JESUS : THE TREE OF LIFE : Christ is the true tree of life…because as Mediator, He is the prince of life giving life to the world and eternal life in heaven by glory; for He is “the resurrection and the life” who will most certainly bestow upon His own eternal life. Truly He is the only tree because no one except Christ is the author of eternal life (nor is there salvation in any other, Acts 4:12). No one except Christ is in the midst of paradise (Revelation 2:7) and of the street of the city (Revelation 22:2). Christ is in the midst of the church (as a more honorable and suitable place) to be near all and diffuse His vivifying power among all; to be seen by all, as the center in which all the lines of faith and love ought to meet, that they may acquiesce in Him. The fruit-bearing tree (Revelation 2:7), which bears the sweetest and most exquisite fruit for the support of believers. Its leaves (never falling and perpetually green) are appointed for the healing of the nations because it has the virtue not only of aliment (to feed our souls), but also of medicine (most healthful to cure all our diseases, Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 11:28). (Francis Turretin)

HOW TREES COMMUNIUCATE : (Science) Scientists are starting to uncover that trees have their own sort of nervous system that is capable of facilitating tree communication, memory and learning. A “mycorrhizal network,” connects individual plants or trees together to transfer water, nitrogen, carbon and other minerals. German forester Peter Wohlleben dubbed this network the “woodwide web,” as it is through the mycelium that trees “communicate.”
By using a technique called allelopathy, in which a chemical signal is sent through the mycorrhizal network, trees can warn their neighbors about an invasive predator or to inhibit growth of invasive plant species. Surrounding trees can then defend themselves by releasing volatile hormones or chemicals to deter predators or pathogenic bugs. It was even found that trees can send a stress signal to nearby trees after a major forest disturbance, (Harvard,edu)

“The glory of Lebanon will come to you, The juniper, the box tree and the cypress together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; And I shall make the PLACE OF MY FEET GLORIOUS.” Isaiah 60:13

“The Christian Church, so called in allusion to the ark in the most holy place of the tabernacle and temple, where the Divine Glory, termed by the Jews the SHEKINAH, was want to appear between the wings of the cherubim, over the mercy-seat, which was, as it were, the footstool of that glorious symbol of God’s presence. (Benson Commentary) GLORY—that is, the trees which adorned Lebanon; are emblems of men eminent in gifts, devoting all that is in them to the God of Israel (Hosea 14:5-6). (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary)
The place of My Feet — no longer the ark (Jeremiah 3:16), “the footstool” of Yahweh (Psalm 99:5; 132:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2); but “the place of His throne, the place of the soles of His feet, where He will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever,” in the new temple. And now we are His Temple!

“What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”” 2 Corinthians 6:16

“I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together, so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.” Isaiah 41:19-20
(The fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together; which may denote persons of different sizes and kinds, both as to worldly and spiritual affairs; and yet come together as the true church, and will unite in the service and worship of God, and be a real glory to it.)

“Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.” 2 Corinthians 3:3
(We are His walking Epistles. I thought of how paper comes from trees. Isn’t that amazing? Our Bibles were literally TREES once.”)

“How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. HE WILL BE LIKE A TREE firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.” Psalm 1:1-3

“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.” Psalm 92:12-15

“The fruit of the righteous is a TREE OF LIFE, And he who is wise wins souls.” Proverbs 11:30

“She (wisdom = Jesus) is a TREE OF LIFE to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast.” Proverbs 3:18

“But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us WISDOM from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption —” 1 Corinthians 1:30

““Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a TREE planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8