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Regarding God telling Adam and Eve to not touch the forbidden fruit: ********************** So yes, the Lord DID tell them not to even touch the forbidden fruit.\u00a0 Eve did not tell a lie or even overstate by telling the serpent that they were not supposed to touch the fruit.\u00a0 She was just repeating what the Lord had told her.<\/p>\n How can this be when the Bible only mentions about God’s command not to eat of the fruit?\u00a0 God did not have the Bible writers say anything about touching the fruit, but in giving an expanded view to Ellen White, God chose to tell her about this fact.\u00a0 The Bible does not directly say either that the Sabbath issue will be the great issue in the last days, but that information WAS given to Ellen White.\u00a0 It doesn’t contradict the Bible at all, just gives added information so that those who live in the last days can prepare better to withstand Satan’s temptations. I have studied quite a bit of material with Ellen White’s name on it, and the ONLY instance i have ever seen of any contradiction in that material before 1881 is this question about whether God said to not touch the forbidden fruit or not.\u00a0 After her husband died in 1881 tho, and the chief editor changed, there can be found many contradictions.\u00a0 Just as in the case of the Bible, i believe that with material with Ellen White’s name on it, the closer we go back to the originals – the better.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Post edited June 19, 2008\u00a0 Regarding God telling Adam and Eve to not touch the forbidden fruit: *********************** ti: Spiritual Gifts. Volume 3 pr: 2 pg: 35In the midst of the garden, near the tree of life, stood the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Of this tree the Lord commanded our first parents …<\/p>\n
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\nti: Spiritual Gifts. Volume 3
\npr: 2
\npg: 35<\/font>In the midst of the garden, near the tree of life, stood the tree
\nof knowledge of good and evil. Of this tree the Lord commanded<\/strong> our
\nfirst parents not to eat, neither to touch it, lest they die.<\/strong> He told
\nthem that they might freely eat of all the trees in the garden except
\none; but if they ate of that tree they should surely die.
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\nti: The Spirit of Prophecy Volume One
\nct: The Temptation and Fall
\npg: 27
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\nIn the midst of the garden, near the tree of life, stood the tree
\nof knowledge of good and evil. This tree was especially designed of God
\nto be the pledge of their obedience, faith and love to him. Of this
\ntree the Lord commanded our first parents not to eat, neither to touch
\nit, lest they die<\/strong>. He told them that they might freely eat of all the
\ntrees in the garden except one; but if they ate of that tree they
\nshould surely die.<\/p>\n
\npt: Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald
\ndt: 02-24-1874
\nat: Redemption, No. 1
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\nEve had overstated the words of God’s command. He had said to Adam
\nand Eve, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt
\nnot eat of it; for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
\ndie.” In Eve’s controversy with the serpent, she added the clause,
\n“Neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die<\/strong>.” Here the subtlety of the
\nserpent was seen. This statement of Eve gave him advantage, and he
\nplucked the fruit, and placed it in her hand, and used her own words,
\n“He hath said, ‘If ye touch it, ye shall die.’ You see no harm comes to
\nyou from touching the fruit, neither will you receive any harm by
\neating it.”
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