Stories of the Bible, Podcast 12, “The Fall Pt 11.”

Stories of the Bible, Podcast 12, “The Fall Pt 11.”

As we learned from the last podcast, we are deciding now which resurrection we want by the laws we live. If we live a celestial law, we shall inherit the celestial kingdom which is compared to the light of the sun. If we live a Terrestrial law we shall inherit the Terrestrial Kingdom which is compared to the light of the moon. If we live laws less that the above, then we shall inherit a kingdom that shines like the stars. If we live totally outside of the conditions of the law of mercy, then we will not inherit any of those kingdoms of glory. It is our choice.

Lucifer knows that. That is what he meant when he said, “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.” He also knows that Eve understands that principle. She wants to become “as the gods.” Suddenly she looks at the forbidden fruit from another perspective. Before Lucifer, the fruit held no attraction. Now it does.

Perhaps there are spirits in heaven who decided not to come to earth and get a body. I don’t know of any Biblical scripture that addresses that issue. But for those who live on earth, it is a one way street. There is no turning back. Things will never be like they were before. We shall either return to live with God forever, or we shall chose another way. Christ is the savior and redeemer of the whole world. There is no savior besides him. Eventually every child of God will have to acknowledge Christ. And confess that he is just.

Genesis 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,

This reminds one of Isaiah’s warnings.

Isaiah 5:20 

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”

Notice how subtle Satan is: Eve suddenly saw that the tree was good for food, a thing she had not noticed before. She saw that it was pleasing in appearance. She became aware that it could fulfil her desire for wisdom. More importantly she saw that partaking of the fruit was the only way she could become like the gods.  That implied that Adam and Eve, though innocent, were not unintelligent. They had the powers of reasoning. They wanted more knowledge. Eve followed Lucifer’s reasoning. Also keep in mind that Eve knew of the commandment to multiply and replenish the earth. She wanted children and she knew that partaking of the forbidden fruit was the way to get them. That well could have been Eve’s primary motive. 

Eve has a body of flesh and bones. Lucifer doesn’t. Lucifer is probably jealous of Eve. In his cunning, he instinctively knows how to use her body to his advantage. After the fall one of Satan’s primary tools is to persuade Adam and Eve’s posterity to give in to the natural man, thus ignoring the spiritual. Satan promotes the concept, ‘Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.’ I remember an old beer commercial, “You only go around once. Do it with gusto.” Following the natural man has led many to self-destruction. Satan is using the natural man in waging chemical warfare against our youth with a lot of help from drug profiteers who will do anything for money, even mass murder

Eve eats the fruit. We must assume that it is Eve, not Lucifer, who persuades Adam to eat the fruit. What argument would she use. Logically, she would use the same argument that persuaded her to eat the fruit.

Genesis 3:6 cont.

“She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

On the one hand, neither Adam nor Eve could have fully understood what it would be like to live in a fallen world. Experience is required for that. The knowledge of good and evil did not lie in the fruit itself.