THE FALL O FMAN SKIN
Now skin is dead, for garments of skin can only be obtained by the killing of an animal.
It is necessary to examine the meaning of this term with care insofar as it constitutes the first and only major change in human nature in history. This change is signified in the Biblical text by their being endowed with “garments of skins” ( Genesis 3.21). Having believed in these lies and slander against the all-good God, and eaten of the forbidden fruit, Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise, lost the Grace of the Holy Spirit, and suffered a catastrophic change in their physical and psychological nature. But when with his whole soul he believed the serpent and not God, then the Divine grace which had rested on him slipped away from him, so that he became the enemy of God by reason of the unbelief which he had shown to His words." In his great wisdom he had given names to all the animals ( Genesis 2.19-20). Compare God and the serpent, and you will see how great was the sin of most-wise Adam. Symeon the New Theologian writes: "Adam sinned with a great sin because he did not believe the words of God, but believed the word of the serpent. Adam's sin consisted in the desire to please his wife more than God. Eve liked the look of the fruit, ate of it and then gave it to her husband to eat.Įve’s sin consisted in sensuality and disobedience to her husband. “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” ( Genesis 3.5). Then he suggested that God was in fact envious of the apotheosis they would achieve if they ate of the tree. The devil (in the form of a serpent) tempted the woman, first, by suggesting that God was a liar, and that they would not die. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat, you shall surely die” ( Genesis 2.16-17). The Lord’s commandment was: “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat. But if they disobeyed, they would lose that holiness, and the sinless nature both inside and outside them would be corrupted. If they resisted the temptation and obeyed, they would become more mature and grounded in their holiness, and therefore still closer to God and each other. He also allowed the devil (a fallen angel who had rebelled against God before the creation of the material world) to approach them and tempt them to break the commandment.
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THE FALL O FMAN FREE
God decided to test their free will by giving them a small, easily-fulfilled commandment (especially for an unfallen nature), and seeing whether they would obey it. However, although they were sinless and living in a wholly sinless and incorrupt world, the Paradise of delight, their holiness was as it were immature and untested. God placed Adam and Eve in Paradise together with the animals, and there they would have lived forever in joy and harmony without any pain or sorrow.
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