Section 12
I would only keep and treasure the table that I have made. Mankind is the material that God is using to make the church. We do not know how much of this material has been sacrificed. God has selected only a part of mankind to be regen erated and become the church.
The church is a corporate entity. This corpo rate entity was sown as a seed in Genesis 1:26 and will be reaped as a harvest in Revelation 21 where we see the New Jerusalem as the ultimate consummation of the organism that expresses the divine image. In Genesis 1:26 we see a cor porate man made in God's image; in Revela tion 21 we see the New Jerusalem, the corporate expression of the image of God. The seed is sown in Genesis, the harvest is reaped in Reve lation 21, and the crop is here on earth today.
THE VINE, GOD THE SON
As the vine, the Son is the center of God's economy. God the Son is the center of God's busi ness, of God's operation, of God's enterprise. God has an operation in the universe. This operation is His divine business. The Son as the vine is the very center of this enterprise.
This vine is the embodiment and manifesta tion of the Godhead. Colossians 2:9 says that in