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The Origin of Sin: A Reexamination
Throughout religious teachings, many have come to understand the concept of “original sin” as stemming from the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command by partaking of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This act is traditionally viewed as the moment sin entered the world, bringing with it the knowledge of moral transgressions such as lying, theft, and murder.
Scriptural References Supporting Traditional Understanding:
Romans 5:12: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin: and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”
Romans 5:14: “Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression.”
This chapter seeks to provide a deeper analysis of the “original sin” and to explore the true nature of Adam’s transgression, considering whether it aligns with what has been traditionally taught.
The Biblical Account of the Fall
In Genesis, God establishes a command for Adam:
“Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17)
The serpent then deceives Eve, contradicting God’s warning:
“Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:4-5)
Eve, seeing that the fruit was “good for food, pleasant to the eyes, and desirable for wisdom,” partook of it and gave some to Adam. Immediately, their eyes were opened, and they realized their nakedness, fashioning coverings from fig leaves.
Upon sensing God’s presence, Adam and Eve hid. When confronted, Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent:
Genesis 3:14-19 outlines the consequences: the serpent is cursed, enmity is placed between its offspring and Eve’s, childbirth becomes painful, and the ground is cursed, ensuring hardship for humanity.
Genesis 3:22: “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil…” indicating that knowledge itself was not inherently sinful.
Reevaluating the Concept of Sin
Traditionally, it has been taught that Adam’s disobedience introduced sin into the world. However, a closer examination of the text suggests that the tree itself was not the source of sin—rather, the awareness it brought changed humanity’s state of existence.
God’s Warning as a Parental Guidance
The command was not merely a prohibition but a forewarning, similar to a parent instructing a child about the dangers of fire. The child may still touch the stove out of curiosity, resulting in pain, but does this inherently make the act sinful?
God’s words to Adam appear more as a guidance rather than an absolute decree that would lead to eternal condemnation.
Adam as the Son of God
Luke 3:38 traces Jesus’ genealogy back to Adam, calling him “the son of God.” This suggests a unique relationship, akin to Jesus’ own divine sonship.
John 8:58: “Before Abraham was, I am”—Jesus’ words hint at a preexistent role tied to Adam.
Knowledge Was Not the Sin
Genesis 3:22 confirms that knowing good and evil made man more like God. Since there is no sin in God, knowledge itself was not sinful.
Sin, then, must have originated not from mere awareness but from how that awareness was acted upon.
Understanding the True Entry of Sin
God’s creation was declared good, and the tree of knowledge was included in this goodness. If sin was not in the tree itself, where did it originate? To understand this, one must return to the very nature of creation and the introduction of choice and free will.
This exploration of original sin challenges long-held interpretations and invites a deeper study into the transition from divine instruction to human experience. In the next sections, we will analyze the broader implications of Adam’s actions and their role in shaping humanity’s spiritual journey.
Chapter 1:
We’ve been taught via religion that (depending on your religious views) the original sin lies in the garden of Eden with Adam (and Eve) and his/her/their disobedience to God in eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
We’ve been taught that because of the partaking of the tree in which God commanded, that disobedient action is what brought sin into the world. That the moment that they ate of that tree, that their eyes were opened to the knowledge of sin, (i.e. murder, cheating, lying, stealing, etc) and how to commit these sins, and would therefore commit them.
Scriptures to support this:
Romans: 5:12
wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin: and so death passed upon all men, for all that have sinned.
Romans 5:14
nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression was the figure of him that was to come.
And a few more obscure texts as well.
This chapter of this documentation will serve to illuminate the “original sin” and how “wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world”.
The Original Sin
To find the original scene you have to go back to its origin in the Garden of Eden. Again we’ve been taught that the sin was in the disobedience of the command saying:
“Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eats us to their vows shall surely die”
Eve (being made of Adam) was in the Garden of Eden and was “beguiled” by the serpent saying:
“you shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil”
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise she took of the fruit there of and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them were both opened and they knew that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden of the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden
And the Lord God called into Adam and Said unto Him: Where Art Thou? and he said I heard thy voice in the garden and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said: who told thre that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said: the woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree and I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the woman: what is this that thou hast done?
And the woman said: the serpent beguiled me and I did eat.
Pause – now supposedly allegedly purportedly by what we’ve been taught and understood at this point “sin has entered the world by one man and death by sin”, because they have disobeyed, ate of the tree, their eyes are open, and sin exists and now murder, lying and stealing etc. has been born and entered into the world. Ok… Resume
And the Lord God said unto the serpent: because thou hast done this; thou art cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust thou shall eat all the days of thy life.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said: I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thou desire shall be to thy husband, and he will rule over thee.
