Rather than fear death, believers have the assurance of eternity that fuels the way we live. For those who trust in Christ, though, the curse of death will be overcome (Ephesians 2:1–10). The reality that “to dust you shall return” is for everyone. All people are sinners (Romans 5:19) and will one day die and face judgment before God (Hebrews 9:27).
Because of Adam, sin entered the world (Romans 5:12), all were condemned because of sin (verse 18), and death came to all humanity (verse 15 1 Corinthians 15:22). The curse of death that came to Adam was imparted to all humans who have lived since. God’s declaration to Adam that “to dust you shall return” is final and gave Adam a continual awareness that one day he would die physically. The glory of God is found in His breath in us, while being made from the dust of the earth is a reminder of our lowliness and dependence on Him. Humanity is made from a combination of the earth and the life-giving breath of God Himself. But God specially formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. God formed each element of creation with His word. In Genesis 3:19, God tells Adam, “For dust you are, and to dust you shall return” (NKJV). Death was the final consequence of Adam’s choice to sin. Ultimately, Adam’s lifelong work would end in death, and he would return back to the dust from which he was created. You'll need it later.Genesis 2:7 teaches that God created Adam from the dust of the earth: “The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” After Adam sinned, God informed him that he will toil the earth his entire life. And the treasure that doesn't crumble to dust? Stash it away. For from dust you came, and to dust you shall return. The Egyptian Pharaohs, who tried to cheat death through Chemistry - even they crumble into dust.Ī precious world, a world of greens and blues - where life is quick and love is short and hopes all crumble into the dust. Queen Elizabeth I, who preserved a country and destroyed Philip's army and inspired a thousand lovers - dust. Alexander the Great, who conquered a world - dust. Helen, whose face launched a thousand ships - dust. Every human dream, every first love, every new child, every journey ever commenced in hope - they all end up in the dust.
When they opened up the barrows around Stonehenge that's all they found of the people themselves - scraps of bones and piles of ash and bits of dust. We are made of dead plants - of dead animals - of dead stars. The elements of which we are formed - the carbon, oxygen, calcium, phosphorous - were forged in the atomic furnaces in the depths of stars, more than 5 billion years ago. And the plants come from the dust of the earth - and the dust goes back to the dust of more and more animals, dead animals, and more plants, dead plants, and the waste of living plants and animals. We come from the animals (or, if applicable, plants) - and the animals came from the plants they ate.
As do those on the fundamentalist side of the argument, for whom nothing happened of any consequence between 100AD and last week. Fundamentalism, when all's said and done, is a child of the 20th century - a fact that militant atheists (with their blinkered, stunted view of history) overlook. Which is odd because it is such a modern view that there must be literal truth there. There's always such an argument over the Book of Genesis, especially chapters 1-3.
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