עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים� בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃

She is a Tree of Life to those who grasp her,�And whoever holds on to her is happy.

Proverbs 3:18

וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַךְ מֹשֶׁה אִישׁ הָאֱלֹקים אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי מוֹתוֹ׃וַיֹּאמַר יי מִסִּינַי בָּא וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ הוֹפִיעַ מֵהַר פָּארָן וְאָתָה מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ מִימִינוֹ אשדת לָמוֹ׃

“And this is the blessing that Moses the man of G-d blessed the children of Israel before his death. ² And he said, HaShem came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir to them; He shone forth from Mount Paran, and He came with ten thousands of holy ones: �from his right hand went a fiery law for them.”

Deuteronomy 33

ח

“The number seven…symbolizes the complete purpose of human existence, combining the spiritual level of the Sabbath with the physical effort of the week. Going beyond seven, the number eight symbolizes man’s ability to transcend the limitations of physical existence. Thus, with a gematria of eight, ח stands for that which is למעלה מן הטבע, on a plane above nature…”

The Wisdom of the Hebrew Alphabet, R’ Michael Munk, Mesorah Publications, ltd. pg 112

Eight days later the disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Yeshua comes, despite the locked doors. He stood in their midst and said, “Shalom aleichem!” ²⁷ Then He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe!” ²⁸ Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”²⁹ Yeshua said to Him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed? Blessed are the ones who have not seen and yet have believed!”

John 21:26-29

“And your gates of garnet.” (Isaiah 54:11) R. Johanan sat and gave an exposition: The Holy One, blessed be He, will in time to come bring precious stones and pearls which are thirty cubits by thirty and will cut out from them openings, and will set them up in the gates of Jerusalem. A certain student sneered at him: “Jewels of the size of a dove's egg are not to be found! Are jewels of such a size to be found? . . .” After a time, (the student’s) ship sailed out to sea where he saw ministering angels engaged in cutting precious stones and pearls which were thirty cubits by thirty . . . He said unto them: “For whom are these?” They replied that the Holy One, blessed be He, would in time to come set them up in the gates of Jerusalem. When he came again before R. Johanan he said unto him: “Expound, O my master; it is becoming for you to expound; as you said, so have I seen.” He replied unto him: “Raca, had you not seen, would not you have believed?”

Baba Batra 75b, Soncino Press Edition

“. . . when the Bride is destined the next day to be under the canopy with Her Husband – to be with her all night, delighting with Her in Her adornments in which she is arrayed, engaging in Torah, from Torah to Prophets, from Prophets to Writings, midrashic renderings of verses and mysteries of wisdom: these are her adornments and finery.” Rabbi Shim’on opened, saying, “Heaven declares the glory of God . . . (Psalms 19:2). . . when the Bride is aroused to enter the canopy the next day, She is arrayed and illumined with Her adornments . . . as soon as they join together, and She sees Her Husband, what is written? Heaven declares the glory of God. Heaven – the Groom entering the canopy . . . The glory of God – glory of the Bride, who is called God, but now that She has entered the canopy, She is called Glory as well as God, glory upon glory, radiance upon radiance, dominion upon dominion.”�Zohar 1:8a, Pritzker Edition, translated by Daniel C. Matt, pgs. 52-53

“I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.”

Revelation 21:2

“Resh Lakish said: The Holy One, blessed be He, will in time to come add to Jerusalem a thousand gardens, a thousand towers, a thousand palaces and a thousand mansions”�Baba Batra 75b, Soncino Press Edition

“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings (Isaiah 52:7) – This teaches you that in the future the Holy One, blessed be He, will cause built-up Jerusalem to descend from heaven, and will set her upon the tops of four mountains.”�Pesikta deRav Kahana, ed. Mandelbaum, pg. 466, �The Messiah Texts, Raphael Patai, pgs. 224-225

“Elijah said: I see a beautiful and great city descend from heaven, built up, as it is written, “Jerusalem that art built as a city that is compact together”

(Psalm 122:3) Built up and embellished, and her people dwell in her midst, and she rests on three thousand towers and between each [there are] twenty-five thousand cubits of emeralds and precious stones and pearls…”�Sefer Eliyahu, BhM, The Messiah Texts, Raphael Patai, pgs. 224-22

Pre-Time

6,000 Years

1,000 Years

Post-Time

(Modern Human History)

(Revelation 21 - 22)

(Revelation 19 - 20)

(Genesis 4+)

(Genesis 1 - 3)

Creation

Expulsion

of Adam

Return

of Yeshua

Re-Creation

Garden of Eden

This World

World to Come

Yemot HaMashiach

Genesis

1 - 2

Revelation �21 - 22

בן

And out of the ground HaShem Elokim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:9

וַיַּצְמַ֞ח ה׳ אֱלֹקִים֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כׇּל־עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה וְט֣וֹב לְמַאֲכָ֑ל וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע׃

עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים� בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃

She is a Tree of Life to those who grasp her,�And whoever holds on to her is happy.

Proverbs 3:18

The fruit of the tzaddik is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 11:30

פְּֽרִי־צַ֭דִּיק עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים� וְלֹקֵ֖חַ נְפָשׁ֣וֹת חָכָֽם

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people.”

Deuteronomy 33:7

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12

A healing tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:4

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים� וְסֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗הּ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּרֽוּחַ׃

Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

Revelation 22:14 (NKJV)

And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. ² In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ³ And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. ⁴ They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. ⁵ There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

Revelation 22:1-5, NKJV

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the communities. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’

Revelation 2:7