form of a serpent, and followed his ways. Sin is the name the Bible uses to describe this disobedience to a holy God. As a result, human beings fell from the favour that they enjoyed in the Garden of Eden and were banished from that perfect place. Death entered the world as a direct consequence. Yet a great promise was made to them in the Garden before they left, that God would not abandon the human race, and would send a Saviour who would undo the sin of Adam. As the biblical record continues, this