Grietje Commelin

“Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s; it is holy to the LORD” (Leviticus 27:30) God has created the earth and “the fullness thereof”, including plants and trees. Therefore, He is the owner, not us. This is the background of … Lees meer

“If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit” (Leviticus 26:3-4) We tend to see nature as a ‘system’. Whether a tree grows well … Lees meer

“So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD” (Genesis 13:18) Abraham was a nomad, living in a tent and moving from time to time with the cattle. In Genesis 13:18, we read how he settled by … Lees meer

“To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God” (Revelation 2:7) When God created the garden of Eden, He planted two special trees. The first one was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the other one was called ‘the … Lees meer

“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, ‘You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.’” (Genesis 2:16-17) Genesis 2 tells us in more detail … Lees meer

“And God said, ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.’ And it was so.” (Genesis 1:11) When we try to find the central theme of the Bible, we might not immediately think of ‘trees’. But when … Lees meer