"And He shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as
     crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the
     Lamb.

     In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of
     the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve
     manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month:  and
     the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
     nations."  *** Revelation 22:1-2

     The apostle John was in the Spirit on the Lord's day on the
Isle of Patmos and Jesus appeared to him in all His glory to reveal
the things which are and the things which shall be hereafter. ***
Revelation 1:19

     John was shown the things which are, in the second and third
chapters of Revelation.  These things which are, are the things
which were in the seven churches of Asia.  These things are still
in the churches today.

     A door was opened to John in heaven (the Spiritual realm), and
the voice which John first heard proclaimed,

      "I will show you the things, hereafter."  *** Revelation
     1:19

     So the glorified Jesus revealed unto John what was going to
happen hereafter, or the things of the future;  the revelation of
the things hereafter fulfilled. 

     Many believe the book of Revelation is the endtime revelation
of God, and it is, but it is more.  It is the keys that open the
endtime teaching of the whole Bible.  It is given to us for
understanding of what God is going to do to bring man to the end of
his sinful flesh.  Revelation gives us God's eternal plan for man,
that man may take his rightful place in God as he was created for.
When Jesus walked on earth, He revealed,

     "It is the Spirit that quickeneth;  the flesh profiteth
     nothing:  the words that I speak unto you, they are
     Spirit, and they are life."  *** John 6:63

     Jesus' words were Spirit.  His words were also life.  As we
apply these truths to the Word, we then can understand the tree of
life planted by the river that flows from the throne of God.  Jesus
is not speaking of a physical river, nor are the trees that grow on
either side of it physical.  The leaves of these trees were for the
healing of the nations and the tree bore twelve fruits. The words
"manner of" are in italics and did not appear in the original, but
were added by the translators for clarification.

     As we search for understanding of what was revealed to John,
we are well aware of the fact that we cannot understand anything in
the Word with the carnal mind.  It must be revealed by the Holy
Spirit of God, and we praise Him for His revelation unto man.

     There was a tree of life in the midst of the Garden of Eden. 
That tree of life is Christ Jesus.  Anyone coming to God, who
desires to partake of eternal life, must eat of that tree.  When
man sinned, a flaming sword was placed in the hand of the Cherubims
to keep man from the tree of life.  The flaming sword is the Word
of God.  The scriptures reveal that God is a consuming fire and the
sword of the Spirit is the Word of God.  Man can only enter back
into the paradise of God by going through that flaming sword.

     Most who call themselves Christians are still partaking of the
mixed fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  What
they are allowing to come into their lives has good in it, but it
is mixed with evil.  They can never come into their place in God by
partaking of this tree.

     The tree of life in *** Revelation 22 is more than one tree. 
John revealed that trees stand on both sides of the river.  Paul
wrote to the Corinthians,

     "For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all
     the members of that one body, being many, are one body: 
     so also is Christ."  *** I Corinthians 12:12

     When God looks at His Body, He sees it as one.  But it has
many members.  When He revealed the tree of life in *** Revelation
22:2, He was speaking of His many-membered Body that will minister
healing to the nations during the coming new day in God.  This
many-membered Body is spoken of throughout the Old Testament. 
Jeremiah wrote, 

     "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose
     hope the Lord is.

     For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that
     spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see
     when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green;  and shall
     not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall
     cease from yielding fruit." *** Jeremiah 17:7-8

     Jeremiah saw those trees planted by the river that flows from
the throne of God which were yielding fruit.  When the heat cometh,
these leaves will remain green.  The life of God will be evident in
their lives.  The psalmist wrote,

     "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of
     the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor
     sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

     But his delight is in the law of the Lord;  and in His
     law doth he meditate day and night.

     And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
     water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;  his
     leaf also shall not wither;  and whatsoever he doeth
     shall prosper." *** Psalm 1:1-3

     Those who take their place in God, whose roots are in the
river that flows from the throne of God, will not walk in the
counsel of the ungodly.  They will not stand in the way of sinners,
nor sit in the seat of the scornful.  They will delight in and
meditate in God's law, His Word, day and night.  These will be the
trees of God who will bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in their
lives.  Their leaves will never wither and they will prosper in
their walk in God.  Jesus spoke of these plantings of God,

     "Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted,
     shall be rooted up." *** Matthew 15:13

     When we are planted by the Father, nothing or no one can root
us up.  Then we can understand the psalmist when he writes,

