Saturday, May 5, 2012

Story of Garden of Eden - Part 2

Under Part 1 of the Story of Garden of Eden, we learned that Adam was not physically with Eve at the moment she was in conversation with the serpent. Then we ended up with the following question.
What would have been the most appropriate reason for Adam to listen to Eve and thereby to find himself breaking the commandment of God?


Well, God told Adam that he would die right in the day he would eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.



However, at the moment Eve was urging Adam to eat from the wrong tree, Eve had not taste the feeling of death.


The below scripture reveals that the eyes of both Adam and Eve were open together only at the moment Adam ate of the wrong tree. In other words, Eve's eyes were open only after Adam ate.


Genesis 3:7
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 


Since Adam was under the impression that even Eve was subject to the same commandment of God, Adam would have told Eve about the requirement of not eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In other words, Adam was under the impression that Eve would die in the day she would eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Nevertheless, Adam noticed that Eve did not die even after she ate from the tree. 


In the process of enticing Adam, Eve would have been explaining to Adam the same feelings she received by looking at the wrong tree.

Genesis 3:6
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof,...
 

Look at what the serpent told Eve regarding the eating from the wrong tree:

Genesis 3:4
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
 

The serpent told one side of the story which God did not tell Adam. That is the opening of eyes to see good and evil and be like gods. God just told Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil lest he died. But God did not tell Adam the reason why he could no longer live after eating from the wrong tree.Yes, the reason is the opening of eyes to see good and evil and be like one of the Trinity or be like a god (in the form of a physical body). 


Genesis 3:22
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil...
However the serpent revealed it to Eve, but added a lie saying 'Ye shall not surely die' (Genesis 3:4). In other words 50% of what the serpent told was false ('Ye shall not surely die') while the other 50% was true ('your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil') .


However, 50% of what was false became true for Eve when she did not die even after eating from the wrong tree. But 50% of what was true did not come true for Eve as her eyes were not open to see good and evil and be like gods although she ate the fruit of the wrong tree. 


Truly, 50% of what was false (Ye shall not surely die) did not come false for Eve as her eyes were not open to see good and evil. If that had happened, Eve would have seen her own nakedness and the nakedness of Adam and tasted the feeling of death well before Adam ate


Adam was hearing from Eve for the first time that they could see good and evil and be like gods (as God had not told Adam about it) if they ate from the wrong tree. The idea seemed good for Adam. Adam noticed that Eve had not died. But he did not notice that even after she ate, her eyes were not open to see good and evil and be like gods. This is where Adam was mistaken. This was the reason why he finally decided to eat the fruit prohibited by God and just have a try.

When God asked Adam why he ate from the tree God commanded him not to eat, he just said that Eve told him to eat. 


Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat

Adam's answer to God seemed that Eve had not told Adam about her encounter with the serpent. If that was the case, even that would have contributed to the wrong decision made by Adam to eat from the wrong tree.



Well, if both Adam and Eve were subject to the same commandment, why did the eyes of Eve not open and see the nakedness of herself and Adam even after eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

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