difference between earth and Heaven is that this world has been corrupted by sin—but Heaven has not. Man’s sin permeates the earth, and God’s glory perfects Heaven. God, the glory of Heaven, created earth and gave it to the human race to care for and enjoy. Instead of obeying God’s instruction concerning the things of earth, however, Adam and Eve chose to listen to Satan and do the only thing God had forbidden them to do. Their disobedience—their rebellion against God—cursed the earth, and separated