What would of happened if he ate from the other tree?
Or from both?
2007-02-09 11:05:22 · 14 answers · asked by abs of steel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How did Adam after his rebellion learn that God said, “Here the man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad, and now in order that he may not put his hand out and actually take fruit also of the tree of life and eat and live to time indefinite,—”? (Gen. 3:22)—
This text does not say that Jehovah God said this to himself so that Adam could not hear it. Rather, it strongly appears that Jehovah said it out loud so that Adam could hear and know why he was being driven out of the paradise of pleasure. In doing this, God surprised Adam with something that he did not know before, neither he nor his wife, Eve; namely, that in the middle of the garden there was the “tree of life” and that to be privileged to eat of that tree betokened that the eater was deserving of life everlasting in the paradise.
There is nothing in the preceding record to indicate that either Adam or Eve knew of this “tree of life” in the middle of the Garden of Eden, when Eve engaged in conversation with the serpent. Then she mentioned only the trees of the garden and included them all in one group and made an exception only with the “tree of the knowledge of good and bad,” which was prohibited to her and her husband, but she made no mention to the serpent of the “tree of life in the middle of the garden,” this tree that is mentioned in the ninth verse of the second chapter.
So now God says that for the express purpose of preventing them from eating of this tree he is driving them out: “With that Jehovah God put him out of the garden of Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken. And so he drove the man out.” (Gen. 3:23, 24) Doubtless when God drove them out he ordered them out with some verbal expression and told them in effect to “Get moving!” Thus it is most likely that Adam learned of the “tree of life” and of God’s expression here, “Man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad,” by an audible expression on the part of Jehovah God, not by God’s saying this in his heart and then causing some inspired revelation to Adam later on. Then when Adam wrote this second document he could refer to this “tree of life in the middle of the garden” of Eden.
2007-02-09 15:14:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-09 19:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God told adam he could not eat from one tree called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil not two trees
2007-02-09 19:12:39 · answer #3 · answered by san_ann68 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
adam would have become like god. another example the story is not intended to be literal, but clearly symbolic...... our ability to tell between good and evil is what makes us unique, and only eternal life and power seperate us from our maker.
edit... for all those confused, or wrong....
there were two trees, the tree of knowledge, and the tree of life. the tree of life is for eternal life, and is often refered to later when dealing with heaven. man was not kicked out of the garden of eden because god was pissed (like most assume) but to prevent man from eating from the tree of life.
2007-02-09 19:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by foo__dd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God told Adam not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It was only one tree.
2007-02-09 19:09:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You are speaking of the Tree of Life. If he had eaten from it, it would have made him immortal and powerful like God. Eating from both would have made him not only immortal and powerful but also knowledgeable about the difference between good and evil.
2007-02-09 19:09:09 · answer #6 · answered by Tea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you clarify? Are you saying the tree of knowledge of good and evil were two separate trees? is that the wrong question?I'm confused!!
2007-02-09 19:10:35 · answer #7 · answered by bbjones9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "tree of life" every now & then is "ate" from by some one. Of course They have to die to the person they "believe" they are, but they gain eternal life.
2007-02-09 19:15:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever "-- gen 3:22
2007-02-09 19:09:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The other one would give him eternal life so that's why god was like "you're outta here dudes". Then he put an angel with a flaming sword up to guard it. Sure likes the dramatic theatrics don't he?
2007-02-09 19:08:40 · answer #10 · answered by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