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"God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good." Genesis 1:31a |
Expulsion from Eden What Would it Have Been Like if No One Had Sinned?
There
would be no weather
forecasters,
snowstorms,
skiing, raincoats, umbrellas, sunglasses or sunscreen. There
would be no overcoats, overshoes, no need for cotton dockers, Wrangler
jeans or Botany 500 suits. There would be no tidal waves,
Richter
scales, hurricane warnings or tornado watches.
There would be no policemen, judges,
juries,
lawyers, prisons, parole boards and parole officers.
There would be no Environmental
Protection Agency,
no Occupational Safety and Health Administration, no Federal Bureau of
Investigation, because no one would want to take advantage of others or
damage the environment--they would all want to look out for others
voluntarily.
There would be no need for the Army, the
Navy, the
Air Force or the Marines. No Military Reserve units or
National
Guard would ever need to be mobilized, so there would be no need to
maintain them. No Stealth Bombers or F15 Tomcats or
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles would ever be needed. No
attack submarines or aircraft carriers or smart bombs. No
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization would be necessary nor any "Star Wars"
stratospheric missile-defense system.
There would be no sin, and therefore no
consequences
of sin--no viruses, fevers, cancer, pneumonia. No AIDS, no
general practitioners or specialists. No clinics or hospitals
or
ambulances or emergency rooms or EKG's. No lab technicians,
X-rays or MRI's or Cat-Scans. No life or health insurance
policies would be written; there would be no insurance salesmen nor any
actuarial tables. There would be no liability insurance nor
any
protection needed against fire, wind, hail or theft.
There would be harmony and peace within
the animal
world, and between man and animals, there would be growing harmony and
cooperation. There would be no rifles, shotguns or handguns
or
traps or bow and arrow. There would be no hamburger, nor fish
filets or turkey breasts. No leather belts or purses, or deer
racks mounted over non-existent fire places. There would be
no
traps, no need for zoos nor for a humane society, nor veterinarians,
nor packing plants nor taxidermists.
Because aging is the slow process of
cells dying,
there would be no aging. There would be no blemishes or
disfigurations. There would be no face-lifts or
liposuction. No Mary Kay or Revlon or Right Guard or Crest or
cavities or bridges or braces or tints or toupees.
There would be no death. No
mortuaries,
funeral homes or cemeteries. No tombstones or coffins or
funerals
or obituaries, no sorrow, no pain, no tears, and no final goodbyes.
If Adam had not sinned (Romans 5:12), would you have? WordExplain
by James T. Bartsch
(Scripture quotations taken from the NASB 1995. Used by Permission.) Search WordExplain.com here. First published November 9, 2010
Updated February 19, 2022 |