The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’” (Genesis 3:1-3)She was naked. And scared. The moment she and Adam ate that fruit, she knew it.
And now they had to hide.
He was embarrassed. He had done something wrong for the first time in his life, and for the first time, felt guilty. And scared. And naked.
They never had worn clothes but it had never mattered. Now it did.
He and Eve were standing looking at the Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil. It wasn’t in a prominent place in the Garden. It wasn’t even all that big and fancy a tree. The Tree of Life was big and fancy. It also was in the center and everything else kind of pointed to it. The rest of the Garden radiated from it.
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was over to the side. It was not on the main road. Even so, the Father had taken them to it when they first came and told them not to eat from it. They could have anything they wanted from any other tree, but not it.
He just told them once, but it, of course, was enough. They knew where the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was and they knew that it was off-limits.
At first, it didn’t bother them. They lived their lives and were happy. But sooner or later they started coming over to where it was and just looking at it. Adam wasn’t sure why, but it seemed to draw them.
Every evening they walked with the Father and talked and laughed.
But not today. He and Eve had been standing there looking at the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil when the serpent came up and told them how good it would taste and that it would change their lives forever. In fact, when they ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, they would be Like God.
Adam was surprised when Eve walked over to the tree and picked a piece of the fruit and bit into it. She handed it to him and, almost as if he were in a dream, he bit into it.
Instantly they knew they had made a mistake. For one thing, the serpent was laughing. For another, they were naked. And the Father was going to be here any minute,
They had to hide.
And they were naked and scared.
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