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NASB | Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:9 And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil. [Rev 2:7; 22:14, 19] |
Bible Question:
Dear EMD Can you provide any evidence from the Scriptures that the fall of Satan had already taken place on Day 6. There is a difference between POTENTIALITY and ACTUALITY. At this point in time Evil was a potential that would soon be realised, it was not yet an actuality. Proof: God cannot lie (Titus 1:2) and after He had caused the tree of knowledge to grow alongside the tree of life He looked at everything He had made "and, behold, it was very good." (Genesis 1:31) In 1 Corinthians 4:6 the Apostle Paul gives us a very valuable principle "that ye might learn ... not to think above that which is written." Be BLESSED |
Bible Answer: In my opinion, this verse prooves to me that Satan was perfect in Eden, and then fell. Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Ezekiel 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Ezekiel 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. There are those that say that this Eden was not the garden but some other heavenly Eden. And so they reconcile this verse with the idea of a past rebellion before the garden of Eden. Maybe that is so, but I do not read of any such Eden in the scripture, so it is just speculation. Unless someone has hints of it in the scripture somewhere that I have never seen. Untill I hear of a heavenly Eden in the scriptures I have to take it as a reference to the Garden of Eden and a Divinely inspired prophecy concerning satan in that garden before he fell. This would put his fall in the garden and also explain the reference to the mount of God. We do not really know that Eden was near the current Tigris and Euphrates junction before entering into the Persian Gulf. That never made sense to me. The river flowed out of the Garden and parted into four. We keep hearing that the Garde was somewhere in Iraq where the Euphrates and Tigris join. That is oposite the facts. The River flowed out of the Garden and divided into four, not joined into one. So the garden must have been somewhere further North or west from Iraq and the Tigris and Euphrates joining again is inconsequential. Unless we are saying that the river flowed from the gulf norhtward, and that is not that way it works is it? So what am I getting at? It is possible the Jewish tradition that that Adam was formed in the same area of the temple mount is true. It is possible that Jerusalem is the location of the garden of eden, in which case this reference to satan wanting to ascend the sides of the north coincides with the antichrist standing in the holy place in the end times. Something to think about. We often repeat what we were taught (Satan fell eons before the garden in some ancient rebellion) without ever investigating where the teaching comes from. Then when we do we do not find any supporting scriptures except for the garden story. Then we have a choice, keep spouting the party line, or ask the Lord to give us faith and boldness to speak only what the word says and nothing more. And even then we must always allow room for more light not being dogmatic about things that are not clear in scripture. Despite what the "reformers" might say, there are many truths in the scriptures that have not been fully explored and one of the reason is that many are afraid to depart from any preconcieved interpretations even when they feel the check in their spirit that there are not any scriptures to back such an interpretation, or they begin to see a more clear picture than the ancient medieval church and yet they are afraid to add anything to it, being taught that all doctrines have been exhausted and there is nothing new to add. May God Bless You in you Study of His Word. |