Lesson 1
The Fall
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Adam and Eve were living in the garden of Eden. They were given one simple rule.
Genesis 2:16-17 NKJV
[16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; [17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
God gave this rule to Adam before He created Eve... and scripture is silent about how Eve was told. But we see in chapter 3 that the serpent questions her about this and in here answer, she has added the phrase, "neither shall you touch it". This bit was added somehow.
Maybe it's just me, but I can just picture the serpent standing there, reach up and pick off one of those fruits. He began to roll it around and play with it as a magician or maybe a juggler might play with it, rolling it along his arm/leg and over the back of his hand/paw. (He still had legs at this point in time). Then he says to Eve..
Genesis 3:4-5 NKJV
[4] Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. [5] For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
So the story goes. She ate, gave some to Adam and he ate too. And then they died... or did they? What then, did God lie about this. Of course not. Adam lived on for some 900 years, physically. So in what way did they both die that day?
The clues we are given are these, that they had been naked but until now had not been ashamed. Now suddenly they realized they were naked and tried to cover it up with fig leaves. Some how that wasn't even enough, so they hid themselves from God.
What died? For answer to this question, we are going to have to follow the clues scattered throughout the Bible.
Lesson 2 will start us on that journey.
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Pastor Torch
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