PAGE 15 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(TREE OF LIFE)

THE TREE OF LIFE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN REPRESENTS THE PURE WORD OF GOD AND YESHUA, JESUS. THE TREE OF LIFE IS GOD'S WILL AND WAY.

"MY SON, DO NOT FORGET MY TEACHING, BUT KEEP MY COMMANDS IN YOUR HEART, FOR THEY WILL PROLONG YOUR LIFE MANY YEARS AND BRING YOU PROSPERITY.  LET LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS NEVER LEAVE YOU; BIND THEM AROUND YOUR NECK, WRITE THEM ON THE TABLET OF YOUR HEART.  THEN YOU WILL WIN FAVOR AND A GOOD NAME IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MAN. TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT.  DO NOT BE WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES; FEAR THE LORD AND SHUN EVIL.  THIS WILL BRING HEALTH TO YOUR BODY AND NOURISHMENT TO YOUR BONES.  HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH, WITH THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ALL YOUR CROPS; THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED TO OVERFLOWING, AND YOUR VATS WILL BRIM OVER WITH NEW WINE.  MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE DISCIPLINE AND DO NOT RESENT HIS REBUKE BECAUSE THE LORD DISCIPLINES THOSE HE LOVES, AS A FATHER THE SON HE DELIGHTS IN.  BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO FINDS WISDOM, THE MAN WHO GAINS UNDERSTANDING FOR WHE IS MORE PROFITABLE THAN SILVER AND YIELDS BETTER RETURNS THAN GOLD.  SHE IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN RUBIES; NOTHING YOU DESIRE CAN COMPARE WITH HER.  LONG LIFE IS IN HER RIGHT HAND; IN HER LEFT HAND ARE RICHES AND HONOR.  HER WAYS ARE PLEASANT WAYS, AND ALL HER PATHS ARE PEACE.  SHE IS A TREE OF LIFE TO THOSE WHO EMBRACE HER; THOSE WHO LAY HOLD OF HER WILL BE BLESSED."

GOD'S WORD GIVES US WISDOM. GOD'S WORD IS THE TREE OF LIFE. THE LEAVES OF THE TREE OF LIFE HEAL US - REVELATION 22:2

PROVERBS 4:20 SAYS:

"MY SON, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I SAY; LISTEN CLOSELY TO MY WORDS.  DO NOT LET THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT, KEEP THEM WITHIN YOUR HEART; FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND THEM AND HEALTH TO A MAN'S WHOLE BODY."

PROVERBS 13:14 AND JOHN 7:38



YESHUA, JESUS, IS GOD'S WORD PERSONIFIED. JOHN 1:1 SAYS:

"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.  HE WAS WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING. THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE; WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS MADE THAT HAS BEEN MADE.  IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN."

YESHUA IS THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD. PROVERBS 3:19 SAYS:

"BY WISDOM THE LORD LAID THE EARTH'S FOUNDATIONS, BY UNDERSTANDING HE SET THE HEAVENS IN PLACE."

YESHUA SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF DURING HIS MINISTRY ON EARTH:

"I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME."  JOHN 14:6

"I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL LIVE EVEN THOUGH HE DIES."  JOHN 11:22

"...AND THIS IS THE TESTIMONY GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN THE SON."   1 JOHN 5:11

MANY OF THE SCRIPTURES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE REFER TO THE MESSIAH OR THE CHRIST AS "THE BRANCH". THIS IS THE BRANCH OF THE TREE OF LIFE.  YESHUA GREW UP IN NAZARETH AND WAS A NAZARENE. THE ROOT OF THE WORD NAZARETH IS NETSER WHICH MEANS BRANCH.  ISAIAH 11:1 SAYS:

"A SHOOT WILL COME UP FROM THE STUMP OF JESSE; FROM HIS ROOTS A BRANCH WILL BEAR FRUIT."

THE TREE OF LIFE AS A WHOLE IS THE TRIUNE GOD: THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS TREE IN EDEN SPEAKS OF THE PRE INCARNATE YESHUA ON EARTH. HE IS THE TREE OF LIFE ON EARTH, THE SEED, ROOT, TRUNK, BRANCHES AND FRUIT THAT COMES FROM HEAVEN.

JESUS IS THE SEED, ROOT, VINE, TRUNK, BRANCHES AND FRUIT OF THE TREE OF LIFE THAT COMES FROM HEAVEN IN THE CENTER OF THE GARDEN.

WHEN WE BELIEVE, THE SEED IS PLANTED IN US. EVERY BRANCH IN YESHUA THAT DOESN'T BEAR FRUIT IS CAST INTO THE FIRE.

1 PETER 1:23

LIFE SCRIPTURES: LEVITICUS 18:4,5; DT 30:6,19

ELOHIM GOD, THE TRIUNE GOD, DECIDES TO MAKE MAN IN THEIR  IMAGE:

"THEN ELOHIM SAID, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, IN OUR LIKENESS...'" GEN 1:26

I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE SON, YESHUA, WHO IS ACTUALLY IN THE GARDEN, FORMING MAN. THE SCRIPTURES SPEAK OF YESHUA AS BEING THE ONE WHO PERFORMS THE ACTION OF GOD ON EARTH.

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS:

"...MAKE ALL MEN SEE WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD HATH BEEN HID IN GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS BY JESUS CHRIST." EPH 3:8

"JESUS CHRIST....WHO IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, FOR BY HIM WERE ALL THINGS CREATED...ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM, AND FOR HIM." COL 1:16

THIS MYSTERY OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE GODHEAD HAS BEEN HIDDEN IN THE SCRIPTURES UNTIL THE INCARNATION OF YESHUA.

I BELIEVE IT IS YESHUA WHO CREATES THE FIRST MAN ADAM. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS:

"THE LORD GOD FORMED THE MAN FROM THE DUST OF THE GROUND AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE, AND THE MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING." GEN 2: 7

YESHUA HINTS AT THIS WHEN HE BREATHES ON OR INTO HIS DISCIPLES.  THE SAME WORD FOR BREATHED ON OR INTO IS USED IS USED IN JOHN 20:22

"AND WITH THAT HE BREATHED ON OR INTO THEM  AND SAID, 'RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT...'"

I BELIEVE THAT HE ALSO HINTS THAT HE IS THE ONE WHO FORMED MAN FROM THE DUST OF THE GROUND IN HIS REPLY TO THE PHARISEES ABOUT THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN. WHEN THE PHARISEES ASK FOR A RESPONSE, YESHUA DOESN'T VERBALLY ANSWER BUT STOOPS DOWN TO WRITE ON THE DUST OF THE GROUND. THE SCRIPTURE READS IN JOHN 8:6:

"BUT JESUS BENT DOWN AND STARTED TO WRITE ON THE GROUND WITH HIS FINGER."



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