If we imagine that Adam and Eve had remained faithful to God's command and had not eaten the fruit, we can assume that the subsequent course of biblical history might have changed dramatically.

A World Unfallen: Rethinking the Fall of Man

If we imagine that Adam and Eve had remained faithful to God's command and had not eaten the fruit, we can assume that the subsequent course of biblical history might have changed dramatically. Without the act of disobedience, they would have continued to live in a state of pristine innocence and bliss, in harmony with each other and with the Creator. In such an alternative version, the tragic drama of the fall would not have unfolded: there would have been no direct experience of evil, no realization of their nakedness and the accompanying feelings of shame, and no need to depart from the Face of God, as described in the well-known narrative.

As noted in one of the analyzed sources, even though the impending temptation already posed a risk to the integrity of the relationship between Adam and Eve, "in the person of Eve, only half of the human race—indeed, the weaker half—had fallen. Adam had not yet participated in the transgression of the commandment. It could be hoped that he, as man and head, would resist the temptation..." (source: link txt). This passage makes it clear that there was originally the possibility of retaining innocence, and if Adam had not succumbed to temptation, the integrity of the original state could have been preserved in full.

Thus, without the act of eating the forbidden fruit, the history of humanity might have unfolded without the tragedy of losing primordial bliss and without the introduction of suffering, separation from God’s grace, and the ensuing trials related to redemption. The absence of this turning point would have altered not only the personal fate of the first humans but also the course of history, in which familiar themes of struggle, repentance, and atonement would not have acquired the dramatic depth that we know today.