What were the consequences of The Fall of Man?

[Grizzly]

In Genesis, God said exactly what were the consequences.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

God is pretty clear here on what the punishment was for eating from the tree. My question is this: Why is there no mention of

1) the punishment being passed down to every person who will ever live
2) the concept that one will be born wicked and in need of redemption
3) the idea that a savior will be needed to undo the damage caused by Adam
4) or any mention of heaven or hell?

It seems to me that for years I have heard Christians talk about the consequences of the fall of Adam. Yet it seems like God doesn't mention them when he's telling them of the consequences of eating from the tree.

 

[juvenissun]

God is pretty clear here on what the punishment was for eating from the tree. My question is this: Why is there no mention of

1) the punishment being passed down to every person who will ever live
2) the concept that one will be born wicked and in need of redemption
3) the idea that a savior will be needed to undo the damage caused by Adam
4) or any mention of heaven or hell?

It seems to me that for years I have heard Christians talk about the consequences of the fall of Adam. Yet it seems like God doesn't mention them when he's telling them of the consequences of eating from the tree.

The consequences are:
1. They left the Garden and lived on the cursed earth. They can not go back to the Garden.
2. They died, and their children, till today, can not see God anymore and are also dead or dying.

These two consequences answered all your four questions.

 

[Chesterton]

It seems to me that for years I have heard Christians talk about the consequences of the fall of Adam. Yet it seems like God doesn't mention them when he's telling them of the consequences of eating from the tree.

There are other books involved in Christian theology. Your copy of Genesis should've come in a boxed set.

 

[Tree of Life]

God is pretty clear here on what the punishment was for eating from the tree. My question is this: Why is there no mention of

1) the punishment being passed down to every person who will ever live

There is some explicit mention of this and much implicit. In Ge 3:15 God says that he will put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. This implies that progeny will issue forth from the human couple and that they will be at war with the serpent's progeny all their days. This theme, furthermore, is continued throughout Genesis.

2) the concept that one will be born wicked and in need of redemption

This is a theme that Genesis continues throughout. The progeny of Adam are born under the curse of the Law. In Ge 5 Lamech has a son and says:

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001). (Ge 5:28–29). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

So the curse is understood as persisting from generation to generation. All the sons of Adam are under the curse. Perhaps Noah will be the promised seed that will give rest, think Lamech ("No-ah" sounds like the Hebrew word for "relief" or "rest").

3) the idea that a savior will be needed to undo the damage caused by Adam

See above. Lamech had this hope and this idea runs throughout the entirety of Genesis. Adam was cursed because of disobedience, but even in Ge 3:15 as God said that the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent would be at war, the seed of the woman would eventually prevail (crush the serpent's head). This is the first implicit hope of a savior figure.

4) or any mention of heaven or hell?

No mention of heaven or hell in Genesis. Only broader concepts like life, death, blessing, and curse. These are, of course, theologically related to the concepts of heaven and hell.

It seems to me that for years I have heard Christians talk about the consequences of the fall of Adam. Yet it seems like God doesn't mention them when he's telling them of the consequences of eating from the tree.

It's all there in primitive form. We believe that revelation is an "unfolding mystery". Genesis is just the beginning. As revelation continues we learn more about blessing, curse, life, death, sin, and redemption.

 

[ViaCrucis]

Much of the theological reflection concerning the Fall in Scripture comes from St. Paul. St. Paul is looking back to Genesis and reflecting on it as his resource; but the theology about what the Fall is and means for us as human beings is largely developed--at least within the Christian Bible--within the writings of St. Paul.

For Paul Adam's disobedience has tragic ramifications, it thrusts creation into a place of disarray, and man's place before God and within creation is less than it was before. This is part of Paul's overall theology of Christ as the redeemer, not only of human beings, but of the whole creation.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[bling]

In Genesis, God said exactly what were the consequences.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

God is pretty clear here on what the punishment was for eating from the tree. My question is this: Why is there no mention of

1) the punishment being passed down to every person who will ever live
2) the concept that one will be born wicked and in need of redemption
3) the idea that a savior will be needed to undo the damage caused by Adam
4) or any mention of heaven or hell?

It seems to me that for years I have heard Christians talk about the consequences of the fall of Adam. Yet it seems like God doesn't mention them when he's telling them of the consequences of eating from the tree.

First off the Bible does not call it a “Falling”, so I do not call it a fall.

The word “punishment” in the New Testament and Old Testament often means “disciplining”.

“Knowledge” was pasted down to all mature adults and there is nothing said about a “change” in human nature (Adam and Eve sinned with the b=nature they had so man’s nature does not need to change for Him to sin). Is knowledge in and of itself “bad” to have?

Adam and Eve were the first to sin so that is the original human sin, but a baby is not a sinner or carry so handed down sin.

In some ways the “damage” or cures handed down by Adam help us. Is physical death in and of itself “bad”? Does having pain, limited resources, needy people, and a strong need to seek God’s help bad?

If you had the choice of living where your eternal close relationship with God was dependent on your personal ability for eternity to obey God or living where your eternal close relationship with God was dependent on your just humble accepting God’s Love, which would you choose?

Adam and Eve had a kind of heaven on earth situation to begin with so there is not need of mentioning heaven and hell.