Based on actual events as
recorded in the Book of Mormon: Another Testament
of Jesus Christ.
The Lord God gave unto man
that he should act for himself. According to the things which
I have read, an angel of God had fallen from
heaven; wherefore, he became a devil, having sought
that which was evil before God. And because he had
fallen from heaven, and had become
miserable forever, he sought also the
misery of all mankind. Wherefore, he said unto Eve:
Partake of the forbidden fruit, and ye shall not die,
but ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. And after Adam and Eve had
partaken of the forbidden fruit they were driven out
of the garden of Eden, to till the earth. And they have brought
forth children. Tell them why this had to be.
If Adam had not transgressed
he would not have fallen, but he would have remained
in the garden of Eden. And they would have
had no children; wherefore, they
would have remained in a state of innocence,
having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing
no good, for they knew no sin. Adam fell that men
might be; and men are, that they might have joy. And the Messiah cometh
in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the
children of men from the fall. Wherefore, men are free
according to the flesh. And they are free to choose
liberty and eternal life, through the great
Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity
and death, according to the captivity and
power of the devil.
My sons, I would that ye should
look to the great Mediator, and be faithful unto his
words, and choose eternal life, according to the will
of his Holy Spirit.
