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== Physical effects ==

== Physical effects ==

The immediate effect of this was to introduce [[Sin]] into the universe. No longer perfect, but tainted by sin, the perfect universe rapidly decayed with the introduction of death, predation, disease, pain, and all other consequences of sin.

The immediate effect of this was to introduce [[Sin]] into the universe. No longer perfect, but tainted by sin, the perfect universe rapidly decayed with the introduction of death, predation, disease, pain, and all other consequences of sin.

{{quotebox|By man came death... in Adam all die. (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)

{{quotebox|By man came death... in [[Adam]] all die. (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)

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By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. (Romans 5:12)

By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. (Romans 5:12)

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The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.  We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Romans 8:19-23)}}

The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.  We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Romans 8:19-23)}}

Since God's original creation was "very good," we can safely state that deleterious genetic [[mutation]]s only came about after the Fall.  These mutations gradually built up over time, resulting in gradually decreasing human lifespans <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2008/06/04/did-people-live-over-900-years</ref> as recorded in Genesis 5.

Since God's original creation was "very good," we can safely state that deleterious genetic [[mutation]]s only came about after the Fall.  These mutations gradually built up over time, resulting in gradually decreasing human lifespans <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2008/06/04/did-people-live-over-900-years</ref> as recorded in Genesis 5.

We are all in the image of Adam,<ref>Genesis 5:2, Hosea 6:7</ref> and thus we also are fallen.  Sin is always with us, as the [[Apostle Paul]] wrote.  Only [[Jesus Christ]] can reverse the effects of the Fall:

We are all in the image of Adam,<ref>Genesis 5:2, Hosea 6:7</ref> and thus we also are fallen.  Sin is always with us, as the [[Apostle Paul]] wrote.  Only [[Jesus Christ]] can reverse the effects of the Fall:

{{Bible quote|We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it...  What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!  |book=Romans|chap=7|verses=15-25}}

{{Bible quote|We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it...  What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!  |book=Romans|chap=7|verses=15-25}}

Given sufficient time, this accumulation of sin will become so great as to require the reconstruction of the earth, with the second coming of [[Christ]].

Given sufficient time, this accumulation of sin will become so great as to require the reconstruction of the earth, with the second coming of [[Christ]].