Tree of Life (part two)

  Funny thing about speaking of trees, is that we are all busy still putting away our Christmas tree and decorations, another season, as Autumn changes to Winter. I will tell you that this is a tough subject to summarize in just a couple of pages. In fact, my last rough draft was 14 pages which is much too long for this type of venue. The plan is to wet your appetite regarding the things of God, Heaven specifically, so that you would pick up your bible and read both Genesis and Revelation on your own. 

Gen. 2:9 And out of the ground, the Lord God made every tree grow that was pleasant to the sight and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the garden, as was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. At this point, our young couple could have eaten freely of the Tree of Life, as they were told that they could eat of it all, but NOT from the tree of good and evil. But they did, and so, Rev. 3:22-24 (summarized) Then the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of us to know good and evil. And therefore we must cast them from the garden less he touch the Tree of Life and have eternal life. And so now cast from paradise, the Lord God also placed a cherubim with a flaming sword in his hand in the east of Eden, to guard the way to the Tree of Life.  This is how it was in the first book of the bible, in the beginning. In the end as told in the last book, the book of Revelation, by this time all old things have passed away, and so the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is not mentioned in those final scenes of the goings on in Heaven, but the Tree of Life is again a prominent part of the story. In Revelation 21 John who wrote the final book says in Chapter 21, Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away. Rev. chapter 22 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of the street of translucent gold was the Tree of Life, which bore 12 different fruit once each month, and the leaves of this tree was for the healing of the nations. Near the end of the book of Revelation, Jesus testifies that it was he who sent the angel to guide John through Heaven, and as with the entire book, there is the offer to come and live eternally with our Creator. "And the Spirit and the bride say come, and let him who hears say come, Let him who thirsts for fresh pure water come. Whoever desires, let him take freely of the water of life. I close this letter in the hope that this small sampling of what awaits us who believe in and know God, and as the Lord Jesus said himself, Behold, I stand at the door and knock, and I will come in and join you. My great hope is that you will at least read for yourselves the words of God as written in the bible, and again, It will do you no harm, but you will be better off for having done so.   Guaranteed..