Tree of Life (3)- Ahnsahnghong!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Where can the solution of death be found? In the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 3:21-24 it reads, And the Lord God said, "The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever. " So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Here we see another tree that God mentioned- Tree of Life. God said if you eat from this tree you will lie forever. Therefore, the characteristic of this Tree is eternal life. This is not only Adam and Eve's solution but also our solution BUT what happened to this tree? God placed cherubim (angels) with flaming sword to guard way to the Tree of life. Although this is our solution to our problem of death, God blocked the way to the Tree of Life that gives eternal life. If God blocked the way, only God can unblock the way. This is the parable that Jesus spoken about 2,000 years ago that was hidden! However, how can we find the Tree of life on this earth. We have heard of discoveries of ancient fossils but where is the Tree of life that gives us eternal life? If this is a parable then what is the reality of the tree of Life in the New Testament that gives us eternal life?

0 comments: