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The Bible is a Narrative, that is, a historical outline describing the creation of the Universeand the struggle God has had with the Homo Sapien (Man) whom He created in His own image andplaced (Adam & Eve) in a part of it typically called theGarden Eden.

To come to some sort of reasonableunderstanding of the purpose of this, one must first understand that theBible speaks in aligorical language as well as the common terms of thepeople He created. It also uses the idioms, or expressions of the everyday man on the street. Speak plainly to the people....not in enticingwords of mans wisdom...1

We must also understand that the unlocking of the mysteries, or absolute truths contained in the DivinelyInspired Scripture can only be given by God, the author of them! Jesus, the Word of God was manifested at the timeof reformation and walked in the Garden that man had fallen into and spoke clearly on this by saying; The way backto the tree of life written in the Scripture is hidden from the wise and the prudent, but revealed unto babes. Theteachable children of His Garden.2 The word garden simply means a place where life is and where it is nurtured.

When people read the narrative in Genesis chapter 3 of what happened in thegarden, most believe that a literal physically created snake by God had been givengreat power to cause Eve to desire an apple. And in disobedience of God’s commandshe ate of it and then gave of it to Adam. This act of rebellion against a decree givenby God would cause them (humanity) who were created in the image of God to beseparated from the domain of this Holy God. A dwelling place of AbsoluteKnowledge, Understanding and Wisdom. They would still live a shortened life span,but in confusion caused by the moveable knowledge of good and evil.

To hold as true the afore mentioned literal view of the scripture, one ismaking a statement that God does not have Omniscience Power, that is, all knowingof what would happen with what He created!

Man, a spirit being in a physical body was not created to die or to beseparated from the Glory of his Creator. But because man was created in the image(similar abilities) of God the eternal Omnipotent, Omnipresent Being, man had the power of choice, just likeMichael the chief prince of the angels! And why did God give man choice? Because man was not created or pre-programmed like robots are to perform a specific function without intellect as the animals are with only instinct.

Ok then, why did God give man the image of Himself? Because God was looking for Love which cannotbe created. Love requires the ability of choice! I love them that love me;.......3 The animals and fishes have no rulerover them, meaning, no need to watch over and direct them because they cannot go outside of their pre-programmedinstinct.4 But Man can sore up into the third heaven as the Apostle Paul did and animals cannot.

To understand the allegory properly of what took place in the Garden and why, one must first do a root word

1 Deuteronomy 27:8, 1 Corinthians 2:4

2 Luke 10:21

3 Proverbs 8:17

4 Habakkuk 1:14



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study in Hebrew of the words in the Genesis 3 text. Then as understanding becomes more than superficial, withprayer, that is communicating with God, He will clear up all confusion. He does this by His Spirit working in thosewho have the Holy Ghost to bring other passages together from the whole of the Bible. Bible interpreting Bible.One will then come to a pure correct truthful understanding and wisdom on this very important subject, but onlyby the Spirit of God Revealing it.

A good example of what the writer means by, ‘Root Word Study’ canbe understood by taking a look at the tablet beside this writing. It is inscribedwith Ancient Paleo Hebrew and is the oldest known record of the TenCommandments. In November 2016 it sold for $850,000 dollars. Do you seethe English vowels in the tablet? You can even hardly see recognizablePictographs in the tablet. Only by the Spirit of God can the ancient writingsspiritual meanings be correctly and truthfully understood.

Now, what Eve spoke with was an evil spirit being called the serpent in English text found in the KingJames 1611 Bible. Root word study reveals that the aligorical word serpent means; one that whispers a magic spell,hisses in the sense of subtlety. Meaning also to prognosticate, foretell from signs or symptoms. A sooth sayer, onewho uses sorcery and enchantments, thus a serpent. Satan was called a beast because God’s Spirit was not in orupon him. He was like the animals with no ruler over him. He was living, alive just like all other living things, butwith no ruler over him or guidance, he was a fallen angel in darkness.5

The likeness of this serpent/sorcerer in a figurative form can be seen by the graphic depictingRamesses II who was the ruler over Egypt in the time of Moses. The serpent cymbal on his foreheadmeant to his subjects that he was cunning, more wiser in the world of man than any other sorcereror any of the magicians that were in his own court. It also depicted the ruler, or seat of satan’s spiritworking in the kingdom of man.

