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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