LovesTruth, You are spot on!LoveIsTruth wrote:Modified the following section in the OP:
So Lucifer's statement, "There is no other way," was the big lie. (No surprise there, coming from "the father of all lies,"—a lie for which many still fall, especially in the church.)
No, really... Think of this: "Is there no other way?" was the key question of the entire Eden experience. It would be the height of folly to think that the devil would respond truthfully to the most important question that could have been asked in the garden.
He lied! Dah!
Is anyone surprised? I am not.
But for some inexplicable reason many members of the church believe that the father of all lies told the truth on this the most important question. Of course he didn't, or he wouldn't be the devil!
"There is no other way," was the main lie spoken by the devil in the garden, and the main lie he speaks today.
Eve fell because she believed a lie that "there was no other way" to know good and evil.
Adam fell because he believed a lie that "there was no other way" for them to be together or for man to be.
Especially validated when Elohim says "if they yield" .... meaning there was a choice.
And a commandment was given to be fruitful, multiple and replenish the earth (not the garden of Eden).
Adam's shortfall was thinking that if he stayed in the Garden, and Eve was expelled, that he would be a lone man in the garden of Eden.
Adam presumed he had to follow Eve by eating the fruit. Why couldn't he have just walked out of the Garden with Eve without eating the fruit?
Was the Garden of Eden just the Honeymoon spot for Adam and Eve?
Interesting in the newest film, Adam & Eve have made baskets in the Garden, and when expelled, they are seen making baskets also.
Weaving a basket is considered "work". So the newest film shows them working in the Garden of Eden.
Humm....