04.024. God's Olive Tree
God’s Olive Tree The Lord hath called thy name, A Green Olive Tree-- Jeremiah 11:16.
Here we are definitely told that Jehovah has given this name to His people (comp. Psalms 52:8, Romans 11:17, etc.). When God gives a name it means correspondence with character, conduct, history, and destiny. In the Bible Name is the nearest equivalent of Nature.
There are at least ten particulars in which this name fits into the facts of Hebrew history:
The Root--Abram and patriarchs
The Soil--Canaan, in which planted by God.
The Branches--Israel and Judah, with minuter ramifications
The Fatness--Privileges: the Law, Oracles of God, Tabernacle, Oil of Spirit, etc.
The Fruit--Consummate bloom--Messiah
The Excision--Branches cut off on account of unbelief
The Graft--Believing Gentiles grafted in, in their room
The Re-Graft--Excised branches ultimately restored
The Husbandman--God Himself
The Final Glory--Flourishing, faithful, fruitful, etc. (comp. Romans 11:1-36)