tree of lifeIn the Garden of Eden there were two trees that were important for Adam and Eve to understand. One was the tree of "life" from which they could eat; that tree appears again in the book of Revelation (Rev 2:7; 22:14). God had, however, forbade them to eat of the tree of knowledge. To eat of this tree would open man's mind to the whole area of good and evil, and to all the attacks of Satan who desires to destroy and kill mankind. That is why when they ate of the tree of knowledge, God had to bar them from the garden to prevent them from eating of the tree of life. Eating of the tree of life while in that state of disobedience would have doomed them for all eternity. The sin of disobedience would have extreme consequences for all mankind.
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