The Bible’s story of Creation and the Fall gives rise to all sorts of stories, like this one: Adam and Eve were walking near the Garden of Eden, showing it to their son, Abel. Abel saw that it was a very beautiful place, and asked, "Daddy, why don’t we live there?" "Well, son, we once did," Adam replied, "but your mother ate us out of house and home!"

It is an old story, a story of trees, a man and a woman, a garden, a serpent, rules kept and rules broken, and of God.

God formed a man, Adam, of the dust, and breathed life into him. God planted a garden, Eden, and made it beautiful with all things good. Among the many trees there, two were mentioned specifically. One was the tree of life; it was good for food, it was related to righteousness, and in the book of Revelation, to fellowship with …