The Tree of Life Jun 1987 – Union with Christ and the Life of God

As the Lord disappears, Adam clearly notes that the Lord God has left him about halfway between the brackish tree, the beautiful brackish tree, and the tree of life. Well, Adam is following his highest, deepest, and best instincts, and he turns back to the tree of life. He failed to notice that Eve had wandered off to explore a new region, but Adam has come back to the tree of life. Now, brothers and sisters, what’s in the trunk of that tree is exactly what it says is in it: Life, God’s life. Coming up through the trunk of that tree, out into the myriad innumerable vines, is divine life, the very life of God, pulsating within that living tree; there is in it that which He wishes to extend; there is in it the fellowship of God. With God.

And this has come out of the vine into this glorious fruit. And Adam picks it up, and he holds it in his hand, and he senses God; he senses something that is not him and is not his; it is there for him to eat. If I understand scripture correctly, he is holding within his hand divinity that is partakeable. Somewhere in the far distant future, will one day echo the words, “He that drinks my blood and eats my flesh, I am the vine, you have become the branches.” As Adam pauses on the threshold of partaking of that fruit, that fruit will come into him and become one with him, but that’s not all. I am the vine. You are the branches.
Partake of that fruit, Adam, and that will come into you and become one with you. But take of that fruit, Adam into you, and you will become one with that living Tree of Life. I am the vine, you are the branches, an extension of whatever is going on inside that tree coming into man. Say Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Say Praise the Lord. Helen, you say Praise the Lord.

This is what that tree is, and this is what is about to take place. And Adam takes the fruit, presses it to his lips, opens his mouth, and even though it hasn’t come into him, the very power of that life vibrates in his whole being. He opens his mouth and begins to clasp his teeth upon the fruit, and the very fiber of the fruit begins to break.

And Adam hears a voice that says, ‘Lord Adam, come and see what I have discovered.’ And now you know why I wondered if you would like to meet again tomorrow night. To the brothers and sisters listening to this tape and those of you who are watching the video, hopefully, we’ll get back to this. What’s about to happen?

We’re going to find, when we get back to this message, that message will not be a sad message. That message will be a message of glory. This is supposed to be part of this message, and I told you to be sure and hang on for the next two, and then I said it’s going to be three. Hang on because the third message is really the one you don’t want to miss now.

Now, to those of you listening on the recording, we’re about to cut the tape off, but I feel like I need to apologize to you for being so light-hearted at the end of the recording, saying you don’t know what’s going to go on, and you ought to come here to find out. I really said it light-heartedly, but I got to thinking about it, I may be breaking the heart of some dear sister out there, and I don’t want to do that, and sister, brother, I don’t want to hurt you that way. All I would say to you is ask the Lord to make it possible for you to discover the reality of these things in the experience of your own life.