I: Creation and Eden

Tree of Life

restored access to Yahuah's presence

Root
Gen 2:9 · ets chayyim (H6086, H2416)
Old Testament chain
  1. Gen 2:9
  2. Gen 3:24
  3. Prov 3:18
  4. Prov 11:30
  5. Ezek 47:12
  6. Rev 22:2
New Testament
Rev 2:7; Rev 12:17; Rev 14:12; Rev 21:23; Rev 22:2, 14, 19; Rev 22:5; Rev 22:14; 1 John 2:3-4

The tree of life stands in the midst of Eden (Gen 2:9), then is guarded by cherubim and "a flaming sword which turned every way" (Gen 3:24). Proverbs ties it to the commandments: "forget not my law... She is a tree of life" (Prov 3:1, 18). Ezekiel sees sanctuary trees bearing fruit "according to his months" (Ezek 47:12). In Revelation the tree stands open and no sword bars the way; eating is a legal verdict, not a reward, and twelve monthly fruits show covenant life complete. The claim that the Law was abolished meets Rev 22:14: "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life."

From The Courtroom of Heaven, pp. 31–32, 59, 365, 367–370, 377–378, 384