The following outline provides a shortlist of specifics concerning the significance and outcomes of the fall of humanity in Genesis 3. Throughout Scripture, from the Old Testament to the New, several facts about the catastrophic consequences are listed one-by-one:
- Genesis 3 is about the fall of mankind as a result of standing against God in disobedience. Original sin.1
- The original sin extends throughout humanity as narrated throughout the Pentateuch. Disruption of created order, consequences to descendants, reign of death, prevailing power within human nature, and thereafter judgment with condemnation.2
- Prophets Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah point back to Eden. With parallels to Babylonian captivity.3
- Apostle Paul writes about the fall of humanity in Genesis 3. Specifically, a fall resulting in disobedience and separation from God the Creator as a result. Sin pervades the world, and sin brings death as an outcome. All men die from sin (Rom 5:12).
- Augustine affirms the rationale of Apostle Paul about the transmission, shared guilt, and moral corruption of every human.4
- Over the course of biblical history, after Genesis 3, death reigns and continues from the sin of Adam and Eve to everyone today.5
Citations
1. Paul R. Thorsell, Genesis 3 and Original Sin, What Happened in the Garden, (Grand Rapids, Kregel Academic, 2016), 121-122.
2. Ibid. 137.
3. Ibid. 136.
4. Ibid. 126, 134.
5. Ibid. 129.
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