Genesis 3: 6 Commentary
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Loading ...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.
43 Bible Commentaries on Genesis 3: 6
Charles: Well, that is good, your SENSES are “tingling”…there is in you that sense, that hunger for THE TRUTH! There is in you that longing for something more sensible than all the senselessness of life now…there is in you that something that is reaching out for eternity- you wants to be ETERNAL…for deep in you you cannot believe that one such as you which think, laughs, cry and experience all of these will end up to nothing. CONGRATULATION you are seeking for the TRUTH!
“Seek ye first the kingdom…seek and ye shall find…knock and it shall be opened ..”these are all promises in the Word of God which you should claim as your own treasured Words to lead you to the Truth. Jesus promised:
‘If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free! John 8:31.
In each of our heart is the longing for that which is eternal, God put it in there so we might seek HIM THE ETERNAL:
Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;.
Let me share a song of Bob Dylan about the matter, this is his journey, and can learn from it , he sang:
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ek1ed7×3A&feature=related
In the time of my confession,
in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet
flooded every newborn seed
There’s a dyin’ voice within me
reaching out somewhere,
Toiling in the danger and in
the morals of despair.
Don’t have the inclination to
look back on any mistake,
Like Cain,
I now behold this chain of events
that I must break.
In the fury of the moment
I can see the Master’s hand
In every leaf that trembles,
in every grain of sand.
Oh, the flowers of indulgence
and the weeds of yesteryear,
Like criminals,
they have choked the breath
of conscience and good cheer.
The sun beat down upon the steps
of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness
and the memory of decay.
I gaze into the doorway of
temptation’s angry flame
And every time I pass that way
I always hear my name.
Then onward in my journey
I come to understand
That every hair is numbered
like every grain of sand.
I have gone from rags to riches
in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer’s dream,
in the chill of a wintry light,
In the bitter dance of loneliness
fading into space,
In the broken mirror of innocence
on each forgotten face.
I hear the ancient footsteps like
the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there’s someone there,
other times it’s only me.
I am hanging in the balance
of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling,
like every grain of sand.
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TIUCHE
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9/17/2011 13:32 pm 
TIUCHE, the Bible is a set of books. Some are sharp. Some are beautiful. Some seem to be factual. And some seem to be nonsense. I am capable of treating each book, each chapter, each verse with an open mind. As a self-proclaimed apologist, you cannot do that.
Still, I applaud you for being here… as long as you can accept - no, I know you won’t accept, but, at least, TOLERATE - different opinions. Defend the Bible as fervently as you want, but respect the opinions of others. If I ever fail to respect your or anybody else’s opinions, I sincerely apologize.
I came here in an attempt to save my faith. I wanted people to tell me that I was wrong, and why I was wrong. I had this sincere need of being convinced that God is really good, that heaven does exist, and so on and so forth. I certainly found many people telling me I was wrong, but nobody could tell me WHY.
So, rather than saving my faith, my participation here may further imperil it. But that is not necessarily a bad thing. The truth is not always what we want it to be and I’d much rather face an inconvenient truth than live a warm, fuzzy and delusive existence. This is a learning experience, which is a good thing, and I intend to stay here. The ability to reason things out openly is liberating. Besidesw I recognize that, despite all its flaws, a disporportionate number of people in this country swear by the Bible and that in itself makes it an important piece of our library that I cannot ignore.
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Charles
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9/17/2011 12:30 pm 
Charles: Yeah I am not ashamed of God Word, I am here for God, I rely on His Sure Words!
Mark 8:38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory.
Why waste your time debating on THE WORD when you can spend your time in pursuit of pleasures…you got but a short time (36,500 days less your age right now)…there is not even a thousand who liked this site; so why waste your precious time?
But if you are here for the truth, go on debate…someday the SHARPNESS OF GOD’S WORD would convince you that indeed the Bible is SHARP…sharper than your mind!
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TIUCHE
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9/17/2011 09:47 am
Re Post 25. TIUCHE wrote “You are the one who is unreasonable.I am here for God while you are here for yourself..” I know what that means, TIUCHE. That means that even when you know you’re wrong you’re not going to admit it. I ahve no chance keeping YOU honest.
