Four Trees Worth Considering Part 2

 

There is a misguided theology

About a tree in Jeremiah 10 verse 5,

Some have used this as a suggestion

That from this the Christmas tree was derived.

When the context of this verse is taken

This was a clear case of idol worship

Where men created gods with their hands

And from God Almighty continued to slip.

The prophets of old warned against this

And pointed out the uselessness of such

But many of that time heeded not their word

For they wanted a god they could touch.

The Christmas tree is not like this

For it is not carved by human hand,

It is simply cut from a particular tree

And used as decoration is the plan.

The lights upon it are the many stars

That shone that first Christmas night

But the main star we placed at the top of the tree

Represents the star in which wise men delight.

That star shone over the stable shed

On the event of that first Christmas morn,

It led the wise men to the Saviour, Christ,

To the manger in which he was born.

So we need not despise the Christmas tree

Though some regard it as pagan,

So much of it points to the first advent

When our Saviour came down from heaven.

God created the first two trees

The third was cut from a tree,

The fourth was made of pieces of wood

Then mounted at Calvary.

One spoke to the death of man

One could impart eternal life,

One has to do with the advent of Christ

One was designed for mischief and strife.

Through one man could live forever

By one was the cause of his death,

On one died Jesus, the Saviour

In whom there is now eternal rest.

And he bearing his cross went forth

To a place that was called the skull,

The sinless, unspotted Lamb of God

Died to free us from Satan’s pull.

Four trees of specific significance

All of them to do with the Christ,

Adam ate of one that caused man’s death

On one Christ died to pay sin’s price.

The tree of life and the tree of death

The Christmas tree and Calvary’s tree;

Four trees it would do us well to consider

As we contemplate about eternity.

The tree of knowledge of good and evil

Was created for a special reason,

The Christmas tree we put up each year

Is displayed for the Christmas season.

The tree of life was at the beginning

And will be at the end of time,

It will be throughout the countless ages

To provide healing for all mankind.

The tree that provided those pieces of wood

On which the Saviour was laid

Will always be a special tree

For on them the price of our sins was paid.

On Calvary’s tree Jesus died for me

On a cruel cross that was fashioned by man,

On that tree lay the source of all life

As he died to effect redemption’s plan.

On Calvary’s tree Jesus died for you

With your eternal salvation on his mind,

Love held him there not those rusty nails,

He is the only Saviour of this kind.

Stewart Russell © 2016