Sunday, January 29, 2012

Genesis 1-3

The text presents the first man and the first woman as curious and rebellious. The thought of a forbidden tree, makes the sweet fruit growing from it much more desirable. You’re curious of what makes this fruit off limits, what taste would land upon your taste buds as you take your first bite but knowing you’re not allowed makes you want it even more. They are rebellious sinners as they disobey the Lord God and take their first bite into the fruit growing from the forbidden tree. Adam and Eve's punishment is inevitable which reflects human experience by showing how we all as humans will sin in our lives. The nature of sin is not accepted but it is a trait known to every human. The knowledge tree being described as “lovely to look at” then links vision to desire and knowledge. This tree being so attractive in sight makes Adam and Eve crave desire and knowledge from the fruit this tree grows. They then disobey the Lord God and allow their desires to take over. This story describes the creation of all living and nonliving things that make up the world we live in. With the sin of Adam and Eve it shows the irresistible craving for things we know are so forbidden, leaving the rest of the human on earth as responsible for the sin of the first woman and man on earth created by Lord God.

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