Hiya folks,
I had written some notes a while back, on reading Genesis. I realised [almost a year on] that I never really got to the bottom of it by way of a satisfactory answer, and if anything, I've learned that additional words dropped into somewhere are there for a reason so thought I'd post it and see what others thought.
Using KJV
So, God creates Adam, puts him in the garden, tells him [Gen 2:16]
"...but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, though shalt not eat of it: for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
THEN God had him name all the animals and birds
THEN created eve from Adam.
Eve doesn't say anything until she meets the serpent in the garden. He only asks her a question
[Gen 3.1] '...Yea. hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? What surprised me was Eve's answer
3.2 '...we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden. But the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, ye shall not eat of it, NEITHER SHALL YE TOUCH IT.
GOD NEVER SAID THAT. Adam was cleaved to Eve, she was made to be his helpmate. Do you think God would have told Adam all this, then tell Eve the same all over again, but add a bit on Himself, or would adam be responsible for telling Eve the rules. Likely, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY. do you think this is the first time a human [either Adam OR Eve] has ADDED TO GOD'S WORD if this is the case? (so the second half of the statement is a lie)
If so, does it confirm sin was already in the Garden even before desiring the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
I also noticed:
Satan said '...Ye shall not surely die [an out and out lie]
Satan THEN went on to say [V.5] ' For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof. then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil' This part was NOT a lie, it was TRUE because later in V.22;
'And the Lord God said behold, The man is become one of us, to know good and evil:...' [and God doesn't lie]
I've always held the belief that the most dangerous lies were ones that contained an element of truth, But I was really perplexed because Jesus said of Satan that; ' ... there was no truth in him, he was a liar... [not a quote- but you will know the scripture that does quote this meaning]
I puzzled over it for ages then when I was out walking the dog, I realized Satan didn't use his OWN words to validate the lie he told, he used God's word to VALIDATE/AUTHENTICATE the LIE that was his, even though it seems that Adam [man] had added to his word in the first place. This is what preachers of false doctrine do, they ADD to the word of God and VALIDATE it using some truth of Gods word. A LIE with some TRUTH in it, plausible and VERY dangerous for newbie's in Christ who will perpetuate the doctrine. Am I way out on this do you think?
Angie