https://yonatree.com/ Explore Yona Tree biblical studies, articles, videos, books, and the Seven Lamps Before the Throne audiobook series examining Scripture from Genesis to Revelation. en-us https://yonatree.com/articles/the-tree-of-life-and-the-holy-spirit/https://yonatree.com/articles/the-tree-of-life-and-the-holy-spirit/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe burning bush, the seven-branched menorah and the Tree of Life are, Yona Tree believes, variations on one theme that begins in the first pages of Genesis and ends in the last chapter of Revelation. https://yonatree.com/articles/who-is-the-holy-spirit-eleven-questions/https://yonatree.com/articles/who-is-the-holy-spirit-eleven-questions/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy did the Spirit of God descend as a dove? Eleven simple questions, each answered from Scripture, lead toward one of the central conclusions of Yona Tree's study of the Holy Spirit. https://yonatree.com/articles/begotten-and-born-the-nicene-creed/https://yonatree.com/articles/begotten-and-born-the-nicene-creed/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Nicene Creed is the most widely shared statement of Christian faith. Yona Tree affirms it — and respectfully proposes four clarifications, beginning with the difference between being begotten and being born. https://yonatree.com/articles/jerusalem-above-the-mother-of-us-all/https://yonatree.com/articles/jerusalem-above-the-mother-of-us-all/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT"Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." Paul's allegory of Sarah and Hagar connects the free woman, the heavenly city, and the Spirit who gives believers new birth. https://yonatree.com/articles/lady-wisdom-in-proverbs/https://yonatree.com/articles/lady-wisdom-in-proverbs/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Woman who calls herself Wisdom claims to have been with God before the mountains were settled, rejoicing before Him as an architect at His side. Who is she? Scripture, history and Yona Tree's conclusion, kept distinct. https://yonatree.com/articles/the-image-of-god-and-the-first-family/https://yonatree.com/articles/the-image-of-god-and-the-first-family/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT"Let us make man in our image." The first three people made in God's image were a father, a mother and a son. Yona Tree asks what that pattern reveals about the relationships within the Holy Trinity. https://yonatree.com/articles/seven-lamps-the-sevenfold-spirit/https://yonatree.com/articles/seven-lamps-the-sevenfold-spirit/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT"There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God." What are the seven Spirits — and why did God command a seven-branched lampstand shaped like a flowering almond tree? https://yonatree.com/articles/the-bride-of-christ-like-mother-like-daughter/https://yonatree.com/articles/the-bride-of-christ-like-mother-like-daughter/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe seven lamps of the Spirit burn before the Father's throne; the seven candlesticks of the Church surround the Son. Yona Tree reads the Bride of Christ as a daughter growing to resemble the Spirit who gave her birth. https://yonatree.com/articles/the-dove-the-hen-and-the-eagle/https://yonatree.com/articles/the-dove-the-hen-and-the-eagle/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe anointing dove, the sheltering hen, the instructing eagle. Scripture reaches for mothering birds again and again when it describes God's care — and Yona Tree sees in them a portrait of the Holy Spirit. https://yonatree.com/articles/the-sword-of-the-spirit/https://yonatree.com/articles/the-sword-of-the-spirit/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way kept the way of the Tree of Life. Yona Tree reads that sword as the Sword of the Spirit — the Word of God — and finds in it the heart of the Gospel. https://yonatree.com/articles/lost-sheep-lost-coin-lost-son/https://yonatree.com/articles/lost-sheep-lost-coin-lost-son/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA shepherd, a woman, a father. In Luke 15 Jesus tells three stories of something lost and found. Yona Tree reads them as a portrait of the Son, the Holy Spirit and the Father, each seeking the lost. https://yonatree.com/articles/the-pronoun-problem/https://yonatree.com/articles/the-pronoun-problem/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe masculine Greek pronouns usually cited for the Holy Spirit follow one noun, in three chapters of John. A look at paracletos, pneuma and ruach, and the difference between grammatical gender and identity. https://yonatree.com/articles/voices-from-church-history/https://yonatree.com/articles/voices-from-church-history/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe idea of the Holy Spirit's motherly nature did not begin with Yona Tree. A guide to the early and later Christian writers cited in Seven Lamps Before the Throne, with notes on who they were and how much weight their words can bear. https://yonatree.com/articles/what-is-new-jerusalem/https://yonatree.com/articles/what-is-new-jerusalem/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwelve gates of pearl, twelve foundations of precious stone, a street of gold like glass, and a river flowing from the throne. A careful reading of John's vision of the holy city — with Scripture, interpretation and speculation kept apart. https://yonatree.com/studies/holy-trinity/https://yonatree.com/studies/holy-trinity/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTYona Tree is first and foremost a ministry devoted to the Holy Trinity. This study introduces the framework behind every book, article and video — the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and who They are to one another and to us. https://yonatree.com/studies/holy-spirit/https://yonatree.com/studies/holy-spirit/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFor centuries the Holy Spirit has been the least understood Person of the Holy Trinity. This study gathers the names, symbols and works Scripture attributes to the Spirit — and presents Yona Tree's distinctive conclusion about Her nature. https://yonatree.com/studies/lady-wisdom/https://yonatree.com/studies/lady-wisdom/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn the book of Proverbs a Woman cries out in the streets, claims to have been with God before creation, and builds her house on seven pillars. This study separates what the biblical text says, how Jews and Christians have interpreted it, and the conclusion Yona Tree proposes. https://yonatree.com/studies/seven-lamps/https://yonatree.com/studies/seven-lamps/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSeven lamps of fire burn before the throne of God. This study traces them from the tabernacle menorah to the seven churches and the Bride — the image that gave the book and video series their name. https://yonatree.com/studies/tree-of-life/https://yonatree.com/studies/tree-of-life/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Bible opens and closes with a tree. This study follows the Tree of Life through Genesis, Proverbs, the tabernacle and the book of Revelation, and explores the theological symbolism Yona Tree sees woven through it. https://yonatree.com/studies/new-jerusalem/https://yonatree.com/studies/new-jerusalem/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTJohn's vision of the holy city is one of the most beautiful passages in Scripture — and one of the most debated. This study lays out what the text says explicitly, what it may mean, and where speculation begins. https://yonatree.com/studies/lost-and-found/https://yonatree.com/studies/lost-and-found/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA lost sheep, a lost coin, a lost child. In the final episode of Seven Lamps Before the Throne, three of Christ's best-loved parables become a portrait of the Holy Trinity seeking those who are lost — and an invitation to come home. https://yonatree.com/studies/three-dwelling-places/https://yonatree.com/studies/three-dwelling-places/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhere do the righteous go when they die — and where will they live forever? This study traces a progression in Scripture from the waiting place of the righteous before Christ, to the presence of Christ in heaven now, to resurrected life with God in the new heaven and new earth.