The Leaves of the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:1-2 shows the river of life, the Spirit, flows out from the throne of the Lamb God, the redeeming God. The tree of life grows on both sides of this river bearing fruit each month.

The last part of 22:2 says, “The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” In the Bible, leaves are a symbol of man’s deeds (Gen. 3:7).
The leaves of the tree of life symbolize the deeds of Christ. The regenerated believers will eat the fruit of the tree of life, receiving Christ as their life and life supply inwardly, that they may enjoy the divine life for eternity. The restored nations, however, will be healed by the leaves of the tree of life, taking the deeds of Christ as their guide outwardly, that they may live the human life forever.*

The people of the nations will live a human life forever whereas the people of New Jerusalem, the regenerated, transformed, and transfigured believers, will live a divine-human life forever.

The people of the nations will live a human life without any of the problems we have today. Sin, and all the negatives it produces, along with death, will be in the lake of fire. For more about these nations, please view the posts linked at the bottom of this page.

* Life-Study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages: The Church, the Kingdom, and the New Jerusalem, message 263, p. 2742, by Witness Lee. Published 1998 and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.

Nations Living on the New Earth Outside of New Jerusalem
——- (a summary of many posts about these nations)
The Leaves of the Tree are for the Nations
The Leaves for the Healing of the Nations

Posted by Don on March 28, 2025

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