| Subject: Re: Angels - The Fall of Man |
Author:
Penny
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Date Posted: Sun, Nov 02 2003, 11:43:38
In reply to:
Penny
's message, "Angels" on Sat, Nov 01 2003, 19:54:23
Mankind, then represented by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, presented Satan with the best opportunity for revenge. According to one account, Satan disguised himself as a cherub and tricked the Archangel Uriel into telling him the way to Eden. In the form of a snake he slipped past the angels guarding the gates and found Eve on her own. He persuaded her to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which had been forbidden them by God. Thus deceived, Eve did eat, and gave Adam the fruit and he ate it, too. Their "eyes.... were opened, and they knew that they were naked." For the first time they knew shame and guilt and were fearful of God. This was the original sin, whence all man's trouble began. Expelled from the Garden of Eden, we have been trying to work our way back to Paradise ever since.
Thus we can see that the fall of mankind mirrors the fall of Satan and the rebel angels. Satan's sin is pride, whereas mankinds's is shame. It was the shame - the sense of guilt and fear - that separated us from God. Adam knew he had done wrong because he felt embarrassed. He had developed a conscience and it is through conscience that we define our personal morality, our own knowledge of good and evil.
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