(This is from another thread, the question went by unanswered, so I figured it might be best to start another post.)
if the tree of life is a literal tree, made of bark, with leaves and actual fruits, what are we to make of these verses:
down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (Rev 22:2)
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. (Rev 2:7)
Does that means there is going to be a long welfare line of believers waiting to take a bite of these magical apples?
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near."
Does this mean, that we should run over to Jerusalem and find the fig tree Christ withered, and wait for the leaves to come out?
...the Gospel's take on Ground Hog's Day?
if the tree of life is a literal tree, made of bark, with leaves and actual fruits, what are we to make of these verses:
down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (Rev 22:2)
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. (Rev 2:7)
Does that means there is going to be a long welfare line of believers waiting to take a bite of these magical apples?
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near."
Does this mean, that we should run over to Jerusalem and find the fig tree Christ withered, and wait for the leaves to come out?
...the Gospel's take on Ground Hog's Day?
