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Would there have been civil government without the fall?

April 26, 2021

Introduction

Right at the outset, it may seem to you that my title is posed an odd question.

And admittedly, it is odd, but that doesn't make it any less important.

If the Christian gospel is aimed at the restoration of Eden, then a few reflections on the nature of Eden

would seem to be appropriate and even fruitful.

The scriptures begin with one tree of life in the middle of one garden, Genesis 2.9,

but the scriptures end with trees of life up and down both sides of the river, Revelation 222,

where we came from as relevant to where we are going and how we should behave along the way.

If we pose such questions in the right spirit, we will not be chasing wispy speculations,

but rather we'll be coming up with questions that lead us to a broader understanding of much weightier issues.

Asking whether the trees in the garden, trees five minutes old, had rings in their trunks,

is to ask whether the world just created had the appearance of age.

Asking whether good stories would have been possible in a world where no one knew what an

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