Once, a very long time ago, as we who are trapped in the flow of the river of time would consider it, there was only one sin on the entire planet. Only one person who had rebelled against the Sovereign authority of the Living God.
When Satan entered into the garden, which by the way was not in Eden, but east of it, the earth was not defiled by him, no plants withered and died at his passing, the sky did not turn black, there was no evil, as we consider it, emanating from him that caused the animals to flee from his presence.
“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:” (Gen. 3:14)
The first to sin on earth was the serpent, willingly acquiescing to Satan’s lies, for reasons we may never know, the trickster, as those of old used to call him, in some way deceived that beast that once had legs. Bringing up another quite interesting point that is rarely mentioned, Eve apparently was not overly amazed when that animal began to speak to her.
Satan is called a serpent, but he was not that beast, Satan is not slithering across the planet, looking to and fro for who he can devour on his belly.
The sin was against the Almighty, how much of His will was revealed to the animals created by Him is also not known, but every snake paid the price for that one sin, just as every person ever born, along with the earth itself, has and is paying the price for Adam’s rebellion, for his disobedience.
But his was not the first sin on this planet, nor is the serpents taken into account, for the creatures of this planet, the fish, fowl and beasts of the field were not created in His image, man was.
Eve was the first person created in the image of the Most High that sinned by her own free will against the commandment of the Lord, she stood alone on this planet as the only one in open rebellion against Him, defiled, corrupted, inexcusable. Not even the words she spoke were a viable excuse for her actions.
“And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.” (Geb. 3:13)
What could have been if Adam had rejected the fruit offered to him by her hand is immaterial, conjecture serves no purpose here. What did happen is this.
“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;” (Gen. 3:17)
Whether Adam was standing right beside her as all this was happening, or whether Eve went to find her husband is also immaterial, those words she spoke to him is all that matters. Here then I will offer my point of conjecture, to me it seems correct, but I will let you decide if Eve said this to her husband.
“God said we would die, and look, I am not dead.”
The blame is not God’s, but this must be said, as far as we know the Almighty did not explain to them the difference between physical death and Spiritual death. A difficult truth to write here, but truth nonetheless.
They were commanded to tend the garden, perhaps one day they saw a leaf fall from a tree, and realized at that moment what death meant, I cannot say, but I do know this, and I will place it here as best as I can, as best as I am led to write.
Adam did not look at his wife and say, “I love you more than all that the Lord has created, but I do not love you more than Him.” He did not turn away and leave her to her fate.
One sinner coerced a righteous person, a righteous man. Read that line again and realize the truth of 2nd Corinthians 6:14.
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
