Adam fell that man may be

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Adam fell that man may be

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Zebedee Coltrin

• Once after returning from a mission, Bro. Coltrin
  met Brother Joseph in Kirtland, who asked if I
  did not wish to go with him to a conference at
  New Portage. The party consisted of Presidents
  Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery and
  myself.
• Next morning at New Portage, Joseph seemed to
  have a far off look in his eyes, or was looking
  at a distance and presently he, Joseph, stepped
  between Brothers Cowdery and Coltrin and taking
  them by the arm, said, "Let's take a walk." They
  went to a place where there was some beautiful
  grass and grapevines and swampbeech interlaced.
  President Joseph Smith then said, "Let us pray."
  They all three prayed in turn--Joseph, Oliver,
  and Zebedee.
• Brother Joseph then said, "Now brethren, we will
  see some visions." Joseph lay down on the ground
  on his back and stretched out his arms and the
  two brethren lay on them. The heavens gradually
  opened, and they saw a golden throne, on a
  circular foundation, something like a light
  house, and on the throne were two aged
  personages, having white hair, and clothed in
  white garments. They were the two most beautiful
  and perfect specimens of mankind he ever saw.
  Joseph said, "They are our first parents, Adam
  and Eve." Adam was a large, broad-shouldered man,
  and Eve as a woman, was a large in proportion.

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Bro. Robert Millett

• 1- Everything has not been revealed.
• 2- We cannot always tell which items are literal
  and which are figurative.
• - For instance Rib or no rib?
• 3- We do not know how much Adam and Eve knew and
  understood prior to their fall.

Bruce R. McConkie our knowledge about the
Creation is limited. We do not know the how and
why and when of all things. Our finite
limitations are such that we could not comprehend
them if they were revealed to us in all their
glory, fulness, and perfection.
Bruce R. McConkie In short, to say that Adam and
Eve partook of the forbidden fruit is to say that
they "complied with whatever the law was that
brought mortality into being."
Bro. Millett Like all of us, the knowledge of
their premortal existence was veiled. In that
sense, then, they were required, as are we, to
walk by faith. But unlike us, they walked and
talked with God, held immediate communion with
him, and were taught by him.
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The Three PillarsBruce R. McConkie
Plan of Salvation
THE CREATION
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Moses 4
Beguile Hebrew Naw shaw To deceive, to forget

• 5 And now the serpent was more subtle than any
  beast of the field which I, the Lord God, had
  made.
• 6 and he sought also to beguile Eve, for he
  knew not the mind of God, wherefore he sought to
  destroy the world.
• 7 And he said unto the woman Yea, hath God
  saidYe shall not eat of every tree of the
  garden?...
• 8 And the woman said unto the serpent We may eat
  of the fruit of the trees of the garden
• 9 But of the fruit of the tree which thou
  beholdest in the midst of the garden, God hath
  saidYe shall not eat of it, neither shall ye
  touch it, lest ye die.
• 10 And the serpent said unto the woman Ye shall
  not surely die
• 11 For God doth know that in the day ye eat
  thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye
  shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
• 12 And when the woman saw that the tree was good
  for food, and that it became pleasant to the
  eyes, and a tree to be desired to make her wise,
  she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and
  also gave unto her husband with her, and he did
  eat.

Ted E. Gibbons So far as we know, only one thing
in the garden was forbidden to Adam and his wife.
Lucifer took Eves attention to that one thing.
There were 876 trees (more or less) in the garden
and they could eat of any or all of them, except
that one, and the devil focused Eves attention
exactly there. As he always will. One of his
ways to get into our hearts and minds is to point
out the things we cannot do. Are there any movies
you should not go to? Are there words you should
not say? Are there things you should not do?
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The Three PillarsBruce R. McConkie
Plan of Salvation
THE CREATION
THE FALL
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Mother Eve

• 11 And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and
  was glad, saying
• Were it not for our transgression
• 1) we never should have had seed,
• 2) and never should have known good and evil,
• 3) and the joy of our redemption,
• 4) and the eternal life which God giveth unto
  all the obedient. (Moses 511)

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The Three PillarsBruce R. McConkie
Plan of Salvation
THE CREATION
THE FALL
THE ATONEMENT
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Lehis Explanation

• 11 For it must needs be, that there is an
  opposition in all things
• 19 And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the
  forbidden fruit they were driven out of the
  garden of Eden, to till the earth
• 26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time,
  that he may redeem the children of men from the
  fall. And because that they are redeemed from the
  fall they have become free forever, knowing good
  from evil to act for themselves and not to be
  acted upon

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The Lord to Joseph SmithAfter the loss of the
116 pages

• And behold, how oft you have transgressed the
  commandments and the laws of God, and have gone
  on in the persuasions of men.
• For, behold, you should not have feared man more
  than God.
• Although men set at naught the counsels of God,
  and despise his wordsYet you should have been
  faithful (DC 36)

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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

• If there is one lament I cannot abide, it
  is the poor, pitiful, withered cry, "Well,
  that's just the way I am." If you want to
  talk about discouragement, that is one that
  discourages me. I've heard it from too many
  people who want to sin and call it psychology.
• And I use the word sin to cover a vast range of
  habits, some seemingly innocent enough, that
  nevertheless bring discouragement and doubt and
  despair
• Repentance is not easy or painless or
  convenient. It is a bitter cup from hell. But
  only Satan, who dwells there, would have you
  think that a necessary and required
  acknowledgment is more distasteful than permanent
  residence. Only he would say, "You can't change.
  You won't change. It's too long and too hard to
  change. Give up. Give in. Don't repent. You are
  just the way you are." That is a lie born of
  desperation. Don't fall for it. ( In Times of
  Trouble, 1980 BYU Devotional)