What did Eve see about the forbidden fruit that drew her to it?
She saw that the tree was good for food, pleasant and beautiful to the eye, and desirable to make one wise. Its appearance appealed to her sight, its promise of wisdom appealed to her pride, and her hunger appealed to the flesh, drawing her to take and eat.
Les explains that Eve saw the tree was good for food, pleasant to the eye, and desirable to make one wise (Genesis 3:6). It was a beautiful-appearing fruit—not an apple, likely some grape-type fruit—that appealed to the eye. Satan had suggested there was something better, and the prospect of being as wise as God appealed to her pride. She was also a little hungry, so her natural appetite was in high gear. Les summarizes these as the three areas mankind still faces: the lust of the eye, the pride of life, and the lust of the flesh. He notes the lust of the flesh is not always bad, since proper desires can be good, and that Jesus told Paul He had tasted every temptation common to man, as seen in Matthew.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
What was the woman contemplating when she saw the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eye?
She was contemplating becoming like God. The tree appeared good for food and pleasant to the eye, and desirable to make one wise, but the real attraction was the possibility of being like God. Satan had made the forbidden thing look desirable, glamorizing what God had prohibited.
How did pride play into Eve's temptation in the garden?
Pride entered Eve's temptation through the desire to be as wise as God. Although she already had everything in paradise, Satan suggested something better, and the prospect of godlike wisdom appealed to her pride. This became the pride of life, one of the three areas of temptation.
More Questions
How did Satan tempt Eve before she ate the forbidden fruit?
Satan had already approached Eve before Genesis 3:6, holding a conversation with her and tantalizing her with the promise that something more was to be gained if she listened to him and ate of the forbidden tree.
What kind of fruit was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden?
The forbidden fruit was beautiful in appearance but was not an apple; Les thinks it was some form of a grape-type fruit.