the building of Eve with the rib taken from Adam's side typifies the
to impart life to His believers for the producing and building up of the church as His counterpart:
a. Out of Christ's side came blood and water, but all that came out of
Adam's side was the rib without the blood. b. This is because at Adam's time there was no need of redemption
through the blood, because there was no sin; by the time that Christ was "sleeping" on the cross, there was the problem of sin; thus, the blood that came out of Christ's side was for our judicial redemption. c. Following the blood, the water came out, which is the flowing life
of God for our organic salvation (Exo. 17:6; 1 Cor. 10:4; Num. 20:8); this divine, flowing, uncreated life is typified by the rib taken out of Adam's side (Rom. 5:10). 2. Genesis 2:22 does not say that Eve was created but that she was built; the building of Eve with the rib taken from Adam's side typifies the building of the church with the resurrection life released from Christ through His death on the cross and imparted into His believers in His resurrection—John 12:24; 1 Pet. 1:3. 3. The church as the real Eve is the totality of Christ in all His believers; the church is the reproduction of Christ; other than Christ's element, there should be no other element in the church—Gen. 5:2. H. Only that which comes out of Christ with His resurrection life can be His
complement as His bride (1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 2:6; 5:28-30); the church is a pure product out of Christ; the church is "Christly," "resurrectionly," and heavenly. I. Adam and Eve, being one, lived a married life together as husband and wife
(Gen. 2:24-25); this portrays that in the New Jerusalem the processed and consummated Triune God as the universal Husband will live a married life with the redeemed, regenerated, transformed, and glorified humanity as the wife, forever (Rev. 22:17a). J. In the eternity that is without end, by the divine, eternal, and surpassingly
glorious life, they will live a life that is the mingling of God and man as one spirit, a life that is superexcellent and that overflows with blessings and joy.
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