Cishe akunjalo. UDeveli akamtshelanga u-Eva ukuthi uma edla isithelo esasenqatshelwe uNkulunkulu, umzimba wakhe wawuyofa kodwa umoya wakhe (lokho abanye namuhla abakubiza ngokuthi umphefumulo ongafi) uqhubeke uphila kwenye indawo. Ekhuluma esebenzisa inyoka, uSathane wathi uma u-Eva edla isithelo ‘ngokuqinisekile wayengeke afe’ nje nhlobo. Wayesho ukuthi wayeyoqhubeka ephila, ejabulela ukuphila okumnandi emhlabeni, aphile ngaphandle kokuqondiswa uNkulunkulu.—Gen. 2:17; 3:3-5.

Uma le mfundiso engamanga efundiswa namuhla yokuthi umphefumulo awufi ingasungulwanga e-Edene, pho yaqala nini? Asiqiniseki. Esikwaziyo ukuthi bonke abantu ababengamkhonzi uJehova babhubha ngoZamcolo wangosuku lukaNowa. Ngenxa yokuthi abantu abasinda kwakunguNowa nomndeni wakhe, ababekhonza uJehova, babengekho abantu ababefundisa izimfundiso ezingamanga.

Ngakho imfundiso yokuthi umphefumulo awufi kumelwe ukuba yaqala ngemva kukaZamcolo. Ngesikhathi uNkulunkulu ephithanisa izilimi eBhabhele futhi abantu ‘behlakazekela phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba,’ akungabazeki ukuthi basakazekela emhlabeni benalowo mbono wokuthi abantu banomphefumulo ongafi. (Gen. 11:8, 9) Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi le mfundiso yamanga yaqala nini, singaqiniseka ngokuthi ‘uyise wamanga,’ uSathane uDeveli, nguye ongumsunguli wayo futhi wajabula lapho eyibona igcwala umhlaba wonke.—Joh. 8:44.