Instead of listening to God, Eve listens to the lying serpent. She eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and gives some of its fruit to Adam. Realizing that they’ve sinned against God, Adam and Eve are afraid and hide from God. But God is too wise for them and punishes them for their sin. He puts a curse on all mankind and kicks Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. However, God does not simply abandon them. He also shows them mercy by providing them animal skins to wear. Although we never ate the forbidden fruit, we too, have sinned against God and deserve death. But God is merciful, and His greatest demonstration of mercy toward us is found in the promised seed of the woman, Jesus Christ. He paid for us to have eternal life through His death, and He is the only way sinners can be at one with God.