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1 | Did Adam / Eve know the meaning of evil | Bible general Archive 3 | wonbyone | 157499 | ||
Did Adam and Eve know the meaning of the word evil before biting into the forbidden fruit? | ||||||
2 | Did Adam / Eve know the meaning of evil | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 157514 | ||
Hi, Wonbyone... Any answer would be speculative. However, Paul gives us some insight when he wrote, "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." (1 Timothy 2:14) Even though deceived, I would say it was fairly clear that they understand what it was to obey or disobey. The question they answered was, "Who will be the one lay down the rules?" The consequences of their decision has been more horendous than we can realize, for in this act of our original parents, sin was imputed to all humanity. By the way, that question is the same question that we must answer each and every day. There is only one right answer, and anything else is evil. In Him, Doc |
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3 | Did Adam / Eve know the meaning of evil | Bible general Archive 3 | CDBJ | 157519 | ||
Hi Doc, The fact that our first parents sinned and what they knew, as a result, shows something in a verse that I am not all that sure about. Genesis 3:22 (NASB) Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"— The words, like one of Us; would that be the same as saying as God, being one in essence, knowing the difference between good and evil? I don’t see how it could possible mean one, as only one of the members of the trinity, because the same exact nature of God is present in all three members, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and all three are equal in knowledge. Just out of curiosity, which one of the members of the trinity do "you" suppose said that? Incidentally, this is by no means a trick question by any stretch of the imagination, I have just never thought about it, CDBJ |
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4 | Did Adam / Eve know the meaning of evil | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 157526 | ||
Hi, CDBJ... Of this verse (Gen 3:22), John Gill writes, "is generally understood as an irony or sarcasm at man's deception by Satan, who promised man, and he expected to be as gods, knowing good and evil; behold the man, see how much like a god he looks, with his coat of skin upon his back, filled with shame and confusion for his folly, and dejected under a sense of what he had lost, and in a view of what he was sentenced to; yet must be understood not as rejoicing in man's misery, and insulting over him in it, but in order the more to convince him of his folly, and the more to humble him, and bring him to a more open repentance for affecting what he did, and giving credit to the devil in it: though I rather think they are seriously spoken, since this was after man was brought to a sense of the evil he committed, and to repentance for it, and had had the promised seed revealed to him as a Saviour, and, as an emblem of justification and salvation by him, was clothed with garments provided by God himself." On the other hand, Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown write, "not spoken in irony as is generally supposed, but in deep compassion. The words should be rendered, 'Behold, what has become [by sin] of the man who was as one of us'! Formed, at first, in our image to know good and evil--how sad his condition now." I'm generally more comfortable with Gill, however. In Him, Doc |
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5 | Did Adam / Eve know the meaning of evil | Bible general Archive 3 | CDBJ | 157528 | ||
Thanks Doc for the response, I think I would lean more toward Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown then Gill. I’m not sure if there is any truth in this saying but I remember someone stating, “The longer and more words that it takes for one to explain themselves is usually a sign that they know less about the subject.” I don’t even know if I have that worded exactly right and yet you probably even know who said it, plus the exact wording. A prime example, Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. I enjoy your post, CDBJ |
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6 | Did Adam / Eve know the meaning of evil | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 157529 | ||
Probably, if all things were equal that would be true. Since Gill and Jamieson were separated by a couple of centuries, that kind of plays hovoc with that kind of aphorism. | ||||||