启二二14 那些洗净自己袍子的有福了，可得权柄到生命树那里，也能从门进城。

　　约十四6 耶稣说，我就是道路、实际、生命；若不借着我，没有人能到父那里去。

　　启示录二十二章二节说，“在河这边与那边有生命树。”一棵生命树长在河的两岸，表征生命树是一种藤蔓，沿着生命水的流伸展、蔓延，给神的子民接受并享受。这树实现了神原初的心意（创二9），直到永远。因着人的堕落，生命树向人封闭了（三22~24）；但借着基督的救赎，又向信徒开启了（来十19~20）。今天，享受基督作生命树是信徒共同的分（约六35、57）；在千年国，得胜的信徒要享受基督这生命树作他们时代的赏赐（启二7）；最终，在新天新地里，所有蒙神救赎的人都要享受基督这生命树作永远的分（二二14、19）（启示录生命读经，八六七至八六八页）。

　　Rev. 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city.

　　John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

　　Revelation 22:2 says, “On this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life.” That the one tree of life grows on the two sides of the river signifies that the tree of life is a vine that spreads and proceeds along the flow of the water of life for God’s people to receive and enjoy. This tree fulfills for eternity what God intended from the beginning (Gen. 2:9). The tree of life was closed to man because of his fall (3:22-24), but it was opened to the believers through the redemption of Christ (Heb. 10:19-20). Today the enjoyment of Christ as the tree of life is the believers’ common portion (John 6:35, 57). In the millennial kingdom the enjoyment of Christ as the tree of life will be a dispensational reward to the overcoming believers (Rev. 2:7). Eventually, in the new heaven and new earth for eternity, the enjoyment of Christ as the tree of life will be the eternal portion of all of God’s redeemed (22:14, 19). (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 727-728)

　　生命树是基督作我们生命的供应。首先基督是神的羔羊，为着我们的救赎（约一29）；然后祂是生命树，为作我们生命的供应（六35）。基督的救赎是为着将祂自己分赐到我们里面，作生命的供应。

　　生命树长在生命河两岸。它不是向上长，乃是蔓延像一种藤蔓，所以人能沿着生命水流享用它。基督这生命树，乃是沿着生命水，就是那灵的流，作为便利取用的生命供应。哪里有那灵的流，哪里就有基督生命的供应。这全在于神圣的性情，并以神圣的性情作我们圣别的道路，如街道所象征的。

　　我花了多年才领会启示录二十二章一、二节所说的三样东西：街道、河与生命树。河在街道当中，所以街道自然就成了河的两岸。生命树像一种藤蔓长在河的两岸。……街道、河与树，都互相关联。你经由珍珠门进了城，走在纯金的街道之后，立刻就有了涌流的河；沿着这活水的流有生命树。这幅图画非常清楚。

　　现在让我们将这幅图画应用到我们日常的生活里。假定一位姊妹去百货公司买东西，在她进店以前，那作里面街道的神圣性情就开始规律她。没有话，只有内里的规律。这位姊妹进了店，拿起一样东西。里面的规律说，“放下”，但她为自己找理由，对自己说，这次买了没有关系，下不为例。然而从那时刻起，里面的流停止了。这位姊妹回家后，发觉无法祷告了。……这是消极的例证，说出我们不跟随里面神圣性情的规律会发生什么事。

　　假定里面的规律告诉这位姊妹不要买那样东西，她〔乃是〕说，“阿们，主，阿们。”她立刻会发觉自己走在纯金的街道上，同时，她会觉得里面的流得了加强。她也会觉得里面的流带给她丰富的生命供应。这就是享受生命树。……当她离去的时候，甚至会想歌唱或呼喊阿利路亚。这就是行走在纯金的街道上，取用涌流的河并享受生命树一切丰富的意义。

　　启示录二十二章二节也说，生命树生产十二样果子，每月都结出果子。生命树的果子要作神赎民的食物，直到永远；这些果子始终是新鲜的，每月都结，每年结十二样果子（启示录生命读经，八六八至八七○页）。

　　参读：启示录生命读经，第六十五篇。

　　The tree of life is Christ as our life supply. First, Christ was the Lamb of God for our redemption (John 1:29) and then the tree of life for our life supply (6:35). Christ’s redemption is for imparting Himself into us as the life supply.

　　The tree of life grows on the two sides of the river of life. It does not go up but spreads like a vine. Hence, it is available along the flow of the water of life. Christ as the tree of life is the life supply available along the flow of the Spirit as the water of life. Where the Spirit flows, there the life supply of Christ is found. This is all in and with the divine nature as our holy way,

　　signified by the street.

　　It took me years to understand three things mentioned in Revelation 22:1- 2: the street, the river, and the tree of life. In the midst of the street is the river; hence, the street spontaneously becomes the two banks of the river. The tree of life grows as a vine on the banks of the river…The street, the river, and the tree are all interrelated. After you enter through the pearl gate and get on the golden street, you immediately have the flowing river. Along the flow of the living water is the tree of life. This picture is very clear.

　　Let us now apply this picture to our daily living. Suppose a certain sister goes shopping in a department store. Even before she enters the store, the divine nature as the inner street begins to regulate her. There is no word, just an inward regulating. The sister enters the store and picks up a certain item. The inward regulating says, “Drop it,” but she excuses herself, telling herself that it is all right to buy that article this time and that she will not do it again. However, from that moment, the inner flow stops. After the sister comes home, she finds that she is not able to pray…This is a negative illustration of what happens when we do not follow the inward regulation of the divine nature.

　　Suppose when the inward regulation tells this sister not to buy that particular article, she [instead] says, “Amen, Lord, Amen.” Immediately, she will find herself walking on the golden street. At the same time, she will sense that the inner flow is intensified and strengthened. She will also sense that the inner flow brings her the rich supply of life. This is the enjoyment of the tree of life…As she leaves the store, she may even feel like singing or shouting Hallelujah. This is what it means to walk on the golden street, to partake of the flowing river, and to enjoy all the riches of the tree of life.

　　Revelation 22:2 also says that the tree of life produces twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month. The fruits of the tree of life will be the food of God’s redeemed for eternity. They will be continually fresh, produced every month, twelve fruits yearly. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 728-730)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msg. 65