In this essay, I will explain the Edenic Covenant. Following my explanation of

this covenant I will convey my views on what the effects were when the covenant was

broken.

The Edenic Covenant is stated in Genesis 2:15-17. "And the Lord God took the

man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God

commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of

the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou

eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." In verse fifteen God tells Adam to take care of

Eden. God then commands him to eat of any tree but that of the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil. God...