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7 C's of history - Answers in Genesis

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HRIST‘And she shall bear a son and you shall callHis name JESUS: for He shall save His People fromtheir s<strong>in</strong>s. Now all this happened so that might befulfilled that was spoken <strong>of</strong> the Lord by the prophet,say<strong>in</strong>g, “Behold, the virg<strong>in</strong> shall conceive <strong>in</strong> herwomb, and will bear a son. And they will call Hisname Emmanuel,” which be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terpreted is, Godwith us’ (Matthew 1:21–23).God’s perfect creation was corrupted by Adamwhen he disobeyed God. This disobediencebrought s<strong>in</strong> and death <strong>in</strong>to the world. Because<strong>of</strong> Adam’s disobedience, and because we haveall s<strong>in</strong>ned personally anyway, we are all deserv<strong>in</strong>g<strong>of</strong> the death penalty and need a Savior(Romans 5:12).God did not, however, leave His precious—butcorrupted—creation without hope. He promisedto send Someone one day who would take awaythe penalty for s<strong>in</strong>, which is death (<strong>Genesis</strong> 3:15;Ezekiel 18:4; Romans 6:23).God slew an animal(s) <strong>in</strong> the Garden <strong>of</strong> Eden (alamb/sheep?) because <strong>of</strong> the s<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> Adam; subsequently,Adam’s descendants sacrificed animals.Such sacrifices could only cover s<strong>in</strong>—they looked20

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