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As we discussed last week, the phrase “made in His image” refers to our having a body, soul, and mind.

There are numerous example in the Bible how things apply to all three parts of body, soul, and mind. I won’t go into those here, but I’ll go into something that should apply but doesn’t.

First of all, a reminder that God has favorite numbers, like 3 and 7 and some others.

A number that is not a main number in the Bible is 2. It’s not an uncomon number in general, so it does appear in the Bible, but I wouldn’t classify it as significant.

Today’s topic is the trees in the garden of Eden. Everyone knows the “bad” tree – the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. There was also a “good” tree – the Tree of Life. And those were the two specific trees.

Why only two trees?

That bothered me at first, because there should be three trees. We have the Tree of Life – affecting the body. And we have the Tree of Knowledge – affecting the mind. Where is the tree affecting the soul?

What I think is going on is that the soul just is. The body can be improved – it grows, it changes, it withers. The mind can be improved – it grows, it changes, it withers. But this is how God shows us that the soul isn’t like that. I don’t have a good answer for what the soul can do, but I did think it was interesting that the soul was left out of the tree test.