Bible Discussion Thread

Have Adam and Eve been forgiven ? What scripture shows this ? Thank you .

Hi Alexis.

Adam and Eve were Saved by the cross the same way all that were saved in the OT.

I Would suggest forgiveness for Adam and Eve was granted before they were created.

I don't believe Adam and Eve surprised God by their disobedience in the Garden.

Christ was foreordained as the Lamb of God that take away the sins of the world "BEFORE" the foundation of the world, 1 Peter 1:18-20. Revelation 13:8.

Jesus' death on the cross was not an after thought by God after the event of mankind falling into sin.

God covering of Coats of skin for Adam and Eve suggest that there was a shedding of blood to cover their nakedness.

I'm sure the fig leaves mentioned in Genesis 3:7 covered there outwardly exposed bodies but not the inward exposed nakedness guilt caused by their transgression.

Besides, this was the work of their own hands.

Only the blood of Christ can take away sin

and those OT sacrifices pointed forward to Christ.

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life.

God has all along been revealing the "lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world through these OT sacrifices.

See Hebrews 9:7-14.

I hope this helps.

God bless.

It does help . I thought that myself about the skins that God made for them . If He made them then do you think that He killed the lamb ? This all seems to point toward the future when God allows His Son to be killed to cover our sins . The Jews had to take the lamb into their homes a bit like a pet I think , they might have grown attached to it if there were children in the house . They might have been sad to kill it . So many things happen more than once in the Bible but just in slightly different ways .