The Fall of Man
Posted by Lee on March 29th, 2007 filed in Daily Thoughts
In Genesis, Adam and Eve are given two commandments.
First to multiply and replenish the earth.
Genesis 1:27-28
“So God created man in his own himage, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto the, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
Second, they are told they cannot eat of the tree of knowledge and if they do they shall surely die.
Genesis 2:16-17
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Traditionally people are taught that the first commandment was to not eat of the tree of knowledge. However, chronological order in the Book of Genesis presents quite a different picture. Adam and Eve were given the commandment to “multiply and replenish the earth” before being given the commandment to not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
I for one am glad that Eve ate of the tree of knowledge. If she hadn’t used her free agency neither you nor I would have been born.
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