     "Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall
     flourish in the courts of our God." *** Psalm 92:13

     Those who are planted by God are not just existing in their
walk, but are flourishing in the courts of their God, because their
roots are in the river of life that is flowing from His throne.
Their lives are being lived in accordance to the Spirit and the
Word of God.  Isaiah understood this change, when man's life comes
to line up with the Word of God,

     "To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto
     them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
     garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;  that they
     might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
     the Lord, that He might be glorified."  *** Isaiah 61:3

     These who have been planted in the courts of our God, who are
planted by the river, whose roots are in the river of life, are
called trees of righteousness, and their lives will bring glory to
the Father.  

     How do we become the trees of righteousness in the Kingdom of
our God?  To understand this we must look again at the creation:

     "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb
     yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after
     his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:  and
     it was so.

     And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed
     after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed
     was in itself, after his kind:  and God saw that it was
     good." *** Genesis 1:11-12

     The seed is within itself.  This one simple profound truth is
the basis for the whole kingdom of God.  Paul spoke,

     "Be not deceived;  God is not mocked:  for whatsoever a
     man soweth, that shall he also reap."  *** Galatians 6:7
    
     Whatever seed a man sows, that is the fruit that will be
produced in his life;  whether it be good seed or bad seed.  The
principle of the seed producing itself is evident throughout the
entire Word of God.  Solomon used this principle when he wrote his
proverbs:

     "Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief
     continually;  he soweth discord." *** Proverbs 6:14

     "He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity:  and the rod
     of his anger shall fail." *** Proverbs 22:8

     Paul wrote to the Corinthians,

     "But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap
     also sparingly;   and he which soweth bountifully shall
     reap also bountifully." *** II Corinthians 9:6

     In Paul's letter to the Galatians:

    "For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
     corruption  but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the
     Spirit reap life everlasting." *** Galatians 6:8

     We need to sow to the Spirit.  The Spirit is life eternal. 
When we sow to the Spirit, we can then assimilate the words of the
prophet Hosea in our lives. 

     "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; 
     break up your fallow ground:  for it is time to seek the
     Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you." ***
     Hosea 10:12

     Also the words of the Psalmist,

     "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." *** Psalm
     126:5

   What we sow will reproduce in our lives.  God desires that we
see this principle from His creation.

     "These are the generations of the heavens and of the
     earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord
     God made the earth and the heavens.

     And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,
     and every herb of the field before it grew:  for the Lord
     God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there
     was not a man to till the ground." *** Genesis 2:4-5

     Most believe God spoke full grown plants into existence to
make the Garden of Eden.  They must believe this to justify their
belief in six, twenty-four hour days of creation.  But it is
plainly stated that God created every plant and herb of the field
before it grew in the Garden, eastward in Eden. *** Genesis 2:8

     God planted seed in the earth that would produce after its
kind.  Every herb produces seed.  Everything God planted was good. 
This kingdom principle can be applied in our lives.  When God
created woman from the side of man, He put a seed in her. After man
sinned, Adam called his wife, Eve, because she was the mother of
all living.  *** Genesis 3:20

     Eve's name means "life giver".  God planted in Eve the seed
that would redeem mankind from their fallen nature.  As we come
forward to the New Testament, we see the revelation of God spoken
through the apostle Paul,

     "When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth
     His Son, made of a woman, made under the law."  ***
     Galatians 4:4

     God's Son was made of a woman, a life-giver, under the law, in
the fulness of time; in the time that God had pre-ordained from
before the foundation of the earth. This woman, who was chosen for
this purpose, was called Mary.  

     The word Mary comes from the Hebrew, Miriam, which means
"their rebellion".  God would use woman, His life-giving creation,
to carry the seed that would redeem all mankind from their
rebellion against God.  As we look at the birth of Jesus, we are
informed that Mary was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit.