And, TIUCHE, you are ignorant of the meaning of the word ignorant. It means “lacking knowledge, uninformed, unaware.” It has nothing to do with ignore. You should look things up before you write them down. But, again, you’re not here for what’s right. You are here for God!!
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Charles
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9/17/2011 03:30 am
Charles:LOL!You posted:TIUCHE, TIUCHE!!! Your two answers didn’t really answer anything! My first point had been that God’s command to Adam was unreasonable. God was trying to teach him about good and evil by denying him access to good and evil! Now, what sense does that make?
My answer: You are the one who is unreasonable.I am here for God while you are here for yourself..who between us is unreasonable is plain to see. iMAGINE A MERE MAN trying to tell everyone that God’s command to Adam was unreasonable and at the same time you agreed that God Standard ought to be followed…you own thoughts contradict.
Again you said: My second point was that, contrary to what you tried to imply, Jesus never talked about the original sin. All you said about this was that Adam and Eve were ignorant. Just FYI there isn’t that much difference between ignorant and innocent. Being innocent means being ignorant through no fault of your own.
My Answer: We have talk about original sin in Genesis and you forgot my stand… Being ignorant is different from being innocent…don’t you see the words IGNORE in it? Like what you are doing right now IGNORING WORDS because you think they are unimportant. It is up to you, hear the Word of the Lord:
Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Matthew 12:36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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TIUCHE
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9/17/2011 02:27 am
TIUCHE, TIUCHE!!! Your two answers didn’t really answer anything! My first point had been that God’s command to Adam was unreasonable. God was trying to teach him about good and evil by denying him access to good and evil! Now, what sense does that make? All you did in your psuedo response was lecture me about righteousness and foolishness and whatever. I will let you wallow in your self-aggrandizement. You obviously think you are “with the Spirit”. I guess God has a special place for you at his other right hand or something.
My second point was that, contrary to what you tried to imply, Jesus never talked about the original sin. All you said about this was that Adam and Eve were ignorant. Just FYI there isn’t that much difference between ignorant and innocent. Being innocent means being ignorant through no fault of your own.
How about that for a tango?
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Charles
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9/16/2011 19:30 pm
CARLOS errr charles yeah you and rolando should dance the Tango…with the tune of LAMBADA! An unbeliever and a babe…strange semblance…have some character in common!
You said:I need to keep you honest with yourself here because this is NOT AT ALL simple to understand! If God told Adam and Eve not to fight or not to kill or not to do anything that a human mind might understand is bad, then, yes, it would have been simple to understand. But telling them not to eat fruit or not to eat knowledge (sic) or whichever way you want to phrase it is truly, TRULY absurd.
My answer: I Corinthians 2:14, NIV. “The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.”You call God a God but you donot at all treat Him as a God, you want to judge Him! You are better than God? More righteous? What pride you have. You don’t believe in God…but you pretend to believe in Him…
And regarding my post that“Jesus came to bring us back into God’s Kingdom & its blessings; He came to write and put in our hearts God’s Standard on what is good and evil…telling us to repent of the rebellion against God’s Government.” You went against it by saying: This is all true but you are trying to mislead us, because Jesus was NOT talking about Adam and Eve’s sin or “rebellion”. Jesus was talking about REAL sins. What Adam and Eve did was no sin and no rebellion. It was innocent, childlike curiosity.
My answer: Adam and Eve were not innocent but ignorant. They were told what to do and what not to do. By ignoring the instructions of God they became IGNORANT! IGNORANCE OF THE LAW EXCUSES NO ONE.
IGNORANCE IS NOT INNOCENCE BUT SIN.-Robert Browning.
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TIUCHE
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9/16/2011 17:38 pm
Re Posts 19 and 20. TIUCHE, you said “Our first parents were punished not for eating an apple but for eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. This is just simple to understand but man alienated from the Word of God invents all kinds of interpretation until they themselves think this TRUE story as absurd.”
I need to keep you honest with yourself here because this is NOT AT ALL simple to understand! If God told Adam and Eve not to fight or not to kill or not to do anything that a human mind might understand is bad, then, yes, it would have been simple to understand. But telling them not to eat fruit or not to eat knowledge (sic) or whichever way you want to phrase it is truly, TRULY absurd.
