11 January 2014 - The Fall

The story of mankind’s fall is detailed in Genesis chapter three

The crafty serpent asked the woman about the forbidden tree

He twisted and turned God’s words and said she would not die

The woman saw it was “good for food and pleasing to the eye”

She wanted to gain wisdom so “took some and ate it” in verse six

Then gave some to her husband who ate it; now both were in a fix

Their eyes were opened and their nakedness became apparent

They sewed fig leaves to cover themselves wherever they went

The man and his wife heard the sound of God as He did walk

They hid from Him among the trees, as they were afraid to talk

In verse nine, the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

Adam said he hid because he was afraid of what God would do

God asked Adam why he ate fruit from the tree in the garden

The woman blamed the serpent, for whom there was no pardon

God said the woman’s offspring would crush the serpent’s head

This foretold what Jesus would do when He arose from the dead

The cost of the woman’s sin God did make quite plain

That she would give birth with greatly increased pain

And because the man sinned after listening to his wife

He was cursed with working hard all the days of his life

God continued in a voice that was quite stern

“For dust you are and to dust you will return”

Adam named his wife Eve and God made them clothes

As a sign of His love for them despite what had arose

But from the Garden of Eden God did them both banish

The way back to the tree of life did effectively vanish

From 1 Corinthians 15:22 to a conclusion one does arrive

“For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive”

Romans chapter five from verse twelve similarly does begin

“Sin entered the earth through one man, and death through sin”

“In this way death came to all men, because all sinned”

For “sin was in the world” that no man could rescind

“But sin is not taken into account when there is no law”

“Nevertheless, death reigned” until God Moses saw

“But the gift is not like the trespass” per verse fifteen

Many died due to one man’s sin, as was often seen

But God’s grace and Jesus’ gift account for so much more

Via this justification and righteousness, God does restore

“For the wages of sin is death”, Romans 6:23 does say

“But the gift of God is eternal life” for forever and a day