Last updated on February 1, 2025

What is the tree of life?

What is the Tree of Life?

Brethren, what I’m about to share with you may be a bit challenging to grasp. However, I believe the Holy Spirit has guided me in understanding the true nature of the Tree of Life. Please bear with me as I do my best to explain it to you.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at what the Bible says about the Tree of Life.

Proverbs 11:30  “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.”

From the verse above, we can understand that the “tree of life” is not a physical tree, but rather a spiritual one.

Furthermore, winning souls means winning spiritual lives. We are not involved in works of death or what the Bible refers to as “dead works.” Instead, we help save people from falling into the trap of death. In doing so, we are actively participating in winning souls.

The lives we help save will become part of the tree of life for eternity. In this process, we also become part of that tree of life because we align ourselves with the side of life and actively support its cause. By supporting the cause of “life” (remember, Jesus Christ is the life), we are aligning ourselves with God’s will. And it is by aligning with God’s will that we bear fruit.

Bearing Fruits

Moreover, the Bible tells us that we must bear fruit worthy of repentance. Bearing fruit means winning souls.

Matthew 3:8 Produce fruit worthy of repentance.

Apostle Paul summed it up nicely for us in the following Bible passage:

Ephesians 5:8-14 told us,  “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,  for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.  Test and prove what pleases the Lord. Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself. So it is said:

‘Wake up, O sleeper,

rise up from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.'”

A Tree and its fruits

The Lord Jesus Christ Himself warns us not to be deceived by those who try to mislead us. When we are misled, we are drawn into darkness, and our light is extinguished.

Matthew 7:15-20  Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, by their fruit you will recognize them. 21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

With the verses above in mind, we must bear fruit worthy of repentance and begin winning souls for God. We must also obey the Lord’s command to “let our light shine.”

The New Jerusalem

Now, what I’m about to share with you here is something that you may not have heard of anywhere before. It will take a lot of spiritual discernment for somebody to actually digest what I’m about to share here.  But don’t worry, it’s not something that I made up, it’s all supported by the Word of God.

Revelation 22:14 “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.

144,000 Israelite Saints

Believers will wash their robes by helping win the souls of the Israelite saints. In these last days,  they are the 144,000 Israelite  “sleepers” whom God will wake up to establish his Kingdom— Mount Zion.

Revelation 7:4  “Then, I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all tribes of Israel.“

These 144,000 are considered spiritual Jews. They are also considered the sprinkled blood of the lamb (Hebrews 12:24).

Revelation 14:1 “Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.”

The Multitude

The believers who will help win the souls of the 144,000 Elect of God are those who have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb. They are also known as “the multitude.”

Revelation 7:14 …These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

These multitudes will be later called children of God— the spiritual Israel.  (Hosea 1:10)

From this, we understand that the 144,000 Jews will be the Elect, representing the spiritual tribe of Judah. Meanwhile, the “multitude” is considered to be the spiritual tribe of Israel.

Now, we understand from our previous posts that Judah and Israel are the Two Olive Trees and the  Two Witnesses. But here’s something you’ve never heard before, they also represent the the two “tree of life” found in the New Jerusalem (New Zion).

The Tree of Life

Revelation 22:-2 “Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 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.”

The two olive trees are also the “tree of life” found on either side of the river of the water of life in the New Jerusalem.

The river of the water of life represents the people who received the annointing of the Spirit and the knowledge of the truth. They are the believers from all the nations of the world. They will water the “tree of life”.

The twelve kinds of fruits of the “tree of life” are the twelve tribes of Israel.

The “leaves” of the tree of life are the olive branches that represent peace. They are for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:3-5 “No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.“

Conclusion

The “Tree of Life” is a spiritual tree made up of the spirits of the righteous Israelites. The fruits of the “Tree of Life” are the sleepers who awaken and testify to the truth, and they are considered the spiritual Israelites. Both Houses of Israel—Judah and Israel—will form the “Tree of Life” in the New Jerusalem, both above and below.

There is much more to explain, but I want to keep this post brief for those with shorter attention spans. I will delve deeper into this topic in future posts. Until then, I hope this post has helped enhance your understanding of what the “Tree of Life” is—or isn’t. May God bless you, brethren.

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