I don't believe this thread is about Adam and Eve, but rather the challenge on why one believes in God?
And then it went to a man writing a book. And then I moved the conversation towards science.
Which basically does have a circular reasoning.
Let's go back before they ate. Everything was good. I believe God left them directions how to keep and tend the garden.
Let's call these "laws" . But these laws didn't contain do not's, they only contained the do's. Do this and you will be blessed.
And they lived their lives in peace and grace. They were "naked" (nothing to hide, no sin) before the Lord.
He did give them one commandment. Don't follow after the beast. Basically, don't turn your back on me.
And after they ate, all hell broke loose.
They realised they had sinned, they were guilty, they were (naked) before the Lord.
You can look at the before they ate the fruit, they were walking by faith.
And after they ate the fruit, they were walking by science.
When God created Adam and Eve the plan was complete. This Eden, paradise, is what we call heaven.
When they ate the fruit, the earth became void/chaotic and full of darkness/evil.
They fell from grace, they fell from heaven, they walked by sight, they followed the desires of the flesh.
This is where we are today. The bible calls it leaning on our own understanding, rather than trusting God and his commandments.
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying,
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Is there a difference between a commandment and a law?
Command:
tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'; a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin:—appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Exo 12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
tôwrâh, to-raw'; or תֹּרָה tôrâh; from
H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch:—law.
Gen 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.
The day Adam and Eve ate the fruit they fell under the law.
That's what happened after.
The law that led to death vs the commandment that led to life.
They chose death.
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