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What the Bible says about God's People as the Branch
(From Forerunner Commentary)
God's people will be a branch that He plants; they will be the work of His own hands. He will ensure their righteousness and their eternal inheritance of the Promised Land, all to His glory.
The phrase “the branch of My planting” deserves a closer look. The Hebrew word translated “planting” is mattā' (Strong's Concordance #4302), meaning “an act of planting something.” The underlying root word is nāta' (Strong's #5193), which adds clarity. It means “to establish, to found,” but more fundamentally, “to strike in, fix, and be fastened.”
These definitions probably lead us to think of planting seeds, but Isaiah 60:21 states that God is planting a branch. The word's root helps clarify that the “planting” of a branch is what we would call grafting.
Bill Onisick
The Branch of God's PlantingRelated Topics: Branch and Vine Analogy | Branch of the Lord | Branches Grafted In | Graft, Spiritual | Grafting Branches Analogy | Root and Branch Analogy | The Branch
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