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Answer 1
Because the gods (plural) does not want men to be like them (to be gods).
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever
Answer 2 (Islamic Perspective)
It is God command, for a wisdom that only God know, to both Adam and Eve not to eat the forbidden fruit and God informed them that Satan is an enemy to them.
However, God know that Satan will persuade and cheat both Adam and Eve to eat the fruit and God knows, of course, that both Adam and Eve will eat the fruit. Accordingly, when this happened, both of them were blamed by God (and not only Eve), both of them got naked afterward, both of them began to sew together, and later God accepted the repentance (towbah) of both of them.
Quran says (English meaning translation):"O Adam! dwell you and your wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as you wish: but don't approach this tree, or you run into harm and transgression." Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, for not becoming angels or being alive for ever." And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser. So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy to you?" They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If you (Allah) don't forgive us and don't bestow upon us your Mercy, we shall certainly be lost." (Allah) said: "Get both down with enmity between yourselves (mankind). On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time." He said: "Therein shall you live, and therein shall you die; but from it shall you be taken out (at last)." [Quran, chapter7 (Surat Al-A'raf), verse 19 to 25]
Answer 3
Any number of approaches to Genesis exist as to whether the account is literal or allegorical... or a little of both... or even something else, entirely.
There is one consistency throughout The Bible, however, that God remains unchanging in His desire that His special creation, man, OBEY HIS VOICE.
"Keeping the Commandments" is consistent from Genesis to Revelation.
God's covenant with Abraham was: "...because that Abraham OBEYED MY VOICE, and kept My charge, My Commandments, My statutes and My laws." (Gen.26:5)
About four centuries later, God liberated Abraham's children and entered into a covenant relationship with them: "Now therefore, if ye will OBEY MY VOICE indeed, and keep My covenant..." (Ex.19:5). Three days later, God's voice spoke, aloud, the Ten Commandments to the Israelites. The same ones their father Abraham obeyed centuries before.
In this light, while God, forbidding Adam and Eve the "fruit," may have actually involved a fruit of some kind... the overview reveals that God was actually commanding the first parents to OBEY HIS VOICE. That is, He commanded them to "keep the same Ten Commandments that Abraham kept that caused God to make His promises to him." And the same Ten Commandments that Abraham's descendants failed to keep centuries later, that denied them from having those promises fulfilled in them.
Adam and Eve "sinned." And "...sin is the transgression of the law..." (I John 3:4). Adam and Eve DISOBEYED GOD'S VOICE.
They chose the god of this world over Him. They worshiped the "forbidden fruit" and lusted after it. They stole what was not theirs... and lied about it later, denying their responsibility in the matter.
The Bible speaks of "two Adams." "...The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit... the first man is of the earth, earthy: the second Man is the Lord from heaven..." (I Cor.15:45-47).
Like Adam, Abraham and the children of Israel... Jesus, too, was "tested" in this very same regard - to see if He would OBEY GOD'S VOICE.
Satan (the Serpent): "...saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP ME." (Matt.4:9)
And Jesus, the Son of God made flesh, with the blood of God coursing in His veins, succeeded where Adam failed. He quoted scripture at every turn, and OBEYED HIS FATHER'S VOICE. Sin and death entered the world with Adam's transgression... and salvation entered into the world through Christ's obedience.
"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." (I Cor.15:22)
God is testing man... and God is teaching man the evils of sin, so that in the Judgment he may have learned to reject evil... reject disobedience... and choose the good. Even Jesus had to learn it.
"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall He eat, that He may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good." (Isa.7:14-15) Answer D God didn't want Adam and Eve to eat the fruit because it was a command.
Simple answer: E:It was a test. God knew they would disobey him and bring the first sin into the world.
Answer 4
God created man to be in relationship with Him. God wanted them to love Him, but for love to be real it has to be voluntary. To truly be able to choose love, you have to be able to choose to hate.
God put the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the garden for one purpose... to give man a choice to obey him or choose not to. He didn't wanted to make them prisoners in the Garden, so the Tree was the "door" out of the Garden. If they didn't want to obey Him, that could be their choice... but it was not God's desire. He truly hoped they would choose to obey and love Him freely.
God did not know that Adam and Eve would sin, but he did take the risk that they or one of their eventual descendants would sin. Relationship is always risky, but potentially very rewarding too.
Answer 5
The Bible tells us that a third of the angels rebelled, but the amazing thing is that apparently 2/3 have never sinned and have remained faithful to God.
Adam and Eve were given that same choice and chose to rebel.
Answer 6
They were forbidden to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because by so doing they would "lose the innocence they were created with and learn of good and evil", one of the consequences of this was that they would eventually die.
They were not forbidden to eat the fruit of the tree of life, but for some reason they never did eat its fruit. However having eaten the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil god could not allow them to eat the fruit of the tree of life as it would have prevented them from dying, so they were expelled from the Garden.
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∙ 7y agoGod was testing them. One of our major reasons for having been created was in order to be tested.
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Who ate the apple from the forbidden tree - Adam or Eve?
Both ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: a serpent tempted Eve who ate it first and then offered the forbidden fruit to Adam. But the bible never identifies that fruit as being an apple...
What was the relationship between God and his People like after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit?
The relation between Adam and eve were broken after their disobedience in the garden of Eden.
What was the name of the forbidden fruit Adam and Eve ate?
The Bible only tells us she ate "The forbidden fruit" it doesnt describe the nature of the fruit. what we should focus on instead of what kind of fruit it was, is that she disobeyed God who warned her and Adam not to eat of the tree of life.
Who was the first woman thief in the Bible?
Eve, Adam's wife. Because God gave every fruit of every tree except the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil to Adam and Eve to eat, when Eve took of the forbidden fruit and ate she became the first woman thief.
What was the first sin?
The first sin was commited by Lucifer when he aspired to be greater than God. The first human sin was commited by Eve in the Garden of Eden, when she ate of the fruit that God had forbidden Adam or Eve to eat from.
How Eve tempted Adam to share the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge?
Eve after eating the forbidden fruit convinced Adam to eat it and they would be like god.
Who was present when the serpent tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit?
God, Adam Eve and satan
Why did Adam and Eve lose their paradise home?
i think it was because they had the forbidden fruit
Who ate the apple from the forbidden tree - Adam or Eve?
Both ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: a serpent tempted Eve who ate it first and then offered the forbidden fruit to Adam. But the bible never identifies that fruit as being an apple...
Which event from the story of Adam and Eve parallels an event from the story of Prometheus?
Eve eating the fruit from the forbidden tree.
What did Adam and Eve use to hide their nakedness after eating forbidden fruit?
" coats of skins "
What is the original nature of Adam?
The original nature of Adam was perfect and without sin. Adam and Eve sinned when they ate forbidden fruit.
Who ate the forbidden fruit in the garden of eden?
Adam (and Eve) died initially (Genesis 3:17-19)(Genesis 5:5)and all humanity by extension (Romans 5:12)
Did Adam eve disobey god on the same day Adam was created?
It is my personal belief that Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden a long time before they ate the forbidden fruit.
What versus does it talk about Adam and Eve not eating from the tree of knowledge?
It is true that Adam and Eve did eat the forbidden fruit, so sin and death came into the world.
What was the relationship between God and his People like after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit?
The relation between Adam and eve were broken after their disobedience in the garden of Eden.
Where does the snake come from in the bible?
I am guessing that you mean that when does it first appear, it is as a serpent. In the story of Adam and Eve, the serpent is the one that tries to deceive Adam and Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. He eventually convinces Eve to eat the fruit and Eve convinces Adam to eat the fruit as well. They then were made to leave the garden because of their disobedience to God.
