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Originally Posted by OBW
On what do you base this statement? Is this not another of Lee's man-made parallelisms? I have seen no scripture that says this. The only references to the Tree of Life are in Revelation and you kind of need to have been "saved" before this time. Any other reference to the Tree of Life in the NT is a creation of Lee and not of the Word of God.
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Man was created in the image of God, but he was like a photograph showing something of God without having the life of God. Although man was in the image of God, he did not have the life of God. God intended that man should partake of the life indicated by the tree of life. Man failed to do it. Today, by believing in Christ, we have been brought back to share in that life. We all have received eternal life. Thus, there is no other way for us to express God in His image and to represent God with His authority except by sharing His life. This is confirmed by many verses in the Bible.
The tree of life typifies Christ who imparts life to man and who pleases and satisfies man (cf. John 15:1; Exo. 15:25). Christ imparts divine life into us, pleases us, and satisfies us. Many of us can testify of this. We can say, "Hallelujah! Jesus has imparted life to me. He satisfies me all the time." This is the tree of life.