10 Things You Should Know About the Fall
(photo from Crossway site)
In this recent post on Crossway’s blog, I discuss ten things you should know about the fall in Genesis 3. As a quick overview, here are the ten:
1. The fall refers to the rebellion of God’s image-bearers in the garden of Eden.
2. The fall is a nonnegotiable piece of the Creation-Fall-Redemption-Consummation paradigm.
3. The serpent in Genesis 3 was Satan, the archnemesis of God and God’s people.
4. The fall is treated as a historical event by later Scripture.
5. Adam acted not just for himself but as the representative—or federal head—of humanity.
6. The fall has explanatory power for what we see around us.
7. The account of the fall included actions of shame-covering and blame-shifting.
8. The divine pronouncements of judgment included a promise of victory.
9. Adam named Eve as an act of faith.
10. The failure in the garden anticipated faithfulness in a garden.
Check out the article for an explanation of each. And my book Short of Glory, on which this “10 Things” post is based, is currently for sale at the Westminster Bookstore for 50%!