Trees of Righteousness, the Planting of the Lord

Trees beautify Creation and give glory to the Creator as doing all things well. Believers are called trees of righteousness; even though we lost our perfection when Adam sinned, we have been made a new creation and brought back into the covenant family of God. This passage also includes the purpose statement of Christ's work of redemption. He is the Anointed One who came to proclaim the good news of salvation by grace. He suffered the wrath and curse of God that we deserved, by dying on a tree as a beautiful Sacrifice.