Anf-01 ix.vii.xviii Pg 15
2 Kings vi. 6.
By this action the prophet pointed out that the sure word of God, which we had negligently lost by means of a tree, and were not in the way of finding again, we should receive anew by the dispensation of a tree, [viz., the cross of Christ]. For that the word of God is likened to an axe, John the Baptist declares [when he says] in reference to it, “But now also is the axe laid to the root of the trees.”4601 4601
Anf-01 ix.viii.xxviii Pg 2
2 Kings vi. 6. Comp. book v. chap. xvii. 4.
This was a sign that souls should be borne aloft (ἀναγωγῆς ψυχῶν) through the instrumentality of wood, upon which He suffered who can lead those souls aloft that follow His ascension. This event was also an indication of the fact, that when the holy soul of Christ descended [to Hades], many souls ascended and were seen in their bodies.4844 4844
Anf-03 vi.iii.ix Pg 8
See Ex. xv. 24, 25.
of Moses. That tree was Christ,8623 8623 “The Tree of Life,” “the True Vine,” etc.
restoring, to wit, of Himself, the veins of sometime envenomed and bitter nature into the all-salutary waters of baptism. This is the water which flowed continuously down for the people from the “accompanying rock;” for if Christ is “the Rock,” without doubt we see baptism blest by the water in Christ. How mighty is the grace of water, in the sight of God and His Christ, for the confirmation of baptism! Never is Christ without water: if, that is, He is Himself baptized in water;8624 8624
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 4
VERSE (41) - 2Ki 2:21; 5:10; 6:6 Ex 15:25 Joh 9:6 1Co 1:25
