Subject: Genesis 3:1-7 |
Bible Note: Hi Joe, read Ezekiel 31:1-9 to get a sense of where i get the idea of trees representing men. In the spiritual sense, this is the only way to see it. GOD apparently has made physical creation to be reflections of spiritual realities. There is only one LIFE, and only one death; sin. So I'm seeing the man of life, and the man of sin residing in the garden, and our great..............................................................great grandparents between them, just as all men are today. To consume the tree of life is to embrace and act on what it presents to you as your life; Jesus said, why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not as I say?? Life has one master; Christ, and death has one master; sin. Both are personified; the one who manifests GODS life fully: Jesus Christ, and the one who manifests sin fully: as yet unidentified. Anyway Joe, these are not things to be brushed aside abruptly, for the truth is, neither one of us knows these things, but before GOD we desire to, and we have the freedom to think on them in His presence. Please read Malachi 3:16-18, as this is how I believe we should approach these things TOGETHER. Joe ---If the tree of life is Jesus, why did God say that Adam and Eve could eat from ANY tree except that of the knowledge of good and evil. So Eve could have "fornicated" with all trees except Satan?!? ---------------------------------- Because the fellowship(not fornicating) of these trees would not have produced fruit(acts) contrary to the spirit of GOD as the tree of the knowledge of Good and evil did. Fornication is an act which is contrary to GOD, and this is what she took to Adam, I believe. I must say though that the idea of many trees being food does make me think of literal food. Thanks Joe, and please share any other thoughts you get concerning this. Yours in Christ, Paul |