Saturday, May 2, 2009

Things that have crossed my mind lately

Some scripture stuff that has crossed my mind recently pertains to both the beginning and the end of the bible, the reason that i bring this stuff up is because is the striking similarity.Genesis 2:8-108 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.Revelation 22:1-51Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2down 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. 3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.The reason that i find these things so interesting is how many times in the story of adam and eve is the fact that the TREE OF LIFE is left out of that story so often. I think that this relates to the arguement of free will and the choice that we had, but that we chose to be this way over something that was ultimately better. But in Revelation 22 it brings up the Tree of Life once again. I think that this relates to God's ultimate plan to get rid of evil for good. Some of the things that are interesting are at the end of verse 2 , "And leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." and also the beginning of verse 3, "No longer will there be and curse." This is interesting because the tree is being used to solve something thats wrong with us. Now the thing that i find even more interesting later in Revelation 22 is in verse 14.14"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.So in this verse those who have been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb, now have the right to tree and to enter the city. So now we have been justified and now we are able to return to a state that we were created to be in and now we can make choose the thing we were meant to.This is something that I have been thinking about for awhile.

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