Last night, our ConnectGroup met to continue the study of Ravi Zacharias's book, The Grand Weaver. Chapter four focuses on morality, and Ravi begins with a discussion of the Garden of Eden. While I have probably read about the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil dozens of times, I was embarrassed that I didn't remember that there was a second named tree, The Tree of Life. Not a lot is said in Genesis about why there are two trees, but I think The Tree of Life is there to represent the choice that we have - the choice to either try to be God or to the choice to try to follow God. When Adam and Eve ate from The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, two things happened: they disobeyed God's direct instruction not to eat from that tree, and they were lured into thinking that by eating the fruit, they would know what God knows and be equal to him. The Tree of Life represents the life that God makes available to each of us through obedience to him and a recognition that He is almighty and above us. Adam and Eve spoiled that opportunity for themselves and all that followed them, but God filled the chasm by allowing His Son to come to our busted world and die to pay the debt for our sins - thus becoming The Everlasting Tree of Life.
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