“Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
Genesis 2:9
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- The Breath of Life: How Close God Came in Genesis 2
Why are there two trees in the garden of Eden?
The two trees have two different jobs. The tree of life holds out life, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil carries the one limit God gives the man, so life in Eden means living by what God has said.
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Tree of life in the garden — to the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.”
Tree of life in Eden — tree of life with twelve crops of fruit, leaves for healing
“down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing 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.”
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