Trees of Righteousness

     I return to the theme, I see tees as men, standing, as a counter to blind Bartamaeus's, "I see men as trees, walking" (Mark 8:24). Long before I ever read that passage, I proposed that Adam, by dressing and keeping the Garden, was assigned to serve and protect the living souls who would someday be there from multiplication. In other words, I saw trees as men, standing! There were more than the two trees in the Garden. Those two was in the midst, implying that the Garden contained other trees outside the central location.
     The Tree of Life, of course, is allegorical of Jesus and the "Philosophy" or "Wisdom Tree" allegorical of Lucifer. The other trees of the Garden were allegorical, it seems, as representative of future living souls.
     One tree in the midst of the Garden was the Tree of Righteousness, and the other, the Tree of Unrighteousness. Examine the following passage: "If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him (1 John 2:21). The Tree of Life, representative of Jesus, is the Tree of Righteousness, and the other "trees" who are born of him are "trees of righteousness." Now take a look at what Isaiah said:

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified... And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.... For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isa 61:3,9,11).

     The trees of the Garden were "planted" by the Lord. Isaiah referred to "trees of righteousness" also planted of the Lord. I believe that Isaiah verified my hunch that the trees of the Garden were the souls of righteous people soon to come. As the Tree of Life was the centerpiece in the Garden, the other trees were there around that Tree to glorify it. Therein lied Adam's problem. Because he was one of the two other trees already bedecked, his place was to glorify the Tree of Life. He did not; rather, he glorified the Serpent's tree to God's chagrin. Imagine how God felt, desiring to be glorified, and rather, he stood there in the Garden all alone with no glorification. It seems that Isaiah knew that!
     The surrounding "forest" in the Garden of Eden would have been full of trees. God wanted them all to be trees of righteousness, as they were of his seed (in His Image). They were planted as trees of righteousness and Adam was to serve them and keep them from harm. Rather than that, Adam set a bad example; he ignored the trees and served the wrong one - the Serpent's tree. He was told not to eat of that tree! Rather than consuming some type of passion fruit, think on that as not partaking of the Manna from Heaven,  which just as the Bread of Life, represents Jesus!
    If the reader thinks only of trees and fruit, much is missed! Think also of Jesus and his righteousness and the Serpent and his false doctrine - the doctrine of deception. The Lord wanted righteous trees and forests - those were righteous people and nations. Adam was given one job assignment, and he was a careless and apathetic worker. He blew the only real job that his Master assigned!
    Then, Adam was cast out of the Garden and really went to work.  No longer was he nourished by God but had to fend for himself. In the world, it was all about him! The other "trees' of the Garden remained neglected. Isaiah's point was that it was time to dress and keep the tree of the Garden (Israel) again, and encourage their growth in righteousness.
     I see trees as men. I see men as trees singing, and now I see righteous trees as righteous men. I understand the importance of serving and nourishing others. That is love. No, we aren't toe be tree- huggers like the pagans, but lovers of people. We are to love them as God first loved us. Dressing and keeping the Garden represents that type of love, and like Adam, most fail miserably.