In chapter three, we saw that God did not establish a monetary system in the Garden of Eden. As the owner of the earth and all that is in it, He never intended humanity to be ruled by pieces of coloured paper marked with numbers, nor by coins bearing hidden effigies, because human lives were not meant to be measured in symbols of monetary value. God wanted Adam to rely on the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to work productively and be rewarded with the fruit of his labour. The relationship between the two was more than enough. That was God’s perfect economic plan for humanity — but the Fall disrupted it.
Human lives are governed by moral principles. When we break the rules, consequences follow. There was a reason why the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not supposed to even be touched. Adam was instructed not to eat of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Eve also received the instruction and argued with the serpent. The authority was in their hands to rebuke him, no matter how persistent he was, yet they gave in to his manipulation.
Many have wondered: Why would God place a tree in the Garden of Eden if He knew humanity would fall? Some even suggest that it was not God who planted the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. And if he did not, why did He allow it to be there?
We must remember that Adam was made in God's image. Just as God is free, man too was meant to exercise freedom. To take that freedom away would have made God a dictator, contradicting His own principles. So, God allowed Adam to choose, but He did not leave him without warning. He made it clear what the consequences of disobedience would be. Adam understood this fully, and Eve did as well. Her husband faithfully shared God's instruction with her.
Some argue that Eve was the one tempted first and that she, in turn, drew the devil's attention. James 1:14-15 sheds light on this process.
“But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.”
Was Eve drawn to the tree by curiosity that outweighed her willingness to obey God? Possibly. But more than that, the true tragedy was the rupture of God's perfect plan—not only for Adam and Eve, but also for humanity's economic stewardship and for all generations that would follow. What was meant to be a life of productive work, fruitful reward and harmony with God had been broken, leaving humanity to navigate a world forever altered by disobedience.
The Consequences of the Fall
The perfect image of God in humanity became distorted by sin. Humans were created to reflect God’s attributes — love, peace, kindness, generosity, care, and harmony. Sin shattered that image. The human spirit became corrupted, and God’s attributes were replaced by the traits of the devil: hatred, selfishness, pride, arrogance, greed, and a penchant for trouble and wickedness.
It caused a severe disruption in the relationship between man and God. Something the devil aimed at when He attacked them in the Garden. The very same devil who wanted to usurp God's thron but failed gained a seat in man's spirit when the latter gave in to his attack.
With dark attributes they would rule and it lead to injustice unfairness, greed selfishness
climate Change,
The environment became hostile
relationship broken
man lost everything from freedom, to knowledge, health justice and he created a system with one institution to run all of them money.
Humans left God with no choice but to issue a restraining order denying them access to provisions, mainly food. Left to fend for themselves without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, men navigated through life through painful toil, as God told Adam. In the wake wh
It is essential to bear in mind that Adam was created in God's image. Therefore, if God is free, man was meant to be free to choose. If he restricted man from the privilege of freedom, He would have been a dictator and thus violating his own principle. He had to allow Adam to choose, but he warned him of the consequences should he disobey. Adam was fully aware of that, so was Eve, because her husband passed on the message. This argument goes further to suggest that Eve was the one who was tempted first, and it was she who attracted the devil. They based their argument on James 1:14-15 "But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death."
Was Eve attracted to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Did she have an unmeasurable curiosity that exceeded her willingness to obey God's instructions that led to sin? Considering James 1:14-15, that could be possible, but the worst was the damage done to their perfect economic plan for themselves and all future generations.
We’re all familiar with the saying, “to err is human,” yet it was never God’s intention for humanity to be prone to mistakes. He created us for a relationship with Him—one that nurtures spiritual well-being, love, peace, harmony, wisdom, generosity, mental clarity, knowledge, and physical health. These were the very qualities Adam and Eve possessed through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit—more than enough to govern the earth and its resources. Money was not needed. It was an era when the concept of money itself was unknown. Sadly, those qualities were lost when sin entered the world.
Who Was Responsible for bringing sin into the World?
Every problem that has ever existed—and continues to exist—can be traced back to human choices, beginning with those of Adam and Eve. Created in God’s image, they were entrusted with the freedom to choose. Sadly, they used that freedom to make the wrong choice, thus opening the door for the devil to enter, corrupt and destroy the good plans God had intended for humanity."Cursed is the ground because of you..." The devil was after humankind because he knew that if he could corrupt them, he would be able to use them to do his bidding.
The Consequences of the Fall
One of the most devastating consequences of human disobedience was the broken relationship with God, the very source of life. That sacred bond, once defined by love, trust, and communion, was and remains the essence of human existence. Its loss brought spiritual and eventually a physical death—meaning a life separated from God from birth to death, and into eternity. Yet physical death was not the only result; the fall also distorted the divine qualities once reflected in humanity—love, peace, harmony, wisdom, generosity, mental clarity, and knowledge—altering the very nature of those who once bore God’s image. In their fallen state, evil became humanity’s second nature. That was the devil's plan; his success cannot be attributed to his strength but rather to man's disobedience to God, and he succeeded not because he was stronger than God but because humans made the wrong choice and gave him a foothold in their lives. He established his kingdom in man, which was the first step towards destruction.
