1. The Immortal Man
The Immortal Man |
After having created him, God took the man, put him into the garden of Eden and commanded him saying:
”16 Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat: (Genesis 2.16,17) The temptation and at the same time the curiosity to still eat from the forbidden fruit had been so much irresistible, that the first two humans didn’t follow the command of the Lord. But the command contained a deeper meaning: it has been a test of trust in God’s word.
Because of their disobedience they now became mortal beings. We feel in our own lives the loss of our close relatives and friends and with the process of ageing we become more and more aware that we aren’t immortal too, even ourselves. But in the beginning it hadn’t been so: God had created the man as an immortal being. |