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The Eden tree Jiang says would let humans live as long as God.
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tree of life
The Eden tree Jiang says would let humans live as long as God.
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Glossary
The second tree that would allow Adam and Eve to live forever, making them like God once they also know good and evil.
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interpretation
Jiang distinguishes punishment from banishment: labor pain and hard agricultural work are the punishment, while banishment prevents access to the tree of life.
definition
The two trees are defined as the tree of knowledge, which gives the mind of God, and the tree of life, which gives life as long as God.
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model
In Jiang's reading, Yahweh does not banish Adam and Eve merely because they disobey; he fears they will become like God if knowledge of good and evil is joined to the tree of life.
model
If human self-reflection and growth could continue forever through the tree of life, humans would become as powerful as God.
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"...might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever. This is why. There are two..."
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"So, this is exactly what Satan said. Right? And this is what the Bible is saying as well. Now, let's move on. Eventually God..."
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"...he might reach out his hand and take also the tree of life and live forever. Okay? This is where the Bible is genius...."
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"So I'll explain first what the Bible says and then I'll explain how we can interpret the story. Okay. So God says to Adam..."
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"And when Yahweh commands them to come out and he sees right away they're embarrassed about their nakedness. They're embarrassed about being confronted by..."
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"...can do this forever you're going to live forever. The tree of life and live forever it means you become God because your knowledge..."
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"...what's this Kabbalah thing? Right. It's what they call the Tree of Life. And in the Tree of Life, it's what I'm trying to..."
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"...something called the Kabbalah. So this is something called the Tree of Life. And I'll explain more later on in the semester about what..."
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"...Second thing I'll point out is that, this Kabbalah, the Tree of Life, it is the basis for the entire universe. Okay. This Kabbalah..."
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"This is the fractal that underpins the Tree of Life, which underpins the entire universe. Okay. You can see how you have these fractals..."
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"...is pleasant to the site and good for food the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of..."
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"...might reach out his hand and also take from the tree of life and eat and live forever okay so that's what godhood is..."
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