The Commands of Christ Jesus, the power of an endless Life
Ronel, and my beloved husband, Pete, a servant of Jesus Christ, separated unto the Gospel of God, to the strangers scattered throughout the world, Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Speaking to the Church to comfort, edify, and exhort [1 Co 14:3]. Who will believe our report?
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
The Two Trees Part 2 – The Tree of Life
In the letter, The Two Trees Part 1, we see how we ate of the fruit of the tree of good and evil, which led to spiritual death through God’s design who works all matters after the counsel of His own will [Eph 1:17, Prov 16:1].
Christ is jealous for Zion, His people, and through His great mercy and judgment returns to us, His unfaithful wife, and spiritually raises her from the dead if He has chosen her/us to hear His Voice in this age. Christ forsakes us for a little while, but with great anger and jealousy comes back for His throne.
Jer 33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Joh 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Not all calling Christ Lord will enter into the Kingdom of God now, but only those who hear His Voice in every generation. We, the escaped remnant, now have access to the Tree of Life, which is Christ, in us, the Hope of Glory [Rom 11:5, Isa 11:16]. Christ IS come in our flesh, and if anyone disagrees, he has the spirit of anti-Christ.
Joh 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Joh 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
The Tree of Life is a dry tree in the midst of paradise, which the Lord makes to flourish in this day, the Day of the Lord. He brings down the high tree, the tree of good and evil, to dry up the green tree and exalt the dry tree. Christ, the dry Tree, is exalted above all.
Eze 17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
The Tree of Life is for the healing of the nations [gentiles], which have Christ’s Name [Gospel] in their foreheads, the gentiles whom He has chosen in every generation. The rest of the Gentiles will be saved later according to His plan because Christ is the Saviour of all men [1 Tim 4:10]. Only some are saved in every generation, and the end of the ages is come upon us, His people, in every generation.
Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Rev 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Act 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
We do not desire Christ at first; there is no comeliness in the dry tree. We have to be born again [John 3:3]. The Lord has to open our eyes to see and our ears to hear His glorious Gospel. This is the Lord’s mercy. Mercy is to raise us up from the dead [spiritual death]. The Gospel is hid.
Isa 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Luk 5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luk 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
The Tree of Life is the knowledge of Christ, the faith of Christ. The knowledge of Christ is to believe that only His blood can save us. His blood, His Words of Spirit and Life [John 6:63] saves us from the wrath to come. His knowledge is the knowledge/mystery of His Gospel; it is the knowledge of His Commandments, so we may do them. It is the knowledge that our own knowledge and good deeds, which are needful, cannot save us.
2Pe 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him [Gospel] that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Col 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
The Tree of Life is the godly wisdom from above, which gives us life eternal [aionios], and that is to know Christ and the Father [John 17:3]. This tree gives us the fear of the Lord, and the fear of the Lord is to obey Him, which is the beginning of wisdom.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Ecc 7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Pro 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Pro 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Eating of Christ’s flesh and bones, drinking His blood, the Lord now makes a New Covenant with us, writing His Laws in our hearts and minds. We are renewing creatures; the old life and old mindset is passing away. Our covenant with death, eating of the fruit of the tree of good and evil, does not stand; it is disannulled [Isa 28:18]. Death, where is your sting? We now have a lasting peace. Our God is full of compassion and long-suffering with us, and His mercy is on them that fear Him from generation to generation [Luk 1:50].
Isa 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
1Co 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The Lord sends His messenger of the Covenant suddenly, Christ makes a quick work upon the earth in our hearts and in our minds. Christ comes when it is least expected. The heavens are rolled up like a scroll in this Day, and He makes a sudden end to all of our unrighteousness and ungodliness, which is the work of our own hands, the idols of our hearts.
Mal 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Having access to the Tree of Life, the Lord takes away our sins and remembers them no more. The Lord visits us with His salvation. He takes away our sins by giving us His Commandments, the judgments of His mouth[Ps 105].
