Two Trees
I have heard it said from very very promient people, whom I love in Christ and whom have walked all their lives with God, that in the Garden, at the fall, the serpent appealed to Eve using the 3 temptations, which are the same temptations he used for Jesus in the wilderness and the same temptations we all come across. They say every temptation is one of these: 1. Lust of the Eyes 2. Lust of the flesh 3. pride of life. And they say that is because in the garden, Eve saw that the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil was: 1. Pleasant to the eye 2. Good for food 3. desirable for gaining wisdom But in my studies, i found more expansion on this and the holy spirit enlightened me even more. All of the trees in the garden were the first two... pleasant to the eye and good for food. But only the tree of knowledge of good and evil was also "desirable for gaining wisdom". Of our triparteid nature, All of the trees of the garden appealed to 1. spirit -...