that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat."
Here we are recalling the goodness of God in 2.9. "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food." Every tree including the tree of life and the knowledge of the good and evil. The Spirit gave us from the POV of God, the Father. What did change then? Here Eve is viewing the fruit from the POV of the serpent or darkness. The moment she did eat and gave some of it to Adam to do likewise she was doing the bidding of the serpent. Faith fled and knowledge kicked in.
Out went faith and came in the knowledge that she sinned. It is for this reason we have the Spirit remind us of the blessings enshrined in the Covenant . All things in heaven including the trees, "the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good." was assured under the day Three, "And the evening and the morning were the third day" Adam and Eve were blessed in the Son. Blessings with regards to trees wherever mentioned in the Scripture is within the frame of reference to 1.12 and in his Son. So this verse Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,"refers to the tree of righteousness.(Ps.1.1,3)
Eve here walked the length of the garden under the counsel of the serpent. But without faith her postion in the garden was untenable.
God walking 'in the cool of the day' (3.8) or evening must be seen in the proper context. God celebrated the beginning of things, so we have the Spirit repeating 'And evening and morning were....'God presided over the Holy communion of God and man in a figurative sense. This we evoke here on earth,"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."(Mt.18.20) What shall you call megachurches? Your guess is as good as mine.
that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat."
Here we are recalling the goodness of God in 2.9. "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food." Every tree including the tree of life and the knowledge of the good and evil. The Spirit gave us from the POV of God, the Father. What did change then? Here Eve is viewing the fruit from the POV of the serpent or darkness. The moment she did eat and gave some of it to Adam to do likewise she was doing the bidding of the serpent. Faith fled and knowledge kicked in.
Out went faith and came in the knowledge that she sinned. It is for this reason we have the Spirit remind us of the blessings enshrined in the Covenant . All things in heaven including the trees, "the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good." was assured under the day Three, "And the evening and the morning were the third day" Adam and Eve were blessed in the Son. Blessings with regards to trees wherever mentioned in the Scripture is within the frame of reference to 1.12 and in his Son. So this verse Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,"refers to the tree of righteousness.(Ps.1.1,3)
Eve here walked the length of the garden under the counsel of the serpent. But without faith her postion in the garden was untenable.
God walking 'in the cool of the day' (3.8) or evening must be seen in the proper context. God celebrated the beginning of things, so we have the Spirit repeating 'And evening and morning were....'God presided over the Holy communion of God and man in a figurative sense. This we evoke here on earth,"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."(Mt.18.20) What shall you call megachurches? Your guess is as good as mine.
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