Alofa Atu
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[Time Index: 1:41-2:38] # 1. Was Adam with Eve when she was tempted in the garden?Here are just fifteen examples of false prophetess E.G. Whites and why she should be declared a liar and her invented religion declared HERESY!
“Ellen White says, “No.” (according to the video) and cites Patriarchs and Prophets, pages 53-54.
“... The angels had cautioned Eve to beware of separating herself from her husband while occupied in their daily labor in the garden; with him she would be in less danger from temptation than if she were alone. But absorbed in her pleasing task, she [54] unconsciously wandered from his side. On perceiving that she was alone, she felt an apprehension of danger, but dismissed her fears, deciding that she had sufficient wisdom and strength to discern evil and to withstand it. Unmindful of the angels' caution, she soon found herself gazing with mingled curiosity and admiration upon the forbidden tree. The fruit was very beautiful, and she questioned with herself why God had withheld it from them. Now was the tempter's opportunity. As if he were able to discern the workings of her mind, he addressed her: "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" Eve was surprised and startled as she thus seemed to hear the echo of her thoughts. But the serpent continued, in a musical voice, with subtle praise of her surpassing loveliness; and his words were not displeasing. Instead of fleeing from the spot she lingered wonderingly to hear a serpent speak. Had she been addressed by a being like the angels, her fears would have been excited; but she had no thought that the fascinating serpent could become the medium of the fallen foe. {PP 53.5} ...”
“The Bible says, “Yes.” (according to the video) and cites Genesis 3:6:
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
What is the Truth of the matter?
Consider Genesis 3:1-5, the context of Genesis 3:6, in that Adam is nowhere mentioned, and the serpent only speaks with Eve, and Eve was the only one “deceived” directly by the serpent:
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Adam was in the garden 'with' Eve, but not at the vicinity of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as Eve ended up being alone and away from her house-band.
It would be like a person saying in answer to a question over the phone, “Where are you?”, I am at the mall with my wife, though we are in two differing department stores. The Garden is the general area, and the tree is at the center.
Notice that the serpent only speaks directly to Eve, a single person. Adam is nowhere mentioned in vs 1-5, and is only mentioned at the end of vs 6, after the events at the tree itself with the serpent.
If Adam were directly present at the tree with Eve, rather than in the vicinity of the Garden with her, then why didn't Adam intervene and speak up and counter the words of the serpent? Adam would have been culpable, as he is the head of the union, and has the final authority (as far as man goes).
Adam and Eve had previously walked in the cool of the day with “the voice of the LORD God” (Jesus):
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Since Jesus always came down to them to speak with them, Jesus often has his two covering cherubs with Him, Gabriel and 'herald'. See Genesis 11:7, 18:2, 19:1; Isaiah 6:1-7; Daniel 8:15-16, 10:10-21, 12:5-7; Luke 1:26, 22:43, 24:4; Acts 1:10, etc. who always give instruction to men on behalf of Jesus.
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
So, sister White, never says, in any place, that Adam was not 'with' Eve in the Garden. What she does say, is what scripture says (by studying it out), that Adam was not 'with” Eve at the tree of knowledge of good and evil when being tempted, which only makes sense given the circumstances. After Eve took and ate of the fruit, she found Adam in the Garden 'with' her, and she gave (the serpent now working through her) to Adam, who then ate.
There is no contradiction, or private interpretation here.
In fact, all of the points in this video have long since been debunked, over and over and over. It only takes a less than 2 second search on google to see that for anyone willing to take the time to see both sides of the issue and make the judgment based upon the word of God.
So, #1, is debunked, which one specifically do you want to look at next, or were you even interested in truth or just smear campaigns? I am interested in truth and am unafraid to look at the evidences all laid out, but are you one such person, or are you one who lets others do their thinking for them?
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