931. The Forbidden Fruit by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · May 31, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 22.

931. The Forbidden Fruit.

By Editor

WHAT was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden?

It was the fruit of the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” of which the Lord said, “Thou shalt not eat of it.” We believe the tree of life was a literal tree, emblematic of God’s goodness in Jesus Christ. It bears its life-giving fruits. Rev. 22:12. There is no reason to believe that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not a literal tree. See Gen. 2:9. What fruit it bore we know not, but we know God used it to test man, and man fell and died.