Saturday, October 15, 2011

Old debate

red apple core


Stan the half truth teller and I had a big debate about whether Adam and Eve knew it was wrong to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil since they did not yet "know" good and evil.

Originally I claimed that they obviously did have some but not full "knowledge" before they ate of the tree or else God would not expect them to understand that it was wrong to disobey Him. They still didn't have full knowledge yet which they were protected from.

I heard a preacher ages ago suggest that to "know" in the Bible was to choose to have a relationship with someone. Then it hit me. The word "knew" used in the phrase in Genesis where Adam "knew" Eve is exactly the same Hebrew word as to "know" good and evil.

Genesis 4:1
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.”

Go figure, to "know" doesn't just mean to have knowledge it means to have a relationship with...

Revelation... ding ding

4 comments:

  1. I will give you my email but how do I do it privately?

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  2. ah, not sure. Here is one of mine, send it to me here - danieltatt@gmail.com

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  3. This is gozreht. My account will not let me procede for some reason. You should have gotten my email by now.

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