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Why is the tree named the tree of knowledge and why does it bring forth death?
Both Judaism and Christianity had their beginnings at the same time, at the foot of Mt. Sinai. The Jews (Pharisees) took over the religion from the Levites about 150 BCE. Christianity took over after the destruction of the temple in 70-73 A.D.
- and by your logic - islam took over in the year 610 ... the desert trinity.
Er, no.
The forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is deception, lies.
moral of the story; don't swallow the lies of a conman especially when you know the truth.
If you do you will surely die "the death", a curse, insanity, from which many never recover.
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In Judaism, yetzer hara (Hebrew: יֵצֶר הַרַע, romanized: yēṣer haraʿ) is the congenital inclination to do evil, by violating the will of God. The term is drawn from the phrase "the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil" (Biblical Hebrew: יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע, romanized: yetzer lev-ha-adam ra), which occurs twice at the beginning of the Torah (Genesis 6:5 and Genesis 8:21).
The Hebrew word yetzer having appeared twice in Genesis occurs again at the end of the Torah: "I knew their devisings that they do".[1] Thus from beginning to end the heart's yetzer (plan) is continually bent on evil. However, the Torah which began with blessing[2] anticipates future blessing[3] which will come as a result of God circumcising the heart in the latter days.[4]
In traditional Judaism, the yetzer hara is not a demonic force, but rather man's misuse of things the physical body needs to survive. Thus, the need for food becomes gluttony due to the yetzer hara. The need for procreation becomes promiscuity, and so on.
The Jewish concept of the yetzer hara is similar to the Christian concept of a "sin nature" known as concupiscence, which is the tendency of humans to sin. However, concupiscence stems explicitly from original sin, while the yetzer hara is a natural part of God's creation.
Also, the only other animal to speak in the Torah was Balaam's donkey.
No. In Hebrew the word for serpent, Nachash, is both a noun and an adjective meaning snake, brazen, shiny one, and/or someone who practices divination, the magical arts, sorcery, what is now known as mind control. These despicable creatures were the stars of the ancient world.know the truth - what a&e desired when they made their decision ...the serpent is moses
That is part of it, in my humble opinion.The forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is deception, lies.
moral of the story; don't swallow the lies of a conman especially when you know the truth.
If you do you will surely die "the death", a curse, insanity, from which many never recover.
Seems as convoluted as the OP and makes God look dumb.I answered this a long time ago:
For the newbies I'll repeat it.
The center of the garden where the 2 rivers meet was ancient Persia where Zoroastrian and Mithraism was popular and brought to Rome through head soldier Lucius, the Nazarenes admit they took much from Zoroastrianism (says the apochrypha)
This converging and compiling mythologies and cultures is warned because it mixes both knowledge that is good (Torah) and doctrines that are evil (pagan mythologies and Egyptian underworld & Greek death cultism). When they eat of this and have the knowledge they will become like us means they will become like the hosts (kohanim/priests) who is the context of the "US" spoken of. They will become like G-d means they will take this forbidden compilation and make themselves a false temple and false hierarchy of hosts (cardinals and Bishops liken to US the Kohanim) and the Pope (liken to the head priest)makes himself as a G-d just as the bible in Genesis did warn. Rome was famous for stealing people's deities by conquering them, telling them their deity no longer favored them, then set up a temple for that deity in their own territory claiming to be the new authority including setting up new books and new false doctrines. This is what they did with the deity Juno and what they did in destroying the Jerusalem Temple with stealing YHWH, claiming he was now in disfavor with the Jews they fooled people into believing they were now the authority and temple.They thus made themselves the new (impostor) Hosts and Pope set up as the new (impostor) father in heaven.
You see Adam in Hebrew the word means man and represents man in the deeper sense. EVE is not Adam's (man's) first wife (Israel or Jerusalem Temple-Lilith), thus Eve is the next bride (representing the church)thus the serpent (false prophet) convinced Eve to eat from his tree that she would not die (the created character Jesus himself said such words)and Eve (church) convinced Adam (Man) to also stray and what fruit did they partake of, an APPLE? But Apples aren't indigenous and the fruit is not mentioned in the bible??Surely mankind has subconsciously revealed this forbidden fruit as 'A PAUL' who wrote 1/2-3/4 the NT and thus his forbidden fruit is revealed-it mixes knowledge that is both good and helpful and bad and harmful, hence the warning using the term "wormwood" a Bitter poisonous deadly herb. People were made bitter & mean and poisonous -deadly (over 50 million murders & thousands of wars) over this good word-knowledge that is both good and evil.
The Eve in your picture has a bellybutton
Did everyone know that Adam was a black man! Excellent!
Just kidding
Now on to the subject at hand.
Why did the Bible refer to the forbidden fruit as coming from the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden?
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Why is the tree named the tree of knowledge and why does it bring forth death?
Most glaze over the story as being insignificant, or even made up, but words have meaning. Regardless of whether you believe the story actually happened, there is a message in the story all the same.
I believe the message is, knowledge without wisdom brings death. Specifically, seeking knowledge apart from the wisdom of God is what brings death.
Now whether you agree with my assessment, that this is at least one of the messages in the story, we have a myriad of examples proving that message is correct. Man has a long list of instances where knowledge brought about, or can potentially bring about, much death and misery, all because man had no wisdom to use it correctly.
One such example are genetically modified plants that are resistant to disease and insects. They usually are bigger and easier to grow. See how wonderful knowledge can be? But there is a small problem, they can't reproduce, and if cross pollinated with plants than do reproduce, they make them unable to reproduce. Hence, unleashing unproductive plants on nature could prevent all those plants from reproducing. Last I checked, plants were needed for survival. Scientists are so concerned about it, they have set aside seeds hoping they be available if the worst happens, that is, they can't grow food anymore.
