神人基督的引进，带来以色列国的复兴
按照四章二节，基督的引进要在“那日”，就是以色列国要来之复兴的日子。一节说，“在那日，七个女人必拉住一个男人……求你许我们归在你名下，求你除掉我们的羞耻。”这些妇人感到羞耻，因为她们没有男人带领她们，她们想归在一个男人的名下，使她们可以除去羞耻。这话有甚么意义？意义乃是：这话将神的审判与基督连接起来。就如二节所指明的，这些妇人所缺少的，不是领袖，乃是基督这位耶和华的苗和地的果子。二节启示，对这些逃脱的妇人，基督是耶和华的苗，必成为她们的华美荣耀；基督是地的果子，必成为她们的夸耀光彩。这就是基督的引进。
耶和华的苗（神性）和地的果子（人性）
四章二节里有两个显著的辞：耶和华的苗和地的果子。二者乃是一对，描述基督的两种性情：神圣的性情和属人的性情。耶和华的苗，指基督的神性，显示祂神圣的性情；地的果子，指基督的人性带着祂人的性情。作为耶和华的苗，基督是出于神的。作为地的果子，基督有土造的人的身体，是从地长出来的。
以赛亚书揭示基督是神人，祂是耶和华的苗，带着华美尊荣，祂也是地的果子，带着夸耀光彩。在复兴的时候，对以色列逃脱的人，基督在祂的神性里必成为他们的华美尊荣，基督在祂的人性里必成为他们的夸耀光彩。
耶和华的苗，指明基督是耶和华神新的分枝，使三一神能将祂神性的自己分枝到人性里。这是为着耶和华神在宇宙中的扩增与开展。地的果子指明基督这耶和华神圣的苗，也成了出于地之肉体的人。这是为着三一神在人性里得着繁增与繁衍。祂这带着神圣生命的人，乃是种子，是一粒麦子，要藉着祂的死与复活产生许多子粒（约十二24），就是众信徒，作祂的众弟兄。
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The Jehovah’s Shoot and the Fruit of the Earth (1) – Isa. 4:1-2
The Ushering in of the God-man, Christ, Issuing in the Restoration of the Nation of Israel
According to 4:2, the ushering in of Christ will be “in that day,” that is, in the day of the coming restoration of the nation of Israel. Verse 1 says, “Seven women will grasp / One man in that day, /…/ Just let us bear your name; / Take our reproach away.” These women are in reproach because they do not have a man to lead them, and they want to bear the name of a man so that their reproach might be taken away. Its significance is that it is a link between God’s judgment and Christ. As verse 2 indicates, the lack with these women is not that they are short of a leader but that they are short of Christ as the Shoot of Jehovah and as the Fruit of the earth. Verse 2 reveals that to these women who have escaped, Christ as the Shoot of Jehovah will be beauty and glory, and Christ as the Fruit of the earth will be excellence and splendor. This is the ushering in of Christ.
The Shoot of Jehovah (Divinity) and the Fruit of the Earth (Humanity)
In 4:2 there are two striking expressions: the Shoot of Jehovah and the Fruit of the earth. These two are one pair, illustrating Christ’s two natures: the divine nature and the human nature. The Shoot of Jehovah refers to Christ’s deity, showing his divine nature, and the Fruit of the earth refers to Christ’s humanity with his human nature. As the Shoot of Jehovah, Christ comes out of God. As the Fruit of the earth, Christ, having a human body made of dust, grows out of the earth.
In the book of Isaiah, Christ is unveiled as the God-man, the Shoot of Jehovah with beauty and glory and the Fruit of the earth with excellence and splendor. In the restoration, to those of Israel who have escaped, Christ in his deity will be beauty and glory, and in his humanity he will be excellence and splendor.
The Shoot of Jehovah denotes that Christ is a new development of Jehovah God for the Triune God to branch out himself in his divinity into humanity. This is for Jehovah God’s increase and spread in the universe. The Fruit of the earth denotes that Christ, as the divine Shoot of Jehovah, also becomes a man of flesh from the earth. This is for the Triune God to be multiplied and reproduced in humanity. As a man with the divine life, he is a seed, a grain of wheat, to produce many grains through his death and resurrection (John 12:24). These grains are the believers, i.e., his many brothers.