Genesis 3:8-9 English Standard Version

⁸ And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

Note that God came to Adam and Eve and sought them out but God did not seek out His angels.

The biblical definition of glory according to Vine’s Definition is the nature and acts of God in self-manifestation, i.e., what He essentially is and does, as exhibited in whatever way he reveals Himself in these respects, and particularly in the person of Christ, in whom essentially His “glory” has ever shone forth and ever will do.

Adam and Eve got to see God’s glory unfiltered. Being in the presence of God’s glory makes the viewer want to be like God. How do I know this?

Genesis 3:5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

Satan tempted Eve with what he knew to be true about being in God’s presence but lied to her about how to go about being godlike.

We will talk about God’s glory unfiltered tomorrow.

Deuteronomy 28:1
Blessings for Obedience
“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:15
Curses for Disobedience
“But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.

I do not know all of the 613 laws written in the Torah. Neither do I know all of the thousands of civil statues in America, much less the laws of other countries. The idea here is that if we violate even one law we fall under the curse afforded to all the laws. This is spoken more clearly in the New Testament.

James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

Rather than argue these points let us reason with each other about why God would give us so many laws.

God gave Adam one “don’t” and Adam did not obey. There was no court of law, no prosecutor, no jury, no defense attorney, no bailiff and no court recorder. Adam had to deal directly with God and suffer the consequences of his lawlessness immediately. The death Adam died that day was separation from his creator.

God gave 613 laws so that we would all know that no matter how hard we try we all come up short.

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

What was Satan’s sin? He wanted God’s glory for himself.

Why does Satan hate us? God created man after His own image, but not the angels.