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Branch
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or Genesis 49:22 (b) The word refers to the beneficent relationships of Joseph which were to extend beyond the boundaries of his own land, and of his own people. It gives us a picture of the Lord JESUS whose grace, love and mercy were to extend beyond the boundaries of Israel to all people on earth.
Proverbs 11:28 (b) The righteous will flourish from his union with GOD as a branch flourishes from its union with the vine.
Isaiah 4:2 (a) The prosperity of Israel in the day of the Lord is compared to the beautiful growth and rich fruit of the branch of a fruit tree. CHRIST also is called "the branch" in five Scriptures. In each of these passages He is called the branch for a different reason. In this particular Scripture CHRIST is the branch springing from the Father to reveal in His life, His actions and His words the beauty and the glory of the Father. CHRIST is more beautiful than all of the things which He has made. He is the express image of the beauty of the unseen GOD.
Isaiah 9:14 (a) Here the branch represents the affiliations, relationships and associations of the people. The entire "plant" of Israel was to be cut down.
Isaiah 11:1 (a) The Lord JESUS is compared to a branch of the tree, and Jesse is the trunk of the tree, for Jesse was in the direct line of CHRIST, one of His ancestors. The Lord JESUS came from Jesse, and yet as the root down out of sight, He was before Jesse, and Jesse came from Him. The branch here reveals the eternal character of CHRIST. He is like the Father in this respect. The branch is always of the same character, appearance, substance and essence as that from which it comes. So CHRIST in every respect is exactly like His Father. He was before Jesse in His deity, and He came from Jesse in His humanity.
Isaiah 17:9 (b) Several lessons may be learned from this branch. One is that the cities of Israel would be completely destroyed. There will be ruin but not extermination. Another lesson may be that some of the principal men of Israel will be left alive to continue the testimony of Israel.
Isaiah 60:21 (b) Israel here is represented as a remnant. The tree is largely gone, and only a small branch remains. The Lord will plant that branch so that it may become a tree again.
Jeremiah 23:5 (b) Again CHRIST Himself is compared to a branch, David being the tree, and the Lord JESUS springing out of the line of David. It reveals His union with David. (See Jeremiah 33:15) In this place also CHRIST is represented as being exactly like His Father in His righteous character. He is absolutely holy and pure, as is GOD the Father. This branch has all the characteristics of the tree (the Father) in being perfectly sinless, perfectly righteous in every thought, word and deed.
Jeremiah 33:16 (b) Strangely enough in this Scripture Israel is said to have the same name and the same character as the branch of Jeremiah 23:5. You will note that the passage records "this is the name whereby SHE will be called." The reason for this is that the bride always takes the name of the one she marries and becomes a partaker of his character, his riches in glory, and his position. The queen rules in equality with the king. The passage reveals the wonderful union between CHRIST and His church. It reminds us of the marvelous truth of imputed righteousness. See Romans 4:6.
Ezekiel 17:22 (b) The word in this passage indicates the king of the country, the one who is the highest among the people.
Zechariah 3:8 (a) This gives us another picture of the beauty of CHRIST JESUS our Lord. GOD Himself is the tree and the Lord JESUS is the branch. The type in this passage represents CHRIST as being the servant of GOD who will do everything that the Father wants done, and in the way the Father wishes to have it done. By His words and His work He reveals exactly the character and conduct of the Father. The branch is of course, as in the previous references, exactly the same in essence, in substance, in character, and in appearance as His Father.
Zechariah 6:12 (a) Again the Holy Spirit is revealing to us that the Lord JESUS, the branch, is the one who carries out exactly and in detail the will of His Father. What the Saviour did in building His church is exactly what the Father wanted done. He is a priest upon His throne. The priest is from the tribe of Levi, and the king is from the tribe of Judah. No one in Israel could be both a priest and a king, for the tribes were not permitted to cross with each other. The Saviour brought in a new dispensation. GOD the Father made Him head of the church, and also the King of the Kingdom of GOD. This was GOD's will. It is beautifully illustrated in the picture of the branch and the tree.
John 15:2 (a) This branch is a picture of the Christian, who, because he is joined to CHRIST JESUS the vine, lives the kind of a life that CHRIST the vine lived. The branch lives because the vine lives. ( John 14:19) When any person trusts CHRIST JESUS with his soul and receives Him ( John 1:12), he becomes at once a member of GOD's church, a part of CHRIST's body. The Holy Spirit accomplishes this miracle. Uzziah tried to be both a priest and king, and GOD smote him with leprosy as a punishment. ( 2 Chronicles 26:16) King Saul tried to be both a priest and a king, and GOD punished him by taking away the Kingdom of Israel from him. ( 1 Samuel 13:9).
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Branch'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/b/branch.html. 1957.