     "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost
     shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
     overshadow thee:  therefore also that holy thing which
     shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
     *** Luke 1:35

     It was the Holy Ghost, the power of the highest, that
conceived Jesus in Mary's womb. When Joseph heard Mary was with
child, he was going to put Mary away because she became pregnant
before they came together.  God again revealed how Jesus was
conceived,

     "But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel
     of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph,
     thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy
     wife:  for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy
     Ghost." *** Matthew 1:20

     The Holy Spirit of Christ (the anointing) was the second
witness that conceived Jesus.  The Bible states, "In the mouth of
two or three witnesses, every word shall be established," ***
Matthew 18:16.  God also provided a third witness:

     "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise:  When as
     His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came
     together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost."
     *** Matthew 1:18

     The seed that God placed in Eve was the seed of sinful man and
it can only bring forth sinful flesh.  That is what it produced for
Jesus.  Paul wrote to the Romans,

     "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak
     through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the
     likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in
     the flesh." *** Romans 8:3

     Jesus was born under the law, lived under the law and died
under the law.  God gave the law that man could stand before Him by
the atonement for sin.   

     Science and the medical profession tell us that the blood or
genealogy of the child does not come through the mother, but from
the father. Therefore, the child is not born of the mother, but
from the Father.  Woman cannot produce in herself.  It takes the
male to fertilize the seed.  It was by this fertilization process
that the Holy Spirit brought forth the Son of God that would redeem
mankind from his rebellion.

     Jesus did not have the blood line of sinful man. He had the
bloodline of Almighty God and He overcame sin in the flesh and left
us this example, that we may follow Him to regain our ordained
place in God.  When Jesus died, He was the Lamb of God that paid
the sin debt for His whole creation.  As Paul revealed to the
Romans,

     "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
     saved."  *** Romans 10:13

     Jesus opened the way to "whosoever will" to receive
forgiveness of sin through the name of Jesus.  All must partake of
the death of Jesus to enter into the salvation plan of God.  Jesus
was our first Comforter in God.

     When Jesus was speaking to His disciples, He told them He
would send them another Comforter who would abide with them
forever, *** John 14:16.  Jesus was their first Comforter and was
temporary.  He told His disciples, 

     "Nevertheless I tell you the truth;  It is expedient for
     you that I go away:  for if I go not away, the Comforter
     will not come unto you;  but if I depart, I will send Him
     unto you." *** John 16:7

     This second Comforter Jesus spoke of was the Holy Spirit of
Truth.  When Jesus spoke to His disciples of the coming of the Holy
Spirit after His death, He spoke of three appearances of the Spirit
in our lives.  Jesus related the coming of the Spirit,

     "Even the Spirit of truth;  whom the world cannot
     receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: 
     but ye know Him;  for He dwelleth with you, and shall be
     in you." *** John 14:17

     Jesus revealed unto His disciples that the world, or those
outside the kingdom, could not receive the second Comforter because
they had not accepted God's salvation plan of redemption.  Nor
could they know Him, because Jesus is the way back to the Father. 
Those who try to climb up some other way are thieves and liars, ***
John 10:1.  Those who do not know the way of righteousness cannot
receive or know the second Comforter; the Spirit of Truth.

     Jesus went on to relate to His disciples, "...But ye know
Him."  The disciples knew the second Comforter because they knew
Jesus.  Jesus continued by saying, "For He (the second Comforter)
dwells with you."  Who was dwelling with them?  Jesus!  

     Jesus then stated, "The second Comforter shall be in you." But
Jesus did not stop there.  

     "I will not leave you comfortless:  I will come to you."
     *** John 14:18

     In this, Jesus revealed His three comings of the Spirit to His
creation, man.  He was first dwelling "with" them;  second, He
would come "to" them;  and lastly, He would be "in" them.

     First, Jesus (the anointed) came to dwell with them in the
flesh.  Then He came to them on the Day of Pentecost as the Holy
Spirit Comforter;  Christ Jesus (the anointing).  The Spirit
descended as cloven tongues of fire and sat on each of them, ***
Acts 2:3.  The second Comforter, therefore, came to them on the Day
of Pentecost.

     But Jesus promised a third appearance;  when He would be "in"
them.  There is another promised anointing coming when man sheds
his fleshly tabernacle (temporary dwelling place) existence.  This
is when man will become the temple of the living God.  We will no
longer dwell in houses made with hands.  We will no longer live in
bodies of the dust of the earth.  This change will come on "the
third day".  We will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye.  This mortal will put on immortality and this corruption will
put on incorruption. *** I Corinthians 15:51-53

     When the Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost, He
overshadowed the one hundred and twenty in the upper room just as
He had overshadowed Mary.  He impregnated those one hundred and
twenty with the Holy Spirit.  Mary was to bring forth the son that
would redeem all mankind.  When we are impregnated with the Holy
Spirit, He gives us power to become the Sons of God. *** John 1:12

     As we understand the fertilization process, it becomes plain
that it takes the male to fertilize the implanted seed.  The
implanted seed is in the female (life-giver).  In His infinite
wisdom, God used simple terms and ideas we can relate to, so that
He may reveal the hidden mysteries of His kingdom.

