It is bewildering, isn’t it, that more than two thousand years after the death of Jesus Christ, Christians continue to display dismal ignorance in respect of the conditions for man to have eternal life. It follows that Christians have not derived the necessary benefits from the Mission. The fact remains that it was the events that happened in the Garden of Eden that necessitated the Mission of Jesus Christ.

Life

Christians must take note of the fact that Satan had his purpose for tempting Adam. Of course, he did not just stop at that, and he took it upon himself to confuse the generality of the true understanding of the implications of the events. To hit the nail on the head, Christians vehemently believe that the forbidden fruit was nothing other than sexual relations. This is strange because the Bible is quite explicit on this.

The Bible tells us the purpose for which the LORD GOD created man. “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Genesis 1:26. It is noteworthy that following creating man, the Bible tells us in Genesis 1:28. “GOD blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.

It is obvious from this passage that the LORD GOD accords priority to man producing and filling up the earth over man fulfilling his purpose in creation. The only natural way for husband and wife to be fruitful, increase in number, and contribute to filling the world is through sexual relations without any hindrance to procreation. That rules out an abortion, family planning, sexual relations between a man and a man, a woman, and another woman, and between human beings and animals. The horrific sexual practice by people described as gay cannot be from GOD. Otherwise, He would not have destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with fire.

If these were from GOD, He would act against His interest. Namely, that man should be fruitful, increase in number, fill the earth, and subdue it. The LORD GOD is not equivocal in any way. In addition, there is no shred of evidence, however, that the LORD GOD imposed a moratorium or prohibited sexual activity between husband and wife at any point in time. On the contrary, the LORD GOD accorded priority to sexual activity above everything else. What, then, was the forbidden fruit? We shall get to that in its good time.

We have now come to the important task we set for ourselves: Establishing the conditions for Adam and Eve to live in the Garden of GOD in Paradise. From there, we shall go on to show that it is the same condition Jesus Christ says we have to fulfill before we can enter into the kingdom of GOD. It follows then that nothing has changed. The LORD GOD does not change. He says: “I, the LORD, do not change.” Malachi 3:6.

THE TREES

To start with, what we want to do is to establish the location of the Garden of Eden. The Bible says: “To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of GOD.” Revelation 2:7. Since the Garden of Eden is spiritual, Adam was, therefore, spirit. The first thing we want to know about respecting the trees is what life meant in the first tree and what death meant in that commandment to Adam concerning the second tree.

If Adam had eaten the fruit of the Tree of Life, He would not have died spiritually in the Garden of Eden. Rather, he would have lived forever. Something must be in that tree that would have given eternal life to Adam. Let us find it out. What do we know about eternal life? Jesus Christ says: “For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the SON to have life in Himself.” John 5:26. We know then that only the ALMIGHTY GOD is the source of eternal life. We can establish the following facts:

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