And and to Adam he said: because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife and hath eaten of the tree of which I commanded the: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow thou shalt eat of it all the days of thy life
Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until you return to the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve because she was the mother of all living.
And the Lord God said: behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life and eat and live forever;
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Okay. Now does everyone understand how sin and murder, darkness, fornication and all that stuff entered into the world? No?? Well. Me either until I made myself understand I asked God to help me because I didn’t totally get it. And he took me back to the beginning, opened my eyes and that’s when I realized that what we’ve all been taught is pure, natural, bullshit.
Okay, here are a few things to go over before we go back and decipher this –believe me when I tell you your heads have all been pointed in the wrong direction and that your eyes are about to be opened to the unbelievable; so much so that everything that has never made sense will now begin to.
Okay first thing – a command is an instruction to be carried out, and shalt = should.
so let’s look at the command Adam supposedly disobeyed; and remember it is an instruction to be carried out.
And the Lord God commanded the man saying: of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eat is there of thou shalt surely die.
Translation – here are your instructions Adam “of every tree in the garden you can eat freely of; but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shouldn’t, because the day that you do, you will surely die.
This “command” given seems to be more of a choice, a warning, or a “forbiddance” – a warning of what will come if a certain thing happens. Hence the name “the forbidden tree”. Breaking down the word – for(e) = meaning prior or beforehand, bid = to tell, to say, or to wish. For-bid = foretell, to tell beforehand or warn. Prior to their eyes being “opened” you have to think of and view Adam and Eve as children knowing nothing except what God the father taught them. There were no “10 Commandments” at this point, and everything which God created in the world had been good and meant for the child of God and his children to have, know, and use. Warning a child about a tree that can bring harm if not used properly is the same as a parent warning their child – you can eat out of my kitchen but don’t touch the stove, or you will get burned. To the child this means don’t touch the stove ever, or I will get burned. But you as the parent know that the child has not learned what fire, heat, injury, death, time, the attention to detail, and all the things that come with learning how to cook safely and properly. They aren’t ready for the stove. You will be able to use the stove one day, and one day have your own stove, but until you learn what you need to learn and know what you need to know about using the stove don’t touch it or you will get hurt. Anytime a meal is to be cooked from the stove you as the parent will cook, until the child has learned to cook for them self. The child who learns from the parent watches the parent cook using the stove. The chow one day will mimic the parents and touch the stove wanting to cook like mommy or daddy. The child gets burned. Has the child committed a grave sin against its parents? Has complete devastation been brought upon your house in all your children and children’s children dam to hell because your child touch the stove? Will you deal with your child harshly? Brand them as the worst child ever for all time? Literally? Does it make sense for you as a parent to do that then why of all heaven and earth would it make sense that that is what God did with Adam. That by eating and having their eyes opened, that it caused Adam the son of God to bring sin into the world.
Well let’s make it make sense – first there will be tons of people who will disagree first saying “Adam isn’t the son of God”, “Jesus is the son of God, Adam sinned”… Okay… When you look at all the references used when it comes to the genealogy and lineage in “the Bible”they all lead back to Adam, when Jesus came, he said
“Verily verily I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.” John 8:58
“Therefore doth my father left me, because I lay down my life, that, I might take it again. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my father.” John 10:17 (think of Lazarus )
The genealogy in Luke 3:38 also says
Jesus, being the son of Joseph, which was the son of Helly, which was the son of math that, which was the son of Levi,… All the way down to which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Which when the spirit this sinned it on Jesus the voice from heaven spoke
“thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Based off of the establishments made in the Bible Adam is the son of God, and Jesus and Adam are one and the same. (We will get more into that later) now, let’s look at this “sin” of knowing and having their eyes open to knowing what sin is and how that allowed it to enter into the world and wreak havoc.
Well first we know that everything God created was good for our good, including our mind, and including the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The children of God were to use and inherit these things without measure so “bad” wasn’t in the tree, and Adam’s mind wasn’t automatically tainted and turned bad just because he knew things. Even God says in Genesis 3:22
“behold the man is become one of us to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:
so even God says the sin isn’t in knowing because knowing made the manlike God, and there is no sin or darkness in God.
So we’ve also found so far that God is well pleased in his son, that sin, and darkness wasn’t in the “knowing” we know everything that God created was good. So how did sin and darkness enter into the world?
Well, let’s go back to the creation and see what God created to understand where sin, and darkness came from.
