“So, He creates a situation where He knows humanity not only will be tempted but will give in to the temptation. Then He blames us for the situation that went exactly according to His plan (expulsion from Eden), and forces us to fend for ourselves. We're in a state of rebellion that God created for us to be in.“
Answer:
God did create a situation where He knew humanity not only will be tempted but will give in to the temptation. But that men and women gave in to the temptation was not His will. God knew that man would fall, but didn’t want it. God created man such that man could rebel, but He didn’t want man to rebel. He knew man would rebel, but didn’t want it.
You might have been in a situation where a teacher makes previously compulsory class participation voluntary. The British author and tutor C.S. Lewis had been. He said that what mostly happens as a result is that half of the students stop attending. That was not what the teacher wanted but his will made it possible. God didn’t want us to disobey Him, but He made us such that we could disobey. He didn’t will our disobedience but His will made our disobedience possible. Just as the teacher does not want acts of disobedience, but his will might, if he values student's freedom thus, still make it possible.
He didn’t create us to be in a state of rebellion, but He created us so that, we can choose to be in a state of rebellion if we want.
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