Genesis
The moral drama here gets to the core of human existence. Notice that the passage says that Eve saw the fruit as “desirable for gaining wisdom.” Satan was not just selling Eve the best fruit in the garden, but something more fundamentally appealing. He was telling Eve that if she ate the fruit, she would be independently wise. The promise was
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Even in ‘perfection’ – the Garden of Eden – you can’t keep out the voice of the talking snake. The voice that says, “Oh… You have everything! But here’s one thing you don’t have….”
Shane Willard • on Adam and Eve • Genesis 1-3.