From a theological perspective, the garden of Eden in holy sacred writ (the Bible) presents to us the fall of mankind from the ontological (what it means to have being) state of innocence. This “Fall of Mankind” is a symbol (a messenger that points and participates) of the deathly amalgamation of humanism and satanism entering not only the ontological awareness of mankind’s (species) spirit, but also, it compromises the realm of creation leading to a deathly existential state in which mankind must now live. Subsequently, every human being now would be born into this deathly amalgamation of humanism and satanism in the essential (what the term fallen human nature suggests) and also the existential (what the term fallen creation suggests) states virtually ensuring that at some junction in their journey they would be immersed in the crucible of pain and suffering. This is what in theological disciplines is referred to as “The Adamic Nature”; the state of being and the state of creation that virtually ensures intersecting with deathly matters. This is what the Apostle Paul expounded when he writes: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” and also, “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”. This revelation unequivocally answers the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?”. Bad things happen to good people because those people (satirically speaking) were born into a world where the deathly amalgamation of humanism and satanism have fostered a spirit of rebellion against the Lord’s commandments both in human nature and the nature of creation leading to the cauldron of immense pain, suffering, and yes, sometimes even death itself. Astounding to note, is the fact that, there are no measures that can be taken internally within the human spirit or externally within the human condition that can immunize mankind from this deathly cocktail of pain, suffering, and termination. Mankind has no hope of delivering himself, creation cannot reverse the pronounced judgment upon itself, and satanic forces will not deliver mankind due to the impotency experienced in their own eternal judgment. In other words, mankind is doomed if the source of deliverance derives from one of these three sources which are hopelessly judged and condemned through sinful propensities. This profound revelation leads us to seek a source of deliverance that can answer the myriad of dilemmas both in time and eternity simultaneously. The greatest dilemma to be solved by this source of deliverance is; that it must cause mankind both to survive in time and in eternity simultaneously while satisfying the word of judgment pronounced in the garden that created present circumstances. The spirit of death (essentially) and the reality of death (existentially) set in on mankind and satanic forces as they transgressed the word of the Lord bringing the power of death to bear upon both eternity and time. Death then, becomes the absolute survivor’s dilemma for both mankind and creation. Placing the weight of culpability anywhere else than upon the shoulders of an unbridled humanism and an unfettered satanism is a futile and untenable endeavor. In order to conquer this absolute survivor’s dilemma of reigning death, the source of deliverance must have absolute power over time and eternity as well as the spirit of death. Simultaneously, the source of deliverance must possess absolute power as it concerns both mankind and deity. Furthermore, the source of deliverance must possess the absolute power of life (what the term aseity means) in both time and eternity. Finally, the source of deliverance must possess an incomprehensible love that cannot be appealed to by the deathly amalgamation of humanism and satanism thus requiring complete sacrificial outpouring of that incomprehensible love in order to conquer and terminate the absolute survivor’s dilemma of reigning death. The only source of deliverance that can qualify every measure required to conquer and terminate reigning death is the “Eternal Godhead” of God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and His Holy Spirit. The “Eternal Godhead” in scripture is the symbol that is used to denote the economic build up of deliverance accomplished throughout the history of mankind; from its nascent inception to its culminating consummation of the ages. It is this Divine Source of Deliverance that becomes the catalyst (for all who will accept them) to mankind becoming “Spirit Survivors”. Survivors born not of the will of mankind (humanism), but born again of the will of God the Father through His Holy Spirit (fire baptism). “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” and again, “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.-For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (Another Oil Point from Theology Nation)
Bishop Dr. Guy A. Cox