Those consequences, of course, are the punishment Adam will receive if he breaks the one law in Paradise. He will condemn him to death, though not immediately. This shows God’s omniscience, in that He knows that Death, son of the daughter of Satan, will soon reign over Earth. On the other hand, it also shows God’s compassion towards His newest creation, Man. If He had truly seen Adam and Eve’s disobedience as bad, He would have destroyed them on the spot. Instead, He chooses to let them live, though mortal, to continue to suffer in “a world of woe and sorrow.”