I looked up Tree of Life in our search engine and found this. It's an old thread from Kat-
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But don’t be deceived, Jesus Christ IS the "tree of life" in the Garden, and NO ONE can partake of that tree of life except he first pass the through the "FLAMING SWORD" that points in all directions and guards the tree of life. Remember, "Our God is a CONSUMING FIRE" (Heb. 12:29).
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http://bible-truths.com/lake6.html"Fear NONE of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give you a CROWN OF LIFE" (Rev. 2:10). "To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the TREE OF LIFE [eternal, immortal life]" (Rev. 2:7), "He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death" (Rev. 2:11), "And he that overcomes, and keeps my works unto the end, to him will I give POWER OVER THE NATIONS" (Rev. 2;26), "He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment [righteousness] and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life [Christ is the book of life] but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels" (Rev. 3:5), "Him that overcomes will I make a PILLAR [a main and vital support in the very government of Almighty God] IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD…" (Rev. 3:12), "To him that overcomes will I grant to SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE, even as I also overcame [see John 16:33], and am set down with My Father in His throne" (Rev. 3:21).
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This is me again- I've been trying to contemplate these verses. I can't even imagine Jesus Himself standing there and the flames guarding Him, and no one could get to Him. And then I wonder if Rev. 2:7 where it talks about eating of the Tree of Life is an allusion to eating the body of Jesus at communion. Maybe so? And then the tree of knowledge of good and evil is an actual tree ? I know, I should get this but I never have spent much time on it. I'm thinking if I can't understand Genesis then I surely can't understand Revelation . Could we spend some time talking about this for anyone interested?