The Old Testament covers four periods of time.

They are the Age of Innocence, the

Age of Consciousness, the Age of the Patriarchs and the Age of the Prophets.

The first time period, the Age of Innocence, is the shortest time period in the Bible. It
ends in the third chapter of the Holy Bible, when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden
fruit. God took six days to create the world and one day to relax and enjoy his
creation. While God created man on the sixth day, the Bible does not specify how
long Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden before they disobeyed God.

Genesis Chapter One is the story of the earth’s creation in six days. The
things that were created each day were:
 Day One - Light
 Day Two - Firmament or Air Spaces
 Day Three - Dry Land and Plant Life
 Day Four - Sun, Moon, and Stars
 Day Five - Birds and Fish
 Day Six - Animal Life and Man
Genesis 1:9, 11, 14, 20, 24 “And God said…” (KJV).
Genesis 1:31 “And God saw that everything he had made, and behold, it was
very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day” (KJV).
All God had to do was speak and things happened. The oceans and the dary
lands appeared at God’s words. This was the same with the grass growing
and trees that started to yield its fruits. The same goes with the stars and
planets that formed in the universe and the animals and birds suddenly
showed up in this world. Everything that God wanted appeared even as he
was speaking. His creation was completed and everything was good. Since
God is bound by his word; he is all honest and truthful. If he stated that his
creation was good, then it is true. However, he still needed to have somebody
to be in charge in this new world. Therefore, he created man.
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.
During the Age of Innocence, Adam and Eve lived in a perfect place-the
Garden of Eden. Since this was the age of innocence, nothing went wrong
before the fall from sin. All the trees grew perfect fruit. Nothing was rotten.
Therefore, Adam and Eve did not have to look for worm-eaten or decaying
fruit since nothing died yet. They did not look for weeds or worry about thorns.
Every day was beautiful, it was neither too hot nor too cold. Neither Adam nor
Eve did not need to much work during the Age of Innocence. All Adam had to
do was, according to Genesis 2:20, was give names to all cattle, birds and
wild beasts.
Adam and Eve had a personal fellowship with God. They walked and talked
with him on a face to face basis. It is like when you are chatting with your best
friend. God was physically present in the garden with his two innocent
creations.
The age of innocence did not last a long time. As a matter-of-fact it ended in
Chapter Three of Genesis when the Age of Consciousness began, thanks to
the serpeant.
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpant was more subtile than any beast of the field
which the Lord had made. And he said unto the woman, yea, hath God said,
ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden” (KJV)?
The serpant is Satan. He deceived the woman into eating the forbidden fruit
and passing it on to Adam.
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” (KJV).
This is where the age of consciousness began. Adam and Eve realized that
they were naked and were ashamed. Almost immediately after they ate the
fruit, both the man and woman blamed somebody else for why they disobeyed
God. It is even true today. When somebody does something that is not right,
they either blame somebody else-even if it means lying-or make up a book of
excuses.
When Adam and Eve sinned, they became spiritually dead to God. They
would no longer live a life of luxury. However as Genesis 3:15 states “And I
will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel” (KJV), there is still
hope for the world. This verse is the first of the many prophecies of Jesus to
come. There will come a time when we can live in the Age of Innocence once
again.
Some may wonder what the big deal was when Adam and Eve ate the
forbidden fruit. “Yes,” you may say, “they disobeyed God. But why the big
deal? At least they did not kill somebody.” When Adam and Eve disobeyed
God, they sinned. While this may seem like a minor offense compared to
murder, they opened the door to disaster. Sin did not exist in the Garden of
Eden. Take a look at all the murder, lust, jealousy, lying, corruption, rebellion,
and evil in this world today. These are all a direct result of the original sin.
Adam lost this right when both Eve and he listened to the serpent and broke
God's only rule not to eat the forbidden fruit. When they were deceived and
sinned, both sin and death gained authority over the whole world. This sounds
depressing doesn't it? However, God made it so man would once again have
dominion. That is why he sent Jesus Christ to live as a human. Adam had lost
that dominion. However, the perfect human gained it back where he had
authority over birds, fish and animals. He had to suffer and die on the cross.
He did this, not only to conquer death and sin but also so that we can reign
with Jesus. When he finally returns for the thousand year rule, we will gain
back that dominion that was once lost because of Adam’s sin.
God gives us a choice. We can choose to follow him or not. Even though he
commanded Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of Good and
Evil, he gave us the freedom to choose. Sin broke communion with God. We
are all sinners. The only way to get this communion with God repaired is
through Jesus Christ His Son.