Q Post 3931 and what I have been thinking about, "There were two trees in Eden and only one was forbidden" Q's post got me thinking about Good Friday and WHY Jesus had to die, sin, and evil. Thank you Q for the post that is a good one to help us reflect on this Holy Day of Good Friday. I always thought about the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and why God did NOT WANT Adam and Eve to eat from it, and what their disobedience caused to happen to our world ever since. God had to prevent Adam and Eve from getting to the Tree of Life once they helped bring Evil into the world. Jesus came to help free us from the consequences of their bad choice, but we are still stuck with the EVIL. Q wants us to think about all that EVIL we are dealing with now. This is NOT ABOUT POLITICS. THANKS FOR STANDING WITH US Q. PART OF Q's POST 3931 that has a LOT TO THINK ABOUT IN IT. "This is not about politics. Something far more sinister [evil] has been allowed to flourish through all parts of our society. It has been protected and safeguarded. It has been camouflaged to appear as trusted. It has been projected [normalized] by stars. [CLAS 1-99] One must only look to see. [Symbolism will be their downfall] This is not another [4] year election. "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong." You are not alone. We stand together. Q" "We first hear of trees in the Bible in Genesis with the tree of the KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. Because Adam and Eve eat from this tree, they are expelled from Eden. Sometimes, in remembering Adam and Eve, we forget that there were TWO IMPORTANT TREES in that garden. Along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there was “every tree that was delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden” (Gen. 2:9). Right there, near the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was the TREE OF LIFE. Not much is said about this tree — except that God expels Adam and Eve before they can lay hands on it. God said nothing about eating from this tree until Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Then God said, “Now, what if he (man) also reaches out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life, and eats of it and lives forever? The Lord God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden” (Gen 3: 22-23). In fact, God is so concerned about Adam and Eve not getting back into Eden that he stations “cherubim and the fiery revolving sword … to guard the way to the tree of life.” Why would God — who hadn’t forbidden the tree of life in the first place — protect it so carefully from humans now? God hastened to evict Adam and Eve from the garden — not as a punishment, but because he feared ‘lest the man put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever’ (Gen 3:22). The effect of this would have been to make SINNERS (and thus also SIN) immortal.” Imagine being immortal, but always being subject to sin and the evils that come from it. “When Adam and Eve eat (of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) they interiorize that potential and make it real. … Suddenly, all of the things that were ‘GOOD in the beginning have potential for EVIL.” Unlike the first days of creation, not all things are good. We quickly learned about evil from that first tree." https://www.thecompassnews.org/2015/04/there-were-two-trees-in-eden-only-one-was-forbidden/