If Satan "knew not the mind of God" and was seeking to "destroy the world" (Moses 5:6) by tempting Mother Eve and initiating the Fall, then how does that square with the fact that God revealed to us from the very beginning that the world was going to be a fallen place, necessitating a Savior?
Thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will. (Moses 5:9)
What incredibly encouraging words those are!
Also, Eve reveals her great spiritual maturity here, saying "Were it not for our transgression, we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient." (Moses 5:11)
Here we have Eve recognizing four great blessings of the Fall:
1) Seed
2) Known good and evil
3) Known joy (of redemption)
4) Known eternal life which God giveth unto the obedient
They literally would have lived forever in a bland, boring paradise, picking fruit like children for trillions of years. Just the two of them. Let's look at why each of these blessings was impossible without the fall.
1) Could a child be born in paradise? Have you seen what a birth looks like? The pain and blood needed to bring a child into the world could only happen after the Fall.
2) How can you understand good and evil if all you have known is good? How could you know red if the entirety of your existence is shaded in blue? (Then why was Adam able to make a good/bad distinction between following the commandments of the Lord?)
3) Very simple. How can you feel the joy of redemption, having no need to be redeemed?
4) And last of all, Eternal Life is God's ultimate gift to those who prove themselves able to be obedient, even when the opposition is fierce. With no opposition, and practically no opportunities to break commandments, Adam and Eve could never have paid the moral sweat that it takes to convince God you're ready for the Celestial kingdom.
Thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will. (Moses 5:9)
What incredibly encouraging words those are!
Also, Eve reveals her great spiritual maturity here, saying "Were it not for our transgression, we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient." (Moses 5:11)
Here we have Eve recognizing four great blessings of the Fall:
1) Seed
2) Known good and evil
3) Known joy (of redemption)
4) Known eternal life which God giveth unto the obedient
They literally would have lived forever in a bland, boring paradise, picking fruit like children for trillions of years. Just the two of them. Let's look at why each of these blessings was impossible without the fall.
1) Could a child be born in paradise? Have you seen what a birth looks like? The pain and blood needed to bring a child into the world could only happen after the Fall.
2) How can you understand good and evil if all you have known is good? How could you know red if the entirety of your existence is shaded in blue? (Then why was Adam able to make a good/bad distinction between following the commandments of the Lord?)
3) Very simple. How can you feel the joy of redemption, having no need to be redeemed?
4) And last of all, Eternal Life is God's ultimate gift to those who prove themselves able to be obedient, even when the opposition is fierce. With no opposition, and practically no opportunities to break commandments, Adam and Eve could never have paid the moral sweat that it takes to convince God you're ready for the Celestial kingdom.
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