Why did God test Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit if he already knew they would fail?
There are two trees in the garden. These two trees have more than a literal meaning. We are told that The tree of knowledge of good and evil is forbidden. The day Adam eats of it he will surely die. The tree of life is also in the midst of the garden if they eat of it they will live forever. These two trees are obviously more than trees. What is the knowledge of good and evil? Where could a man gain knowledge of good and evil? We get our knowledge of good and evil from God. The law that God sent down to Moses is the knowledge of good and evil. Why would God’s righteous law kill man? Because man could not live up to God’s righteousness. It is also the reason there was a tree in the midst of the garden called the tree of life. This is God’s mercy. This story Moses tells is of he two natures of God his righteousness and his mercy. It is the story of man and his fall from God’s glory and God’s plan of salvation. God gave man the law knowing man could not live up to his righteousness. The l
