“God’s Goal in Creation Is Life” vs. “Christ Is the Reality of the Tree of Life”
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over every creature that moves along the ground.”
Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God; male and female.
John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and pitched his tabernacle among us, full of grace and reality. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the reality, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
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Item |
God’s Goal in Creation Is Life |
Christ Is the Reality of the Tree of Life |
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Meaning |
God’s creation centers not on things or knowledge, but on life to be imparted into man |
Christ Himself becomes the life that man can receive and enjoy |
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Reason |
God is life and desires to dispense Himself into man |
God became flesh so that life could enter into man (John 1:4,14) |
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Type (Prefigure) |
The tree of life in the center of Eden |
Christ as the vine and the bread of life |
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Explanation |
God created all things, then man, and finally placed man before the tree of life |
Christ is the tree of life made available to man |
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Way (Path) |
Man must contact and eat the tree of life |
Man receives Christ by believing and eating Him as life |
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Result |
God’s creation is fulfilled when man receives life |
Man has Christ as life and becomes God’s expression |
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Mutual Relationship |
Creation prepares the vessel for life |
Redemption brings the reality of life into man |
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Example |
Adam was placed before the tree of life |
Believers daily eat and enjoy Christ as life |
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Application |
Human existence is not merely for living, but for receiving life |
We daily enjoy Christ through prayer and the Word |
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Burden |
God desires man not only to bear His image but also His life |
God desires man not only to worship Him but to enjoy Him |
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Prophesying Direction |
Proclaim: God’s goal in creation is life, not works or knowledge |
Proclaim: Christ is my tree of life today; I live by eating Him |
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Conclusion |
Without life, creation is incomplete |
Christ as the tree of life fulfills God’s purpose |
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Related Verses |
Gen. 1:26–27; 2:9; 2:16–17 |
John 1:4,14; 14:6; 6:57; 15:1; Rev. 2:7 |
✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Point)
God’s goal in creation is life, and the reality of the tree of life is Christ.
Genesis reveals the goal, while
the New Testament reveals the fulfillment.
Creation brings man before the tree; Christ becomes the life within man.
🗣 One Prophesying Sentence
God’s goal in creation is life, and Christ is the reality of the tree of life, fulfilling God’s purpose within me.
🏁 Ultimate Conclusion
Without Christ as life, creation is only
an outward form.
With Christ as the
tree of life, creation gains meaning, man becomes God’s expression, and God’s purpose is accomplished.
*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.
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