ORIGINS OF FREEDOM AND SLAVERY REVEAL THE FOLLOWING.

In the beginning, GOD gifted man and woman:
- Freewill; freedom of choice; and freedom to decide everything, including their ongoing fate.
- Full dominion over all earth.
- Precise command how to avoid slavery to sin and death.
- Conditional immortality through the access to the tree of life.
Later on, Satan used the serpent:
- To deceive the woman to eat of the tree of good and evil.
Eating of the forbidden tree of knowledge of good evil; man and woman freely chose:
- To disobey GOD.
- To be cast out from the Garden of Eden.
- To lose access to the tree of life.
Thus, by their freewill choice man and woman trusted Satan, lost their conditional immortality and became enslaved to sin and death.
God cursed the serpent; declared an ongoing enmity between Satan, the real serpent; and the woman he deceived and enslaved.
Thereafter mankind lost their GOD gifted freedom:
- Dominion over planet earth;
- Conditional immortality;
- Were to disintegrate into dust they were made of; and die.
From then on, Satan and his evil angels took dominion over planet earth; and in ongoing enmity, ruled over mankind they enslaved to sin and death..

Origins of Freedom and Slavery

The YGS portal uses GOD for Godhead, as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Freedom and slavery origins are described in Genesis chapters 1-3 as follows: “And GOD said, Let us make man…male and female in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth “...

So Man, male and female was made in the image and likeness of the sovereign GOD; and received freedom and dominion over all earth…. “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die“…

Man and woman could eat of EVERY tree in the garden, except from the tree of good and evil. Obeying GOD would demonstrate their love and trust for GOD; protecting them from deception and slavery to sin and death. .. “Then the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die.For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food…and “desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and ate, and gave it unto her husband with her; and he did eat “…

By saying; “you shall not surely die”, for your eyes shall be opened “and you shall be as God’’. The serpent lied and accused GOD of dishonesty Yet the woman fell for her deceptive promise. She wanted it; so she broke GODS command and ate; then gave it to her husband and he ate too…

“And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon your belly shall you go, and dust shalt you eat all the days of your life: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel”…

Becoming Satan’s medium of deception, the serpent was cursed with deformity and depravation (for animals don’t speak human language). However the enmity GOD declared was between the real serpent; Satan the deceiving enslaver; and the deceived and enslaved woman. Moreover, enmity also included Satan or serpent SEED; and the future SEED of the woman. This was implied by the singular use of the word SEED (not seeds). Such deliberate usage foreshadowed the ongoing 1 on 1 enmity; that would exists between Satan the deceiving enslaver; and the promised redeemer the incarnate Son of God. Thus Satan will bruise-wound Christ heel; and Christ will wound Satan’s head. The foreshadowed enmity also alluded to the future defeat of Satan; ending man’s enslavement to sin and death. More details are revealed in the Everlasting Gospel topic…

The woman knew she did wrong; so she anxiously awaited her turn to hear GOD speak. “Unto the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you. And unto Adam he said, Because you have hearkened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, you shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life…till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return…

Man and woman both disobeyed GOD; willingly broke His command; ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; and were likely surprised they were still alive. Yet, their eyes were opened and they suddenly realised they were naked. Feeling guilty and ashamed they tried covering their nakedness, thus hid in the bushes of the garden. This will be discussed more fully in the Why Guilty Conscience topic… Now back to origins of freedom and slavery. “And the Lord God said…now lest man “ put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever….the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life”. Genesis 1:26, 27; 2:16, 17; 3:4-6; 14-15; 22^b– 24^.