Dispensational Truth
Dispensational Truth
XXIX. The Three Trees to which Israel is Compared in the Scripture
These three trees are particularly fit symbols of Israel, for in Palestine the “Vine,” the “Fig‐tree,” and the “Olive,” stand for the fruitfulness of the land. And the “Vine” and “Fig‐tree” prefigure the Millennial days when every man shall sit under his own “Vine” and “Fig‐tree.” Micah 4:3-4. When Jacob (Israel) was about to die he summoned his sons, and prophesied their future. Of Judah he said that his portion of Canaan should be so full of vineyards that asses should be tethered to the vines, and that the juice should be so plentiful that they would wash their clothes in it as in water. Gen 49:9-12.
THE VINE is a symbol of Israel’s Spiritual privileges.
THE FIG‐TREE is a symbol of Israel’s National privileges.
THE OLIVE TREE is a symbol of Israel’s Religious privileges.
In Psalm 80:8-11, we read—
“Thou hast brought a ‘VINE’ out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen (the Canaanites), and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea (Mediterranean), and her branches unto the river (Euphrates).”
In these words the Psalmist graphically pictures the taking of Israel from the uncongenial soil of Egypt, and the planting of them in the land of Canaan.
It was the Almighty with His “outstretched arm” that did it, for without His Divine help they never could have escaped from the Land of Pharaoh. He was the “Divine Husbandman” who transplanted them. And it was all of grace, for the moral and spiritual condition of Israel in Egypt was that of a degenerate vine. And it was the Almighty who cast out the heathen nations of Canaan in order to “clear the ground” for their transplanting, for it was a land of “walled cities” and “giants.” Num 13:26-33.
Once the “Vine” was transplanted it
XXIX. The Three Trees to which Israel is Compared in the Scripture
These three trees are particularly fit symbols of Israel, for in Palestine the “Vine,” the “Fig‐tree,” and the “Olive,” stand for the fruitfulness of the land. And the “Vine” and “Fig‐tree” prefigure the Millennial days when every man shall sit under his own “Vine” and “Fig‐tree.” Micah 4:3-4. When Jacob (Israel) was about to die he summoned his sons, and prophesied their future. Of Judah he said that his portion of Canaan should be so full of vineyards that asses should be tethered to the vines, and that the juice should be so plentiful that they would wash their clothes in it as in water. Gen 49:9-12.
THE VINE is a symbol of Israel’s Spiritual privileges.
THE FIG‐TREE is a symbol of Israel’s National privileges.
THE OLIVE TREE is a symbol of Israel’s Religious privileges.
In Psalm 80:8-11, we read—
“Thou hast brought a ‘VINE’ out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen (the Canaanites), and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea (Mediterranean), and her branches unto the river (Euphrates).”
In these words the Psalmist graphically pictures the taking of Israel from the uncongenial soil of Egypt, and the planting of them in the land of Canaan.
It was the Almighty with His “outstretched arm” that did it, for without His Divine help they never could have escaped from the Land of Pharaoh. He was the “Divine Husbandman” who transplanted them. And it was all of grace, for the moral and spiritual condition of Israel in Egypt was that of a degenerate vine. And it was the Almighty who cast out the heathen nations of Canaan in order to “clear the ground” for their transplanting, for it was a land of “walled cities” and “giants.” Num 13:26-33.
Once the “Vine” was transplanted it