Death Once For All
During some study I was recently doing on Genesis 3, the Lord pounded me with a truth that I knew but needed refreshing. The statement “death once for all” rang in my head as I read 3:19 and 3:21 with the first blood shed for atonement. As the first to sin, Adam was the first to feel the curse of death, but we all have death lurking because of our sin, as we are reminded by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans. So Adam died once, as we all will, because of the curse of sin. We here at CTF are in a constant battle for the hearts and minds of believers to see the power of the Gospel through the historical foundation in Genesis. There seems to be an increasing number of people that believe that Genesis could allow for millions or billions of years. This is just not true and a lie from Satan himself to destroy the power of the Cross. Death came for all as a result of sin, not with the struggle of life to evolve and become fitter. We must never forget that sin brought death as a curse, not a tool for higher intellect. Paul wrote again in Romans these powerful words, “For [the death] that He died, He died to sin once for all; but [the life] that He lives, He lives to God.” Death once for all. Jesus takes the penalty for my sin – death – and produces life for Him. Again I say, death before sin is not an option in the Word of God. There was a life given that takes all sin and death, the product of the curse, and turns it upside down for eternity. This is only true if Genesis is literally true and Adam was the first to sin, bringing death once for all. Praise be our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for conquering once and for all the death that curses us.
