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弥赛亚拉比Yochanon著作《TRUTH真理》连载
THE TRUTH
真 理
Christian Israelite
基督徒以色列人
Identity, Wisdom And Destiny
身份、智慧和命运
ROBERT DENIS (Yochanon)
Published by The Israelite Network
All Rights Reserved ISBN 0-9669147-0-8
Symbolic Trees
象征性的树
The history of Eden is recorded in the form of many symbols: the serpent, the beast, the trees, the fruit, the seed, and more. We must first discover the meaning of those symbols.
伊甸园的历史以许多象征物的形式被记录下来:蛇、野兽、树木、果实、种子等等。我们必须首先发现这些象征物的意义。
The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil are spiritual trees with symbolic meanings. They are one of a kind.
生命之树和分别善恶之树是具有象征意义的灵性树。它们是独一无二的。
The serpent was not a regular snake. It was a snake that had been possessed by Satan the Devil, which he was using as a medium.
这条蛇不是一条普通的蛇。那是一条被魔鬼撒旦附身的蛇，撒但用它作为媒介。
The eating of the fruit could not have been a sin; it was their disobedience. We know that the fruit is symbolic because Jesus says:
吃水果不可能是罪，那是他们的不顺服。我们知道水果是象征性的，因为耶稣说：
<< Matthew 15:11 >> [Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.]
马太福音 15:11 和合本
11 入口的不能污秽人，出口的乃能污秽人。”
Also it is a false interpretation to say that the fruit was an apple, because apple is not what is written in the Bible. The Bible never said that the fruit was an apple.
另外，说水果是苹果也是错误的解释，因为圣经上没有写苹果。圣经从来没有说过水果是苹果。
And clearly it could not have been simply the eating of a literal fruit that caused the fall of Adam, because eating a literal fruit can never be a sin.
很明显，亚当的堕落不可能仅仅是因为吃了一个真正（字面）意义上的水果，因为吃一个真正（字面）意义上的水果永远不会是罪。
Also there is no tree called the tree of good and evil. It was a one of a kind spiritual tree, placed in the garden of Eden by God. So if the fruit is Symbolic, the trees must also be symbolic!
也没有树叫善恶之树。那是一棵属灵的树，被神安置在伊甸园里。所以如果果实是象征性的，树也必须是象征性的!
It is important to realize that the trees referred to in Genesis represent people, and the fruit is their mentality and system of beliefs!
重要的是要认识到《创世记》中提到的树代表着人，而果实就是人的心理和信仰体系!
To take of the fruit of those trees means to adopt a certain religion, mentality or custom of an individual, a group, or a nation that is contrary to the word of God.
摘取这些树的果实，就是指个人、团体或民族采取某种宗教、心态或个人习俗，违背上帝的话语。
Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God, and they proceeded to follow a false religion, seeking their own glory.
亚当和夏娃因不顺服神而犯了罪，他们就随从假神，追求自己的荣耀。
<< Ezekiel 31:7－9 >> [Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his roots were by great waters. The cedars in the garden of the Lord could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree (nation) in the garden of the Lord (on earth) was like unto him in beauty. I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of the Lord, envied him.]
以西结书 31:7-9 和合本
7 树大条长，成为荣美，
因为根在众水之旁。8 神园中的香柏树不能遮蔽它；
松树不及它的枝子；
枫树不及它的枝条；
神园中的树都没有它荣美。9 我使它的枝条蕃多，成为荣美，
以致 神伊甸园中的树都嫉妒它。”
Those trees are symbolic of people. Trees cannot envy other trees, it has to be symbolic of nations or people envying. Here is another good example proving that the trees of the Garden of Eden were symbolic of people:
那些树是人的象征。树木不能嫉妒其他树木，它必须是国家或人民羡慕的象征。这里是另一个很好的例子，证明伊甸园的树木是人的象征：
<< Isaiah 14:8 >> [Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.]
以赛亚书 14:8 和合本
8 松树和黎巴嫩的香柏树都因你欢乐，说： ‘自从你仆倒，再无人上来砍伐我们。’
Literal trees cannot speak and complain about nations coming against them! Beyond the slightest doubt, the trees in Genesis symbolize nations! Most importantly, it should be clear that since the trees of the garden represent people, the fruits of those trees had to be the false religions and the customs of those nations. It is because the people are at times represented as trees that God can say to Adam in << Genesis 1:28 >>, " Be fruitful!" We should study in detail what the symbolic tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represent. The Bible explains:
字面意义上的树不会说话，也不会抱怨国家来攻击它们! 毫无疑问，《创世记》中的树木象征着国家! 最重要的，应该清楚的是，因为花园里的树木代表着人类，这些树木的果实必然是这些国家的虚假宗教和习俗。因为人有时被描绘成树，所以在<<创世纪1:28 >> >中对亚当说:“要多结果子!”我们应该详细研究生命之树和善恶之树的象征意义。圣经解释说:
<< Proverb 13:12 >> [Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is the tree of life.]
