why that particular fruit was forbidden, or why He put a tree of death in the garden with the tree of life?
Let us see what God the Father did before Adam & Eve ate the forbidden fruit.
In the Garden of Eden where Adam & Eve lived. God the Father planted 3 kinds of Trees.
Namely:
1. Tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.
2. Tree of Life
3. Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil.
GENESIS 2:7-9
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every
tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the
tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the
tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Then God the Father said to Adam; it is free to eat the fruits belongs to Trees #1 & #2 but not for Tree #3 plus what will happen when they eat the fruit in Tree #3.
GENESIS 2:16-17
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of
every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Let us analyze the 3 Trees according to God the Father description (we'll continue in the next post).