Trees 🌳🎄

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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

The Symbolic Meanings of 7 Trees in the Bible