🔍The scales of God represent his ultimate power and knowledge, emphasizing his justice.
🍎The fruit from the tree of knowledge symbolizes the seductive temptation to gain knowledge that only God should know.
🌿The Garden of Eden symbolizes God's favor and his direct connection to Adam and Eve, as well as their material separation from heaven after their disobedience.
What do the scales of God represent?
—The scales of God represent his ultimate power and knowledge, emphasizing his justice.
What does the fruit from the tree of knowledge symbolize?
—The fruit symbolizes the seductive temptation to gain knowledge that only God should know.
What does the Garden of Eden symbolize?
—The Garden of Eden symbolizes God's favor and his direct connection to Adam and Eve, as well as their material separation from heaven after their disobedience.
Why did Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit?
—Adam and Eve were tempted by the forbidden fruit's promise of gaining divine knowledge.
What were the consequences of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit?
—Eating the forbidden fruit caused Adam and Eve to fall from their innocent state and be banished from the Garden of Eden.
00:09Introduction to the symbols in John Milton's Paradise Lost.
00:16The scales of God as a symbol of his justice and ultimate power.
00:31The fruit from the tree of knowledge as a symbol of seductive temptation and forbidden knowledge.
00:46Forbidden fruit and its consequences, leading to the fall of Adam and Eve.
01:02The Garden of Eden as a symbol of God's favor and connection to Adam and Eve.
01:17The banishment from the garden and its symbolic significance.
01:24The Garden of Eden as a representation of the material separation between earth and heaven.
