Eve and her tempter. Part 3

On the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and on the Tree of Life in Paradise

So, before the discussion on the topic, read from the Bible: “And the Lord created The God of man is from the dust of the earth, and breathed in his face the breath of life, and Man became a living soul. And the Lord God was planted with a paradise in Eden, and He put the man he created. And the Lord God grew from the earth is every tree, pleasant in appearance and good for food, and the tree of life In the midst of paradise, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen. 2:7-9)

Having committed a fall, people acquired the mortal body and lost the eternal life, as well as paradise with these wonderful two trees. However, again He will find it, but not all, but only believers, according to this concept, 6:16 New Paradise will no longer have a tree knowledge of good and evil, but will have not one, but more trees eternal life, as well as the river of water of life, which symbolizes the Spirit of God Saint.
And he showed me a clean river of water of life, light, like a crystal emanating from the God and the Lamb. Among its street, and on both sides rivers, tree of life, twelve times bearing fruit, giving for each the month of the Fabric; and the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:1,2)

Here is the explanation of these poems in Barkley’s comment: “The tree brings many different fruits, and we of course can see in this the symbols of the fruit Spirit. Is it not possible to see in the various fruits that the Tree brings every month, symbols of special grace for different ages of life, which God gives, from the cradle to the grave? The tree of life is no longer forbidden; it stands in the midst of the city of God, so that everyone can take from it Fruits. Its fruits and leaves serve to heal the peoples. Wounds and quarrels Nations can be healed only in the Spirit of God.”

It is wrong to understand that the knowledge of good and evil was in the fruit. According to this understanding of this, we can also say that from the tree life having tasted fruits, you can find eternal life, but it is just a childish understanding of how God can give eternal life to people, and also give knowledge through the fruit from the trees. In the creation of Adam, God gave him the necessary knowledge (before committing sin) to care for the garden and to master the the earth all that God created for mankind, and for this Adam and Eve are not fruits Eat, and Adam and Eve had eternal life without eating fruit from the tree of life. The whole Bible describes in detail the Word of God how to get eternal life and It's not through the fruit of the tree of life.

Later, the fruits of the tree of life were received by believers through faith in God. These fruits are the sacrifices that they have received by the Spirit of God. “But Now that you have freed yourselves from sin and have become slaves to God, your fruit is Holiness, and the end is eternal life.” (Rom. 6:22 ) The first person from The people who received holiness became the righteous Abel.

Knowledge of good and evil is necessary only to sinful people, and before the commission They didn’t need a sin. The second and third chapters say the day of acquisition of knowledge after Adam and Eve EDUCED apples "on the day" Teasing, but there are no words "at once", or similar. It goes on to say in verse 3:7:8: “The eyes were opened with them and found out that they were naked,” that is, they changed, the subsequent time of the meeting and the words of God said that They did not receive knowledge at the time of the ebb of the apple (Epistributes 3:22). During the The taste of the fruits of Adam and Eve were deceived by the devil.

Poems (3:7,8): “The eyes opened with them and found out that they are naked,” they say of that they have changed and found a conscience, but after all, the tree of the acquisition There was no conscience in paradise and Adam and Eve did not eat fruit from it. So it's quite It is possible that at this time God gave them knowledge of good and evil. Here on these the signs we can already say that the knowledge of good and evil Adam and Eve received after eating the fruit together with the conscience.

Two trees by their purpose are determined by the verse of the Bible "For Retribution for sin-death, and the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, God is ours.” (Rom. 6:23)
The first sentence determines the tree of the knowledge of good and evil God disobeyed and the second is eternal life in Christ. And then more “We also know that the Son of God has come and gave us light and reason, let us know the true God, and let us be in His true Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.” (1 John 5:20) “But the promise that He has promised us is eternal life.” (1 John 2:25 And I know that His commandment is eternal life. (John 12:50) The tree of eternal life is a tree that was a sign (symbol Our Lord Jesus Christ. There are fruits of the Lord Jesus Christ. Eating the living water that God gives to men for the gift of the Word God said, “Let him take the water of life for nothing.”

The tree of knowledge of good and evil was a sign separating the two sides human actions: on one side were actions of pleasurable God, who do good deeds, and the other things of God are not pleasing, The evils are doing evil. All this could be learned only when this knowledge It will be necessary for a person when they become sinners. So it was Determined by God. Adam and Eve did not need this knowledge until they lived according to the Word of God in Paradise and ate the fruits only with those who were allowed by God trees, until they met with the temptation of the devil: to break what was said The warning from God is not the fruit of this tree.


