Why did Adam eat the fruit?

[BigJer]

You know guys. We only think about one thing, right?

Edited July 4, 2004 by BigJer

[Guest NewPilgrim]

thanks for your input thus far guys, its made for some very interesting reading. In light of some of the comments made and looking for other relevant scriptures I've thrown together some thoughts of my own.

1 Timothy 2:14

"And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."

As Adam was not deceived and with sin not yet being in him, his act must have been righteously motivated. I think standing by his marriage vows would be a righteous motivation. Although God decreed not to eat the fruit, didn't he also make them of one flesh? Puts Adam in quite a dichotomy I think. He can remain sinless but break the unity which God has intended for him and Eve, or he can hold fast to his wife as God intended them to be, but must become sinful to do so.

Romans 5:14

"Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come."

Adam was a type of the Christ according to this verse and I can see quite a few similarities looking further:

Adam, until his fall, had only ever been in the presence of the Father and then became sinful and was cast from the Father's presence to hold fast to his bride.

Its worth noting that all are born into sin or "outside of the Father's presence" and enter into his presence. The only exceptions to this are Adam/Eve and Jesus

Jesus had only ever been in the presence of the Father until he became sin upon the cross and was cast from the Fathers presence ("Eloi Eloi, lamas shabachthani") in order to secure (or hold fast to) his bride (we christians)

[Botz]

New Pilgrim.

Jesus had only ever been in the presence of the Father until he became sin upon the cross and was cast from the Fathers presence ("Eloi Eloi, lamas shabachthani") in order to secure (or hold fast to) his bride (we christians)

I would firstly just comment that the Bride of Christ ..His Church...are the redeemed of the Lamb both Jew and Gentile.

I don't think we can assume that Adam and Eve had 'relations' before they were evicted from the Garden....Also just a passing thought but it is conceivable that Adam and Eve were only about 13 and full of a natural innocence.

When Eve sinned she weighed up two voices in her head...that of Adams who told her not to eat the fruit...and if she asked 'why not'...the only reason would be 'because the L-rd said not to.'

The argument of the crafty serpent was much more persuasive than the indirect command of G-d...maybe she thought Adam had misheard ?

How come the serpent was crafty...when sin had not yet entered the world?

Gen 3:1 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?

The serpent starts up the conversation by actually finding out what the weakness of Mankind is...because if you read his question to Eve...he is asking a blanket question...and fishing for clues. As soon as Eve answers and points out that it is only the tree in the middle of the Garden that is forbidden...then Satan the Serpent has the answer he was looking for and spews out his poison.

It is intriguing to wonder if both the tree of Life and the tree the Knowledge of Good and Evil were in the middle of the garden and yet only the latter was forbidden...how come they hadn't tasted its fruits yet...maybe in the purposes of G-d it had not yet produced its fruit...but it would do eventually and thus posed the problem of giving fallen mankind eternal life.

The very fact that this tree was in the garden and was not forbidden demonstrates that the heart of G-d was always to give the crowning glory of His creation...made in His own image...eternal life...and not through the process of death.

Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

...and it is still G-ds desire to fellowship with mankind for all eternity in His Paradise.

[Guest idied2]

Why did Adam eat the fruit?

Adam blamed it on the woman and God for giving him the woman.

Ge 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

In CHRIST JESUS :hug: :hug: