Luke 6:44 (KJV)   For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

Until we know the meaning and the purpose of the tree, then it is impossible to understand god, and to know each other.

A tree symbolizes more than most think it is.

Trees have had a significant role in god's creation even since the foundation of that which god created, being this earth and its inhabitants.

Someone said to me not too many years ago..." I just can’t tell one tree from the other".

This same person wanted me to identify some trees in the woods where we were at, and I found, although I could identify many of the trees around us there, there were some that I couldn't tell what the name of the trees.

This is the way it is with being able to identify one most important TREE and that TREE IS THE TREE OF LIFE.

It was John the Baptist that said...John 1:33 (KJV)   And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

He is talking about this TREE OF LIFE; this is the same TREE OF LIFE that is first mentioned in...Genesis 2:9 (KJV)   And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

I want to EMPHASIZE that this Tree is and has a great impact on the existence of all the other trees that has stood alongside it, or, should i say, along side of HIM...for it is not an It, just as the verse said above...Upon whom thou shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost.

Neither can we call the HOLY GHOST...IT.

This is a Person and not just a person but this is introduced by John and the Son of God, and to later be revealed as the TRUE GOD...1 John 5:20 (KJV)   And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

As Adam and Eve being thus formed from the dust...Genesis 2:7 (KJV)   And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

We know that dust is absolutely good for nothing, and where dust there is no life in that dust.

The reason that it is dust in the first place is because no life exist in that environment...Isaiah 53:2 (KJV)   For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Here the Prophet is giving us a Revelation of this man Called Adam, the First Adam was a figure of the SECOND ADAM...1 Cor. 15:45 (KJV)   And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

This first Adam was made a living soul...just as the TREES, one might say that they are and is the SYMBOLIC of those living souls that is mentioned above by the Apostle Paul.

But we need to realize that like the First Adam, we need to be BREATHED UPON.

Unless god had breathed upon Adam, that is the First Adam, there would not have been the Second Adam, that is to say, he would not have existed in what those that KNEW HIM NOT, as the SON OF MAN.

The tree that beareth not good fruit is to be and has always been hewn down, and that is exactly what happened to those Carnal Jews that stood before Jesus Christ.

These did not bear the most precious fruit...that fruit that was not there was...Luke 11:42 (KJV)   But woe unto you, Pharisees! For ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Jesus is saying that these Pharisee’s were not the Tree's of God that was good for food...Genesis 2:9 (KJV)   And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

As we look into the book of revelations, we can go to the end of the book into Chapter twenty two, there we find that there is this TREE OF LIFE...Rev. 22:2 (KJV)   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.

We notice that this shows a River, which is another revelation concerning that runs between this Tree Of Life.

This River is said to be PURE...Rev. 22:1 (KJV)   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.

Now we all strive to drink water that is Pure, and we cannot live by drinking water that is not pure, that is, we can drink water that is not purified, but it will take its toll on our body if we continue to drink it.

When we have water that is contaminated, we have to go to great strides to make sure it is purified before we send it out to those that will be drinking from this source.

This is what is happing today, in one sense, it cost us a lot of time and money to purify, or, take that which some preach, which is and has been contaminated by the enemy, just as it was with those Pharisee's that were standing there in the Temple made with hands.

They had been or was instrumental in contaminating the Laws of God, which was and is good, but notice it is said in that Tree, that it contained both Good and Evil, and when we look into the PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY, we can see that, just as some water that many in the world is drinking from, it has been contaminated and many die, or is made sick.

When we find a source, such as a spring or a Well, and have it tested, one can determine by the results whether or not it is safe for drinking.

Even if it is safe, after so much use of this water that was pure, when it goes into our bodies, and after it is passed out through urination, then it has become unclean, for it through the process, along with the body parts will refine the body and take out all the impure things and then will they be discarded out into the sewer.

Then the earth or the Treatment department, that is supported and does the service of making sure that it is properly treated before it is released into the channels of water or, in case of a septic tank, it is released into the earth.

So we can see how, and why that God Planted a Garden, and named it Eden...Genesis 2:8 (KJV)   And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

First of all, he took a handful of that which had no life, the DUST, and with that he was able to create and form someone that would, or should be like him, that is looking far into the Revelation of the future, to look like Jesus Christ, who was the Express Image of the Father God...Hebrews 1:3 (KJV)   Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

When we are talking about the Brightness of his Glory, do any one really know what he is talking about?

Let us examine for a minute what the Glory of God is...Col. 1:27 (KJV)   To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Now let us go back in the beginning of the creation and examine the purpose of god...

Just what did god do when he created Adam?

He was making and establishing GOD THE FATHER as the HOPE OF GLORY, which said that, in essence he wanted someone to SHARE WITH, that which he is.

He was creating a SIMILITUDE OF HIS SON, OR HE BECOMING A SON, AND LIVING INSIDE THAT SON.

