After completing His creation, God placed Adam and Eve into the Garden of Eden—a beautiful garden that provided for all their needs. There in the garden, Adam and Eve walked and talked with God. They were friends! But when Adam and Eve chose to disobey God, that friendship was destroyed. The consequence of their disobedience was death—both physical death and a spiritual separation from God. There was nothing that Adam and Eve could do to restore that relationship; and there is nothing that we are able to do either. But God made provision for us by His mercy and grace to be reconciled to Him.