Tuesday, June 13, 2006

The Tree of life

And so God provided the Law, the Torah,
about which it is said

“All His ways are pleasantness,
all His paths are peace.
It is a tree of life to all
who hold fast to it,” (Proverbs 3)

and so at the other end of
the garden
is the Tree of Life.

According to the
New Oxford Annotated Bible:
It is Wisdom
who is the Tree of life.

God is the ultimate Wisdom.
The new Oxford Bible calls Wisdom “she.”
“She is a tree of life to all who lay hold to her.”

Proverbs 3: 13, 17, 18

13. Happy are those who find wisdom,
And those who get understanding.
17. Her ways are ways of
pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.

18. She is a tree of life
to those who
lay hold of her;
Those who hold her fast
are called happy.

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