Forbidden fruit Adam and Eve upon expelling them from the Garden. "By that with which they were made low were they rectified." Since the fig is a long-standing symbol of female sexuality, it enjoyed a run as a favorite understudy to the apple as the forbidden fruit during the Italian Renaissance. The most famous depiction of the fig as the forbidden fruit was painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti in his masterpiece fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Proponents of the theory that the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in what is now known as the Middle East suggest that the fruit was
Donald W. Sweeting first full-time pastor, and senior pastor until 1997. He was ordained at Christ Church of Lake Forest, Illinois in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Sweeting served as senior pastor of Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church in southeast metro Denver and in addition, taught church history at Denver Seminary. Donald Sweeting has co-authored two books, How to Finish the Christian Life and Lessons from the Life of Moody, both co-written with his father, Dr. George Sweeting. He has also published numerous articles for well-known magazines and scholarly journals. Sweeting was the president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida from 2010 until 2016,