More severe consequences came their way. God issued a restraining order, denying them easy access to provisions, primarily food."You must not eat from it."
They left God with no choice but to issue a restraining order, denying them easy access to provisions. From that moment on, Adam ate his daily bread through painful toil.
Left to fend for themselves, they went about their daily lives with much difficulty,
Adam and Eve became tainted so badly with filth that they were not fit to live in God's presence anymore.
In making those decisions, they altered not just their own destiny, but that of every generation born after them, creating an unbreakable chain of cause and effect. The weight of their choice continues to shape our lives and the world we share. We, as the current generation, are bearing the brunt of that terrible mistake and are responsible for our own miseries and those of our fellow beings.
The climate could have deteriorated. The once-friendly environment became hostile, producing thorns and thistles. These thorns and thistles, while physically making life difficult for farming activities, also symbolised the broader hardships that sin introduced into men's lives. They represent the struggles, pain, and suffering that became a part of human existence as a consequence of disobedience. "Cursed is the ground because of you through painful toil you will eat from it all the days of your life." Genesis 3:17
How did Adam and Eve live after the fall?
There is no historical record of how Adam and Eve lived after the fall. However, since God had already warned them of the consequences of their actions—both on themselves and on the now-cursed ground—we can assume that life was no longer the bed of roses it had been before the fall.
when the devil knocked on the door of their heart seeking to be invited in, they welcomed Him by eating the forbidden fruit, which Eve knew too well was not supposed to even touch, leading to temptation.
Through their unwise actions, they set the law of cause and effect in motion, drastically changing the perfect world God created into chaos.
This verse has more depth than meets the eye. God foresaw teh future of humanity and how we will suffer through a painful toil that was not supposed to exist.
Wrongdoing brought significant devastation in the lives of Adam and Eve as well as on the environment and nature.
Their spirit suffered a fatal blow and changed their perfect nature into an awful miserable
Their broken relationship with God had a domino effect, where everything else was affected. There will be diseases and sickness, loss of knowledge, corruption, abilities crippled, animals suffering in nature, and humans would fend for themselves in that process. They created systems and structures, school systems, law, transport systems, and they are all run on a monetary system.
Their relationship with God broke, and they became independent. Their independence will cause trouble. Tainted with sin God had no choice than to banish them from his presence. He issued a restraining order denying access to food and the natural resources for free. From that moment on men would toil painfully to access access.
Life became hard. Men's basic needs were food,
One of the first punishments that befell them after God sewn clothes to hide their nudity is the very same principle that sustained their life. Broken relationship with God that led to scaity and lack.
God issued a restraining order and denied access to his presence. Sin tainted them with filth, ugly to look at and to be around. He had to banish them from his presence like a father who banises his children for having violated the rules of the house. Theyu were now left to fend for themselves. First their relationship was badly severed their mind suffered an attacked and theior perception changed then they were sikc , There was ppossibly a change their skin could not bear the heat from teh scorching sun, thorns and thistle grew symbolical of roujg and pain the path is npt smooth anymore To access everything they will have to toil
God issued a divine restraining order, denying them access to His presence. Sin had tainted them, leaving them spiritually and morally defiled—unpleasant to behold and distant from holiness. Like a father who must discipline children who break the rules of the house, He banished them from His presence.
Now, Adam and Eve were left to fend for themselves. Their relationship with God was broken, their minds under attack, and their perception of the world forever changed. They became vulnerable to sickness, and even their bodies suffered; their skin could not fully endure the scorching sun. Thorns and thistles grew, symbols of hardship and pain, making the path before them rough and unforgiving. To access the resources of the world, they would now have to toil, laboring for their very survival.
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God withdrew His presence, a solemn decree marking the end of innocence. Sin had stained Adam and Eve, leaving them marred and heavy with shame, their very beings now repellent to the purity of Eden. Like a father compelled to discipline children who break the house rules, He banished them from the garden—a paradise they had once called home.
Alone, they faced a world that no longer bent to their ease. Their bond with God was severed, their minds assaulted by confusion, and their perception of reality darkened. Vulnerable, their bodies weakened; the sun’s scorching rays burned where once gentle warmth had nurtured. Thorns and thistles erupted from the earth, jagged symbols of struggle and pain, turning every step into labor. Nothing came without effort—every fruit, every harvest, every comfort had to be earned through toil and perseverance. Paradise lost, they were now travelers on a rough, uncharted path, learning the cost of choices and the burden of freedom
, by believing influenced by the devil, they would commit the horrible crime that would set humanity on a course God never intended.
