yes! - he was told he "dying you shall die" would be added to him in the day he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good from evil.
exactly as though "dying" was not his present state.
to suppose he had to eat from the tree of life regularly in order to keep himself from death is to say that he was already "dying" -- that the "very good" sinless state of his initial creation was being full of death & addicted to an ineffectual antidote - ineffectual because even if he ate from it once, he would only have to eat from it again.
so IMO such a position is irrevocably wrong on at least three accounts: ((1)), it contradicts Romans 5:12 because it places death before sin. ((2)), it contradicts Romans 6:23 because it makes the gift of God death, rather than life, giving Adam the wages of sin even while he has no sin, and ((3)), it makes the tree of life a "lie" because it doesn't give true life, it only gives a temporary illusion of life that is instead swallowed up by death, contradicting 1 Corinthians 15:54.
i don't understand why anyone would believe that for a second, but it's amazingly common!
exactly as though "dying" was not his present state.
to suppose he had to eat from the tree of life regularly in order to keep himself from death is to say that he was already "dying" -- that the "very good" sinless state of his initial creation was being full of death & addicted to an ineffectual antidote - ineffectual because even if he ate from it once, he would only have to eat from it again.
so IMO such a position is irrevocably wrong on at least three accounts: ((1)), it contradicts Romans 5:12 because it places death before sin. ((2)), it contradicts Romans 6:23 because it makes the gift of God death, rather than life, giving Adam the wages of sin even while he has no sin, and ((3)), it makes the tree of life a "lie" because it doesn't give true life, it only gives a temporary illusion of life that is instead swallowed up by death, contradicting 1 Corinthians 15:54.
i don't understand why anyone would believe that for a second, but it's amazingly common!
I would say it had to do with the parable of the lost son. Adam and Eve were interested in leaving the tree of life (aka Jesus) and going out on their own.
So why were there talking serpents and trees to create chaos in this world. I have no idea, but it was planned. We know that bc God knows everything. But even though he knows everything it doesn't mean he likes it. Accordingly the parable of the wheat, where both the weeds and the harvest must grow together show God's rationale for allowing the wicked in the world.
In my opinion eating from the tree of knowledge was right at the time where Satan "fell from heaven" with his fallen angels. It was also the fall of man. In fact it's what started this war.
So why were there talking serpents and trees to create chaos in this world. I have no idea, but it was planned. We know that bc God knows everything. But even though he knows everything it doesn't mean he likes it. Accordingly the parable of the wheat, where both the weeds and the harvest must grow together show God's rationale for allowing the wicked in the world.
In my opinion eating from the tree of knowledge was right at the time where Satan "fell from heaven" with his fallen angels. It was also the fall of man. In fact it's what started this war.
- biblehub.com › greek › 1818Strong's Greek: 1818. ἐξαπατάω (exapataó) -- to seduce wholly ...beguile, deceive, seduce. From ek and apatao; to seduce wholly -- beguile, deceive. see GREEK ek. see GREEK apatao
- www.biblehub.com › hebrew › 5060Strong's Hebrew: 5060. נָגַע (naga) -- to touch, reach, strike
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman);
Genesis 20
Verse 2. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. 6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
As you read this is there any other way you can look at the Kings intentions than as to what they were?
Another question; How meticulous was God with the Gemology of His people. In a word VERY.
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