“The Way” of the King of Life is the Truth of His Word
Part 2
June 17, 2013
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THE TREE OF LIFE IS JESUS – THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL SPIRITUAL LIFE TO THOSE WHO PARTAKE OF HIM BY CHOICE.
THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL IS THE CURSED ACTION OF SPIRITUAL SEPARATION FROM GOD BY CHOICE, A TREE OF SPIRITUAL DEATH.
Genesis 2:7-9 – And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. [8] And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. [9] And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; THE TREE OF LIFE also in the MIDST of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil (THE TREE OF SPIRITUAL DEATH) .
Genesis 2:15-17 – And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. [16] And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of EVERY tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: [17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (IT WAS A TREE OF SPIRITUAL DEATH).
Genesis 3:17 – And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: CURSED is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
If Adam or Eve had PHYSICALLY reached out with a physical hand to physically put the fruit of THE TREE OF LIFE, they would have been sealed to live in there newly inherited state forever by the works of their own hands.
Genesis 3:22-24 – And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us (Father, Son, Spirit), 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: [23] Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. [24] So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden CHERIBUM, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of THE TREE OF LIFE.
Numbers 17:7,8 – And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. [8] And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Revelation 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.
Hebrews 9:4,5 – Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s ROD THAT BUDDED, and the tables of the covenant; [5] And over it the CHERIBUMS of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
Jesus was, and is, the TREE OF LIFE for all men who will partake of him, who will receive him. He was made a curse for us by hanging on a dead tree growing from a cursed ground, but he brought forth eternal life from it, it budded and he brought life forth from it, his life, and it has, and is, still producing fruit in our lives. The Law was a schoolmaster to teach us we were under the curse of spiritual and physical death because we are sinners spiritually dead toward God.
Galatians 3:24,13,14,26 – Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith[13]Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: [14] That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. [26] For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Christ was crucified on a dead tree grown out of cursed ground, but budded three days and three nights later to become a tree of life to all men who will come to him to receive it. After you come to him you can partake of him, consuming more and more of him, by coming to the place he has positioned himself. Where was the tree of life for Adam and Eve to partake off in the garden?
Genesis 2:9 – And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in THE MIDST of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Where’s the tree of life positioned today on this earth for believers to assemble and partake of Him? In the MIDST of a local church Jesus accepts as his Body.