JCMS Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 48 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1984 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Hi all! I was studying my Bible last night and was back at the beginning going over Genesis, and a question came to my mind that I couldn't find an answer for. Hopefully others can maybe point me in the right direction to an answer. Genesis 2:17 states: "But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will certainly die." Why was this particular tree planted? Did the Lord know that Adam would be tempted to eat from it? Jeremiah 1:15 states: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Since Adam and Eve did not come from a womb, but Adam from dust, and Eve from the rib of man, does this verse still go for Adam and Eve as well? And if so, doesn't that mean that the Lord knew them, and knew they would be tempted by the tree of knowledge of good and evil? If this is the case, is there any indication in the Bible of why it was planted originally? I find the planting of this particular tree very interesting because of the events in mankind that followed because of Adam and Eve eating from this particular tree. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Dawn Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 270 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/13/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/23/1967 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I wonder the same thing about "the tree" and I've come to at least one conclusion so far. There is nothing in Genesis that indicates 'that' tree was different than any other tree in the Garden...maybe it was...maybe it wasn't. I don't think the tree was the point at all. Adam & Eve had to be tested...much the same way Jesus had to be tested. God chose an easy test...but mankind failed. I understand Adam & Eve had to be tested...but I don't really understand 'why'. I look forward to seeing what others had to say on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 5, 2009 The tree was planted, so that man would fall, so that God could show His ultimate love for us by sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. 1Pe 1:20 (MKJV) indeed having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times for you, Jeremiah 1:15 is about Jeremiah, not all of us (even though God does know EVERYTHING, so He does know Adam and Eve even though they were not born the way we were). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Elly Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 415 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 15 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/31/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/02/1945 Share Posted November 5, 2009 The tree was planted, so that man would fall, so that God could show His ultimate love for us by sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. 1Pe 1:20 (MKJV) indeed having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times for you, Jeremiah 1:15 is about Jeremiah, not all of us (even though God does know EVERYTHING, so He does know Adam and Eve even though they were not born the way we were). I'm sure that God would have preferred that Adam and Eve obeyed him and not eaten of the forbidden tree - it brought a curse on all mankind and all his creation. However, he had plan B in mind before it happened, luckily for all of us - the sacrifice of Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 5, 2009 The tree was planted, so that man would fall, so that God could show His ultimate love for us by sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. 1Pe 1:20 (MKJV) indeed having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times for you, Jeremiah 1:15 is about Jeremiah, not all of us (even though God does know EVERYTHING, so He does know Adam and Eve even though they were not born the way we were). I'm sure that God would have preferred that Adam and Eve obeyed him and not eaten of the forbidden tree - it brought a curse on all mankind and all his creation. However, he had plan B in mind before it happened, luckily for all of us - the sacrifice of Jesus. Jesus was NOT plan B. Jesus was and is the only plan God has ever had for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh62 Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,683 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 51 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/14/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/14/1962 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Hi all! I was studying my Bible last night and was back at the beginning going over Genesis, and a question came to my mind that I couldn't find an answer for. Hopefully others can maybe point me in the right direction to an answer. Genesis 2:17 states: "But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will certainly die." Why was this particular tree planted? Did the Lord know that Adam would be tempted to eat from it? Jeremiah 1:15 states: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Since Adam and Eve did not come from a womb, but Adam from dust, and Eve from the rib of man, does this verse still go for Adam and Eve as well? And if so, doesn't that mean that the Lord knew them, and knew they would be tempted by the tree of knowledge of good and evil? If this is the case, is there any indication in the Bible of why it was planted originally? I find the planting of this particular tree very interesting because of the events in mankind that followed because of Adam and Eve eating from this particular tree. Thanks in advance! Good questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC02 Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 447 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/26/1971 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Good questions! Anyone have good answers? I'm always left with more questions than answers when I read the first few chapters of Genesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeman455 Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 34 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/21/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/08/1939 Share Posted November 5, 2009 About the tree in the Garden. I do not believe it was a literal tree. I believe that it was a way of life and that way would lead to the down fall of mankind. I believe this to be a symbolic tree, a spiritual tree. When Satan entered the picture they had two ways to choose from. Gods way or Satan's way. That tree, I believe represented Satan's way. Ledrex: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.22 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 5, 2009 About the tree in the Garden. I do not believe it was a literal tree. I believe that it was a way of life and that way would lead to the down fall of mankind. I believe this to be a symbolic tree, a spiritual tree. When Satan entered the picture they had two ways to choose from. Gods way or Satan's way. That tree, I believe represented Satan's way. Ledrex: How is it that you come to this conclusion when scripture speaks clearly of it being a tree? Were the rest of the trees mentioned figurative also? Genesis 2:15-17 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabetht Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 399 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/18/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted November 5, 2009 I wonder the same thing about "the tree" and I've come to at least one conclusion so far. There is nothing in Genesis that indicates 'that' tree was different than any other tree in the Garden...maybe it was...maybe it wasn't. I don't think the tree was the point at all. Adam & Eve had to be tested...much the same way Jesus had to be tested. God chose an easy test...but mankind failed. I understand Adam & Eve had to be tested...but I don't really understand 'why'. I look forward to seeing what others had to say on the matter. What made this particular tree different from the others, was the warning that God gave against eating of it's fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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