And then you said “Jesus came to bring us back into God’s Kingdom & its blessings; He came to write and put in our hearts God’s Standard on what is good and evil…telling us to repent of the rebellion against God’s Government.” This is all true but you are trying to mislead us, because Jesus was NOT talking about Adam and Eve’s sin or “rebellion”. Jesus was talking about REAL sins. What Adam and Eve did was no sin and no rebellion. It was innocent, childlike curiosity.
Which puts me in agreement with Roland G’s Post 20.
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Charles
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9/16/2011 14:17 pm
La Niño Roland G. There you go again with your lambada…never thinking before saying. Your just confuse and drunk…think deeper what i am saying. If you cannot get what i mean sorry…drink your milk…grow up!
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TIUCHE
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9/16/2011 13:32 pm
Senor Tiuche (Post #19): 2. THEY DECIDED FOR THEMSELVES WHAT IS GOOD AND EVIL..”
Adam and Eve did not have knowledge of good and evil. So, they cannot decide for themselves what is good and evil. Before the fall, neither Adam nor Eve knew that disobeying God’s command was evil.
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Roland G
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9/16/2011 13:20 pm 
ADAM & EVE WERE PUNISHED FOR DISOBEYING THE WORD OF GOD and deciding for themselves what is right and wrong…for there should only one who should say what is right and wrong-GOD not angels nor humans!
Our first parents were punished not for eating an apple but for eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. This is just simple to understand but man alienated from the Word of God invents all kinds of interpretation until they themselves think this TRUE story as absurd.
What is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…it is WHAT IT WAS CALLED- THE TREE OR THE BRANCH OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL or the hierarchical data structure of what is Good and Evil.
Our first parents Eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolized two acts of serious rebellion against their creator:
1. THEY DISOBEYED THE WORD OF GOD or GOD HIMSELF, and
2. THEY DECIDED FOR THEMSELVES WHAT IS GOOD AND EVIL..
With these acts they decided not anymore to listen & obey the Standard of God. They decided to think for themselves to form their own standard for what is right and wrong, for what is good and evil. They rejected the Government of God…therefore they were banished as rebels…they followed the beast of old-the serpent!
Jesus came to bring us back into God’s Kingdom & its blessings;He came to write and put in our hearts God’s Standard on what is good and evil…telling us to repent of the rebellion against God’s Government.
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TIUCHE
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9/16/2011 12:27 pm
When I was a little kid I always wondered what the real meaning of Adam and Eve’s sin was. Surely, I reasoned with my little mind, God would not punish Adam and Eve and all the people of the world for eating an apple! My mother was always after me to eat my apples. Apples are a wholesome thing to eat! I was sure I was receiving the children’s version of the story and that when I grew up I would find out that the real sin had something to do with things that only adults can talk about.
So then I started getting the explanation that it wasn’t an apple, but knowledge! God forbade Adam and Eve from eating out of the tree of knowledge. But wasn’t knowledge also good? Wasn’t that the reason why I was going to school - to gain knowledge? Why would God punish everybody simply because we wanted to know?
Now, in my old age, I hear all these juicy stories about Eve having sex with the devil or with an animal (finally, some adult talk!) and all the other crazy theories about Israelites being the descendants of Satan (was Jesus born from a line of devils?) and so on. I must admit this discussion has been entertaining. I am sorry I got into it so late.
But I have to say one thing. As crazy as all these theories are, they are not nearly as far-fetched as the original apple story. People punished for eating an apple! No, I could not believe that when I was six years old and I cannot for a moment believe it now.
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Charles
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9/16/2011 02:23 am
pleasant to the eyes the acts 9;9-judges 14;1-we are not in the fleshly eyes for the eyes of the lord in the heart
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-ovetdurano@yahoo.com
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7/25/2010 03:40 am 
Yes,Nana, you are right; for the next verse 7 states, “Then the eyes of BOTH OF THEM were opened, and they knew that they were naked.”
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Jayant Christian
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3/6/2010 08:23 am 
Can some one help to explain Genesis3:6 again? Check this…..and gave also unto her HUSBAND WITH HER; and he did eat.Was Adam standing by her when she was being tempted?
