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Genesis 1:29-30. God created EVERY tree whose fruit yields seed for food.They had to eat to sustain themselves. No one ever talks about the tree of life that was in the midst of the garden along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This is also pure conjecture, but I believe the tree of life is what gave them long life and kept them ...
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However, there is more to the tree than merely obeying or disobeying. At a deeper level, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil provides an opportunity to express delight with God and the life he gives. By standing over against the other trees of the garden, it presents an alternative path to “satisfaction.” By refusing its fruit, humans can af...
Why did Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit? The answer can be summed up in one word: desire. “Desire,” claims the Dutch philosopher Spinoza, “is the very essence of a man.” To know what a person desires is to know who a person is. We are nothing more or less than the aggregate of our desires. Desires can be vexing. Rarely are they satisfied. Take...
While this may confound us, it does not confound God. When God created us, he created us with desire. And he did so for a purpose — a purpose enshrined in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When the serpent coiled in the branches of this tree, it zeroed in on human desire — the desire of hunger, pleasure, and wisdom. Beguilingly, it tempte...
What sense, then, do we make of our desires? Are they simply cruel tricks, making us yearn for what can never be found? When nothing on earth satisfies, what do we do? We look above the earth. We look to God, which is precisely what God intended. He created us with desires so big that they can be fulfilled only in him. According to seventeenth-cent...
Sadly, the first humans — and every human since, save one — wanted more than God. Falling under the spell of the serpent, they grasped for life in more than what they received in God. Their blunder has become every person’s downfall. We have all succumbed to the temptation to seek satisfaction apart from God. And the consequences are devastating: d...
For many of us, fullness of life is elusive, and we now know why. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil tells us why. By seeking a life apart from God and according to self-seeking desires, we orchestrate our own downfall. Instead of walking with our Maker “in the cool of the day” (Genesis 3:8), we relegate ourselves to an eternal hell. Praise...
Dec 31, 2021 · Genesis 2:9; 16,17 "Out of the ground the Lord God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."; "The Lord God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of ...
Genesis 3. 6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. 7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their ...
Apr 25, 2013 · Of course you will not die ssssss God knows that as soon as you eat it Your eyes will be opened, and you and Adam Will be like gods yourselves You will know Good and Evil EVE: [Gasps] The fruit ...
Aug 27, 2021 · God SAID that disobedience would cause death. The actual eating of the fruit of that tree is not what caused death; disobedience caused death. The tree is but a symbol (or metaphor, if you like) for the knowledge of both good and evil. The words "good and evil" constitute a merism (e.g., "lock, stock, and barrel), and as such it draws attention ...
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Man and Woman in the Garden … 16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.” 18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.
