God created
man in his own image, the way he wanted us to be created. He gave mankind
everything he created. He spent 6 days creating everything before taking a
break. He gave mankind free will to do anything they wished, except for one
rule: Do not eat from one tree. A serpent convinces the humans (Adam and Eve)
to eat from the forbidden tree. After eating from the tree, Adam and Eve began
making clothes and hiding from their maker.
Adam was created like a man of twenty
years of age and was a large, developed man. There were few in later
generations who measured up to Adam. Even Eve is compared to an ape when next
to Adam. Adam is that handsome. As God created animals, Adam named each one.
Adam even named himself. When all the angels came to give reverence to Adam,
Satan the greatest of all refused because he was jealous. Satan demanded a
competition with Adam and lost by a landslide. Satan was a sore loser and was
kicked out of heaven. This created the rivalry between Satan and man. Adam’s
wife kept disappearing and preferred punishment over living with Adam. Because
a woman created separately from Adam refused to live with Adam, Adam’s wife was
created from Adam himself. Eve was created. Adam exaggerated the forbidden tree
and told Eve she could not even touch it or she’d die. The serpent tricked Eve
by pushing her into the tree so she’d touch the tree. When it didn’t kill her,
the serpent convinced her Adam had lied and that she could even eat from the
tree. This was the downfall of man. Man was punished, as well as, serpents who
were forced out of their upright posture.
Eve giving Adam the forbidden fruit,
by Lucas Cranach the Elder on Wikipedia
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