The Garden was a test for Adam and Eve and what was not learned was that we must live responsibly before God(Bonhoeffer) ; human hubris and willful disobedience ,without responsibility, plagues us to this day!
The Garden was a test for Adam and Eve and what was not learned was that we must live responsibly before God(Bonhoeffer) ; human hubris and willful disobedience ,without responsibility, plagues us to this day!
Parenthetically, concerning the test aspect of The Garden: What do you suppose Satan appeared as when he tempted Eve? The angel of light must've been a pretty normal occurrence for her - didn't scare her or anything. What do you suppose he appears as today?
He appears in the guise of all those nefarious actors who want us to believe that they are working to save mankind from death and disease; in reality they see themselves as the "new gods" who will now rule the world and see humanity as expendable; hence , a major goal is to destroy all religions, personal identity and the very concept of sovereignty; they are pro-death and anti-life and anti-nature and are totally devoid of any respect for a Creator who has given us the gift of life; " Satanism is not a 'belief in Satan' but the false pursuit to self-deify oneself." (Taylor Marshall) " I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life." (Deuteronomy 30:19) So there you have free will or choice, but knowing the perversity of human nature in making bad choices, guidance is given in the exhortation: "CHOOSE LIFE!"
The Garden was a test for Adam and Eve and what was not learned was that we must live responsibly before God(Bonhoeffer) ; human hubris and willful disobedience ,without responsibility, plagues us to this day!
Parenthetically, concerning the test aspect of The Garden: What do you suppose Satan appeared as when he tempted Eve? The angel of light must've been a pretty normal occurrence for her - didn't scare her or anything. What do you suppose he appears as today?
He appears in the guise of all those nefarious actors who want us to believe that they are working to save mankind from death and disease; in reality they see themselves as the "new gods" who will now rule the world and see humanity as expendable; hence , a major goal is to destroy all religions, personal identity and the very concept of sovereignty; they are pro-death and anti-life and anti-nature and are totally devoid of any respect for a Creator who has given us the gift of life; " Satanism is not a 'belief in Satan' but the false pursuit to self-deify oneself." (Taylor Marshall) " I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life." (Deuteronomy 30:19) So there you have free will or choice, but knowing the perversity of human nature in making bad choices, guidance is given in the exhortation: "CHOOSE LIFE!"
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