Later text
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Intertextuality Pair
Revelation 2:7 → Genesis 2:9
Allusion
Earlier text
Genesis 2:9BSB
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Earlier text
3:22-24BSB
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..." Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Earlier text
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
Earlier text
31:8-9BSB
The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty. I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
Significance
The promise reverses the curse of Genesis 3, where humanity lost access to the tree of life after the fall. Through Christ's victory, believers gain restored access to eternal life symbolized by Eden's tree. The "paradise of God" language from Ezekiel identifies the eschatological new creation as restored Eden. This reward appears again in Revelation 22:2, framing the entire book with restoration themes.
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- Reference Type
- Allusion
- Connection Method(s)
- Typology + Longitudinal Theme
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