It is important to understand how sin came into the world. It is important to understand the universal problem, in order that we can understand the cure. We cannot understand redemptive history and its ending, unless we understand its beginning. We cannot understand why it is important to have a Savior, why it is important that He dies, why it is important that He returns again, and restores this planet to a somewhat Edenic character, and then ultimately destroys the entire universe, and in its place, recreates a new heaven and a new earth. We cannot understand all of the sweeping elements, the comprehensive elements of redemptive history unless we understand the problem and how it came about.

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