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| − | == Questions ==
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| − | * Is verse 7 purely symbolic? Was Adam also a literal son of God, but not born in the flesh (or in other words mortality)? (See the genealogy of Christ in [[Luke 3:36-38|Luke 3:38]], Paul's discussion of the two Adams (or two gods) in [[Rom 5:1-5|Romans 5]] and [[1 Cor 15:1-5|1 Corinthians 15]] especially verses [[1 Cor 15:41-45|45-50]].)
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| − | * Could the Father be "responsible" for mortality? Immortality? Or did his two literal or figurative sons have to bear the weight of this responsibility?
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| − | * According to this story, where did Adam live before he was placed in the garden? Why don't we know more about humans before they enter the garden?
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| − | * Why did it take one god (Michael/Adam) to choose bring us into mortality and another God (Christ) to choose to provide immortality? Was there another way to do the same?
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| − | * How does a correct undestanding of the Fall change our views of the Atonement? Which event was more essential, or could one exist with out the other?
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| − | * Why do Latter-day Saints study the Fall so much in order to understand the Atonement?
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| − | == Lexical notes ==
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| − | * '''Garden''' Translated from the Hebrew [http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=01588&version=kjv Gan]--a garden enclosed by walls, such as in a courtyard or temple, separated off from the rest of the world.
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| − | == Exegesis ==
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| − | == Related links ==
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| − | ===Verse 9===
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| − | * ''Tree of life and Asherah'': Asphodel P. Long suggests a connection in an address titled [http://www.asphodel-long.com/html/asherah.html "Asherah, the Tree of Life and the Menorah: Continuity of a Goddess symbol in Judaism?"] The First Sophia Fellowship Feminist Theology Lecture, The College of St. Mark & St. John. Plymouth. 4th December 1996.
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