Revelation 2:7
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”
King James Version
The promise to the overcomer at Ephesus — to eat of the tree of life in the paradise of God, the Eden lost now restored.
Fulfillment References
Genesis 2:9 Revelation 22:2 Revelation 22:14 Ezekiel 47:12
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe risen Jesus, who walks among the lampstands, gives the tree of life — the one God restoring Eden to His own.
JewishThe tree of life of Eden (Gen. 2-3), long a symbol of the life of the age to come, restored to the faithful.
CatholicThe reward of perseverance — eternal life in the paradise of God, Eden restored.
ProtestantThe overcomer (the believer who endures, cf. 1 John 5:4-5) is promised the tree of life — Eden's loss reversed in the new creation.
OrthodoxThe faithful restored to paradise and the tree of life.
DispensationalThe overcomer's reward, realized in the eternal state.
AcademicThe 'tree of life' and 'paradise' (Eden) frame Revelation's inclusio with Genesis (cf. Rev. 22:2,14).
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