Don't bite off of me!
"6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Gen 3:6-7 (NIV)
5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 (NIV)
19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you
Luke 22:19-20 (NIV)"
In the Garden of Eden there was two trees. These two trees have a significant place in scripture, one tree gives life, the other takes life. In Genesis there is two, but in Revelation there is only one tree, the tree of life. When the human race ate of the tree of Knowledge we lost our eternal life, and received a life of death, because that was the fruit of the tree. This was the reason why Christ died for us on a cross.A person can live there whole life and never receive healing from the fruit of the tree of Knowledge. A Christian can live out there walk, and still have sin in there heart, never seeing God heal them of it.
You see Christ is the True Vine, the tree of life. Jesus died on a tree, legend says it was a dogwood tree. Jesus could have died any sort of way, it is interesting though that he died on tree for the redemption from the tree of knowledge. When Jesus died the tree of Knowledge was destroyed.
When Jesus broke the bread and gave the wine, he was giving us the fruit of the tree of Life. Communion is so important in are walk with Jesus. We live in a world that's dying, we live in body's that are dying. We need Life and only through the body and the blood of the new covenant can we receive life.
We can live are whole Christian walk and never be alive. Do not make Communion vanity, rather receive the life that God intended you to have.
