![]() ![]() Even though man fell by what he ate, God will still allow us to eat in heaven. The great heavenly reunion between Jesus and His people is described as a marriage supper ( Revelation 19:9). Angels ate with Abraham ( Genesis 18:6-8). In His resurrection body, Jesus enjoyed food ( Luke 24:41-43, John 21:12-14). ![]() The best answer is that we can eat, but will not have to. Some people wonder if we will eat in heaven. Apparently, heaven will still mark time, but not be subject to it in the same way we are on this side of eternity. Each tree yielding its fruit every month: From all indications, this describes the world of the new heaven and the new earth, yet we are given a time indicator. “Now at last, almost at the end of the great drama of the Bible, man may return and legitimately enjoy the blessing which he was banished for illegitimately desiring.” (Preston/Hanson)ī. Seeing the tree of life again points to a restoration of all things. I do not know how we can make the figure out in any other way.” (Spurgeon) “The picture presented to the mind’s eye would appear to be that of a wide street, with a river flowing down the center, like some of the broader canals of Holland, with trees growing on either side, all of them of the same kind, all called the tree of life. Others see that the word tree as a collective reference, speaks of rows of trees that stand on either side of the river. This is how John Walvoord sees it: “The visual picture presented is that the river of life flows down through the middle of the city, and the tree is large enough to span the river, so that the river is in the midst of the street, and the tree is on both sides of the river.” John may be describing a large street with a river flowing down the middle, and a large tree - or series of trees - that grows with roots on either side of the river. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river: It’s a little hard to picture this heavenly landscaping. The tree of life: The Bible begins with a tree of life ( Genesis 3:22-24) which man was not allowed to eat from after the sin at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. ![]() The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.Ī. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. This is a better river with better trees. It is perhaps the final preview of this heavenly river. Ezekiel saw a glorious river ( Ezekiel 47) flow down from the temple in Jerusalem and into the sea, but that river belongs to the millennial earth. Because it comes from God, it cannot be anything other than pure and abundant. ![]() From the throne of God and of the Lamb: This river of provision comes right from God’s throne. Man on earth never knew such waters, as men on earth never knew such a city but the city is a sublime reality.” (Seiss)Ĭ. “Its waters are literal waters, of a nature and quality answering to that of the golden city to which they belong. Clear as crystal: God’s provision in the New Jerusalem is described with pure, absolutely unpolluted waters. Poole wrote that this idea of this river was “To let us know, that in heaven there shall be no want of any thing that can make the saints happy.”ī. There is nothing in all the world so precious to the eye and the imagination of the inhabitant of the dry, burning and thirsty East, as a plentiful supply of bright, pure, and living water.” (Seiss) “One of the gladdest things on earth is water. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. Or, as expressed by the Psalmist in Psalm 46:4-5: There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. A pure river of water of life: Through the Old Testament, prophets used the picture of a river as a powerful expression of richness, provision, and peace ( Isaiah 48:18, Zechariah 14:8, Ezekiel 47:1-9). ( Revelation 22:1) A river flowing from the throne of God.Īnd he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.Ī. ![]()
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