Temptation

God gave Adam and Eve authority over all the earth and told them to keep it under His dominion.  To keep them safe from Satan and his evil spirits, God planted two special trees in the garden where Adam and Eve lived.  God called them ‘The Tree of Life’ and ‘The Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil’ (Gen 2:9,17).

The Tree of Life represented the Life and Authority of God Himself – so in eating its fruit, Adam and Eve would be filled more and more with God’s strength, love and glory.

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil represented Satan’s life and authority and as long as Adam and Eve did not eat its fruit they were safe from the evil spirits which filled the earth.  The dominion of the whole Creation would always be theirs if they obeyed their loving Creator God.

However, Satan deceived Eve.  He told her the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil wasn’t really bad – rather it would make them like gods.  She believed the lie and ate the fruit of the Tree, Adam although knew that it was a lie, also ate of the tree (1 Tim 2:14).

“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.  She also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it” (Gen 3:6)