The Forbidden Fruit

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.
Gen 3:4	And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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.

Wow. Look no further for the reason why we are the
way we are. Mankind, the family of Adam and Eve,
began with a FALL.

How great was that fall? The world around us still testifies
to the nature of Cain and Abel. Nothing has advanced.
In fact, we've de-evolved as a species.

In Genesis, the original Adamic race lives for up to
1000 years. This was the original design. Even
that was pale from the glory to come, which
is Christ.

When John sees him, in the Book of Revelations, he
is literally resplendent, in brass colors, gleaming.
He is the literal brass serpent, in prophecy.
He possesses the healing, because, he is LIFE
conquered and victorious over DEATH!

The Apocolypse is not the end. It's the
beginning, just like in Genesis. It's
a glorious circle of grace, which is
like infinity. The constant reconstitution
of life is the nature of the One who possesses
life, to begin with. God is the First, and the Last.
Without him, there is NOTHING!

Yet, knowing this was not good enough for
the original parents of the human race.
These two resemble all of us, tempted,
tempted, tempted, to see, to taste,
to become more grand in ourselves,
until we trivialize God, the Creator,
who is denigrated to a servant, to
serve our capricious desires.

From the beginning, the flesh was
powerful, and the carnal knowledge
of all things, had a delicious appeal
to our ancestors, as it remains today.

Only Christ changed this paradigm,
but, ironically, he was then transformed
into the same vain flunkie. Our own needs
became too intense. We have a need to
know good and evil. It's too tempting.