Sin's Impact

                Indiana Jones’s caution towards snakes, which represent temptation, is what Adam and Eve should have possessed in Genesis 3 located in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Even in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, directed by  Steven Spielberg, Indiana refused to let the snake, or the temptation if I may, take control when being sucked in by a patch of dry sand. Well, he did grab the snake once his son called the snake a rope, but you get the point. Unfortunately, as I said before, that was not the choice that Adam and Eve stuck to. And in return… All of mankind to come had to suffer the same consequences as those given to Adam and Eve. That brings us to today’s topic: How did Adam and Eve’s sin affect life as we currently know it?

                The first mentioned impact of Adam and Eve’s sin is brought to attention in Genesis 3:3. It states, “But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.” At first I questioned whether that verse meant physically die or figuratively die. The answer, my friend seemed to be physically die- which it was. Eating from that tree doesn’t make you die right away; It instead gives all humans a lifespan.

                However, I suppose that you could say that mankind died figuratively, as well. Due to the way that man changed once that bite was taken from the forbidden apple, I find it appropriate to tell you that man’s original self died revealing a more shameful form. Don’t fret. I know you have some vital professions and chores to take care of. So, I will go ahead and move on to the next sin’s next affect on life.

                The next change that resulted from the original sin is called upon in Genesis 3:9-11 where it is written, “And the Lord God called unto 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 thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?” Adam and Eve’s sin resulted with the shame of being naked.

                You see, before eating from the tree, there were many things that were considered good. Being bare skinned was one of those things. Although, as you read above, it was different afterwards. This is not what God had desired. God had wished for man to live with no humiliation towards their body’s structure. According to Genesis 3:21, God had to make clothing from animal skins in order to hide the shame.

                The final, but not last, result I want to mention is man being removed from the garden of Eden. In Genesis 3:23-24 it reads, “Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cher-u-bims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” God removed man from the garden of Eden as a punishment. Man no longer being allowed in the garden of Eden is tragic if you ask me. I don’t pout, though, because I know that someday I will be in the greatest place imaginable… In Heaven with God.

Work Cited:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Paramount Pictures: 2008,      Film.