The Belgic Confession of Faith Article 14 Of Creation of Man and his Fall
The Belgic Confession of Faith: Article 14
God's Decree and Man's Fall
Paradise Lost
How did the fall into sin affect man and creation? As a result of the fall, human nature is corrupted by sin and creation is affected by the curse of sin. Hebrews 2 points to Christ as the hope for a new creation.
Man in His Four-Fold State: Man as Sin Marred Him
The Covenant Broken through the Fall into Sin
Adam's Fall and Mine
How can God be just by counting us guilty based on the fall into sin? This article looks at three theories that attempt to answer this question: the mythical view that treats that story of the fall as a myth, the realism view that claims that mankind actively sinned with Adam, and the federal view which shows that original sin does not refer to the first sin but to the result of that first sin because Adam acted as our representative.
The Creation and Historicity of Adam and Eve
Were Adam and Eve actual persons? Can we still speak about a historic fall into sin? Kaiser summarizes some of the teachings of Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 that form the background for his investigation into these questions.
Life Everlasting – Creation Marred
Chapter 1 is a popular introduction to the doctrine of creation and the fall into sin. It expands on these two themes by noting the goodness of creation, the glorification of God in creation, and the way creation has been marred by the rebellion of man.