«　WEEK 5　DAY 1　»

　　Gen. 2:22-23 "And Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and brought her to the man. And the man said, This time this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman because out of Man this one was taken"

　　1 Cor. 12:12 "For even as the body is one and has many members, yet all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ."

　　The building of Eve with the rib taken from Adam's side typifies the building of the church with the resurrection life released from Christ through His death on the cross and imparted into His believers in His resurrection (John 12:24; 1 Pet. 1:3). The church as the real Eve is the totality of Christ in all His believers. Only that which comes out of Christ with His resurrection life can be His complement and counterpart, the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 5:28-30). (Gen. 2:22, footnote 1)

　　The church is nothing more than a pure product out of Christ.…Eve was fully, completely, and purely produced out of Adam (Gen. 2:21-24).…Besides the adamic element, there was no other element in Eve.…[She] was a full reproduction of Adam. Adam and Eve are a type of Christ and the church (Eph. 5:30-32; Gen. 2:22-24). The church must also be one element—the element of Christ. Other than Christ's element there should be no other element in the church. Such a vision will cause us to mourn over today's situation. Within Christianity today there is very little of the element of Christ. Instead, innumerable elements other than Christ can be seen. In the Lord's recovery, however, the church must be the pure element of Christ. Anything that is other than Christ is not the church. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders' Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord's Recovery, “p. 115)

　　We must see the church in its essence, its function, and its practicality.…Any natural, fleshly, or ambitious element will be ruled out by this vision. Under this vision we do not have the boldness to exercise anything of our natural man. In this respect, such a vision paralyzes us. Most Christians realize that the church is a constitution, a composition, of all the believers in Christ. By the Lord's mercy, however, what we have seen…is a higher vision concerning the church.…Just as Eve was a pure product out of Adam, so the church must be a pure product out of Christ. Someone may ask how the church today could be such an Eve, a pure product out of Christ. This is why we all need to see the vision. When you see the vision, you are Eve.…All things other than the pure element of Christ are ruled out by this vision. This is why we should not remain under the influence of the traditional teachings. We need the vision. When we see the vision that the church is in resurrection, in Christ, and in the heavenlies, it will rule out everything other than Christ, resurrection, and the heavenlies. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders' Training, Book 2:The Vision of the Lord's Recovery, “p. 118)

　　Christ is not only the Head of the Body [Col.1:18] but also the Body of the Head (1 Cor. 12:12). Because He is the all-inclusive One, He is the Head and He is the Body. According to Colossians 3:10-11, in the new man Christ is all and in all. This means that He is all the members of the new man and in all the members.…How the church as the Body of Christ can be Christ and how Christ can be all the members of the new man…depend upon who lives. If we live alone by ourselves, we are not Christ. If we live Christ, letting Christ live in us, then we live in Him, and we are Christ.…If the church lives Christ, the church is Christ. If we all live Christ, we are Christ. The Christian life should be like this. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990, “pp. 568-569)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1988, vol. 3, “The Organism of the Triune God in the Organic Union of His Divine Trinity, “ch. 1; CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders' Training, Book 2:The Vision of the Lord's Recovery, “ch. 3; CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990, “ch. 18