THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEGDE OF GOOD AND EVIL.

GENESIS CHAPTER 2.

1: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2: And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3: And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4: These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6: But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8: And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9: And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10: And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11: The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12: And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13: And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14: And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15: And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16: And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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.
18: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19: And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20: And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22: And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25: And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

It is instructive to note in this passage that the Bible says the Tree of life was in the midst of the Garden. I want to look at it this way, were we to represent the garden of Eden by a house, the Tree of life would be in the Parlour, for that is where all, or everybody who comes to our house would be entertained, and which is "open to all." Though, I do not think the Bible also says here that the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil was also in the "midst" of the garden, being linked directly with the Tree of life in Genesis 2:9, it surely has something to do with the "midst" of the garden. The Tree of life and the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil are directly linked.

You can see that God said in Genesis 3; 22-23,

22: And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

So you can see having reached forth to the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it was easily very simple, if I can put it that way for Adam (the Bible did not say Eve), to have reached and taken from the Tree of life. However, so they would never do this in their sinful state, God had to drive them out of their "Eden."

Now what can we infer from the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil from these verses, or what is the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil? From these verses, it is that thing that makes us wise, is pleasant to the eyes, and much desirable for food. It is only wisdom that is in the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil that is not in included in the Tree of life. Wisdom, apart from God,our wisdom. I n the Book of I John, we see perhaps the same things again, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. So the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil could be summarized this way - Pride and Lust. Also, it is taken by departing from God and going our way, after listening to the serpent, here symbolic of the Devil and the Satan. So could we say the Tree of life and the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil are one and the same, only the Tree of life is that part in which we follow God, and the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil is that part of it where we follow Satan and our lusts and pride.

Let us look at it this way. Sex is good and God has ordained it for marriage, between two partners, male and Female, the marriage bed being undefiled. So we can term sex here "the Tree of life." I am not saying sex is the "Tree of life," I am just using it as an example here, but actually sex is a tree of life, because it gives birth to life. This same sex is evil outside the context of marriage and could (would) actually lead to one's death spiritually. The Bible says the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, not the Tree of the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. So, in this thing which we would think is good for us, it also contains much evil along with the good. For example God might say marry this girl, but someone would say, Oh, I prefer that finer girl. You think she is good, but after some time you would find she contains much evil ALSO.This is knowledge ! This is the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil.God created good and has allowed evil, he allowed evil or perhaps even created evil. So evil might be good also when we look at it from another perspective. But God does not want good ever to be mixed with evil. God created good and has allowed evil, he allowed evil or perhaps even created evil. So evil might be good also when we look at it from another perspective. But God does not want good ever to be mixed with evil or should I say he does not want us to have the knowledge of good mixed with evil at the same, that is good and evil mixed together in a "fruit.". They should be forever separate just as he separated light from darkness the first day, the very first action God did, we are told in Genesis, apart from Him speaking. The word of God separates good from evil. They should be forever separate just as he separated light from darkness the first day, the very first action God did, we are told in Genesis, apart from Him speaking.So though sex is good in itself, perhaps that girl you slept with is the one that has brought you into this problem, or perhaps the guy. You being good and the other being bad. You can see why God also destroyed the Earth in those days when the Sons of God went to the daughters of men in the days of Noah. Children of God with the children of the devil. The two can just not mix.

The word of God is the Tree of life. Jesus Christ, the WORD OF GOD, actually came in the flesh, so that we might have life and actually return to God and our Eden again.