You Can Live Forever on Earth - WHY DO WE DIE?

Why, then, do we die? The Bible shows that one of God's spirit creatures, later identified as the rebel Satan the Devil, tried to sabotage God's arrangements in Eden.  How?

Satan induced our first parents Adam and Eve, to join him in rebellion against God.  When Satan claimed that God was withholding something good for them-the right to determine for themselves what is right and what is wrong-they went along with Satan and turned their backs on God.  The result? In time, they died, just as God warned.  The lost the prospect of living forever in Paradise on earth. - GENESIS 2:17; 3:1-6; 5:5.  

Adam and Eve's rebellion has affected all humans down to this day.  God's Word says:  "Through one man [Adam] sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men."  (Romans 5:12) We die because we inherited sin and death from our original parents, not because of some predetermined, unfathomable 'plan' of God. 

You Can Live Forever on Earth

The rebellion in Eden did not thwart God's original purpose for mankind and the earth. God's perfect love and sense of justice moved him to provide  a way to free us from bondage of inherited sin and death.  The apostle Paul explained:  "The wages sin pays is death, but the gift of God is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)   Lovingly, God "gave his only-begotten Son [Jesus Christ], so that everyone exercising faith in him  might not be destroyed but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)  By offering himself willingly as a ransom sacrifice, Jesus redeemed all that was lost through Adam.

Soon, God's promise of an earthly paradise will become a reality.  This wonderful future can be yours if you take to heart Jesus' admonition: "Go through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate  and spacious the road leading off into destruction and many go through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leaning off into life, and few are finding it."  (Matthew 7:13, 14)  Yes, your future is in your hands. What you do? 

Next time: Your Future, Your Choice! 

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