Chapter 2 (The Visitation): “It’s in the cool evening of the day in the garden just as usual. God would always come down from Heaven to relax and enjoy Himself. It's no doubt that God knew it immediately His creatures faulted His orders concerning living in the garden. He knew that their mode or state had changed and that subsequently, they would be on their way in quest of solutions which obviously was very easy to spot – The Tree of Life. As simple as it sounds, the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil had permanently made them both wiser beyond their control, which in turn would automatically harness or make them spot the tree of life, not only spotting it but it’ll give them adequate information on its usefulness, thus, they would have gone for it. It should be noted that the scripture did not tell us whether God informed them about any other particular tree other than the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil which is at the center of the garden. In other words, they (Adam and Eve) did not even have any information about the Tree of Life, could not even spot where specifically it was located in the garden, neither could they have known the name as such talk less of knowing what its function was. And of course, God didn’t tell them because it’s of no use since they had nothing to do with it in their initial mode or state (Innocent Mode). Another thing is that, their initial mode or state did not have enough information about any other tree or fruit in the garden except the information about the only tree and fruit programmed into their minds by God which unmistakably was the tree at the center of the garden, and of course that they shouldn’t touch it talk less of eating it.
By simple analogy, relating this very crucial incidence to human area of life as regards God’s order, it would be understood here that no man can operate or live beyond the knowledge that is inherently programmed into him. You cannot be in level 1 in life lesson and try living or operating in level 3. A typical example is seen in an adolescent of age 20 who comes across the opportunity of getting rich at his early age, thinking that he’s already made in terms of need, and then, goes on to get married. Talking of fame, he has it, money is not a problem likewise every other thing one could desire for comfortability. The only error here is that this young guy is not even matured enough for this stage, honestly. Marriage is not for babies. That’s the irony of all truth. Marriage is all about maturity, and seeing the stage this young man is, we would consider youthful exuberance would always play out on him most of the time. He would most definitely misbehave, let alone managing the emotional stress that possibly exists within the level he has placed himself. It’ll definitely not work. Many people find themselves in the same shoes, stretching their hands to get those stuffs which are conspicuously greater than them. That’s disaster!
To live right, we first have to acquire adequate information and the necessary skills to operate in the realm we are stepping into in life, digest it with the understanding of how such and such works before moving on to the next level. Minds must be trained for such, no one gets promoted to the next class in any institution without first passing an examination creditably. If you fail, you’ll have to repeat that class until you pass. The available information in a particular phase of life is meant to be examined critically and to be digested fully into an individual’s life with adequate understanding without bridging or taking any shortcut. This information would definitely be useful in the next phase of life. So, in life we need to pass every necessary test in every phase we find ourselves. God does not appreciate shortcuts; they are never in His ways of making breakthrough. However, grace can always make us do the impossible that ever seems difficult to humans and then, God would have chosen you exceptionally without a known cause to any human. He alone can explain why He chose you then, and like I said, Grace will take charge.
Adam, and Eve his wife never had enough information about the next phase of life that lay ahead of them before trying to move themselves prematurely into it. They had not even gotten adequate experience about their present innocent state or mode before stretching their hands to grab what’s bigger than them, which obviously was against God’s rule. So, God prevented them from going further to do the very most important thing after their last quest - grabbing the fruit of life…” |