Adventistische Schriften über: "Who slaughtered the animals in the Garden of Eden after the Fall to clothe Adam and Eve with skins?"

After the Fall it was Adam himself who, on God's instruction, offered the first sacrifice and thereby experienced for the first time the death of a living being. His own hand had to kill the animal, whose blood was shed as a symbol of the future sacrifice of the Son of God. This solemn act was meant to show Adam the weight of his sin and at the same time point to redemption through Christ.

Adam's Hand and the First Sacrifice

»When Adam offered a sin offering according to God's special instructions, it was an extremely painful ceremony for him. His hand had to be raised to take life, which only God could give, and to present a sin offering. It was the first time he became a witness to death. As he looked upon the bleeding sacrifice, which was turning into the torments of death, he was to look forward in faith to the Son of God, whom the sacrifice prefigured and who was to die as the sacrifice of humanity. This sacrifice service ordained by God was to be for Adam a constant reminder of his guilt and a penitential confession of his sin.«

1 - Ellen Gould White, The Story of Redemption (SR 50.2)

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Adam's Awe at the First Sacrifice

»For Adam, the offering of the first sacrifice was an extremely painful ceremony. His hand had to be raised to take life, which only God could give. It was the first time he had ever become a witness to death, and he knew that there would have been neither death of humans nor of animals had he been obedient to God. When he slaughtered the innocent sacrifice, he trembled at the thought that his sin would have to shed the blood of the spotless Lamb of God.«

2 - Ellen Gould White, Patriarchs and Prophets (PP 68.1)

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