partner Eve were perfectly free to obey or disobey their Creator, and for some time they chose to live in perfect obedience to God’s will, enjoying in full all that he had lovingly and generously provided. Then disaster struck. In the Bible’s words, ‘sin came into the world … and death through sin’ (Romans 5:12). When Adam and Eve disobeyed God the result was catastrophic and is summed up in one word: ‘death’. It is vital at this point to realize that in the Bible death never means termination. It
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