Tree Of Knowledge
Knowledge can be used for good or evil. Mankind got this in the book of Genius; when Adam and Eve ate the apple. The most obvious example I can think of is nuclear technology. It can be used as a clean source of energy and help in the treatment of Cancer patients or it can be used to destroy the World. This tree and its fruit also contain other types of knowledge/gifts such as: the ability to orator and articulate, mathematical and logical reasoning, a written language, curiosity and wisdom. These were all stored in the Tree Of Knowledge. They weren’t just stored in one part of the tree but were every where in the tree; in the roots, trunk, branches, leaves and fruit. So, when Eve took a bite of the apple and told Adam to take a bite the knowledge was passed to them.
What did this tree look like? The Bible only describes it as being in the center of the garden. But, I feel that since it was put there by God with a special propose it must have stood out in some way. It was unlike another tree in that it has a gold vane wrap around it nursing it with God’s knowledge and wisdom. A thick bark protected the Golden vane. The leaves and Apples were not just green and red but a glittering green and a glittering red that sparkled in the sun light. When the bees went to pollinate the flowers they too sparked, the tree made everything dazzling. And, to stand or sit under it, gave Eve and Adam a clam, relax and peaceful feeling. Then the Devil masked as a serpent tempted Eve, if you want this feeling to continue and become even more like God, take a eat an apple. At first she felt euphoria, so she convinces Adam to take a bit, the euphoria didn’t last. When they came down from their “high”, they saw themselves naked; they have gotten and retain the knowledge from the tree but not the peace. So, being bad children they ran away. God feeling the power leave Him looked around to find our why. He didn’t have to look far to see the tree bleeding Golden sap from the spot where Eve had picked the Apple. Being that God can see everything, finding the two sinful humans was no problem. He found them. Before kicking them out of the Garden, he punish woman by making them bear the pain of having children and making man work for a living.
Was the ability to reproduce really a punishment? No, I don’t believe it was because like everything in the Bible it can be look at two ways. The most common way is that it was a punishment. The least common way is that it was necessary in order to continue mankind’s existence here on Earth.
The ability to speak clear, coherent, and eloquent is a gift from God that can be used either to raise mankind up out of the gutter or send him in a nose drive straight down into Hell. It is through our ability to speak that we communicate our most inner thoughts, dreams, wishes, ideas and knowledge to our fellow man. When I was in school, the best teachers I had were able to comminute their knowledge in a clear, coherent and fluent manner. It inspired me to want to learn more and to farther my education. This is true in the work place as well. Having a boss that can articulate instructions is important to the efficacy and success of any business. Without it, leads to boredom and confusion.
However, it can also be used for evil purposes and to drive people away from God. Corrupt leaders have used the gift of oration to start wars, prosecute entire races, and farther their own greed. In the wrong hands, it is a tool that is used to spread hate and fear by miss comminuting the facts.
This is why logical reasoning is so important. It is the only way we can see through deceitfulness. If something doesn’t seem reasonable or safe our logic tells us not to do it. When we see a red traffic light, our logical minds tell us not to cross the street. Yes, it’s common and scents but our minds have to analyze what we are seeing. We are the only animal (plants don’t count here) on this planet that can analyze a situation and either make adjustments to it or run away from it. Other animals don’t analyze, they react to a situation that’s one of the differences Man and animal. I ride horses. And, horses don’t reason they react. I was having a lesson and a family across from the arena was having a birthday party for their kid. There were a bunch of small kids with balloons. Nothing to be afraid of, but the horse I was on didn’t have the ability to reason this out. So, when a little kid came running over holding two big bright balloons with their bight pink coat flapping in the breeze the horse reacted by getting spooked and going from a trough into a cantor because he want to get away from what frighten him. The horse didn’t analyze. He responded instinctively to a change in his surrounding and wanted to get away from a sudden unfamiliar change in his surroundings.
Logical and mathematical reasoning enables us to explore abstract areas. Animals don’t have this ability. This enables us to explore everything from outer space to the atom. It is what enables us to build sky scrapers and luxury cruse ships that resemble floating cities of 5000 inhabitants.
But, like everything else, God has given Man a free choice to use these two gifts for either good or evil. The same technology that can put the International Space Station in orbit can be used to destroy cities with missiles. The same science that produces life saving Antibiotics can be used to produce Anthrax. We have to make a choice everyday when we get up as to what master we are going to follow. Man can not have two Master’s for he will love on and hate the other. For there are 2 roads, one is narrow and rocky and the other is wide and smooth. Too many people chose the wrong road. Perhaps, the most obvious examples of this are the stock brokers and investment bankers. When I was making a more money then I am now, I used to play the stock markets. So, I know from personal experience that it takes a lot of time to evaluate corporate Income Statements and Balance Sheets. Not only do you have to study their finical statement but you have to compare it to other companies in that industry. And, most stock brokers and mutual fund managers are more interest in making a commission rather then researching the companies that they are selling to their clients. They don’t really care if the company goes bust as long as they make a commission on either the buy or sell of stock or mutual funds or commodities. All too often they chose the wide and smooth road. Just like in the Garden of Eden, God is giving us a free will to make choices. It is up to us to make the right one.
