When you think
about the Garden of Eden, you invariably think about a
place of magnificent
beauty. A
place of running, crystal
clear streams, and a tremendous variety of magnificent
birds and animals. The
creatures are human oriented and friendly and
harmless.
There are still
some beautiful untouched places left in this world,
which take your breath away
but I venture to say, that they are not a touch on the
Garden of Eden. A
closer look at these places always reveals
thorns and prickles and animals and creatures, which
have the fear of man in
them.
In the midst of
the Garden of Eden were two trees: the tree of life,
and the tree of good and
evil. These trees have physical and spiritual
fulfilments.
God told Adam and
Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, as the result of
eating it would bring on death.
Gen
2:17 but
of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that
you eat of it you shall
surely die."
The serpent told
them, that they would not die, if they ate of the
tree.
Gen
3:4 Then
the serpent said to the woman,
"You will not surely die.
The serpent would
have appeared to be telling the truth, as Adam and Eve
did not die physically
upon eating the fruit.
Adam was created
flesh and was always going to die physically, or be
changed in a flash to
spirit, as flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Heb
9:27 And
as it is appointed for men to
die once, but after this the judgment,
Gen 5:5 So all the
days that Adam lived were nine
hundred and thirty years; and he died.
By eating of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and disobeying
God, Adam sentenced
himself and all mankind to the second death. Adam had
eternal death inherent,
the very day that he ate of the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil: just as
the scripture says. Mankind’s only hope, was Christ’s
death and resurrection;
after leading a sinless life.
When Adam and Eve
were tempted by the Serpent, what they did and what
happened was astounding.
The tree of the
knowledge of good and evil was one or more of the sons
of God who have turned
bad. These are the evil God seed. What
Adam and Eve did was they
had sex with these evil sons of God. This very
act made it possible for
the evil sons of God to pass their seed on to mankind
throughout history.
The tree was a son of God in human form or there may
have been more than one.
Notice the
following scriptures on the subject
Eze
31:3 Indeed
Assyria was
a cedar in
Eze
31:8 The
cedars in the garden of God
could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its
boughs, And the chestnut
trees were not like its branches; No tree in the
garden of God was like it in
beauty.
Eze
31:9 I
made it beautiful with a
multitude of branches, So that all the trees of
Notice how the
serpent
has seed.
Gen
3:15 And
I will put enmity Between you
and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel."
Notice how Cain
is of the wicked one.
1Jn
3:12 not
as Cain who was of the wicked one and
murdered his brother. And why did
he murder him? Because his works were evil and his
brother's righteous.
1Co
15:13 But
if there is no resurrection of
the dead, then Christ is not risen.
1Co
15:14 And
if Christ is not risen, then
our preaching is empty
and your
faith is
also empty.
1Co
15:15 Yes,
and we are found false
witnesses of God, because we have testified of God
that He raised up Christ,
whom He did not raise up if in fact the dead do not
rise.
1Co
15:16 For
if the dead do not rise, then Christ
is not risen.
1Co
15:17 And
if Christ is not risen, your
faith is
futile; you are still
in your sins!
1Co
15:18 Then
also those who have fallen
asleep in Christ have perished.
1Co
15:19 If
in this life only we have hope
in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
1Co
15:20 But
now Christ is risen from the
dead, and
has become the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1Co
15:21 For
since by man came
death, by Man also came the
resurrection of the dead.
1Co
15:22 For
as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ all shall be made alive.
The first man,
Adam, brought sin, which is the cause of eternal
death, into the world. Each
and every one of us has inherited the wages of sin,
which is eternal death.
Rom
6:23 For
the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
Jesus Christ is
our only hope.
Act
4:10 let
it be known to you all, and to
all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom
you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him
this man stands here
before you whole.
Act
4:11 This
is the 'STONE WHICH WAS
REJECTED BY YOU BUILDERS, WHICH HAS BECOME THE CHIEF
CORNERSTONE.'
