Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 77
? TREE OF LIFE 70 Incidentally, I would like to say in this context that the Biblical view about the tree of knowledge is strangely enough rather ridiculous. According to Genesis 2:9, it was one and the same tree. It is said: "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. " Here the word used is in the singular and not in the plural which goes to show that an identical tree had both the qualities. Partaking of it gave life and also it gave knowledge of good and evil. Verse 17 reads: "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it. " This again, points to the conclusion that there is only one tree which had been forbidden to Adam. Had there been two, the prohibition should have extended to both. But He forbids only one tree which appears to be the tree of life as well as of knowledge. But Verse 22 of Chapter 3