What would have kept Adam from giving his life as a sacrifice for Eve?

[WolfBitn]

I would like to add that it would have been impossible because who would preform the sacrifice.

Could Eve sacrifice Adam for her sin? Could Adam commit suicide for her sin?

It is just to convoluted to have any opportunity of reality.

Hence my scenario that Adam fall at the feet of God, begging mercy for Eve out of his love for her, begging that he pay the price for her sin... God Himself being the high priest prosiding over the offering... Jesus does play this role too, of our high priest

[WolfBitn]

Eve did not sin. Eve was not given the command from GOD. Had Adam not eaten of the fruit, sin would not have come into the world.

I cant agree with this.

Gen 3:2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

She knew the command from God and disobyed it anyhow

Adam was the only one told by GOD not to eat of the fruit, Despite what she said to the serpent, there was no cammond from GOD for her not to eat of the fruit. Adam may have told her not to eat of the fruit, but the only person GOD ever told not to eat the fruit was Adam. Thus, until Adam ate of the fruit, sin had not come into the world.

In all of the references in scripture you will see that sin came into the world by the one man, Adam.

So, as I stated, if Adam had not eaten of the fruit, there would be no need for a sacrifice for what Eve did.

1 Timothy 2:14

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

^^^ and yet she was guilty of transgressing the law

[Guest shiloh357]

What would have kept Adam from giving his life as a sacrifice for Eve?

The premise that he would need to sacrifice himself for Eve might not be a correct premise, in the first place.

[ColleenLovesMischief]

Eve did not sin. Eve was not given the command from GOD. Had Adam not eaten of the fruit, sin would not have come into the world.

I cant agree with this.

Gen 3:2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

She knew the command from God and disobyed it anyhow

Adam was the only one told by GOD not to eat of the fruit, Despite what she said to the serpent, there was no cammond from GOD for her not to eat of the fruit. Adam may have told her not to eat of the fruit, but the only person GOD ever told not to eat the fruit was Adam. Thus, until Adam ate of the fruit, sin had not come into the world.

In all of the references in scripture you will see that sin came into the world by the one man, Adam.

So, as I stated, if Adam had not eaten of the fruit, there would be no need for a sacrifice for what Eve did.

Funny seems what Eve was told was a bit different than what God told Adam.

Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

And here is what Eve said

Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Gen 3:3 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.

When caught the blame game was played for probably the first time

Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

And the curses were pronounced I found this interesting.

Gen 3:17 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;

He listened to his wife...

[WolfBitn]

What would have kept Adam from giving his life as a sacrifice for Eve?

The premise that he would need to sacrifice himself for Eve might not be a correct premise, in the first place.

True... it may not.

But wouldnt you agree that if Adam had truly acted in Agape... REAL perfect love of God... "For God SO LOVED the world" ...that he would have offered himself?

[canuckamuck]

Adam had a choice and he made it.

He might have done it to stay with Eve.

He might have done it because he was fooled.

The Bible doesn't show he considered options.

Either way he took away all options but Jesus in one bite.

That is why the bible is so thick. It was hard work getting man back from the dead.

[WolfBitn]

Adam had a choice and he made it.

He might have done it to stay with Eve.

He might have done it because he was fooled.

The Bible doesn't show he considered options.

Either way he took away all options but Jesus in one bite.

That is why the bible is so thick. It was hard work getting man back from the dead.

Bottom line, well said

Prolly the best post in the thread

[GerdaHannah]

God would have forgiven both of them. The logic is,

(1) God loves Eve and doesn't want her to die or stay apart from Him. He had to send her out not because He wanted to, but because He had to.

(2) How has God forgiven us? Because a person (Christ) who has committed no sin has given up His life willingly as a sacrifice. Now both He and we are saved. Adam, technically was as pure as Christ before He ate the apple. So had He willingly given up His life,Eve too would have been forgiven.

[OneLight]

Man was meant to live in the Garden forever, immortal.

I have to disagree with this. Man can never, nor was he designed to be, immortal. The word itself implies incapable of corruption. To have eternal life, yes, but not immortal.

[nebula]

Hypotheticly... WHAT would have happened had Adam not ate fo the tree, fell on his face before God pleading for Eve?

What would have happened?

God would not have become man.

And we would not be able to have the kind of relationship with the Lord that we can have now by being joined into His death and resurrection.