Knowing Good And Evil II

In my previous presentation titled: "Knowing Good And Evil", I said that the Hebrew word "yada" from which the English word "knowing" was translated can mean not only being aware of, but also "admit" or "accept." Furthermore, I realize that "knowing" in English can mean admit or accept too. For example, you can not be admitted in an air flight unless the gate keeper knows you first by your ID and plane ticket. So, knowing means admitting or accepting. In our Bible, our beloved Saviour said:

John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,

So, our beloved Saviour accepts His sheep, and they accept Him by following Him.

Furthermore, let us see how the word "know" is used in the verses that follow:

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Our beloved Saviour recognizes them and is aware of their deeds, but refuses to accept them by saying, "I never knew you." I just want to reemphasize the mistake in our understanding about Adam and Eve's knowing good and evil. First, Yahuwah gave them everything they needed in order to live. That was good. Then He warned them about the evil of death by eating the forbidden fruit. So, our understanding that they were punished for knowing good and evil is wrong. In the sight of Yahuwah, they accepted both good and evil. Eating the forbidden fruit means acceptance of death that it brings. And so they received death as punishment for accepting it.

I am stressing this misconception because I was asked many times why God punished Adam and Eve for merely knowing good and evil. They were punished for accepting good and evil. That is exactly what we do today. Many people even say, they have to know evil in order to know good. We have developed the habit of accepting evil, to the extent that sometimes we forget the difference between good and evil. That is why we are still here on earth, not in heaven.