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1 | the last Adam | 1 Cor 15:45 | Makarios | 218000 | ||
Greetings Lionheart! Was Adam's body perfect until he sinned? Going back to Genesis, "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good." (Genesis 1:31) I believe that there is a difference between "very good" and "perfect." When God saw everything that He had made and pronounced His creation (collectively) as "very good," but does not follow up with a "and God saw that it was good" after the creation of man as He did with the light (v.4), the earth and the sea (v.10), seed bearing plants (v.12), the sun and the moon (v. 18), the animal kingdom (v.21) and every other beast other than man (v.25), then I do not see verse 31 as such a ringing endorsement of perfection on man's part - I see that God is collectively pronouncing that His creation was, in fact, very good, or very pleasing to Him. But even though God does not follow up with a 'saw that it was good' after the creation of man, I believe that mankind itself can be included in the all inclusive "it was very good" when God describes His creation collectively, because the creation of man was according to His purpose (Rom. 8:29). I believe that when God pronounces everything as "very good" in Genesis 1:31, He is not saying that man is perfect (see John 2:25), but only that the creation of man was pleasing to Him. I do not believe that mankind was perfect before the fall because God had to give man instruction after he was created but before he fell (Gen. 2:16-17), and man ultimately sinned anyway (Gen. 3:6, Rom. 8:22), which proves that he was not perfect. If man was "perfect," then he would not have sinned. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | the last Adam | 1 Cor 15:45 | lionheart | 218003 | ||
Makarios, I wanted to give this some thought last night before answering. I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. But I did have another question. Is it in God's nature to creat anything less than perfect. With Adam he had no sin when God created him. That came later. There are other subjects that can tie in with this also. In Him, lionheart |
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3 | the last Adam | 1 Cor 15:45 | Makarios | 218030 | ||
Greetings Lionheart! Is it in God's nature to create anything less than perfect? This is one of those questions that I believe will never be accurately or sufficiently answered before get to heaven. I believe that God created Adam and Eve as they were, but they sinned. I believe that God knew beforehand what they were going to do, but He had a plan. As for His purposes being "right" or "wrong", that is up to God to decide. Do we have a standpoint to pass any kind of judgment on God's creation? (I will go ahead and answer this one as to remove any kind of speculation before it starts:) No, we do not. The fact is that God created man, but man sinned, and man, therefore, was not perfect. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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4 | the last Adam | 1 Cor 15:45 | lionheart | 218036 | ||
Makarios, Right on the button brother. In Him, lionheart |
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