Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned –
(Romans 5:12) NKJV
Why is original sin such a big deal, and why did Adam and Eve eating forbidden fruit have such a profound impact on the world. Why does it still impact each of our lives today? The simple answer: Physics.
For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
(Deuteronomy 32:22) NKJV
Nuclear Decay
The consequences of original sin were profound. God cursed the Earth and withdrew his presence which caused nuclear decay to begin.
When God finished his creative work in six days he was satisfied with the result and said that it was very good. The system was maintained by the power and presence of God, who walked in the garden in the cool of the day to have fellowship with the people that he had made in his image. There was no death. The system was completely stable. There were no unstable elements emitting radiation.
As good as this creation was, impurity was part of it’s essential nature. It’s an unavoidable consequence of the physics of matter. This is the reason for the tree of knowledge: the physical world has impurity in it that will manifest as evil.
Why were Adam and Eve punished if they didn’t know the difference between good and evil before they ate the fruit? The answer is that they knew right from wrong, because they were told what to do and what not to do. Knowing right from wrong can be innocent, knowing good from evil requires an understanding of context.
When sin entered the world God put a curse on the Earth: nuclear decay. It was exponential but most of the heavy atomic weight elements were concentrated in the core of the Earth, and it melted. Adam and Eve began dying. Radiation caused genetic mutations to occur and the process of devolution began. As successive generations came along they had greater and greater levels of genetic damage, causing a precipitous drop in longevity and a whole host of diseases as we see today.
This is our fallen nature. There’s no escape from it. When the Bible says that we’re born in sin, this is what it’s talking about. We are born into a physical system that’s in rapid decline.
Do I Still Have to Ask? – Navigation
| Section | Title | Scripture |
| 1 | Introduction | Psalms 86:5 |
| 2 | A Simple Answer | 1 Peter 3:15 |
| 3 | Straightening out the Spaghetti | 2 Timothy 2:15 |
| 4 | Original Sin | Romans 5:12 |
| 5 | The Cursed Earth | Genesis 3:17-19 |
| 6 | My Sin | Romans 3:21-23 |
| 7 | Justification | Romans 3:24-26 |
| 8 | Redemption | Isaiah 44:6 |
| 9 | Propitiation | 1 John 4:10 |
| 10 | Answer 1 | Ephesians 2:8-9 |
| 11 | Answer 2 | 1 John 2:2 |
| 12 | Answer 3 | Genesis 8:1 |
| 13 | Salvation | Romans 10:9-10 |
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