Romans 5:12-14
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— 13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— 13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
Because Adam was the father of us all, when he sinned by going against God’s simple command to not try to know good over evil in his own judgment (Gen.3, Heb.5:14), judgment fell on him and all of us as his descendants. So sin filled the world, and the Law of God proved it by showing we cannot of our own ability or wisdom or efforts do absolutely right every time. Even before that Law showed us this, death still reigned over us. The Law just showed God’s just response to us. So the first Adam sealed our fate while we awaited the second.
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