SUFFERING & DEATH
A great article from Tommy Mitchell at Answers in Genesis
Why do people suffer? Why do people die? Isn’t this a horrible world we live in?
These questions vex not only the unbeliever but the believer as well. Yet as is true in every other question, we should not be ashamed to stand on the authority of God’s Word to understand death and suffering.
This question is not as difficult as it might seem. A person only needs to open the Bible and read Genesis chapters 1–3 to find the answer. Here we are told of the beginning of things — God created everything in six ordinary days. We read of a perfect creation in which there was no death. God looked at His creation and called it “very good” (Genesis 1:31).
So where did death come from?
Death came as a direct result of Adam’s disobedience. Genesis 2:17 tells us, “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.” So Adam knew there was a consequence to his actions. When he took of the fruit and ate, death entered God’s perfect creation. “For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead” (1 Corinthians 15:21).
Our world is broken, marred by death and suffering. We must understand that our sin is what broke God’s perfect creation.
[Read the rest of the article at Answers in Genesis.]
Read more: http://kirkcameron.com/2013/04/suffering-death/#ixzz2QkCGFIva
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