The Great Fall

Chapter 2
The Great Fall

1Corinthians 15v21-22[KJV] “21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the death. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Romans 3v23 [KJV]”For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”


Within the previous chapter we see that God created man for a purpose. Not just out of whim. Now many questions and answers have been made with regard to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. There are still many people that ask the question, why did God place the tree in the Garden of Eden? Some say if God wanted man to be perfect, then why was this tree there. People have gone as far as to think and say that God and the devil plays a game with the human race. What foolishness is this? Let me clear some throat here. God has never and will never in His entire infinite and divine being roll dice with the precious soul of any individual, no matter how good or how bad that person might be. One familiar scripture makes this very clear – John 3v16 “For God so loved the world…”
Therefore, what was the purpose of these trees in the garden? The one was the tree of life and the other the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now first of all before we go any further, Romans 1v20 [KJV] says, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse ” So revelatory understanding tells me then that there is an invisible/spiritual attachment to both these visible/natural trees. So although these trees were there physically there was a spiritual attachment to it so that there should be an understanding of the invisible/spiritual through the visible/natural even God’s eternal power, I hope you can see it. Just read the verse again.
Our next level of understanding will be to see exactly where these trees were situated. In Genesis 2v8 & 9 [KJV]– Lets read it “8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward of in Eden; and there He put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil”
We can see one major plan of God for man in the first part of verse 8 “And the LORD God planted a garden…” this tells me that God has first of all prepared a place where He could meet and commune with humanity.
It is in the divine will and plan of God since the beginning that He must meet with humankind in or at a place that is sacred which He has prepared. Now we can understand why the tabernacle, why the temple, why church, why the secret closest. Although he is omnipresent, yet he prefers a sacred place. Now this is an entire and a complete study on its own. But let me just briefly touch on it, to establish my point. In Psalms 27v5 [KJV] we read that “…in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;” and this is where His presence is. It is in your secret time and place with God where you receive more strength. Although God gave Adam and Eve the earth to replenish, fill and develop the earth, he still wanted to have a special place to meet with them. One extra point, He prefers to dwell in a place that He has prepared and that makes it sacred. This confirms the scripture that says, “God dwells not in places made with hands” (2Chron. 2v6, Acts 7v48, Acts 17v24, 1Cor.3v16). In the tabernacle or church building He will visit us; but in our lives He will come to stay.
God wants to abide in us and we in Him – Luke 19v 5,9 also John 15v4-7.
Why would he prefer to live in our lives? Because HE created us and not we ourselves; (Ps.100v3), and the church building and tabernacle etc. is hand made.
Just in sum of a better understanding or revelation for that matter, the place Eden signifies the whole tabernacle, the Garden of Eden the Holies of Holies. Like I said this is a complete study on it’s own.
The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the garden - literal. Nevertheless, the question is what type or kind of tree was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and what fruit did it bear? Now that we have read Romans 1v20, allow me to explain the spiritual side so that we can see that the visible fact of the fruit is irrelevant. Let us bear one very strong point in mind here, and that is what Christ said in Matthew 15v10-19, it is not that which enters into the mouth that defiles man, but that which proceeds out of the heart. The first part of verse 19 of Matt.15v19 is actually very clear, saying “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,” etc. So back to our lesson, the Bible says it was “the tree OF THE KNOWLEDGE of good and evil” Genesis 2v17 [KJV], this actually means to have the understanding or knowledge of good and evil. However, why was it there? It was there because Satan has already fallen and he would come to visit there, read Ezekiel 28v13-16. The Bible does not say what kind of fruit it was, that is because of the irrelevancy of the natural fruit. The important factor here is the OBEDIENCE to the word of God – “Thou shall not” Gen.2v16. Let me make an example. If I should have some very sophisticated hi-tech audio equipment in my house, and it so happens that I’m the only one that really knows how it works. I know how powerful the sound output is and how to set the sound balance and just the whole techno wiz etc. One day I tell my son; “Son don’t touch this equipment, the day you touch it something can go wrong and I will be upset, and when daddy gets upset I will have to punish you”. So one day, some irresponsible kid, one of his friends comes and says to my son – “Hey, Kyle I have a very nice CD, let’s try it out”. Kyle would turn around and say “no my dad told me not to touch this equipment”, but his sly buddy tells him “no it wont brake; your dad knows when you will switch it on, the sound is very loud only the neighbors will complain. This is 1800w speakers with a 1500watt pro-logic amplifier plus the surround sound and 350watt sub-woofer, this sound is electrifying and potent; come on; your dad wont know” So Kyle been tempted and curious manages to turn it on and wow! Sound so clear and powerful the windows shake, but after listening to a few tracks, they turn it off again. His sly buddy tells him “You see, your dad didn’t want you to know that this equipment was so good and potent, so did it blow or break any windows?”
