(thesuperjag)
Adam and Eve did indeed sin, but that isn't the "fruit" (like apple and oranges) They also ain't the first people that sinned.
(Tama)
Um, Who were the first people who sinned? Satan? He wasn't a person, he's an Angel. So, Adam and Eve are the first people to sin!Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Yes, Lucifer/Satan is the first person/angels that sinned. Angels are referred to men as well. The Devil sinned along before Adam was born in a flesh body. How else am I suppose to put this in context.John 8:44 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.Adam is the first man in a flesh body that sinned. This is and still in the second earth age. Because we are in a flesh body.--------------------------------------------------------------------------(Tama)
And another thing: What do you mean they didn't eat fruit. What else grows on trees? Bible clearly states that God told them not to eat a FRUIT !!!Genesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:Genesis 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
The serpent there is NOT referring to a literal snake...but Satan the Devil.Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Revelation - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,The "trees" are not exactly trees there. And the fruits are not exactly fruits.Let's start with the "fruit" Adam and Eve did not literally eat the fruit (apples and oranges, bananas etc), but they spiritually eat the fruit (The works of darkness, aka, Satan's/Lucy's work.)Now the "trees", are not exactly trees there. There are people actually.Genesis 2:9 - 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.Let us think shall we? We got the the "ordinary trees". We got the "tree of life" and the "tree of knowledge of good and evil".Let's start with what God says to Adam first.Genesis 2:16-17 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.That is the instruction of what God says.Now we go to the "tree of life" What is this "tree of life" I wonder? Let's look at the truth.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:Proverbs 3:18 - She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.She there is referring to wisdom.John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.Ah, makes sense that the tree of life is Our Lord Jesus Christ.And the tree of life is the power and wisdom of God in below scripture.I Corinthians 1:24 - But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.Christ is the ultimate soul winner in below scripture.Proverbs 11:30 - The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.--------------------------------------------------------------------------The "tree of good and evil" is another title for Satan/Lucy. Lucifer knows good because he once serve God...He knows evil, cause he rebell his own Father.Isaiah 14:12-14 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.Lucifer wants to be God, but won't be.Isaiah 14:15 - Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.To prove that Satan was at the gardenof Eden... is this...Ezekiel 28:12-13 - Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.Yet he is the only one that is eternally damned to Hell. It was not made for man...but since (if they choose to go against Him) they don't want Him, Man, too will go there.That is why Lucifer is the "tree of good and evil." Ever wonder why Cain was not in Adam's bloodline...because Cain is in the Devil's bloodline.Lovest thou in Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour.P.S. The "ordinary trees" are people. We are trees.