Revelation 1:3 says, “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.”
How do we hear the Spirit of God so we can keep the words of this book?
In Revelation 2:7, it says, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” What do the churches need to hear? “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”
The Spirit is saying we must overcome. By overcoming, we start to hear and are then able to keep the words of this book. And if you overcome you will be given access to eat from the tree of life that resides in the garden of God.
This tree has been there since Adam and Eve were removed from the garden of God when they sinned. This same tree is protected by cherubims with flaming swords to keep MAN away from this tree.
Genesis 3:24, “So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Why did he do this? Genesis 3:22, “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
So we see here that the fallen nature, man’s current state is not allowed access to the tree of life, so that fallen nature can not live forever. It has been cursed to die. It is polluted. Nothing polluted is allowed in the Kingdom of God.
But we need access to this tree to be able to be saved from death. If we do not eat of this tree before we shed this house of flesh, then we will lose our lives forever, the second death.
The only way of escape is to eat of the tree of life to live forever. This tree is our salvation. Without eating of this tree, we will surely die in our sins.
How do we hear the Spirit of God so we can keep the words of this book?
In Revelation 2:7, it says, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” What do the churches need to hear? “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”
The Spirit is saying we must overcome. By overcoming, we start to hear and are then able to keep the words of this book. And if you overcome you will be given access to eat from the tree of life that resides in the garden of God.
This tree has been there since Adam and Eve were removed from the garden of God when they sinned. This same tree is protected by cherubims with flaming swords to keep MAN away from this tree.
Genesis 3:24, “So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Why did he do this? Genesis 3:22, “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
So we see here that the fallen nature, man’s current state is not allowed access to the tree of life, so that fallen nature can not live forever. It has been cursed to die. It is polluted. Nothing polluted is allowed in the Kingdom of God.
But we need access to this tree to be able to be saved from death. If we do not eat of this tree before we shed this house of flesh, then we will lose our lives forever, the second death.
The only way of escape is to eat of the tree of life to live forever. This tree is our salvation. Without eating of this tree, we will surely die in our sins.
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