Odë:hgöd
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• Gen 3:22 . . And Jehovah God said: The man has now become like one of us,
knowing good and evil.
Actually, the Serpent had predicted that very thing.
• Gen 3:5 . . God knows that when you eat [from the tree in the midst of the
garden] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
The "knowing" spoken of here is an intuitive kind of knowing rather than an
instructed knowing. In other words: prior to tasting the forbidden fruit, neither
Adam nor his wife had a conscience; which is at least part of the reason why the
pre-fruit days in the Garden are called the era of innocence.
Now, the problem is; this newly acquired conscience of theirs wasn't from God, it
was obtained from the Serpent who, we're told, has the power of death and the
ability to tamper with the human mind and body in ways not easily detected. (Heb
2:14, Luke 13:16, Mark 5:1-5, and Eph 2:2)
(The death spoken of in Heb 2:14 is likely spiritual death rather than
biological death. Well, our conscience isn't biological, it's psychological, i.e.
spiritual.)
As such, humanity's sense of right and wrong is unreliable. Due to its satanic
nature rather than divine, the human moral compass easily deviates from true
north by means of emotional, social, cultural, and ethnical influences. We
rationalize a lot too.
Although Christian are stuck with an unholy moral compass while in this life, it's
possible to at least sterilize it. According to Heb 9:1-14, Christ's blood does this for
us; and we never need to get our conscience sterilized ever again, i.e. the one time
is good for all time.
NOTE: Sterilization was part of the once-a-year Yom Kippur ritual; but as good as
the sterilization was, it was only effective for that one event. The people had to
undergo sterilization all over again the following year.
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• Gen 3:22 . . And Jehovah God said: The man has now become like one of us,
knowing good and evil.
Actually, the Serpent had predicted that very thing.
• Gen 3:5 . . God knows that when you eat [from the tree in the midst of the
garden] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
The "knowing" spoken of here is an intuitive kind of knowing rather than an
instructed knowing. In other words: prior to tasting the forbidden fruit, neither
Adam nor his wife had a conscience; which is at least part of the reason why the
pre-fruit days in the Garden are called the era of innocence.
Now, the problem is; this newly acquired conscience of theirs wasn't from God, it
was obtained from the Serpent who, we're told, has the power of death and the
ability to tamper with the human mind and body in ways not easily detected. (Heb
2:14, Luke 13:16, Mark 5:1-5, and Eph 2:2)
(The death spoken of in Heb 2:14 is likely spiritual death rather than
biological death. Well, our conscience isn't biological, it's psychological, i.e.
spiritual.)
As such, humanity's sense of right and wrong is unreliable. Due to its satanic
nature rather than divine, the human moral compass easily deviates from true
north by means of emotional, social, cultural, and ethnical influences. We
rationalize a lot too.
Although Christian are stuck with an unholy moral compass while in this life, it's
possible to at least sterilize it. According to Heb 9:1-14, Christ's blood does this for
us; and we never need to get our conscience sterilized ever again, i.e. the one time
is good for all time.
NOTE: Sterilization was part of the once-a-year Yom Kippur ritual; but as good as
the sterilization was, it was only effective for that one event. The people had to
undergo sterilization all over again the following year.
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