     God revealed to Paul, through the Holy Spirit, that His
relationship to "the church" was the same as a husband's
relationship to his wife,

     "This is a great mystery:  but I speak concerning Christ
     and the church." *** Ephesians 5:32

     God admonished the husbands to love their wives as Christ
loved the church and gave Himself for it, *** Ephesians 5:25.  He
also revealed unto the husbands that they were to love their wives
as their own bodies. *** Ephesians 5:28 

     "We are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His
     bones." *** Ephesians 5:30

     We have the same relationship to Christ as a wife has to her
husband.  As we begin to understand this concept, it becomes clear
that the church is the reproductive part of His Body which will
"bring new life in the kingdom".  

     This makes the church female.  The church began at Pentecost
when the Holy Spirit overshadowed the 120 in the upper room.  We
become the church, "His Body", when the Holy Spirit overshadows us
and impregnates the life-giving seed in us.  This seed must be
cared for if it is to produce the Christ in us.  Paul spoke of this
impregnation process,

     "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again
     until Christ be formed in you." *** Galatians 4:19

     God started this process on the Day of Pentecost.  The Holy
Spirit did not come that we may speak in tongues and prophesy.  He
came to cleanse and prepare a people, who are tabernacle, to become
the temple of God. In Colossians Paul wrote,

     "And not holding the Head, from which all the body by
     joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit
     together, increaseth with the increase of God." ***
     Colossians 2:19

     We are to be increased with the increase of God.  Today, most
want their increase to be in worldly possessions.  God wants us to
be increased with Himself, that He may have a people who grow up
into the Head.

     "Speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all
     things, which is the head, even Christ."  *** Ephesians
     4:15

     "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
     that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." ***
     Ephesians 3:19

     God desires us to be filled with all the fulness of God.  Paul
wrote to the Corinthians about the completion of the impregnation
process,

     "And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then
     shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put
     all things under Him, that God may be all in all." *** I
     Corinthians 15:28

     When Christ is formed in us and we increase with the increase
of God and grow up into the Head, when we are filled with the
fulness of God and He becomes our all in all, then we will become
those trees of righteousness planted by the river of life.

     As we come into a fuller understanding of the Word of God and,
as we seek the fulness of His life to consume the old, Adam nature
in our lives, and as we yield to His Spirit and stop playing church
and become the church, "His Body", then God will reveal Himself in
a new way.  He will, again, become the Creator who will bring forth
that new creation in us.

   As we look through new eyes of understanding in *** Revelation
22:2:

     "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of
     the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve
     manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month:  and
     the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
     nations."

     That Tree of Life, His True Church, His Body that has had
their roots in the River of Life which flows from the throne of God
will yield twelve manner of fruit.  These are the fruit of the
Spirit.  These fruit will be produced in our lives because of the
Holy Spirit anointing.  These fruit must consume the old, Adam
nature so that we may come again into the image and likeness of the
Father.  God's character, nature and personality will show forth in
us as the fruit of the Spirit develop in our lives.  As Paul
revealed, "When Christ is formed in us," these fruit will be all
that is visible in our lives.  Paul lists nine of the fruit of the
Spirit in Galatians,

     "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
     longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith              
     
     Meekness, temperance:  against such there is no law." ***
     Galatians 5:22-23

     As we review these nine gifts, we discover these have a
special application in our walk in God so that we may become like
Him.  Paul writes of Jesus,

     "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to
     be equal with God." *** Philippians 2:6

     The word form is MORPHE and means "having the characteristics
or features of a person or thing;  having the nature of the
individual".  Jesus was not meaning "to take the place of", but
"coming into an equality of the nature and characteristics of the
Father".  We can do this through the fruit of the Spirit.

LOVE
     
     Love is the Greek word AGAPE, which is "the benevolent,
manifested love of God, that He manifests through us".  It is the
unyielding love of God.

JOY

     Joy is the Greek word CHARA and is translated "joy" 51 times. 
It is also translated "gladness".  It is because of the Holy Spirit
that we serve the Lord with "joy and gladness".

