MythArc : 6000 Years Of Supernatural Thrillers

Why does mankind need a redeemer, anyway?

Have you ever heard someone talk about original sin? Many preachers and even poiticians talk about it these days. Original sin refers to the rebellious act committed by Adam and Eve way back in the Garden of Eden. Not sure there even was a Garden of Eden? Not sure about the concept of Creation? You're not alone. Take a look here or here for a rundown on the scientific evidence.

And now back to Adam and Eve and that Garden.

Here's what the Bible has to say: In Genesis 2: 16-17 God puts a limitation on what Adam and Eve can consume.

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.

Yikes! Heavy penalty! At that time, neither Adam or Eve understood human death. It might have been that animals died. The Bible doesn't say. But as the first humans, Adam and Eve couldn't have experienced funerals, cancer, accidents, or even so-called natural death, so this concept was brand new. Still, all they had to do was steer clear of the tree of knowledge of good and evil - that wasn't so bad.

Enter the Snake.

Genesis 3:1-7:

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. (New King James Version)

Okay, so Eve fell for some snake's line. Big deal. I mean, really, the snake just repeated what God had said.

Did the snake truly repeat what God said? Read it again - the serpent says:

Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

In other words, he says - Come on, did God really say that? That you can't eat from EVERY tree? You mean God is leaving something out? Holding back?

Eve says - pay close attention now:

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

WOW! Even before she eats from the tree - she's LYING! God never said "neither shall ye touch it"! That wily serpent has already made a sale!

From the very beginning, deception, not force, has been the Enemy's chief weapon.