In the middle of the garden were the tree of liand the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. - P34
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You arefree to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you mustnot eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
for when you eat from it you will certainly die." - P35
He puts the man in the Garden of Eden, in the middle of which arethe tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God instructsthe man that he can eat from any tree in the garden except from the tree ofthe knowledge of good and evil. - P35
God creating a special venue that will serve as Hismeeting place with humankind-a garden of great delight, very dif-ferent from the wider creation that waits to be subdued by God‘s im-age-bearers. - P36
The two trees are real and physical objects that are directly relevant toAdam‘s life in this garden. But on a spiritual level, they are also clearreminders of the freedom that God has provided the choice betweengood and evil, obedience and rebellion, life and death. - P36
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