     Nehemiah encouraged those returning from captivity in Babylon,
"The joy of the Lord is your strength." *** Nehemiah 8:10

PEACE

     Peace is the Greek word EIRENE.  It is the Holy Spirit that
gives us the peace "that passes all understanding".  The Vines (The
Expository Dictionary of New Testament words) states,

     "It is the tranquil state of a soul assured of its
     salvation, through Christ, and so fearing nothing from
     God and content with its earthly lot."

     This is why Paul could state, 

     "I have learned in whatsoever state I am to be content."
     *** Philippians 4:11

     Paul had the peace that passes all understanding.

LONGSUFFERING

     Longsuffering is the Greek word MAKIOTHUMIA and has the
meaning "to forbear".  It is the quality of self-restraint the Holy
Spirit gives us when we face provocation, so that we do not hastily
retaliate.  Longsuffering is the opposite of anger.

GENTLENESS

     Gentleness is the Greek word CHRESTOTES meaning "kindness,
honesty, respectability, worthiness and friendliness".  All these
have to do with the nature, character and personality of God.  God
expects us to be gentle men and women before Him in love.

GOODNESS

     Goodness is the Greek word AGATHOSUME and means "moral
quality".  It is not the act of being good, but being good because
we have the moral qualities of God in our lives through the Holy
Spirit anointing. When the seed of the Spirit begins to produce in
our lives, our lives will change.  We will have a change of mind. 
We will no longer think on those things that will please the flesh.
We will begin to do the things which please the Father.

FAITH

     Faith is the Greek word PISTIS and was translated "faith" 239
times.  It was also translated "believe" 1537 times.  Faith is not
only the conviction of God in our lives, it is the trust that we
have in Him;  that He is who He says He is, and will do what He has
promised in our lives.  We, through faith, begin to live our lives
according to His Word.  If we do not apply what we believe to our
lives, we do not have faith in what we believe.

MEEKNESS

     Meekness is the Greek word PRAOTES and means "gentle, meek and
mild".  It is not in our outward expression of ourselves that
meekness is evident.  But it is in our relationship to God through
the Spirit.  It is through the Spirit that we exude this
characteristic of God in dealing with others.

TEMPERANCE

     The last fruit Paul mentions in *** Galatians 5:22-23 is
temperance.  Temperance is the Greek word EGHRATEIA and means
"self-control".  It is by this fruit of the Spirit that men and
women, who are capable of abuse, take control of the Adam nature
through the Spirit of God to master and overcome this weakness in
their lives.  This gift is also used to control man's desires,
passions and sensual appetites.

RIGHTEOUSNESS

     As we study the Word, God has revealed three more fruits of
the Spirit which the tree of life will produce.  

     "For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
     righteousness and truth." *** Ephesians 5:9

     We have already looked at Goodness and Truth as the Holy
Spirit of Truth.  But God reveals the fruit of righteousness.    

     Righteousness is the Greek word DIHAIOSUME and means
"integrity, virtue and purity of life;  rightness and correctness
in our way of thinking".  Man can not stand before God in his own
righteousness.  Man's righteousness is as "filthy rags", *** Isaiah
64:6.  But as Paul revealed to the Corinthians,

     "For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; 
    that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."
     *** II Corinthians 5:21

     When we come into the infilling of the Holy Spirit, we begin
to seek the kingdom.  Jesus gives directions for our lives,

     "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His
     righteousness;  and all these things shall be added unto
     you." *** Matthew 6:33

     If we are to enter into the kingdom, we must seek His
righteousness.

FRUIT OF PATIENCE

     The next fruit of the Spirit revealed in God's Word is
patience.  Patience is the Greek word HUPOMONE and means "to
endure, and stand fast;  a man who is not swayed in his purpose and
loyalty to God".  Jesus revealed unto His disciples,  

     "In your patience possess ye your souls." *** Luke 21:19

     We are to be diligent and patient in possessing our souls.  We
need to take possession of our thought patterns so that every
thought will be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
*** II Corinthians 10:5. When we speak of patience, all will
relate, "Tribulation worketh patience," *** Romans 5:3;  and we
want nothing to do with tribulation.  Yet, Paul went on to say,

     "And patience, experience;  and experience, hope." ***
     Romans 5:4

     It is that hope which we have because it is the Christ in us,
our hope in glory. *** Colossians 1:27

