Was the planet barren like a desert with a garden on it? Was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil brought forth on the earth or was it planted in a garden? Was evil in this special garden where Adam and Eve were? The “Evil One” was in the garden.
The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it or you will die.’” The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:2-5 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” Genesis 3:11 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of “all the living”. The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”, (therefore, he was taken from the ground to which he was to cultivate, the Garden of Eden, the LORD God sent him out.) (Hebrew) So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3:20-24 It is strange that Adam named all the animals when God brought them to him but he didn’t name his wife until they were being kicked out of the garden. Why would he call his wife the mother of the living when God said you will surely die? Some say that their spirits died or God’s spirit left them but, God stays with them as shown in the next chapter. So what died? Physically they were going to die because God did not want them to eat from the tree of life. Yet, that’s not what He was talking about. The knowledge that they received from the tree of good and evil meant they were no longer child like. They had everything they needed and Love was the only thing they knew until Evil raised its ugly head and they listened to doubt. They didn’t believe what God said. And, when they ate the forbidden fruit, that was the fulfillment of their doubt and the death of their innocence. Eve is only the mother of those who are alive with the knowledge of good and evil. This would mean that the knowledge of those who were born outside of the garden consisted only of evil. But now, there are roses in the garden. They are beautiful and they smell good but they are full of thorns.
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