I have been pondering death these last few days. We are half-way through Easter Week and in two days take a day to remember the fact that Jesus Christ died to pay for our sins so that we might have life. Then on Sunday we will celebrate the amazing reality that Jesus Christ conquered death as he rose from the tomb. 1 Corinthians 15 talks about the reality that we will also all be resurrected one day.
The question that my mind "worries over" these days has to do when death was introduced into the world. I have always understood that death was not present in the world until after Adam and Eve sinned and death was part of the curse placed on mankind.
So, here is what I have been pondering... Was there no death before then? What about the food Adam and Eve ate - or any of the other "animals" for that matter? The trees obviously bore fruit. Why? Would the fruit not fall from the tree and die? Is decomposition not a form of "death?" Adam and Eve ate food. Why? What would have happened if they would have stopped eating?
Anyway, those are some questions I am pondering these days.
The question that my mind "worries over" these days has to do when death was introduced into the world. I have always understood that death was not present in the world until after Adam and Eve sinned and death was part of the curse placed on mankind.
So, here is what I have been pondering... Was there no death before then? What about the food Adam and Eve ate - or any of the other "animals" for that matter? The trees obviously bore fruit. Why? Would the fruit not fall from the tree and die? Is decomposition not a form of "death?" Adam and Eve ate food. Why? What would have happened if they would have stopped eating?
Anyway, those are some questions I am pondering these days.
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