"Adam was given the responsibility to cultivate both gardens, and he was given this responsibility to guard and protect both gardens. When the serpent came into the first physical garden, Adam’s apparent appeasement didn’t work. Appeasement with evil and sin never does work. We are told the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was in the very center of the garden (Gen. 2:9), and there the serpent was, right by it (Gen. 3:6). So when the serpent was not chased from the center of the physical garden, the very next thing he did was to turn his malevolence to the crown jewel of the garden, our Mother Eve. If he could pollute the first by his presence, then why would he not be able to pollute the second by his words?" -- Douglas Wilson, Bone of My Bones
Adam failed first by allowing Satan to enter the center of his world. Adam's whole life revolved around Eden and he allowed the serpent to get all the way to the center without interruption. Satan, emboldened by being tolerated,became intolerant.
Sin rewards hospitality by murdering its hosts.
2 John 1:9-11
Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
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