Eve was deceived

Eve was deceived

Eve's transgression was that she was deceived to think that we are like animals; she thought that anything we do must be good because God made us that way. ^[1]

The woman, representing mankind as the bride of Christ, chosen to learn from him, was deceived by the flesh. The instinct of man is an enemy of God; ^[2] making choices putting the 'self' in the position of God. It makes choices of 'good and bad' and usurps God's position as the one who declares 'good and evil'.

The garments were a perpetual reminder that we are more than animals. The naked body is not sinful. But when one chooses nakedness over clothing, it is a declaration that one is like an animal and can declare good and evil for himself. Pain in childbirth was also not a curse, but a vivid reminder that she was not an animal. How so? Pain is generally not associated with bearing young by animals.

1. ↑ Ge 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
2. ↑ Ro 8:7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.