Act
4:12 Nor
is there salvation in any
other, for there is no other name under heaven given
among men by which we must
be saved."
Rom
5:12 Therefore,
just as through one man
sin entered the world, and death through sin, and
thus death spread to all men,
because all sinned
Compare the
following two scriptures.
Gen
3:22 Then
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"
The serpent
speaking.
Gen
3:5 For
God knows that in the day you
eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be
like God, knowing good and
evil."
The serpent lied
about dying, if they ate of the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil, but he
told the truth about them becoming as Gods.
Humans now became
as God. They now ignored the real God and decided for
themselves, what was
right and what was wrong.
This is what the evil God seed did. They chose
what was right and what
was wrong. The further we move away from God,
the more bizarre these
decisions are. We now live in a time where every thing
that God regards as
evil; is now accepted as good, in this world.
Isa
5:20 Woe
to those who call evil good,
and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light
for darkness; Who put
bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
The breaking of
every one of God’s Ten Commandments is now happily
accepted in this world we
live in.
The eating of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil has brought
mankind to the brink of
physical destruction, as well as spiritual
destruction. God
will not allow this to happen. God’s plan of
salvation for all mankind will
be brought to fruition, in spite of the enmity that
mankind has for God and God’s
way of life. That anger and hate will also be directed
at God’s people. God’s
servants will obey God regardless of the outcome to
themselves; they will be
prepared to die for mankind, just as Christ did. God’s
servants will love those
who hate them.
Gen
6:5 Then
the LORD saw that the
wickedness of man was
great in
the earth, and that
every
intent of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually.
Rom
8:7 Because
the carnal mind is
enmity against God; for it is not
subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
Eze
7:10 'Behold,
the day! Behold, it has
come! Doom has gone out; The rod has blossomed,
Pride has budded.
Eze
7:11 Violence
has risen up into a rod of
wickedness; None of them shall remain,
None of their multitude, None of them; Nor shall there be wailing for them.
Mat
5:44 But I
say to you, love your enemies, bless those who
curse you, do good to those who
hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use
you and persecute you,
1Jn
3:16 By
this we know love, because He
laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay
down our
lives for the brethren.
The tree of the
knowledge of good and evil will not prevail. Jesus
Christ paid the penalty for
eternal death, and God will not destroy the earth
because of His elect.
LIVING
WATERS
Jesus Christ will
eventually lead many nations into living waters.
Rev
7:17 for
the Lamb who is in the midst of
the throne will shepherd them and lead them to
living fountains of waters. And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
God the Father is
the fountain of living waters.
Jer
2:13 "For
My people have committed
two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of
living waters, And hewn
themselves cisterns broken
cisterns that can hold no water.
Jer
17:13 O
LORD, the hope of Israel, All
who forsake You shall be ashamed. "Those who depart
from Me Shall be
written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the
LORD, The fountain of
living waters."
The living water
is God’s spirit.
Joh
4:14 but
whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him
will never thirst. But the
water that I shall give him will become in him a
fountain of water springing up
into everlasting life."
We must believe
on Christ, as the scriptures tell us how to.
Joh
7:38 He who
believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of
his heart will flow rivers of
living water."
Joh
7:39 But
this He spoke concerning the
Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive;
for the Holy Spirit was not
yet given,
because Jesus was
not yet glorified.
God’s spirit is
given as a down payment of eternal life. The spirit of
life or power, is given
at a later date. It is at this stage we have eternal
life inherent.
Jesus Christ can
give living waters, which originate from the
Father.
Joh
4:10 Jesus
answered and said to her, "If
you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says
to
you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him,
and He would have given you
living water."
There is a time
coming when living water [eternal life] will be
available to all.
Rev
21:6 And
He said to me, "It is
done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning
and the End. I will give of
the fountain of the water of life freely to him who
thirsts.
Rev
21:7 He
who overcomes shall inherit all
things, and I will be his God and he shall be My
son.
