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Sunday, April 29, 2012

PAGE 35 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(FLESH,SOUL,SPIRIT)

After the fall,  the part of Adam and Eve, and all of humankind thereafter, that is the essence of Satan, is in their blood and flesh.  The part of them that is like Yahweh Elohim is their spirit or "neshomah". 


Adam and Eve sold their God given birthright to rule and reign over the world and Satan for a bite of Satan's deceptive fruit.  Now Satan rules over them.  The Apostle Paul says that humankind was:


"sold as a slave to sin."  Rom 7:14


Their spirit and soul is now ruled over or enslaved by their flesh.  They know God and his goodness, righteousness and moral law, but the power of Satan is too overpowering.  They have the light of Yahweh Elohim still inside of them but it has become dim and cloudy.  


The Psalmist says about those that had rebelled against the words of God that they:


"...sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains." Psalm 107:10, 11


The Apostle Paul says that:


"the body is ruled by sin"  Rom 6:6


The Prophet Isaiah describes humans as:


"captives in prison" Isa 42:7


After the fall,  all humans are born with their flesh ruling over their spirit and soul.  King David says:


"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me."  Psalm 51:5


When the corrupted human body dies,  their soul,  unless it is rescued by Yahweh Elohim,  is still enslaved by Satan for eternity.


The  Apostle Paul says:


"I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Cor 15:50


Yeshua, Jesus, says to his disciples:


"Once more Jesus said to them, I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.  Where I go, you cannot come." John 8:21

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

PAGE 34 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(POISONED FLESH)

THE FRUIT OF SATAN LOOKED PLEASING BUT IN REALITY WAS THORNS, THISTLES OR INEDIBLE FIGS.  IT WAS ABSORBED INTO ADAM AND EVE'S BLOODSTREAM AND FLESH.  NOW A PART OF THEM AND ALL OF THE HUMAN RACE AFTER THEM, CARRIES THE ESSENCE OR LIKENESS OF SATAN IN THEIR BLOOD, BODILY ORGANS AND FLESH.  THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS:

"FOR I KNOW THAT NOTHING GOOD LIVES IN ME, THAT IS, IN MY FLESH." ROM 7:18

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT "SIN IS DWELLING IN ME." ROM 7  SIN IS LIVING INSIDE OF HIM.   HE GOES ON TO SAY:

"WHAT A WRETCHED MAN I AM! WHO WILL RESCUE ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?" ROM 7:24

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER LAW, MEANING SATAN'S LAW, IN THE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY.  THE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY ARE HIS LIMBS AND ORGANS.  HE SAYS:

"ANOTHER LAW AT WORK IN THE MEMBERS OF MY BODY"  ROM 7:23

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THE FLESH HAS AFFECTIONS AND LUSTS.  HE SAYS:

"THE FLESH WITH ITS AFFECTIONS AND LUSTS." GAL 5:24

THE STRONG'S BIBLICAL CONCORDANCE GIVES THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION FOR FLESHLY, "SARKIKO", IN THE GREEK.  IT SAYS:  HAVING THE NATURE OF THE FLESH- UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANIMAL APPETITES.  THE SENSUOUS  NATURE OF MAN - ANIMAL NATURE.

THE APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT DEEDS OF THE FLESH.  HE SAYS:

"THE DEEDS OF THE FLESH ARE SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, DEBAUCHERY, IDOLATRY, WITCHCRAFT, HATRED, DISCORD, JEALOUSY, FITS OF RAGE, SELFISH AMBITION, ENVY, DRUNKENESS AND ORGIES."  GAL 5:19

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT THE  FLESH EVEN STAINS CLOTHING.  IT SAYS:

"TO OTHERS SHOW MERCY, MIXED WITH FEAR--HATING EVEN THE CLOTHING STAINED BY CORRUPTED FLESH.  JUDE 1:23

Saturday, April 21, 2012

PAGE 33 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(FLESH,SOUL,SPIRIT)

