Trees teach us the meaning of our reality!  Have you ever wanted an Ent? We do! Treebeard and his fellow trees helped save the day at the great battle for life! The Lord of the Rings understands the beauty of the land of the Elves - a land of trees. The sacrifice of a royal tree in the land of humans, Númenor, was part of it's demise.   Isn't it fascinating how trees are at the beginning of human history? Think about the trees in the garden of eden.  -Tree of good and evil God just gave Adam and Eve a beautiful garden, of one tree he asks us, as he does them "Will you trust me with good and evil, or do you want to make up your own minds about good and evil."  Unfortunately they didn't trust Him, and we have felt the distrust ever since.  Think about the Tree in the new earth? -The tree of life! Why couldn't they eat of that tree straight away? Because wanted to remedy the situation of our choices. To bring healing on a tree. To take the curse onto himself, and to give us life. Only God knows how to do the ultimate cosmic intervention to heal the struggle of the human mind and heart.   Trees at the heart of fantasy and pagan myth!  Oden, dying on the tree Yggdrasil - the world tree.  -Even pagan myths get a taste of the original story.  -A god who is hung on a tree.  -It's dragon gnawing at the roots to destroy this tree of life -It knows there is great evil.     Trees are seen throughout the Bible! -Abraham is camping out, when Jesus turns up with two angels for a meal and a chat. Jesu  meets Abraham under the oak tree of Mamre (Genesis 18). -The temple - a visual vision of the universe - is held up by pillars made of wood. As if trees are at the heart of worship to the Lord. King Solomon knew how important it was to have these trees.   Learning from the Medieval 'Golden Legend'  'The Tree' is significant in medieval thought about the Bible Think about the cedars from Lebanon. Why would the Bible talk in such detail about these trees?  Are they from the garden of Eden?  Peter makes a strange statement - don't miss it, it has deep meaning! "Jesus when he died, died on 'the tree."  What tree was that? Is it the tree from Eden, sheltering Abraham, tree of life in revelation?   Think about the seasons The winter always turns into the Spring - bringing new life. Each year we are reminded about the fabulous news of Jesus - God dying on a tree to give us life.  -One day the seasons will not circle back to death, but remain in spring and summer, with autumn colours, new life, leaves remaining, kept for 'the healing of the nations'. (Revelation 22)  Think about 'the tree' which teaches us all about reality and truth. If only our leaders, politicians, bosses, colleagues, families, friends, ourselves would remember the the Gardner who created the tree; created us; the only one capable of 'healing the nations', and He will, and He does, when we trust Him with the knowledge of good and evil.