Regarding Jehovah our God, our Creator, the Bible says: "Perfect is his activity." (Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 83:18) The first man, Adam was created perfect, and he had the potential of living forever in Eden, the earthly Paradise garden in which God placed him. (Genesis 2:7-9) Why did Adam lose that Paradise home and grow old and die?
Simply stated: Adam failed to obey the command not to eat from a particular tree. God had clearly warned Adam of the penalty for doing so, saying: "You will positively die." (Genesis 2:16, 17) Adam joined his wife, Eve in disobeying that command, so God evicted them from Eden. The reason for Gods prompt action is significant. The Bible states: "That [Adam] may not put his hand out and actually take fruit also from the [garden's] tree of life and eat and live [forever]." - GENESIS 3:1-6, 22.
Adam and Eve died for their disobedience, but why do all their descendants grow and die? Because they inherited sin from Adam, and sin as resulted in the imperfection and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had sinned." - ROMANS 5:12.
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