12. Instead of the "vine of Sodom and grapes of Gomorrah" ( :- ), nauseous and unwholesome, trees of life-giving and life-restoring virtue shall bloom similar in properties to, and exceeding in number, the tree of life in Eden ( Revelation 2:7 ; Revelation 22:2 ; Revelation 22:14 ). leaf . . . not fade —expressing not only the unfailing character of the heavenly medicine of the tree of life, but also that the graces of the believer (as a tree of righteousness), which are the leaves, and his deeds, which are the fruits that flow from those graces, are immortal ( Psalms 1:3 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Matthew 10:42 ; 1 Corinthians 15:58 ). new fruit —literally, "firstlings," or first fruit. They are still, each month afresh, as it were, yielding their first-fruit [FAIRBAIRN]. The first-born of a thing, in Hebrew idiom, means the chiefest. As Job 18:13 , "the first-born of death," that is, the most fatal death. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"
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