The Fall of Man-a personal perspective

The Earth was created in the beginning for the habitation of two sorts of creatures. These two were different, but both were created, educated and powered by God.

One of these creatures was given complete dominion over the Earth in the stead of the other who had relinquished his intended dominion by rebellion against the Creator. This rebellion was the result of a darkness called pride and supported by self justification. The result was arrogance which then led to rebellion. Read the book of Revelations, the twelfth chapter.

The other creatures were flesh, three dimensional and immortal. The non-flesh was also immortal, but was of different form than fleshly man; they were spiritual beings.

God compensated the fleshly creatures for this spiritual ignorance and inability by communicating with them directly, His presence was felt, and His voice heard. They could commune with the Creator as easily as could the other creatures, the spiritual beings. Man did not know the absence of the Creator because the Creator had always been there. Man could not foresee ever having this Father of a spiritual nature not always around. Man visited every day with this Creator, his Father who taught of things that were only sparingly written down much later for the future to know. Man did not suffer toil of an adverse nature, he did not feel sickness and he did not have loneliness. Man did not fear death.

His only lack was the knowledge of that spiritual dimension that was within him but not apparent to him. Because it was not apparent to him, man held this spiritual ignorance at a distance and did not perceive the other spiritual beings as a result of this ignorance.God gave man complete authority over every single thing on Earth, including the other spiritual beings, even though man may not have even perceived the existence of other spiritual beings.

At some point in time, the leadership of the spiritual beings of Darkness became convinced of a plan to finally overthrow the leadership of the Creator over the Earth. This would be their kingdom; the planet and all upon it would be theirs to manipulate and turn into a kingdom of darkness. The fleshly creatures (of every type) would be their minions because of course they were the spiritual beings in a higher dimension than the fleshly creatures on the planet.

The problem hindering the spiritual beings in their scheme to take over the dominion of Planet Earth was that man could not perceive them. He was only a physical being and was unable to perceive or understand the spiritual nature of the universe. These creatures were limited to that very small portion of the universe that was manifested as solid matter and a small part of the energy that was in the universe. So the only way to reach this fleshly creature was through another creature that man might somehow understand and communicate with naturally.

Of course, man had been educated about the nature of the Father and what pleased Him. God had also warned man of the danger involved in learning of things that would destroy the relationship between God and man, such as gaining the perception of the evil that existed in the spiritual realm all about him. Therefore, the Darkness required deception; a straightforward approach would not work.

One day, the darkness found a creature that could bridge the gap between the material world of man and the spiritual world of the dark spirits. This creature was clearly known to man, but had not been a vehicle for this dark spirit before, so the plan involved approaching man with guile.

One of the humans, named Eve, was in the garden one day and was near the source of that spiritual knowledge that man was warned by teh Creator to avoid. This source held the ability to allow man to perceive the spiritual nature of both the Creator (Good) and the Rebellious Darkness (Evil).

This was the moment that the Dark spirit was waiting for. The female one created from the body of the first man, Eve, was alone in the area and away from her authority and protection. The deception of the Darkness would have its best chances here. The ability to strike the woman with deception was great because she was near the forbidden source and could be made curious about what secrets it would reveal. Her guard would be down because the creature chosen to communicate with the woman was common to her, and she had dominion over it anyway, and would be unafraid.

The plan worked! She was was easily tricked in to trying the source of knowledge of good and evil without a single physical contact or direct order from the possessed creature. the Dark spirit could not be destroyed by the Creator because he did not exert dominion over Eve. He only suggested that Eve understood the rules of God incorrectly. the creature told her that she misunderstood what the Creator had said to her, so the threat was way in the future, it would not be an immediate destruction. Also, Eve did not comprehend what death was, really. She had been alive for so long that the thought of an end was difficult to grasp. Death was not common in the garden where she lived.

The Darkness knew that it had gained nothing here with this tactical victory, but that the man Adam must be the one to relinquish his dominion over the Earth. He was the key, but he would also not be the one who would respond to deceit. Man knew the Creator too well. He accepted the authority and responsibility of keeping the one rule of the Creator with great care.

The Darkness knew that the man would be manipulated by his own emotions through the woman, Eve. After she had tapped into the source of knowledge of spiritual good and evil, she would be very, very different than Adam. She would be able to understand things that Adam would not perceive. She would become afraid of the future, and unable to commune with the Creator any longer. She would seek to hide, and Adam would be alone. He would not have a companion to accompany him in the presence of the Creator, and he would not die as she would in the future. This would sway the man; at least the Darkness was hopeful.

Adam was aware of the differences in Eve; he understood what she had done. He also realized some of the consequences of her actions and soon came to the conclusion that he would be alone from this day forward; that one day she would even be gone from the face of the Earth. Adam would have little companionship because she was changed in her behavior so much that she was was out of touch with Adam's existence. They were forced apart by the sin of Eve.

Adam, could not balance his fleshly desire for this companion with the need for the Creator's presence. It seemed to him suddenly that the fleshly creature was more important to him at the moment. He did not want to lose his mate and her company. He wanted to go where she was going.

Adam was helped in this thought process by the lack of understanding of the spiritual loneliness that man naturally would have without the Creator. Adam did not perceive the powerful loss he was about to accept. He could not know that he was cursing the rest of humanity with a spiritual loss and loneliness that would rip the fabric of man's soul from the very birth of each new human. He was torn, emotionally distraught by the lack of hope in his situation and the complete failure of Eve to understand the deceit she was presented with.

Adam's world would have to change, and so he considered the changes he was faced with. Before consulting with the Creator, and afraid He would destroy Eve anyway, Adam decided to forfeit everything to keep the woman with him. He partook of the source also.Adam would take whatever punishment Eve would receive.

