In the beginning...

Why is the world not perfect if God created it?

Why is God not visible to everyone?

Why do people die?

How will God make the world perfect?

The answer to all these questions can be found in the Bible. An important point to note is that an event that is described in the Bible is real and not figurative or a fable or a parable unless explicitly stated. So the story of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark and Tower of Babel in the book of Genesis are true events.

Genesis 1 gives an account of how God created the heavens and the earth.

On the sixth day of creation, God made Adam from the dust of the ground—in His own image and likeness. God took a rib out of Adam and made Eve.

Genesis 2:7

Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:22

Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

Though God made Adam in His own image and likeness, it is important to note that Adam was an earthly man formed out of dust, and God is the Maker of heaven and earth, and He dwells in heaven.

God existed even before the first day of creation.

The other books in the Bible tell about an evil adversary in heaven known by names like Satan, Devil and Dragon, who with his army of fallen angels is leading a rebellion against God and His army of angels—Job 1:6-12.

God put Adam in the Garden of Eden, east of Eden, to work it and take care of it.The Garden of Eden had all kinds of trees and plants for food and four headwaters flowed through it from a river in Eden.

There were two trees in the middle of the garden—tree of life and tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:8-15

God commanded Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He was free to eat from all the other trees and plants that God had provided in abundance.

Genesis 2
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And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."

The serpent in the garden deceived Eve into believing that eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil would not bring death but make them wise like God. Eve ate it and gave some to Adam, and he also ate the fruit.
Genesis 3:1–6

On eating the fruit that God forbade, their eyes were opened and they became aware of good and evil, and their nakedness. They were afraid and felt ashamed of themselves and tried to hide from God. Genesis 3:8-10

When God created Adam and Eve, they were naked and felt no shame. It must be noted that being naked was not evil. Genesis 2:25

Eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil that God forbade—

• Made them aware of good and evil
• Made them ashamed of their nakedness
• Brought them death

God realized that Adam had eaten the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil only after he said that he was afraid and ashamed of his nakedness.

Genesis 3
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“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
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“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten of the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?”

The LORD God cursed the serpent and banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden because they disobeyed Him.

Genesis 3:11-19

Genesis 3
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And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
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So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
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After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

If Adam and Eve had not fallen for the serpent's deception but followed God's commands then they would have been fruitful and increased in number, and ruled over his creation on earth forever.

Knowledge of good and evil without God's Wisdom made them subject to evil.

Though God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, He did not abandon them. Sin had entered the world, but they turned to God.

Genesis 4
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Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.

Adam was a righteous man and lived 930 years.

Wisdom 10
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Wisdom protected the father of the world, the first man that was ever formed, when he alone had been created. She saved him from his own sinful act
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and gave him the strength to master everything on earth.

What has been made known from the story of Adam and Eve is that God has given free will to everyone—to follow his commands or reject them. In the books that follow, it can be seen how God is trying to save his creation and preparing the world for a great battle with the adversary, Satan.