Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 1 & 2,

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When both Adam and Eve were tempted, wasn't it on the fact of how they were to rule God's creation? The temptation was in the knowing/knowledge of good from evil? Wasn't the temptation about the differences between what was acceptable and unacceptable (good from evil) accordingly to man (mankind) versus what was termed good and evil by God - who created the heavens and the earth. Remembering at the end of every verse in Genesis .....31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good, and it was evening and it was morning, the sixth day.

When we read on the giving of the Law at Sinai - would there be a comparison? When we read, 13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was givendeath reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses

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Here is one thought:


"And finally, let us take those laws of the Torah which are expressly declared to be the embodiment of the thought, and consequently a symbol,or, to use the modern expression, a "form"e.g.,Shabbath, festivals, sacrifices, etc. The character of all these laws makes it obvious that the name "religion" does not fit them at all; for in these laws what is called "form" stands forth a something essential, original and eternal.

Religion in general relates to the thoughts of man which find their expression in symbolic actions: in any system of religion, therefore, the thought is the original, important and essential element, while the external, symbolical expression of it is of secondary importance. But, unlike, "religion," the Torah is not the thought of man, but the the thought of God, expressed in Divine laws which are to be carried out by man as symbolic actions."

Again, - and this point to the heart of this post, The Torah is not the thought of man but the the thought of God "Expressed in Divine Laws" which are to be carried out by man.

We are the stewards of this earth - we were to subdue it and rule it, what again would this mean for us without the law?


Reference:

Samson Raphael Hirsch, "Horeb" A philosophy of Jewish laws and Observances - pg. xlvii

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When both Adam and Eve were tempted, wasn't it on the fact of how they were to rule God's creation? The temptation was in the knowing/knowledge of good from evil? Wasn't the temptation about the differences between what was acceptable and unacceptable (good from evil) accordingly to man (mankind) versus what was termed good and evil by God - who created the heavens and the earth. Remembering at the end of every verse in Genesis .....31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good, and it was evening and it was morning, the sixth day.

Secrets of the HeartIn his book In the Beginning, Ratzinger writes:Love and Brotherhood All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments