Fri.’s Devo - The Tree of Life

Read Rev. 2:7 “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” This statement is given at the end of every church age: seven times. God is talking about having a spiritual ear to understand what the Bible says. Every one can hear with their natural eyes, but to hear with your spiritual ears means to comprehend what the Holy Spirit is saying. The reward of the church of Ephesus is to eat from the tree of life. The tree of life is mentioned in Genesis and in Revelation. All throughout the Bible trees represent people. (Ps. 1) So, the tree of life represents Jesus. In the garden of Eden there were 2 trees. One brought death and the other brought life. Jesus was the tree of life. The other stood for the wicked one, Satan. He sent the serpent to entice Eve to eat from his fruit. When Eve ate of the seed-bearing fruit she bore Cain. Her union with Adam brought forth Abel. Genesis only speaks of Adam knowing his wife twice. Once before Cain and Abel were born and once when Seth was born. If Mary, the mother of Jesus could be pregnant by the Spirit of God, then Eve could be pregnant by the spirit of Satan. I wonder if Cain and Abel weren’t twins by two different fathers. It is medically possible to do that, and there have been cases where a mother has carried twins of two different fathers and delivered days apart. God gives us another type of Cain and Abel in the twins of Jacob and Esau. God said he hated Esau, but loved Jacob. These twins struggled in Rebecca’s stomach the whole time she carried them. When she did conceive, they were fighting for the right of being born first. Esau came out harry! How inhuman is that! When the serpent was in the garden he was upright and the size of a man. He could reason and talk. He was Satan in the flesh only he was an animal. Satan manifested in the flesh to beguile the woman, who stood for the church, into sin, just like God had to come in the flesh of Jesus to redeem his bride, the Church. Lord, today give us ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to us.