 7:13b; Matt. 16:19; Rev. 11:15.
4. The branch of Jesse, the father of David—Isa. 11:1-9:
1. A twig from Jesse's stem—the last part of a cut trunk close to the roots—v. 1a.
2. The Spirit of Jehovah—the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, and the fear of Jehovah—would rest upon Him—v. 2.
3. He would delight in the fear of Jehovah, and as the King of Israel, in His humanity, He was given by God the authority to execute judgment (John 5:27) in righteousness over the earth and make all the creatures of God live in peaceful harmony in the millennium—vv. 3-9.