The Garden of Eden

Originally posted by lemon lime
So iyo the tree might have actually been what, a family tree? If it's not a literal tree then what does the word "tree" represent?

It's not enough for you to claim symbolism without showing (or at least hinting at) what that symbolism means or represents. If everything in that story is literally a figurative prop in order to make a point, then what in ...[text shortened]... corner don't panic. You can always paint a door on the wall and escape... figuratively speaking.

As I read the text I do not blame Eve, but Adam who was there and had
that conversation with God who should have stopped her.
Kelly

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It had nothing to do with a man or woman being more or less
accountable due to gender. Adam was told by God what would happen if
Adam ate of the tree, then God made Eve. So that conversation took
place before Eve was there, she knew so someone told her. Adam knew
not second hand like Eve, but right from God Himself. So that is why I
believe Adam not Eve should have the most guilt in that deed.
Kelly

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Don't know other than it is away from us for good reason.
Kelly

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No, Jesus said I am the Way, the Truth, the Life.
That tree was what it was, God gave us life.
Kelly

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Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

If this is the passage you are refering to with respect to "as a sword..."
it doesn't say it is a sword only that it is sharper than one.

We are not being kept away from Jesus by a cherubim, so the tree is just
a tree even though it is the tree of life. I don't recall where it said it did
anything, I don't think we were forbidden to eat of it till after the fall of
man. Once the fall occured, God kept us from being eternally alive in a
damned state by keeping us from that tree.
Kelly

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I'm not interested in going through every single basic metaphor and
simile in the Bible with you or anyone else. I do believe there are
metaphors and similes in the Bible, but I also believe that some stories
are stories because they speak of real events. Now, can I be wrong about
some and not others, yes.
Kelly

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No, I believe it was/is a real tree.
Kelly