t states right in the verse you provided in Genesis 2:9 that God created the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This is collaborated in the first chapter of John .
[Gen 2:9 KJV]
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.
ohn 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
the tree of life WAS Christ Himself. God did create Satan (as He created everything that was created), but didn't place him into the garden -- that was Satan's doing. I think they were portrayed as trees in order to serve as metaphors.
[Mat 7:16, 18 KJV]
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ...
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
[Mat 7:20 KJV]
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
[Jhn 8:44 KJV]
44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
[Mar 8:23-25 KJV]
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
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