Genesis

God identifies the sin Adam committed. He then brings judgment against Adam because he disobeyed the command to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Because they did so, God now requires struggle to maintain their existence. He also fulfills the consequence of death as a result of this disobedience. It would not be an immediate physical death, but it would happen gradually.

James 4:7 states that if we resist Satan then he will flee from us. I Corinthians 10:13 promises that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our ability to resist.

God allowed Adam and Eve to be tempted. They had the ultimate responsibility for their actions. Both could have refused the temptation. They clearly knew God's prohibition of eating from the tree. Furthermore, Adam could have refused Eve's offer of the fruit. This is true for us today. We are ultimately responsible before God for our sins. No matter the temptation, it is our responsibility to resist sin.

Before sin, the world was a perfect environment for man. There was no death, hardship from the environment, disease or other ills that face man today. The earth provided everything needed to sustain life. After sin, the elements to sustain life were still present but degraded and now struggle would be required to sustain life. Before sin, God declared that His creation was "very good." After sin, the creation would suffer the same downward cycle of life and death that man would now experience. Not only would the earth not easily provide elements needed for life, the environment now would be hostile to man's existence. The ultimate hardship was physical and spiritual separation from God. This would be seen in spiritual alienation and physical death.

Sorrow, continual disappointment, futility in life, pain, suffering, hard work and death.

Prior to sin, Eve was known simply as, "woman" showing her equal standing with Adam. Following sin, she is renamed as Eve, meaning "life-giver." Furthermore, she would be subject to Adam, her husband, in order to avoid the chaos in the family that would naturally arise because of sin.

Her name showed her role as the vehicle by which life would continue in the world. God stated in His judgment on Eve that she would suffer in childbearing, however, she would be blessed by the ultimate birth of Jesus as the Savior of mankind (the "seed" would ultimately come from her womb).

Their shame was immediately seen in their realization of their nakedness. God provided animal skins as a covering for them. The significance of this is that it was the first sacrifice made on behalf of man. The animals involved with this sacrifice were sinless. In like manner, Jesus would be offered as a sinless sacrifice to cover the shame for our sins.

God recognized that Adam and Eve could eat of the tree of life and thus live forever in a sinful state. He removed them from the Garden to protect them from this terrible consequence. He then placed a guard so they could not reenter the Garden.

As stated in the associated text, "God placed a curse on the earth by withdrawing Himself and thus allowing the world and man to disintegrate into death. However, He did not leave the world without hope. That hope was that one day He would create a new heaven and a new earth which would never be destroyed by sin and where He would dwell eternally with His people."

We can regain access to paradise and the tree of life only through Jesus Christ. This is the promise from Revelation 2:7. This promise is to everyone who believes and obeys the gospel.