Yeah, my comments at#10 and 11 are to be taken together. The doctrine of satan’s seed gives way to all sorts of racial thinking, as some comments will show. What I have tried to show that there is no room for racial diferences in Jesus Christ and His gospel.
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Jayant Christian
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2/3/2010 08:22 am
oh, nm, just looked at the rest of the thread. my bad
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Jason W. Elder
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2/3/2010 02:25 am 
How does that relate to Gen 3:6?
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Jason W. Elder
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2/3/2010 02:24 am
Now there are no racial differncec in Jesus Christ.
We now know ALL men in Christ and not outwordly. They that are in Christ Jesus are New creation!
(References: Roman 3:23; 3:11-18; 1 Timothy 2:6; 1Cor 5:14-17;Gal. 3:28; Col. 3:10-11)
How can we now dare to deviate from that so glorious gospel!
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Jayant Christian
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2/1/2010 21:54 pm
Yeah, the word “touch” also means having sex. It is used accordingly in 1 Cor. 7: Even in my own languagae it carries the same connotation. But again, one has to see the clear context. “Who touched me,” was what Jesus asked, but there it is used in a literal sense. But when God gave the command to Adam, there was no reference to touching the fruit. Even the Satan did not tell that in initiating the conversation.
Well, I have read something about the stone of scone etc. But something else comes to my mind. It was in answer to a Macedonian call Paul got in vision that the Gospel entered in Europe. God had a plan. Britishers ruled the world. Although the British colonial administration had its poitical and economic interests. They did not always support the missionaries from Europe, but many missionaries like Adoniram Judson, William carrey, David Livingstone, Hudson etc were instrumental in taking gospel to different parts of the world. The British administration also did a lot in education and also teaching English. This one langauge did help in spreading the Gospel with translation in local langauge. So God did use the Eurpean missionaries to spread the Good news of Jesus Christ. The Gospel they took to the world says:
It is by the disobediance of one man that sin spread to ALL. ( )
ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Roman 3:23)
There is no righteous, not one, they have ALL gone astray, they are ALL filled with the venom of vipers ( )
ALL includes JEWS and non- JEWS!
But Jesus is the ransom or us ALL!
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Jayant Christian
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2/1/2010 21:42 pm
Jayant,check out Genesis 3:3 the word the word touch which adam and eve were instructed not to do. The word is nah-gah in the hebrew which means to lie with someone sexually. Sex has always produced so called fruit. Cain is the fruit of satan. do you think that true Israel is there today? No. the tribes are scatarred as God’s word has said. The kenites, or sons of Cain are the ones in Isreal today. Remember jacobs pillar from Genesis? Well today it is called the stone of scone and sits underneath the coranation chair in britain. In Isaiah, the tender twigs,or daughters of hezikiah brought it there. True isreal today is american, and britian. The house of David God said shall always have a light. Where is it? certainly not in Isreal. But it is in Great britain. Do a little history. This is fact.
The defination of sin in the Bible: “The trasgression of law is sin.” Adam and Eve had disobeyed the command of God. If it is only the sin of the blood (here perhaps you mean sin of sex)that is to be atoned for by blood, then there is no propitaition for sins that are not sins of blood.The fact is that a soul that sin will die. The propitiation of sins needs death and hence there is a need for sacrifice, that is death by shedding of blood, and not a natural death.
I am learning many things from this site and many good people like you. But I think I must give expression to what little I know. Perhaps the responses to what I write will make me wise.
Yes we can read many things from the text, but it should be in the given context. We can clearly know when a word is used figuratively or otherwise. For example, when Jesus said, “you will know them by thier fruit” we know that it is used figuratively. I don’t think the word fruit is used figuratively. Moreover, it is the friut that was in the midst of the garden. All the trees in the garden was the creative work of God, not of Satan. Satan was in the form of serpent, of animal world, not of trees.
