The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The River and Tree of Life - Revelation 22:1-3 By limiting our lifespan, God gives us enough time to come to know Him and His provision for eternal life through Christ but spares us the misery of an endless existence in a sinful condition." The Tree of Life in Revelation To live eternally in a sinful state would mean endless agony for humanity, with no hope of the relief that comes with death. Knowing that, because of sin, earthly life would be filled with sorrow and toil, God graciously limited the number of years men would live. By barring access to the tree of life, God showed compassion in His omniscience. "It was a mercy that God kept us from the tree of life.
He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever-" therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil.
Therefore, Adam would have “lived forever,” even in his fallen state, if he had eaten the tree of life after his sin. The tree of life in Eden must have played a role in sustaining the life of Adam and Eve. In his transgression, Adam lost his everlasting life. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." ( Genesis 2:9). The tree was established by God in the Garden of Eden: "And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life, first referenced in the book of Genesis, is a life-giving tree created to support the physical and spiritual life of mankind. Learn the biblical meaning of the Tree of Life and its relation to Christians today! What Is the Tree of Life? A "Tree of Life" is referenced in the Bible books of Genesis, Proverbs, and Revelation.
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