*The sixth day, the creation of the animals of the land, and the creation of Man (Gen. 1:24 through 1:31).
*The sixth day, the creation of the animals of the land, and the creation of Man (Gen. 1:24 through 1:31).
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The fall of mankind into sin began when Satan questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the tree of life, and succeeded in talking Eve into eating the fruit, followed by Adam. The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the garden, to live a life of subsistence farming and painful childbearing. Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].
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The fall of mankind into sin began when a serpent in the [[Garden of Eden]] (believed by many in the Christian tradition to have been Satan in the form of a serpent) questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the tree of life, and succeeded in talking Eve into eating the fruit, followed by Adam. The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the garden, to live a life of subsistence farming and painful childbearing. Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].