So what is the moral of the story?
The point here is that myself (Kyle’s father) knows what can happen when you turn up the volume, because the salesperson sold to me the sound. The problem is not with the equipment the matter is, knowing what is the good and the bad side of the sound output and the technicalities. Now the problem with my son will be, he disobeyed my command. The boy received bad influence from an outsider that came into my house, and in my absence planted a seed of disobedience into the heart of my dear child.
Saint this is exactly what Satan the devil did. He planted a seed of disobedience into the heart of Eve – (1Tim. 2v14). It was no literal serpent seed and brought forth Cain! However, he sowed or planted the first seed (word), which was lust, to bring forth sin, and this was the sin of Disobedience. Let’s read Romans 5v19 [KJV] – “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners,” Before we continue, let us look at this. The seed of lust is three fold dimensional, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. The Apostle James makes it very clear in James 1v13-15, but verse 14 “every man (person) is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” Now let us continue bearing the above in mind.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was placed in the garden, because God didn’t want us to be ignorant of the devices of the devil. There is no ignorance in the Presence of God! To make another point clear, it is not the devil that we have to fear, for God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love, (but take note of the last part of this verse -) …and of a sound mind. This means not being IGNORANT (IITim1v7). God wants us to rather know Satan’s devices so that we have to be aware of him. Adam and Eve was INNOCENT not IGNORANT before the great fall.
• Innocence means: blameless, in the clear, to be above suspicion, incorruptible, freedom from evil.
• Ignorance means: the lack of knowledge; badly informed, bad mannered.
That is exactly what Satan wanted man to be, bad mannered, badly informed etc. Man has become so badly informed about himself and even about the true identity of God, about His Saving Name and also about his salvation plan. But what does the scripture say, “For the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:” – Acts 17v30 [KJV]
But he – the devil wanted man to move and stay from blamelessness and incorruptibleness to corruption and be bad mannered and suffer the lack of knowledge. Let us look again at Genesis 2v9 “And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;” [KJV]
This means that God’s plan for man was; that man should grow and be surrounded by whatsoever is pleasant and good both physically and spiritually. Perhaps I must put it this way – God placed man amongst pleasant trees that grew, so that man’s life must grow pleasant with and amongst God’s created pleasantness and goodness. It even says that they were good for food – Read John 15v1-7. This means from the beginning God wanted man to have pleasantness and goodness surrounding him. Oh can you imagine to be surrounded by the pleasantness and the goodness of God 24/7. David confirms this in Psalms 23v6 when he says:”Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.” [KJV] That is what God intended for us to have had; goodness, mercy (understanding), pleasantness, as we would dwell with Him in His pavilion or house. Please note that the garden in Eden that God planted was the HOUSE OF GOD for Adam and Eve, and their offspring. I think I have briefly explained this subject earlier in this chapter.
