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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 327582" data-attributes="member: 221">Re: The Knowledge DomainActually it was the possibility of eating from the tree of life after having eaten from the tree of knowledge that got them removed - read it again.But to speak to your actual question, the knowledge they gained from the tree seems to have been of a specific type that God did not want them to have (my suggestion would be it was a first hand knowledge of sin).  However, in all other regards the Scriptures speak very highly of the value of knowledge in general and in fact if one does a concordance search of the Bible using the words know/knowledge and compare this to a search for feel/feelings, one will find that the text of the Bible is very much in favor of people being informed and making rational decisions versus doing something just because it feels right.  Furthermore, the actual job of the prophet in the Old Testament was generally to impart knowledge gained by Revelation or Visions directly to the people, especially in regard to the future outcome of current choices (good and bad).  This ties in well with the knowledge domain.  (Oh and while I am at it, I wanted to take issue with a previous statement about there generally being only 1 prophet at a time.  This is not actually true.  At certain times there were some prophets more prominant than others but there were generally more than 1 prophet active.  Jonah and Amos for example were contemporaries as were Daniel and Ezekiel. Micah, Hosea and Isaiah all seemed to be at work more or less at the same time as was Jeremiah.  Moses was a prophet, but his sister Miriam was also a prophetess.  In fact, during the decline of the kingdom of Israel, the prophet Elijah is generally accredited with starting schools for prophets.  The students of these schools were known collectively as the Sons of the Prophets and there are numerous references to these men throughout the books of 2 Kings.  Amos even at one point explains to his listeners that he did not begin his career as a prophet or a Son of the prophets, but was called from a career as a shepherd to do something he was untrained for.  Whether or not all of the Sons of the Prophets were considered inspired men is debatable but they did recieve training as preachers.)</blockquote>

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