[Biblemat] Adam and Eve's expulsion from the garden (question and answer)

[Don Martin]

Don Martin sharing question and answer number 1, 080 since July 16:

Hello Cindy,

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You asked:

Why were Adam and Eve forced out of the Garden of Eden?

Reply:

The reason Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden that God had prepared
for them was their disobedience.  God in addition to providing them with
work and responsibility, also provided them with law.  A particular law was
not to eat of the forbidden fruit (Gen. 2: 17).  However, they both
disobeyed God and partook of this fruit and as a consequence, they were
driven from the garden and precluded re-entry (Gen. 3).  God has always
required obedience to his laws.  Jesus asked, "...why call ye me Lord, Lord,
and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6: 46).  There are many articles
in www.bibletruths.net pertaining to the will of God.  I shall insert a
previously asked and answered question below from the archives of Bible
Questions.

    Question: What truths are seen regarding Adam and Eve?

     Answer: As you Know, God created all things which are created (Gen.
1-2).  God did not simply place certain laws in place and allow evolution to
produce its effect (see Gen. 1: 1-31).  In the case of Adam and Eve, they
were instantaneously created full-grown beings (Gen. 1: 26-31, 2: 18-25).

   God's perfection and love is seen regarding Adam and Eve.  God created
man after his own image (Gen. 1: 26).  Man enjoys a status over all lower
creation (Gen. 2: 8).  The garden was a paradise of beauty and unique
spiritual opportunities (Gen. 2-3).  God's love and perfection can be
observed in his interest for the well-being of Adam's social needs (Gen. 2:
18 ff.).  God did not create Adam and Eve as robots, but in addition to the
tree of life there was the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2: 9,
17).

   God's strictness is seen regarding the first parents.  Adam and Eve were
not without restraint.  God said, "But of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it..." (Gen. 2: 17).  We continue to read,
"for in the day that thou eatest thereof," God explained, "thou shalt surely
die" (Gen. 2: 17).  The command was such Adam and Eve could perform and the
attached penalty was clearly stated.  Adam and Eve, however, choose to
violate God's command (sin is lawlessness, 1 Jn. 3: 4).  God drove them from
the garden and prevented them to return (Gen. 3).

    Beloved, the truths seen regarding Adam and Eve continue.  God loves us
and has abundantly provided for us (Jn. 10: 10).  God also requires
obedience today (Rom. 11: 22, Heb. 5: 8-9) and has given us laws and
commandments which we can obey, if we love Him (1 Jn. 5: 3).

Thanks again for your good question and for your interest in spiritual
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Cordially,
Don Martin