Post by Lee on Mar 6, 2014 4:56:00 GMT
"These palm-bearing ELOHIM are the goodly trees, the palm trees, the fig trees, and the willows of the brook; the Trees of Righteousness, whose leaves are unfading; “the planting of Yahweh on either side of the pure river of water of life clear as crystal;” the great forest of evergreens filling the earth with their perfume, to the glory of his Name (Isa. 61:3; Psa. 1:3; Apoc. 22:1, 2).
But, before they could figure, as stately palm trees in the concourse of nations, they had to “drink of the brook by the way.” In this relation of things they were “willows of the brook;” and this is the reason why afterwards, they exalt their heads above the peoples in this great Feast of Tabernacles, as lofty palms. The Captain of their salvation who leads them to glory, was himself once “a willow of the brook”—a weeping willow—“a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” As the Christ-Spirit in David predicted in Psa. 110:7, concerning David’s Son and Lord, so it was verified in Jesus—“he drank of the brook by the way, THEREFORE he shall exalt the head:” “He was obedient unto death, therefore he was crowned with glory and honor.” But, in the scene before us, though like their chief, they had been “willows of the brook,” John did not see them bearing willow boughs. He saw them only with “palms in their hands.” Had he seen willows in their hands instead of palms it would have indicated that they were still a suffering community."
Thomas, J. (1997). Eureka: An exposition of the Apocalypse (electronic ed.). West Beach, South Australia: Logos Publications.
But, before they could figure, as stately palm trees in the concourse of nations, they had to “drink of the brook by the way.” In this relation of things they were “willows of the brook;” and this is the reason why afterwards, they exalt their heads above the peoples in this great Feast of Tabernacles, as lofty palms. The Captain of their salvation who leads them to glory, was himself once “a willow of the brook”—a weeping willow—“a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” As the Christ-Spirit in David predicted in Psa. 110:7, concerning David’s Son and Lord, so it was verified in Jesus—“he drank of the brook by the way, THEREFORE he shall exalt the head:” “He was obedient unto death, therefore he was crowned with glory and honor.” But, in the scene before us, though like their chief, they had been “willows of the brook,” John did not see them bearing willow boughs. He saw them only with “palms in their hands.” Had he seen willows in their hands instead of palms it would have indicated that they were still a suffering community."
Thomas, J. (1997). Eureka: An exposition of the Apocalypse (electronic ed.). West Beach, South Australia: Logos Publications.