💭 How Do We Understand Death and Resurrection? (1) ⚰️ Death is the loss of grace, the absence of the Holy Spirit's indwelling in man, and consequently, man remains in his natural state without grace. Death thus becomes a very natural phenomenon; because human nature is incapable of remaining in supernatural life, and loses its ability to endure due to the loss of grace. When Adam fell, his fall meant he returned to being a being within the limits of nature that was created from nothing. The curse became clear: man's return to the natural state he was from, "For dust you are, and to dust you shall return." This curse means that human nature no longer enjoyed communion with God; otherwise, how could it return to dust? Thus, the decisive point in Adam's fall is that "Adam, and with him the entire human race which was in him, was condemned to death and corruption." When the Holy Spirit departed from man, man was left alone facing the law and its associated curse. Thus, the curse of death became the force that returned man to a natural life devoid of grace, "and those who transgress the law receive the punishment determined by the law." Thus, life became subject to the power of death due to the absence of the Holy Spirit, and everyone born of Adam is born subject to death, i.e., without communion with God through the Holy Spirit. With Adam's fall, "the whole of human nature became sick with the disease of death, and humanity began to be born dead." (to be continued...) #Theology #Death #Resurrection #Adam #Fall #OriginalSin #HolySpirit #Grace