In
the first story in the Bible the Creator introduced TOV (good) into his creation:
Doing things that protect and preserve lives,
make lives more functional and increase the quality of
life.
When
the man ate the forbidden fruit he introduced RAH (evil) into Yahweh’s Garden:
Doing things that destroy and threaten their lives,
make their lives less functional and decrease the quality
of life.
It
is important to clearly understand this point:
Good and Evil are
concrete actions,
not an abstract internal or spiritual qualities.
The
next wisdom principle taught by this story is how to respond to evil:
Justice is the divine response to evil actions.
After
the man and woman stepped out of their hiding places and faced Yahweh, both wearing fig leaves, it was clear to
Yahweh something had happened since he last saw them. Continue to read at --
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