Original Sin
Genesis 3
1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, "Yea, hath God said, `Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"
2. And the woman said unto the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3. but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, `Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.'"
4. 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."
6. 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 ate, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he ate.
7. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves things to gird about.
This segment is to continue with the Word by showing the story of the “Original Sin.” The love letter is very clear yet by mans need to interpret things of which he is uncomfortable with, we have many versions of the truth.
It is taught that God, our father, banished Adam and Eve from the garden because they disobeyed him by eating the apple. Now in the entire books of the Bible there is never a mention of the word apple. Furthermore as we go further you will see that our Fathers anger was not that they disobeyed him but they committed a far worse offence.
Just look at verse seven and see that Adam and Eve both adorned themselves with fig leaves seamed together. Now I don’t know what the fruit was and it really doesn’t matter what the fruit was. If we were to understand the Love letter from our Father is, regardless of your willingness to defend it, it is just a book. I don’t mean to say this to disregard it but the place it in the correct perspective of our reading.
A good book has elements that must be followed in order for the reader to follow it. Those elements are subjects, characters, situations, and locations to name a few. Our lover letter from Almighty God is a very Good Book and we must appreciate this fact. If we don’t we are disregarding his word. As a good book I look at the region and the subjects and come to the conclusion that the fruit might have been a fig which is a common food of the region today. Since they immediately used fig leaves after eating of the tree, it is not a great leap to consider. Still the fruit doesn’t matter. It wasn’t an apple.
I find many biblical scholars wish to debate my theories and I welcome the debate as we are at lease discussing the word but I openly challenge anyone to argue with the reality of my thinking.
This brings me to the next point of consideration. Anyone who has the ability of speaking more than one language understands that it is virtually impossible to translate a simple sentence from on language into another and come up with the same exact meaning.
Also consider the school game “Telephone.” This is the game where people sit in a circle and a sentence is started at one end and whispered into the ears of the next person until spoken out loud at the end. Inevitably the sentence spoken at the end is not the original sentence whispered to the first person.
The Word, as we know it today is translated from Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic into the Kings English. I don’t know how many Seminary Graduates who profess knowledge in the word can read these languages as well as Egyptian. I don’t and I don’t profess to be an expert of the word. I am just a follower who wishes the word was taught in the manner our father presented it to us.
Another issue to discuss is the times and the culture of those who provided the translations. As anyone can see the Bible is certainly male oriented. Those who canonized the translations definitely had agendas.
Go with me if you will. You buy a new home with a big back yard. You have two children, a boy and girl, which have never had a yard to play in before. In that backyard there is a great big climbing tree. You send your two babies in the yard to play for the first time but you tell them not to climb that tree or they will badly hurt themselves. I ask you which of the two will climb that tree first? Eve carries the blame for initiating the original sin by those male dominated translators of the bible. Those same men that acclaim Marry Madeline as an adulterer a harlot, and misrepresent many women in the Bible and portray them as secondary creatures.
Verse six clearly states that Adam was with Eve as the serpent was talking. My goal is for us not to interpret the Word and I don’t want to bring any discredit to it. I just ask you to consider the aspect of the evidence presented as this is a book and our Father gave us minds to use and ask us to allow him into our bodies and he will guide us.
Let’s get back to our Fathers love letter:
8. And they heard the voice of the LORD God, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9. And the LORD God called unto Adam and said unto him, "Where art thou?"
10. And he said, "I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
11. And He said, "Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
12. And the man said, "The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
13. And the LORD God said unto the woman, "What is this that thou hast done?" And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate."
. Here is where the original sin is addressed. Again I ask you to take a journey with me. As the parent of those two children in the backyard that climbed the tree after you told them not to, what would be your actions? They did not lie to you by saying they didn’t climb the tree as they knew you would have known.
So the sin was not a lie. You know they climbed the tree but your anger will arise, not that they climbed that tree after you told them not to. Your anger will be heighten by their response. "The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate." This is as if your son told you that the sister you gave him made him do it. This not only blames the girl but also passes blame onto you for giving him the girl.
"The serpent beguiled me, and I ate." Again, as with Adam, Eve chose not to accept blame but passed it onto the serpent. As a parent you almost expect your children to disobey you at times. We also know that a child is most excited by what they are told not to do than by what they are allowed to do. Our Father was angered by Adam and Eve not owning up to their disobedience.
Adam almost blamed God, our father for his lack of following direction and Eve chose to find a scapegoat. This is something we all must be able to understand. We must admit our transgressions and seek our father for forgiveness. We must repent and not apologize, for repentance means to ask for forgiveness and change ones behavior.
I shall end here this time as this chapter has so much for us to explore. One thing to keep in mind; And the LORD God said unto the woman, which shows that women are in personal contact with our Father. Men like Moses and Adam are not the only ones our Father speaks to.
I hope that I have opened eyes to a better understanding of the original sin. My opinion is not to be taken for fact. You must open your love letter from our Father and read it for yourself. By reading the word over and over chapter by chapter, verse by verse with opening you heart to our Father, you will find everlasting life.
Always Stay in the Word
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