The Tree of Life is the Word of God. All who eat of it will
have eternal life; those who refuse to eat will be exiled from the
paradise still future, condemned to eternal death. It is also
an actual tree with actual fruit. The Bread of Life (a.k.a.
Jesus) is another form of this Word. To partake of the Tree of
Life is to receive the seed of the Word and reproduce or bear fruit
in keeping with obedience to that Word.
Torah is all the instructions of God revealed to us in what we
call the Bible, but also specifically the first five books. It
is the Word of God, the Bread of Life, which we are to consume by
reading or hearing and produce fruit by obedience which leads to
eternal life. It is eternally existent and does not change,
and exhibits the same characteristics as God. It is
love (John 15:10, 12-14), light and lamp
(Proverbs 6:23; Psalm 119:105; Isaiah 8:20; Revelation 21:23, 22:5);
life (Deuteronomy 4:1, 32:46-47; Proverbs 1:17,
8:33-36; Matthew 19:16,17); seed (Matthew
13:18-23), instructions (Isaiah 1:10; Exodus 16:4
24:12; Jeremiah 35:13; Job 22:22, 36:10; Psalm 78:1; Zephaniah
3:1-7; Malachi 2:1-9, Proverbs 1:2,3,7,8 4:1,2; Romans 15:4;
Ephesians 6:4; 1Timothy 1:5; 1Thessalonians 4:1, 5:12; 2Tim 4:2);
law (Jeremiah 6:18-19; Zechariah 7:12; Deut 5:5
17:11, 27:1-3, 26, 30:10,14, 32:46,47; John 15:25; Acts 6:2-4,7
13:44,48,49, 28:23; Romans 9:28,31,32; 1Corinthians 15:2; Galatians
5:14); commands, judgments,
teachings & ways (Isaiah 2:3;
Proverbs 5:12 7:2 8:10 1:8 4:2 3:1 6:20-23; Jeremiah 32:33;
Deuteronomy 4:1; 2 Chronicles 15:1-7; Matthew 4:23 7:28,29 9:35
13:54 15:9 28:20; Acts 2:42 4:2 18:11; Romans 12:7; 1 Corinthians
14:26); wisdom, and truth (Psalm 119:43,44,142
138:2; Proverbs 23:23; Malachi 2:6; 1 Kings 2:3-4; John 17:17,
18:37-38, 8:31-32; James 1:18, 21-23,25). It is the straight
paths for our feet and a light to our way.
All these references are typed out in the article elsewhere on
this site titled The Word
of God.
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