Passing the buck – the great blame game which continues today

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Their eyes were opened also to evil - they were stripped naked of all the innocence they had before. It is very common to hear family members, leaders, governments, nations, and diverse groups, passing blame to others for things small and great. This is nothing new, it all originated with Adam [virtually blaming Yahuwah for giving him Eve] and pointed to her, then Eve in turn blamed the serpent. The big question was – who was deceived? Scripture makes it very clear where the blame rests in this case – it was with the woman - Eve.

Genesis 3:7 – And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 – And they heard the voice of Yahuwah Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahuwah Elohim amongst the trees of the garden. 9 – And Yahuwah Elohim called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou? 10 – And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself. 11 – And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 – And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 – And Yahuwah Elohim said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Notice the two different responses. Eve said that the serpent ‘beguiled’ (deceived) her, but Adam just said that the woman gave her the fruit and he ate it.

Paul it is who gives us the crux of the matter in his first letter to Timothy: