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It Is Sin That Separates Us From God

There was no sin or evil in the world until a high-ranking holy angel named Lucifer (now known as Satan, also called the devil, the enemy (adversary) of God), through self-generated pride (sin), rebelled against God. Because of his unrighteousness, he was banished from Heaven along with his army of rebel angels— possibly one third of all the angels— now called demons, who joined in the the rebellion (Revelation 12:4). They were thrown down to Earth and have been wreaking havoc ever since. Ultimately, they will be condemned to eternal fiery torment in the Lake of Fire. Justice will be served! (Revelation 20:10).

Jesus said, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like [a flash of] lightning.” – Luke 10:18 (AMP)

And then the first man—Adam—chose to disobey God’s command in the Garden of Eden.

“And the Lord God commanded the man (even before Eve was created), saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die‘” (from Genesis 2:16-17 NKJV; emphasis added). And they ate from the tree and immediately died a spiritual death with physical death becoming inevitable, but not instantaneous— just like it will for us. 

They both disobeyed God, they sinned, they fell short of His perfect standard of righteousness. But it was Adam who bore complete responsibility for it and passed on the curse of his sin nature to all of mankind and because we are sinners, we, too have experienced spiritual death and will ultimately die physically. Every single person who has ever been alive will physically die at least once. Many will die a second death.

God knew that Satan and the angels would rebel and also knew that Adam and Eve would sin, but His perfect plan already included redemption. His plan, set in place before the foundation of the world, would restore the relationship with God that mankind had broken through sin and that would be accomplished through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ.

“He made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” — 2 Corinthians 5:21

This is the very heart of God’s plan of redemption, the gospel— the Good News of Jesus Christ!