Section 5
Gospel of John we see that when Jesus, the Son of God, came, life was in Him (John 1:4). The Lord Jesus said that He was life (John 11:25) and that He came that we may have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10). In Colossians 3:4 Paul says that Christ is our life. Furthermore, 1 John 5:11 and 12 say, "And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life." Finally, the book of Revelation speaks clearly of the tree of life, with which the entire city of New Jerusa lem will be nourished in eternity (Rev. 22:1-2, 14). Therefore, by considering the whole Bible we see that the tree of life symbolizes God as man's life. God's intention was that the man created by Him as a container would take Him in as his life and content.
THE IMAGE OF GOD AND THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES
Let us now consider further what God's image is. The New Testament tells us that God's image is Christ. But still we need to ask how we should describe the image of God.
The Bible tells us that God is love and that He is light (1 John 4:8; 1:5). Love is the nature of God's essence, and light is the nature of God's