In order to pass this on to future generation, God gave us the gift of a written language. This way we can write down our history and hopefully future generations will learn from the mistakes. Language gives us a way to tell our peer’s what experiments have and have not worked. It gives the next group of scientist, statesman, philosophers, business leaders a starting point from where to move forward from. It is the tool that we pass along our culture and traditions. We used it to learn about other people and places.
And, because this is how we learn, it can also be used to spread hatred, create suppressions, spread prejudice or create propaganda. Living in the US we tend to think that our newspapers, internet news and T.V. broadcast are truthful and honest but just go outside of the US and you’ll see the same events from a different prospective. Here, in the US, the only different prospective you’ll get is either from the extreme left or right both of which is tainted with the negative influences I have just described. I know that I may sound a little paranoid when I say the Government is trying to control us and is laying to us. This has been going on for a very long time. I think it started during the 2ed World War.
The Tree also gave us curiosity. Curiosity to wonder about our selves, the world we live in and about our Universe. Inquisitiveness is a good thing. It is how we learn and grow. It nurses our intellect and inspires our creativity. I remember for my 9th Birthday, my Mother got me a microscope that I’ve been wanting. I was so happy with it. Everything that could think of I put under it from bugs that I found in my garden to strains of my own hair. A whole new world open up to me. Details that were too small to see with the naked eye suddenly came into sight. Even the smallest bug was rich in details. The experience left me with a love for science that I will always have with me. It inspired me to do well in school and to want to go to Collage.
Out of all the gifts we get from the Tree of Knowledge, the gift of Wisdom is mankind’s most variable endowment. Wisdom is going to enable us to see through the fog. This fog is going to be caused by the Horseman and False Prophets. It is our only tool that we have to see beyond the trickery, fraud, cheating, and dishonesty. Wisdom is something that can’t be bought or sold. It is passed along from generation to generation from parent to child or from teacher to student. It is something that comes from our hearts. Wisdom is what enables us to see the truth with our eyes and to know the truth with our minds. We can either follow the truth or ignore it. The truth is Jesus Christ. Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, the light he that believes in me shell live”.
What does this have to do with surviving Revelations? Simply stated we must use knowledge wisely because if we don’t we will not survive!
What did this tree look like? The Bible only describes it as being in the center of the garden. But, I feel that since it was put there by God with a special propose it must have stood out in some way. It was unlike another tree in that it has a gold vane wrap around it nursing it with God’s knowledge and wisdom. A thick bark protected the Golden vane. The leaves and Apples were not just green and red but a glittering green and a glittering red that sparkled in the sun light. When the bees went to pollinate the flowers they too sparked, the tree made everything dazzling. And, to stand or sit under it, gave Eve and Adam a clam, relax and peaceful feeling. Then the Devil masked as a serpent tempted Eve, if you want this feeling to continue and become even more like God, take a eat an apple. At first she felt euphoria, so she convinces Adam to take a bit, the euphoria didn’t last. When they came down from their “high”, they saw themselves naked; they have gotten and retain the knowledge from the tree but not the peace. So, being bad children they ran away. God feeling the power leave Him looked around to find our why. He didn’t have to look far to see the tree bleeding Golden sap from the spot where Eve had picked the Apple. Being that God can see everything, finding the two sinful humans was no problem. He found them. Before kicking them out of the Garden, he punish woman by making them bear the pain of having children and making man work for a living.
Was the ability to reproduce really a punishment? No, I don’t believe it was because like everything in the Bible it can be look at two ways. The most common way is that it was a punishment. The least common way is that it was necessary in order to continue mankind’s existence here on Earth.
The ability to speak clear, coherent, and eloquent is a gift from God that can be used either to raise mankind up out of the gutter or send him in a nose drive straight down into Hell. It is through our ability to speak that we communicate our most inner thoughts, dreams, wishes, ideas and knowledge to our fellow man. When I was in school, the best teachers I had were able to comminute their knowledge in a clear, coherent and fluent manner. It inspired me to want to learn more and to farther my education. This is true in the work place as well. Having a boss that can articulate instructions is important to the efficacy and success of any business. Without it, leads to boredom and confusion.
