Was the fruit of the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil the spirit of Satan which entered mans soul in the beginning causing shame, pain, hate, greed, envy, lust. murder, the fruits of his spirit manifested in man. The spirit of lawlessness / sin and destruction. So Eve some how being tricked by the serpent to partake in his fruit of destruction the spirit of sin that has dwelled in the human soul to this day. Is this the spirit Paul talks about in Romans? Thank you Jesus for the Holy spirit!
2007-10-17 14:10:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes
The serpent, the old dragon, the adversary all are names of Satan.
It was Satan doing the deceiving.
Sin is separation from God. Satan is another matter.
2007-10-17 14:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by troll to troll 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus The Tree Of Life
2016-10-31 12:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Certainly. Trees and forests in Scripture often type men; whereas seas show a mass of humanity. Both spirits were present in Paradise; a Persian word. Eden just denotes pleasure. Most miss Scriptural inversion; where spiritual things are set forth to hide reality and/or reality is revealed to hide the spiritual.
This event should not limit one to understanding sin; but give a clear view of present evil down through the ages; most in the guise of religious revelation by persons who present as bearers of light. One must have knowledge of the Prince of this World as well as their own condition. Do all the things you list stem from the spirit or from the flesh body? Does it true with all Scripture?
That the tree of life represented Christ has been a Christian tenant from the beginning of the church; while the presence of Satan, and his entry into humanity in the person of Cane, was in time ignored; having been discounted by teachings from children who serve the god of this world.
2007-10-18 01:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No and no. Both trees were real physical trees. God had to place angelic guards (cherubs) at the tree of life when things turned sour. The tree of life was most likely destroyed at the flood. Not doctrine, just a common opinion. Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
2016-03-13 01:01:47 · answer #4 · answered by Mary 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The "tree" is something that brings forth fruit. When God said, "do not eat", He said in reality, DO NOT PARTAKE of that!
The "fruit" of the knowledge of good and evil is accessed through DISOBEDIENCE, that is the way you harvest this fruit; The "fruit" of the tree of life is accessed through OBEDIENCE and that is the way you partake of ALL GOD HAS FOR US!! Of course, we know now, that Jesus Christ was sent into the world and all that He offers IS from the "tree of life", Himself being the total embodiment of Life, Light, the Word, Truth, Spirit, Love, God in flesh.
When God told Adam about the trees in the Garden, Eve was still inside him and yet, he was right there with her when the devil was telling his tale, lying and deceiving her and nobody twisted his arm! Adam had all the dominion and authority over that garden and over all creeping things and he didn't use it! Go figure! Nothing devastating happened when Eve portook, so it says to me that Adam didn't understand that he was the one held responsible by God for the leadership and use of the authority God gave him.., he even had responsibility to lead and guide Eve. She was his helper, NOT his leader! He was the one to whom God gave the plans and proceedures.
But anyway, Jesus wasn't an "earthly entity" then, to my knowledge, he was still "the Word" and not yet "the Word made flesh", born of a virgin in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.
All disobedience IS the spirit of rebellion and IS satan's nature.
I was at a ministry receiving some training one time and the statement was made that the words "sin" and "satan" were synonymous and I had a problem with that. Later, in prayer, I was telling the Lord that I didn't want any "strange" teachings coming to me. I felt He said to my heart, "You know that everything good and all righteousness inside you is Me, so why do you have a problem with everything that is sin being satan?"
I got it!! It's just a matter of which spiritual voice we obey or which spiritual nature we host. This is what bears the fruit/ results/ consequences. Hope this makes sense and that I said how I am understanding it.
2007-10-17 14:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus... is God born in the New Testament...
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was not Satan.. Coz , at that time, Satan who was still known as LUCIFER was still in Heaven worshipping God... until he(satan) decided to rebel against God, he was thrown into the Earth and took the form of a serpent and tempted Eve... from which the outbreak of sin started... For so many years, God tried to stop sin, but men kept on sinning, He flooded the earth, yet sin still went on and on, he burned soddom and gomorrah.... yet still people sinned...
Finally, God sent his Son, Jesus, the Tree of Life... to save men from his sins... BY WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...
2007-10-17 14:18:58 · answer #6 · answered by LJ 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No, Satan wasn't the tree of knowledge it was an actual tree. What type of tree, we don't know.
Jesus does offer us eternal life with our creator.
Peace and grace to you!
2007-10-17 14:15:41 · answer #7 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
I Dont think that the tree had names,
No they were not named Jesus and Satan.
2007-10-17 14:13:04 · answer #8 · answered by Paul E 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you look up the word "tree" in the Strong's in those sentences, they are both translated as Elohim ,,, as in angel. Except that one was the very best, and the other the very worst. So it has nothing to do with maples,elms, firs. etc, etc.
2007-10-17 14:46:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting insight. Great. Now I'll be up past my bedtime thinking about this. I've wondered the exact same thing before.
2007-10-17 14:16:07 · answer #10 · answered by Wired 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