THE NEW JERUSALEM #22 | OUR GLORIFIED BODY ( PART 6 )
Pastor Christopher Choo
Lesson 3277
THE NEW JERUSALEM #22
OUR GLORIFIED BODY ( PART 6 )
TREE OF LIFE
The Tree of Life is mentioned three times in Genesis 2, in the Garden of Eden, and again four times in Revelation, three of those in the final chapter. These instances seem to refer to Eden’s literal tree of life.
We are told the Tree of Life is presently in Paradise, the intermediate Heaven (Revelation 2:7). The New Jerusalem itself, also in the present Heaven, will be brought down, the tree of life and all, and placed on the New Earth (Revelation 21:2). Just as the tree was apparently relocated from Eden to the present Heaven, it will be relocated again to the New Earth.
Since Eden, death has reigned throughout history. But on the New Earth, our access to the tree of life is forever restored.
God promised true believers: "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God” (Revelation 2:7). Once more human beings will draw their strength and vitality from this tree. The tree will produce not one crop but twelve. The newness and freshness of Heaven are demonstrated in the monthly yield of fruit. The fruit is not merely to be admired but consumed.
Abba Father, this description of the tree of life in Revelation 22 mirrors precisely what’s prophesied in the Old Testament: “Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing” (Ezekiel 47:12).
