In this episode, Rob leads a study of the book of Genesis and a detailed look at the Tree of Life. From Genesis through the OT and the Life of Jesus (who was died on a tree) to the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem, trees play a prominent role in the Bible. Jesus even says, "a good tree bears good fruit." The Psalmist equates a person who studies God's word with a "tree planted by streams of water, whose leaf does not wither."  

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Notes:

Gen 2:8-17

Notes: Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of good and bad

1. God planted a garden in Eden (8)

1. Tree of life and the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil (9)

1. Tree of life _______________________ the Garden! 2:9

1. ‘Knowledge of good and bad’
   1. ra does not mean ‘evil’ when it is coupled with ‘good’; instead it means “bad” (cf Gen 24:50; 31:24; Lev 27:9-15; Num 13:19; 24:13; Deut 30:15)

1. 1. “To know” in Hebrew is _____________________________ (Gen 4:1)

1. 1. The knowledge of good and bad is what enables a person to ____________________________________: (Deut 1:39; 1 Kings 3:9)

1. Does mankind ___________________________ what is good and what it evil? or does  determination?

1. 1. This knowledge is not a bad thing in this context. The bad comes in terms of _________________________ by which they acquire it

1. 1. Tree of good and evil means:                                                               those who are legally responsible for their actions (1 Kings 3:9); ability to make moral pronouncements

1. 1. ‘Discerning good and evil’ is a Hebrew expression referring to kings and authority figures making judgments in ________________________________ 2 Sam 14:17; 19:35; 1 Kings 3:9; Isa 7:15-16

1. 1. Adam/Eve were to discern between good and evil! They were supposed to pronounce the _________________________ as evil! And to judge it! Once it entered the Garden Adam/Eve should have deemed its presence as wrong and forbid entry

Trees/Mountains

Trees are the most frequently occurring living thing in the Bible behind God and humans

Ps 1:1-6

This is what the entire book of ________________________ is about!

• It is all to be meditated upon! (Ps 1)

The answer is that the _______________________ is the _______________________wisdom! (Prov 1:1-7)