BEFORE THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE, THE SPIRIT THAT DWELLED INSIDE OF THEM WAS A BRILLIANT LIGHT.  (THESE CONCEPTS ARE DIFFICULT TO GRASP AND MIGHT BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE, BUT I HOPE I AM DOING RIGHT BY GOD).  THEIR SPIRIT WAS CONTINUALLY BEING REFRESHED BY THEIR GOING AND EATING FROM THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH REPRESENTED YESHUA, JESUS AND THE WORD OF GOD.  THE SPIRIT INSIDE OF THEM RULED OVER THEIR SOUL AND FLESH.  THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THIS SPIRIT IS LIKE A CANDLE AND IT WAS SO BRIGHT THAT THEIR FLESH AND EYES WERE BRILLIANT.

WHEN WE FIRST SEE SATAN, WHO IS A SPIRIT BEING, HE IS DESCRIBED AS A BEAST OF THE FIELD.  GOD IS TRYING TO STRESS THAT THERE IS NO SPIRIT OF GOD IN HIM AND THAT HE IS ONLY MADE OF SOUL AND FLESH.  HIS DESIRES AND ATTRIBUTES ARE LIKE THAT OF AN ANIMAL.

WHEN ADAM AND EVE ATE THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, THE FRUIT OF SATAN, THE FRUIT WAS DIGESTED AND ABSORBED INTO THEIR BLOOD STREAM.  THEIR BLOOD BECAME CORRUPTED, POLLUTED AND POISONED.  THEIR BLOOD THEN CARRIED THE CORRUPTION TO THEIR FLESH AND BROUGHT SIN AND DECAY TO IT.  ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE RELATED BY THE BLOOD OF ADAM AND ARE UNDER THIS GENERATIONAL CURSE OF DEATH AND SIN. THE SIN NATURE OF SATAN IS LOCATED IN THE BLOOD AND FLESH OF ALL HUMANS.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

PAGE 32 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(FLESH,SOUL,SPIRIT)

GOD CREATED HUMANS TO REFLECT HIS DIVINE NATURE AND TO BE A PARTNER WITH HIM ON THE EARTH.  HE CREATED THEM  DIFFERENTLY THAN THE ANIMALS.  HE CREATED MAN WITH THREE PARTS:  FLESH; SOUL; AND SPIRIT.  HE CREATED ANIMALS WITH TWO PARTS: FLESH AND SOUL.

BOTH MAN AND THE ANIMALS WERE FASHIONED BY YAHWEH ELOHIM FROM EARTH'S RAW MATERIALS AND BOTH MAN AND THE ANIMALS HAVE A FLESH.  THE WORD FOR FLESH IN HEBREW IS "BASAR" OR "SE'ER" AND IN GREEK IS "SARKIKO".  IT IS THE SOFT TISSUE COVERING THE BONES AND CONSISTING MOSTLY OF MUSCLE AND FAT OR THE SURFACE SKIN OF THE BODY.  BLOOD IS A SPECIALIZED BODILY FLUID THAT DELIVERS THE NECESSARY SUBSTANCES SUCH AS NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN TO THE CELLS IN THE FLESH.  THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IT IS THE BLOOD THAT GIVES LIFE TO THE FLESH:

"FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD." LEV 17:11

BOTH ANIMALS AND MAN HAVE A SOUL, WHICH IS THE WORD "NEFESH" IN HEBREW AND THE WORD "PSUCHE" IN GREEK.   IT IS THE PERSONALITY, EMOTIONS OR WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WHOLE BEING OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON.

