Christ, the Tree of Life, in New Jerusalem

In Revelation 22:1-2 John tells us that  an angel “showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its [New Jerusalem’s] street. And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month.”

In New Jerusalem there is exactly one tree, not a forest. This tree of life is Christ Himself who is both the life (John 14:6) and “the true vine” (15:1). This tree is available to us everywhere the river of life flows.

The enjoyment of Christ as the tree of life will be the eternal portion of all of God’s redeemed (Rev. 22:14). The tree of life signifies Christ as life to man, and declares thatt He offers Himself to man in an edible form (Gen. 2:9; John 6:35, 57; Rev. 2:7). Because Christ is embodied and realized in His word, His words being spirit and life to us (John 6:63), we can eat Him by eating His words….The way to eat His words is by praying with and over His words, making the Bible our prayer book….This is to receive the word of God by means of all prayer (Eph. 6:17-18).

The word of God is our life supply, as in Matthew 4:4, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.” Because the word of God is food we never graduate from it; it is our supply forever.

The twelve fruits of the tree of life are the unlimited riches of Christ, not only as our life supply but also as our enjoyment as Jeremiah wrote “Your words were found and I ate them, and Your word became to me the gladness and joy of my heart” (15:16). This is to be our experience today and in New Jerusalem.
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* From page 37 of Ed Marks, The New Jerusalem—A Corporate Person, Affirmation & Critique Monograph, A&C Press, © Living Stream Ministry (2025).

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See also the booklet Pray-Reading the Word, printed or online.

Posted by Don on July 20, 2026

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