Ariel Awakening

There were two trees in the midst of the Garden of Eden, but only one tree in the midst of the River of Water of Life in Revelation. There are three trees in this painting, or is it one tree? This mystery will be explained on another page, if you can find it.

More than a decade ago, I had a dream. The dream was in the setting of musical entertainment while sitting to eat. I don’t remember eating, but rather it seemed that the entertainment was the meal. The entertainers were singing old, familiar songs. It was a very relaxing atmosphere. The scene changed. I stood at the microphone, singing a song that I didn’t know.  I stepped back and a young girl sang this song into the microphone.

When I woke up I had a weird feeling from singing a song that I didn’t know. Then I realized that it was a new song, one that nobody heard before, including me. Even though I enjoyed the old, familiar songs; I felt drawn to the new song.

I had the dream during a time of intense personal study. The dream took me into a study of “a new song.” I immediately thought of the new song in Revelation. I also found the new song in Psalms and Isaiah. More understanding can be gained through a word search for “song” rather than limiting the search to the phrase “new song.”

This book is my song. It is a song I never heard before. It is a song that I am sure you haven’t heard before. The composition of this song wasn’t in any particular order. It was composed a piece here and a piece there. I didn’t know that I was composing a song, or what the song would be.

Was I learning a new song, or was I composing my song? I saw something in my studies... or did I see something that made me study? In any case, in my studies I saw things that made me study. Composing was like a whirlwind, although in slow motion, of seeing and seeking. I will try to sing in a more organized way.

When Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knoledge of Good and Evel they realized they were naked and were ashamed. They clothed themselves with fig leaves. The Gospel of Thomas has a saying that seems to relate to this.

Gospel of Thomas saying 37

His disciples said,

On what day will you be revealed to us and on what day will we see you?

Jesus:

When you undress without being ashamed and when you pick up your garments and put them under your feet like little children and trample them, then you will see the son of the living one and you will not be afraid.

Jesus is saying that he will be revealed and seen when they can undo what Adam and Eve did. Adam and Eve clothed themselves because of shame, and we need to undress without shame for Jesus to be revealed. Surely, this isn't literal.

Shame came from eating from the forbidden tree. They clothed themselves with fig leaves. According to the Book of Adam and Eve, the tree of knowledge of good and evil was a fig tree. The "clothes" came from that tree. The serpent gave Eve the fruit from the tree. Eating figuratively has to do with partaking of a message. Milk, meat, butter, honey, bread, etc. symbolize a message in various ways. This message came from the serpent, the deceiver.

Leaves are a tree's covering. Without the leaves, the tree is naked. Adam and Eve need to remove their clothing without being ashamed in order for Christ to be revealed. They need to reject the message of the deceiver. Sin (error) came into the world because Adam and Eve partook of the error.

Clothing, from the fig leaves to the fine linen of the Bride in Revelation, represents beliefs that came from a messenger. We need to consider that our teachers were in error because they didn't understand. That means that we need to consider what we haven't been told.

The Tree of Life