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wrong. They truly became “like God” in having this ability. However, it was not
an ability God wanted mankind to possess. The inevitable consequence of
mankind looking inside of themselves to discern good and evil is that they would
no longer look to Him for this knowledge. They would become separated from
God.
As soon as the man and woman ate of this fruit, separation occurred. They
had embarked on a path where they would begin to determine what was right and
wrong by their own innate ability gained through an act of disobedience. Rather
than seeking the face of God every time they were faced with a decision, or
desired to know what they should be doing, they looked inside of themselves and
found the answer. (This subject is discussed in greater depth in the book
SABBATH.)
God planned from before the foundation of the earth that man should
become complete and mature as He placed His Spirit within man’s body. Man
was destined to be a temple, and a dwelling place for the Spirit of God. Yahshua
spoke of this desire of God in the following words.

John 14:16-17
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be
with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him
because He abides with you, and will be in you.

God formerly sent His Spirit to abide WITH mankind. This was the
experience of Abraham, of Moses, of the prophets and priests of the Old
Covenant. God had envisioned a day when man would enter into a fuller
communion with Himself. It was never His desire for mankind to walk
independently of Him. Yet, He allowed the man and woman to choose this
course, and in doing so He has allowed mankind to understand the great folly and
tragedy of becoming separated from their Creator.
This separation always leads to a loss of light and life. This separation
always ends in darkness and death. Why is this so? It is because all light of the
truth, and all life is found in God. The apostle John spoke of the Son of God in
this way:

John 1:4, 9
In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men... There was the true
Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

Yahshua confessed the following:

John 8:12
"I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the
darkness, but will have the Light of life."

All light and life are in God, for light and life are His very nature.