Is the fall of man a single age that won't happen again? Will we look back on this as a lesson to never do it again?

[pittsburghjoe]

I'm confused on the order of the events. Did God know we were going to fall so he told the Angels he would become man to save them ..and then Satan heard that, as a last straw, figured he would trick us and steal our authority at the tree?

[Tristen]

Hi Joe,

You asked, “Is the fall of man a single age that won't happen again? Will we look back on this as a lesson to never do it again?”

In terms of outcome, yes. Christians will be perfected after this life – but with full comprehension of what we have with God, and the utterly devastating consequences of sin. Sin will therefore have no power to deceive and tempt us.

 

“I'm confused on the order of the events. Did God know we were going to fall so he told the Angels he would become man to save them ..and then Satan heard that, as a last straw, figured he would trick us and steal our authority at the tree?”

I'm not sure where you get these ideas. There is no stated time-line declaring when the angels became aware of God's plan for human salvation, and no Biblical indication that Satan's actions were a response to such information.

 

[johnthebaptist]

23 hours ago, pittsburghjoe said:

I'm confused on the order of the events. Did God know we were going to fall so he told the Angels he would become man to save them ..and then Satan heard that, as a last straw, figured he would trick us and steal our authority at the tree?

I believe the fall of man is symbolic of what goes on in each of our lives.

[Who me]

"Is the fall of man a single age that won't happen again? Will we look back on this as a lesson to never do it again?"

Adams fall was a literal event that explains why we are sinful and why we do not naturally seek God.

 

As a historical one off event it is not possible for it to be repeated.

 

As for the order of events, the Bible does not give anything like what you have posted. 

So your question about that order of events is a question about fiction, irrelevant.

[BK1110]

The fall of man refers to Adam and Eve sinning, and since they were the parents of all humans, they passed that sin nature on, so in that regard if no other it was a one-time historical event (there won't be another fall of people who then give birth to all humans, of course).

Once we have all been perfectly sanctified in the new heavens and earth there will be no more sin. No one will choose sin anymore.

You might be interested to consider some of the work of Hugh Ross. He believes that God has specially designed the universe and everything in it to lead to that point. Far deeper than can be gone into in a single post.