LOWLINESS

     The last fruit of the Spirit is "lowliness".  Jesus spoke to
His disciples,

     "Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me;  for I am meek
     and lowly in heart." *** Matthew 11:29

     We have looked at the fruit of meekness.  Jesus spoke not only
of being meek, but lowly.  Lowly is the greek word TAPLINOS and
means "to bow down, to make low, not elevating one's self in any
situation, to be humble in the sight of God and man".  This is not
referring to self abasement which is pride in its highest form, but
knowing our place in God.  Jesus related,

     "For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
     but to minister." *** Mark 10:45

     The word minister means "to be a servant of".  Jesus did not
come to be served, but to be a servant;  to take on the servant
role.  He is our example.  We should also put on this servant's
heart.  Jesus revealed this to His disciples,

     "And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be
     servant of all." *** Mark 10:44

     God revealed who would inhabit eternity with Him through the
prophet Isaiah,

     "For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
     eternity, whose name is Holy;  I dwell in the high and
     holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and
     humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and
     revive the heart of the contrite ones."  *** Isaiah 57:15

     Those who will be greatest will have this most important fruit
of the Spirit of TAPENINOS;  lowliness of mind.

     It was revealed to John that the tree of righteousness would
yield these twelve fruit of the Spirit every month.  These fruit
would be evident in the True Church's lives at all times. These
fruit of the Spirit must consume the old, Adam nature.  God's
firmly planted trees of righteousness will only be manifested
through the Spirit;  the character, nature and personality of God.

     The trees of life are God's trees of righteousness.  These
life-giving trees will be planted by the River of Life, flowing
from the throne of God.  These trees are those who have allowed the
seed, Christ, to grow up and consume the old, Adam nature.  These
trees will manifest God's life-giving foliage for all the world to
see.  These leaves will heal the nations. 

     It should be obvious these are not physical leaves, but what
God will do through His Body.  The leaves on a tree display the
life that is in the tree.  A tree with no leaves can be dormant or
dead.  Many who call themselves by the name of Christ are dormant,
and are "settled back on their lees", taking their rest, while
others are dead for there is no life of Christ in them.  Those whom
God will use to bring healing to the nations are those who display
the life of Christ and have all the fruit of the Spirit evident in
their lives.  Their leaves are vibrant with life.

     When we understand the function of the trees on the earth, it
becomes clear what the function of the trees of righteousness are
in the earth.  Trees have various types of root systems.  The root
systems all have the same purpose and that is to draw water and
nutrients into the tree that it may live.  The water and nutrients
move up through the tree and nourish the whole tree.  Every part is
nourished from the root.  Then the water is transported through the
leaves.  A large tree will transport 2000 lbs of water a day
through its leaves. Any place on earth, where the trees have been
destroyed, becomes a desert.

     When we understand what John saw through Spiritual eyes, we
know the root of the tree of life is Christ Jesus.  In his letter
to the Romans, Paul spoke of natural Israel being cut off from the
root, and that God grafted in the Gentiles,

     "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou,
     being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and
     with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive
     tree." *** Romans 11:17

     When we keep our roots immersed in the River of Life which is
the Word of God, we will be nourished from the River of Life and
our leaves will flourish.  The signs of the life of God will be
evident to all with whom we come in contact.  When the Word, that
has brought life into our lives, is transported through us, we will
bring healing to the nations.   This is not speaking of the worldly
people.  It is speaking of the two nations of God (natural Israel
and spiritual Israel) who will become one nation in His hand.  The
healing of the nations was revealed to the prophet Ezekiel,

     "Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and
     write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel
     his companions:  then take another stick, and write upon
     it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the
     house of Israel his companions." *** Ezekiel 37:16

     One stick for Judah, natural Israel, the original nation of
Israel; and one stick for Ephraim, Spiritual Israel, those who were
grafted into the root as the wild olive tree. And he joined them
one to another into one stick;  and they became one in God's hand,
*** Ezekiel 37:17;  the one nation in the hand of God referred to
so many times as the whole Body of Christ.

