How Did Adam and Eve Die?
Adam and Eve were the first man and woman created by God.
Quick Facts:
- Adam and Eve were also the first human inhabitants of the Garden of Eden.
- Adam was given instruction not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but the serpent deceived Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam who didn't object to eating it.
- As a result of their disobedience, death entered the human family.
How Did Adam and Eve Really Die?
Adam and Eve died of "natural causes" that entered as a result of Adam listening to his wife, Eve, who was deceived by the serpent, the devil, in eating the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that God forbade him to eat from as seen in Genesis 3:4-11 below.
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Scripture on Disobedience That Led To The Death of Adam and Eve And The Human Race.
Genesis 3:4-11 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”