There have been debates about why God planted a tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, or if He was not the one who planted the tree, He should have uprooted it. However, He gave men free will and allowed them to choose. If He stopped Eve from picking up the forbidden fruit, He would have been a dictator and violated His own principle - that man was born to have freedom of choice.
Influenced by evil,
Their relationship with God broke. The love, peace, harmony, and wisdom they relied on through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to manage the earth's resources and create wealth for their benefit departed because the latter could not remain in a filthy temple tainted by sin.
Their right to freedom was snatched by the devil because they believed in his words that they would become like God, knowing good and evil. He did not tell them that they would lose the dominion and authority God placed in their hands to rule over the earth.
Knowing that the devil corrupted Adam and Eve's spirit and that men would rule with corruption in his heart, God was left with no choice but to banish them far from Him and issued a restraining order stopping them from freely accessing food and using all-natural resources for their needs.
The consequences Adam and Eve bore did not stop with a broken relationship and the snatching of dominion and authority only but led to an even more disastrous situation.
The very earth they were taken from lost its originality and was placed under a curse, meaning that from that moment on, it would become hostile to them. There would be barrenness and lousy weather conditions, either through a hot summer, a cold winter drought, or a flood that would affect crops. Bacteria or minute insects eat plants, thorns and thistles, symbolising non-stop various challenges. That's how man, through painful toil, would eat his daily bread. Toilin the ground would be done by the sweat of the brow. And the weather conditions would be hostile.
Sin gave birth to There would be injustice, unfairness, corruption, greed, and shortages. Fallen men became subservient to a system which came into existence after the fall. Instead of relying God, men relied on a system invented and established by fallen men because when Adam and Eve were banished, the future generations were automatically banished and would bear the same consequences Adam and Eve bore.
God's economic plan for men was affected by man's own mistakes, leading God to make drastic decisions.
it could not produce good crops from the seed-bearing plant man put into the ground without various challenges symbolised by the thorns and thistles which were inexistent before the fall.
"Curse is the soil because of you, Adam. You will eat your daily bread through painful toil"
God held Adam responsible for the disaster.
They did not realise the consequences of their action upon themselves and its effect on the future generation
First of all, sin broke the relationship between man and his creator. love, peace, harmony and wisdom disappeared because the Holy Spirit departed, unable to remain in a filthy temple tainted by sin. The relationship between Adam and his and God broke because they were tainted by sin and covered with filth. They could not stand in God's presence anymore and He had to banish them. God issued a restraining order to stop them from accessing food, and all other natural resources for free.
left to fend for themselves.
Through a wrong decision to partake of the forbidden fruit, and change the course of their future and the future generation of the human race.
The earth itself it is now placed under a curse which means that weather condition would affect productivity, everything that man produces would grow thorn an As much as they were literal thistle but also symbolical of challenges that would accompany everything that would do. In everything there would be challenges. It would be hard. adversary, obstacles, eat by the sweat of your brow,
Sweat of your brow has taken a twist for the worse. It is now in the form of a monetary system we are submitted to. God allowed it because he issued a restraining order for
Curce is the soil because of you Adam. he fell in his duty to stop Eve from
besides he handed over the management of planet earth in the hands of the devil and the latter stole their right to freedom. Dominion and authority were stolen stripped of everything, New rule new mangement
Under the new government
Brefore the fall man was. Adam and Eve set the law of cause and effect in motion through their unwise decision to partake of the forbidden fruit. They open the door to the devil, the latter entered and stole, destroyed and killed the prosperous God planned for Adam and Eve and humanity.
Before the fall, Adam and Eve had a relationship with God. As mentioned in the previous chapter, men had a relationship withGod
That relationship between God, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and men was everything they needed to run the world.
The moment Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they opened the door for the devil to enter their lives to steal, kill and destroy them.
They stopped reflecting God's nature but embraced evil, which became their second nature. As a result, their relationship with God broke. Their spirit became tainted with darkness, and the Holy Spirit, their ultimate guide, departed.
Sin disfigured their spirit, and they could not remain in God's presence anymore. Besides, their actions had serious consequences on earth
They set the law of cause and effect in motion, and things worsened. First, their good nature reflecting God's was changed for the worse. Evil became their second nature. Their action devastated the world and the ground they were taken from was placed under a curse.
"Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate fruit from the tree whose fruit I commanded you "you must not eat from it," cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil, you will eat food from it all the days of your life." (Genesis 3:17)
The curse was a response to Adam and Eve's disobedience for they brought it upon themselves. Though it can be interpreted literally but the thorn and thitles goes beyond the physical condition it a;also represents the many challenges Adam and Eve would face to prosper the earth. Labour would be painful unfair and harshThorn and thistles are representative of the challeng
to embrace evil, which became their second nature.
