![]() ![]() Then Satan’s next statement is an outright lie. It is enough confusion that Eve corrects the serpent of on aspect of what he distorted but then she begins to add something we have not heard before. God said, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat 7 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ( Genesis 2:16-17) There is a confusing half-truth. The serpent asks, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” ( Genesis 3:1) That’s not exactly the situation. There is a progression in the strategy the serpent uses to tempt Eve. The serpent is telling Eve to give disobedience some consideration. Satan begins a conversation with Eve about disobeying God. The temptation and the fall began with the serpent luring Eve to disobey God. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent is connected directly to Satan, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan ( Revelation 12:9) Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. The serpent is mentioned first in the beginning of chapter 3. To overcome the temptation to disobey God and obey out of love is to achieve a victory that brings honor and glory to God. But why have temptation in the Garden of Eden?Īdam has the opportunity to test his obedience and prove himself faithful. The world of Adam and Eve was one where temptation is present. The pull or lure to disobey is temptation. They had the option of obeying God and his command or disobeying. God made Adam and Eve with a will to make a choice. 16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.” ( Genesis 2:15-17) Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. They were not to eat from one tree, the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They were to eat from any tree, all but one. ![]() In Genesis 2 we have the prohibition that God gave. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife and they shall become one flesh. Adam and Eve had a relationship together and were as one flesh. We understand this from the creation account. The relationship between God and man is seen in this verse: So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him male and female He created them. There is a relationship between God and man in the Garden of Eden. Elohim is God is transcendent, majestic and set apart. It is the name for God that is used when he is in relationship with his people. In the chapter 2 account of creation the name Yahweh, the Lord is used. “In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth,” The name of God is the majestic powerful creator. In the Chapter 1 account the name for God is Elohim. This time it is a preview to the fall of man. In chapter 2 the creation story is again told. Genesis chapter 1 tells the creation story. We are looking at the deception by the father of lies. The fall of man tells the story that is basic for the rest of the Bible. The Bible records that the original couple Adam and Eve were deceived by Satan and sin marred God’s creation including mankind. ![]()
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