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All of us have sinned and have come short of His glory, and if we say otherwise, we lie.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
We escape from the corruption of worldly lusts and covetousness [idolatry] because we have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked eating of the fruit of the tree of good and evil. We live by every Word that comes out of the mouth of God. No man escapes, all eat of the fruit of the tree of good and evil and come short of the glory of God. Please read the letter, The Two Trees Part 1, which shows us the fruit of the tree of good and evil, the exalted tree.
Eze 6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Eze 6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
The Tree of Life is the true Sabbath’s rest; we cease from our own works and rest in Christ. The Sabbath’s rest is holy unto God. This Sabbath’s rest was made for us, and the Lord reigns supreme over it. We have to become holy to see the Lord; we do not serve two tables, the table of Mammon and the table of the Lord. We do not mix wool and linen in one garment, we do not plow with an ox and ass together, spiritually speaking [Deut 22:10-11].
Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mar 2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
We are now sons of God, chosen before the foundation of the world, and our hearts bear witness that we are the sons of God. The Lord accepts us as sons, and we are no more bastards [Heb 12:8]. We travail in birth and with much pain and sorrow, birth the man-child [Rom 8, Rev 12:13].
Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Gal 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Hos 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
Eating of the Tree of Life, we have the Promise of eternal Life. We have to abide in His love [keep His Commandments, 2 Pet 3:9] to receive the Promise, which is the Holy Spirit, which are the Words of Spirit and Life [John 6:63]. This is the Power of God and eternal life [life aionios].
1Jn 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
We have to patiently hope and wait for the Promise of God [Heb 10:36]. We receive the Promise of the Spirit of God through the faith of Christ, which is a gift of God. We have to hear and believe the Gospel to be sealed with the Holy Spirit [Eph 1:13]. The Promise is our inheritance, eating of the Tree of Life, which is Christ in us. The Promise belongs to us; our inheritance is in the Lord. The true Israel of God has no inheritance in this world.
Act 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Gal 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Eze 44:28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
Eating of the Tree of Life, we are being made partakers of His divine nature, His anointing stays in us. We have come to the end of our faith, the salvation of our souls. The anointing is the Holy Spirit, the Promise, or the Comforter.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
We are now children of the blessed and holy First Resurrection and reign with Christ, sitting on twelve thrones. Our citizenship is New Jerusalem above.
Mat 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Mat 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
We rejoice that we are made low, emptying ourselves, becoming servants to God. All of our treasures are fading away. We cannot see the Lord and live; our natural man has to die.
Isa 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Jas 1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
Jas 1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
We are offered up following Christ’s example, as He is so are we [1 John 4:17].
Php 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Php 2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
This is the only Tree that makes us holy unto God; we are being made perfect on the third day. We are made over, a new man conformed into the image of Christ.
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
This is the Day, the Lord will reconcile our brethren back to us. You, who are reading, that came out of the physical churches/fellowships of the world, that have no fellowship elsewhere, whether it be over the internet or in a church, today the Lord joins you to us, we are one flock, we have One Lord, One Father. If you believe in the Name/Gospel of Christ in your hearts and confess with your mouths, you are His sheep. You are part of the remnant the Lord calls. Christ is not leaving or forsaking you.
Joe 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Gal 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Gal 6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Eating of the Tree of Life brings forth fruit and joy unspeakable as we start to overcome sin. Our reward is the crown of righteousness. We have to patiently wait for the Lord, put all our hope in Him to come and give us this crown, and above all else, to be found spotless [without sin] when He comes. Those who wait for the Lord are not put to shame [Isa 49]. Paul says he presents us as a chaste virgin unto Christ.
2Ki 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
2Ki 19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
Psa 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psa 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
The crown of glory is Christ in us, the Hope of Glory. It is the Gospel of Jesus Christ; it is knowing and obeying the Commandments of Christ. We wait patiently, striving to enter into the narrow gate, and are watchful that nobody takes our crown. When we fall, we get back up immediately, we resist the devil [carnal thoughts, the world], and he flees from us. The Lord promised and He will do it and IS doing it, and that is to give us overcoming over our sins, overcoming the world within and without.
Isa 28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
Isa 28:6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
2Ti 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2Ti 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Rev 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
As the true Israel of God, we are the praise of the earth because Christ returns to us. He has not forgotten us. He is our faithful High Priest after the order of Melchisedec. He wakes us up from deep sleep [spiritual death], and we have joy forevermore. The Lord dwells in Mount Zion, Christ and the Father dwells in us in this Day [John 14:20].
