And we still don't listen today. You can tell that we don't listen , or read, merely by looking at the image to the right. So many people think Eve ate a forbidden apple. But the Bible never says what the forbidden fruit was. Only that it was from a specific tree - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you're curious as to how the apple came to be blamed - see this explanation below.
We don't listen today. Neither did Adam and Eve.
We don't listen. People don't listen. Just like Adam and Eve didn't listen.Why were Adam and Eve kicked out of the Garden of Eden?
Well, we going to start just a bit after the beginning. We'll start with the beginning of Adam and Eve:Ge 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Ge 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Adam and Eve
Ge 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens— 5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground— 7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
And so we have Adam. the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Special.
Ge 2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
And now we have the beginning of the Garden of Eden. Planted by God - not as a result of "God said". Special.
Ge 2:10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Ge 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 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.”
Now we have Adam, placed by God, in the Garden of Eden.
Notice what God said about what Adam could eat. You are free to eat from any tree in the garden. God told Adam he could eat from any tree in the garden. However, there was a warning attached to one of the trees. 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.
Ge 2:18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
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