Was sending Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden a blessing or a curse?

Goody book · Post by **Goody book** » 04 Jan 2023, 00:40

It was a pure curse attached to other personal curse which still affects humans now.

Shem Murundu · Post by **Shem Murundu** » 04 Jan 2023, 01:36

Yes, I believe chasing them from the garden was a blessing. I believe that if they had stayed there after partaking of the forbidden fruit would have worsened the situation, since they would have eventually ended up eating from the tree of life, and that would result in sin being immortalized, which would have been a disaster of magnanimous proportion.

E Daves · Post by **E Daves** » 04 Jan 2023, 19:01

In my opinion, the intention of sending them out of the garden of Eden was to curse them. But being the loving father that he is,God did not totally forsake them. What would have been a curse turned out to be a new beginning. However, they suffered for that beginning.

E Daves · Post by **E Daves** » 04 Jan 2023, 19:05

If not for their disobedience, there wouldn't have been need for them to be driven out of the garden of Eden in the first place. What was prepared for them in the garden was blessings free of charge. The disobedience made them to first suffer before they get any blessings (i.e after they were chased out of the garden.)

E Daves · Post by **E Daves** » 04 Jan 2023, 19:09

In all, I would say that driving them out of the garden of Eden was both a blessing and a curse. They had the opportunity to explore the earth and discover so many more things they could do with their hands. However, they were chased to earth that is full of hardship.

E Daves · Post by **E Daves** » 04 Jan 2023, 19:18

Alice Ngugi wrote: ↑04 Jun 2020, 05:03 I believe it was both a blessing and a curse. In the garden they could not enjoy the varying levels of emotions such as sadness and pain, at that they would not be able to fully appreciate the good times. The curse comes with separation from God and even facing death ultimately.

I agree with you. If is both a blessing and a curse. Also, I feel that due to their gift of free will, Adam and Eve might have interpreted God's consequences as either a blessing or a curse, and their interpretation would have altered the course of history.

E Daves · Post by **E Daves** » 04 Jan 2023, 19:23

Heathereads wrote: ↑11 Aug 2020, 07:28 By its very origin, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden was a curse. However, the Garden of Eden would not have lasted forever, even if Eve had not eaten the forbidden fruit. Humankind is sinful and would have been punished as soon as the next person committed a similar act to that of Eve’s.

The basis of this sinful nature arose from the disobedience of Adam and Eve. Before then, humans were not sinful. I don't see the reason why the premise that the "Garden of Eden wouldn't have lasted" should be true. For sure, God did not create man with sin.

MichelleYong · Post by **MichelleYong** » 07 Jan 2023, 00:30

I think it is not necessarily a curse. That was simply the result of eating from the tree, and god gave them what they wanted, to think for themselves.

Deeda Harris · Post by **Deeda Harris** » 20 Jan 2023, 19:14

Sending Adam and eve is a blessing because through it the generations after them were able to reach civilisation.

Christian_ James · Post by **Christian_ James** » 28 Jan 2023, 07:47

I can't answer if it is a blessing or a curse, but I can say that it was a punishment.

John Aburzzi · Post by **John Aburzzi** » 31 Jan 2023, 22:56

It was a curse obviously. Because the life in Eden was so incomparable to life outside Eden. But I think it was ment to be that way.

Post by **Oluwa Tomisin** » 03 Feb 2023, 07:43

In my opinion, sending Adam and Eve out was neither a blessing or a curse but the will Of God.

Post by **Victory Ositaorah** » 08 Feb 2023, 07:35

I won't say it was a blessing or curse, I would rather say it was punishment and the consequence of their actions which they have to live with. It also taught me how important obedience as a positive virtue is.

Post by **Victory Ositaorah** » 08 Feb 2023, 07:37

I wont say it is a punishment or curse. i will see it as punishment or consequence of their action which they have to face for their disobedience.

Samuel Onowhakpor · Post by **Samuel Onowhakpor** » 09 Feb 2023, 08:22

Their exile from the Garden of Eden was not to protect them from the Satan, as Satan has even a firmer foothold in this world. Their exile was a chance for reflection and rediscovery. It was a both a blessing and a curse.