Ezekiel 16:6,7
"And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou was in thy blood, Live. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare."
"And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood..."
Although already fulfilled in the history of Israel in bringing them out of captivity from Egypt, nevertheless, it is a symbolic picture of how God finds and calls out His Spiritual Israel, the remnant of Grace, from deadness in sin (polluted in thine own blood).
"I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live..."
None can live but those whom God causes to live by His Spirit. That Life is in His Son, the LORD Jesus, and all who hear and believe on Him already have been given Everlasting Life by Him. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath Everlasting Life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto Life" (John 5:24). That’s why they believe, and that Life is in God’s Son, "And this is Life Eternal, that they might know Thee the Only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent" (John 17:3). It is by God’s command, and not man’s will, "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1:12-13).
"I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field"
Here, the young nation of Israel, which originally went into Egypt as a small remnant of 70 (Deuteronomy 10:22), is described as a young maiden whom God would take and espouse to Himself, through the mediator Moses. It is a figure of God’s true church (Jew and Gentile) for whom the LORD Jesus would come in the fullness of the time, pay her sin debt, and take to Himself for His Church, as a bridegroom takes His bride to Himself. The multiplying and blessing of those whom God the Father has given to His Son are described symbolically as a ‘bud’ of the field that is caused to grow and multiply. The bud (singular) of the field is the LORD Jesus. "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ" (Gal. 3:16). As the Seed of God, the LORD Jesus came to be sown in the field of this world, suffer and die, and rise again to bring forth fruit—the children of God throughout the world—that He redeemed, reconciled, and justified before God. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit" (John 12:24).
"And thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare."
National Israel was but small in number when the LORD brought them out of Egypt and established them in the promised land. The people are described as a young virgin that the LORD clothed with excellent ornaments, whose breasts were firm and beautiful, with a full head of hair grown and attractive, but initially naked and bare, apart from the LORD being gracious having clothed her as a young maiden in a beautiful dress.
Spiritually, as jewels and rich vestments set off a beautiful person, so the Church of the LORD Jesus is adorned with every Spiritual blessing in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). He was made unto His elect Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30). The luster of her beauty (breasts and hair) is that of the LORD Jesus Christ, adorned with the choicest blessings of the riches of His grace (Ephesians 2:7).
The Church (elect and redeemed sinners) was naked and bare, having nothing in themselves but poverty, stripped of any glory because of the fall. And yet it pleased God to choose her out of all the earth to make her His people for Christ's sake. The LORD Jesus, in coming to the earth in the flesh, redeemed and justified her unto God, and clothed her in His Righteousness—naked and bare no more, but resplendent in the garments of salvation with which He has clothed her and made her beautiful and accepted before God the Father, and as a bride adorned for her Husband (Christ).
"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels" (Isaiah 61:10).
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