The Core Truth:
God made the world good. He made man in his image to be his royal ambassador on the earth and to rule over all creation.
Adam and Eve used their free will to sin and rebel against God, and this act of high treason merited eternal condemnation, not only for themselves, but for all their posterity.
As a result of the fall, the world is under a curse and mankind is banished from Paradise. But God in his grace promised Adam and Eve that he would one day send a child, born of the woman, to set things right. That hope is fulfilled in the person work of Jesus Christ.
