Saturday, September 22, 2018

By Man Came Death



1 Corinthians 15:21-22 “For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.”

I started reading a new book by Creation Evangelist Ken Ham, where he states that the Western Civilization as a whole is becoming less Christian in its worldview as atheistic Macro-evolutionists indoctrinate the masses with lies of  moral relativism, while systematically eliminating public prayer, Bible reading, Christian terminology, and any understanding the truth of Holy Scripture and their virtues and values to the point that the majority of our next generation do not understand what sin is, why there is death in the world, and who Jesus is? A related article states that these above verses, coupled with others throughout the Old and New Testaments, teach a very important principle not fully appreciated by those Christians who would hold that man evolved from lower animals or even that his tenure on Earth was preceded by millions of years. For if the earth is old, then death is part of the natural order of things, and billions upon billions of organisms have lived and died, struggling for existence, surviving only if they were “fit.” But, that’s not what the Bible says.

Taken at face value, however, the Bible indicates a far different scenario. Evidently, at the beginning, all living creatures were created to live forever. There was no death, for all were designed to be vegetarian per Genesis 1:30. God had warned them of disobedience to His one command in Genesis 2:16-17, And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” All of creation was placed under the Curse of death at that time, the animals, the plants, the ground, and mankind; all would be dying. Sadly, as we know all too well, this situation continues today.

The article concludes that if death is a part of the created order, what can our opening Bible passage mean? Furthermore, if death was not specified as the penalty for sin, what does the death of Christ mean? Belief in the concept of the old earth destroys vital doctrines, including our redemption through Christ’s death. Thankfully, the reign of death and the Curse will end one day, when Jesus comes again. Are you ready?

Blessings in Christ, our Redeemer

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