Changed the condition of the human being
Effect on the earth - curse. Earth is not I its original state -Thron and thitles
Hostile weather
Unfairness, injustice,
Leading God to banish Adam and Eve far from Him - Fend for themselves
God's economic plan for humanity suffered a blow
They lost their right to freedom. Freedom to be in a relationship with God
The fall destroyed the earth today we are still paying for the consequences
He could not remain in them because evil became Adam and Eve's second nature.
After the fall there is a curse on the planet. The earth is not in its original state. First Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and it changed their nature. They would now onward not reflecting God but that of the devil disconnect from God. Consequences followed. He banoished them from his presence. issued a restrainig order nd ll the benefits cut off. No more free. The principle of work remained but it would be painful obstacles and challenges would come their way.
greed, selfishness,
thorns and thistle, weather condition, devasting consequences on nature on the soil the very they were taken from.
They were created to embody God's attributes and reflect them through their character and deeds, but they sinned and allowed evil to become their second nature. This transformation, a stark contrast to their original purpose, was a grave consequence of their actions.
. It is possible that there was a change in the weather condition.
Genesis 3:17 did not detail the consequences of the curse except that thorn and thistle and that Adam would eat his daily bread through painful toil but when we look at the state of the world today we can conclude.
What did the fall do
Man created money. The concept of money came into existence after the fall. Money was not instantly created as we know it today notes and coins but the idea started to form in the minds of humans. Since God issued a restraining order stopping man from accessing food for free they had to come up with something. Barter system took place.
Either the climate changed or their physical condition became fragile to the point of not being able to bear the cold or the heat
God grieved and could not allow them in His presence anymore; he banished them far away. Separated from the divine presence they once knew, they were left to fend for themselves.
Their action affected the condition of the soil, and it went under a curse and became hostile to the production
Thorn and Thistle
The fall devastated the entire world
Planet earth is not in its original state.
Money came into place as a replacement of God.
Today, we are bearing the consequences of the terrible crime committed by Adam and Eve. They were instructed not to eat the forbidden fruit "lest you die." However, Eve, followed by Adam, chose to listen to the devil and acted upon his word, "You shall surely not die." Just one bite of the forbidden fruit was sufficient for everything to come crashing down.
God's economic plan for humanity received a blow on that day. Adam and Eve sinned and God's Holy Spirit who dwelled in them, left.
when Adam and Eve disobeyed the instruction and ate the forbidden fruit. Their action opened the door for the devil to enter the world to destroy everything.
First, it affected their entire being and changed their perception. A change in perception was what the devil wanted. If He could change the perception, He could gain the world because we act upon what we believe to be the best for us and others
If Eve saw the forbidden fruit good to open the eyues and make one to be like like God then so was it. It activated evil and run on auto pilot'#.
Sin brought
a heavenly principle that he should have never done the consequences have been devastating that we are still reaping
There are rules and principles that human beings have. We have the moral values.
The fall brought a shift in man's perception. Instead of looking at God as the owner of everything, man thinks he owns the planet. God never ceased to be the owner because man sinned. In fact, a man stopped seeing God as the owner. Instead, he wanted to be the owner.
Man's dominion over the earth after the fall does not override God's ownership.
Sadly, the abundant life would turn to
Humans would commit the most horrible crime, they would disobey God's instruction to follow that of the enemy. Their action would have a deadly effect and would change the course of the future generation for good. Darkness would be unleashed and humanity would be inflicted and become darkness themselves to the point of no return.
They will allow themselves to be manipulated.
Evil gained access
Set the law of cause and effect in motion. They infected humanity's nature. Evil became second nature. Their state of being changed. Tainted with darkness, like diluting black paint in water, it changed the water's colour. The spirit of man changed "colour" and became dark. Man's spirit became ugly and stained with sin to the point that even God could not look at that horrible. Spirit disfigured and banished them
The stage was set up for a new government to rule. The fall plunged the entire world into darkness. Poverty, lack, shortages, anger, trouble, and diseases, became part of human life
The fall brought a separation between men and God
They did not know that Lucifer had a secret agenda: stealing dominion and their right to freedom.
They shut down freedom and became slaves of a ruthless master who waited. Nothing would be free anymore.
Before even delving into the invention of money, let's take a look at what happened in the Garden of Eden first to understand where money comes from.
Let's take the example of a father and son. The relationship is going on happily, but an intruder interfered in the family to steal, kill and destroy. He manipulates the daughter, leading her to believe that her father is hiding vital information from them and that he knows the day they eat the forbidden fruit their eyes will be open. God knows, he says. He led the children into rebellion, and they become their father's enemies. The father issued a restraining order
They stripped them of their rights and dominion
Adam and Eve set in motion the law of cause and effect. They disturbed the balance of nature and
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