Could the Dome of the Rock sit where the tree of Evil was?

[Guest man]

I believe the Garden was destroyed in the flood.

 

 

Genesis 6

17And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.

 

 

 

I believe God removed the Tree of Life and destroyed everything else.

 

 

Just my take.

[other one]

as written to the church in Ephesus....

 

Rev 2:7
To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life , which is in the Paradise of God.'
NASB

 

 

 

Rev 22:18-19

18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
NASB
 

 

 

It appears to have been transplanted.

[ayin jade]

 

We all know that God loves to use symbolism, and symbolically the two trees have now become representative of good and evil. The tree of life, sitting on God's very own favourite spot represents goodness and eternal life, the other tree now represents folly, temptation and deceit.

Metaphorically they are now the tree of Good and the tree of Evil (or the Tree of Life and the Tree of Death if you prefer). Satan now owns that tree, so to speak, and the spot on which it lies, you could say, is now the spot of Satan.

 

 

 

Im sorry but I think you are reading too much into scripture. Nowhere at all is it meant to represent evil. Nowhere does it show a good versus evil. Satan does not own the tree, metaphorically or otherwise. 

 

As for the rest, nice theory but too many things dont match scripture. 

[Guest man]

At first, Adam and Eve continue to eat from the Tree of Life 

 

 

 

Genesis 3

22Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--

 

 

 

 

Adam and Eve never touched the Tree of Life.     

[OakWood]

 

At first, Adam and Eve continue to eat from the Tree of Life 

 

 

 

Genesis 3

22Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--

 

 

 

 

Adam and Eve never touched the Tree of Life.     

 

 

Where does it say that? Are you sure that God is not stopping them from eating the Tree of Life on a regular basis? Who says that they never ate from it before? God never said that they couldn't.

 

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.

 

Genesis 2

 

 

² In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

 

Revelation 22

 

It appears to me that you have to keep eating from the Tree of Life in order to maintain your immortality. Why (in the future new World) would a tree have to keep producing fruit every month, if one dose lasted forever?

[Guest man]

 

 

At first, Adam and Eve continue to eat from the Tree of Life 

 

 

 

Genesis 3

22Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--

 

 

 

 

Adam and Eve never touched the Tree of Life.     

 

 

Where does it say that? Are you sure that God is not stopping them from eating the Tree of Life on a regular basis? Who says that they never ate from it before? God never said that they couldn't.

 

 

Look at the last 3 words of that verse.

[OakWood]

 

 

 

At first, Adam and Eve continue to eat from the Tree of Life 

 

 

 

Genesis 3

22Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--

 

 

 

 

Adam and Eve never touched the Tree of Life.     

 

 

Where does it say that? Are you sure that God is not stopping them from eating the Tree of Life on a regular basis? Who says that they never ate from it before? God never said that they couldn't.

 

 

Look at the last 3 words of that verse.

 

 

An interesting point, but are you sure that it is not just the semantics of translation?

 

1/ God said that Adam and Eve could eat from all trees (except the Tree of KoGaE). He never forbid eating from the Tree of Life.

 

2/ Why in the future new Earth would a tree have to keep spawning fruit regularly, if it gave immortality with one sample?

 

3/ I agree that the word 'also' can suggest that Adam and Eve never ate from the Tree of Life before, but it can also suggest that God does not also want them to keep eating from it.

 

4/ Why would Adam have to 'return to dust' if he hadn't been immortal already?

 

But you do have a very good point which I have never thought about before.

[Sevenseas]

I'm going re-pitch my entire theory again and hopefully there will be no confusion this time:

 

If the Garden of Eden really did stretch from Iraq to Ethiopia then Jerusalem would lie somewhere in the middle. If it didn't then my theory is wrong.

 

 

 

whoops...I'm already confused.  Are you discussing what is actually your theory or are you still referencing a notion of Perry Stones as per your op?

 

You mentionned a video and I thought if there was one, perhaps checking it out might help with understanding?

 

If not...well.....

[OakWood]

 

I'm going re-pitch my entire theory again and hopefully there will be no confusion this time:

 

If the Garden of Eden really did stretch from Iraq to Ethiopia then Jerusalem would lie somewhere in the middle. If it didn't then my theory is wrong.

 

 

 

whoops...I'm already confused.  Are you discussing what is actually your theory or are you still referencing a notion of Perry Stones as per your op?

 

You mentionned a video and I thought if there was one, perhaps checking it out might help with understanding?

 

If not...well.....

 

 

My theory is just a theory that's all. It's breakable like any other theory. Perry Stone is not the only person to have suggested that the Tree of Life was located at the site of the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount. He's the first one I know that expressed it so eloquently. There is a kind of sense that suggests that the temple location was chosen because of its spiritual meaning.

God picked Jerusalem for a reason, I believe. There are many other places in the Middle East that would have made a suitable city for his chosen people.

[Guest man]

An interesting point, but are you sure that it is not just the semantics of translation?

 

1/ God said that Adam and Eve could eat from all trees (except the Tree of KoGaE). He never forbid eating from the Tree of Life.

 

2/ Why in the future new Earth would a tree have to keep spawning fruit regularly, if it gave immortality with one sample?

 

3/ I agree that the word 'also' can suggest that Adam and Eve never ate from the Tree of Life before, but it can also suggest that God does not also want them to keep eating from it.

 

4/ Why would Adam have to 'return to dust' if he hadn't been immortal already?

 

But you do have a very good point which I have never thought about before.

 

 

 

This is just my opinion. 

 

I don't know why God wasn't concerned with the Tree of Life. All I know is that eating from the Tree of Life only gives eternal life. Nothing would change other than you would live forever. Eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil changes everything. With the knowledge gained from that tree you now have a mind of your own. You have emotions that weren't there before.

 

Immediately after eating the fruit Adam was shamed because of his nakedness. That shame caused him to do something that he wouldn't have done prior to eating that fruit.....he hid from God.

 

I don't know what God had in store for Adam and Eve had they not eaten that fruit. All I know is that God didn't want them going near the Tree of Life. Returning to the dust of the earth didn't come until after the fall. One could assume had they listened to God, they might have lived forever. I don't know.  

 

 

 

The Tree of Life of the New Earth. There's more than one tree. 

 

 

Revelation 22

2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

 

 

I see at least 3 trees there. Twelves fruits are mentioned, so either each tree is producing 4 different fruits or there are more trees. I don't know. 

 

The trees producing fruit indicates that the trees are living, they're alive. The only part of the tree that mentions being used are the leaves. 

 

Death was swallowed up prior to this. Anyone not cast into the Lake of Fire has eternal life. There would be no need to keep eating the fruit.

 

 

As I said, it's just my take.