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Originally Posted by BigErf
The OT sets the foundation for the existence of life and this was Gods way of maintaining order so to speek. Order of this sort had to be in place for mankind to live civil and accordance to His will. Obviously this didn't work so mankind (except Moses) was wiped off of the planet.
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Originally Posted by justscott
When you say didnt work do you mean God made a mistake?
No, God didn't make a mistake. The Bible says that God created man in a perfect environment. This is not saying that evil was not present, but that we didn’t have knowledge of it. The fall of man refers to Adams mistake in the Garden of Eden. Adams mistake led to sin and the result of sin is death. Once we have knowledge that we
can do wrong, we are capable of doing wrong. And this is where our free will comes in. We can choose to do what we know is wrong but only once we know it’s wrong.
God didn’t want us to know of this possibility because, well, you can figure it out. But without allowing the possibility to will freely, we cannot do as we wish. So the test was:
Genesis 2:15-17
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Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die".
This would imply that there was no death had Adam not eaten from the Tree of Knowledge. And this world as we know it would be different. It would still be perfect. God wanted mankind for a reason and that reason still exists. If God says that we wouldn't be doomed to die then that implies an eternal life. Just like the one He says we can have through acceptance in Jesus. This cause is still out there waiting to be fulfilled.
It's plausable to say that we are in a waiting period in order to gather as many "saved" people as possible because what is to take place next is what God wanted to happen in the first place.
But now to answer your question if God made a mistake. No. He had to start over with just Moses because the way it was in the Old Testament, no one would live eternally because of sin. We, mankind, were not worthy because we couldn't follow Gods laws. God wanted a perfect world but from the very first human (Adam) it was clear that we wouldn't be worthy. But remember, He still created us for a reason so He couldn't end mankinds existence completely, so He had to start over.
Remember this world we live in is real. Real consequences require real acts. God didn't just snap His fingers to change us, something had to be done. The Genesis Flood. People think God is a like you in physical form but He's not. Jesus is but that's irrelevant here. God is transcendant to matter and energy and space and time. He is all. He was the flood, He was the process that Created. So it IS which causes. IS doesn't snap fingers. That's not how things get done in this world. Appropriate consequenses require the appropriate acts.
God didn't mess up, but the world we live in is an alteration (which we caused) that will ultimately lead to the result God intends for. We just chose the hard way, that's all.