Tree of Knowledge
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
by Steve Marek on 01/24/14
The Forbidden Fruit
Genesis 2: 15 - 17
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree in the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die.
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Man did take of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and man became separate from God. There grew hate and war, and man did surely die.
Can you imagine human history without the acknowledgment (or to eat) of the tree of knowledge of good and evil? Good and evil is simply a factor of human judgement, therefore the commandment might have read, thou shall not judge in terms of Good and Evil? Good or evil is a human judgement, changing over time. Do good, go to heaven, do evil, and go to hell. If man did not partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; how could life had turned out?
Did God command us to worship Him? God in Genesis had only one commandment, do not partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Man and scripture required worship and sacrifice to gain good favor of God. Its all a manifest of man. Anything with good and evil attached is a branch of, the growing, ever entangling tree of knowledge of good and evil. Does Gods first commandment conflict with the additional commandments given to Moses? Or, was the Ten Commandments an amendment to mans failure to keep His First Commandment given in the garden of Eden?
Do Not Take from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil vs Thou shall not kill
How can we exist without taking of the tree of knowledge of good and evil? We are given natural defenses, like flight to avoid or escape danger, a fair chance for survival. We have come to understand this as the survival of the most fit? If a man is mad he will kill you, a natural event and not part of good or evil. If a mad man kills, expect others to kill him to stop the killing. The natural order of things and not an act of good or evil. only survival.
Living outside the tree of knowledge of good and evil, we do not punish killers as it is neither good or evil. A man who kills is in danger of being killed himself. Should we accept this change of thinking, will a rash of killing occur before it can subside in time? Will killer blood types be fewer and their offspring will be fewer? Will we become survivors of the fit, or non-killers?
We can live by this Commandment One only if we avoid thinking in terms of good and evil. A good people, or an Evil people is not a factor when we do not partake in the tree of knowledge of good and evil. If we can overcome the killing, then the rest can be possible.
Why we lie
We lie to protect ourselves from negative judgement or promote ourselves to positive judgement. We lie to modify judgement in our favor. If we do not partake in the tree of knowledge of good and evil, there is no judgement and no reason to lie.
So can the tree of knowledge of good and evil simply be condenses to make no judgement in terms of good and evil? Tree of knowledge of good and evil is specific and to the point. Redefining it is walking away from the primary objective.
Do not judge others or yourself in terms of good and evil. It is just the way things are. Judging the way things are as good or evil is Gods Commandment One, of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it.
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I ask you for help to understand how life could or would be if we practiced in whole this Commandment One. Although it appears almost impossible, recent history has shown how our thinking can change over the years. I only know it is of intense importance to understand and link with Gods knowledge as described in the Story of Freeway5. Can you help with a comment.
