The tree of life is mentioned three times in Genesis 2, in Eden, and again four times in Revelation during the New Earth. The Tree of Life represents yet another type of knowledge, that of Truth Itself. TREE OF KNOWLEDGE. Thus, he says that heaven is the created world in which Logos has grown (as a tree of life) and born fruit by … Among all the trees in the Garden of Eden, God identified two special trees: of life, and of the knowledge of good and evil.

God forbade Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of this tree, simply to test their obedience (Genesis 2:16-17).
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Biblical Hebrew: עֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע ‎ ʿêṣ had-daʿaṯ ṭōwḇ wā-rāʿ [ʕesˤ hadaʕaθ tˤov wɔrɔʕ]) is one of two specific trees in the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2–3, along with the tree of life They disobeyed his order, failed the test, and were put out of Eden (Genesis 3:23). TREE OF LIFE. Whether it is ethics, religion, law, or anything else, each one tells you what to do. In both it symbolizes ongoing provision for physical life. I was trying to understand why in a garden where food was abundant the two trees of greatest importance to their well-being were there for them, and no warning was given to them about the Devil and his lies. “And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. Some exegetical notes, observations, and tentative conclusions: 1. But, Saint Clement also gives a Christological interpretation to the Tree of Life. the distinction between the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil At this time I would like to impress you with this word: live and walk according to the Spirit. Yet they only ate from the Tree of Knowledge. A certain tree in the Garden of Eden.

And why was the Tree of Life in the garden at all?