I’m a softy, and I know it. Driving by a dead animal makes me tear up. Ambulance and fire sirens cause the same reaction because I know someone- somewhere is probably hurt and their loved ones are suffering. Newspapers and t.v. news are off limits because even one story of loss, suffering or evils of this world can send me into depression for a time; and if I want to research a distressing subject, I have to wait until I feel mentally strong enough. It is enough that at all times in the periphery of my mind is the fact that many of my fellow human family members are sick, hurt, dying, being tortured, raped, starving, alone, disease ravaged, in slavery, in fear of their lives, living in war, tormented, devastated by natural disasters and on and on.
Often I think, ‘I wasn’t meant for this world’ which of course gets an immediate thought response of, ‘really… none of us were.’ This world was not the plan: the Garden of Eden was. A place of perfect beauty where there was no death or dying, no loss or pain, no suffering or sin. A place where the Lord could walk with us, speak to us face to face, where we could learn, grow up and be truly free: the real Utopia. That is, right up until man(kind) destroyed it.
Yes, make no mistake, we did that, because if it were you or I back in the garden, we would have done the very same thing Adam and Eve did. To think otherwise makes you delusional. Just look at how we can’t even remain sinless for a month- a week- a day- even an hour. We don’t know how long a time Adam and Eve lived before sinning, but I do know we don’t go very long! The problem is ultimately that our self desires are more important to us than anything or anyone else. Blessedly, this is not the end of our story.
Jesus knew from the foundations of the earth (Rev. 13:8) that He would be the sacrifice to redeem man from their sin, yes, even before they sinned. You see, God is all knowing* and knew man would sin, so They made a plan for redemption that involved Jesus being born in human form, being tempted, teaching with signs, dying and rising to life again by the power of God.
It is for our sake Jesus went through it all (Is. 53:4-6) so that our eternal life (Rev. 22:5) could be the perfect place that They always wanted us to have: beautiful (Rev. 21:2), with no death or dying, no loss or pain, no suffering (Rev. 21:4; 7:17) or sin**. A paradise (2Cor. 12:4) where there will be no hunger or thirst, no violence or wars, only perfect peace, rest (Rev. 7:16,17; Job ; 2Th. 1:7) and joy (Ps. 16:11) where we will forever (Ps. 23:6) be with our Lord face to face (1Th. ). That was the plan for man from the start, and that’s where we were all meant to be.
*Feel free to read scriptures about God being all knowing or omniscient:
Job 24:23; 1 Sm. 16:7; 23:9-13; 1 Kn. ; 2 Kn. 13:19; 1 Chr. 28:9; 23; Ps. 33:13-15, 81:14-15; 139:1-6, 139:13-16; 147:5; Pr. 15:3; Is. 40:13-14, 28; 48:18 Jer. 16:17; 17:10; Luke 16:15; Rom. ; -36; Heb. ; Rev. 2:23
** see site below for logical reasons why there will be no sin.