Part 1 - God's Puzzle Solved

180 God’s Puzzle Solvedsurely die: 5 For God does know that in the day you eatthereof, then your eyes shall be opened and you shallbe as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when thewoman saw that the tree was good for food and thatit was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired tomake one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and dideat and gave also to her husband with her; and hedid eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened andthey knew that they were naked; and they sewed figleaves together and made themselves aprons. 8 Andthey heard the voice of the Lord God walking in thegarden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wifehid themselves from the presence of the Lord Godamongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord Godcalled to Adam and said to him, Where are you? 10 Andhe said, I heard your voice in the garden and I wasafraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 Andhe said, Who told you that you were naked? Have youeaten of the tree, whereof I commanded you that youshould not eat?A Running CommentaryNow consider all the text regarding the serpent up to thepoint where it is said, “less you die.” The Hebrew wordfor “die” means “dying.” It is an active verb. In otherwords, they would not drop dead immediately when theyate the fruit. This was what Satan was trying to convey.The real meaning pointed to the process of dying. “ 4 Andthe serpent said to the woman, you shall not surely die: 5 ForGod does know that in the day you eat thereof, then youreyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods, knowing goodand evil. [The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil had