The Bible really is one story-it is a story of God. The entire Bible is telling of God working in His creation for one purpose: His glory. This masterpiece starts with God creating everything. It says that God saw that it was good, but then man, who was the pinnacle of God\'s creation-created in His image-rebelled and became totally depraved and wicked. The rest of the Bible, after Genesis 3, is the story of God bringing back His creation to His glory. This was ultimately accomplished in the atoning work of God Himself in the flesh-Jesus Christ. This entire story was orchestrated by and for God. He was just gracious enough to let us be a part of it. In order for all of this happen, man had to fall, so God placed the the tree and the serpent in the garden, while still holding man completely accountable. He knew it was going to happen, even before the foundation of the world, but it was a means to a greater end-His glory.