What do we see in this stained glass window?

There is a serpent figure in a fruit tree. There is a man and a woman. Who stands between them? Is that God*? Or an angel perhaps. Angels are not the same things as gods are they?

This is the symbolic story of Adam and Eve from the Bible.

There are many creation myths around the world which mirror the story of Adam and Eve. Myths are often founded upon real events.

The Bible gives us valuable clues about the origins of modern human beings. It contains some truths but we have to 'read between the lines' to understand them. It also contains many deceptions we need to be aware of.

A recurrent theme in the Bible is: Good versus Evil. The Lord is depicted as both (not just good - 'God' - though never described as evil). Does that sound like the knowing, loving Creator we have come to know and love in this presentation? No!

The opening line of the Bible reads:

"First God made heaven and earth".

No. We cannot accept the Lord made heaven and earth, because the universe is balanced and the Lord is not. The world of the Lord is one of polarity, and polarity goes against Universal Law.

Let us return to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (a real place, which was the work of the true Creator and not the Lord). According to the Bible, this man and woman - the first human beings to walk the Earth we are told - were warned by the Lord. He told them not to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge.

But the Lord was disobeyed by Eve. Here is how the Bible describes the moment Eve was 'tempted' by the serpent to eat the fruit:

Serpent: Did God forbid you to eat the fruit of the trees of the garden?

Eve: We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, "You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die."

Serpent: You will not die. God knows that the day you eat of the fruit your eyes shall be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.

What the serpent said to Eve needs to be studied closely, because it contains clues which lead to extraordinary revelations about our origins.

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* In order to separate the biblical God from the Creator of the universe, we shall say "Lord" from now on.

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