The harmony the first people felt with each other, nature and God, did not last so very long. The snake was able to tempt Adam and Eve. Because they misbehaved they were punished immediately. They were aware of their naked bodies. Subsequently the people audibly perceived God's motions in the exterior garden, and then they were fleeing and hiding.
In modern society, sin is not only about the action itself, but also about the fear and shame of being found out. This resulted in separation from fellow man and even God. Adam used God as his scapegoat for sinning against Him. It was implied that he would not have sinned if it were not for the woman. They were not very acquainted with the intricacies of nature.
The relationship of Adam and Even to the natural world went out of sync also. The whole of creation was God's gift to the first humans but the corruption of sin made working with earth and creation far more daunting. Death's entrance into human history was made. Every time we sin, it is as though we die a little, turn away from holiness. The world became a place that was plagued with sin after the sins of our first parents.
Man as the source of original sin shows how he is the morally evil one in stories and parables such as Cain and Able, Noah and the Ark, and the series of infidelities that the Chosen People participated in against God, and the Covenant. When sin first appeared on the pages of human history, its effect was felt universally. Our first ancestors, Adam and Eve, were created completely good and given the opportunity to become friends with God. God actually let them live in paradise as a symbol of their close relationship with God. These were created in a true, original state of both holiness as well as justice.
The origin of holy deities was of legends of eternal life. But this ingenious state of man, the concord he experienced with himself, with making and with God were all gone for the reason of sin, the first sin. The Lord remains full of loving mercy even in the midst of sin. Though to be sure, the "curses" that followed the first people for their sin should not be seen as punishments meted out by God. Instead, they merely indicate the chaos that develops when a person sins.
Each of us comes into this life clothed in the original sin. In the midst of chaos and sin, there is a message of hope in the Genesis account of the Fall God cares for everyone a lot and he offers us hope to be with him, be pure and wrapped in his holy clothing again. And therefore the Sacrament of Baptism gave its way while in the middle of disorderliness of sin, in order to make way for order to prevail and finally for the harmony of man with God, with other persons and with the earth could restored.
In modern society, sin is not only about the action itself, but also about the fear and shame of being found out. This resulted in separation from fellow man and even God. Adam used God as his scapegoat for sinning against Him. It was implied that he would not have sinned if it were not for the woman. They were not very acquainted with the intricacies of nature.
The relationship of Adam and Even to the natural world went out of sync also. The whole of creation was God's gift to the first humans but the corruption of sin made working with earth and creation far more daunting. Death's entrance into human history was made. Every time we sin, it is as though we die a little, turn away from holiness. The world became a place that was plagued with sin after the sins of our first parents.
Man as the source of original sin shows how he is the morally evil one in stories and parables such as Cain and Able, Noah and the Ark, and the series of infidelities that the Chosen People participated in against God, and the Covenant. When sin first appeared on the pages of human history, its effect was felt universally. Our first ancestors, Adam and Eve, were created completely good and given the opportunity to become friends with God. God actually let them live in paradise as a symbol of their close relationship with God. These were created in a true, original state of both holiness as well as justice.
The origin of holy deities was of legends of eternal life. But this ingenious state of man, the concord he experienced with himself, with making and with God were all gone for the reason of sin, the first sin. The Lord remains full of loving mercy even in the midst of sin. Though to be sure, the "curses" that followed the first people for their sin should not be seen as punishments meted out by God. Instead, they merely indicate the chaos that develops when a person sins.
Each of us comes into this life clothed in the original sin. In the midst of chaos and sin, there is a message of hope in the Genesis account of the Fall God cares for everyone a lot and he offers us hope to be with him, be pure and wrapped in his holy clothing again. And therefore the Sacrament of Baptism gave its way while in the middle of disorderliness of sin, in order to make way for order to prevail and finally for the harmony of man with God, with other persons and with the earth could restored.
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