https://askgramps.org/what-if-adam-had-never-partaken-of-the-forbidden-fruit/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://askgramps.org/what-if-adam-had-never-partaken-of-the-forbidden-fruit/#comment-34312 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 01:23:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=33132#comment-34312 The scriptures speak of two trees being present in the Garden of Eden; The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Tree of Life. We learn in 1st Nephi 11:25 that the Tree of Life was a representation of the love of God. And more detail is given to us about the tree in Lehi’s dream in 1st Nephi Chapter 8, which had the precious white fruit that was desirable to make one happy Obviously it is all symbolic. Since the Tree of Life in the garden story is symbolic, it stands to reason that the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is symbolic too. Symbolic of what though, we are left to conjecture. But it is instructive to consider why Nephi and his family were able to freely access the fruit of the Tree of Life in Lehi’s dream, while Adam and Eve were initially forbidden by cherubim and a flaming sword. Nephi and his family had entered into mortality, and had learned about the Savior and His atonement. Adam and Eve had not yet had time to fulfill those necessary steps.

]]>