{"id":312,"date":"2005-11-15T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=312"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"word-of-wisdom-eden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/11\/15\/word-of-wisdom-eden\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of Wisdom &#038; Eden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Has anyone else found some parallel between the commandments given to Adam in the Garden of Eden and the Word of Wisdom given to us today?<\/p>\n<p>For example, in <a href=\"http:\/\/scriptures.lds.org\/gen\/2\/16#16\">Genesis 2:16<\/a>, Adam is told that he can eat freely of every tree. In <a href=\"http:\/\/scriptures.lds.org\/dc\/89\/10-17#10\">D&#038;C 89:10-17<\/a> outlines substances of which we are free to eat.<\/p>\n<p>In the following verse (<a href=\"http:\/\/scriptures.lds.org\/gen\/2\/17#17\">Gen 2:17<\/a>), God told Adam that he shall not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Likewise, in <a href=\"http:\/\/scriptures.lds.org\/dc\/89\/5-9#5\">D&#038;C 89:5-9<\/a>, we are told of substances we are not to consume.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Adam is told if he disobeys, he will die. We are told in <a href=\"http:\/\/scriptures.lds.org\/dc\/89\/18-20#18\">D&#038;C 89:18-20<\/a> that if we hearken the counsel in the Word of Wisdom (as well as keep other commandments), we will receive health benefits (presumably longer life, or prolonging death).<\/p>\n<p>I also find it interesting that if we obey the Word of Wisdom we are promised that the destroying angel shall pass us by. 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