Question
Why is there sickness?
Sickness and death do not appear in the creation God called “very good”; they are seen in the world after sin entered and…
Short Answer
Sickness and death do not appear in the creation that God called “very good”; they are seen in the world after sin entered and death came. The Bible describes today's creation as being subjected to decay and groaning for deliverance.
The Word
“Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.”
Romans 5:12
“For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.”
Romans 8:20-21
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.””
Revelation 21:4