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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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