All you need to know about the eternal life

[Genesis 2:9] And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. [Genesis 2:15]And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it. [Genesis 2:16] And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:[Genesis 2:17] But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you. Evidently that the time in paradise somehow passes in a different way than in the rest of the world, because after Adam disobeyed and ate of the tree of the knowledge, he lived for about a thousand years. There is another version: for God one day is a thousand years.

After the man ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge, he was thrown out of Eden and became mortal. Why? Apostle Paul speaks of an interesting hypothesis: [Romans 5:12] For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil. It means that mortality is the result of “sin” or the “fall of man”. If so, to get free from sin would be a cure for death. And so on, till the death on the cross for the sins of mankind. [Romans 6:23] For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Although the hypothesis of Apostle Paul does not withstand a simple arithmetic check since 2 persons “have sinned” (Adam and Eve), not one. That’s for starters. And secondly, Adam and Eve could not commit a sin for a simple reason: they started to be aware of good and evil after they have tried the fruits of the tree of the knowledge, i.e. at the moment of committing the sin they did not know what they were doing and were innocent like children.

Well, maybe the knowledge of good and evil itself makes a man sinful and hence mortal? Then it seems like a man should be brought back to the unconsciousness in which he was before he knew good and evil.

Alas, the Bible says otherwise– the knowledge of good and evil not only does not make a man mortal, but on the contrary, in combination with the fruit of the tree of life gives immortality: [Genesis 3:22] And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Thus, Apostle Paul’s discourse does not have a foundation. A man did not become mortal because “sin entered him”. This phrase does not make any sense at all. A man became sinful because God kept him out of the tree of life. And He did so because there was no other way. Otherwise a man would go on living forever.

So why did God stand in the way of eternal life? There are two explications here. First, immortality and reproduction are incompatible: [Mark 12:25] When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

Thus the eternal life for a man would be against God’s behest: [Genesis 1:28] And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase.

There is another reason. A man knew about good and evil too early and at that moment he was not ready to live forever. Obviously, with time God was going to give him the knowledge which would make them like gods: [Genesis 3:5] For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil. But then this moment did not yet come.

Unfortunately, the knowledge of good and evil took place much earlier than it was planned, and after Adam and Eve ate the fruits of the tree of knowledge they became as gods: [Genesis 3:22] And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us;

And it was terrifying since a man did not yet become mature for eternal life which gives this knowledge in combination with the fruits of the tree of life. That is why God was forced to throw him of Eden to prevent the irreparable.

I’d like to highlight that casting out of paradise was not a punishment. A punishment for Adam, Eve and the snake was indicated in all the details [Genesis.3:14-19]. On the contrary, throwing out of Eden was a necessary measure, and a man became mortal not because he was punished, but because he has lost the access to the tree of life. Essentially, it was an accident, not a crime.

On the basis of the information that has already been reviewed, we could make a plan regarding man. A man was created in the image of God. He has access to paradise and the fruits of the tree of life that almost eternally endure his life. He is fertile and has the opportunity to meet God in paradise. Man was not meant to die at all and to kill too, of course. God created man for life, not for death and murder. Had it been Adam and Eve did not disobey God, fathers, children, grandfathers and grand grandfathers would live together till the end of time.

         The end of time is the earth overwhelmed with people. Meanwhile people are obedient and live together with God who would test them. Especially tempting are the fruits of the tree of the knowledge. But man undergoes tests. Yes, he fights with desire for it is the way to improve himself. Those who support duality will of course blame the devil. But how do you like this: [Genesis 22:1] Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

[Deuteronomy 13:3] Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

[Judges 2:21]From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of Joshua were still living in this land;

[Judges 2:22] In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.  

However, this plan was not meant to happen. After man had knowledge of good and evil he did not resist sin:

[Genesis 6:5] And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

This is no surprise, in youth people are capable of doing something even sillier, but that does not mean they are incorrigible, does it? Essentially, the knowledge of good and evil is becoming mature. It was too early to taste the fruit of knowledge, but it does not signify that man won’t become mature one day and take full responsibility for his actions.[Genesis 8:21] the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days;

In due time it was bound to happen. Perhaps, the Almighty tried to postpone that moment and give man the opportunity to become wisdom through the contact with Himself. Look at what Adam and his wife say: [Genesis.3:12] And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it. [Genesis 3:13] And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

Innocent, infantile children, who do not want to take responsibility for what they did. It was too early for them to become mature, they were just not ready for this, so much for the Fall.

After man understood what is good and evil, the fruits were embedded with a different meaning. The fruits that could endure the life of Adam and Eve when they remained in an unconscious state, now, after knowing good and evil, could give them eternity. Obviously, man was not ready for eternal life and that is why he was banished from Eden. Apart from this, as I mentioned before, eternal life prevents giving birth.

Thus, knowledge of good and evil is the highest honor man can get. Only through this knowledge people can reach eternity, of course, on the assumption they will become mature and responsible enough for this. This blessing was envisaged by God in advance to give us the chance to obtain the eternal life and become like gods. This is exactly why the tree of good and evil was planted along with the tree of life, for they bring eternity only being together. We just need to become mature, learn how to be responsible and overcome temptation. [Genesis 4:7] If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.

Speaking out against God that He maliciously intended to tempt the innocent man when He planted the tree of life, we show our ignorance and incomprehension of the actual reasons of the availability of this greatest gift. There is no ‘fall’ that man has to be cured from. Knowledge of good and evil impose additional responsibility and gives auxiliary chances, and, if we use it in a right way, it gives us the eternal life.

Essentially, the eternal life is the responsibility that is taken by the mature – gods.

How does everything mentioned above relate to our present?

First, the earth is already overwhelmed with people. We are on the finish line. There is only one thing left – for God to come down to earth and start preparing us personally to the eternal life. In fact, the paradise is empty as of this moment, so don’t flatter yourself: [Genesis 3:24] So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

Later I will tell you what to do to accelerate the Advent of God.