Cheryl Schatz

Lin,
You said:
I never once said Eve sinned out of rebellion. She was deceived. We are talking about her actions after the warning from God when she followed Adam out of the Garden.

Okay so Eve was not a rebellious sinner and she was not one who had the sin nature of Adam. One must look at the text then and decide. Was God commanding Eve not to leave the garden? Was God giving the predictions of the evil that would happen if she did the evil first (as if leaving the garden was a sin)? In other words was God saying that He will bring this evil on her if she sins and leaves the garden? Or did God give her the choice?

Is there anything in the Scriptures where God may have given Eve an ultimatum i.e. choose you this day – Adam or me?