WHY DIDN’T ADAM ASK GOD, “WHY CAN’T I EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE?”
(Whether one believes the Bible is the inspired of God, almost all scholars agree it is among the greatest writings of all time and is at least evidence of what the writers believed about God and life. *See a quote about the ten commandments from one of our forefathers at the end of this writing).
In Genesis 2:15-18ff the writers of the oral tradition of first things recorded that God told Adam
(notice that Eve was not created yet):
“You are free to eat of any tree of the garden, except only the tree of knowledge of good and bad, of which you are not to eat. For the moment you eat of it, you shall be doomed to death.”
Why didn’t Adam ask God, “Why?” Could it be that the writers believed that one should not question God? Notice that many years later the writer (writers?) of Isaiah 1:18 believed that God said, “Come now, and let us reason together,”? If so, notice how the writers’ beliefs evolved and broadened from the time of Genesis to Isaiah to Jesus to the present indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our own lives who inspires us daily (if we be still and open our hearts for “I AM”).
Or was Adam (means mankind) too proud to ask because he thought of himself as a god? Or would appear to look stupid? Or too lazy (didn’t want to take the time)? Do we in the present day have these same tendencies?
Also notice that according to this writing Eve did not hear this command for she was created later from one of Adam’s ribs (not the soil). Did she lead Adam astray innocently? She has been blamed for it for hundreds of years.
“Eve was not created from Adam’s foot to be dominated by him,
Nor from his head to be dominated by her,
But from his side to be his equal and companion.” (unknown)
Gladys was arguing with Fred Sanford about bossing and condemning her so much.
“Listen here Fred! Woman was made from Adam’s rib and that makes us equal.”
“Yeah Gladys. But a rib is a cheaper cut.”
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*President Adams (our 6th president) said the following about the importance of the Ten Commandments to American law and government:
The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes . . . of universal application-laws essential to the existence of men in society, and most of which have been enacted by every nation which ever professed any code of laws.
John Quincy Adams, Letters of John Quincy Adams, to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings (Auburn: James M. Alden, 1850), p. 61.
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“Search to know the Truth
And the Truth will set You Free.”
(my aim is not to convince, but to share what I have found for your consideration. – mackie)
CHOOSING TO LOVE THE WORLD -thomas merton
“It [the world] dictates no terms to man. We and our world interpenetrate. If anything, the world exists for us, and we exist for ourselves. It is only in assuming full responsibility for our world, for our lives and for ourselves, that we can be said to live really for God.” Choosing To Love The World, pg 10, by Thomas Merton.
In Genesis it is stated that we were made from the earth (some cultures call the earth their mother) and that we were given dominion over it to take care of it. Also, God breathe into us His Spirit and gave us life. We are part of all His Creation. Jesus taught us to love God with our whole being and our neighbor as ourselves (is hating someone hating our self?).
Sometimes we ask why God allows things. Does that contradict His giving us dominion over the earth? Doesn’t He allow us to do anything we want? We find God in ourselves. It is so important to spend a little time alone each day thinking about God within us and what that means to us. We are called “the priesthood of believers,” right? We should let no one else tell us what God wants us to do. Only we can know by listening to Him who lives in our being. -mackie
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