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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 Brian. The word Basileia actually refers to 'Kingly Rule' and not to a 'Kingdom'. A Basileia reaches as far as the king's influence and no further. The church ('congregation') are the true congregation of Israel. Old and new Israel are not my ideas. They are the ideas of Jesus and of Paul. The church has not 'taken up' the responsibility of others, it has fulfilled its own responsibility as the continuing Israel. Peter and the other Apostles, including Paul, would have denied hotly that they were replacing Israel. Peter addresses the church as 'the Dispersion' (Israel scatted abroad). James calls them 'the twelve tribes of Israel. The Apostles saw themselves as carrying forward their task as the renewed Israel. The Kingly Rule of God began at creation. It will never end, for it is everlasting. But it was especially brought home on earth by Jesus Christ as He brought the Kingly Rule of God to men's attention and sought to draw men into it. Best wishes Jonp |