Life and Healing

 Ezekiel 42-44; Revelations 22

“…On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”

Revelation 22:2

The tree of life has always been God’s design for life and healing since the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they usurped God’s moral authority and decided they both wanted to live forever, able to determine good from evil. For this rebellion they lost access to the tree of life. Salvation in Christ is the restoration of access to the tree of life. Jesus is our life. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus is our standard of right and wrong, and he is our life and healing. The leaves of the tree of life are God’s provision of healing for the nations suffering under violence, war, pollution, and all other effects of the curse of sin. The healing of the Gospel is not just for individuals, it is for nations.

“Lord Jesus, you are my Savior, healer, and the only hope for the nations, for your glory.”