What is the go in the Garden? It seems as though there is not necessarily the veil there- God walks around in it and Adam and Eve are there also. How does the relationship work? How close? I'm just reading the story- its strange. Wondering about the veiled thing- whether that's an after the fall thing. Before it Adam and Eve walked in the Garden with God in the evening breeze- after they are kicked out of the garden- no more walks with God in the evening- his presence no longer as close. And the reason they are kicked out is strange too- “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”. Surely they already knew good and evil- that is why they are kicked out- for disobeying- an evil- and they are held accountable for this, which presumes an appropriate level of knowledge.
Was conscience somehow heightened, while the presence of God veiled?
Looks like I might only understand the fall in a catechism type of way. Oh well.
Actually that is not entirely true. I understand the fall from an experiential standpoint. I see its effects played out in my own life- but what was going on in the garden- that's a bit hazy- and maybe a bit uncomfortable, with snakes, and flaming swords and then a few chapters on Nephilim, and heroes of old and men of renown.
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