Gen 3;5: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Knowledge right from wrong, good from evil is the base of all religious maturity and perfection as per:
Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil,
1Kings 3:9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong.
and
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
No one has ever rationally explained to me how knowing the difference between good and evil is bad.
Gen 3;5: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
We are to become like Jesus and emulate the Christ to fulfill HIS plan for us as per:
Colossians 3:8-17, Ephesians 4:11-24: (Esp: 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.)
1 Peter 1:15-16, "But as he which hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, 'be ye holy; for I am holy'."
Romans 8: 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a] the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
1 John 3:2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
How does "ye shall be as gods" as a bad thing, reconcile with our becoming like Christ?
No one has ever rationally explained to me how becoming like GOD is bad.
Gen 3:5 [For] God 430 [doth] know 3045 [that in the] day 3117 ye eat 398 [thereof, then your] eyes 5869 [shall be] opened 6491 , [and ye shall be as] gods 430, knowing 3045 good 2896 and evil 7451.
Lets take out the words added to make the English flow...
Gen 3:5 God 430 knows 3045 day 3117 eat 398 eyes 5869 opened 6491, gods 430, knowing 3045 good 2896 evil 7451.
There certainly seems to be room here for an interpretation that does not contradict the verses previously mentioned...
Peace to all, Ted
Knowledge right from wrong, good from evil is the base of all religious maturity and perfection as per:
Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil,
1Kings 3:9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong.
and
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
No one has ever rationally explained to me how knowing the difference between good and evil is bad.
Gen 3;5: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
We are to become like Jesus and emulate the Christ to fulfill HIS plan for us as per:
Colossians 3:8-17, Ephesians 4:11-24: (Esp: 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.)
1 Peter 1:15-16, "But as he which hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, 'be ye holy; for I am holy'."
Romans 8: 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a] the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
1 John 3:2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
How does "ye shall be as gods" as a bad thing, reconcile with our becoming like Christ?
No one has ever rationally explained to me how becoming like GOD is bad.
Gen 3:5 [For] God 430 [doth] know 3045 [that in the] day 3117 ye eat 398 [thereof, then your] eyes 5869 [shall be] opened 6491 , [and ye shall be as] gods 430, knowing 3045 good 2896 and evil 7451.
Lets take out the words added to make the English flow...
Gen 3:5 God 430 knows 3045 day 3117 eat 398 eyes 5869 opened 6491, gods 430, knowing 3045 good 2896 evil 7451.
There certainly seems to be room here for an interpretation that does not contradict the verses previously mentioned...
Peace to all, Ted