WHAT MAKES ANIMALS AND HUMANS DISTINCT IS THE SPIRIT, "NESHAMAH OR RUACH" IN HEBREW AND "PNEUMA" IN GREEK.  THIS SPIRIT CAME FROM GOD AND IS WHAT MAKES HUMANS LIKE HIM. THIS SPIRIT THAT IS IN ALL HUMANS, WHICH THE APOSTLE PAUL CALLS THE INNER MAN, IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE RUACH HAKODESH, WHICH IS GOD HIMSELF.  THIS HUMAN SPIRIT IS WHAT MAKES US CONSCIOUS OF MORALITY, RECOGNIZE A REALITY BEYOND THIS UNIVERSE, BE ABLE TO RELATE TO GOD AND TO OTHERS,  BE ABLE TO REASON AND THINK LOGICALLY, BE ABLE TO BE CREATIVE, AND IS UNSEEN LIKE THE WIND.  IT IS THE INTELLECT IN HUMANS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO FREELY CHOOSE THE WAY OF GOD, THE TREE OF LIFE OR THE WAY OF SATAN, THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE THIS ABILITY TO CHOOSE GOD OR REJECT HIM AND THEREFORE CANNOT SIN.  IT IS THIS THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT THAN THE ANIMALS AND NOT ONLY THE FACT THAT WE WALK UPRIGHT. THE BIBLE SAYS:

"THE SPIRIT OR "NESHAMAH" OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OF THE LORD SEARCHING ALL OF THE INWARD PARTS OF THE BELLY." PROVERBS 20:27

"FOR WHO AMONG MEN KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF A MAN EXCEPT THE MAN'S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM? IN THE SAME WAY NO ONE KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF GOD EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD." 1 COR 2:11

GOD GAVE ADAM AND EVE THIS SPIRIT, A PART OF HIM, AND IT IS THE PART OF US THAT IS LIKE HIM.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

PAGE 31 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(CHANGED FLESH)

ADAM AND EVE HAVE EATEN THE FRUIT OF SATAN.  IT LOOKS DELIGHTFUL ON THE OUTSIDE BUT IN REALITY IS THORNS AND THISTLES.  THIS FRUIT CAUSES PAIN AND ENTANGLES.  YESHUA, JESUS, SAYS TO HIS DISCIPLES:

"YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS.  GRAPES ARE NOT GATHERED FROM THORN BUSHES NOR FIGS FROM THISTLES, ARE THEY? SO EVERY GOOD TREE BEARS GOOD FRUIT, BUT THE BAD TREE BEARS BAD FRUIT." MATTHEW 7:16,17

IMMEDIATELY AFTER EATING THE SERPENT'S FRUIT, THEY REALIZE THEIR ESSENCE HAS CHANGED FROM LIGHT, IMMORTALITY AND GODLINESS INTO MEN AND WOMEN CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD BUT NOW STAINED WITH THE LIKENESS OF SATAN.  THE SCRIPTURE READS:

"THEN THE EYES OF BOTH OF THEM WERE OPENED AND THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NAKED."  GENESIS 3:7

THEIR EYES ARE OPENED TO EVIL AND SIN.  THE HEBREW WORD FOR "NAKED" IS ERUM.  IT NOT ONLY MEANS "NAKED" BUT ALSO MEANS "CUNNING", "SUBTLE, AND "CRAFTY".  THE WORDS "CUNNING" AND "CRAFTY" MEAN SKILLED IN DECEPTION, UNDERHANDEDNESS AND DEVIOUSNESS.  ADAM AND EVE HAVE BECOME LIKE THE SINNER SATAN WHO YESHUA SAYS HAS BEEN SINNING FROM THE BEGINNING.  HE SAYS:

"THE ONE WHO PRACTICES SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; FOR THE DEVIL HAS SINNED FROM THE BEGINNING." 1 JOHN 3:8

HE MEANS BY "BEGINNING", THE WORD ARCHES IN GREEK, THE STARTING POINT OF CREATION.  ADAM AND EVE REALIZE THEY ARE NOW SINNERS IN MORTAL FLESH AND IMMEDIATELY WANT TO HIDE FROM GOD.  HOWEVER, THERE IS NO HIDING FROM GOD.  THEY ARE STILL IN THE GARDEN AND IN GOD'S PRESENCE.  GOD IS LIGHT AND HIS LIGHT EXPOSES AND REVEALS ALL DARKNESS.  THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS:

