3. How was sin, with its accompanying guilt, pain, disease, and death, introduced into Planet Earth?

Upon his expulsion from heaven, Satan spread his rebellion to our earth. Disguised as a speaking serpent and using the same arguments that had led to his own downfall, he undermined Adam and Eve’s trust in the Creator (Genesis 3:5). Infatuated by the prospect of equality with God, Eve believed the tempter’s word—and doubted God’s. Disobeying God’s command, she ate the fruit and influenced her husband to do the same. In believing the serpent’s word over that of their Creator, they betrayed their trust in and loyalty to God.JTL15 6.1

Tragically, the seeds of the controversy that began in heaven took root in the perfect environment of Planet Earth.JTL15 6.2

In seducing our first parents to sin, Satan ingeniously wrested from them dominion over the earth. Now claiming to be the “prince of this world,” Satan challenged God, His government, and the peace of the whole universe from his new headquarters, our own earth.JTL15 6.3