The angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works.
–Jubilees 2:1 (Apocrypha 100 B.C.)–

No prophet ever saw what Moses saw…
he beheld the glory of the Almighty
and all the hidden wisdom of creation.
–Numbers Rabbah 12:12–

Moses received the Torah and
understood all the works of creation.
—Bereshit Rabbah 1:1–

There appeared to him in the wilderness ofmount Sina
an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
–Acts 7:30 (KJV)–

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The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon you
Because He has anointed you to preach good news
The Spirit of the Sovereign God is upon you
Because He has anointed you to preach good news
He has sent you to the poor
This is the year
To bind up the broken-hearted
This is the day
To bring freedom to the captives
This is the year
And to release the ones in darkness

This is the year of the favor of the Lord
This is the day of the vengeance of our God
This is the year of the favor of the Lord
This is the day of the vengeance of our God

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon us
Because He has anointed us to preach good news
The Spirit of the Sovereign God is upon us
Because He has anointed us to preach good news
He will comfort all who mourn
This is the year
He will provide for those who grieve
This is the day
He will pour out the oil of gladness
This is the year
Instead of mourning, you will praise

–Andy Park, Vineyard Music, “Spirit of the Sovereign Lord”–

The Iraqi Fig Tree might be the same species as the Tree of Knowledge that threw the human race into a state of damnation. Today its just a fruit tree like any other that you can buy for $80. Notice the big leaves–just like the leaves that Adam and Eve tried to cover themselves with. To this day, figs have been shown to support the intellect and mind by providing necessary nutrients for neuroprotection, reducing brain inflammation, improving memory, and lowering anxiety levels. They are considered a “brain-boosting” food that supports mental clarity. In this sense, they might be considered a fruit that contributes to retaining knowledge.

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Thus ends a chapter containing the most extensive, most profound, and most sublime truths that can possibly come within the reach of the human intellect. How unspeakably are we indebted to God for giving us a revelation of his WILL and of his WORKS! Is it possible to know the mind of God but from himself? It is impossible. Can those things and services which are worthy of and pleasing to an infinitely pure, perfect, and holy Spirit, be ever found out by reasoning and conjecture? Never! for the Spirit of God alone can know the mind of God; and by this Spirit he has revealed himself to man; and in this revelation has taught him, not only to know the glories and perfections of the Creator, but also his own origin, duty, and interest. Thus far it was essentially necessary that God should reveal his WILL; but if he had not given a revelation of his WORKS, the origin, constitution, and nature of the universe could never have been adequately known. The world by wisdom knew not God; this is demonstrated by the writings of the most learned and intelligent heathens. They had no just, no rational notion of the origin and design of the universe. Moses alone, of all ancient writers, gives a consistent and rational account of the creation; an account which has been confirmed by the investigation of the most accurate philosophers. But where did he learn this? “In Egypt.” That is impossible; for the Egyptians themselves were destitute of this knowledge. The remains we have of their old historians, all posterior to the time of Moses, are egregious for their contradictions and absurdity; and the most learned of the Greeks who borrowed from them have not been able to make out, from their conjoint stock, any consistent and credible account. Moses has revealed the mystery that lay hid from all preceding ages, because he was taught it by the inspiration of the Almighty.

–ADAM CLARKE’S COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 1:31–

Edmund Candler, The Long Road to Baghdad, vol. 1 (Cassell and Co, 1919), ch. 22: “The Garden of Eden.“

See also the works of Josephus and Philo on the Creation of the World.