Wow! A laptop? I don't know if the forums would approve of that but thank you.
Okay, let's look at this question of the curse.
The Bible is very careful to distinguish blessings vs curses. The two usually appear compared and/or contrasted. In Gen 3, when God calls only Adam to account, he then has to interrogate Eve. Finally, he takes their word as genuine and accuses the serpent," because YOU HAVE DONE THIS...CURSED are you (the serpent who is accused). Then he names the hurts the serpent would own.
Next he goes over some severe stipulations to Eve. Notice with her there's no "because;" or "since you did such and such."
Next, is something I find beautiful because I pride myself in being a hard honest worker. He doesn't curse Adam. He doesn't blame Adam. It does at first glance appear he blames Adam. But he's not, if you take due care.
First, he already laid all the blame, and all the the judgment on the serpent: BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE THIS CURSED ARE YOU.
Instead, he has gifts for Adam...
I believe Adam was an honest sinner. God gives Adam, since he listened to the voice of his wife Eve, a very hard burden of work. SEE! I love this! Every honest man works a long toilsome day of work and when he is done he EATS! He enjoys his wages.
That's why the King James doesn't say to Adam, "therefore," but God says to him, "cursed is THE GROUND...FOR YOUR SAKE"! Do you see?
In the first place the warning was primarily to Adam. The whole curse might have fallen on him immediately but it didn't. In fact none of it did. Life would be very rigorous for Adam and sorrowful for the woman. The third curse, following that against the serpent and following that upon the ground was curse over Cain. If you'll read carefully Gen 3 and 4 KJV you'll see what I mean.
Thank you for showing me this side of the equation. That said, the storyline that you're presenting doesn't fit with the narrative thread and purpose that I see throughout scripture. I'm not saying that you're wrong, I'm just saying that I can't see what it is that you're proposing.
The Curse, as I understand it, is the Curse of Fear, Shame, Guilt . . . a corrupted mind. The earth became corrupted . . . all things became corrupt, and in fact, all things must die. Adam and Eve died, therefore, they not only incited the Curse, but there were of first to experience death because of this Curse.
The Blessing? There really is only one Blessing. For if this Blessing is not given, no other blessing would matter. And what is that Blessing? The Blessing is the Promise, and that Promise is Jesus and His Subsequent Circumcision. And what is that Cirumcision? It is the defeat of the Curse of Adam and Eve. Again, if that Curse is not lifted, no other Blessing would matter, for Hell would await.
We know that Adam and Eve sustained the Law of Sin and Death, for Gen 3:22-23 states that they are indeed . . . going to die. Therefore, they, without a doubt, sustained the Curse. This is the entire point of Romans 5. It tells us that from Adam to Moses, death reigned. And death is that Curse (along with the Confusion and chaos that comes with it, as Paul perfectly describes in Romans 7, where he states "the things I want to do, I cannot . . . because of sin living in me (the Sinful Nature, or the Sinful Mind of the Devil).
Romans 5:12-14 KJV - "Wherefore, as
by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and
so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless
death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of
Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come."
I'll be honest . . . I will do my absolute best to understand what you are presenting. To do so, I must present Scripture so that you can understand where I am coming from, and in doing so, I'll need you to change even those understandings of Scripture. It isn't going to be easy . . . so maybe we need to, perhaps, address one point at a time?
I am the master of LOOOOONG posts with a million points . . . and that is hard to deal with. I am guilty! There is much to unravel for me to change my views, but I'm willing to do it if you're willing to keep trying.
So to start, I suppose I have to ask you to tell me what Paul is teaching in Romans 5. And hey, humans translated the Bible, so at some point, I'll expect you to show that there is perhaps an error in how we, humans, have transcribed the Lord's Heavenly Scrolls.
So what do you think of Romans 5?
Thank you, good sir!