(treeoflife;53493)
(thesuperjag;53441)
I'm not denying His Words or His interpretation. I am denying men's interpretation of what men thinks He is saying. What does the flood have to do with it?Genesis 3:23 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:Revelation 2:7 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.It doesn't sound like this tree of life you are referring to has been wipe away from Noah's Flood.And those verses you have quoted, you are telling me that we are all Adam's descendant? That is 100% incorrect.
Wow. Jesus was also the rock that followed the Israelites through the desert for 40 years. Does that mean, since the rock was a symbol of Christ, that it wasn't really a rock? Perhaps it was a goat, or something made up entirely? Moses struck this rock out of frustration, and water literally poured out of it. Both the rock, the water, and the Israelites who drank it were very literal. We are also told, by Paul, that the rock that followed them was Jesus. This is a symbol, but it was very much literal.The simple, obvious, and undistored conclusion is that, what LITERALLY WAS, was ALSO INTENDED TO BE USED FOR SPIRITUAL APPLICATION IN THE FUTURE. The reason Jesus calls Himself the TREE OF LIFE is because He is drawing from the LITERAL HISTORY of man, that those who would listen would make the connection, knowing God's Word. I've never seen people so distort God's Word and believe it... I mean, honestly. It's clear that you don't understand sybolic language at all, and shouldn't talk about what you don't understand... you only distort it...Thank you for proving my point that Christ is the Tree of Life. That the tree is not literal. May I ask you this too? Is Christ a tree or a human? (as well as being God)(Alistein;53510)
(Kriss;53465)
Trees and a serpent are given in Gen.3 to represent men. God, in fact, calls Himself the Evergreen tree, or Fir tree in Ezekiel 31:8. To understand what, and who this serpent is, we turn to Revelation 20:2 to clear up our understanding. "And He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan," So we see that it is Satan that is the serpent. Satan also has many other names, and in this final generation he will be known as "the Antichrist", and the "son of perdition". As I said God will interpt his own symbolism
Pardon me but are you saying Satan is a tree then how about the serpent. If Satan is the serpent and the tree that makes him 2 things existing at thesame time which is not possible. Why can't you guys just take the text as it is written.Can you explain why God / Jesus Christ is Lord and also a Tree of Life in Genesis 3 while Satan / Lucifer is a Serpent and Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil?