Marbaniang, Domenic

The Book of Genesis records the historically vital account of the Fall of man. Now, there are those who are skeptical of this account. It seems to them very unlikely that a race can be condemned to eternal damnation just because its progenitors took a secret bite of the forbidden fruit. Firstly, the fruit-nature correlation itself seems to them incongruous. Then, there is the issue of justness of such damnation. However, there is something about this account that is unignorable; and, that is that it stands out as the most legitimate explanation of the root of human devolution. Genesis 3 records the first lie of Scripture, the demonic lie that man would not surely die if he ate the forbidden fruit but would rather become like God knowing good and evil. The first part of it was blatantly false; the effect of the fruit was instantly fatal on both Adam and Eve, for the moment they sinned they died spiritually. The opening of their eyes meant their spiritual death in the same manner that th...

Illuminated parchment, Spain, ca AD 950–955, depicting the Fall of Man (Wiki) Why was it that when Adam and Eve ate the fruit, the first thing they became aware of was their own nakedness? Of all the sins, hasn't only the sexual one to do with or against the body? (1Cor. 6:18). Why is it that following the Original Sin, nakedness is considered shameful? Even the heavenly hosts appear clothed in all visions. [There is no mention that Adam and Eve were covered with a glorious light. If they were, it would have been mentioned so - that they were naked but were not ashamed because they were covered with a glorious light; however, it only says that their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked.] From the above, do we infer that the first consequence of sin was ALIENATION? Alienation from God resulted in Fear (because of nakedness, Gen.3:10) - They hid. Alienation from Fellow humans resulted in Shame (because of nakedness, Gen.2:25; 3:7) - They sew aprons of fig leaves. The...