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Jayant Christian
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1/31/2010 06:15 am
to jayant. Tree means many things in scripture. If this is a fruit tree as i believe you think it is, then why does the word mean firmness? Eve had sex with satan that is why her genitals are cursed! That is why the sacrifice must be blood, because the sin was of the blood. cain was the child of satan period! The true children of cain still to this day are in the holy land. The true israel is britian and the united states. Do a little research before opening your mouth. If fruit was the sin then fruit would be the sacrifice,not blood. It was a blood sin. Get it!
The tree giving knowledge of good and evil was already there in Eden and the Lord had forbidden to eat the fruit of it, even before the Satan went to tempt Adam and Eve. It has therefore nothing to do with the Satan genitalia of sorts and therefore it does not indicate Eve having sex with Satan.
Genesis 4:1 says that Eve concieved by Adam and gave birth to Cain How can then Cain thus not born of Satan and Abel was good.
The observation that Eve is stated to have concieved once and therfore Cain and Abel were twins has no ground either. Eve is stated to have given birth to Cain and Abel separately. It is not necessary to say every time that Eve concieved and gave birth. In fact, Adam had other sons and daughters too, and every time we don’t find the same phrase repeated. Such repetition is absurd and uncalled for. Why to interpret out of silence?
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Jayant Christian
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1/29/2010 10:45 am
Eating a mere apple brought the curse of death upon ALL. Eve did have sex with satan. The reson this was so bad was because satan was trying to pollute the bloodline in which Christ was to come through. Look at hte meaning of the words and it is clear in hebrew we are not talking about an apple. for instance the word plesant means, a longing. People don’t have a longing for fruit. a tree to be desired. The word desire in the hebrew means, delight in. we don’t delight in fruit. the word desire can also mean lust. It is clear for those who have eyes to see
Thanks Bear. the way murray’s teachings catch on, kind of reminds me of Peter Ruckman, another man who mixes a lot of truth with a little bit of error. People say we should “Eat the meat and spit out the bones.” but a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. And we all should be reminded that even rat poison is 99% good food.
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Jason W. Elder
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1/5/2010 02:20 am
Hi, I was studying the Bible with a friend of mine that had many of Murray’s tapes and we ran across this same thing that you mentioned about Cain and Abel being twins. It is possible but the scripture does not tell us for sure. Mr. Murray calls people STUPID on his tapes and I never liked that, but my friend continued on with the doctrine. Watch out for this man! Alot of what he says makes sense and alot does not make sense. I did learn under this man about the Bible. Do your background on him because he is NOT who he says he is. He is really good at mixing false doctrine with true doctrine. I am not here to defend any one. I do not think this man is a college graduate, but this should not matter if God has called him. My Bible does NOT say that Eve had sex with the devil. Thats HIS interpretation! I had to quit studying with my friend and she had spent alot of money getting his tapes. Test the waters! Bear
DID EVE HAVE SEX WITH SATAN?
In Genesis 3:6 as I understand it Arnold Murray (TV preacher) teaches that the fruit which Eve ate of did not come from a tree but in reality, it was the product of satanic genitalia of sorts. In other words, Eve had sex with the serpent .I don’t know for sure that this is what Murray teaches – but I do know that some people believe along those lines.
I have heard that prostitution is the oldest profession on earth but if this doctrine is correct, prostitution takes a backseat (no pun intended) to homosexuality. I say that because whatever this fruit was, the Bible says Eve “…gave also unto her husband with her; and HE DID EAT.” (Gen 3:6)
That doesn’t sit too well with me. I know there have been homosexuals down through the ages but I find it hard to believe that Adam was the first fag and that Eve engaged in bestiality (Satan appeared as a serpent in the Garden of Eden).
As the “story” goes, after having sex with her husband and Satan, Eve conceived and bore twins whom she named Cain and Abel. That’s neither here nor there. They could have been twins because the Bible mentions Eve bearing twice but it only mentions her conceiving once. So it is “possible” but the Bible does not even hint at Cain and Abel being twins.
But this cult goes further and says that Cain was Eve’s child by Satan and Abel was hers by Adam.
…Christ wants us to understand there are plantings of God and plantings of the devil. The plantings of that wicked one began in the garden of Eden with the conception of Cain and follow down through his progeny, the Kenites. (Newsletter #195, Jan 1995. See also, #202, August 1995).
