Can anyone answer, if God made everything in the garden of eden then why was the tree of knowledge there to tempt if it wasn't his purpose for us to go through this, then why was it there ,does this mean that someone else may have placed it there,was this an early job situation that we don't know about for adam and eve?
2007-04-26 04:38:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
and why did the tree of life get removed why did we have a choice if we were loved in the first place!!!
2007-04-26 04:50:32 · update #1
In the garden of Eden, God employed two trees for symbolic purposes: “the tree of life” and “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.” Failure to respect God’s decree concerning the latter brought man’s fall.—Ge 2:9, 16, 17; 3:1-24.
The significance of “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad” and of the restriction placed on its fruit has often been incorrectly viewed as relating to the sexual act between the first human pair. This view is contradicted by God’s plain command to them as male and female to “be fruitful and become many and fill the earth.” (Ge 1:28)
Rather, the tree became a SYMBOL of God’s right to determine or set the standards for man as to what is “good” (approved by God) and what is “bad” (condemned by God).
It thus constituted a test of man’s RESPECT for his Creator’s position and his willingness to remain within the area of freedom decreed by God, an area that was by no means cramped and that allowed for the greatest enjoyment of human life. Therefore, to violate the boundaries of the prohibited area by eating of “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad” would be an invasion of or a revolt against God’s domain and authority.
By taking of the fruit of “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad,” Adam and Eve expressed their rebellion. The Creator, as Universal Sovereign, was acting wholly within his right in making the law regarding the tree, for Adam, being a created person, had limitations, and he needed to acknowledge this fact. For universal peace and harmony, it would devolve upon all reasoning creatures to acknowledge and support the Creator’s sovereignty. Adam would demonstrate his recognition of this fact by refraining from eating the fruit of that tree.
As father-to-be of an earth full of people, he must prove obedient and loyal, even in the smallest thing. The principle involved was: “The person faithful in what is least is faithful also in much, and the person unrighteous in what is least is unrighteous also in much.” (Lu 16:10) Adam had the capability for such perfect obedience. There was evidently nothing bad intrinsically in the fruit of the tree itself.
By way of an example, humans have had to accept the law of gravity and live in harmony with it; it would be foolish and harmful to do otherwise. So why should humans object to living in harmony with another law, or command, from the Creator? God made clear the consequence of rejecting his law, but he gave Adam and Eve the option to obey him voluntarily. They CHOSE to disobey, as does anyone who chooses to jump from a tall building with the full knowlege that gravity will ensure their swift plummet down.
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The Tree of life, was never removed from the Garden. As with the other tree, this one was SYMBOLIC, evidently having no intrinsic life-giving qualities in its fruit, but it represented God’s guarantee of life “to time indefinite” to the one whom God would allow to eat of its fruit.
Since the tree was put there by God for some purpose, undoubtedly Adam would have been permitted to eat this fruit after proving faithful to a point that God considered satisfactory and sufficient.
When Adam transgressed, he was prevented from having opportunity to eat from the tree, God saying: “Now in order that he may not put his hand out and actually take fruit also from the tree of life and eat and live to time indefinite.”
After driving driving Adam and Eve out of Eden, cherubs were posted at the E entrance with a flaming blade of a sword “to guard the way to the tree of life.” (Genesis 3:22-24)
Although the Bible does not state how long the cherubs remained to guard the way of the tree of life, it may have been that such an arrangement existed until the Flood, 1,656 years after the creation of Adam, when it it would have been obliterated.
2007-04-27 00:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by hollymichal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God likes to play with his creations, like a cat with a mouse. God put the tree there so he would have an excuse to punish Adam & Eve, because he knew eventually they would eat from it.
2007-04-26 11:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by bandycat5 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The tree of knowledge was put there by God.
Mind you, the tree itself had no mystical powers, it was just a tree.
It grew-up along with all the other trees around.
God simply used it, since it was there, as a means to demonstrate man's obedience ...or lack of it.
God gave that particular tree a title "knowledge of good and bad" because by means of that tree, Adam was going to demonstrate which he loved more: good or bad.
2007-04-26 11:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because He gave them the choice of freewill. In other words, He let them choose to obey Him or disobey Him.
2007-04-26 11:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-04-27 08:30:58 · answer #5 · answered by body 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he forgot he had put it there.
2007-04-26 11:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