The passage in question refers to Genesis 3:22 and I quote:
"AND THE LORD GOD SAID, BEHOLD THE MAN HAS BECOME LIKE ONE OF US, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL: AND NOW, LEST HE PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TAKE ALSO OF THE TREE OF LIFE, AND EAT AND LIVE FOREVER".
When the serpent/ Satan caused Adam and Eve to sin, he promised them(not God) that if they ate from the tree which was at the center of the garden, they would not die, but instead they would be like gods knowing the difference between good and evil.
SATAN LIED TO THEM. Adam and Eve were to know only the difference between good and evil, and between obedience and disobedience, BUT THEY WERE NEVER TO BE LIKE GODS!
Had Satan's promise been true, he would have eaten from the tree himself. In other words, Satan is the father of liars and he had to lie and use this verbal ploy in order to cause the downfall of the human race. " BEHOLD THE MAN HAS BECOME LIKE ONE OF US" WAS USED SARCASTICALLY BY GOD IN ORDER TO EXPOSE THE LYING WORDS OF SATAN.
God knew before hand that the fruit from a tree that he had created could not make man a mortal rival and god like himself. All these words were spoken by God in order to expose Satan's lies. Adam and Eve were assured by Satan that if they ate from the tree in the midst of the garden, they would know good and evil, thus Satan might even go as far as telling them to eat from another tree in order to become like gods. God would not have created such a tree. Nor would he have been jealous because mankind might become like God Himself.
All these ideas/lies were put in the mind of Adam & Eve by Satan himself. Satan was jealous of mankind because men were created in the image of God and was given dominion over all of God's creation.
Listen to this video below. Obviously what Kristi Burke is stating in this video is a bunch of malarkey. She has absolutely no skills in Apologetics, Hermenuetics and definitely none when it comes to Exegesis. Her interpretation of the fall of man is strictly based on an EISEGIS METHOD OF INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE. THROUGH THIS METHOD MS. BURKE MISINTERPRETS SCRIPTURE ACCORDING TO HER OWN IDEAS, BIASES OR THE LIKE RATHER THAN WHAT GOD THROUGH THE ORIGINAL BIBLICAL AUTHORS INTENDED TO CONVEY TO THEIR AUDIENCE.
EXCERPT FROM GOTQUESTIONS.ORG
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