The Tree Of Life

Revelation 2:7 (ESV)

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

The one who conquers is the one who keeps faith in Christ Jesus and bears the fruit of His Spirit unto the end. Paul describes it as finishing the race before us. This is overcoming the world of self. 

There are many trees in the paradise of God whose fruit is good for eating, other than the tree of life. Man as a natural living creature is part of a creation that is pleasing to God. He is wonderfully and fearfully made. (Psalm 139:14) It is the choice of all mankind to eat from any tree and be right with God. 

But there is one tree of life whose fruit man may choose to enter the life of God. Its fruit is available to all, but few will pick its fruit for various reasons. There is a single tree whose fruit is not good for eating, though many will. It is the wide road that leads to destruction.