Bonus Episode 6: From Eden to Eternity:

A tale of two trees.

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is bookended by trees — and tracing that thread reveals the whole shape of the gospel.

In this bonus episode, we follow a single arc across three movements: humanity exiled from the tree of life in Eden, guarded by cherubim and a flaming sword that “turned every way” (Genesis 3:24);

Christ redeeming us on a tree of his own, bearing the very curse pronounced in Deuteronomy 21 upon “everyone who is hanged on a tree” (Galatians 3:13);

And finally, the tree of life restored in the New Jerusalem, its leaves for the healing of the nations (Revelation 22:2).

Along the way, we consider the significance of the cherubim who guard Eden’s gate and later appear woven into the tabernacle veil, the ache of paradise lost that runs through the whole Old Testament, and how Jesus’s announcement that “the kingdom of God is at hand” (Mark 1:15)

Meaning we already taste the tree’s healing now, even as we wait for its fullness. The episode closes with the way back to the garden not being opened by human effort, but by Jesus Christ’s finished work on the tree of Calvary.