Have you ever conducted a study (research) on metaphors and symbolisms used in the Holy Bible that impart God’s wisdom, creation, procreation and evolution of mankind? Try it…you’ll like it! Why? Because a metaphor is basically a figure of speech that unites two unrelated thoughts together.
For example, let’s take a look at how “trees” are used to describe people’s activity:
Did you know that symbolism and metaphors are the bedrock of understanding and appreciating the Bible. Actually, you can say that such dialogue is the Language of God. The Bible verses take on a deeper meaning and an opportunity to know the mind of God better. So allow me to suggest that every now and again, you hug a tree.
- The phrase “all the trees of the field will clap their hands” appears in the Bible in Isaiah 55:12 - Another phrase "Let all the trees of the forest sing for joy". Psalm 96:12
I prayerfully asked the Holy Spirit why choose trees to represent people and the answer I received was both trees and man were conceived out of the ground. (On the third day and by the seventh day God’s creative work was finished.)
After gleaning all this information, I had to laugh as I envisioned that actually mankind is closer related to trees than monkeys. Us and trees have more in common. We are both fashioned from the ground! To get a better understanding of the use of metaphors please study Judges Chapter 9 KJV. There, Jotham starts a parable which uses trees to represent the citizens of Shechem by different species of trees. You will obtain a clearer picture of the character of the players in this saga. (Move up a notch in your Bible study time.)
Your assignment is to find as many scripture references where the word ‘tree’ is used as a metaphor for people. Below is your last clue:
Mark 8:24-26 King James Version (KJV)
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
“I sincerely pray that your biggest take-away from this blog will be that Christ Jesus’ died on a wooden cross (on a tree for a tree(s))…you and me! Get it???
Trees by Joyce Kilmer – British accent, read by Ben W Smith
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Conversations With God Using Scripture 
Thank you for sharing and have a great night.
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You are welcome, Angie. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
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Hi Sister Sonja! Love it and how the Holy Spirit allows you to break God’s Word down for our understanding. I will definitely be hugging a tree today and saying thank you Lord! (Smiling)
Proverbs 3:18 “She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her”.
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Sweet Cathy, please allow scripture to breakdown Proverbs 3:18. “SHE” is wisdom. And nothing but Wisdom is lodged in The Tree of Life. But because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and both ate from The Tree of the knowledge of good and evil they instituted death.
Proverbs 4:5-8 reads: “Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her (wisdom) and ‘she’ will preserve you. Love her and she will keep you. Wisdom is the principle thing: Therefore get wisdom and in all thy getting get understanding.
Adam and Eve forfeited wisdom when they chose to eat from the Tree of Knowledge instead of the Tree of Life (eternal life in Christ Jesus). Now mankind has to figure out life situations all by himself unless he embraces God’s anointed.
Wake up world!!! Wake Up!
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Thanks for always being willing to teach!
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Dear Cathy, may our precious Lord and Savior continue to bless and keep you my child. Your thirst for kingdom knowledge is precious in God’s sight. He will never forsake you or deny you his love and knowledge.
By the way, Proverbs 4:8 is my epitaph and is already written on my tomb stone. I live by it daily.
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