Genesis 2:9 “Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
The forbidden tree is called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It’s fruit isn’t named. The result of eating its fruit (the fruit of its fruit if you will) is death. Rebelling against God, even for the noble purpose of getting knowledge, results in eventual death.
Genesis 3:4-5 “The serpent said to the woman, ‘You surely will not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’”
Jesus called the devil “the father of lies” claiming that “the truth is not in him.” A loud voice (perhaps the Holy Spirit or an angle) in Revelation calls him the Accuser of the Brethren. The titles are not undeserved; Satan’s first declarative statement is both a lie and an accusation about God. It should be no surprise that after we chose to believe his accusations about God that he would then turn to accuse us as well.
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