The tree of knowledge of good and evil
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It isn't who they saw, it what the saw.
Ex 24:7
the book of the covenant,
1 John 1:1-2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
Ex 24:7
the book of the covenant,
1 John 1:1-2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
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● Gen 2:9 . . And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food-- the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
That was clearly a case of product liability, i.e. God placed a tree known to
be unfit for human consumption where it could be easily found; and along
with that, its fruit was pleasing to the eye (Gen 3:6) thus making it an attractive
nuisance sort of like when adults leave a gun out where children can find it.
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● Gen 2:9 . . And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food-- the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
That was clearly a case of product liability, i.e. God placed a tree known to
be unfit for human consumption where it could be easily found; and along
with that, its fruit was pleasing to the eye (Gen 3:6) thus making it an attractive
nuisance sort of like when adults leave a gun out where children can find it.
_
1 John 1:1-2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
He is a "Who" not a "what"
The nakedness does not refer to clothes but to the shekinah glory of God that covered the man and through the man the woman his wife. When Eve partook of the tree she was still covered by her husband, her head, but when Adam partook the glory of God departed from them. That is the nakedness they perceived.
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● Gen 3:6 . . the woman saw that the tree was good for food.
The Bible doesn't really say how the woman perceived the tree was good for
food; and the Hebrew word translated "saw" is horribly ambiguous so that
isn't much help.
However, by watching what birds and animals eat, people can often tell
what's safe for human consumption. That's not always true of course, but
it's a pretty good rule of thumb. So the woman could feel reasonably
assured the forbidden fruit wasn't toxic if there wasn't a growing pile of sick
and/or dead critters at the base of the tree.
It could be too that the Serpent nibbled some of the fruit himself to show
the woman it was harmless; but of course the chemistry of the fruit wasn't the
real danger; the Serpent was the real danger, and he was all set and ready to
infect the people with death should the woman succeed in persuading
Adam to follow her lead.
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● Gen 3:6 . . the woman saw that the tree was good for food.
The Bible doesn't really say how the woman perceived the tree was good for
food; and the Hebrew word translated "saw" is horribly ambiguous so that
isn't much help.
However, by watching what birds and animals eat, people can often tell
what's safe for human consumption. That's not always true of course, but
it's a pretty good rule of thumb. So the woman could feel reasonably
assured the forbidden fruit wasn't toxic if there wasn't a growing pile of sick
and/or dead critters at the base of the tree.
It could be too that the Serpent nibbled some of the fruit himself to show
the woman it was harmless; but of course the chemistry of the fruit wasn't the
real danger; the Serpent was the real danger, and he was all set and ready to
infect the people with death should the woman succeed in persuading
Adam to follow her lead.
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