"FOR IT IS DISGRACEFUL EVEN TO SPEAK OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE DONE BY THEM IN SECRET.  BUT ALL THINGS BECOME VISIBLE WHEN THEY ARE EXPOSED BY THE LIGHT..." EPHESIANS 5:12

THE APOSTLE JOHN SAYS:

"FOR EVERYONE WHO DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT, AND DOES NOT COME TO THE LIGHT FOR FEAR THAT HIS DEEDS WILL BE EXPOSED."  JOHN 3:20

THE LORD  SAYS THROUGH ISAIAH TO THE KINGDOM OF BABYLON:

"YOUR NAKEDNESS WILL BE EXPOSED AND YOUR SHAME UNCOVERED.  I WILL TAKE VENGEANCE; I WILL SPARE NO ONE."  ISAIAH 47:3

BECAUSE ADAM AND EVE ARE IN THE GARDEN STILL, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LIGHT OF GOD, THEY ARE NAKED AND EXPOSED AND THEIR TRUE SELF IS LAID BARE.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

PAGE 30 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(SATAN GIVEN AUTHORITY)

THE DRAGON SATAN REFUSED TO BE RULED BY MAN, SO HE TRICKED HIM, AND  GOT WHAT HE WANTED: TO BE RULER OF THE WORLD.  GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER THE WORLD BUT GAVE MAN AUTHORITY TO RULE IT AND THEN ALLOWED HIM THE FREE WILL TO KEEP HIS AUTHORITY OR TO GIVE IT AWAY.  ADAM THOUGHT HE WOULD BECOME A GOD BUT INSTEAD HE WAS CHOOSING TO BE RULED BY THE DRAGON. YAHWEH ELOHIM HAD WARNED ADAM THAT THERE WERE ONLY TWO CHOICES: GOD'S WAY THAT BRINGS FREEDOM AND LIFE OR SATAN'S WAY THAT BRINGS CAPTIVITY AND DEATH.

ADAM AND EVE ARE LEFT WITH A POWER MUCH GREATER THAN THEM.  THE DRAGON NOW HAS THE LEGAL RIGHTS OVER THE EARTH.

IN JOHN 12:31, JOHN 14:30, JOHN 16:11,  SATAN IS CALLED THE "PRINCE OF THIS WORLD." THE GREEK WORD FOR PRINCE IS "ARCHON" WHICH MEANS A RULER, OFFICER OR LEADER.

THE APOSTLE PAUL CALLS SATAN "THE GOD OF THIS AGE (OR WORLD)" 2 COR 4:4

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN 1 JOHN 5:19 THAT "...THE WHOLE WORLD LIES OR IS APPOINTED IN WICKEDNESS."  1 JOHN 5:19

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT "DEATH REIGNS" ROM 5:17

WHEN SATAN TEMPTS YESHUA, JESUS, IN THE WILDERNESS, HE TELLS HIM THAT IF YESHUA WILL WORSHIP HIM HE WILL GIVE HIM ALL OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD.  SATAN SAYS, "I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THEIR AUTHORITY AND SPLENDOR; IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME, AND I CAN GIVE IT TO ANYONE I WANT TO."  LUKE 4: 5-7

THE AUTHORITY TO RULE OVER, TO SUBDUE AND TO FILL THE EARTH THAT WAS GIVEN TO ADAM HAS NOW BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE DRAGON SATAN.

AGAIN THE HEBREW WORD FOR RULE IS "RADAH" WHICH MEANS TO REIGN, TO MAKE OR HAVE DOMINION, TO TREAD DOWN, TO SUBJUGATE.

