Genesis 3: 1-4
The snake asked the
woman and said
『Now the serpent was more
subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said
unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
garden? And the woman said
unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But
of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die』(Genesis 3: 1-4)
The tree that knows
the snake and good and evil is connected. It is expressed in Genesis 2: 7 about
the Garden of Eden.『And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 』 A tree that looks beautiful and good will be the tree of life. In 2:16, 『And
the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat:』 What is the fruit of every tree? Every
tree is reminiscent of many trees, but there is no plural expression in the
Hebrew text. There is only one tree. The tree in the garden of Eden was united
as if it were a water mass when God created heaven and earth.
And, because
God places the expanse (sky) in the middle of the water, it is divided into
water above and below water. Likewise, the tree of the Garden of Eden was originally
one, but split into two. The upper water is the tree of life, and the lower
water (the law) is the tree of knowing good and evil. How was it divided? God
planted a tree, but the branch was raised from one root, so the tree became
two. It is the tree of life and the knowledge of good and evil in the garden.
Both symbolize the word of God, but the tree of knowing good and evil means the
law.
A tree that can be
eaten means a tree of life. Every tree's “every” is called “call” in
Hebrew, and the word “call” has
the meaning “all”.
"Call" comes from the word "caral” in
Hebrew . Therefore, it is presumed that it was translated into various trees
during the translation process.
In Ezekiel 27: 4『Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy
beauty. 』 in
Hebrew 『The men of Arvad with
thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy
towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made
thy beauty perfect. 』 So, it should be
"The Perfect Tree of the Garden," not "Every Tree of the
Garden."
When a person
tries to be perfect, he must eat the fruit of the tree of life. People who are
not perfect eat the fruits of the tree of life and become perfect. However, if
a person who is not perfect eats the fruit of a tree that knows good and evil,
and becomes himself like God and tries to judge good and evil, it does not
become perfect before God. People try to be perfect by themselves by eating the
fruit of a tree that makes them know good and evil. If you eat the fruit of the
tree of life, you will be completely in front of God on your own, and if you
eat the tree of trees that let you know good and evil, you will try to be
perfect in yourself before God.
『the serpent was more
subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made』(3:1) Snake refers to Satan. "Subtil" means
"wisdom." Wisdom is God's wisdom. It is true that Satan was the angel
of God (commandment: Lucifer) before he sinned. However, because they sin
against God, wisdom has become a subtil.
『And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
』(3:1)
Why is the snake (Satan) in the Garden of Eden?
Some may think that Satan is hiding in the Garden of Eden. The Garden of Eden
symbolizes the kingdom of God and represents what happened on earth. On this
earth, God allowed Satan to rule the world. When the Devil tests Jesus in the
wilderness, Luke 4: 5-6『And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said
unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is
delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 』 The best example is Job's story. It is the same as God allowed Satan to
strike Job. In other words, Satan who controls the earth seduces humans to
become like God. Furthermore, in the land of Canaan, which symbolizes the
kingdom of God, the Israelites deceive that they can fulfill God's
righteousness by keeping the law. And this story symbolizes what happened in
the kingdom of God.
Lucifer
deceived the angels: to be like God, to build their own kingdom without God.
So, the angels are not keeping their position, they are naked, telling them
that they are trapped in the soil. The woman here refers to the angel of sin,
and the spirits trapped in the earth on earth.
『 And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
』(3:1) If this was translated again, the serpent asked
the woman and said, "Did God really tell you not to eat the fruit of the
whole tree of the garden?" By the way,『 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit
of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is
in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither
shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 』(3:2-3)
The location of the
tree of knowledge of the tree of life and good and evil is not separated from
each other, but is like two trunks on one tree. So both are in the middle of
the garden, in the garden, and in the middle of the garden.『 But of the fruit of the tree which
is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither
shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 』(3:3) In the original TR, it says, "You must not eat, do not touch, you
will die, and you will not die." The word "died" in the front
dies, but the word "will not die" in the back means "the dead
are alive again." Eve knew the contents of Genesis 2:17.『 And when they had seen it, they made
known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 』
However,
Satan knows that "the dead are alive again". Satan uses the word (the
dead are alive again) to deceive Eve. Satan takes advantage of the fact that
all creation is to be resurrected upon the second death. "Yeah, if you eat
the fruit, you die, but are alive again, you can eat," he said. The second
is to deceive the resurrection upon death as the resurrection of life. Resurrection
at the second death in John 5:29『 And shall come forth; they that have
done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto
the resurrection of damnation. 』
Satan says in
Genesis 3: 5, "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of
God. 』 God did not intervene in eating the fruit of the
tree that Eve made known to good and evil.
And, it is
connected to God's pre-creation salvation plan. In the parable of the prodigal
son, when he asked his father for his share, the father gave him everything he
wanted. As the father knew that the son would definitely return someday, he
would also drop leaving. The prodigal son eventually becomes dead and returns to
his father's house.
God knew that
in the kingdom of God, angels who did not keep their position would follow
Satan, and did what they wanted. That is why God is sending them to the physical
world to establish their own kingdom. It is to ask Israel to do righteousness
for themselves. God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden to plow their
land. So, try to realize that it is wrong and come back as if you were dead. It
is to die with Jesus Christ and return.
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