Before the Fall of Man

God created man in his own image.  Man is to acknowledge God as the creator of the universe.  Man is to have faith and trust in God that His will is always good for his creation.  With this understanding God will co-create and co-rule with man on earth. 

Man can eat of all the fruits in the Garden of Eden except from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.  This test followed by temptation of the serpent created doubt that God should only be the one knowing what is good and evil.  Man wanted to be like God and disobeyed God's command not to eat of the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. 

Before the Fall, man is allowed even to eat the fruits from the Tree of Life which allows for an eternal relationship with God.