I strongly believe that God did not want them to be ignorant of the devil’s devices. The Apostle Paul warns us in IICor.2v11” Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not IGNORANT of his devices.” Satan took advantage – it is in his nature to take advantage. Hence, the Bible says in Isaiah 14 verse 13 “For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;”[KJV]. This makes it very clear that he was saying; I will take advantage! In the case of Adam and Eve for him to take advantage he only had to plant one seed of sin and that was the seed of DISOBEDIENCE - breaking the rules, insubordination. Satan now knew that now that they (mankind) have taken through knowledge the seed of disobedience they’re understanding is now open to break every rule that exist. They will break every order of God, even the very order of nature – read Rom 8v20-22. The devil saw the law of planting, sowing and reaping. He also saw that God planted and the seed will yield, grow, and bring forth a tree and the tree will yield seed again – Gen. 1v11. In other words, he understood the reproduction process. The devil could not regenerate him-self or make natural beings like him, as God did, creating from nothing something in his image. However, he knew that he could reproduce his nature (character) or attitude through spoken word so all he had to do was to plant the seed (word) of his nature (character) into the thoughts. Therefore, he planted the seed of disobedience through speaking into the heart, and by doing this; he could regenerate seed or the nature of disobedience - his nature or character. Within the reproduction process he (Satan) also understood then that the female hosts the cells that can bear the seed so that the seed could reproduce after it’s kind to bring forth fruit. In other words cell + seed = fruit. Another fact is also that the enemy will always look for a weaker vessel to work from in your life. In the case with Adam and Eve he was looking for the weakest link or area to enter and to destroy. Therefore, he planted the seed into the female being the weaker vessel. It was not a natural seed to reproduce literal little devils, but his plan was to defy the order of God and the law of reproduction. It was behavioral regeneration and not physical flesh regeneration as through the method of sex. The devil cannot through sexual inter course reproduce otherwise he would have continued to sexually reproduce his own species of humans. Nevertheless, he reproduces after his kind by placing his word-seed into the hearts or thoughts of humanity; hence we have doctrines of devils, philosophies, and fortune telling, etc. – 1Cor.10v20-21, 1Tim.4v1. To have a better understanding of this, let us look at some scriptural support with regard to this statement. Matthew 12:34 [KJV] “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” This does not mean that they were children of a literal serpent, but figurative. Perhaps we can also look at John 8:44 [KJV] “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him....’”
Please note what our Lord Jesus is saying here is not literal, but once again metaphoric or figurative, meaning that Satan has planted within their hearts the seed of lies and disobedience.
In Acts 5v3, we can read the following; “But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?” [KJV]. This is very clear Satan once again planted a seed of disobedience into a couple’s heart, and the fruit of the seed was lies, but the end result was death! Ananias and his wife disobeyed the command of God, and right in the presence of the LORD they died. I would not be surprised if he (Satan) asked them “had God said…” Satan probably told them, “nobody will know” or “if you will give all the money; what will you eat and drink and wear?” It would come as no surprise either. Because the devil wants us always to be concerned about what we will wear, eat and drink. Disobedience will always leave you with the question; “What are you going to do?”
Just to go back to our previous paragraph; the devil is a spirit and the Bible clearly states that a spirit has no flesh and bones (Luke 24v29). That means that a spirit has no blood, because blood is in the flesh. Please note, that the sexual organs that human beings and the animals use for reproduction is part of the flesh. Cain was not the devil’s literal child. No, ten thousand times no.
Here are some Biblical facts that Cain was not the literal child or flesh reproduction of the devil:
What does the scripture says; Genesis 4v1 [KJV] “And Adam knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said I have gotten a man from the Lord.” The New International Version [NIV] makes this very simple and clear to understand Genesis 4v1 [NIV] “Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” Note, not from the devil! She says; “with the help of the Lord”. Eve understood that although conception was through her husband Adam; but all life comes from GOD. He is the Creator of all life. Let us look at Hannah’s situation. Hannah was barren, she could not conceive; but when she did conceived and bore a man-child; she called his name Samuel “…saying I have asked him of the Lord. “ (1Samuel 1v20 [KJV]) These women did not disregard their husbands but they gave homage or glory to Him from which all blessings flow. While I’m at this point, please allow me to minister to your barren situation, “In The Name Of JESUS! Receive life in your barrenness. Be it childlessness, or financial whatever lack you have, In JESUS Name! Let there be life.” Go ahead and thank God.