When God put Adam in the Garden of Eden, He gave him instructions to eat of any tree freely, except from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Then God created woman, and for whatever reason, both Adam and Eve ate of the tree God said not to eat from. Their one decision to disobey God caused eternal consequences. When Jesus won the battle in the Garden of Gethsemane, He once and for all put an end to the eternal consequences from Adam and Eve's disobedience.