Holy Week and Trees

40 essays in around 100 words #29

So listen. Apparently everything in the Bible revolves around trees and mountains. If you don’t believe me, go check out the Bible Project. More specifically, the Bible begins and ends with a tree in the middle of the garden–the tree of life. Now of course all the bad stuff in the world comes from people choosing to try and become like god instead of simply choosing life. Over and over again in Scripture, people have these choices between two different trees–two different places to put their allegiance/worship. These themes are even valuable for Holy Week.

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