The Garden of Eden represents the place where humanity fell into sin and spiritual death, as described in Genesis 3.
In the Garden of Eden, God created humanity with a perfect relationship with Him, commanding that Adam and Eve not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Their disobedience led to spiritual death, marking the entrance of sin into the world. The consequence of this act was not just personal but affected all of humanity, as illustrated in Romans 5:12, which states that through Adam, sin entered the world, and death through sin passed upon all men. This spiritual death means that mankind is inherently separated from God's holiness and glory, requiring divine intervention for restoration.
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