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To bring an eternal, free spirit under the bondage of matter and forgetfulness, it was necessary for some one to begin the work, by figuratively speaking, breaking a law, so that the race might by brought under the subjection of death. This may be likened, roughly, to the deliberate breaking, for purposed of repair or extension, of a wire carrying power to light a city. Someone had to divert the current of eternal existence, and thus temporarily bring man's earthly body under the subjection of gross matter. Adam, the first man, was chosen to do this work. By the deliberate breaking of a spiritual law, he placed himself under the ban of earthly death and transmitted to all his posterity the subjection to death. This was the so-called "sin of Adam." To obtain or give greater joys, smaller pains may often have to be endured.Share
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