• Read D&C 107:54-56. Who was Adam? What was he chosen to do?

Adam and Eve were among our Father's noblest children. In the spirit world Adam was called Michael the Archangel (see D&C 27:11; Jude 1:9). He was chosen by our Heavenly Father to lead the righteous in the battle against Satan (see Revelation 12:7-9). Adam and Eve were foreordained to become our the first parents of the human race. 

Although the scriptures do not tell us anything about Eve before she came to earth, she must have been a choice daughter of God. She was called Eve because she was the mother of all living (see Moses 4:26). She was given to Adam God brought Adam and Eve together in marriage because God said "it was not good that the man should be alone" (Moses 3:18; see also 1 Corinthians 11:11).

Discussion

• Read Revelation 12:7-9. How did Adam (Michael) prove that he was a valiant spirit?
• Why was Eve given to Adam?
• What can we learn from the examples of Adam and Eve?
  

• Under what conditions did Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden?

When Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden, they were not yet mortal. In this state, "they would have no children" (2 Nephi 2:23). They were not able to have children. There was no death. They had physical life because their spirits were housed in physical bodies made from the dust of the earth (see Moses 6:59; Abraham 5:7). They had spiritual life because they were in the presence of God (see Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 268). .

God commanded them to have children and to learn to control the earth. 

Discussion

• Read Moses 4:6-32. How was the Garden of Eden different from the world as we know it?
• Discuss the conditions of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
  

• What physical and spiritual changes occurred in Adam and Eve as a result of their transgression?

Their physical condition changed as a result of their eating the forbidden fruit. As God had promised, they became mortal. They were able to have children. They and their children would experience sickness, pain, and physical death.

Because of their transgression, Adam and Eve also suffered spiritual death. This meant they and their children could not walk and talk face to face with God. Because Satan had introduced evil into the world, Adam and Eve and their children were separated from God both physically and spiritually.

Discussion

• As a result of their transgression, what physical change occurred in Adam and Eve? What spiritual change occurred?
• Read Moses 5:1-5. What was life like for Adam and Eve outside the Garden of Eden?
  

• How does the Fall provide opportunities for us to become like our Heavenly Father?

Discussion

• Read Moses 5:6-12. After the Fall, how did Adam and Eve feel about their transgression and the Lord's promise to redeem them?
• Why do you think it is important to know about the Fall and how it influences us?