To Teach Them War (7): Knowing War’s Origin: In Man’s Fall

Brian Huizinga·2015-10-01

This article defends the literal, historical nature of Adam's Fall as recorded in Genesis 3, arguing against theistic evolutionary interpretations that treat the opening chapters of Genesis as mythological rather than factual history. Huizinga emphasizes that Adam's sin resulted in the corruption of human nature and the subjection of all creation to bondage, and calls the church to maintain confidence in the historicity of Scripture against contemporary ecclesiastical accommodation to evolutionary theory.

Previous article in this series: May 15, 2015, p. 375. The Fall "And he did eat." "…she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat," (Gen. 3:6). "And he did eat." With that very brief and unadorned statement, the Bible recounts a literal, historical, creationchanging event. A man named Adam ate. Adam's eating is what we, in catechism class, call "the Fall." We say "fall" because Adam sinned, and by sinning he fell away from God -- his...

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