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Sunday, April 10, 2005
Biblical References to the Tree of Life
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Pro 3:18 Sh
3. It is the happiness of paradise (v. 18): She is a tree of life. True grace is that to the soul which the tree of life would have been, from which our first parents were shut out for eating of the forbidden tree. It is a seed of immortality, a well of living waters, springing up to life eternal. It is an earnest of the New Jerusalem, in the midst of which is the tree of life, Rev. 22:2; 2:7. Those that feed and feast on this heavenly wisdom shall not only be cured by it of every fatal malady, but shall find an antidote against age and death; they shall eat and live for ever.
Blue letter Bible comentaries:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/c/1130056290-8857.htmle
] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
Pro 11:30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
Rev 22:2 In
"ARCHBISHOP WHATLEY thinks that the tree of life was among the trees of which Adam freely ate ( Gen 2:9, 16, 17 ), and that his continuance in immortality was dependent on his continuing to eat of this tree; having forfeited it, he became liable to death; but still the effects of having eaten of it for a time showed themselves in the longevity of the patriarchs. God could undoubtedly endue a tree with special medicinal powers. But Gen 3:22 seems to imply, man had not yet taken of the tree, and that if he had, he would have lived for ever, which in his then fallen state would have been the greatest curse."
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Pro 3:18 Sh
3. It is the happiness of paradise (v. 18): She is a tree of life. True grace is that to the soul which the tree of life would have been, from which our first parents were shut out for eating of the forbidden tree. It is a seed of immortality, a well of living waters, springing up to life eternal. It is an earnest of the New Jerusalem, in the midst of which is the tree of life, Rev. 22:2; 2:7. Those that feed and feast on this heavenly wisdom shall not only be cured by it of every fatal malady, but shall find an antidote against age and death; they shall eat and live for ever.
Blue letter Bible comentaries:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/c/1130056290-8857.htmle
] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
Pro 11:30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
| Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. | ||
Rev 22:2 In
"ARCHBISHOP WHATLEY thinks that the tree of life was among the trees of which Adam freely ate ( Gen 2:9, 16, 17 ), and that his continuance in immortality was dependent on his continuing to eat of this tree; having forfeited it, he became liable to death; but still the effects of having eaten of it for a time showed themselves in the longevity of the patriarchs. God could undoubtedly endue a tree with special medicinal powers. But Gen 3:22 seems to imply, man had not yet taken of the tree, and that if he had, he would have lived for ever, which in his then fallen state would have been the greatest curse."
