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1 | Are tree of life and tree of knowlegde d | Gen 2:9 | Lionstrong | 58286 | ||
Welcome to the Forum, Fool4Christ! There was a pretty extended discussion on the tree of life a while back. I enjoyed participating in that discussion. Type in "tree of life" in the the Quick Search box (top right corner of screen) and you'll eventually find that discussion. I disagree with danieln's answer, but I won't repeat here what I've already written. Again, do a Quick Search, and you'll find my posts. One is on the question, was man created mortal. Welcome again, and Peace |
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2 | Significance to Tree of Life? | Gen 2:9 | Convict | 183635 | ||
That Search option doesn't work as well as people think it does. I typed in Tree of Life and found a number of pages. The articles there either had the word Tree or Life in it, but none of them pointed me to anything on the Tree of Life. I love the Forum here. There is no doubt in my mind that this site is extremely helpful when it comes to studying God's Word. My understanding is that the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge are two separate trees. I, too, am looking into why God said you can eat from every tree except the Tree of Knowledge. What is the significance of the Tree of Life? |
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3 | Significance to Tree of Life? | Gen 2:9 | jonp | 183638 | ||
Hi The tree of life was probably a tree whose fruit provided unfallen man with the means of rejuvenating himself. Thus by eating of it he could perpetuate his existence. The tree of knowing good and evil (literal translation of the Hebrew) was probably like a sacrament, It stood there as the visible symbol of God's lordship. It was an act of grace and mercy so that man would not forget the One Who was his Lord. By refraining from eating of it He learned by practical experience true goodness which lay in obedience to God. Once he ate of it he learned evil by practical experience. For the first time he knew what it was to be in rebellion against God. Thus he had through it come to 'know (in practical experience) evil'. Previously knowing evil had been theoretically taught by the tree. He had then known that evil lay in disobeying God and rejecting His Lordship by eating of the tree. See commentary on Genesis at http://www.geocities.com/genesiscommentary/ | ||||||