Was the Cross actually made of the tree from the Garden in Eden?
8 And the L-RD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the L-RD God to grow every tree 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 knowledge of good and evil.
This paradise was not created on earth, in stead we read that it was 'planted' there by G-d.
Many think because it's talking about a garden that it means that G-d stuck seeds in the ground and trees came up. I don't think that is what it was trying to convey.
You can 'plant your feet'. This means you pick them up and put them down in a place you want. It can mean to put into place, to post or station something firmly.
Now in this 'garden' this is what the L-RD did: out of the ground made the L-RD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food.
So these are beautiful trees that would provide a great environment and also be good for food if one so desired.
Now what follows has been a riddle of the centuries.
In the middle of the fruit trees we find these two other 'trees'.
Why are they there? Why not just the fruit trees?
If one is called the Tree of Life, why isn't the other called the Tree of Death?
The eating from it is what brought death to mankind.
but it is called' the tree of knowledge of good and evil'
In other words, The Tree of the knowledge of right and wrong (in G-ds eyes)
Only one knew what that was because he had defied G-d and rebelled.
That one in Revelation 12 is called :
I won't get into why he was allowed in the Garden with Adam and Havah, but it seems by the passage in Ezekiel he was there before he fell and was allowed to stay to test the new creation.
So it is not too much conjecture to postulate that the 'tree' of the knowledge of good/evil right/wrong, is the Adversary.
The Adversary is the one who opposes G-d.
Now there was another Tree there, and this is the 'Opposed'.
the Gospel of John harkens back many times to the Creation story and Genesis. This passage does so as well.
5 “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life".
Since Ancient times when the Torah is brought up Proverbs 3:17-18 is recited as follows.
The Torah is considered Israel's wisdom , direct from G-d.
When we look in the last book of the Bible, Revelation we see back to the Garden, however this time something is missing, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
There is only one tree standing there,
The tree of LIFE>
Gen 3:…23 therefore the L-RD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
No mention of the other tree there. Nor here either.
Rev 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
2 down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, producing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
So what happened to that other tree?
I propose that was used to make the Cross upon whom our Savior hung from.
The unblemished lamb who took on the sins of the world.
Good -- Evil
Right (keeping G-ds laws) ---Wrong--(lawless)
The deceiver who was in the garden did not just lie that would be too easy, a deceiver is one who 'mixes' truth with lies.
When the Israelites were in the wilderness they not only rebelled agaisnt Moses, but of G-d himself, they became like the Adversary.
…5 The people spoke against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this miserable food." 6 The L-RD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
What was the cure?
They repented and Moses interceded for them. (Numbers 21)
The serpent is of course the Adversary, but why is it put upon a pole?
Because it represented the Salvation G-d was to ultimately bring to his people.
Yeshua was that Serpent on the Pole.
He 'became' sin for us. The Father put the sins of the people upon him. What was Good and pure now became Evil and impure.
The tree of life became the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil to restore us back to the Garden where we can once again Walk with G-d with no more temptation.
8 And the L-RD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the L-RD God to grow every tree 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 knowledge of good and evil.
This paradise was not created on earth, in stead we read that it was 'planted' there by G-d.
Many think because it's talking about a garden that it means that G-d stuck seeds in the ground and trees came up. I don't think that is what it was trying to convey.
You can 'plant your feet'. This means you pick them up and put them down in a place you want. It can mean to put into place, to post or station something firmly.
Now in this 'garden' this is what the L-RD did: out of the ground made the L-RD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food.
So these are beautiful trees that would provide a great environment and also be good for food if one so desired.
Now what follows has been a riddle of the centuries.
"the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
In the middle of the fruit trees we find these two other 'trees'.
Why are they there? Why not just the fruit trees?
If one is called the Tree of Life, why isn't the other called the Tree of Death?
The eating from it is what brought death to mankind.
but it is called' the tree of knowledge of good and evil'
In other words, The Tree of the knowledge of right and wrong (in G-ds eyes)
Only one knew what that was because he had defied G-d and rebelled.
That one in Revelation 12 is called :
…But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
9 And the great dragon was hurled down — the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world.
9 And the great dragon was hurled down — the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world.
I won't get into why he was allowed in the Garden with Adam and Havah, but it seems by the passage in Ezekiel he was there before he fell and was allowed to stay to test the new creation.
So it is not too much conjecture to postulate that the 'tree' of the knowledge of good/evil right/wrong, is the Adversary.
The Adversary is the one who opposes G-d.
Now there was another Tree there, and this is the 'Opposed'.
the Gospel of John harkens back many times to the Creation story and Genesis. This passage does so as well.
5 “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life".
Since Ancient times when the Torah is brought up Proverbs 3:17-18 is recited as follows.
“It is a tree of life to all who grasp it, and whoever holds on to it is happy; its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all it paths are peace.
The Torah is considered Israel's wisdom , direct from G-d.
When we look in the last book of the Bible, Revelation we see back to the Garden, however this time something is missing, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
There is only one tree standing there,
The tree of LIFE>
Gen 3:…23 therefore the L-RD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
No mention of the other tree there. Nor here either.
Rev 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
2 down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, producing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
So what happened to that other tree?
I propose that was used to make the Cross upon whom our Savior hung from.
The unblemished lamb who took on the sins of the world.
Good -- Evil
Right (keeping G-ds laws) ---Wrong--(lawless)
The deceiver who was in the garden did not just lie that would be too easy, a deceiver is one who 'mixes' truth with lies.
When the Israelites were in the wilderness they not only rebelled agaisnt Moses, but of G-d himself, they became like the Adversary.
…5 The people spoke against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this miserable food." 6 The L-RD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
What was the cure?
They repented and Moses interceded for them. (Numbers 21)
And the L-RD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
The serpent is of course the Adversary, but why is it put upon a pole?
Because it represented the Salvation G-d was to ultimately bring to his people.
Yeshua was that Serpent on the Pole.
He 'became' sin for us. The Father put the sins of the people upon him. What was Good and pure now became Evil and impure.
The tree of life became the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil to restore us back to the Garden where we can once again Walk with G-d with no more temptation.