"O, taste and see that the Lord is good!" (Ps 34:8a) The first shape to appear on the canvas was that of the crooked shepherd's staff until it circled and overlapped itself. The colors of purple and green signify the embracing of life and royalty, and eternal inheritance. Then from the inward parts, the life-giving and life-sustaining energy force of Jehovah electrifies and fuses the parts together. What emerged was the restored fruit that was once the instrument of deception in the Garden of God. The Lord is announcing the restoration of the "apple" and, therefore, the Promised Seed has replaced the seed of offense. The eaten parts of the apple had kept us from the Garden in order to prevent our eating of the Tree of Life and living forever in a state of disconnection from our God. Although the original apple came from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the restored missing parts transform the apple into the fruit of the Tree of Discernment. Whereas the knowledge of good and evil symbolized man's overwhelming desire to make his own decisions and suffer the consequences, the new fruit is fragrant with the wine of communion. Those who partake in the communion will taste the goodness of God and be welcomed back into the Garden of God on earth and discern good and bad spirits through the knowledge of the Holy Spirit. God desires that we taste of this fruit and the one and only Seed promised to restore us back to Him. The prophetic apple, so-called, is neither red in color nor does it have blood in this painting but the authority and power of the Holy Spirit. No flesh and blood can create the communion and restoration like that one Seed. When we eat the restored apple, we receive Eternal Life, for the fruit comes from the Tree of LIfe. In the millennial reign of Christ Jesus, we shall become fat from the meat and wine of that glorious fruit. God is preparing the Garden and us for that day, the Day of the Lord. copyright 2007 Dell Belew