“Eating Christ in Today’s Church Life vs. Eating Him as the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem”

 

“Eating Christ in Today’s Church Life vs. Eating Him as the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem”

Genesis 2:9 The Lord God made every kind of tree grow out of the ground—trees that are pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden was the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16 Then the Lord God said to the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden.”

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

Revelation 2:7 He who has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the church. To the one who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2 On one side of the river and on the other, there was the tree of life, which produced twelve kinds of fruit. It bore fruit every month, and its leaves were for the healing of the nations. 

Item	Eating Christ in Today’s Church Life	Eating Him as the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem
Meaning	Enjoying the crucified and resurrected Christ as life supply in the church (a foretaste)	Fully enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life in God’s Paradise for eternity
Reason	To recover God’s original intention for man to eat the Tree of Life	To fulfill the eternal result of God’s redemption
Way	By loving the Lord, contacting Him, and enjoying Him, not by religious knowledge	By directly enjoying the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem
Explanation	The church is the miniature and foretaste of the New Jerusalem	The New Jerusalem is the consummation and full manifestation of the church
Purpose	To bring believers back to the beginning to enjoy God Himself	To cause all the redeemed to receive God as their eternal portion
Result	Produces the testimony and shining of the golden lampstand	Brings eternal nourishment and full satisfaction of life
Mutual Relationship	Preparation and training for future enjoyment in the New Jerusalem	The full realization of today’s enjoyment in the church life
Example	Overcoming religious distraction to eat Christ Himself	Eating the fruit of the Tree of Life by the river of life
Application	Returning to the first love, not emphasizing outward work or forms	Expecting and preparing for eternal enjoyment
Burden	Calling the overcomers to replace the degraded church to fulfill God’s economy	Bringing in the ultimate fulfillment of God’s economy
Prophesying Guidance	Eat the Lord Himself, not knowledge or religion	Enter God’s Paradise and enjoy the Tree of Life as the eternal portion
Conclusion	Eating Christ today is the foretaste of eating the Tree of Life in the future	Eating the Tree of Life in the future is the consummation of eating Christ today
Related Scriptures	Gen. 2:9,16; Rev. 2:7; John 6:35; 1 Pet. 2:24; Heb. 10:19–20	Rev. 21:2,10; 22:1–2,14,19; Gen. 3:22–24

 

✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Points) – English

Eating Christ in the church life today
is the foretaste of eating the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem;
enjoying Him simply today
leads to the full and eternal enjoyment in the future.

🗣 One Prophesying Summary – English

We eat the crucified and resurrected Christ in the church today as a foretaste, and we will eat Him as the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem for eternity.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion – English

Eating the Tree of Life:

• is God’s original intention,
• is the result of redemption,
• is the center of the church life,
• and is the eternal enjoyment in the New Jerusalem.

If believers overcome religious distractions today and return to loving and enjoying Christ Himself,
they will enjoy Him in the church now
and be prepared for the full enjoyment of the Tree of Life in God’s Paradise.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.