Or maybe you have heard of the story of Oppenheimer, the man responsible for creating the first nuclear bomb.
Want more stories of knowledge that leads to mass death? How about a futuristic one, namely AI. Artificial Intelligence is just one more technology that is being developed today that has a tremendous potential for unthinkable harm to mankind. The movie "The Terminator" tapped into these fears. Essentially, man is developing an intelligence that is superior to his own. Problem is, that intelligence has no human empathy. Humans without human empathy are referred to as sociopaths. So, what will AI to when it is fed information that human beings are destroying the planet with carbon emissions, something humans hear every day from government and their state-controlled media? Will it seek to terminate humans to save the planet and themselves?
But let's assume AI can be controlled by humans from doing this. What is a despot like Hitler had it to use? Imagine if he had a surveillance state that could watch everything you do and say 24/7. Imagine a world where he used it to calculate every battle to see if he could win, and use it to sway public opinion as AI studies you and learns how to persuade you 24/7. Depots in history have been killing machines, but now their ability has been enhanced to continue to kill in mass by 100 fold or more. Once humanity goes to digital currency, the state will have complete power over you as it will decide if you should purchase what you want to purchase, or if you are even worthy to do so. China now has a social credit system where if they say or do bad things the state does not like, they may not be able to travel or go to the store to buy things, etc. Business today in the US has introduced a similar social credit system, as those who are not woke or environmentally friendly enough have bad scores, which means no one else will want to do business with them or get government perks, etc. Now government and the corporate world have become One, and all held together with AI. Last I checked that is what was used to be called Fascism.
Luckily despots from the past had weaknesses. For example, Hitler was a drug addict and insisted on being in control of military operations, something he was not even qualified to do. This made him more prone to failure. However, what iF AI did most of his tasks, if not all? What if you had a super intelligent bot doing it all for you 24/7? It would have probably let Hitler win the war and the world.
Could AI be the "beast" spoken about in Revelation? And could digital currency be the mark of the beast spoken about in Revelation as people were commanded to take the mark in their right hand or forehead or not be able to buy and sell?
As for many being careful in developing AI, so as to limit it possible harm, that is out of the question because there is an arms race on with it, so caution needs to be thrown to the wind, just like God's wisdom has been thrown to the wind.
But they teach their god of this world is the hinderer and adversary and they claim themselves that god of this world, read David Cloud on this subject, but also in their own words & proclomations:Seems as convoluted as the OP and makes God look dumb.
Not sure what that has to do with the tree of knowledge of good and evil. But it seems to me it was pretty much always going to be this way. So I think too many people are reading way too much into this account.But they teach their god of this world is the hinderer and adversary and they claim themselves that god of this world, read David Cloud on this subject, but also in their own words & proclomations:
"The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ
himself, hidden under the veil of flesh." Catholic National July 1895.
"For thou art the shepherd, thou art the physician, thou art the director,
thou art the husbandman, finally thou art another God on earth." Labbe and
Cossart's "History of the Councils." Vol. XIV, col. 109
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The title "Lord God the Pope" is found within a gloss of Extravagantes of
Pope John XXII, title 14, chapter 4,
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Roman Catholic Canon Law stipulates through Pope Innocent III that the Roman pontiff is "the vicegerent upon earth, not a mere man, but of a very God;"
Remember, they call Satan the god of this world then admit they are that Satan (god of this world) while they sell paradise in death (the opposite of the creators creation of life)
The tree of knowledge is a reworked rip off from Greek Mythology, the story of Pandora's boxThe tree of knowledge represented knowledge obtained by experimentation rather than revealed knowledge.
The Proverbs are revealed knowledge, which mankind has rejected in favor of their own made-up knowledge.
Or it's the other way around.The tree of knowledge is a reworked rip off from Greek Mythology, the story of Pandora's box
Adam also has a very long left arm.The Eve in your picture has a bellybutton
And what was the point of the story of Pandora's box? Because I don't believe these accounts are making the same point.The tree of knowledge is a reworked rip off from Greek Mythology, the story of Pandora's box
No. Greek Mythology is olderOr it's the other way around.
History is usually written long after the events, otherwise it's called news.No. Greek Mythology is older
The best liars always tell us exactly what we want to hear.The serpent tempted them by saying, "Eat and you shall be as gods"
In other words, they were relying on their own wisdom for the first time.
You may be conflating Gnosticism with Catholicism.But they teach their god of this world is the hinderer and adversary and they claim themselves that god of this world, read David Cloud on this subject, but also in their own words & proclomations:
"The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ
himself, hidden under the veil of flesh." Catholic National July 1895.
"For thou art the shepherd, thou art the physician, thou art the director,
thou art the husbandman, finally thou art another God on earth." Labbe and
Cossart's "History of the Councils." Vol. XIV, col. 109
.
The title "Lord God the Pope" is found within a gloss of Extravagantes of
Pope John XXII, title 14, chapter 4,
.
Roman Catholic Canon Law stipulates through Pope Innocent III that the Roman pontiff is "the vicegerent upon earth, not a mere man, but of a very God;"
Remember, they call Satan the god of this world then admit they are that Satan (god of this world) while they sell paradise in death (the opposite of the creators creation of life)
God knew that once mankind disobeyed him and ate from the tree of Knowledge, that they would succumb to sin and self awareness, meaning they "would surely die" because it would be extremely difficult for mankind to live sin free lives and they would be judged to a higher standard now that they were self aware.
