All of us - every person born since Adam - instinctively knows there's a relationship between salvation

upon God's good creation, but few passages pack the rhetorical power of Psalm 46 in describing what Adam's

Adam and Eve’s close communion with God in the garden of Eden and proper rule over the earth was a picture

Adam and Eve would reflect their Father in Heaven in who they were and what jobs He gave them to do in

Unconditional Election Article 1 - God's right to condemn all people Since all people have sinned in Adam

It has echoes of the creation mandate God first gave to Adam & Eve, to be fruitful and multiply (Gen.

All of this will occur because the void caused by Adam's sin will finally be filled: "the earth will

You probably remember reading that as soon as God finished forming Adam from the dust of the ground,

& devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 16: The Doctrine of Election We believe that— all Adam

Confession of Faith, Article 15: The Doctrine of Original Sin We believe that by the disobedience of Adam