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Pamphlet 1423 Hos kc 7-2
The traditions of men would have Christians believe that the fruit was an "apple" and that the serpent was just a "snake".
Presents
Pamphlet 1423 Hos kc 7-2
The traditions of men would have Christians believe that the fruit was an "apple" and that the serpent was just a "snake".
Not so! The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (note: trees do not know anything about good and evil) was the beautiful and charismatic archangel, Satan himself, the first super-preacher of this flesh age. (For those with eyes to see, Satan is "the first and the last" false messiah of this flesh age.) He was that corrupt tree who brought forth the evil fruit in the beginning, i.e. the lies and false doctrines concerning the Word of God, that Adam and Eve "ate" from, as in consumed.
It is written that the Tree of Life (Jesus Christ) was also in the garden of Eden, but Adam and Eve "took heed" and listened to the wrong tree! "Fruit" is symbolic of that which a person produces? Here is Jesus Christ explaining the fruit produced by "trees" which themselves are symbolic of persons (read Ezk. 31).
And so it is that Satan, the evil and corrupt tree, that old box cedar (Ezk. 31:30), will be cast into the lake of fire along with all the saplings he produces.Matthew 7:17
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.[18] A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
[19] Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
So where should Christians get their "fruit" from? The answer is from the Tree of Life, from the eternal Word of God.
In fact, later on in this Book of Hosea (salvation) our Father will liken Himself to an evergreen tree (symbolic of eternal life) and He will declare that Ephraim, representing the 10 Tribes of the House of Israel, should get his "fruit" from Him:
Hosea 14:8
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From Me is thy fruit found.To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.
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