Hello beautiful people
Allow me to have a go at this too.
On a physical level we can have fun, and say that it is obvious that it had to be the woman that was deceived, since women go all gaga and melt when a guy smooth talks them, and if that guy also has a deep booming voice, well forget about it, she is a goner. If you ladies right now,
in your mind, recall the voice of Barry White and listen to it for a second or two......., well there you go! , I rest my case. Science has actually shown that especially when a woman is ovulating she goes nuts when she hears a deep booming voice. Of course, speaking from experience here,
if that man says a wrong word, that egg gets sucked back up into the ovaries mighty fast.
I can almost hear some of you ladies say: ”d... right !
All this is of course fun and games ( till someone loses an eye.......then it´s just fun you can´t see )
But can I present a spiritual aspect to all this, the way I see it? Judge for yourselves.
The question is:
Is there already a law that makes eve to sin before she did eat the fruit?
What makes eve to sin before she did eat the fruit?
I believe you almost answered your own question.
Could ” the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” be a spiritual symbol of the law. Judge for yourselves:
We know from Ray/ Scriptures, that
1.
Eve committed EVERY CATEGORY OF SIN THERE IS IN THE WORLD, before… BEFORE she actually ate of the forbidden fruit
2. "And they were both
naked, the man and his wife, and
were not ashamed." Gen 2:25
Now, is it good to be spiritually naked? I think not:
"I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see." Rev 3:18
Is it good to not even be ashamed of being naked. Me thinks, it´s even worse.
But when they did eat:
"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons."
Gen 3:7
Well there´s a start, now at least they know they are naked.
So, if ” the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” is a symbol of the law,as I am suggesting, these verses may show you something:
For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Rom 5:13
"What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay,
I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."
Rom 7:7
"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."
Gen 2:17
"For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members
to bring forth fruit unto death "
Rom 7:5
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith."
Gal 3:24
Now back to the woman.
God´ word say this :
"So God created
man( the hebrew word is Adam) in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
Gen. 1:27
So the physical male and the physical female is in this first Adam. All mankind is in first Adam.
But God´s Word also speaks of the last Adam:
"And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." 1 Ko 15:45
So there is something,but certainly not everything ( "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive"), about the first Adam, that is a picture/symbol of the last Adam.
With that in mind, what do you suppose these verses are talking about:
"For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." 1 Tim 2:13-14
No way am I gonna tell you
, because teaching is not allowed on this forum, and I totally respect that ( phew!! that was actually a struggle to say, nevertheless I just did), but like Ray said so many times: ” Pay attention to all the words”
On a personal note, I will later today write a post in the topic ” Did God forsake His Son at the last moments” that I wholeheartedly believe is a message from The Lord.....I know, I know, take a deep breath
. I believe that message not only answers why Jesus said”
"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
but more importantly, it will glorify Jesus in your hearts.
Stay tuned