Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 55
55 becomes like God or takes after His image or as the Bible would have it, assumes the image God made him in the likeness whereof. . TREE OF LIFE. 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, Ch. 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 (Genesis) reads: "And the Lord God said, Behold the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. " ". Now here we have two trees, one of knowledge of good and evil and the other that of life. Since Adam partook of the tree