#The fall of Adam and Eve

[thinkingonscripture]

Salvation from Sin and its Consequences

Our salvation is necessary because of the problem of sin. The word sin is found throughout Scripture, and both the Hebrew and Greek share the same basic meaning. The Hebrew word chata (חָטָא) means “to miss the target, or to lose the way,”[1] and the Greek word hamartanō (ἁμαρτάνω) is defined as “miss the mark, err, or do wrong.”[2] In Judges 20:16 the Hebrew word is used of skilled soldiers who…

[waveandersson]

The Fall of Adam and Eve by Hugo van der Goes 1470

[cuties-in-codices]

the temptation of adam and eve

from the prayer book of claus humbracht, frankfurt (?), c. 1508

source: Frankfurt a.M., UB, Ms. germ. oct. 3, fol. 2v

[spacebubblehomebase]

Shit post!

Don't take this too seriously, but LMAO XD. -Bubbly💙

[imadhatt3r]

Am I insane or are Joker and Akechi low-key equivalent to Adam and Eve in the 3rd semester

- Maruki's palace has some heavy "Garden of Eden" themes, with it essentially being a paradise where people live free of suffering and strife but also in a kind of blissful ignorance of themselves. The highest structure is LITERALLY named Eden, with a garden and an apple tree with a snake and everything. Maruki oversees everything as God, one who gave this wonderful place and unburdened lives to people.

- 3rd semester Akechi was born out of Joker's cognition thanks to Maruki, just like how Eve was born out of Adam's rib; There's also the fact that Joker wanted Akechi alive again so that they might try starting their relationship over and due to his regret over how their relationship ended up- which parellels Adam's desire for a companion. Joker and Akechi are the only two people in Maruki's reality who feel that something's not right (at least at first), making them truly uniquely cognicient beings, kind of like how Adam and Eve were uniquely intelligent among all the other life in Eden (given that they could talk and were chosen to be the caretakers of all other creation).

- In the bible, it was Eve who convinced Adam to eat the apple and gain awareness; In the game, it's Akechi who manages to convince Joker about the truth of what's actually going on around them.

- Once Adam eats the apple, he and Eve are banished from Eden by God, forcing them and all the other humans in the future to live on Earth, where they have to suffer from hunger, illness, pain, and all the other things they never felt while in Heaven. Joker and Akechi go after Maruki with all the other phantom thieves- their consciousness allowed them to disobey their "God" and destroy his reality, causing them and all humanity to return to the original world, where they have to suffer from heartache and other emotions they were free of in his "Paradise". Not to mention that they themselves will suffer too- Joker will have to live without Akechi, mourning the relationship they could have, while Akechi will literally stop existing. If they obeyed, they could still both exist together (even if it would be in a way they don't want).

- Adam and Eve are, of course, positioned as a "pair of opposites", given that Abrahamic religions see men and women as opposite "forces". Almost every aspect of Joker and Akechi mirrors eachother, from designs through personalities to places they occupy in their lives. There's also the fact that Adam and Eve were sort of destined for eachother, made for eachother by God, just like how Joker and Akechi were destined by gods to be rivals and opposites.

- "Rebellion" in general is one of the main themes of the game, and Adam and Eve can be seen as humanity's first rebels by going against their creator (or at least that's one possible interpretation). Joker and Akechi are P5's protagonist and deuteragonist, the two main thematic characters of the game; Them being united together AS A DUO (unlike during the Shido situation, where they had the same goal but mostly worked separately) against a shared God-like opponent who is trying to take away their free will is kind of like if God wanted to take Adam and Eve back and wipe their minds, and Adam and Eve fought together like hell to stay free.

- This is really minor, but there is a Mementos dialogue about Akechi eating a single apple for lunch every day... 👀

[forevermoreeve]

OKAY DEBATE TIME!!!

Is The Raven Cycle a summer series or an autumnal series??

For me it has always reminded me of summertime - like the kind of summer where it is humid and you feel sweaty and like iced tea is the only thing that will save you. It reminds me of the summer adventures I had in the woods with the neighborhood kids growing up

What do you guys think?? I’m so curious because I see it both ways all!!

[memoriesofthingspast]

“the fall of the damned;” - peter paul rubens

[zorlok-if]

Thinking about Dev sitting at the counter in Nel's Diner at 6am just drinking a cup of coffee, not having slept the night before. Detective Park sitting in the same seat 16 hours later drinking a cup of chamomile tea, knowing it won't help them finally get to sleep. Both thinking about the other with pained, nostalgic hatred, welling up with hurt from all the things they've left unsaid.

[rabiosantologia]

I went to generate his chart and of course he had something in Rohini nakshatra 🤣

[lionofchaeronea]

Adam and Eve in Paradise (one of four panels), Jan Polack, ca. 1480

[paisley-constellations]

something something the eyepocalypse is a direct parallel to The Fall from the Bible, with the statements mirroring the fruit of Good and Evil which also represents knowledge, something which jon/adam and eve are unable to resist, inadvertently causing the downfall of their races

[arorabbit]

adam and eve from nier automata 🤝 stan and ford gravity falls

sibling pair where one of them is an ambiguously queer researcher with a deep sense of isolation who goes through lengths that end up being incredibly harmful for the sake of knowledge, and the other is their foil who would do damn near anything to be with them and got roped into the "lengths that end up being incredibly harmful" because of that

...i have to express from the bottom of my heart that these are two INCREDIBLY different stories. one of them is a post-apocalyptic jrpg that goes into incredibly layered philosophical discussions, the other is a goddamn disney cartoon. i don't even know whatever trick of fate happened so i could be into them at the same time to notice this hyper-specific parallel.

[koredzas]

Unknown Artist - The Fall and the Expulsion from Paradise. 1530

[forgetful-river]

You're allowed to ascend but only if God wants you to, and God can be a bit of an authoritarian bastard

[ana-cantskywalker]

If I had a nickel for every time a folk band I adored released an album meant to be listened to in order, which tells the story of the fall of man/ a prodigal son character (one of them is both), started with man being close to God then followed his journey of rejecting him, realizing his life was empty without him, and eventually returning back to God, had consistent themes and motifs woven through it, and ended with a reprise of the first song to represent the restoration of fellowship,

I'd only have two nickels

but it is weird that it happened twice

[jeannotjean]

Late wip for Adamsapple day 2: Jealousy

Super proud of how this turned out so far!

Had to have some angst (Also too busy for day 3 T.T so if I post anymore of Adamsapple week it may be later)

@adamsappleweek