tree of the knowledge of good and evil?

Question

why god forbid adam n eve to eat from that tree?
and why he said that they will die? (lying?)
if its symbolize sin of man to god, why not god make diffrent rule.. like dont kill animal.. or else..
why god forbid adam n eve to eat from that tree?

Answer 1

In Gnosticism the Tree of Knowledge contained the spirit Zoe (daughter of Wisdom) who was hiding in the Garden. Yahweh forbid A&E from eating from the tree for exactly the reasons given by the serpent, because A&E's eyes would be opened and they would become like gods. The knowledge that they gained was of good and evil. Why would Yahweh not want A&E to know the difference between good and evil? Maybe, because they would see Yahweh for who he really was. A&E were not banished from the garden because they disobeyed Yahweh, they were banished because Yahweh did not want them to eat from the tree of life. The only thing that would prevent A&E from becoming gods. It all written there in the Bible. People just need to open their eyes.

Answer 2

God forbit them because God knew that if they eat it they will die.It is the same as you can put curent in a certain corner of your house and ask your child not to touch it.
I will turn the question back to you, assuming that you have children, why should you forbit from playing in the highway road?

Answer 3

God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden to give Adam and Eve a choice – to obey Him or disobey Him. Adam and Eve were free to do anything they wanted, except eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:16-17, “And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.’” If God had not given Adam and Eve the choice, they would have essentially been robots, simply doing what they were programmed to do. God created Adam and Eve to be “free” beings, able to make decisions, able to choose between good and evil. In order for Adam and Eve to truly be “free” – they had to have a choice.



There was nothing essentially evil about the tree or the fruit of the tree. It is unlikely that eating the fruit truly gave Adam and Eve any further knowledge. It was the act of disobedience that opened Adam and Eve’s eyes to evil. Their sin of disobeying God brought sin and evil into the world and into their lives. Eating the fruit, as an act of disobedience against God, was what gave Adam and Eve knowledge of evil. Genesis 3:6-7, “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.”



God did not want Adam and Eve to sin. God knew ahead of time what the results of sin would be. God knew that Adam and Eve would sin, and would thereby bring evil, suffering, and death into the world. Why, then, did God put the tree in the Garden of Eden and allow Satan to tempt Adam and Eve? God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden to give Adam and Eve a choice. God allowed Satan to tempt Adam and Eve to force them to make the choice. Adam and Eve chose, of their own free wills, to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit. The result – evil, sin, suffering, sickness, and death have plagued the world ever since. Adam and Eve's decision results in each and every person being born with a sin nature, a tendency to sin. Adam and Eve's decision is what ultimately required Jesus Christ to die on the cross and shed His blood on our behalf. Through faith in Christ, we can be free from sin's consequences, and ultimately free from sin itself. May we echo the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:24-25, “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord!”