SARGE @SARGE - 1y
Everyone seems to agree & understand that because Adam & Eve lost access to the “Tree of Life” in the Garden of Eden, they lost access to immortality and therefore would die one day. Hence, you start to grasp the use of metaphorical/allegorical language here. But what most people miss is the flip side with the “Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil”. It was never intended to be “eaten from” because God defines what is good and what is right as the Omniscient Creator, not us. This is why He commanded them not to partake of it. This is why the temptation from Satan was “to be like God (knowing good & evil)”. The temptation was to make ourselves God, defining what is good vs evil & what is right vs wrong, instead of relying on God and submitting to Him. We all still do the same today. But here’s the kicker - Out of His mercy and love, God made a way and provided access to both trees again through Him, only accessible through His Son “the mediator”, allowing us both to live eternally and know what is right/wrong if we are submitted to God. But ONLY if you submit to Him do you get access to life. He is the Way, the truth and the life!🕊️ #Biblestr #Christian #Judaism
Valid points and I also agree. I guess I should clarify that I wasn’t stating that the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil itself wasn’t *evil*, merely the way in which Adam & Eve used it outside of the alignment of God’s intention. So I feel like we’re in agreement here. Whether due to timing or term issues, they stem from the same issue - doing things our way instead of God’s. I would say there is a big difference between wanting to be “like God” as in assume His level of hierarchy/power vs. wanting to be like God in the right way (His character) in which we are repeatedly encouraged. We are called to seek to determine to know good and evil by submitting to God’s authority and what He calls good and evil. Just aligning ourself with the Spirit and the wisdom that brings vs doing it in our own right without God’s help. Either way, I don’t think they were necessarily trying to be like God, but it was the sin of the heart that did them in. Anything out of the alignment of a Holy (perfect/set-apart) God breaks communion and fellowship with Him. This requires perfection, which is of course unobtainable on our own. This is the whole point. He is setting up that point to demonstrate that we can’t do it on our own and that we have to rely on Him. In any case, I think we’re mostly debating semantics here and that we would agree on pretty much all these points if together in person discussing🤙🏼
