Fruitful Vine

 “Joseph is a fruitful bough, Even a fruitful bough by a well; Whose branches run over the wall:”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭49:22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Israel, knowing that he will soon pass on, called his sons and prophesied over them their future destinies.  Here he says that Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine growing by a spring, whose branches run over a wall.  Joseph, the clearest type of Christ in the Old Testament, is seen as a fruitful vine by a spring or a fountain.  The Lord Jesus called Himself the fruitful Vine and us as His branches.  When the Fruitful Vine lives through us, the fruit of the Spirit begins to be seen in our personality.  Jesus branches out through us, just as He branches out from the Father.  The Spring or Fountain is the Life of the Father.  The source of Joseph’s life and purity was from the Spring of Eternal Life.  All Joseph’s fruitfulness came from the water of the Divine Spring.  This is available to all who believe in the finished work of the Cross.  Let’s only believe!  Amen!