Two trees in the center of the garden. Very similar in appearance. The fruit may have been similar as well. But one was off limits. What was God up to? After all, He didn’t have to create that tree in the first place.
Adam had been free to give names to all the animals. And the names didn’t matter. “If you want to name this one, Dog, God said, “then Dog it shall be.” Now, all of a sudden, choices had consequences. Unlike the names given to the animals, this choice really mattered to God.
