In Gen. 2-3 this it is said that man fell. Should I believe(as I do) that God causes all things then in these two chapters man did not fall, man being made spiritually weak just full filled. And Paul writes Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
And we are told in Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. There is no mention of sin here. Now we know that sin means missing the mark, but should what happened in Gen. 3 be in God's plan and purpose there was no fall and no sin?
Now the first time sin is mentioned in the Bible is Gen 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And not again until Gen 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;(don't if that is important)
Keeping this thinking when Cain slew Abel, this was still a God caused event, but now we have the word sin involved and Rom. 5:12. I have held in my reasoning that the entire Bible is a parable(I think Ray mentioned something like that would not digress) and WHAT IF man..Gen. 2:7 woman Gen.2:22 and two sons Gen. 4:1-2 are speaking of that one man but that knowledge of good and evil was growing? The warning 2:17, godly/self, 3:6, conceiving 4:1, personalities 4:3-4, jealousy 4:5 murder 4:8 carnality has its foothold 4:12 no more of Cain line but is still woven in when we come to another recorded creation of man. Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel all were the one man.
Okay I'm ready for some correction, reproof, and learning.