The fruit of the tree of life in the Garden of Eden

The Secret in the Garden of Eden

There is a very important place in the Bible, which is closely related with our salvation—the Garden of Eden. The history of the Garden of Eden shows us the origin of human beings and the origin of death. And in the Garden of Eden, we can also find the secret of life. After sinning in the Garden of Eden, human beings are destined to die. Then, how can we be saved from death?

Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong taught us that in order to receive eternal life, we must eat from the “tree of life.” The Bible prophesied that Jesus would come a second time with the fruit of the tree of life and give eternal life to human beings who were destined to die. It is Christ Ahnsahnghong that brought us the tree of life. That is why the Church of God believes in Him as the Second Coming Jesus. Then, what is the tree of life? Is it truly Christ Ahnsahnghong that brought us the tree of life? Let’s understand through the teachings of Christ:

Matthew 13:34-35 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”

Jesus lets us know that since the creation of the world, there is a hidden secret. And this secret pertains to our eternal life. In the story of the creation, in the book of Genesis, we need to find what is it that has been hidden for ages that will give us the answer we’ve been searching for: how to receive eternal life.

Things Hidden Since The Creation of The World

Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’

In the Garden of Eden, God put the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And He commanded Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. But because Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan, they disobeyed God’s command. By this, human beings are destined to die and death entered this world through sin. After Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, has God ever given us an opportunity to be saved from death? Is there no way to be freed from death?

Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

As stated in the above verse, there is only one way for us to live forever. It is to eat from the tree of life. Then, how can we eat from the tree of life? If we look into the history of the Garden of Eden, we can find out that it is God who banned the sinners from eating of the tree of life. Then, we can reason also that it is only God that will allow us the tree of life. So Jesus, who is God, came to save us by restoring the tree of life.

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

The words, “I have come that they may have life,” means, “I have come that they may eat from the tree of life.” What is the reality of the tree of life?

In the book of Genesis, what should we eat to live forever? It’s the fruit of the tree of life. However, what did Jesus say we should eat to live forever? He said that we should eat His flesh and drink His blood. Then, what is Jesus’ flesh and blood? It is the fruit of the tree of life. The fruit of the tree of life in the Garden of Eden represents Jesus’ flesh and blood.

John 6:53-54 Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

By eating Jesus’ flesh and blood, we can eat the fruit of the tree of life, which was lost by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We should eat Jesus’ flesh and blood in order to have eternal life. Now, what is important is how to eat Jesus’ flesh and drink His blood, the reality of the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. It is impossible to eat Jesus Himself. Then, what do the words in John 6:53 mean? These words refer to the words of Matthew 26:17, through which we can find the way to eat the flesh and blood of Jesus.

How Can We Eat Jesus’ Flesh and Blood?

Matthew 26:17-28 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: my appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover… While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

Jesus said that the bread and wine of the Passover is His flesh and blood; that is, Jesus Himself. Eating the Passover bread and drinking the Passover wine is eating of the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. So far, we have studied that the tree of life is a parable and its reality is Jesus, and the truth through which we can eat Jesus’ flesh and drink His blood is the Passover. We can understand that the tree of life is allowed to us through the Passover, and that Jesus who allowed us to eat from the tree of life is God.

We, human beings, who lost the tree of life and were destined to die, could have eternal life by God who came in the flesh and allowed the fruit of the tree of life through the bread and wine of the Passover. However, the devil abolished the truth of the Passover at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. This meant that the tree of life was hidden and no one could have eternal life. We could not expect salvation without the Passover, the truth about the tree of life. In this situation, the one who is able to restore the truth of the Passover, that is, the tree of life, is only God, as it was 2,000 years ago.

Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

The purpose of Christ’s coming a second time is for our salvation. To bring us salvation, He must restore the Passover. The One who allowed us the Passover truth is Ahnsahnghong. Therefore, Ahnsahnghong is Christ who came in this age according to all the prophecies of the Bible. Christ Ahnsahnghong is God who restored the truth of the Passover, the tree of life, and saved us from our sin and death.