SHARE Magazine January 2016 | Page 23

Where was God when Eve was being tempted? With close observation we will discover that God was not present in the garden with Eve when she was tempted. Her temptation took place between verses 1 and 4 of Genesis chapter 3. God did not turn up until vs 8. This teaches an immense lesson. We cannot fight and win the devil or sin on our own. We need God with us to win. Therefore, God has now given us His promise that He will never leave us or forsake us. There is no need for us to repeat the failings of Eve. God is always there for us and will give us a way of escape for every temptation. We need only to take it. Did Adam die that day or 930 years after? What is death? “.. of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.’” (Genesis 2:15-17) God told Y[H]