Can you now see that as a Tree, that was there in the Garden, maybe and not doubt these trees stood there and bared fruit, but is god really concerned about the trees there?

I am sure that he was very concerned, but you and I have got to remember that he had a purpose in his creation.

He had created this Heaven and Earth, a place of Habitation, but most of us don't realize what the essence of all this that was taking place, and what had happened in the ERA, and the reason I say ERA is, there was no TIME that was the ruling factor.

In god there is no time, or should i say, TIME has no control over what god is and what purpose that god had and has for those whom he wants to live in.

Revelations said that TIME SHALL BE NO MORE...Rev. 10:6 (KJV)   And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

Why not have TIME TO CONTINUE?

It is because this is what captured Adam and Eve in when they took of the wrong fruit, from that Tree of knowledge of good and evil...Genesis 3:6 (KJV)   And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Just what was this Tree?

Also, why is it that this SUBTLE BEAST  is thee and is talking to Adam's Helpmeet...Genesis 3:5 (KJV)   For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

What is this beast, and just how did he get there in the Garden of Eden, and where did he ORIGINATE FROM?

Ezekiel 28:13 (KJV)   Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

He, this same BEAST that was there in the GARDEN OF EDEN was TALKING IN AN UNDERSTANDABLE VOICE to god's, or rather Adam's Helpmeet.

Some would have you to believe that this is a SNAKE, and by his ways and his ability to strike you and I, to bite and devour, this depiction is correct.

But to be more precise, this beast had legs just like you and I and as it said, HE HAD A HEART.

It also said that INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN HIS HEART.

Which brings us to a conclusion, this is one of the FALLEN ANGELS, or rather the CHIEF OF ALL.

First of all I want to place here the a DESCRIPTION of just who is this beast...Ezekiel 31:3-18 (KJV)   Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

[4] The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

[5] Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

[6] All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

[7] Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

[8] The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

[9] I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

[10] Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

[11] I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.

[12] And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

[13] Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

[14] To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

[15] Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

[16] I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

[17] They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

[18] To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

The above is quite lengthy, but I think this should be read in its entirety and should be understand that this is displaying the truth of what we face in out day and time, and have faced all of our lives.

If you are reading this that I am now typing, then I assume that you read the above, and no doubt you are asking me to explain that which you have read.

He is talking about a Prince, and a Prince is those that has been elevated, especially one individual that has been given more honor above everyone else.

This is what this is all about, is who and what will give honor and to who is this HONOR due?

Jesus, as he was BEING SACRIFICED he want the father to HONOR HIM WITH THE HONOR THAT HE HAD WITH THE FATHER...John 17:5 (KJV)   And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Here is the whole Purpose, and that which God the father is, that is to live in those that walk in the Spirit of the Holy Ghost...
The writer just prior to the verse, warned and identified those that the AXE IS LAID TO THE ROOT OF THE TREES...and telling what the results would be to those that follow after the wrong fruit, or those that always want to drink from a contaminated fountain.

Then he goes on to tell what the fruit of God is, and that is what all the other Trees were, but TWO TREES was there also.

One was a TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, and with that, I would always say that no matter what you and I do, there is those that will find some fault to what you do.

So when we hear these that do find fraught, that are always ready to criticize all the time, just who are they, and what is the driving force behind their action?

Does this mean that only the SEED OF SATAN will do and say thing that OFFEND?

Not at all, for it was Jesus that Rebuked Satan coming through the Apostle Peter...Matthew 16:23 (KJV)   But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Now we are beginning to understand this one Tree, THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, and just what this tree was and how that it could be the very instrument to point one on the path of that which is good, and it, if it is contaminated, just like a well that is contaminated, could still be drink from, and could actually make you sick, even unto death...1 John 5:16-17 (KJV)   If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

[17] All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

Sin unto death is when you and I listen to the wrong VOICE as did EVE, she was listing to this one that had lost his DOMINION WITH GOD...Isaiah 14:12 (KJV)   How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Here is the Evil side of this person, this fallen ANGEL standing there listing to god as he was taking his DOMINION, or had taken it away when he decided to overthrow god.

He, Lucifer, the DEVIL, this is him, standing there talking, and yes he had a HEART...Isaiah 14:13-16 (KJV)   For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

[14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

[15] Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

[16] They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

Is the Man?

Now do you know who and where the SEAT OF SATAN IS?...Rev. 2:13 (KJV)   I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

Just where does Satan dwell?

He dwell in those Trees that bear not good fruit.

He was sitting there in the Temple, wearing the Long Robes, he was TITHING, FASTING, AND WASHING HIS HANDS OF THE EVIL THAT WHICH HE WAS GETTING READY TO DO UNTO THE SON OF GOD.

Here was the SEED OF SATAN, these were the CHILDREN OF CAIN WHCH WAS THE SEED OF SATAN...John 8:44 (KJV)   Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.