Isa 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Isa 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isa 51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
We are Zion, the perfection of beauty.
Psa 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Psa 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psa 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Psa 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Psa 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
The tree of Life extends peace to us like a river; it endures forever, because the Lord, through His mercy, has opened our ears and made us to see the One whom we have pierced. He has brought us home again. The Lord’s judgments give us peace. The Lord’s judgments are His Commandments. Our peace is our comfort.
Isa 66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Isa 66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Isa 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
We pray and thank the Lord continually for saving us. Once we are lifted out of this world, we see the bondage, we see Leviathan [the devil], which has pulled us up into his net [Job 41]. Praying, lifting up hands, means the way we walk in this life. Praying means worshipping God. Our hearts are full of joy because of what the Lord is doing in this Day.
Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Rev 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Reading this letter, we have a joyful and pleasant feast and we remember to remember God, the Father, and the Lord, Christ, to honour and obey Them as we are unworthy servants, which is our duty to do. Here are some Commandments for a time like this, reading and reminding ourselves what a great gift we have been given, the Tree of Life. His Commandments are our daily bread from heaven. The Apostles remind us:
To walk worthy of our calling … being steadfast … holding to our Head.
To not be spoilt by fables and philosophies … to shun vain babblings … to put our affection on things above … to not answer foolish questions … to not walk in lasciviousness, excess of wine, idolatries … to establish our hearts with grace not with meat … to not love the world … to try the spirits … to keep away from idols … to not follow after evil.
To love our brethren fervently … abounding in love … keeping His Commands … to esteem those that labour in the Word.
To have confidence to draw near … casting our cares upon Christ … to be humble, patient, and longsuffering … looking to others’ affairs, not just our own.
To forbear and forgive each other … to get angry and sin not … to be full of mercy.
To not neglect our gifts … to work with our own hands … to eat at home … to study to show ourselves approved … be ready to give an answer … not to be slothful … to speak truth in love.
To gird up our loins … to be sober … to resist the devil … to labour to enter into His rest … to not be involved in the affairs of this world.
To bridle our tongues … no corrupt communication out of our mouths … no evil speaking … no bitterness … no jesting … to be kind and gentle … to renew our minds … our speech seasoned with salt … swift to hear and slow to speak … to set aside the sins that so easily beset us … to not covet … to not faint … to not be unequally joked with unbelievers.
To be holy, set apart … to not be partakers of others’ sins … to lay hands suddenly on no man … to follow after peace and holiness …to not revile … to not threaten … to not be partial … to not be puffed up.
To feed the flock … to present every man perfect … to be hospitable … to entertain strangers … to visit the fatherless, the orphan, the widow, the Levite, the stranger spiritually … to not eat or drink the Lord’s supper unworthily … to seek the excellent gifts but rather to prophesy … to be orderly. Casting our cares upon Him … our behaviour honest among the gentiles … to redeem our time … to be subject to rulers … to not be a stumbling block… to not judge another … to bear the weak … to judge nothing before the time … to give cheerfully … to not speak evil.
To give thanks in all things … to not moan … to do things heartily as if we do it for the Lord … to press on for the prize of the high calling … to make our calling and election sure … to examine ourselves … to live by faith.
To teach and preach the Gospel … to not be ashamed of the Gospel … to admonish, exhort, comfort, and edify … to be humble … to not boast … to do good when we know to do good … to not revile … to be patient … to bear each other’s burdens … to do good to all men.
To pray for the king and all men … to lift hands up everywhere praying spiritually … to confess our sins … to pass our time in fear of the Lord.
To be doers of the Word … to not quench the spirit … to give heed to prophesies … to not forsake the assembly … to present our bodies a living sacrifice … to be of the same mind … fervent in spirit … rejoicing in hope … blessing not cursing.
To think on things true, honest, just, pure, virtuous, and of good report … to die daily … to love and many more.
Receive ye the Gospel.
Part 1 of this study, The Tree of Knowledge and Good and Evil can be accessed by clicking here
