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Adventistische Schriften über: "Where can I read something about Adam and Eve and the Fall?"
Answer
Detailed accounts of Adam and Eve and their Fall can be found primarily in the books Patriarchs and Prophets (chapter on the temptation and the fall), The Story of Redemption (The Story of Redemption) and Early Writings (Early Writings). These writings describe in detail the temptation by the serpent, Adam's conscious decision, the painful consequences of disobedience, and the first promise of the plan of redemption through Christ. However, the fundamental source and authentic testimony of these events remains the Holy Scripture (Bible).
Adam's Transgression and the Awareness of Sin
»Adam understood that his companion had transgressed God's command and had disregarded the sole prohibition that had been imposed on them as a test of their fidelity and love. A terrible struggle raged within him. He mourned that he had allowed Eve to depart from his side. Yet now the deed was done; he had to be separated from the one whose companionship had been his joy. [...] Love, gratitude, and loyalty toward the Creator—all of that was overwhelmed by his love for Eve. [...] He resolved to share her fate; if she had to die, he wanted to die with her. [...] He seized the fruit and ate hastily. After his transgression, Adam initially imagined that he was entering a higher state of existence. But soon the thought of his sin filled him with terror. The garment of light that had enveloped them now disappeared, and to replace it they tried to fashion a covering for themselves; for they could not stand naked before the gaze of God and the holy angels.«
The Examination of the Fall and the Spirit of Self‑Justification
»In their innocence and holiness they had joyfully welcomed the approach of their Creator; but now they fled in terror and sought to hide in the deepest corners of the garden. But "God the LORD called Adam and said to him: Where are you? And he said: I heard your voice in the garden and was afraid; for I am naked, therefore I hid myself. And He said: Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat?" Adam could neither deny nor excuse his sin; yet instead of showing remorse, he tried to shift the blame onto his wife and thereby onto God himself: "The woman you gave to be with me gave me from the tree, and I ate." [...] When the woman was asked, "What have you done?", she replied, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." [...] Thus she, like Adam, placed the responsibility for their fall onto God.«
The Serious Consequences of the Fall and the Expulsion from Eden
»Eve seemed to consider it a minor matter to be disobedient to God by tasting the fruit of the forbidden tree and to tempt her husband also to transgress; yet her sin opened the floodgates of suffering over the world. Who can, in the moment of temptation, gauge the terrible consequences that result from a single false step? [...] After their sin, Adam and Eve were no longer permitted to dwell in Eden. They earnestly pleaded to be allowed to remain in the home of their innocence and joy. They acknowledged that they had forfeited every right to that happy dwelling, but promised future strict obedience to God. Yet they were told that their nature had been corrupted by sin; they had weakened their strength to resist evil, and Satan had paved the way for even easier access to them.«
The Mourning of Heaven and the Promise of Redemption
»In humility and unspeakable sorrow Adam and Eve left the lovely garden in which they had been so happy, after they had transgressed God's command. [...] The whole heaven mourned because of the disobedience and the fall of Adam and Eve, which brought God's wrath upon the entire human race. [...] The angels of God were commissioned to visit the fallen pair and to inform them that their condition, although they could no longer retain their most holy possession, their home in Eden, because of their transgression of God's law, was not entirely hopeless. They were told that the Son of God, who had spoken with them in Eden, was moved with compassion when He saw their hopeless state, and had agreed to take upon Himself the punishment due to them and to die for them, so that humanity, through faith in the atoning sacrifice that Christ intended to offer, might still live.«
The Plan of Redemption after the Fall
»I was shown Adam and Eve, who had the privilege to behold the beauty and loveliness of the Garden of Eden, and were permitted to eat from every tree in the garden except one. But the serpent tempted Eve, and she tempted her husband, and both ate of the forbidden tree. They broke God's command and became sinners. [...] Then I saw the lovely Jesus and perceived an expression of compassion and sorrow on His face. [...] He then announced to the choir of angels that a way out had been created for the lost humanity; that He had pleaded with His Father and received permission to give His own life as a ransom for humanity, to bear their sins and take upon Himself the sentence of death, thereby opening a path on which they could find forgiveness for past transgressions through the merits of His blood and, by obedience, be brought back to the garden from which they had been expelled.«
The Bible as a Reliable Source on Creation and the Fall
»We depend on the Bible to obtain knowledge about the early history of our world, about the creation of Adam and Eve, and about their fall. If one removes the Word of God, what else can we expect but to be left with fables and conjectures and to fall prey to the weakening of the mind, which is the inevitable result of nurturing error? We need the authentic story of the origin of the earth, of the fall of the shielding cherub, and of the introduction of sin into our world.«
Original Sources (English)
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