If this were true it (and it’s not) would make the possibility of them being twins even more unlikely. Not only would it violate the laws of nature, I’m fairly certain it’s a statistical/genetic improbability.
Furthermore, Eve named her firstborn son “Cain” which means “Gotten.” For she said, “I have gotten a man from the Lord.” (Gen 4:1) Now, why would Eve name him “Cain” knowing that the little bastard was the offspring of Satan? I know Eve gets picked on a lot, but do you really think she would’ve said that? I don’t think so.
Genesis 4:3 “And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.”
Now, let’s use the same logic Murray uses in previous chapter and apply it to this verse. In so doing, we have no choice but to believe that Cain brought some kind of demonic genitalia as an offering unto the Lord. (Well, no wonder God rejected his offering! I say that with a smirk on my face.)
I mean I’ve always taught and believed that if something makes literal sense not to seek any other sense. After all there’s plenty in the Bible we don’t understand. Why complicate the simple things?
But I suppose in the sex crazed culture we live in it shouldn’t surprise us that a “minister” somewhere had his mind in the gutter when he read Genesis. 2Peter 2:14 talks about these ministers “Having eyes full of adultery…” (they see sex in everything) and since we’re talking about preachers is it any wonder that the same person accuses them of “…beguiling unstable souls?”
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Jason W. Elder
(wrote 314 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)Posted on:
7/28/2009 12:14 pm
Just Say No:
Some scholars provide three basic categories for temptation. The categories help to understand not only the temptation of Eve, but that of Jesus. (And we can read how He resisted by relying on Scripture.) The three categories are lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. These might correspond to the three evils of the flesh, the world, and the devil, and also to the trinity of man which are body, soul, and spirit. The lust of flesh was evidenced when Eve “saw that the tree was good for food”. It looked like something that would fill her belly. The lust of eyes was when Eve saw “it was pleasant to the eyes”. What is the difference between seeing fruit as good for food versus seeing it as pleasant? This particular temptation seems to relate to anticipation. It seems it will meet a need that is currently not being met. Or, it seems life will not be good until this thing is obtained. (“After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.” Spock, Star Trek - Amok Time.) The pride of life was when Eve believed the tree was “desired to make one wise”. She wanted to be like God. Wanting to be like God is not bad itself; humans just go about it the wrong way. As with the tower at Babel, we try to lift ourselves up and make a name for ourselves. But what did God do? He came down – He humbled Himself.
Then the focus shifts to Adam. Where was he while Eve was at the tree? Did she take the fruit to him? Was he at the tree beside her the whole time? Did he know it was forbidden fruit? No clues are provided — I believe he was not at the tree, but then went through the same temptation once the fruit was presented (we just don’t have the details). (It is tradition that the fruit looked like an apple; no physical description is provided.)
One final note: Paul used this episode in his writing (1 Timothy, chapter 2). So he believed this to be an actual historical account and not myth. I think it would be foolish to support an argument with a known mythical story. That would be like me trying to argue that robots should deserve respect because Luke Skywalker was kind to C-3PO and Captain Picard gave command responsibility to Data.
