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Fall of Man

The Fall of Man is Adam and Eve’s historical transgression of God’s command in Eden. Through Adam, humanity inherits guilt and corruption, is subject to death, and is alienated from God. This topic concerns the origin and inherited consequences of human sin, not the later acts of personal sin or the means of receiving salvation.

Scope

The Fall is Adam’s first disobedience, through which sin, guilt, corruption, and death entered human life and alienated humanity from God.

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The Fall of Man is Adam and Eve’s historical transgression of God’s command in Eden. Through Adam, humanity inherits guilt and corruption, is subject to death, and is alienated from God. This topic concerns the origin and inherited consequences of human sin, not the later acts of personal sin or the means of receiving salvation.

Anchor keywords

  • the Fall
  • Fall of Adam
  • Adam’s transgression
  • original sin
  • inherited sin
  • inherited guilt
  • corruption of human nature
  • sin entered the world
  • death through Adam
  • spiritual death
  • human depravity
  • Adam’s federal headship
  • Eden
  • the first sin

Scripture anchors

  • Genesis 2:16–17
  • Genesis 3:1–24
  • Psalm 51:5
  • Romans 5:12–21
  • Romans 3:23
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
  • Ephesians 2:1–3

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