     "And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;  Behold, I
     will take the children of Israel from among the heathen,
     whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side,
     and bring them into their own land:

     And I will make them one nation in the land upon the
     mountains of Israel;  and one king shall be king to them
     all:  and they shall be no more two nations, neither
     shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all."
     *** Ezekiel 37:21-22

     God is going to use His trees of righteousness to bring
healing to His Body;  the two nations.  God disclosed to Ezekiel
the same vision He had shown John on the Isle of Patmos, when He
showed him the Holy City,

     "And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and
     on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf
     shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be
     consumed:  it shall bring forth new fruit according to
     his months, because their waters they issued out of the
     sanctuary:  and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and
     the leaf thereof for medicine." *** Ezekiel 47:12

     God's original plan for mankind has never changed.  He created
man to have fellowship with Himself, and He is bringing forth a
people who desire to be all that God has originally planned man to
be.  They have their roots totally immersed in the Word of life and
are bringing forth the fruit of righteousness in their lives. 
These are manifesting the kingdom in their lives and their leaves
are flourishing.  These have caught the eternal vision and have
become part of the tree of life.  The seed, Christ, is consuming
the old, Adam nature and they are producing fruit suitable for the
kingdom.  These trees are planted and are bringing forth the fruit
of life in due season.  All who have their roots in the River of
Life and have been impregnated with the seed of the Holy Spirit
will become the Trees of Life and will become part of the healing
of the nations.


Questions


1.   Besides being the endtime revelation of God, what else is the
     book of Revelation?  

2.   Jesus' Words are __________ and    ________.    John 6:63

3.   We cannot understand anything in the Word by using what?  

4.   What is the Tree of Life?  

5.   When man sinned, what was the flaming sword that was placed in
     the hand of the cherubim to keep man from the Tree of Life?  

6.   How can man enter back into the Paradise of God?  

7.   When God looks at the Body of Christ, He sees it as
     ______________ even though it is __________________    members.  

8.   Who will not walk in the counsel of the ungodly?  

9.   What is one simple, profound truth that is the basis for the
     whole kingdom of God?  

10.  What will reproduce itself in our lives?

11.  What does the name "Eve" mean?  

12.  Who did Jesus have the bloodline of?  

13.  To whom did Jesus open the way to receive forgiveness of sin? 

14.  The Lord's relationship to the church is the same as what?  

15.  When do we become the church, the Body of Christ?  

16.  What was the purpose in the coming of the Holy Spirit?  

17.  Today, most people want their increase to be in ___________ 
     ___________, but God wants us to be increased with
     _________________.

18.  What is the opposite of anger?  

19.  What is pride in its highest form? 

20.  Who are to become the Trees of Life?



Answer Key


1.   Besides being the endtime revelation of God, what else is the
     book of Revelation?  

     It is the key that opens the end time teaching of the whole
     Bible

2.   Jesus' Words are __________ and    ________.  John 6:63

     Spirit and life

3.   We cannot understand anything in the Word by using what?  

     The carnal mind

4.   What is the Tree of Life?  

     Jesus is the Tree of Life.

5.   When man sinned, what was the flaming sword that was placed in
     the hand of the cherubim to keep man from the Tree of Life?  

     The Word of God

6.   How can man enter back into the Paradise of God?  

     By going through the flaming sword

7.   When God looks at the Body of Christ, He sees it as
     ______________ even though it is __________________ members.  

     One    Many

8.   Who will not walk in the counsel of the ungodly?  

     Those who take their place in God, whose roots are in the
     river that flows from the throne of God.

9.   What is one simple, profound truth that is the basis for the
     whole kingdom of God?  

     The seed is within itself.

10.  What will reproduce itself in our lives?  

     That which we sow

11.  What does the name "Eve" mean?  

     Life giver

12.  Who did Jesus have the bloodline of?  

     The Almighty God

13.  To whom did Jesus open the way to receive forgiveness of sin? 

     Whosoever will

14.  The Lord's relationship to the church is the same as what?  

     A husbands' relationship to his wife.

15.  When do we become the church, the Body of Christ?  

     When the Holy Spirit overshadows us and impregnates the life
     giving seed in us.

16.  What was the purpose in the coming of the Holy Spirit?  

     To cleanse and prepare a people to become the temple of God.

17.  Today, most people want their increase to be in ___________ 
     ___________, but God wants us to be increased with
     _________________.  

     Worldly possessions,    Himself

18.  What is the opposite of anger?  

     Longsuffering

19.  What is pride in its highest form?  

     Self-abasement

20.  Who are to become the Trees of Life?  

 
     All who have their roots in the River of Life and have been
     impregnated with the seed of the Holy Spirit.

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