Did Jesus Redeem Mankind?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 119

119. WAS EVE SINLESS? (It. Again, it is incorrect to say that Eve was sinless. In fact, according to the Bible, she was a greater sinner than Adam. more subtile than. The Bible says: "Now the serpent was any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. should be remembered that the serpent stands for Satan in the Bible). And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath god said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden" (that is to say the. Satan went to Eve and was very clever in that he did not say to her that he had learnt that God had forbidden them the fruit of a particular tree but instead he said, "Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?". "And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest Ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that it was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eye, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked: and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. . And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast