Satan's strategy worked: Adam and Eve were tempted to sin; they agree with the lie and then willfully act out the sin; they are immediately accused by Satan of it. Their hearts are still tender so that they feel guilt and shame. They know that their shame is totally exposed before God and that they now possess the same cunning sin nature as Satan. Instead of being in the perfect love relationship with God, they are now scared of him.
Their sinful flesh and Satan's whisper prompts them to cover themselves or their sin by themselves and without God's help. Satan is trying to drag them away from Yahweh Elohim more and more; to convince them that man can save himself. The scripture says:
"Then the eyes of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves." Genesis 3:7
The statement "made coverings for themselves", is the root of all false religions that spring up from Satan's tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This is another of his deceptions, for humans are incapable of covering or making atonement for their own sin. The scripture says:
"Nothing in creation is hidden from God's sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:13
Satan's lie is that humans don't need God at all and that they are actually gods and can do it all without Him.
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