It presented the first two humans with the only really meaningful choice they had in the garden. The passage from Genesis 3 that introduces the Tree of Life also mentions the ominous Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil that ended up supplying the fruit that Adam and Eve tasted in the fall. This life-giving tree with its varied fruit is available to all who have gained access to the New Jerusalem by the blood of Christ. The Tree of Life makes its return in the book of Revelation (2:7 22: 2, 14, 19). For example, “Wisdom is a tree of life for those who take firm hold of it. Proverbs uses the expression “tree of life” to describe the effects of wisdom, but this is a figure of speech based on the earlier life-giving tree. Then he would live forever’ ” (Gen 3:22). He must not reach out and take the fruit from the tree of life and eat. When Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden, they were denied access to it: “Then the LORD God said, “The man has become like one us, since he knows good and evil. The Tree of Life sustained everlasting life. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil grew in the middle of the garden” (Gen 2:8-9). These trees were nice to look at, and their fruit was good to eat. The LORD God made all the trees grow out of the ground. That’s where he put the man whom he had formed.
Introduced chapter 2 of Genesis, we are told very little about this tree: “The LORD God planted a garden of Eden, in the east. One of the amazing trees of the Bible appears briefly in the beginning and shows up again at the end, in eternity-the Tree of Life. Even when planted crooked or sideways, a tree will bend its trunk to vertical-an amazing picture of their purpose to remind us of our own purpose to praise God always. Then all the trees in the forest will sing joyfully.” And Isaiah 55:12 says, “All the trees will clap their hands.” Trees reach upward. Psalm 96:12 declares, “Let the field and everything in them rejoice. The psalm writers looked at trees and recognized that their pattern of growth and life was an expression of praise to their Creator. 3- MINUTE DEVOTIONS FOR TEEN GIRLS (DON’T CARRY SPIRITUAL BAGGAGE)īefore they are symbols for us, trees are examples to us.THINGS THAT HOLD US BACK IN PERSONAL EVANGELISM.HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS ASSIGNED TO GOD (God’s Hand AND Ear).ISAIAH 55:1-9 (A PROMISE OF JOY AND PEACE).PROVERBS 15: 27-33 (GOD DELIGHTS IN OUR PRAYERS).PSALM 70: 1-5 (A SHORT PRAYER FOR HELP).PSALM 27: 1-7 (WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID?).PORNOGRAPHY’S PAIN (WHO GETS HURT BY THIS “HARMLESS” PASTIME?).60 THINGS GOD SAID ABOUT SEX (SEX & THE SOUL).60 THINGS GOD SAID ABOUT SEX (GOD’S WORD FOR “GAYS”).60 THINGS GOD SAID ABOUT SEX (SEX AND THE BODY).
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