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1 | Did God create death? | Gen 1:31 | Diomede | 158209 | ||
Did God create death? | ||||||
2 | Did God create death? | Gen 1:31 | Makarios | 158293 | ||
Greetings Diomede, Scripture says that at the end of the six days of creation, "And God saw everything that He had made" (including not only the entire earth and all its contents, but all the heavens as well - note Genesis 1:16; 2:2, etc.) ".. and, behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). Death did not "enter the world" until man sinned (Romans 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:21). In Genesis, I believe that the life spans that are spoken of (Methusaleh lived 969 years) are real years. Methusaleh really did live to be 969 years old. However, after the flood, the life-span of man began a slow and erratic decline from 950 years (Noah) to eventually down to about 70 years at the time of Moses (see Psalm 90:10). Death is part of God's curse on man's dominion (Genesis 3:19) as a result of the fall of man. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). But the blood of Jesus is our atonement and has redeemed us of our sins (Leviticus 17:11; Ephesians 1:7; 1 John 1:7). "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made the curse for us" (Galatians 3:13, KJV), and "the dead shall be raised incorruptible" (1 Corinthians 15:52, KJV). Yes, God would have had to 'create' or at least invent the concept of death at some point to make it necessary for us to die and be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of life as a child of God (Romans 8:21). But because of Christ's victory over sin and death, the heavens and earth will then be made eternally new (Revelation 21:1-5), and those who put their faith in Christ see death in a glorious light, since we will be with our Lord. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3 | Did God create death? | Gen 1:31 | CDBJ | 158295 | ||
Hi Makarios, Not that it makes any difference, the effects are still the same, but didn't Moses live to be 120 years old? Deut. 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. CDBJ |
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4 | Did God create death? | Gen 1:31 | Makarios | 158303 | ||
Greetings CDBJ! You are correct! According to Deut. 34:7, Moses lived to be 120 years old. But I do not believe that I was in error when I wrote that the average lifespan was down to around 70 at the time of Moses, because God made Israel wander around in the desert for 40 years for their unbelief, (Num. 14:34) and not for 140 or 240 or 340.. :-) Blessings to you dear brother! Makarios |
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