Is there a creator?

                                         Adam and the Ransom?

1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 22:-   22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.

The most important thing to remember is that before the flood of Noah's time, people had much longer lifespans that us today, so Adan lived for 930 years before his death. Methuselah was 969 years old at the time of his death, so the person with the longest known lifespan mentioned in the Bible never reached the milestone of 1000 years, this is in harmony with Jehovah's pronouncement shown below regarding the tree of the Knowledge of good and bad:

Genesis 2 verses 16 and 17:-   16 Jehovah God also gave this command to the man: “From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. 17 But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will certainly die.”

                                                                      A Day to Jehovah?

It is true that Adam and his wife Eve did not die after eating the fruit for many years, but in order to understand what Jehovah's idea of one day is we need to look at another scripture:

2 Peter chapter 3 verse 8 (which says in part):-   8 "one day is with Jehovah as a 1000 years and a 1000 years are one day".

So from Jehovah's point of view no one has ever lived on Earth for more than one day of 1000 years! Please understand that TIME does not affect Jehovah, because he is the one who created it!

When Adam and Eve were ejected from the garden of Eden, Jehovah placed 2 cherubs and a flaming sword that kept turning at the entrance to stop them or their descendants from ever returning to the Garden, but the Garden probably remained in existence until the time of the flood to act as a reminder to the people of what they had lost because of Adams rebellion. It is also of interest that Adam died when Lamech who was Noah's father was 56 years old, so there is no real doubt that Noah knew everything that was known about Adam from his fathers more intimate knowledge.

                                                         Adam's Death Dealing Legacy!

After the flood, Noah and his sons and their wives would have spread the knowledge of what happened and who lived before the flood among all the people they met and were acquainted with, and this knowledge was handed down until the time of Moses who under inspiration and guidance from Jehovah eventually had this knowledge written down in the book we now call Genesis, the first book of the Bible.

It is also worth noting that mankind from the time of the flood onward started to die at a much reduced number of years, and this reduced still further as time went on until the average of 70 or 80 years we live today! Please remember that Adam who the one who caused this death sentence and NOT Jehovah God, in fact he was warned of the dire consequences of his future action in a very clear way!

It is also true that Jehovah extended the life span of a few people who were faithful, even hundreds of years after the flood, but the "1 day is as a 1000 years" rule was never broken. So even though Jehovah can extend a man's life by a number of years, something more was needed to remove the 1000 year curse?

                                                  The Value and Need For a Ransom!

A price, or ransom was required before Jehovah would consider removing the Adamic curse, because we today are all under that curse? There is not one single man who has not sinned, just like Adam we now carry the death sentence in our minds and hearts. But Jehovah's love and the love of his only begotten Son has provided the way out?

Jesus volunteered to come to the Earth as a man, and to live a normal live without ever sinning, even though to complete the removal of the Adamic curse he would have to die a horrific death, yet he never deviated or avoided this fate. The result was that after his resurrection brought about by Jehovah, and his eventual ascension to heaven, Jesus gave up the right to manifest as a human ever again - The ransom price had been paid!

Psalm chapter 49 verses 7 and 8:-   7 None of them can ever redeem a brother Or give to God a ransom for him, 8 (The ransom price for their life is so precious That it is always beyond their reach);

                                                           The Curse Removed!

Job chapter 33 verse 24:-   24 Then God shows him favor and says, ‘Spare him from going down into the pit! I have found a ransom!

No human alive since the time of Adam has been capable of removing the curse because none of us is any better than Adam, we all sin! But Jehovah's Son was not only capable but also willing to sacrifice his perfect human life for us. The perfect man Adam failed the test of faithfulness and brought sin and death into the world, Jesus was also a perfect man and he remained sinless, faithful, even to death, and by giving his perfect human life  he succeeded in finally reversing and removing the Adamic curse of death, and by doing so, Jehovah can now help faithful people who accept the ransom to gain the prospect of living forever on a paradise Earth when the wicked who by their actions reject the ransom are removed for ever!

This is the reason why we pray to Jehovah through the name of his Son Jesus Christ, in this way we prove that we understand and accept the ransom price of his precious blood poured out on our behalf, without that sacrifice, no one could ever be saved, but now we have a hope that is sure if we remain faithful!

                           The Ultimate Price Was Paid!