箴言 13:12 和合本
12 所盼望的迟延未得，令人心忧；所愿意的临到，却是生命树。
Basically, desire fulfilled is the tree of life, success and joy! Jesus Christ is the Tree of Life and we are the branches. Jesus Christ leads us to joy and freedom. Also the tree of life is encountered again in the book of Revelation.
基本上，愿望的实现是生命之树，成功和快乐!耶稣基督是生命之树，我们是枝子。耶稣基督带领我们走向喜乐和自由。在启示录中，生命之树也再次出现。
<< Revelation 22:14 >> [Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates of the city.]
启示录 22:14 和合本
14 那些洗净自己衣服的有福了！可得权柄能到生命树那里，也能从门进城。
A person who has fulfilled the ideal of creation has attained the tree of life. This is people who puts God first as the center of life, accepts Jesus as Savior, and obeys the words and commandments of God.
一个人实现了创造的理想，就得到了生命之树。他们把神放在第一位，是生命的中心，接受耶稣为救主，遵守神的话语和诫命。
The second tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, is the tree of judgment. It represents a person who seeks to makes himself the judge of what is good and evil, instead of looking to the Lord YAHAWAH for leadership.
第二棵树，就是分辨善恶的树，就是判断的树。它所代表的是一个人，他试图判断什么是善，什么是恶，而不是寻求耶和华的带领。
This is an individual who creates his own standards of truth and of right and wrong. This type of Person seeks for knowledge as a way to gain personal power and live independently from God.
这是一个创造自己的真理和是非标准的人。这类人寻求知识作为一种获得个人力量和独立于上帝的生活方式。
A person who has eaten the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil does not trust in God's words. Instead, this person trusts in his own carnal wisdom and knowledge as the source for his welfare and salvation.
人若吃了分辨善恶树上的果子、就不信神的话。相反，这个人相信他自己的肉体智慧和知识是他幸福和得救的源泉。
This is a person who has decided to make himself god. And he replaces the real God with a false god that will serve his purposes!
这是一个决定把自己变成上帝的人。他用假神替换真神，假神必为他效力。
Even today, many people believe that science and technology are the solution to the problems of the world. If this were true there would not be so much greed, injustice, and violence in the world today.
即使在今天，许多人仍然相信科学技术是解决世界问题的方法。如果这是真的，那么当今就不会有那么多的贪婪、不公正和暴力。
Science and technology is very helpful. They are tools that can be used for either good or evil. But because man has turned from God, and his heart is evil, the technology is often being used to exploit the people and to destroy the environment. It is vanity--man cannot hope to replace God! This sin is called the reversal of dominion. It is blasphemy.
科学和技术是很有帮助的。它们是一种工具，可以用来做好事，也可以用来做坏事。但是因为人类已经背离了上帝，而且他的心是邪恶的，技术经常被用来剥削人民和破坏环境。这是虚空，人不能指望代替神。这种罪被称为颠覆主权。这是亵渎神。
A person who seeks to reverse the order that God has established has eaten of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil.
人若妄图违背神所定的旨意，就是吃了分辨善恶之道的果子。
This person has become the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, judging for himself what is good and evil instead of asking God.
这人就成了分辨善恶的树、自己判断何为善恶、并不求问神。
A person can bear children of goodness or children of evil, to either multiply good or evil in the world. Christ is the master, and he also uses trees to symbolize people, as they were used in Matthew:
一个人可以生善之子，也可以生恶之子，使世界上的善与恶成倍增加。基督是主人，他也用树来象征人，就像《创世记》里说的:
<< Matthew 7:16－20 >> [Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistle? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruits; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruits. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.]
马太福音 7:16-20 和合本
16 凭着他们的果子，就可以认出他们来。荆棘上岂能摘葡萄呢？蒺藜里岂能摘无花果呢？17 这样，凡好树都结好果子，惟独坏树结坏果子。18 好树不能结坏果子；坏树不能结好果子。19 凡不结好果子的树就砍下来，丢在火里。20 所以，凭着他们的果子就可以认出他们来。”
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