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NASB | Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:9 And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil. [Rev 2:7; 22:14, 19] |
Subject: The fruit and leaves of the tree of life |
Bible Note: Hi stj The one problem I have with your outline is that you are not doing what Jesus did, focus on His church and what He is doing today. Most of what you have described focuses on what you think will happen after the rapture, all of which will not affect us, and is based on one or two very doubtfully interpreted Scriptures (Daniel 9; Revelation 20). Your idea of the Great Tribulation is not mentioned in the Bible (you read your interpretation into it), who the 144,000 are is very much disputed (James calls the whole church the twelve tribes of Israel - James 1.1), and no reign of Christ ON earth is mentioned even in Revelation 20. So your summary is very lopsided. The whole of the Old and New Testament is summarily dealt with, and you concentrate on one or two controversial ideas. By all means hold on to them if they help you but do also recognise that neither Jesus, not Paul and Peter, saw them as important enough to mention. Perhaps you might do well to follow their example rather than that of Dr Scofield. Best wishes Jonp |