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1 | the last Adam | 1 Cor 15:45 | YenIsaRap | 218004 | ||
Dear Makarios 1) Your question about "WHY" would God include the Tree of Life. Let's look at creation for the answer. Didn't God create opposites in nature? Hot - Cold Night - Day Male - Female. Therefore is not the Tree of Life the opposite of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil which bears the fruit of "DEATH". On the other hand we could ask the question "WHY" would God include "EITHER" Tree in the garden? The inclusion or exclusion of the Tree of Life in the garden does not give us sufficient evidence as to the question of the immortality of Adam upon his creation by God. 2) There were two trees that were in the midst of the Garden the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. God gave command to Adam not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil But there was not any such command in regard to the Tree of Life. We could therefor assume Adam could and did eat of the Tree of Life upon occasion. Could have been even part of his daily routine. Not that he was commanded to eat or that he needed to eat to maintain his immortality. Like I said though that is assumption but that is the only way I could answer your hypothetical question about his need for eating from the Tree of Life. 3) If man was already immortal then God including death as a consequence (Gen. 2:17) would be the most logical consequence for the disobedience. After all what would be a better punishment for an immortal but loosing that immortality. God being Sovereign already knew what Adam would do. Then on the other hand It seems illogical that the consequence of disobedience as recorded in (Gen. 2:17) would be death if Adam was not immortal. What I am saying is that if Adam was going to die anyway what consequence is there? To sum it up I think scripture gives us the answer as it should. Gen.16,17 16) And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17) but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." Again what would be the point of telling Adam that he would surely die if he was going to die anyway? If Adam was created in the image and likeness of God just what does that entail? God does not have a physical appearance as we do does He? It then seems as though Adam would therefore have the attributes of God ie, He is immortal. Blessings YenIsaRap |
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2 | the last Adam | 1 Cor 15:45 | azurelaw | 218020 | ||
Dear YenIsaRap, A belated welcome to the forum. I think the subject of discussion is pretty interesting :-) Gen 2:17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." Gen 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was GOOD FOR FOOD, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. In response to your point 1/, I am afraid that I cannot agree with your notion that the opposite of the Tree of Life is the Tree of Knowledge. There is no mention that it (the Tree of Knowledge) bears the fruit of death. Death, as you have mentioend, is the consequence of Adam and Eve's disobedience in eating the fruit of the tree. Concerning the immortality of man before the fall, if my logic (mine is pretty poor) sounds, what would be the outcome of the earth with the continuous growing population (Gen 1:27-28) IF the first parents did not fall? So, how should we understand "death"? I believe (as most do) death is a life that is apart from the presence of God (Gen 3:9). This is the immediate effect as warned in Gen 2:17. Since all good things are from God (Psalm 16:2), thus all aspects of our physical life have been perverted as we are apart from God. Scripture seems not very clear if human are physically immortal before the fall; however, when I consider Matthew 22:30, I would side with the physical mortal before the fall (but I would not be dogmatic on this and am still need further study). Thank you for your input and good to have this discussion. Shalom Azure |
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