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Terik Q
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3/6/2009 14:51 pm 
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to charles: i’m not going to tell u that u r wrong but instead show u ” y ” as u so desire the truth of GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD. see we seek the truth’s cause it’s already in us if u r TRULY BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT… but here is the problem we r flesh and like always… as proven throughout the bible we are a perverse creature born from iniquity and will deny GOD’S TRUTH and lower GOD to our means and understandings so that we may feel JUSTIFIED… REMEMBER THE TRUTH IS A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD THAT CUTS RIGHT TO THE HEART, MIND AND SOUL… for u see the bible is a REVELATION… revealed through the HOLY SPIRIT… this is stated throughout old n new testament… especially by apostle paul… also of JESUS HIMSELF… now here is the ” y ” u seek… we must first get ourselves COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY N LET THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECT N GUIDE US TO THE TRUTH… now here is the truth of all this…there r 3 classes of people in this world according to GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD…
( 1. ) bride/predestined/church with oil/elected/those truly born into the church of CHRIST which is a SPIRITUAL CHURCH/SUPERNATURAL CHURCH/royal seed/GOD’S SEED
( 2. ) church with no oil/organized doctrines/seeds with no HOLY SPIRIT
( 3. ) non-believers/pagans/satan’s seed
now u can’t argue with that because it is shown in the story of noah’s 3 sons… that is another story as well… now ask urself this… do u believe the bible is GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD that NEVER FAILS and is WOVEN TOGETHER LIKE A BLANKET… if yes here is the scripture to prove it… isaiah 28:10…u see GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD… now do u understand SCRIPTURE RUNNING/CONTEXTS… u know where one verse leads u to another for a further understanding and revelation of GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD… ok now on to genesis 3:1-24 and ( genesis 4:1-24 and genesis 5:1-32 )… now the serpent was never a snake or cold blooded creature/reptile… he was a mammal/like man on earth/beast of the field… mammal means a warm blooded/vertebrate/where the females create milk through mammary glands to nourish their young/four chambered heart n lungs which r separated by a diaphragm from the other organs within the body/etc… now in genesis 3 we find this out about the serpent… he was able to speak/understand/was very intelligent/was very attractive… and now u ready for this… serpent looked and acted like man but had no life in him for he was a warm blooded/vertebrate animal… and he deceived eve with his false teachings of GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD… did u notice the serpent knew GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD… now the apple WAS NOT the fall of EVERYTHING… SEX WAS… THIS IS THE FIRST N ORIGINAL SIN… how u ask… read 1 john 2:16 to understand genesis 3:6 lust of the eyes for the flesh of man/woman… now lets continue on to genesis 3:15 where GOD PUTS ENMITY BETWEEN THY SEED (SATAN/SERPENT’S SEEDS) N HER SEED (GOD’S SEED/JESUS) N HER SEED SHALL BRUISE THY HEAD (SATAN/SERPENT’S SEED) N THOU (SATAN/SERPENT’S SEED) SHALL BRUISE HIS HEEL (GOD’S SEED/JESUS)… u see satan entered into the serpent that looked like man and possessed him and spoke to eve ‘for no one else knew the WORD OF GOD at that time besides GOD/adam/eve… n satan… remember the great battle n fall from heaven… n y it happened… if u don’t believe this then explain these scriptures… isaiah 14:12-14… ezekiel 28:12-19… revelation 12:7-17… explain these scriptures to me then… especially ezekiel 28:12-19… how could tyre be in the garden of eden… it wasn’t tyre but satan… now back to genesis 3:15… to serpent’s seed… if you run the scriptures/contexts it leads u to john 8:44… also read 1 john 3:8-12… there u have serpent’s seed/satan’s seed ( children )… now her seed… GOD’S SEED ( CHILDREN )/JESUS… run the scriptures/contexts which leads u to isaiah 7:14… also read it fulfilled in matthew 1:23… u see this is GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD WHICH NEVER FAILS… isn’t it said in the bible that EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD SHALL PASS N BE DESTROYED EXCEPT FOR GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD WHICH LIVES FOR ALL ETERNITY… now back to genesis 3:15… about the bruising… once again run the scriptures/contexts which leads u to romans 16:20… U SEE THE WORD OF GOD NEVER FAILS… so cain is serpents seed/ satan’s children and abel is GOD’S CHILDREN… that is y genesis 4 is cain’s seed… which is satan’s/serpent’s seed… n genesis 5 is GOD’S CHILDREN… GOD is showing us a division between the two separate seeds… since the garden even until now… remember the three classes of people… GOD NEVER CHANGES… HE IS ALWAYS PERFECT…IN ALL THINGS… now u have ur ” Y ” n GOD’S HOLY LIVING WORD according to GOD AND NOT MAN… so now u have to decide as everyone else throughout time… to either accept GOD’S TRUTH or like everyone else… WHICH WOULD BE TO MISS THE VERY MESSAGE OF THIS HOUR… as shown throughout the bible… BECAUSE NOW U HAVE THE TRUTH N GOD WILL HOLD U TO THIS TRUTH FOR U CAN NOT DENY GOD’S WORD… N SAY U NEVER KNEW… for this moment will be placed before u again before GOD… GOD BLESS U ALL ALWAYS!!!