THE HEBREW WORD FOR SUBDUE IS "KABASH" WHICH MEANS TO BRING INTO BONDAGE, TO ENSLAVE, TO ASSAULT, TO TRAMPLE UNDER FOOT

SATAN NOW HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO THE EARTH AND TO MANKIND AND TO FILL THE EARTH WITH HIS SPIRITUAL OFFSPRING. HE HAS LEGAL RIGHTS BUT HIS POWERS ARE STILL LIMITED AND  UNDER GOD'S ULTIMATE SOVEREIGNTY.


Monday, March 26, 2012

PAGE 29 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(BROKEN COVENANT)

THE COVENANT THAT GOD MADE WITH ADAM GAVE AUTHORITY TO HIM AND EVE AND THEIR DESCENDANTS TO GOVERN AND HAVE DOMINION OVER PLANET EARTH.  ADAM BROKE THIS COVENANT BUT YAHWEH ELOHIM WILL NOT, FOR HE IS A COVENANT KEEPING GOD.  HE WILL SEE THIS THROUGH UNTIL ANOTHER HUMAN, YESHUA, JESUS, WHO IS ALSO FULLY GOD, IS ABLE AND WORTH TO KEEP THE COVENANT. WHAT ADAM COULD NOT DO,  YESHUA WIL ULTIMATELY FULFILL.

ADAM WAS FORMED OUTSIDE OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND WAS PLACED INSIDE OF IT BY GOD.  THE GARDEN, WHICH IS WHERE ISRAEL IS LOCATED NOW, WAS PROTECTED FROM AND NOT LIKE THE REST OF THE PLANT THAT SURROUNDED IT.  INSIDE THE GARDEN WAS WHERE: HEAVEN MET EARTH; GOD WAS NOT HIDDEN AND WAS LIVING THERE; THERE WAS NO DEATH; HAD DIFFERENT PHYSICAL LAWS; THERE WAS NO EVIL; THERE WAS AMAZING LIGHT AND COLOR.

OUTSIDE THE BORDERS OF THE GARDEN IS A WORLD SIMILAR TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.  THERE WAS LIGHT AND GOODNESS AND THERE WAS EVIL AND DARKNESS. THE EVIL AND DARKNESS WERE THERE SHORTLY AFTER THE EARTH WAS CREATED.  THIS DARKNESS IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT, BUT IS TANGIBLE, HAS SUBSTANCE AND IS SOMETHING THAT IS FELT.  THIS DARKNESS IS THE PRESENCE OF LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS WHO WERE CAST OUT OF HEAVEN ONTO THE EARTH ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR REBELLION AGAINST GOD.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CREATION, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS "...DARKNESS WAS OVER THE SURFACE OF THE DEEP..." GEN 1:2  THE HEBREW WORD FOR "DEEP" IS 'TAHOM". THE WORD "TAHOM" IS USED INTERCHANGEABLY WITH THE WORDS "TANNIM", "RAHAV", "LEVIATHAN", AND "NECHASH" AND ALL MEAN MONSTER, DRAGON OR SERPENT.  THESE TERMS ARE SYMBOLS FOR THE FALLEN LUCIFER OR SATAN. THIS TIME IN CREATION IS ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT IN THE BOOK OF JOB.  GOD ASKS JOB IF HE WAS THERE TO PHYSICALLY SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN EARTH AT THIS TIME.  GOD SAYS:

