Study #22: AYIN

AYIN: THE 16TH LETTER OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET

THE AYIN WORD: ETS (TREE) PART 2

THE TREE OF LIFE (ETZ HACHAYIM)

The Tree of Life (Hebrew: עֵץ הַחַיִּים, Etz haChayim) was mentioned in the Book of Genesis 2:9 as being “in the midst of the Garden of Eden” with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Hebrew: עֵץ הַדַּעַת).

It was soon lost to humanity when Adam sinned. In the Book of Revelation, it re-appears in the center of God’s Paradise on earth (Revelation 2:7; 22:2) – because of the faithful obedience of Jesus as the Last Adam (2 Cor. 15:45). Thus, the Paradise of the Garden of Eden has been regained by the greater Ben-Adam (Son of Man) who is Jesus our Messiah.

Yesterday we saw that the word ETZ refers to the Righteous Man. Today we understand that Jesus alone is the ETZ HA CHAYIM (The Tree of Life), the Center of the true Paradise of God (Rev.22:2). He is the Seed, Root, Trunk and Branches, and Fruit that comes from heaven.

Abba Father, the first Adam lost access to You because of his disobedience (eating from the tree of the “knowledge of good and evil “) but Jesus the Greater and Last Adam reclaimed our access by means of His obedience, resisting the power of evil even to the point of death upon the “tree” of the Cross (Phil.2:8). His resurrection life is the ” first fruits ” of all who put their trust in Him (1 Cor. 15:20; James 1:28).