Section 6
the way of redeeming as well as in the way of feeding. He is both the vegetable life and the animal life, the feeding life and the redeeming life.
THE GENERATING ASPECT
OF CHRIST'S LIFE
The loaves are of the vegetable life, signify ing the generating aspect of Christ's life. As the generating life, Christ grows in the land, the God-created earth. In order to regenerate us, He grew on the God-created earth for reproducing.
Barley signifies Christ resurrected. Accord ing to the Scriptures, barley represents the first fruit of resurrection. The Lord told His people in Leviticus 23 to offer the firstfruits of their harvest each year. In the land of Palestine, bar ley ripens earlier than any other crop and is the first of the harvest. Hence, it typifies the res urrected Christ (Lev. 23:10). Therefore, barley signifies the resurrected Christ, who is our life supply. As the firstfruit, He can become our bread of life. So, barley loaves represent Christ in resurrection as food to us. The feeding Christ is the resurrected Christ.
Perhaps someone will ask how Christ could have been resurrected in John 6 when He had