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Compiler%u2019s Comment: This creation was different from all His other creations as man was made in God's likeness, in His image. Man is not an exact copy of God. Man was created flesh and blood while God is spirit. End Comment.God put Adam and Eve in the midst of the rest of His creation to rule over and have dominion over it. He told Adam to work and take care of it. %u201cAnd the LORD God commanded the man, %u2018You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.%u2019%u201d (Genesis 2:16-17).Compiler%u2019s Comment: God gave man the ability to choose.The Devil took on the form of a serpent to tempt Eve. %u201cWhen 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.%u201d (Genesis 3:6).The man listened to Satan%u2019s lie choosing desire over obedience thus ceasing to be a righteous person and breaking the intimate relationship he enjoyed with God, his creator. But disobedience has consequences and, in some situations, sin may not be found out until the judgment when one faces God. In this case, the consequence was immediate. They were removed from paradise to a land of toil and pain. God said to the serpent %u201c%u2018Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.%u2019 But God had a plan to restore man to the original state and relationship with HIM.Compiler%u2019s Comment: With this sin, both Adam and Eve were separated from God and in need of being reunited with Him. This reconciliation would require a perfect sacrifice for their sin of disobedience. That perfect sacrifice apparently is a reference to God becoming human to be the atoning sacrifice for their sin and all others to come.Noah %u201cBy faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.%u201d (Hebrews 11:7).God told Noah what he must do to save the righteous people from perishing in the impending flood. No doubt these instructions appeared to be unusual but they very explicit. Noah may have even questioned how a boat made only from one kind of wood exactly so long, wide and high with only one window and door could possibly save him and his family. However, he began building immediately warning others of the consequences of their rebellious and sinful lifestyle.