God created man and gave him controlling power over all the earth and everything that lived in the seas and on the earth and in the air. Adam had the power over everything because God gave him this power. It was Adam’s to do with as he pleased. Adam was the ruler of the earth. Adam was the prince of the sea, air and earth. God gave Adam his wife Eve to be his partner. Adam and Eve lived in paradise without any pain or sorrow. As long as Adam retained his leadership roll of the earth and did not sin, his paradise would continue. Later, Adam relinquished his control through sin and gave his control over to another – Satan.
Adam and Eve’s paradise was compromised; it was broken because of sin. The sin of disobedience, to God’s commanded for Adam not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge, crushed paradise. This event changed Adam and Eve and their future descendants forever. The repaired could only come by God’s perfect sacrifice. God entrusted Adam with a garden and ultimately the planet, but Adam forfeited …show more content…
“She [Eve] took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat” (Genesis 3:6). Adam was not deceived. He knew what was happening, and he made a conscious decision to suffer the consequences of his wife for disobeying God instead of separating himself from Eve by not participating in the sin. God told Adam if he ate the fruit, in that day he would die (Genesis 2:17). Adam did die that day as the dominating leader of earth, he died spiritually because sin separated him from God. If Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the Tree of Life, they would have never died but lived forever (Genesis 3:22). That sin removed Adam’s positional authority over the earth. Satan became the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4), the prince of the air (Ephesians
Adam and Eve’s paradise was compromised; it was broken because of sin. The sin of disobedience, to God’s commanded for Adam not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge, crushed paradise. This event changed Adam and Eve and their future descendants forever. The repaired could only come by God’s perfect sacrifice. God entrusted Adam with a garden and ultimately the planet, but Adam forfeited …show more content…
“She [Eve] took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat” (Genesis 3:6). Adam was not deceived. He knew what was happening, and he made a conscious decision to suffer the consequences of his wife for disobeying God instead of separating himself from Eve by not participating in the sin. God told Adam if he ate the fruit, in that day he would die (Genesis 2:17). Adam did die that day as the dominating leader of earth, he died spiritually because sin separated him from God. If Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the Tree of Life, they would have never died but lived forever (Genesis 3:22). That sin removed Adam’s positional authority over the earth. Satan became the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4), the prince of the air (Ephesians