启示录2：7
圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。
问：（一）谁是“生命树”？
（二）从生命树上能吃到什么果子？
（一）谁是“生命树”？
圣经中除了启示录有提及“生命树”之外，在创世记里也有记载。真神为亚当与夏娃在东方立了一个伊甸园。神在园中预备了各样的树，其上的果子好做食物。园子当中又有生命树和分别善恶的树。
创2:8-98耶和华神在东方的伊甸立了一个园子，把所造的人安置在那里。9耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来，可以悦人的眼目，其上的果子好做食物。园子当中又有生命树和分别善恶的树。
生命树上的果子可以使人得着生命。
创3:22下。。。现在恐怕他伸手又摘生命树的果子吃，就永远活着。
启22：1-21天使又指示我在城内街道当中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。2在河这边与那边有生命树，结十二样果子，每月都结果子，树上的叶子乃为医治万民。
这“城”是指真神的圣城，是从天而降的耶路撒冷，是真神在人间的帐幕。
启21:3我听见有大声音从宝座出来说：看哪，神的帐幕在人间！他要与人同住，他们要做他的子民，神要亲自与他们同在，做他们的神。
从神和羔羊的宝座流出生命水，生命水的河使两边的树每月结果子。
在旧约圣经以西结书里，真神已预言有生命水从圣所流出。这与启示录所记载的异象相同。
结47：7-127我回到河边的时候，见在河这边与那边的岸上有极多的树木。8他对我说：“这水往东方流去，必下到亚拉巴，直到海。所发出来的水必流入盐海，使水变甜。9这河水所到之处，凡滋生的动物都必生活，并且因这流来的水必有极多的鱼，海水也变甜了。这河水所到之处，百物都必生活。10必有渔夫站在河边，从隐基底直到隐以革莲，都做晒网之处。那鱼各从其类，好像大海的鱼，甚多。11只是泥泞之地与洼湿之处不得治好，必为盐地。12在河这边与那边的岸上必生长各类的树木，其果可做食物，叶子不枯干，果子不断绝。每月必结新果子，因为这水是从圣所流出来的。树上的果子必做食物，叶子乃为治病。
从此可知，“生命树”并不是一般的果树。这树从生命水得滋润，可以不断每月结果，结出十二样的果子，叶子可以医治万民。所以，这些得着生命水滋养结果子的生命树，就是蒙真神赐圣灵的真子民。他们蒙恩得着真神的真智慧、得权柄。
启22:14那些洗净自己衣服的有福了！可得权柄能到生命树那里，也能从门进城。
晓得洗净自己衣服的有福了，他们得以穿洁白的细麻衣。他们是蒙福的，藉着真神的真道与恩典洁净自己，可得权柄到生命树那里。主耶稣说，他们藉着真神的恩典，成了生命树的一份子，也能从门进城。这城是从天而降的圣城-新耶路撒冷-是真神属灵的身体、祂的教会。唯有洗净自己衣服的才能得权柄，拥有真神所赐的生命，进入神的圣城成为一份子。
启21:27凡不洁净的，并那行可憎与虚谎之事的，总不得进那城，只有名字写在羔羊生命册上的才得进去。
若要成为生命树，就必要有神所赐的生命，名字记录在生命册上。
唯有成为生命树，才得以进入圣城。
来12:22-2322你们乃是来到锡安山，永生神的城邑，就是天上的耶路撒冷；那里有千万的天使，23有名录在天上诸长子之会所共聚的总会，有审判众人的神和被成全之义人的灵魂
有名记录在天上的长子，是拥有真神生命的生命树，也就是蒙真神赐生命的人。
（二）从生命树上能吃到什么果子？
箴11:30义人所结的果子就是生命树，有智慧的必能得人。
谁是义人？圣经说，唯有靠着真神真理和圣灵带领行出义行的，才是义人。义人持守真神永生之道，得神的生命。藉着真理所结出的义行，就是生命树的果子。
诗1:3他要像一棵树，栽在溪水旁，按时候结果子，叶子也不枯干，凡他所做的，尽都顺利。
得着真神生命、持守真理的，必得生命水滋润，长结果子。
只有得胜的才能成为生命树，可得生命水的滋养。
启2:7圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。
真神的真子民蒙神的恩典和福气，明白神的教训，得以吃生命树的果子。
但是若不遵守神的教导，就算名字已记录在生命册上的生命树，也必被神删去他们的份。
启22:19这书上的预言，若有人删去什么，神必从这书上所写的生命树和圣城删去他的份。
一切荣耀归给主耶稣基督。哈利路亚，阿们！
(2015年灵恩大会–圣经问答）
REVELATION 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God
Question 1: Who is the tree of life?
Question 2: What type of fruits can you get from the tree of life?
Question 1: Who is the tree of life?
The term “tree of life” is mentioned not only in the book of Revelation but also in the book of Genesis. In the latter book, the Lord God planted various trees bearing fruits in the east of the Garden of Eden for Adam and Eve. In the midst of the garden are the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Gen. 2:8-9 8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The fruits of the tree of life give life to men.
Gen. 3:22(l.p.) ... And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.
Rev. 22:1-2 1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
The “middle of its street” refers to the holy city, the Holy Jerusalem that descends out of heaven so that the tabernacle of the Lord God is with men.
Rev. 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
It is the water of life from the throne of God and the Lamb that nourishes the trees at both sides of the river, helping them to bear fruits every month.
The above vision was also mentioned in the book of Ezekiel.
Eze. 47:7-12 7 When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other. 8 Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed. 9 And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes. 10It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many. 11But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt. 12Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”
The tree of life is not just any common fruit tree as it is nourished with the water of life. It can bear new and unique fruits throughout the twelve months of the year and its leaves can heal men. It refers to the people of God who are rewarded with the Holy Spirit and are blessed with the true wisdom and power of God.
Rev. 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
Those who wear clothes that they themselves washed clean are the ones blessed by God. They are cleansed by the truth and the grace of God for they are showered with His grace to become part of the tree of life.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, “For those who are given the grace become parts of the tree of life and they can enter the city through the door." The “city” here refers to the holy city that descended out of heaven, the New Jerusalem. It is God’s church, the body of the true Spirit of God. The only way to earn the rights to own the life of God and to enter and become part of His holy city is to cleanse one’s clothes.
Rev. 21:27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
In order to become a tree of life, we must have the life of God and our names must be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Hence, the only way to enter into the holy city is to become part of the tree of life.
Heb. 12: 22-23 22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect
The firstborn recorded in heaven is the tree of life that owns the life of the Lord God.
Question 2: What type of fruits can you get from the tree of life?
Prv. 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.
What defines the righteous?
The Bible says the righteous are those who rely on the truth of God and whose actions are guided by the Holy Spirit. They hold fast to the eternal truth of God and own the life of God. They act righteously according to the truth and are the trees of life.
Ps. 1:3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, those leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
Those who own the life of the true God and hold fast to the truth will surely be nourished by the water of life to bear fruits.
Only those who achieve victory can become the tree of life and be nourished by the water of life.
Rev. 2:7 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”
The true people of God are the blessed ones who understand the lesson of God. Hence, they are allowed to partake of the fruit of life. On the other hand, those who do not obey the teachings of God will be removed from the Book of Life even though they were formerly a tree of life written in this book.
Rev. 22:19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
May all glory be to the Lord Jesus Christ, Hallelujah! Amen.
(2015 Spiritual Meeting –Questions and Answers)