Can we say the evil of the tree was connected to satan? We believed his lie and now we need the Truth back.
“And
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
Revelation 12:9 KJV
yes
his deception led the world astray to me it seems evident that he first ate the forbidden fruit , then gave eve the idea , then Eve carried the idea to Adam it’s the first false doctrine brother .
God said “ tou Must not eat the fruit you will die “
Satan said “ the fruit won’t harm you , it’s good for you will make you wise “
Eve believed and ate , Adam then heartened to her words about the fruit and he ate .
it’s the same for all time if we believe what God said about sin the forbidden fruit for us we will
Live .
If we believe the deception Satan planted in our minds that contradicts what God said , we will die. Gods word is always going to be life and transgression always death
We see the subsequent curse first the serpent is cursed , then the woman is punished and then Adam is cursed to toil and die sealing all Mankind’s fate in death.
but in the end Satans home is what he deserved and all who follow his will sadly will end up with him whereas those who turn and serve Gods will will be saved
“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”
Matthew 25:41, 46 KJV
so there was a curse on earth for what they did being death , but there is an eternal curse upon the souls of evil men after death. Again there are always two of everything because one is spirit one is flesh even death we die in the flesh but our spirit exists still carrying the living soul independent of the body at death the spiritual realm has a death also that place of satans torment is the second death of the spirit
“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 20:14-15
Satan indeed is the source of the deception and began the wrong track , but it took Eve and then Adam to break faith with Gods word and believe satans word so they also share guilt
that’s how it is between adams transgression which causes our internal
Problem of good and evil , but we who hear Gods word of the gospel have the same word of life to
Believe and satans temptations come to us just like adam
And Eve
if we break faith with his word , we also share in the guilt because the gospel has been preached now and to believe is life. We’re saved by believing God and denying satan as they would have been kept safe if they had believed God and rejected satans lies
the gospel is our word of life , but the world has a hundred ways to get us to reject the truth of God and accept a distortion and deception claiming life and benefit just like the serpent did