Alex Summers Posted March 15, 2015 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 225 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/19/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/29/1984 Share Posted March 15, 2015 If Adam was created to never die, what was the purpose of the Tree of Life, which according to Gen 3:22 would have allowed him to live forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 If Adam was created to never die, what was the purpose of the Tree of Life, which according to Gen 3:22 would have allowed him to live forever? ~ You Mean, What IS The Purpose Of The Tree Of Life In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted March 15, 2015 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 March 15, 2015 Where in scripture does it say Adam would never die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Summers Posted March 15, 2015 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 225 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/19/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/29/1984 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 That is a good question. It was the thread on physical death that got me to thinking about the tree of life. In that thread the best answer stated that physical death was part of the curse of sin, if this is correct then Adam would have never died had he not sinned. I actually struggle with that concept becaue our entire biological system is a continous cycle of life and death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted March 15, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 599 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,260 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,988 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted March 15, 2015 If Adam was created to never die, what was the purpose of the Tree of Life, which according to Gen 3:22 would have allowed him to live forever? who said that he was not eating of it before the tree of knowledge... that one tree was the only one forbidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Summers Posted March 15, 2015 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 225 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/19/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/29/1984 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 If Adam was created to never die, what was the purpose of the Tree of Life, which according to Gen 3:22 would have allowed him to live forever? who said that he was not eating of it before the tree of knowledge... that one tree was the only one forbidden. I am very open to that idea, but I am not sure it squares with the idea physical death is part of the curse of sin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted March 15, 2015 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 March 15, 2015 If Adam was created to never die, what was the purpose of the Tree of Life, which according to Gen 3:22 would have allowed him to live forever? who said that he was not eating of it before the tree of knowledge... that one tree was the only one forbidden. I am very open to that idea, but I am not sure it squares with the idea physical death is part of the curse of sin! Nope, sorry, but he did not eat of the Tree of Life before he ate of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Otherwise, he would of lived forever. Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Summers Posted March 15, 2015 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 225 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/19/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/29/1984 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 Then we are back to square 1. If I am not mistaken classical Christian thought on this matter is that physical death is the result of Adam's sin, it is part of the curse of sin. If this is the case, then it stands to reason that Adam would have lived forever had sin not entered the world. If that is the case, a Tree of Life served no purpose in the original creation. But that does not really seem right either. So, can anyone help me with the purpose of the Tree of Life in the Garden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamL Posted March 15, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 99 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5,153 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 2,567 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/01/1950 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Then we are back to square 1. If I am not mistaken classical Christian thought on this matter is that physical death is the result of Adam's sin, it is part of the curse of sin. If this is the case, then it stands to reason that Adam would have lived forever had sin not entered the world. If that is the case, a Tree of Life served no purpose in the original creation. But that does not really seem right either. So, can anyone help me with the purpose of the Tree of Life in the Garden? Adam had a choice between the two trees. Thus, he was in an in-between state of his heavenly and earthly natures. He chose his earthly nature, by following the choice of his wife Eve: Gen. 3:6 ...good for food... pleasant to the eyes... a tree desirable to make one wise... 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. Because the material world has no life in itself, Adam's choice of that path led to death. Not choosing at all would have led to a continuous middle state of limbo. Choosing the tree of life would have brought eternal life. Each soul that comes into the world has to make the same choice at some time within their lives. Because God grants free will to every soul, in order that everyone who comes to him does so by their own choice out of love, and not out of compulsion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 If Adam was subject to death before the fall, then why did God tell him that eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would result in his death? What would be the purpose of telling Adam he would die if he was already subject to death? Furthermore, Physical death is associated with the fall of Adam in Rom. 5:12-21. In addition to that, the result of our redemption are glorified bodies that will never die. As for the purpose of Tree o Life, God has purposes for it that He has not revealed to us at this time. There is a long list of things in the Bible that we will never fully understand until another time, and we have to accept that reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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