"Yahweh Elohim planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground Yahweh Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant 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." (Genesis 2:8,9)

The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

THE RESULTS OF EATING FROM THE TWO TREES _____________________________________________________________________________

EATING FROM THE TREE OF LIFE RESULTS IN:

LIFE

OBEDIENCE

DEPENDENCE

FAITH/TRUST

GOD-CENTEREDNESS

______________________________________________________________________________ EATING FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE RESULTS IN:

DEATH 'dying you shall die'

DISOBEDIENCE 'you shall not eat of it'

INDEPENDENCE 'you shall be as gods'

KNOWLEDGE 'knowing good and evil'

SELF-CENTEREDNESS 'knew they were naked'

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"And Yahweh commanded the man saying, 'Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat ........" (Genesis 2:16,17)

and now He says,

"To him that overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God" (Revelation 2:9)

"And He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." (Revelation 22:1-2)

To him that overcomes!