The Nature of the Fall Our first parents, being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin, God was pleased, according to His wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to His own glory. (Westminster Confession of Faith, VI/i) What was the precise nature of Adam’s sin according to Genesis 3? As we begin it is important that we remind ourselves that Genesis 3 is Holy Scripture and authentic history. Those critical views