The Lord said to Adam, "Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for you will certainly die". But when the snake seduces Eve to take from the tree, he says to her, "Of course you will not die! You will be like gods". When the Lord discovers what man has done, he says, "Now they will be like one of us, knowing good from evil".
I assert that when Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they possessed carnal knowledge - they became aware of their nakedness, and began to lust; when the Lord found them, they were ashamed. Though chapters one and two seem to be convoluted chronologically, it is nevertheless recorded in the first chapter that the Lord blessed Adam and the animals, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply". Not only does this indicated that man needed not engage in intercourse to reproduce, but this also show the consequence of disobedience: sex. Only eight verses after the Lord sentenced Adam and Eve to exile, he slept with his wife. The Secret Book of John shows that Adam was able to multiply by connecting with his higher self.
After man knew intercourse, the greatest sin became the reproduction of the Nephilim, more commonly known as "Giant": the half-breed offspring of the Watchers (angels), and human. The result of this transgression was destruction of the earth and man, for the earth could not sustain the Giants, and so they began consuming men. The Lord lamented, and brought forth a great flood to eliminate the evil and start again. Without carnal knowledge, the humans would not have engaged in intercourse with the angels, causing the evil that still exists in this world.
The consequences of carnal knowledge have been severe, and it is possible that the reason why some religious orders practice celibacy is because in actuality, we were not created with the intention to lust and multiply through sex, and that not only are we usually controlled by our lust, but also by our names that might be connected to it.
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While picking away at the Book of Genesis chapters one through four, trying to make sense of the Fall, I realized that no where does the Lord name Adam. Adam's name appears without word of the Lord's doing, and when his name appears in the chapters, there is a footnote that it can also be read as "man".
Adam names the animals, though, and Adam was given domination over the animals. Adam also named Eve after their fall, and woman has been like animal: subordinate.
When the Lord appeared before Moses, he was asked, "What is your name?" The Lord replied, "I AM WHO I AM". This is because when a person knew a god's name, he could control him. Moses tried to trick the Lord into disclosing his name, but the Lord would not fall for it.
Jesus also does not have a name. He refers to himself as the Son of Man, Son of God, or "I Am". Even when Jesus stood on trial, neither the Sanhedrin nor Pilate ask him to identify himself by name; they either ask, "Are you the Son of God", or "Are you the king of the Jews".
Names are full of pretense. Some religions spend their existence meditating on the Lord's name, some say his name is unknown, and still others believe it is too holy to utter. Some, such as myself, believe that using any name is dangerous, for demons invariably have the same names: even with the best of intent, the wrong spirit can be summoned.
It seems to be that sex and the name are a curse. Evil was begat of unholy unions, and Eve was named after her fall. Eve means "Mother of all", and it does not appear that woman was meant to bear children before her transgressions, "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children".
Jesus also does not have a name. He refers to himself as the Son of Man, Son of God, or "I Am". Even when Jesus stood on trial, neither the Sanhedrin nor Pilate ask him to identify himself by name; they either ask, "Are you the Son of God", or "Are you the king of the Jews".
Names are full of pretense. Some religions spend their existence meditating on the Lord's name, some say his name is unknown, and still others believe it is too holy to utter. Some, such as myself, believe that using any name is dangerous, for demons invariably have the same names: even with the best of intent, the wrong spirit can be summoned.
It seems to be that sex and the name are a curse. Evil was begat of unholy unions, and Eve was named after her fall. Eve means "Mother of all", and it does not appear that woman was meant to bear children before her transgressions, "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children".
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