7,686
edits
ELTB Not THAT Tree: Difference between revisions
From 2nd Book
Jump to navigationJump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 113: | Line 113: | ||
So he ate it. Immediately he learned to disobey God. He learned to make his own rules as if he were a god. Furthermore, he didn't believe that God loved him and was now afraid of God. So he hid in the tree. | So he ate it. Immediately he learned to disobey God. He learned to make his own rules as if he were a god. Furthermore, he didn't believe that God loved him and was now afraid of God. So he hid in the tree. | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:8 }} And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God [in the tree] of the garden. </ref> | <ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:8 }} And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God [in the tree] of the garden. </ref> | ||
<ref>"in the tree" because 'tree' עץ is singular. Later when God cannot find them, it is the teaching that when you are hidden in the cross, he does not see your sin, only the work of Christ.</ref> | <ref>"in the tree" because 'tree' עץ is singular. Later when God cannot find them, it is the teaching that when you are hidden in the tree/cross, he does not see you or your sin, only the work of Christ.</ref> | ||
He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | ||
