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Mystery of the Two Trees
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Have you ever considered Adam’s mental state at creation? We know he was created a mature man with a wonderfully designed, perfectly formed physical body. But his mind was completely devoid of knowledge, a blank slate. Doesn’t this make you wonder: What was the very first piece of knowledge God taught Adam?
Remember, God knows everything. Adam, on the other hand, knew nothing about God or the universe above him, or even the spectacular ecosystem he was created to be a part of. His mind was blank! So what subject did God believe superseded all other knowledge such that it had to be the first instruction put into the mind of Adam?
You can read the answer in Genesis 2:15-17: “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 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.”
The knowledge of the two trees was the very first teaching God gave to Adam!
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About The Author
Gerald Flurry
is the presenter of the Key of David television program and the editor in chief of the Philadelphia Trumpet newsmagazine. He is the founder and pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God, chancellor of Herbert W. Armstrong College and chairman of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation.
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