Paradise the First (4)

The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (2) But to return to the immediate subject of discussion, it is in the light of this principle (namely, that man lives, not by bread but by the Word of God -- Ed.) that we can properly understand the name of this tree, which, in turn, stands very closely related to the purpose of the tree in Adam's life and in the history of the covenant of God. Scripture calls the forbidden tree "the tree of knowledge of good and evil." We note at once that this is a...