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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 2 – The Seven Churches
is also used in relation to an important

prophetic fulfillment in Revelation 13:9.

The Promise to the Victor. — To the

overcomer it is promised that he shall eat of

the tree of life that grows in the midst of the

paradise, or garden, of God. Where is this

paradise? Answer: In the third heaven. Paul

writes, in 2 Corinthians 12:2, that he knew a

man (referring to himself) caught up to the

third heaven. In verse 4 he calls the same place

“paradise,” leaving only one conclusion to be

drawn, which is, that paradise is in the third

heaven. In this paradise, it seems, is the tree of

life. There is but one tree of life brought to

view in the Bible. It is mentioned six times,

three times in Genesis, and three times in the

Revelation; but it is used every time with the

definite article the. It is the tree of life in the