Adam is put in the garden for rest and safety. There is labor which is not a curse, but a blessing.
Work is a gift from God. Pagans are trying to not work, reduce work. The longer one is out of work, the more trouble one gets into. Labor restricts evil. Work gives us meaning.
The Catholic church separated sacred and secular which was wrong.
To understand all of good and evil, you must be deity that is why it is off-limits to finite human beings.
The tree is there because man has to have a probationary period: Man must decide. Will man choose life or power? That is the test. If you pass the test, you can have access to the tree of life.
Power then begins to say, I want life my way, I will use my power for coercion, i will use power to overcome disease, death, I will use power to crush people, to seek revenge. Power will corrupt us. Man wants to determine right and wrong and force it through power.
Human beings cannot handle power, they crush enemies, wipe out millions of people, oppress.
Power is a prerogative of God.
When you disobey, you will be separated from God. We are dying because of sin.
They are in the negative because you can only take away what man already has, inalienable right.
Do not steal, because private property is an inalienable right.
Adam and Eve will focus on the restriction, not on the abundance of what God gave them.
No, Satan you cannot be like me.
No, Adam and Eve, you cant possess that power
No Cain, you can't bring your own sacrifice
No, Abraham, Ishmael will not be the promised son
No, Moses, you will not get out of this, you are going to Pharaoh
No Moses, don't strike the rock
No Samson, you will not have Delilah
No David, you can't have Bathsheba
No, David, you will not build the temple
No Peter, you will not prevent me from going to the cross
No peter put down you sword
No Paul, no to Asia, you are going to Greece
No, Jesus, this cup will not pass from you.
Give up the one thing, and you will save the whole. Sacrifice your arm and save the body for heaven.
Give up your best, to save the whole. Understand that you may not understand the No, but God does understand the No.
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