tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215116066445385512.post4253266765866138923..comments2023-07-13T05:20:07.334-04:00Comments on Reflections from Broadneck Baptist: I Wonder...Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823753643734462481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215116066445385512.post-9835683159358609152011-03-12T12:56:39.617-05:002011-03-12T12:56:39.617-05:00Wonderful questions! Makes me even more sorry we h...Wonderful questions! Makes me even more sorry we had to miss Bible study today due to the flu...<br /><br />Questions regarding our Biblical beginnings are not common enough, I think. One of the questions I ask and wonder about is the connection between knowledge of Good and Evil (capital letters are intentional there) AND the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. My more recent thought and prayer has led me to think that the real "curse" of failing to obey God's prohibition against the tree is what that knowledge of Good and Evil gave us: fear. Fear is one of the most primal reactions and the motivation of sides of our most destructive feelings (anger, jealously, greed, etc.). And while I believe God put that tree (metaphorical or literal) there for us to use sometime, when we (as a species) were ready, that time had not yet come. We had not stepped "high" enough (as noted in Abby's questions regarding the temptation of Jesus) to handle it. And so we have fear to constantly battle with trust. <br /><br />Two other "I wonder" for this set of passages...<br /><br />If the language for the NT passage indicates more of a "Since you are the Son of God..." why translate it otherwise? Seems odd.<br /><br />I wonder about the "Away, Satan," too. Satan was trying to be an obstacle to God's will in the wilderness, and maybe Peter (through fear for Jesus, himself, "the movement") was also being an obstacle? Hmm...yeah, not sure at all.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507874062503931824noreply@blogger.com