Satan, gloating gleefully over his success, was thinking about the weakness and lack of intelligent perception of mankind. This was going to be too easy!

When Adam partook of the knowledge of good and evil he handed over to Satan the dominion of the Earth in spiritual matters. Satan was now free to build his kingdom on Earth without the preventative authority of mankind. He was free to manipulate conditions until mankind would be his servant!

He would sway the thinking of humans and bend them to his purpose by reducing their lives to a miserable existence. He would infect them without them knowing anything about it since over time he could influence the young to ignore the wisdom of the old; and even though man was still in authority over the Earth, he was ignorant of how to maintain it. His food would kill him. His livelihood would prevent him from finding the Creator and joining forces with him somehow. Many of the beings that followed Satan in rebellion would be employed in perverting the truth of the Earth and the Creator so than mankind would be forced to forfeit his authority over the Earth because of ignorance and deceit. It might be entirely possible to cause man to forget that there ever was a Father who had created them all.

Adam and Eve were both driven form the place of their fellowship with the Creator. They were driven from the source of knowledge of good and evil. They were driven from the source of eternal life. They were suddenly aware of the spiritual nature of the universe, as they saw Angels of fire that now blocked the path to the garden where they once lived.

The loneliness of their existence became pronounced as they began to feel the lack of communication with their Father. They had no source of knowledge other than what they now retained. Most importantly, they had no communion with the Creator to satisfy their spiritual selves, and they felt sin-sick loneliness in their very spirit. They were alone, cast out of their home. They were out of touch with the Creator and knew a loneliness they could not comprehend. They understood perfectly the sin they had committed and the consequences were now becoming clear.

The Father was not ruthless and hateful and so left them with a promise. One day, a man would be born of woman that would redeem mankind and allow communion with the Father once again. A battle would be fought, a war waged against a little known and invisible enemy, but the Father promised victory through the pain of childbirth. It was when this information became available that they understood some of the changes that had transpired in their bodies.

Eve became pregnant, and for the first time ever, a new human life began. Adam and Eve both hoped this was the child promised by the Creator that would reconcile them back to the presence of God. They were probably disappointed when their days of life began to fade and no redemption was apparent. Their remaining days on Earth were spent educating their offspring in the knowledge of the Creator, a Father who was painfully absent, yet still there.

They followed the pattern set for them by the Father, to slay an innocent animal to remember and allow their offspring to understand what sin had cost them.

The promise seemed far away and man drifted further from the knowledge of God and the behavior that the Father desired of man. Eventually, the efforts of Darkness became accumulated and became overpowering and man became evil everywhere. The life of man was snuffed out over the whole planet with the exception of one who had information that allowed him to live a life that pleased the Father. This man, his wife and family were saved to start the human race anew.

Many years later man had once again become evil and lived far from the lifestyle that God wished for him, and a new plan developed around a particular man, Abram.

God chose Abram out of a family that did not suspect that there was one Creator, and that actually believed that other gods existed. This family was the priesthood for false gods, yet, God perceived in Abram the necessary ingredients and character needed to start the plan He had promised to Adam and Eve so many years ago.

Abram heard and responded to the Father who had revealed himself to Abram, and accepted his promise of a family greater than any other man ever alive. He was promised a land he did not posses and a people who were not in existence yet. And because of this belief, God changed Abrams name to Abraham, accepting God as his authority.

As was man's custom at the time, a covenant was struck between Abraham and God. This covenant involved the sacrifice of animals, reminiscent of Adam and Eve, and is symbolically the pattern that the Messiah of salvation who had been promised in some future time would follow.

A typical covenant sacrifice included dividing the carcass on a table top or an altar, and then proclaiming the parameters of the covenant to all parties concerned. The participants who were the main authorities on each side of the covenant would then strike the carcass with some weapon, such as a knife, or with fire to burn the sacrifice, indicating the punishment to those who would break the covenant.

in the case of this covenant, there was a difference from all others made by men, among men. Since no human could be an authority for mankind in this covenant, God covenanted in Abraham's place with Himself. This meant that God would need to supply that which would suffer the punishment if the covenant was broken, in the place of Abraham or any of his descendants. An unusual situation for any covenant known at that time.

The descendants of Abraham became a particular Nation of people, later called Israel, and that Nation brought the Word of God to mankind through Moses the lawgiver, and the prophets, and the poets of the Nation.

The prophets of that nation said that God would provide a Messiah, a Savior that would remove the sin of Man and restore him to communion with the Creator.

That Messiah which had been prophesied of came at last. From the promise given to Adam and Eve the Messiah came to return man to communion with God. To once again hear the voice of God and to receive fellowship from Him.

The Messiah lived according to the Law of Moses, but began teaching a message that caused men to awaken within their hearts a need for spiritual renewal. The understanding of God's purpose that men finally had obtained, brought about by all the trials and years of living with the Law of God, provided a knowledge of the spiritual man that enabled the Messiah to reach them with the truth about good.

Finally, the man who was born of woman came to take away the sin of the world as the sacrifice of the covenant, a, new covenant that would provide the required payment for disobedience and sin from the time of Adam and Eve.

He did not come to take away the sin from the world, but sin of the world from man. The sin of man is removed by following the method as given and followed by the Apostle Peter; the repentant heart as a submission of the will to God and the physical and mental move away from the dominion and influence of Satan, followed by baptism to wash sin away. These acts return man to the state of fellowship with the Creator. The Father can then dwell with us again, returning to us the ability to commune spiritually at any time.

Obedience to these things will produce in you a renewed spiritual state that will allow you to have fellowship with the Creator of the universe. Go ahead, He is your Father too, after all.