We have seen that
the living waters have a spiritual meaning, which
equates to eternal life.
There is also a physical fulfilment.
Rev 22:1 And he
showed me a pure river of water of
life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne
of God and of the Lamb.
The living waters from under the throne of God
go forth to heal the
waters of this world.
Eze
47:8 Then
he said to me: "This
water flows toward the eastern region, goes down
into the valley, and enters
the sea. When
it reaches the
sea, its
waters are healed.
Eze
47:9 And
it shall be that
every living thing that moves,
wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a
very great multitude of
fish, because these waters go there; for they will
be healed, and everything
will live wherever the river goes.
The majority of
water on this earth will be made fresh.
Eze
47:11 But
its swamps and marshes will
not be healed; they will be given over to salt.
The spiritual
living water is God’s Holy Spirit, which emanates from
the Father and springs
to eternal life. The physical living water also
emanates from the Father, and
turns all the water sparkling clear and fresh, except
for the marsh
areas.
THE TREE OF
LIFE
The tree of life
was cut off from mankind, when Adam rejected it.
Gen
3:24 So
He drove out the man; and He
placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden,
and a flaming sword which
turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of
life.
Eternal life has
not been available in this world, except for the few
who God has called for His
purpose.
Rom
8:28 And
we know that all things work
together for good to those who love God, to those
who are the called according
to His
purpose.
There have been
six thousand years of shed blood, since God created
humanity, and Cain killed
Abel. Mankind has proved that they are unable to live
in peace.
Isa
59:7 Their
feet run to evil, And they
make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting
and destruction are in
their paths.
Isa
59:8 The
way of peace they have not
known, And there
is no justice
in their ways; They have made themselves crooked
paths; Whoever takes that way
shall not know peace.
The following
scriptures show that the tree of life is used as a
general term for Godly
attributes.
Pro
3:13 Happy
is the man who
finds wisdom, And the man who
gains understanding;
Pro
3:18 She
is a tree of life to those who take
hold of her, And happy are all
who retain her.
Pro
11:30 The
fruit of the righteous is a
tree of life, And he who wins
souls is
wise.
Gal
5:22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness,
Gal
5:23 gentleness,
self-control. Against
such there is no law.
Pro
13:12 Hope
deferred makes the heart
sick, But when
the desire
comes, it
is a tree of life.
Pro
15:4 A
wholesome tongue is a
tree of life, But perverseness
in it breaks the spirit.
The tree of life
has a much more definite application and is only
available to those who
overcome this world, and keep God’s
commandments.
Rev
2:7 "He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches. To him who overcomes I
will give to eat from the tree of life, which is
in the midst of the
Rev
22:14 Blessed
are those who do His commandments,
that they may have the right
to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates
into the city.
The fruit of the
tree of life is eternal life. Eternal life is not
available to carnal mankind;
that is why God cut it off. It is only available, at
this time, to people who
God calls according to His purpose.
Gen
3:22 Then
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"
The tree of life
was in
Rev
2:7 "He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches. To him who overcomes I
will give to eat from the tree of life, which is
in the midst of the
The paradise of
God is not God’s kingdom. The thief on the cross will
be in paradise with
Christ, and will be given a chance to make it into
God’s kingdom by commandment
keeping and overcoming this world. There is no
deathbed repentance in God’s
plan.
Luk
23:43 And
Jesus said to him, "Assuredly,
I say to you, today you will be with Me in
The fruit of the
tree of life is eternal life, the leaves of the tree
of life are for the
healing of the nations.
Rev
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.
Comment.
The tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, the tree of life, and
living waters: all have dual
fulfilments.
The tree of good
and evil has brought on eternal death and ruination of
this planet.
The living water
is God’s spirit and also heals the waters of this
earth.
The tree of life
is eternal life after overcoming, and also for the
healing of the
nations.
The great love
and mercy and forgiveness of the Most High God are
beyond comprehension.
