To understand these spiritual principles, you need to go back to the beginning. God is a spirit and his first creation was began with spiritual beings or ministering spirits known to us as angels. This creation was done by the movement of his Holy spirit or by his right hand, which over time came to be known as his word or his son. Gods spirit then created or spoke into being, a natural realm in the form of the universe and in turn the planet earth. In the first days or Hebrew yoms (meaning indeterminate periods of time) in earths history. The ground work for our existence was established, the sun to light the day and the moon to light the night, also to separate, periods of time and seasons, the water cycles and the atmosphere also to heat the planet.
Then God began to populate every land mass on the earth with an ecosystem of incredibly diverse creatures and vegetation. He then said let us make man in our image (potential image) so he then created man ( the Hebrew word Baw - Raw, or made from nothing) in all mankind's diversity of race, colour and language and furnished the whole planet with them.
These people were, and still are hunters and gatherers, farmers and keepers of animals. Some live in caves (but are not cavemen) some build amazing cities, not one of them are primitive or back ward, everyone has the potential to be in Gods image. This creation has access to every tree for food.
Then the story changes, Gods name becomes the Lord God, He then forms a man from the dust (Hebrew word is Yaw - Tsar as a potter forms clay) he places him in a special, unique separate environment, the garden of Eden. He breathes the breath of life into him to become a living soul. The animals, unlike those outside the garden (which came first, before man's creation), are given to Adam after his formation as companions, to be named by him. Eve is taken from Adam also as a companion, together they become mankind's representatives in this scenario.
Adam, is given a task to perform, to tend and care for the Garden. He is also, as is Eve, presented with a choice, the two trees. One by which they both have access to and can live forever. The other if they eat the fruit of it, they will begin to die. People may speculate about what the garden of Eden was, is it an experiment, a simulation, a hologram, my understanding is that it is just full of spiritual truths.
We have no way of determining how long Adam and Eve were there, or for that matter how long those outside of the garden have been there either. The clock started ticking from the time Adam and Eve were deceived. Not only for them, but all mankind by the way, from that moment.
The deception began when one of the Spiritual beings from the beginning, took the form of a serpent and presented an alternative narrative to the one given by God to Adam. Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of 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, lest ye die (her extra version about touch added to Gods command). Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (this was a lie, as from that day the death process began)
Gen 3:5 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. (from that day on, all of mankind had to chose, either believe God or the Devil)
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (this tree is a perfect description of the internet, which contains good and evil, and also, so called wisdom.) Sometimes it's fruit is deadly.
Gen 3:7 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 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God (the son of God) walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. ( The open relationship they enjoyed with the creator, was replaced with shame and guilt).
As the descendants of Adam and Eve are cast out of the garden they encounter the people outside, those people are without shame and are sometimes naked, they became quickly corrupted by Adams offspring. Which by the way are a mixed bag, containing the knowledge of Gods plan but also a mixture of the knowledge of good and evil (which is today's religion). Does this mean the experiment was a failure? The answer is no, but it required a direct intervention, by Jesus the son of God to get back on track. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (still doesn't)
Joh 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (the potential image of God).
Mortal in Greek means the dying man . This is the result of Adam and our own first birth being natural. Jesus said we need to be born again or born spiritually to access the kingdom of God. Which means mortal becomes immortal, allowing access to the tree of life, once again. Then if we make the right choice we have access to God by the spirit and whatever comes next.
Before the barrage of the history of religion begins. I have posted this as an alternative overview of the meaning of our existence. It's still everyone's choice what they chose to eat the fruit of in the end.
Then God began to populate every land mass on the earth with an ecosystem of incredibly diverse creatures and vegetation. He then said let us make man in our image (potential image) so he then created man ( the Hebrew word Baw - Raw, or made from nothing) in all mankind's diversity of race, colour and language and furnished the whole planet with them.
These people were, and still are hunters and gatherers, farmers and keepers of animals. Some live in caves (but are not cavemen) some build amazing cities, not one of them are primitive or back ward, everyone has the potential to be in Gods image. This creation has access to every tree for food.
Then the story changes, Gods name becomes the Lord God, He then forms a man from the dust (Hebrew word is Yaw - Tsar as a potter forms clay) he places him in a special, unique separate environment, the garden of Eden. He breathes the breath of life into him to become a living soul. The animals, unlike those outside the garden (which came first, before man's creation), are given to Adam after his formation as companions, to be named by him. Eve is taken from Adam also as a companion, together they become mankind's representatives in this scenario.
Adam, is given a task to perform, to tend and care for the Garden. He is also, as is Eve, presented with a choice, the two trees. One by which they both have access to and can live forever. The other if they eat the fruit of it, they will begin to die. People may speculate about what the garden of Eden was, is it an experiment, a simulation, a hologram, my understanding is that it is just full of spiritual truths.
We have no way of determining how long Adam and Eve were there, or for that matter how long those outside of the garden have been there either. The clock started ticking from the time Adam and Eve were deceived. Not only for them, but all mankind by the way, from that moment.
The deception began when one of the Spiritual beings from the beginning, took the form of a serpent and presented an alternative narrative to the one given by God to Adam. Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of 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, lest ye die (her extra version about touch added to Gods command). Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (this was a lie, as from that day the death process began)
Gen 3:5 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. (from that day on, all of mankind had to chose, either believe God or the Devil)
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (this tree is a perfect description of the internet, which contains good and evil, and also, so called wisdom.) Sometimes it's fruit is deadly.
Gen 3:7 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 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God (the son of God) walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. ( The open relationship they enjoyed with the creator, was replaced with shame and guilt).
As the descendants of Adam and Eve are cast out of the garden they encounter the people outside, those people are without shame and are sometimes naked, they became quickly corrupted by Adams offspring. Which by the way are a mixed bag, containing the knowledge of Gods plan but also a mixture of the knowledge of good and evil (which is today's religion). Does this mean the experiment was a failure? The answer is no, but it required a direct intervention, by Jesus the son of God to get back on track. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (still doesn't)
Joh 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (the potential image of God).
Mortal in Greek means the dying man . This is the result of Adam and our own first birth being natural. Jesus said we need to be born again or born spiritually to access the kingdom of God. Which means mortal becomes immortal, allowing access to the tree of life, once again. Then if we make the right choice we have access to God by the spirit and whatever comes next.
Before the barrage of the history of religion begins. I have posted this as an alternative overview of the meaning of our existence. It's still everyone's choice what they chose to eat the fruit of in the end.