However, it can also be used for evil purposes and to drive people away from God. Corrupt leaders have used the gift of oration to start wars, prosecute entire races, and farther their own greed. In the wrong hands, it is a tool that is used to spread hate and fear by miss comminuting the facts.
This is why logical reasoning is so important. It is the only way we can see through deceitfulness. If something doesn’t seem reasonable or safe our logic tells us not to do it. When we see a red traffic light, our logical minds tell us not to cross the street. Yes, it’s common and scents but our minds have to analyze what we are seeing. We are the only animal (plants don’t count here) on this planet that can analyze a situation and either make adjustments to it or run away from it. Other animals don’t analyze, they react to a situation that’s one of the differences Man and animal. I ride horses. And, horses don’t reason they react. I was having a lesson and a family across from the arena was having a birthday party for their kid. There were a bunch of small kids with balloons. Nothing to be afraid of, but the horse I was on didn’t have the ability to reason this out. So, when a little kid came running over holding two big bright balloons with their bight pink coat flapping in the breeze the horse reacted by getting spooked and going from a trough into a cantor because he want to get away from what frighten him. The horse didn’t analyze. He responded instinctively to a change in his surrounding and wanted to get away from a sudden unfamiliar change in his surroundings.
Logical and mathematical reasoning enables us to explore abstract areas. Animals don’t have this ability. This enables us to explore everything from outer space to the atom. It is what enables us to build sky scrapers and luxury cruse ships that resemble floating cities of 5000 inhabitants.
But, like everything else, God has given Man a free choice to use these two gifts for either good or evil. The same technology that can put the International Space Station in orbit can be used to destroy cities with missiles. The same science that produces life saving Antibiotics can be used to produce Anthrax. We have to make a choice everyday when we get up as to what master we are going to follow. Man can not have two Master’s for he will love on and hate the other. For there are 2 roads, one is narrow and rocky and the other is wide and smooth. Too many people chose the wrong road. Perhaps, the most obvious examples of this are the stock brokers and investment bankers. When I was making a more money then I am now, I used to play the stock markets. So, I know from personal experience that it takes a lot of time to evaluate corporate Income Statements and Balance Sheets. Not only do you have to study their finical statement but you have to compare it to other companies in that industry. And, most stock brokers and mutual fund managers are more interest in making a commission rather then researching the companies that they are selling to their clients. They don’t really care if the company goes bust as long as they make a commission on either the buy or sell of stock or mutual funds or commodities. All too often they chose the wide and smooth road. Just like in the Garden of Eden, God is giving us a free will to make choices. It is up to us to make the right one.
In order to pass this on to future generation, God gave us the gift of a written language. This way we can write down our history and hopefully future generations will learn from the mistakes. Language gives us a way to tell our peer’s what experiments have and have not worked. It gives the next group of scientist, statesman, philosophers, business leaders a starting point from where to move forward from. It is the tool that we pass along our culture and traditions. We used it to learn about other people and places.
And, because this is how we learn, it can also be used to spread hatred, create suppressions, spread prejudice or create propaganda. Living in the US we tend to think that our newspapers, internet news and T.V. broadcast are truthful and honest but just go outside of the US and you’ll see the same events from a different prospective. Here, in the US, the only different prospective you’ll get is either from the extreme left or right both of which is tainted with the negative influences I have just described. I know that I may sound a little paranoid when I say the Government is trying to control us and is laying to us. This has been going on for a very long time. I think it started during the 2ed World War.
The Tree also gave us curiosity. Curiosity to wonder about our selves, the world we live in and about our Universe. Inquisitiveness is a good thing. It is how we learn and grow. It nurses our intellect and inspires our creativity. I remember for my 9th Birthday, my Mother got me a microscope that I’ve been wanting. I was so happy with it. Everything that could think of I put under it from bugs that I found in my garden to strains of my own hair. A whole new world open up to me. Details that were too small to see with the naked eye suddenly came into sight. Even the smallest bug was rich in details. The experience left me with a love for science that I will always have with me. It inspired me to do well in school and to want to go to Collage.
Out of all the gifts we get from the Tree of Knowledge, the gift of Wisdom is mankind’s most variable endowment. Wisdom is going to enable us to see through the fog. This fog is going to be caused by the Horseman and False Prophets. It is our only tool that we have to see beyond the trickery, fraud, cheating, and dishonesty. Wisdom is something that can’t be bought or sold. It is passed along from generation to generation from parent to child or from teacher to student. It is something that comes from our hearts. Wisdom is what enables us to see the truth with our eyes and to know the truth with our minds. We can either follow the truth or ignore it. The truth is Jesus Christ. Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, the light he that believes in me shell live”.
What does this have to do with surviving Revelations? Simply stated we must use knowledge wisely because if we don’t we will not survive!
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