Since Adam and Eve fell into this lower kingdom of good and evil,they groped around in the darkness, and God said; Where art thou?6 Theword ‘subtle’ in the text means ‘crafty or sneaky.’ And the word field

means, Mesopotamia. So man was some where in Mesopotamia a region east of theMediterranean Sea to the land known today as Iraq. Lucifer whose name was changed tosatan was not a literal snake. He was a fallen angel who was used by God to fulfill HisWill.7

Adam and Eve would have been familiar with the appearance of angels. They wouldhave also communicated with them before their fall and after it. After all, they hadknowledge of the realm because they were given power over every living thing that movethupon the earth.8 When man disobeyed God because satan had come down to only be able to walk to a fro in theearth, they lost the power to discern between true and false! One would not say of the earth that is flat by statingit is good and or evil. They would say, it is true or false which is absolute. They became weak through the

5 Isaiah 14:12 Lucifer fallen from heaven.

6 Genesis 3:9

7 Proverbs 16:4

8 Genesis 1:28



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knowledge of good and evil thus snared in a curse.9 This weakness became a curse for they now found themselvesin confusion and unable to come back to what they lost. Therefore man became very religious trying to find hiscreator through intellect alone.

A glorious high throne was the place of man’s beginning. They lost the throne room and became weak orwicked through their faculties of the mind, that is, their conscience. By their five senses whom satan could supplantwith his subtlety, man became servant to man and ultimately to satan because they could not discern where theywere spiritually. They had forsaken the Lord and became written in the book of curse, that is, the earth.10

Now, just what did they really eat or better said, partake of? They believed a lie!They forsook loving (obeying) God’s words and became snared in a delusion.11 Whensomeone tells a story the unsuspecting quiet often believes everything that has been spoken.Eve did reason with satan, but his half truth lie was very enticing to her very nature. Forman was created with the power of choice and subject to vanity. For with choice comes thehope of making the right decisions which have their root in vanity.12

In fact, they quiet often speak the same story to others without thinking they maybe passing on a lie or a half truth. Eve was deceived by a half truth! Therefore, she allowedthe lie to be conceived in her soul and she partook of the desires of satan’s kingdom. Allthat is in his kingdom is; ‘the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life.’13

The temptation became conceived in them both and changed to lust of the forbidden things. It was a desirefor the things of this world, rather than the things of God which perverted the purity and holiness they had whilewalking with God in the Garden. It was a temptation to be as God! Satan was the fatherof the lie and for sure he knew it, for it is what cast him out of the presence of God. Eve wasleft unprotected by Adam. He was her covering, or to be her protector. Once the lust wasconceived in her, she passed on her desires enticing Adam and he forsook thecommandment of God also and became unholy. They were thus expelled from the GloriousHigh Throne (Garden) of God and found themselves in the weakness (Garden) of Humanityand subject to the prince and power of the (sub conscience mind14) air, that is, satans voicecould now work through their senses his subtlety with the knowledge of good and evil.

Now lets talk about the tree that was in the midst of the garden. First of all, the rootword study of that word ‘tree’ reveals that it was a living being; ‘shut and full of sores thatwould cause one to ulcerate and be spued out.’ Lucifer had been spued out of God’spresence and the (anointing) way of truth and life was shut from him. Therefore, he becameperverse, dwelling in darkness and full of evil continually. The Bible uses the known to teach the unknown.

9 Genesis 3:5

10 Jeremiah 17:9-13

11 2 Thessalonians 2:10

12 Romans 8:20

13 1 John 2:16

14 Ephesians 2:2 The spirit of satan now had the power to work in their conscience.



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Therefore, just as you and I in the kingdom of God are called ‘trees of righteousness’15 the planting of the Lord,satan too was called a tree.

We know that when we are in a born again state, we are subject to higher laws, for judgement begins at thehouse of God.16 We also know that we are able to partake of the ‘fruit of God’s Spirit.’ Jesus was the second manAdam who was sinless. By faith in Him we are given the ability to discern and resist the devil. This power Jesusgives us to come back to the Glorious High Throne when we are washed in His blood by being baptised into Him.He actually washes away our polluted blood and anoints us with His Spirit.17

In old testament days, a man and or a woman had to physically partake of things forbidden by God to be castout of His Garden and separated from Him to walk in satans garden. In the reformed (born again) kingdom of God,we through lust of the un-forbidden are in disobedience and therefore subject to be spued out of His Garden withoutactually physically doing the sin.18 Adam and Eve were in that place of higher accountability. They too walked withGod. Therefore to whom much is given, much is required.

So He drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims and a flamingsword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Genesis 3:24

Praise be to the Lord Jesus; ‘for through Him in us we can do Hiscommandments, that we may have right to tree of life again and that wemay enter in through the gates into the city of God’!!! Revelations 22:14

Given by the Lord Jesus by study and Revelation.

Written by;Dr. John M. Strome, Th.D.November 20th 2016

15 Isaiah 61:3

16 1 Peter 4:17

17 Ezekiel 16:9

18 Matthew 5:28; 1 Corinthians 10:6