Adam and Eve existed blissfully in the Garden of Eden, under heavenly conditions, until sin entered the world. One commandment was all that was necessary to destroy the perfection they enjoyed. “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:17). From that single act of sin, disharmony, death, and disorder entered the world and has passed on to all humanity.

The effects of our fallen nature are felt in our environment until this day, even as we mourn the loss of Brother Phillip.