The tree of life is the love of God. The love of God for His children is most profoundly expressed in His gift of Jesus as our Redeemer. "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son." To partake of the love of God is to partake of Jesus's Atonement and the emancipations and joys which it can bring.
The Tree of Life as a Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement
Description
(1 Nephi 8:10–12; 11:8–25) Elder Neal A. Maxwell talks about how the tree of life is a symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement.
