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Adam and Eve were in Paradise when Eve disobeyed God, and Adam disobeyed God.   Both enjoyed the capacity to exercise freewill and sin.

After these two disobeyed, they were sent to Earth and prevented from entering Paradise by a sentry God posted by the door.

Both Adam and Eve possessed the authority to sin without the presence of Satan.

Then all three end up on Earth suffering the consequences of their actions.

Adam, for listening to his wife.

Eve, for listening to Satan.

Satan, for tricking Eve.

Then the story proceeds into one long anthology of events, where one side is tested by the other.

It seems to me Satan is just another field worker preparing a harvest for Jesus Christ.

It is challenging to believe Jesus thought for a moment about what would happen when Satan met Eve.

Satan working for Jesus?   How's that not blasphemy?

Without temptation, what measure of value is free will?

What does it say about us if we do not understand our own frailty?

We understand nothing.

Adam and Eve lived in Paradise. What hope do we have for a different outcome?

There will always be another Satan.

There will always be another Adam and Eve.

Does Jesus take away our free will?  We can't be trusted with it.

If we pass this test in time, end up in Paradise.  Are we not where we were?

I AM THAT I AM

He creates both love and hate, simultaneously, to observe who loves Him.

I AM THAT I AM 

Does our God desire fellowship with us?

It seems to me that is the only answer.

I AM THAT I AM 

 Glory, beauty, and all things perfect and harmonious are a Being called Jesus Christ

And how can we know if there are no consequences?

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David E