The Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

 The Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

Evangelist: It's the time of fulfillment when Revelation is opened! Come and listen to the word to check the fulfillment!

Wheat: Hm?

Evangelist: Hello, this is Shincheonji, which has mastered the Bible and testifies to the fulfillment of the promised prophecies

Wheat: Um... May I ask something? 

Wheat: What is the fruit of good and evil from the Bible? People know it as something to eat... But no one really explained, so I was always curious.

Evangelist: Ah~ So you're wondering what the fruit of good and evil is? In English, there's an expression "Adam's apple" Some believe the fruit stands for actual apples. However, to truly understand what it is, you first need to understand the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Wheat: The tree of the knowledge of... good and evil? 

Evangelist: Yes, in the Bible, there is the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So there are these two types of trees. We can even say that these trees led to the existence of today's religion. 

Wheat: Religion? 

Evangelist: Yes, let's look into it together? In Genesis of the Bible, God created the heavens and the earth. That God, Jehovah, with the dust of the ground, created the first man, Adam With the breath of life, created a living spirit... and planted the Garden of Eden in the east to have him live there.

God: Adam! You shall rule over the garden, be fruitful, increase in number, and fill the earth! Adam! You are free to eat from any tree in the garden. However, look behind you! You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it, you will surely die.

Evangelist: This is how God made the first promise, the first covenant, with Adam. However... 

Serpent(Satan): Did God really say, "You must not eat from any tree in the garden?" 

Women(Eve): He said, "you must not eat the fruit or you will die" 

Serpent: Hahaha, how naive. You won't die. Rather, you'll be like God. 

Woman: Really? 

Evangelist: This is how the unprecedented event of eating the fruit of good and evil happened.

Adam: (While chewing) This tastes like wine diluted with water... What is this? 

Woman(Eve): It's the fruit of good and evil.

Adam: Ah... What should I do? What should I do? Eve, let's go into hiding

Eve: To wh...where? 

Adam: There, where God isn't at! I think it will be safe here... 

God: Adam! 

Adam: He's looking for us! 

God: What are you doing there? 

Adam: He wasn't trying to find us but he already found us! God... Um... I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid

God: Sigh... Come out first! Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?

Adam: I... because of Eve...

Eve: I... because of the serpent... 

God: You will crawl on you belly and eat dust all the days of your life. I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing, and your husband will rule over you. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground. 

Evangelist: God could not stay together with Adam, who has broken the covenant and sinned, and as sinners could also take from the tree of life and eat, and live forever, God made cherubim and a flaming sword guard the way to the tree of life. This is the event where for the first time in the Bible, the tree of life and the tree of good and evil appeared, and man was made to return to dust, meaning death entered the world due to sin. 

Wheat: Interesting! 

Evangelist: What we should focus on here are the two types of trees. Due to the serpent and eating the fruit of good and evil, the sin has been passed down until today and death followed. Then, where are the two types of trees? 

Wheat: Um... Wouldn't they both be in the Garden of Eden? 

Evangelist: After 4,000 years passed since the eating of the fruit of good and evil, Jesus said something.

Jesus: You lack understanding! What goes into a man's mouth doesn't make him unclean, but what comes out of his mouth, that's what makes him unclean.

Evangelist: In other words, Jesus meant that it isn't with food that people become unclean or sin. Why am I mentioning this? Because this means that the fruit of good and evil was not a literal fruit you eat with your mouth. 

Wheat: If the fruit isn't a real fruit, then the trees aren't real trees? 

Evangelist: That's right! If you look from Ps 78:2 and on, there are things hidden since the creation of the world, and there is the prophecy to speak those in parables.

Wheat: Then, what do these two tress stand for?

Evangelist: If you look at Prov. 3:18, it said that hose who receive wisdom are the tree of life. In Isa 5 as well, God mentions this.

God: Choicest vines were planted... but they were grafted onto wild vines and bore wild grapes! People of Judah! This refers to you.

Evangelist: This is the scene were God Iaments while explaining the people of Judah, the people of Israel, as plants and tress(Is 5:1-4).

Wheat: Then trees mentioned in the Bible refer to people? 

Evangelist: You're right about 90%. 

Wheat: What's a 100% correct answer? 

Evangelist: According to the prophecy that the days are coming when there will be the sowing of two types of seeds in Jer. 31, Jesus came and sowed the seed, which is a secret of heaven, in this field, the church of Jesus, in Mt 13. On top of that, the devil sowed weeds and went away. 

Wheat: Wha, wait. What's the meaning of seed? 

Evangelist: in Lk 8:11, it says that the seed is the word. 

Wheat: Then, the seed of heaven Jesus had sown was the word of Jesus and the weed the devil had sown would be the word of the devil!

Evangelist: That's right. 

Wheat: Oh! I got it. Then, tress stand for people born of the word? 

Evangelist: That's right! To be specific, a tree refers to a person who has their inner person born again of the word. 

Wheat: I see! 

Wheat: Then what are the tree of life and the tree of good and evil? I'm thinking they may stand for people but... 

Evangelist: If you take a look at Jn 15, Jesus called him self the true vine and his 12 disciples the branches. He also said that if they remained in him, they will bear much fruit. 

Wheat: The tree of life... is Jesus! 

Evangelist: Yes, but that's about 80% correct. 

Wheat: What? Can you explain it to me now? 

Evangelist: Let's take a look at a parable in Mt 13. Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is like a small seed sown in his field, which grows into a large tree, and birds perching in its branches

Wheat: Aha! 

Evangelist: The tree stands for a person, birds mean spirits, and it shows that the Spirit of God perches on tress that belong to God and the spirits of Satan perch on tress that belong to Satan. Here, the person is explained with the parable of a tree, so the tree of life is a parable used to describe a pastor of heaven.

Wheat: I see! Then, the tree of good and evil would stand for the opposite, the pastor of hell! 

Evangelist: You're right! in Dan 4, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the home of demons, was likened to a large tree. If you look at the tree, it has abundant fruits, birds have nesting places at the branches, and beasts of the field lived under it. So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was compared to the tree of good and evil.

Wheat: To think such secrets were hidden! But how does religion related to the two trees? 

Evangelist: If you look at the meaning of the Korean word for religion, Jong Gyo(宗敎), Jong(宗) means best and Gyo(敎) means to teach, so they mean the best teaching. In English, the word religion means to reconnect. 

Wheat: I never knew religion had such meaning! 

Evangelist: Indeed, right? The first person chosen by God, Adam, ate from the tree of good and evil out of the two trees, and sinned, so sin entered the world and God had to leave. Now, with the best teaching, God, who is life, is able to be connected with people again with religion as the bridge. 

Wheat: Religion did really begin from the two trees! 

Evangelist: That's true. This is something all believers should know and pay attention to. 

Wheat: That means we would need to go to the tree of life, but... where is the tree of life? 

Evangelist: Shincheonji Church of Jesus testifies to the fulfillment of the prophecies in the book of Revelation. In Rv 22, there is the tree of life that bears fruit every month. The fulfilled reality of the tree is Shincheonji Church of Jesus and we are spreading this truth to the world. Would you care to listen? 

Wheat: Yes, I would like to know more. What should I do? 

Evangelist: I'll help you. Let's study together! 

Wheat: Amen! 

Reference: https://youtu.be/gJlrdylQ1ZQ

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