Even if he was literally or figuratively disguised as a snake.Īs we look at some of the deceitful ploy Satan used on Eve, we can see he’s still using many of the same tactics on us today. Then God planted the Tree of Knowledge in the middle of the garden and left it wide open, basically saying, if you want to stay in the garden, don’t eat the fruit of the tree, but it’s your choice. He’ll never force any of us to make a particular choice. Well, because the choice to enter mortality have children and one day die had to be theirs.
Now why did God give them a rule? He needed them to break. But one law had to be broken in order for the other one to be fulfilled. So he gave Adam and Eve agency to choose. Nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself.
But in the Book of Moses, we learned that God added this important caveat not found in the Bible. And Secondly, God told them not to eat of the tree of knowledge, of good and evil. After Adam and Eve were placed in the garden, they were first commanded to multiply and replenish the Earth. So the fall was a necessary part of God’s plan of happiness for all his children. If they were still in the garden, we wouldn’t be here. But is that right? Was the fall and incredibly important part of God’s plan today, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints rejoice because Adam and Eve’s fall brought mortality into the world and allowed them to have children. The original sin, and many religions taught that because of the fall, all babies are born guilty. Moses 5: Adam and Eve bring forth children-Adam offers sacrifice and serves God-Cain and Abel are born-Cain rebels, loves Satan more than God, and becomes Perdition-Murder and wickedness spread-The gospel is preached from the beginning.Ĭome Follow Me LDS 2022 (Jan 10-16) Genesis 3-4 Moses 4-5 | Freedom and the Fall – powered by Happy Scribeįor thousands of years, the fall of Adam and Eve has been thought of as horrible. Moses 4: How Satan became the devil-He tempts Eve-Adam and Eve fall, and death enters the world. Genesis 4: Eve bears Cain and Abel-They offer sacrifices-Cain slays Abel and is cursed by the Lord, who also sets a mark upon him-The children of men multiply-Adam begets Seth, and Seth begets Enos. Genesis 3: The serpent (Lucifer) deceives Eve-She and then Adam partake of the forbidden fruit-Her Seed (Christ) will bruise the serpent’s head-The roles of woman and of man are explained-Adam and Eve are cast out of the Garden of Eden-Adam presides-Eve becomes the mother of all living. Our consequences are based on our choices. We can choose whether or not we follow the commandments of God. Their choice made it possible for us to come to earth.
Because of their choice, Adam and Eve had to leave the Garden of Eden.Įven though life became much more difficult for Adam and Eve, they could now understand good and evil, joy and pain, and they could have children. Adam, knowing Eve would be cast out, decided to eat the fruit also. Satan came to Eve to tempt her, telling her that if she ate of the fruit, she would know good and evil. If they did, they would be cast out of the garden. When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, they were told that they shouldn’t eat of the fruit of one of the trees in the garden.
0 kommentar(er)
