The
reason God linked the unleashing of death on the Earth specifically, (but not
necessarily the rest of the cosmos), to man’s sin rather than Satan’s sin, is
most likely due to the fact that man was given dominion over the Earth, (Genesis
1:26). Man was not given dominion over the sun, the moon, or the stars, SO, if
there are other extraterrestrials on other worlds in the cosmos where man does not
have dominion, the only way that they would have to deal with the curse of
death, is if they failed the same temptation as Adam and Eve did.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over
the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth.”
Because
of these facts, the ‘travailing’ that Romans 8:18-22 is speaking of is all
creation being subjected to Satan’s temptations, (including angels). As for the
curse of death, that only pertains to the Earth, and worlds containing advanced
life forms in the cosmos where the temptation to sin was failed by those beings
that were given dominion over their respective worlds.
Since the
curse of death was not unleashed on all worlds containing life
indiscriminately, the argument of extraterrestrials unjustly inheriting a sin
nature, and receiving the curse of death through no fault of their own, no
longer applies. Only beings that failed the temptation to sin, would receive
the curse of death.
Overall,
in the vastness of the cosmos, spanning multiple dimensions, the beings on 1/3rd
of the worlds containing life did just as Adam and Eve did, and failed in their
temptation (Revelation 12:4).
Revelation 12:4
(bold emphasis and bracketed comments added)
And his tail drew the third part of the stars
[their inhabitants] of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon
stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child
as soon as it was born.
*Note: Most Bible scholars interpret this scripture to
mean that Satan deceived one-third of the inhabitants of the heavens, while the
remaining two-thirds remained faithful to God.
Many of
these beings referred to as ‘stars’ in the above scripture were angels, but
some may have been just like Adam and Eve, reproducing after their own kind,
living in a pseudo-immortal state, depending on the Tree of Life to sustain
them. When their worlds became infected with the curse of death, the same thing
that God did on Earth, most likely happened on their worlds; they were
restricted from the Tree of Life on their worlds, and therefore became mortal,
just as humans are mortal. For those that didn’t sin, however, they simply
continued on just as Adam and Eve would’ve
continued on, in a glorified environment where there is no curse of death.
I know,
I know, I’m arguing from silence; all the theological types hammer the gavel
and bellow out this common phrase. But keep in mind, the explanation I am
providing, does not violate scripture, and it allows for a possible
explanation for the existence of extraterrestrial life.
Finally, the
final question Mr. Bates raised was “What would be the point of God destroying
this whole creation to make way for a new heavens and Earth—2 Peter 3:13,
Revelation 21:1?”
Simply put, while only parts of creation have had to contend with the curse of
death, the whole creation has been dealing with Satan and his band of fallen
angels on the loose, ever since Satan’s rebellion against God. The damage
spread throughout the cosmos, therefore, is extensive enough to cause God to
desire to renew all the heavens and the Earth, once Satan and his cohorts are
confined to the Lake of Fire for all eternity.
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