Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 76
? 69 69 that even today, notwithstanding the trick imposed on Adam, many people will fall prey to a similar deception, if they are approached in the above manner, in the belief that God had willed that they should eat of the fruit of the tree and had never meant to forbid it. The Bible, thus, supports the view that there was the possibility of Adam being led to an error of judgement. Even according to the Bible, knowledge of good and evil is a Divine attribute: "And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil. . . " (Genesis 3:2) Here the Christians interpret “Us” as standing for the Tripartite godhead. According to Jews “Us” stands for God and His angels; for, as God knows good from evil so, do the angels. According to the Jewish view-point, it would mean that Adam started knowing good from evil as does God and as do His angels. According to Christian viewpoint it would mean that Adam started knowing good from evil even as does God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Ghost do. The above reference shows that knowledge of good and evil is a Divine attribute and whoso has that knowledge, he 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.