Adam not cursed
Theologians tell us that Adam was cursed by God as he was thrown out of the garden. He wasn't. The ground was cursed. [1] There was no reason for Adam to be cursed. The tree was a symbol of God's holiness.
- God is separated from man by ignorance; Elohim. His 'marriage' to man concerns teaching about God, who cannot be seen nor heard. The tree was set apart as 'dinner theater' so that Adam could learn that God is Holy or separated. Adam didn't learn from lesson one, so he was further separated from God as he was put out of the garden. [2]
- ↑ Ge 3:17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
- ↑ Ge 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- ↑ Ro 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- ↑ 2Pe 3:9 ¶ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.