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Eve by Watchman Nee

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and the twain shall become one flesh. Matthew 19:5

Eve was one and alone; and she was made absolutely for Adam. This makes her unusual, even uniquie, among the women of the Old Testament who may be felt to be types of the Church. In each of them some aspect of the Church’s redemption is depicted. We see her presented to the bridegroom (Rebekah), chosen from among the Gentiles (Asenath), passing through the wilderness (Zipporah), receiving her inheritance in the land (Achsah), altogether dependent upon her kinsman-redeemer (Ruth), and militant for her lord (Abigail). Yet none is so instructive as Eve. For they all succeed the Fall, but she, in that blessed period before sin entered, shows us the Church fulfilling all God’s desire for her in union with His Son. Eve first came forth from Adam, to be then brought back to him as his help-meet. From on there became two; from those two there was again one. This is the mystery of the Church, that in her, what is altogether from Christ returns once more to Him.

(From ‘A Table in the Wilderness’, a devotional book by Watchman Nee)

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Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” — Revelation 21: 2-4 (NKJV)

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