We Studied the Tree of Life in the Bible (Here’s What We Found)

[Vine Abider]

22 minutes ago, Marilyn C said:

I was just going to post that too. Only in Christ is there life. The whole garden picture is a symbolic drama. 

Isn't it amazing that we were called into this - to be branches in the True Vine that bear living fruit!?  (John 15:1-17)  WOW!

[nebula]

I posted this in General Discussion, where I referenced this video:

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Have you ever had a perspective that caused you to consider that maybe you've been reading and perceiving a passage of Scripture incorrectly? For me, with the passage, I started questioning my perception of Gen 2-3 as I pondered, "And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves."

So I had a funny thought, a man discovers that he is naked with a naked woman next to him, whom he loves, and his first thought is to be afraid? 

So that led me to wondering if there was something deeper going on here than what was physical.

[Michael37]

18 minutes ago, nebula said:

I posted this in General Discussion, where I referenced this video:

Hi @nebula Hopefully you are now aware of the rules for posting videos.

20 minutes ago, nebula said:

So I had a funny thought, a man discovers that he is naked with a naked woman next to him, whom he loves, and his first thought is to be afraid? 

So that led me to wondering if there was something deeper going on here than what was physical.

Yes, the deep thing is the loss of innocence. 

Adam and Eve and the whole of Creation were clothed in innocence, but once God's prohibition was defied, and the experience of sin became a part of Adam and Eve's reality, that covering was no longer available.

God's Question is still "Where are you, - in a sinful state, or redeemed by the blood of the Lamb?"

[Neighbor]

On 11/19/2024 at 11:34 AM, Vine Abider said:

"In the middle of the street . . . was the tree of life."

" 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."

Wait a minute; one tree in the middle and on both sides of the river as well? And  each tree yields in it's fruit every month ( Each tree-plural?) And the leaves of the tree ( Singular?) for healing.

 

[Vine Abider]

4 hours ago, Neighbor said:

" 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."

Wait a minute; one tree in the middle and on both sides of the river as well? And  each tree yields in it's fruit every month ( Each tree-plural?) And the leaves of the tree ( Singular?) for healing.

 

"I cannot understand the mystery of one flower; Neither was it intended that I should."  John Locke

[Michael37]

13 hours ago, Neighbor said:

" 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."

Wait a minute; one tree in the middle and on both sides of the river as well? And  each tree yields in it's fruit every month ( Each tree-plural?) And the leaves of the tree ( Singular?) for healing.

 

Let's jumble things up a bit. The street and the river and the Tree of Life all hang out together.

One might say in a nature documentary that "the Larch is a deciduous conifer found primarily in the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere", but that isn't a reference to one Larch tree but rather the species in general.

Also, one Elm tree can put up suckers from its roots which are "adventurous", meaning they like to travel in all directions. If not checked whole areas become occupied by Elm trees that have grown up from the one source tree.

[Neighbor]

 

The tree of trees, real and/or symbolically bearing fruit every month and having leaves that may heal nations.

 

A little excerpt from US Dictionary:

"The idiom "not see the forest for the trees" suggests that someone is so involved in the details of a problem or situation that they fail to grasp its entirety. In other words, they focus so much on specifics that they miss the larger, more significant picture.

In short: 

"Not see the forest for the trees" conveys the notion of overlooking the bigger picture due to excessive focus on individual details or elements."...