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Gen. 2:22 "And Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man,
into a woman and brought her to the man." Eph. 5:25-27 "Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church
and gave Himself up for her that He might sanctify her,cleansing her by
the washing of the water in the word, that He might present the church to
Himself glorious..."
In order to produce a complement for Himself, God first became a man
(John 1:14), as typified by God's creation of Adam (Rom. 5:14)....Adam's
deep sleep for the producing of Eve as his wife typifies Christ's death
on the cross for the producing of the church as His counterpart (Eph. 5:25-27)
.Through Christ's death the divine life within Him was released, and through
His resurrection His released divine life was imparted into His believers
for the constituting of the church (see footnote 341 in John 19). Through
such a process God in Christ has been wrought into man with His life and
nature so that man can be the same as God in life and nature in order to
match Him as His counterpart. (Gen. 2:21, footnote 1)
The rib taken from Adam's opened side typifies the unbreakable,indestructible
eternal life of Christ (Heb. 7:16), which flowed out of His pierced side
(John 19:34) to impart life to His believers for the producing and building
up of the church as His complement. (Gen. 2:21,footnote 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). The church as the real Eve is the totality of Christ
in all His believers. Only that which comes out of Christ with His resurrection
life can be His complement and counterpart, the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12;
Eph.5:28-30). (Gen. 2:22, footnote 1)
As Eve was taken out of Adam and brought back to Adam to be one flesh
with him (Gen. 2:24), so the church produced out of Christ will go back
to Christ (Eph. 5:27; Rev. 19:7) to be one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17).
(Gen. 2:22, footnote 3)
Firstly, God became a man. Then this man with the divine life and nature
was multiplied through death and resurrection into many believers who become
the many members to compose the real Eve to match Him and to complement
Him. It is through this process that God in Christ has been wrought into
man with His life and nature that man in life and nature can be the same
as He is in order to match Him as His complement.
When Adam awoke from his sleep, he immediately discovered that Eve,
who was builded with his rib, was present. Likewise, when Christ was resurrected
from the dead (1 Cor. 15:20), the church was brought forth with His divine
life. Through His death the divine life within Him was released and through
His resurrection this released, divine life was imparted into us who believe
in Him. So, the Bible says that through His resurrection we were regenerated
(1 Pet. 1:3). He was the grain of wheat that fell into the ground and died
and produced many grains (John 12:24). We are the many grains who have been
regenerated with His resurrection life. As regenerated ones who have Him
as life and who live by Him, we compose His church, the real Eve in resurrection.
When Adam saw Eve he said, “This time this is bone of my bones and flesh
of my flesh” (Gen. 2:23). When Christ saw the church He might have said,
“I have seen the cattle, lions, turtles, fishes, and birds, but none of
them could match Me. This time it is bone of My bones and flesh of My flesh,
for the church is produced by My death and resurrection. The church comes
out of Me. The church and I can be one.” (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 219-221)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 17; The Central Thought
of God, chs. 4-5; The Central Line of the Divine Revelation, msg. 7
