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Question

about which plant is spoken in this text;
1. "On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations."
Revelations 22:2
2 . "[Its] fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."
Ezekiel 47:12?

Answer 1

I guess that you are talking about a plant that is in the world today. I would say that the tree of life is not in this world today. That tree will be here later on.. It was in the Garden of Eden..
God put man out of the garden so that we would not eat of that tree and live forever in our sinful condition.

Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Answer 2

The promise that the days of God’s restored people will be like those of a tree (Isa 65:22) is made more meaningful by the fact that some trees of Palestine live for centuries, even up to a thousand years or more. In Ezekiel’s vision a stream flowing from the visionary temple was lined with fruitful trees of healing foliage, and a similar vision is presented in the book of Revelation. (Eze 47:7, 12; Re 22:2, 14) The expression “tree of life” is used with regard to true wisdom, the fruitage of the righteous, the realization of a thing desired, and calmness of the tongue; it is also associated with the crown of life. (Pr 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Re 2:7, 10) Trees are mentioned in association with the fruitful, peaceful, and joyful conditions resulting from Jehovah’s kingship and the restoration of his people.—1Ch 16:33; Ps 96:12; 148:9; Isa 55:12; Eze 34:27; 36:30.

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Answer 3

The Tree of Life is spoken of in Genesis as well. The fruit of the "tree of life" is the plant being referred to. Some people debate whether the Garden of Eden is still being guarded by Angels with flaming swords, or now desolate in the Euphrates River Valley.

I know this isn't the answer you were looking for but it is the truth. No one knows what the tree is other than the "Tree of Life".

Answer 4

In the Bible,trees were used to symbolise individuals,rulers and kingdoms,as in the prophecy likening the fall of Pharaoh and his crowd to the cutting down of a lofty cedar.(Eze.31).The righteous man is likened to a tree planted by streams of water.(Ps.1:3),whose foliage is luxuriant and whose fruit continues to grow even in drought - Jer.17:8.
The promise that the days of God's restored people will be like those of a tree(Isa.65:22) is made more meaningful by the fact that some trees of Palestine live for centuries.In Ezekiel"s vision a stream flowing from the visionary temple was lined with fruitful trees of healing foliage,and a similar vision is presented in Revelation 22:2.The expression "tree of life" is used with regard to true wisdom,the fruitage of the righteous,the realisation of a thing desired,and calmness of the tongue;it is also associated with the crown of life(Pr.3:18,11:30,13:20;
Rev.2:7,10).

Answer 5

on either side of the river--ALFORD translates, "In the midst of the street of it (the city) and of the river, on one side and on the other" (for the second Greek, "enteuthen," A, B, and Syriac read, ekeithen: the sense is the same; compare Greek, Joh 19:18); thus the trees were on each side in the middle of the space between the street and the river. But from Eze 47:7, I prefer English Version. The antitype exceeds the type: in the first Paradise was only one tree of life; now there are "very many trees at the bank of the river, on the one side and on the other." To make good sense, supposing there to be but one tree, we should either, as MEDE, suppose that the Greek for street is a plain washed on both sides by the river (as the first Paradise was washed on one side by the Tigris, on the other by the Euphrates), and that in the midst of the plain, which itself is in the midst of the river's branches, stood the tree: in which case we may translate, "In the midst of the street (plain) itself, and of the river (having two branches flowing) on this and on that side, was there the tree of life." Or else with DURHAM suppose, the tree was in the midst of the river, and extending its branches to both banks. But compare Eze 47:12, the millennial type of the final Paradise; which shows that there are several trees of the one kind, all termed "the tree of life." Death reigns now because of sin; even in the millennial earth sin, and therefore death, though much limited, shall not altogether cease. But in the final and heavenly city on earth, sin and death shall utterly cease.
yielded her fruit every month--Greek, "according to each month"; each month had its own proper fruit, just as different seasons are now marked by their own productions; only that then, unlike now, there shall be no season without its fruit, and there shall be an endless variety, answering to twelve, the number symbolical of the world-wide Church (compare Note, see on Re 12:1; Re 21:14). ARCHBISHOP WHATLEY thinks that the tree of life was among the trees of which Adam freely ate ( Ge 2:9, 16, 17), and that his continuance in immortality was dependent on his continuing to eat of this tree; having forfeited it, he became liable to death; but still the effects of having eaten of it for a time showed themselves in the longevity of the patriarchs. God could undoubtedly endue a tree with special medicinal powers. But Ge 3:22 seems to imply, man had not yet taken of the tree, and that if he had, he would have lived for ever, which in his then fallen state would have been the greatest curse.
leaves . . . for . . . healing-- ( Eze 47:9, 12). The leaves shall be the health-giving preventive securing the redeemed against, not healing them of, sicknesses, while "the fruit shall be for meat." In the millennium described in Eze 47:1-23 and Re 20:1-15, the Church shall give the Gospel-tree to the nations outside Israel and the Church, and so shall heal their spiritual malady; but in the final and perfect new Jerusalem here described, the state of all is eternally fixed, and no saving process goes on any longer (compare Re 22:11). ALFORD utterly mistakes in speaking of "nations outside," and "dwelling on the renewed earth, organized under kings, and saved by the influences of the heavenly city" (!) Compare Re 21:2, 10-27; the "nations" mentioned ( Re 21:24) are those which have long before, namely, in the millennium ( Re 11:15), become the Lord's and His Christ's.

Answer 6

According to the Bible, in the garden of Eden were many trees, Besides the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil that they were not suppose to eat from, there was also a tree called the Tree of Life.

After Adam sinned, God put them out of the garden to prevent them from eating of the Tree of Life, and it says he put an angel to guard the way to the tree.

At the end, access to that tree will finally be restored. Those living on the new earth will be able to eat from it.

Answer 7

The tree of life which is in heaven, there are descriptions of a tree of life growing next to a river in heaven, this tree is supposed to bear fruit. I am not too sure about anything else about this tree.

Answer 8

it was not a literal plant but symbolic

The expression “tree of life” is used with regard to true wisdom, the fruitage of the righteous, it is also associated with the crown of life.

Answer 9

It is talking about Jesus. Jesus is the Tree of Life.
It is taking place after judgment day, after the devil and followers are gone for good.

Answer 10

...it is most certainly referring to Jesus Christ Himself / also herbs ( created by God ) are extremely beneficial ...my blood sugar stabilized and my cholesterol ( which was sky high ) is now in normal limits...I know of one herb that kills certain types of cancer cells.....