Trees 🎄🌳
v1
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
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v5
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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Symbolism
- Trees mediate Heaven and Earth
- Trees as associated with Space
- Trees bear Fruit (hopefully with Seed after its Kind)
- Vertical and horizontal dimensions (cross)
- Longevity
- Food
- Healing leaves (medicinal) (v2)
- Protection from heaven (beating sun, strong wind; see Jonah. from rain and snow)
- Multiplication (1 seed → Many trees)
- Many important burials, meetings, eatings take place beneath them
- Idols carved from them
- Messiah described as a “root” and “branch”
- Kingdoms associated with trees (eg, Assyria: v33)
- God’s judgement as an axe to a tree, branches cut and thrown into the fire
- “Fruit” usually in the context of tree or vine fruits
- Moses staff is a tree (and a tree which he strikes the rock with - another crucifixion reference); he parts the waters with it, and it turns to a Snake (and the snake was in the tree)
Did you know both the Old and New Testaments mention 36 different types of trees? The mention of these tree species is no accident. Here, we examine seven of the more significant tree types, where you can find them in the Bible, and how they fit into God’s narrative
Humans as Trees
- Torso as Trunk
- Arms, legs, fingers, and toes as Branches
- Virtues as adorning fruit
v24
He looked up, and said, “I see men; for I see them like trees walking.”
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v25
Then again Jesus laid his hands on his eyes. The man looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
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Could easily be formed to the heart instead. The patterns of reality are all over our anatomy
Miscellaneous
When chopping an oak tree this structure stood out almost like the window in a cathedral. It’s also where limbs begin to protrude out
