What is Sin? … Not obeying God (His word)
Lucifer was the first to sin – rebelling against God – See Lucifer
But Lucifer wasn’t a human, he was an Angel!
God created Adam …. Genesis 2:7
God Placed Adam in the garden of Eden, to take care of it … Genesis 2:15
God instructed Adam in what he was to do and not do … Genesis 2:16
Adam was to name all the animals (and probably all the plants) … Genesis 2:19
How long was Adam in the Garden alone with God? The Scripture doesn’t say.
But it was long enough for Adam to observe the animals he was naming and see how they were paired with their own kind. No doubt Adam longed for someone of his own kind … Genesis 2:20
God put Adam into a deep sleep, took a part from Adam (translated rib) and formed the woman. Genesis 2:21-22
Note: The Hebrew word is normally translated as side, corner, chamber or flank not rib.
God presented the woman to Adam.
The woman was to be Adam’s help meet; he was responsible for her, to teach her God’s word.
The Apostle Paul writes of the responsibility … Ephesians 5:22-33
Adam and the woman were to dwell in the Garden of Eden doing God’s will.
But SIN interrupted this relationship.
Now, who sinned first… Adam or the woman?
Adam left the woman alone in the Garden, WHY? Where was he?
While alone, Satan took advantage of the situation, taking on the form of a serpent … GENESIS 3:1-5
The woman was beguiled, tricked by the serpent (Satan) … 2 Corinthians 11:3
Adam returns and finds Eve had eaten of Forbidden Fruit.
(The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which God had instructed Adam NOT to eat of … Genesis 2:17)
Adam knew God’s command and yet He also ate of the forbidden fruit.
So, the question, WHO Sinned First, The woman or Adam?
The woman was tempted… Did she disobey God? Yes, but she was beguiled, led astray.
Adam willfully disobeyed God’s word.
As the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
That man was ADAM, who willfully disobeyed God. 2 Timothy 2:14
And because of that sin, death both physical and spiritual entered into the world.
Death by definition is separation.
Physical death separates soul and spirit from the body.
Spiritual death separates us from God.
The woman was not called Eve until after the fall … Genesis 3:20
And then they were casted forth out of the Garden … Genesis 4:23-24
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also see Tree of Knowledge
also see It is Appointed