Tree of life- Revelation 2:7 original painting

This original painting is 24x30 inches. As I was reading in Revelation the phrase -“ I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’” -Rev 2:7 caught my attention and got me excited. This tree of life in paradise (or a garden) appears at the very beginning of the Bible in Gen 2:9. To help with the significance you need to know the story of creation from Genesis. To summarize, God made everything from nothing and called it good, including the first man and woman- Adam and Eve. He then placed them in paradise, in a garden, gave them work to do, spent time with them, and provided for all their needs. There was one rule, God gave them, don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Different tree) They were tempted and ate, and it caused a rift between God and man, and between each other as well. God gave them a glimpse of the future, the pain they’d endure because they had disobeyed, but also how God was going to fix it. One immediate consequence was God expelled them from the garden because He didn’t want Adam and Eve to eat of the tree of life and remain forever in their fallen, separated state. The whole of the Bible written by 40 authors over a 1400 year time period outlines how God will make mankind right with himself, the first portion of the law and sacrificial system was put into place and a Messiah or savior was promised. The second part is Jesus coming, fulfilling countless prophecies as the Messiah, his life, death, and resurrection, and then letters from his followers to various newly formed churches in the area. Revelation the very last book is a book of prophecy that God revealed to Jesus’s follower John, talks about the end of time, and the return of Christ. So I was intrigued and encouraged to see that now at the end of it all a path has been made according to the Bible to have people set right through what Christ has done and therefore now they get to eat of this tree of life! Eden is to be restored. My painting shows an open garden entrance with the tree of life standing inviting one to partake. I wanted the scene to look breathtakingly beautiful and to evoke a longing within us to enter. Worked into the garden opening and the tree roots are the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, the first and last, one of the names of God, which I thought was fitting as the tree of life appears at the beginning and end of the Bible.