A Modern Day Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil

   Nearly the whole world is shut down as I write, with another month of “shelter at home” recently renewed in Wisconsin.  Although the illness is real, and some are dying, most can see that the numbers do not match the dire predictions made at first, nor do they seem to justify these extreme measures.   The ideas of what this is REALLY about are growing. It is not always easy to discern what is truth, half truth, or untruth. Confusion and chaos seem to reign.

   “...But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”  (Genesis 2:9, 16-17).

   The evil one, our adversary, who wants to become “like God” and worshiped as God, used this very tree to instill doubt in the mind of Eve about the goodness and purpose of God. The word commonly translated as “serpent” brings to mind the image of a snake and one wonders how Eve could have believed it!  When looking at the Hebrew language underneath it, the word “nachash”  (Strongs H5175), it becomes apparent. It was NOT an ordinary “snake.” 

   It includes concepts such as “shining, prognostication, magic spells, and crafty,” as well as being related to the order of the hosts of heaven and divine throne guardians.  Since Adam and Eve walked ...