FROM ADAM'S MORTALITY TO JESUS' IMMORTALITY
FROM ADAM'S MORTALITY TO JESUS' IMMORTALITY The Perfect Creation and Its Ruin When God first created Adam in the Garden of Eden, it was a perfect creation. This is not a nostalgic myth or a poetic idealization of humanity's distant past. It is the sober historical reality that undergirds the entire biblical narrative and provides the essential context for understanding the human condition. Adam was formed from the dust of the ground with the very hands of God, animated by the breath of life that originated from the Creator's own mouth, and placed in a garden of unimaginable beauty, abundance, and harmony. Every need was supplied. Every relationship was whole. Every purpose was clear. Every joy was pure. There was no death, no decay, no disease, no discord, and no despair. Adam walked with God in the cool of the day, conversing with his Maker as a friend speaks with a friend, enjoying an intimacy that transcended the Creator-creature distinction and approached the fellow...
