The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

A Tree Planted by the Riversof Water.Bkssa is th mom that d u b nd in tk covnvl oj 1k uyodly norir tk rasy of sin-, run sitklh in tk smt of t~ tcok~.But his ddight is in th law of tb Lmd; and in kit krr &h Ikmeditats day and uigki. And k [this man of God of whom thaPsalmist speaks] Ad! & a tru PhtJui by tk rivers of w, tLdbrangdh fadk ku fruJ 8s ku sbnron; kss leaf a h shd d Whw; dwktsocwr k dodh sW plos#u.'l-Fkrt Psalm, 1-8.THE more we enquire into the laws which governthe natural and spiritual worlds, the more wefind them in harmony with each other. Hencewe conclude that they owe their existence to the samesuthor. The natural man is apt to place the laws ofBture first, but the man of God knows that the spirituallaws are the more important. In fact, it would seem asif God actually arranged every thing in nature so as tomake clear to our understanding the great spiritual truthawhich otherwise might be beyond our comprehension.We find many examples of this in the Scriptures. Forinstance, the nation of Israel is repeatedly symbolized asa vine tree, a tree which is quite useless except for onePTse, fruit-bearing. Turn to the 16th $apter ofzeluel, and see what the Prophet says : And theword of the Lord came unto me saying, Son of man,What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than abranch which is among the trees of the,!orest ? Shallwood be taken thereof to do any work ? Who wouldthink of taking the wood of a vine tree to do any work I-" or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel; the firedevaureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it isbmed. Is it meet for any work ?-Behold, when it wasa