FIGS 2[b]

[1 Adam+Eve 36:4] — Then the cherub took two figs and brought them to Adam and Eve. But he threw them to them from afar; for they might not come near the cherub by reason of their flesh, that could not come near the fire.[/b]

The "Social Distancing" the Cherub maintained while throwing the food or fruits to Adam and Eve was not for fear of infection but safety of Adam and Eve. Two most popular reasons the Lord or His Angels do keep "Social Distancing" in proximity to avoid to close contact even with people of God in their full manifest glorious appearance include:

*1* Holiness: Being too close would negatively affect the Holiness of the Lord or His Angels.

*2* Fiery Glory: Being too close would negatively affect the Health (Body) or Life of the People.

As a mortal man in flesh and blood, you can even get too close to the sun in its full glory and heat. The Lord told Moses to warn the people to keep Social Distancing and not be too close to Mount Sinai when the God came in thick darkness that still could not completely veil off the intensity of His appearance and Thunderous Voices and Shakings. The people could not even bear to see the face of Moses that had some of the glory on his face.

It was not leprosy that made Moses to be covering his face in rule of social distancing while relating with the people, but it was glory that was making Moses to hide or to cover his and isolate from them because of their inferior body. The way glorious women are made to wear complete hijabs or cover their glorious bodies because of men of weak bodies. So also, the Cherub put in some measure of Social Distancing by not coming too close to hand the gifts from heaven (garden) to them, but cast it to them on the ground as Manna that fell from heaven for them to pick them from the ground and eat them.

From a Distance, God is watching us, from a distance: Social or Safe Distance. Ask those who didn't abide the Ark of God closely.

[1 Adam+Eve 36:5] — At first, angels trembled at the presence of Adam and were afraid of him. But now Adam trembled before the angels and was afraid of them.

All have sinned and fell short of the glory of God. Mankind was deceived with promise of becoming like gods or angels in knowing good and evil, and instead mankind fell far below angels after Lucifer fell.

Mankind was in the Image of God and the likeness of God before, and all angels trembled and respected Adam then, who alone was the image reflection of Godhead among His creation. But by sin and fall of Adam, he is not the Image of God anymore, but the image of himself. His offspring bear his image/likeness to death.

[1 Adam+Eve 36:6] — Then Adam drew near and took one fig, and Eve also came in turn and took the other.

Yes, Adam and Eve took those which were given to them from above, but they drew nearer than they were to acquire them. Fear not, these were not fruits the Serpent offered them, but fruits the Lord offered them when they asked of Him.

As for Eve, she was no longer too forward to go first and get the fruits for herself and her husband. She waited for Adam to lead, but she was not expecting him to bring both his own and her own to her. Everyone one went to gather the Manna from heaven for his or herself.

[1 Adam+Eve 36:7] — And as they took them up in their hands, they looked at them, and knew they were from the trees among which they had hidden themselves.

As soon as Adam and Eve picked up their daily bread or Manna, they looked and knew exactly the trees where they were taken from, just as Adam knew where Eve was taken from as soon as he was gifted her.

Adam and Eve had it in them to discern or know where their gifts came from, including their food. Not all people knew or cared to know where their resources are sourced. The Church in the desert led by Moses ate Manna everyday, but the reason they call it by the name "Manna" was because they didn't know where details about it including not knowing where it came from, though knew it was from God. The Chairman of the Wedding in Cana did not know where the best Wine came from, but those who served him knew where it came from. To be frank, I have eaten and drank drinks and juices I did not know where they came from or the basic recipe or ingredients used in cooking them.

Adam and Eve knew trees by their fruits, and they knew you don't gather such figs from trees that not Fig-trees. As it is written,

[Luke 6:44 NKJV] — For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

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