An analogy for Trust in the Lord. Tree of Life on Bahrain, a desert island outside of Saudi Arabia. This tree is a mystery because no source of water can be found in the desert near the tree. Located about 1.2 miles (two kilometers) from the Jebel Dukhan - the mountain of smoke.Tree of Life (Judeo-Christian) - a tree in the Garden of Eden whose fruit gives immortality. There are some references to the tree of life outside the Old Testament. For example, the Book of Enoch (xxiv. 4) states that the tree of life has a fragrance and its fruit resembles the palm dates. (Jewish Encyclopedia) . Charles Darwin used the tree of life as a metaphor that all life has evolved from the same source. Who could have a problem with that metaphor?
Assyrians and Babylonians share the common legend of the tree of life and a Utopian land called the island of dilmun, which is now located in Bahrain. Assyrians used to live in the north and the Babylonians in the south of the region trapped between Euphrates and Tigris.
It is dated as 400 years old by some and the sign near the tree says 800 years old. The locals say that this tree could have been the place where the Garden Eden had been. The tree does not produce fruit. There are several trees in the area that have no apparent water source, but this tree is largest by far.
Psalm 26
1 Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have led a blameless life;
I have trusted in the LORD
without wavering.
1 Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have led a blameless life;
I have trusted in the LORD
without wavering.
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me,
examine my heart and my mind;
3 for your love is ever before me,
and I walk continually in your truth.
4 I do not sit with deceitful men,
nor do I consort with hypocrites;
5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers
and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence,
and go about your altar, O LORD,
7 proclaiming aloud your praise
and telling of all your wonderful deeds.
8 I love the house where you live, O LORD,
the place where your glory dwells.
9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
my life with bloodthirsty men,
10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,
whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 But I lead a blameless life;
redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 My feet stand on level ground;
in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.
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