All people meet in their lives with temptations, especially those who They dedicate their lives to the service of God, fulfilling baptism for this. Adam and Eve could not stand the temptation of this, although they had everything in abundance in their lives in Paradise. Christ after baptism was tempted by the devil, but he withstood everything the temptations in their lives, and that Being in the human body can withstand all temptations, guided by the Word of God.

What fruits were on the tree of life say the text below. But first you need to understand that all the words of God to people, beginning with words in the book of Genesis belongs to the Son of God, who is the Word of God. “In the beginning was the Word, God had the Word, and the Word was God. It was in the beginning with God. All by him it began to be, and without Him nothing began to be that began to be. There was life in him, and life was the light of men.” (John 1:1-4) First God’s commandment to Adam and Eve was simple: you have to obey God, but it is also They did not fulfill the commandment, rejecting the instruction God. But later the commandment of God to the Jews of the Old Testament, which as it would repeat events in paradise about two trees of knowledge of good and evil and Eternal life, and it is useful to know all of us:

“For this commandment that I command you today is not inaccessible to you are not far away; it is not in heaven that you can say, "whoever rises I would have brought it to us for us, and would let us hear it, and we would “Would it be done?” and it is not far off the sea, so that it is possible to say: "who I'd come to us beyond the sea, and bring it to us, and let us hear it, and Would we do it?” but very close to you is the word: it is in the mou
undefinedThe Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life in Paradiseth Yours and in your heart to do it. Here, I offered today LIFE AND GOOD, DEATH AND EVIL. If you listen to the commandments of the Lord Your God, who I command you today, to love the Lord your God, walk in all ways of His ways and to do His commandments and His statutes, and His laws, then you will live and multiply, and the Lord will bless you Your God...”

The fruit from this tree has already been received by believers through faith in God. These The fruit is the sacrifice they have received by the Spirit of God. “But now, When you were freed from sin and became servants of God, your fruit is Holiness, and the end is eternal life. (Rom. 6:22 ) The first person from The people who received holiness became the righteous Abel.

During the taste of the apple, Adam and Eve committed sins and became mortal people. That seems to be clear to everyone. However, the interesting question is: when knowledge of good was received by Adam and Eve at the time of the bite or later Dealing with sin? When we talk about it, and that’s why. Knowledge of good and Evil is necessary only for sinful people, and before the sin of sin, they was not necessary. The second and third chapters speak of the day of receipt knowledge after Adam and Eve edged apples "on the day" of eating, but no words "immediately", or like:
“And the Lord God commanded man, saying, from every tree in the garden you you shall eat, and thou shalt not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil from it, for in The day you eat of it, you will die.” (Being 2:16,17) "And The Lord God said, Behold, Adam became as one of Us, knowing good and evil. Now, no matter how he had slain his hands, and he did not take from the tree of life, He did not taste, and did not live forever.” (Beyond 3:22)

Yes, after the Fall (later, according to the following text) He said these words to us, as if with the irony that the devil promised them: “And The woman said to the serpent, “We can eat fruit from the trees, only the fruit of the tree, which among Paradise said God, do not eat them, and do not touch them. So you don't die. And the serpent said to his wife, no, you shall not die, but God knows. that in the day you eat them, your eyes will be opened, and you will be, Gods who know good and evil.” (Begotiful 3:2-5)

But God said before to Adam, “but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil do not eat from the tree of good and evil He, for on the day you taste from him, you will die. that thou hast obeyed the voices of your wife, and ate from the tree of which I have commanded to you, saying, "Do not eat from it, the earth is cursed for you; with sorrow you will be eat of it all the days of your life; she will grow the wanders and the wolf You; and you will eat the grass. In the sweat of your face you shall be eaten Bread until you return to the land from which you are taken, for you are dust and You'll get back." This is the god be Adam, Eve and all the following people.

Why is it necessary to know the good and evil of Adam and Eve in their The Next Life? Sinful people cannot be with God in His eternity, but They are threatened with death on earth and then hell. People began to need salvation, and this is possible only after the destruction of their sins, and this It is possible only at birth from above. To become born more than the concept good and evil became necessary for their choice of actions not to commit evil (Sinterm). At the beginning of the Bible, God said to God, “And The Lord God said to Cain, “If you do not do good, then sin at the door It is lying; it draws you to himself, but you rule over it.