![]() ![]() “By divine design, fathers … are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. “By divine design,” she would be a mother and would be “primarily responsible for the nurture of their children.” 6 For Adam, the ground would be “cursed … for sake.” It would bring forth “thorns also, and thistles,” and “by the sweat of face bread” (see Moses 4:23–25). In sorrow bring forth children” ( Moses 4:22). For Eve, the Lord would “greatly multiply sorrow and conception. Just as light banishes darkness, the Savior will overcome Lucifer, and by His power we may also overcome. Lucifer’s power to “bruise heel” of the seed of the woman, Jesus Christ, would be fleeting, for the Savior would have power to “bruise head” 5 (see Moses 4:21). Their choices, like ours, were not without consequences. Thus in the face of this enticement, “Adam fell that men might be” ( 2 Ne. Adam concluded that God’s command to remain with his wife (see Moses 4:18) was more important than His command to abstain from the fruit. She subsequently encouraged Adam to partake (see Moses 4:12). Lucifer “knows well how to catch the eye and arouse the desire of the customer.” 4 Eve then chose to partake of the forbidden fruit. The purpose of life can be fulfilled only when we have time to prepare to meet God and learn good and evil by our own experience (see Alma 12:22–26 D&C 29:39).Īt Lucifer’s suggestion, Eve began to notice that the forbidden fruit was good for food, or delicious, and pleasant to the eyes. If Eve were to partake of the fruit, her eyes would indeed be opened “as gods” and she would begin to know good and evil yet the notion that eating the fruit could immediately make Eve as the gods was a clever deception. Lucifer spoke a partial truth mixed with a falsehood. “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” ( Moses 4:11). “Ye shall not surely die,” protested Lucifer, directly contradicting the word of the Lord ( Moses 4:10 see also D&C 29:41–42). Challenging one’s recollection of a past event can often create doubt. He questioned her: “Yea, hath God said-Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” ( Moses 4:7). Lucifer then tried “also to beguile Eve” ( Moses 4:6). He first talked with Adam, but Adam did not yield. He “sought to destroy the agency of man, … the father of all lies” ( Moses 4:3–4) entered the garden to deceive our first parents. ![]() Thus the stage was set for the exercise of agency and the possibility of mortality. The Father commanded them to multiply and replenish the earth and not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but added, “Nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee but, remember that I forbid it, for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” ( Moses 3:17). Eve was his equal-a full, powerfully contributing partner.” 3 Adam and Eve were placed in a garden, Adam being “formed from the dust of the ground” and Eve being created from his side, and they became husband and wife (see Moses 3:7, 22–24). Through His Son, He created the earth and the Garden of Eden.Īdam was the first man, the premortal Michael (see D&C 27:11), “who helped create the earth-a glorious, superb individual. God the Father was the mastermind and primary character in this interlude scene. Then Lucifer was “cast down, with all who put up their heads for him.” 2 ![]() We exercised our agency and chose to follow the Savior. Jesus Christ was the Father’s “Beloved and Chosen from the beginning” and promised to enact the Father’s plan (see Moses 4:2). 12:7–9), when Lucifer promised the impossible, to “redeem all mankind,” and demanded the Father’s “honor” (see Moses 4:1). Setting the StageĪct 1 included a council, or “war in heaven” (see Rev. The Garden of Eden was the scene of this interlude between act 1, the premortal life, and act 2, mortality. God the Father, Jehovah, Adam, Eve, and Lucifer were the players. I have wondered how much Adam and Eve knew about such things as they made the choice to partake of the forbidden fruit, the choice that began what has been called act 2 in the “grand three-act play” 1 we call the great plan of happiness. I am in awe that the pain and sickness accompanying their birth was soon forgotten, making way for the joy and happiness of having a baby in our home. I am amazed at the great love and courage my wonderful companion has shown during the birth of our children.
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