"WHERE WHERE YOU WHEN I LAID THE EARTH'S FOUNDATION? TELL ME, IF YOU UNDERSTAND. WHO PLACED ITS MEASURES-IF YOU KNOW? OR WHO STRETCHED IT OUT UPON A LINE? OR WHAT HAVE ITS SOCKETS BEEN SUNK? OR WHO HAS CAST ITS CORNER-STONE?...WHO SHUT UP THE SEA BEHIND DOORS WHEN IT BURST FORTH FROM THE WOMB? AND MY MAKING A CLOUD ITS CLOTHING, AND THICK DARKNESS ITS SWADDLING BAND, AND I MEASURE OVER IT MY STATUTE, AND PLACE BAR AND DOORS, AND SAID 'THIS FAR YOU MAY COME AND NO FARTHER; HERE IS WHER YOUR PROUD WAVES HALT'? HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN ORDERS TO THE MORNING, OR SHOWN THE DAWN ITS PLACE, TO TAKE HOLD ON THE SKIRTS OF THE EARTH, AND THE WICKED ARE SHAKEN OUT OF IT, ...THE WICKED ARE DENIED THEIR LIGHT, AND THEIR UPRAISED ARM IS BROKEN. HAVE YOU JOURNEYED TO THE SPRINGS OF THE SEA OR WALKED IN THE RECESSES OF THE DEEP (TAHOM)? HAVE THE GATES OF DEATH BEEN SHOWN TO YOU? HAVE YOU SEEN THE GATES OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH? HAVE YOU COMPREHENDED THE VAST EXPANSES OF THE EARTH? TELL ME,  IF YOU KNOW ALL THIS." JOB 38: 3-18

FROM THESE SCRIPTURES, IT IS SEEN, THAT THE EARTH WAS FILLED WITH A "SEA", "THICK DARKNESS" AND THE "DEEP. THESE REPRESENT THE DRAGON OR SATAN AND HIS DEMONS.  GOD ALLOWS THEM TO BE ON EARTH: HE DESCRIBES THEM AS PROUD OR ARROGANT, WICKED AND THE GATES OF DEATH.  GOD ALLOWS THEM BUT SETS LIMITS ON THEM - HE SETS LIMITS ON THEM AND HE IS SOVEREIGN OVER THEM.

HE THEN APPOINTS OR COMMANDS HIS LIGHT TO BE ON THE EARTH.  THIS IS THE LIGHT OF GOD AND IS REPRESENTED BY YESHUA.  THIS "LIGHT" OR "DAWN" WILL ONE DAY TAKE THE EARTH BY ITS GARMENT AND SHAKE THE WICKED OUT OF IT."  BOTH THE LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS "DWELL IN ABODES".  OUTSIDE OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, ONE SEES THE BEAUTY OF GOD AND THE EVIL OF SATAN, BUT CANNOT PHYSICALLY SEE THE AGENTS OF THIS BEAUTY OR EVIL. YAHWEH ELOHIM AND HIS ANGELS AND SATAN AND HIS DEMONS ARE KEPT HIDDEN FROM OUR SIGHT.

AS PART OF ADAM'S COVENANT WITH GOD,  ADAM, EVE AND THEIR DESCENDANTS WERE COMMISSIONED TO ENLARGE THE BORDERS OF EDEN OR THE KINGDOM OF GOD UNTIL IT SPREAD OUT OVER THE ENTIRE EARTH.  THEY COULD DO THIS AS LONG AS THEY STAYED CONNECTED TO GOD BY KEEPING THEIR COVENANT.  BY STAYING CONNECTED TO GOD, THEY HAD AUTHORITY TO RULE OVER SATAN AND THE DARKNESS AND RENDER IT POWERLESS - THE DARKNESS WOULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO LIGHT.  ADAM FAILED AND CHOSE TO BREAK THE COVENANT AND INSTEAD OF MAKING THE WHOLE EARTH LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THE GARDEN OF EDEN BECAME LIKE  THE REST OF THE WORLD. INSTEAD OF SPREADING THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, THE EARTH BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD. WITHOUT THE CONNECTION TO GOD, ADAM AND EVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN A WORLD WHERE SATAN HAD THE AUTHORITY TO RULE OVER THEM. THEY CHOSE THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.  THE WORD KNOWLEDGE IN HEBREW MEANS TO "EXPERIENCE". THEY ARE NOW EXPERIENCING EVIL, THEY ARE POWERLESS IN THE FACE OF IT, AND STAND JUDGED BY GOD.