-Removed-The tree of life, the one that was in the garden of Eden, and presumably still there, cannot be accessed because it's guarded by two Cherubims.
Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
"Can you still eat it’s eternal life giving fruit?"
Silly question. You can't get to it, so how can you eat of it? If you'll read the text it tells us why. Adam had sinned. If he was allowed to eat of the fruit of the tree of life he would live forever in sin. You need to take that into account.
"Does eating the fruit mean you don’t need Jesus for eternal life? Presumably so as one would already have eternal life!"
As I said above, you need to take into account the fact that had God not driven Adam out of the garden he would have had access to the tree of life, and subsequently lived in sin forever.
It's in the text. Read it.
-Removed-Apparently you just glossed over what I said.
I didn't say there weren't two trees of life in the Bible. You didn't hear what I said, but went on to generate an argument against nothing except the illusion in you head.
And perhaps I should tell you where your thinking is flawed in the matter of the two trees, that is if you can focus cognitively enough to grasp the concept.
The tree of life is mentioned twice in the Bible. There are not two trees of life. Just one!
See now? See how I pointed out the error in your thinking? I doubt though that you have the intellectual integrity or moral fortitude to admit you're wrong.
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@SecondSon
Don't look for or contemplate where a physical tree of life is today.
In Him was life. The focus now should be in the resurrected Christ in whom is life and who is the life. He is the bread of life. He is the life of God and the resurrection and the life.
It is Christ in whom we find the life of God - the eternal life.
The mysterious tree of life in Genesis is gone now.
Its purpose now is symbolic to point us to Jesus Christ.
The last Adam became a life giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45)
@divegeester
I was not ridiculing him.
I was not belittling him.
Is your intent to put down that you may feel higher?
@fmf saidNo the truth doesn’t reside in us we can see it when our views match reality. The hard part is making sure that it’s reality not popular opinion we are looking at.
All you ever do is give your opinion about "the truth". That's all anyone does when they talk of their faith or their lack of faith, me included. That's all anyone does. That's all that happens here.
@kellyjay saidYou and I exchange opinions. That's all. For the most part you don't think my views match reality. And for the most part I don't think your views match reality. We just share our opinions about reality and truth. Nothing grander than that is happening on your end of our conversations and nor is anything grander happening at my end. Everything both of us say and claim and think and believe - on the matters we discuss - is entirely subjective.
No the truth doesn’t reside in us we can see it when our views match reality. The hard part is making sure that it’s reality not popular opinion we are looking at.