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The previous study \u2018The first sin – disobedience\u2019<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 was concluded with the text:<\/p>\n

… she (Eve) took some (of the fruit) and ate it. She also gave some to her husband (Adam), who was with her, and he ate it.
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Eve was tempted by Satan, the father of lies (John 8:44) and she and Adam ate of the fruit of the only tree God had forbidden. This had tremendous consequences for creation.<\/p>\n

Adam and Eve as God had created them.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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God had created Adam and Eve perfect and they lived in an open relationship with Him. They were fixed on Him in their soul and spirit.<\/p>\n

God had given them the commission:
\n– Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over<\/strong> the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.\u00a0\u00a0 (Genesis 1:28)<\/em><\/p>\n

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God had transferred part of His authority over this world to Adam and Eve. They exercised this authority in total obedience to God.
\nSince He had made a separation between light and darkness, Satan was unable to exercise any influence whatsoever on Adam and Eve\u2019s thinking.
\n(See the studies: God created the earth<\/span><\/a>, Adam and Eve in paradise<\/span><\/a>, Rebellion in heaven<\/span><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The consequence of the fall.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Satan succeeded in making Eve doubt, via the visible world.
\nHe deluded her:<\/p>\n

\u2026 when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God<\/strong>, knowing good and evil.\u00a0\u00a0 (Genesis 3:5)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The apostle Peter writes about listening to false prophets:<\/p>\n

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity – for \u201cpeople are slaves to whatever has mastered them\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 (2 Peter 2:19)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whereas Eve knew God at close quarters and knew that she was not allowed to eat of the forbidden fruit, she believed Satan\u2019s delusion and became disobedient to God\u2019s command.
\nAdam followed his wife in doing so.
\nThis is how Satan brought them into slavery under his rule<\/strong>, because they had placed obedience to him above obedience to God.<\/p>\n

Consequence for world events.<\/span><\/h3>\n

a. Relationship broken between God and mankind.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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By their disobedience to God and by listening to Satan, Adam and Eve broke off their relationship with God.<\/p>\n

From that moment on they were under Satan\u2019s rule, under the rule of the kingdom of darkness, and they were separated from the kingdom of Light, separated from God.<\/p>\n

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Isaiah expressed this as follows:<\/p>\n

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities<\/strong> have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 (Isaiah 59:1-2)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is represented schematically by the thick black line, which represents the separation between God and man. Since the fall, man is born into an open relationship with the kingdom of Satan.<\/p>\n

Why \u2018natural man until Golgotha\u2019 is under \u2018soul\u2019 in the diagram has to do with the fact that God has not turned His back on mankind, as will become clear in the sequel to this study \u2018Spirit, soul and body\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

b. Relationship broken between mankind and God.<\/span><\/strong>
\nAdam and Eve became frightened of God as a result of their disobedience.<\/p>\n

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid<\/strong> from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.\u00a0 \u00a0(Genesis 3:8)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He (Adam) answered, \u201cI heard you in the garden, and I was afraid<\/strong> because I was naked; so I hid.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Genesis 3:10)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Adam and Eve had lived in an open relationship with their Creator.
\nDuring that time their bodies must have shone out God\u2019s glory, like Moses, after he had met God on Mount Sinai.<\/p>\n

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD<\/strong>. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 (Exodus 34:29-30)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After their disobedience, Adam and Eve saw each other\u2019s bodies as they were, naked, without any covering, because God\u2019s glory had departed from them.
\nJust as the Israelites did not dare to approach Moses, Adam and Eve no longer dared to meet God.<\/p>\n

c. Relationship between Adam and Eve broken.<\/span><\/strong>
\nAdam and Eve had lived in complete harmony with each other.
\nAs a result of their disobedience:<\/p>\n