Section 13
the Son the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. John 1:18 says, "No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him." In Colossians 2:9 we see the Son as the embodiment of the God head, and in John 1:18 we see Him as the decla ration, the manifestation of God. So the very Son of God, who is God's universal vine, is God's embodiment and manifestation.
This vine is an organism full of life, like the tree of life (Gen. 2:9). It is not an organization without life, like the tower of Babel (Gen. 11:4, 9). The tree of life is an organism, and the tower of Babel is an organization. Which do you prefer to have—the tree of life or the tower of Babel? The tower of Babel was great and high, but the tree of life was probably the same height as we are. If the tree of life had been too high, it would have been awkward for people to reach it. According to John 6, the people tried to force Christ to be a king. This means that they wanted to make Him a tower. But He preferred to be the bread of life. This means that He wanted to be the tree of life.
The vine is very good to propagate life and to multiply life. To propagate life means to spread life widely, and to multiply life means to reproduce life. With every kind of vegetable life we see the