Скачать или смотреть 115: The Two Trees: Christ as the Tree of Life—and How the Occult Counterfeits the Gospel

In this episode of Naughty Versus Nice, Todd, Laura, and Kelly start with a real-life discernment moment: Kelly spots a “Christian” course book that subtly reframes creativity through a false gospel—one built on self-actualization, secret knowledge, and autonomy dressed up in church-friendly language. Instead of being dismissed, her notes are received with humility by course leadership, opening the door for the class to learn how deception often works: not by obvious darkness, but by familiar words with redefined meanings.



From there, the conversation moves into the Two Trees framework: the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (autonomy, self-rule, moral self-definition) versus the Tree of Life (union, God-dependence, communion). Laura reframes Eden as not “paradise lost,” but a story that already anticipates Christ—where Adam functions as a “stencil” pointing toward the incarnate Son. Todd then traces a sweeping biblical pattern showing how Scripture repeatedly connects Jesus to “tree” imagery: the cross called a tree, Christ as the seed that dies to bear fruit, the true vine, living water, firstfruits, and the final harvest—culminating in Revelation’s vision of the Tree of Life healing the nations.



Next episode: the counterfeit—how the occult repackages the same lie in endless new packaging, and why the church often struggles to recognize it.