Genesis 2:17 Says: " 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." Some Christians believe this to be literal, as they do most everything else in the Bible. . . others figurative, in a spiritual sort of way. So let's look at this from both angles!
If God meant for a perfect paradise with people and animals never dying, (we could presume for consistency that the death of plants would also go with that) and children already being born, apparently, we could also guess that the "curse" of "pain with childbirth" was not speaking of childbirth itself, . .that would mean that according to the Bible, "God's perfect design for this planet was everything reproducing, but not dying.
So, how long do you think it would have taken for the space and food on earth to have run out? People would be piled on eachother in a living Hell, with no food, and nothing decomposing. It's kind of a freaky thought actually! Death is an integral part of a plant's life cycle, and without it we could not have seeds, or dying plants fertilizing the next generation of plants. Dare I suggest that it would be just as bad if we didn't have the same cycle of life and death for animals and people?
So was "God" just making an idle threat of a life cycle, that he knew would happen anyhow, or did he even plan it, and thus put the tree in a tempting place as a test he knew they would fail? Because if not, what is your option? God then is either short sighted, or manipulative and lying to boot! (Because they did not die in the day that they ate of the fruit.) So if you ask me, it is quite illogical to take that verse literally. (Of course, the rest of Genesis is suppose to be literal though right. . .?)
So let's say that the verse meant that we would die spiritually. . .define "spiritual" for me then, because most of those who claim this spiritual life through a later saving belief and trust in Jesus are not what anyone else looking at them would call spiritual! Whereas others who call themselves "spiritual" (dare I say even myself or hubby) live to the best of their ability to be in harmony with nature and the spirit of it. . .while denying any worship of God, in the commonly understood definition of him anyhow.
I'll tell you what I think that verse really means though: The Snake gives us a clue. In Genesis 3:4 it says: "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 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."
(Notice the part "ye shall be as gods", is not singular, similar to God's own words in the 10 commandments: "Though shalt have no other gods before you." Very different from there are no other gods. This is something I discussed in more detail in my posts of the past on "God's names and what they mean". Read up on the Hebrews pantheon of gods elsewhere too, they closely resemble the ones of the other nations around them and before them.)
According to this Serpent then (which has absolutely no connection with the mythical and invented Satan BTW, which I also discuss in my past post "Are god and Satan one and the same?") this passage is to be spiritually understood. So the tree is knowledge! And when you understand knowledge, you see that you are like gods. And alone can know good from bad without any teacher/pastor. (Which interestingly John also taught in 1 John 2:27.)
That you can be like the gods is no heretical statement though, as Jesus himself said it! "Jesus replied, "It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, 'I say, you are gods!' (In John 10:34.) These people he spoke to would have been past the Egyptian "time of the gods", but related to the pharaohs, as I have discussed in my series on the RH- blooded kings of the past and now.
While it's kind of an envied position and special to be as gods, it also brings jealousy, and a "curse" on those with less power but gods nonetheless. You see, the gods have always sought secrecy, and to keep their wisdom and knowledge to themselves. . .which is why the secret (family) societies have always been the ones controlling the world through politics. . .just like today. (The scull and bones society also known as the Illuminati, trains all the powerful leaders of the world, and they not only can be traced back to a few recent families, but through their RH- blood we can see that they go back to one family stemming from the Neanderthals!).
So, back to the idle (?) threat from the top god in Genesis 2:17. . .
Does knowledge make us die? Not the last time I checked. Will it make us like the gods? In a sense, yes. Will it nonetheless make us live with threats of death and socially suffer "death" because of others. . .those without the knowledge that they are just as much a god as the one they worship?
Yes.
So in that sense, God was right; in the literal day that I "ate" of the knowledge, and spoke of it to my friends or family, unlike Adam didn't leave Eve, I was rejected, and "died" to whom I had been to them.
Sadly, to confirm this, Atheists are the most distrusted minority. So you have the choice to either live in denial of your knowledge and have friends, or "come out of the closet" and lose everything you count dear. . .in essence, dying to who you are.
I am a person of conviction, principle, and a big mouth:) So, I unfortunately couldn't hold it in for long, but I know of those who have to live a lie in order to keep a job, or good standing with important or influential people. Choosing that life, they hide who they really are. . .so sad! Someday, maybe true enlightenment and understanding can come, and with that, knowledge and acceptance that what Jesus said to the leaders then was and is still true today. . .we/they are gods! (Don't feel too special though, and like this is necessarily speaking to you. . . quoting one of my favorite movies- the princess Bride- "I do not think that word [God] means what you think it means.")
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