Do you think God wanted Adam to stay in Eden? Do you think God really didn't want them to eat the fruit? Do you think it was unavoidable?
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When God first created Adam He told Adam what His purpose was for the earth, Gen 1:26-28. Notice that after God created Adam and Eve He told them what to do. God said to multiply and ill the earth and subdue it and have in subjection all the animals.
Adam and Eve were to extend the Garden throughout the entire earth, making the earth a paradise.
Adam and Eve had not sinned against God they would have continued to be perect, and would never have died. The earth would have been filled with righteous people, living forever in a paradise.
Consider what God had Isaiah to write, Isa 45:18.
Consider what was written in Ps 37:29. This prophecy will still come true, but will be completed by billions of people being brought back in a resurrection, John 5:28,29, Acts 24:15.
In theology this is called Covenant Theology, and is the idea that all men who have faith in the ransom sacrifice of Jesus will receive the same promises that Adam and Eve would have received, if they had not sinned against God.
When God states a purpose NOTHING can thwart the fulfillment of that purpose, Isa 55:11, 14:24, 46:9-11.
God did not and could not have wanted them to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. Remember, God warned Adam NOT to eat of the tree, Gen 2:15-17.
Another term in theology is CONCURSUS, which means that God was protecting Adam from any wrong action, that could have been dangerous to him, as long as he looked to God to decide what was right and wrong or him.
The tree of the knowledge of good and bad actually was the accepting by Adam,as to what was good and bad, as decided by God. Adam knew that doing anything against God was BAD.