John D. Brey
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. . . . Don't look at me. I'm asking you?
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. . . . Don't look at me. I'm asking you? John
if humans ate from the tree of knowledge , why is it that they can't make their own tree of life ?
Man can't direct his step according to Jeremiah 10:23; 17:9if humans ate from the tree of knowledge , why is it that they can't make their own tree of life ? Why worry about trying to get to something that adam could build out of the soil , if he merely knew what he could know , which is that he can understand any how
No, the ' tree of life ' ( see Revelation 22:2 ) is Not the 'tree of knowledge of good and bad'.
Two separate trees, at least according to god:. . . . Don't look at me. I'm asking you?
Do you believe in the inerrant nature of scripture? Because in Genesis, the signature Hebrew text implies the tree of life is a singular tree; while in the passage you give, it implies there are trees of life on both sides of the river? John
Then why would the cherubims need to protect it if it was a stump and had no fruit?. . . . Don't look at me. I'm asking you?
John
Man can't direct his step according to Jeremiah 10:23; 17:9
Adam and Eve were 'locked' out of the Garden with its tree of life.
In other words, there was No longer any access to the tree of life.
Jesus came to undo all the damage sinners Satan and Adam brought upon humanity.
Through Jesus mankind will see the return of the ' tree of life ' on Earth according to Revelation 22:2.
This is a reason why we are all invited to pray the invitation of Rev. 22:20 for Jesus to come !
Come so that Earth will become for us as described in Isaiah 35th chapter.
Two separate trees, at least according to god:
Genesis 3:22 (KJV)
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
In the fulfillment of Genesis 3:15 (Jesus proving to be the promised seed aka Messiah) will undo all the damage done in Eden but also world wide, so to me that shows in some way there will be 'plural ' trees of life '.
Then why would the cherubims need to protect it if it was a stump and had no fruit?
Since I do not know how to dumb it down any further...... . . Shouldn't you give a verse that supports what you said? In other words, the verse you provided doesn't appear to support what you're seemingly quoting it to support?
John
Since I do not know how to dumb it down any further.....
Great question. The ideas seems to be that all fruit comes from the tree of knowledge (as the only tree of the two that produces fruit) but that the fruit of that tree has a born-on date and an expiry date that can be extended indefinitely by observing and acknowledging the tree of life.
The cherubim are trying to hide, guard, veil, the tree of life, so that, as the text says, man not observe it and live forever.
I think I might have spied the tree of life and thus might live forever. Which is what this thread is all about. Me trying to discern if I'm delusional or the possessor of eternal life?
The essay the quotation above is stolen from notes that since Judaism's central religious ritual (foundational to the faith) has Jews gather around as the organ of regeneration is cut (brit milah) there appears to be an undeniable anthropological argument that Judaism is the last of the great ancient worshipers of the biological tree of life. Furthermore there's at least two concepts important to this thread of thought directly associated with the idea that brit milah guards some ancient truth that has fallen by the wayside for all but those who guard such things.
Furthermore there's at least two concepts important to this thread of thought directly associated with the idea that brit milah guards some ancient truth that has fallen by the wayside for all but those who guard such things.