The Two Trees Are “In Us”

When we are young in the Lord, we have little knowledge about these two trees or we can say we don’t even care at all. We looked from afar; it is as if these two trees grow side by side to each other, very near. But when our spirit-man is growing through the awakening of His grace, we are led nearer and nearer to these trees and the distance between them become further apart. It is when we are under these two trees that we realized they have a marginal distance between them. They are different too…

With revelation through typology, I came to know that every human being has the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life in their life; Christian or non Christian… there are no differences. But for Christian, the Tree of Life comes alive the moment Christ is in their life. In typology, the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil typifies our flesh while the Tree of Life typifies our born again spirit.

Looking at these two trees with cross references from the Book of Romans, I received fresh insights on what Apostle Paul said about “living in our flesh” and “led by the Spirit”. The revelation from Apostle Paul in the Book of Romans helps to reveal the bisection of flesh from our spirit when grace has enlightened us. The wonderful truth in Romans Chapter 8 comes alive after this bisection of flesh and spirit takes place.

The Bisection

The message of Grace is sharper that any double-edged sword. Grace bisects our flesh and our spirit.

Hebrews 4:12 ~ For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Our flesh is controlled by our souls. Resurrection power of Grace divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow and judges the thoughts and attitudes of hearts!

Dividing Soul and Spirit

Divide the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (our flesh control by our soul) and the Tree of Life (our spirit).

Dividing Joints and Marrow

There are two types of bone marrow: red marrow (consisting mainly of myeloid tissue) and yellow marrow (consisting mainly of fat cells). Red blood cells, platelets and most white blood cells arise in red marrow. Both types of bone marrow contain numerous blood vessels and capillaries.

At birth, all bone marrow is red. With age, more and more of it is converted to the yellow type. About half of the bone marrow is red. Red marrow is found mainly in the flat bones, such as the hip bone, breast bone, skull, ribs, vertebrae and shoulder blades… Yellow marrow is found in the hollow interior of the middle portion of long bones.

In cases of severe blood loss, the body can convert yellow marrow back to red marrow to increase blood cell production. When joints and marrow are divided, blood supply to our flesh is cut off and life of our flesh is terminated.

Judges the Thoughts and Attitudes of Hearts

Gospel is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. Grace, the unearned and unmerited favor of God, judges our religious thoughts and our religious attitudes of our hearts. Our flesh delight in works and reject grace, but our spirit rejoices in receiving this double-edges sword.

In the early stage of my grace walk, I was very zealous but I dispensed grace legalistically. Instead of feeding people with milk from the grace I received, I vomited to others without digesting it.

Due to my immaturity, instead of edifying people with grace message, I felt I have slapped many on their faces. The devil took advantage of my immaturity and laid condemnation on me from time to time. I felt guilty and condemn for "slapping" on people's faces. The condemnation has somehow hindered the growth of my grace walk until six months ago, the Lord comforted me with this statement: This is a holy slap on a religious face...! From then onwards, He started to reveal to me the mysteries behind these two trees …

Grace provokes our religious mind. That is why when we minister grace to people around us, those who are religious are defensive and reacted as if they have been slapped on their faces. Grace message is indeed living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

I presume I was awakened by this holy slap too. What do you think?