Revelation 2:7

Revelation 2:7: “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”

“To him that overcometh” is defined in I John, and refers to those who believe in Jesus:

I John 5:4: “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?”

All believers are overcomers, no matter how successful or unsuccessful they may have been in life. To believe in Jesus is to overcome the world – and all those who overcome will be given the right to eat of the tree of life.

The Tree of Life was in the Garden of Eden, but Adam and Eve were denied access to it after they sinned:

Genesis 3:22: “And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”

The Bible says that there will be a Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem, which will come down to Earth after the Great White Throne judgment:

Revelation 22:2: “In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

I do not know if this is the same Tree of Life that was in the Garden of Eden, or if this is another one. I also do not know whether people are currently living in the New Jerusalem. It may be that the great golden city is reserved until after the Great White Throne judgment, or it may be that the city exists now and people are living in it.

Either way, one day we will get to eat of the Tree of Life. Can you imagine that? The tree that was denied to Adam and Eve will be given to us; Christ shed His own blood and died for us to pay our way. Thanks to Him, we will one day stand by that tree and eat its fruit, and we will most assuredly live forever. And why will these things happen? Because God chose to love those who despised Him, and to die for His enemies (Romans 5:7-10).

Our destiny is to live forever with God, where there are pleasures forevermore (Psalm 16:11).