First Prophecy of Judgment
When spiritual and the eventual physical death of humans entered the world.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Source Scripture
Biblical Commentaries
Fulfilment / Prophetic Classification
- Claim Type
- Direct prophecy
- Relationship Type
- OT → OT fulfilment
- Prophetic Horizon
- Past / Historical
- Fulfilment Status
- Fulfilled
Biblical Commentaries
Research status
- Status
- Approved
- Confidence
- Medium
- Data source
- Bundled Prophecy Dataset
- Research provenance
- Single
- Research source status
- Approved - Interpretation Specific
- Source credibility
- Established / Strong Research Value
Walvoord - Every Prophecy of the Bible
Source commentary from John F. Walvoord, recorded as interpretation-specific research. It enriches the Explorer record without replacing its existing Scripture-based classification.
Interpretation
When the divine work of creation was completed and Adam was created, God gave him the first command that is in the form of a conditional prophecy. According to verses 16-17, “The LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.’” In fulfilling the prophecy of death, God added other prophecies, including the curse on the serpent (Genesis 3:14-15). God prophesied that Eve would give birth to children in pain and that her husband would rule over her. To Adam, God predicted that the ground would be cursed and he would have difficulty raising the food necessary for his continued existence.
- Horizon
- Past/Historical
- Match
- Fulfilled
- Qualification
- Qualified
Research sources & provenance (0)
Sources are recorded to show where a claim came from and to distinguish source authority from the Explorer's own editorial judgment. A source rating is not a claim of infallibility, and a respected Christian source may still contain interpretation-specific conclusions.
John F. Walvoord - Every Prophecy of the Bible
Provenance
Bundled Walvoord enrichment dataset supplied and reviewed for the Bible Prophecy Explorer production installation.
Boundaries / limitations
Interpretation-specific research enrichment. It does not alter the Explorer prophecy classification, fulfilment status or Scripture relationships.
Viz.Bible research context (1)
These are exact Scripture-reference context matches from the retained Viz.Bible dataset. They are research context only and are not automatically treated as fulfilment relationships.
Source Scripture → Fulfilment Scripture (1)
| Source Scripture | Relationship | Fulfilment Scripture | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:16-17 | Thematic Conceptual | Genesis 3:15 | Approved |