jyeager,

Let me try again, NO. Ok, that was easy...NO.

As Pilgrim pointed out, our resurrected bodies will be glorified as is Jesus' body. Adam was formed by God from the dust of the earth. I will not speculate how long Adam might have lived, had he not sinned. Perhaps the natural body would have been more robust and resistent to disease had Adam not sinned. It is a fruitless quest as well to imagine what would have transpired in man's history had Adam not sinned. Pilgrim mentioned that we would miss out on the privelege of knowing our redeemer.

How about the prodigal? What if he had stayed home and submitted himself to his father. Would his love for him have been as great? I am not suggesting that we all go out and sin so that God's grace can be tested and manifested.

Could God have purposely made us with weaknesses and limitations so that we would come to the end or ourselves and be forced to depend upon His spiritual provision?

Remember the servants, one who owed his master a little and he was forgiven his debt and then the one who owed a fabulous sum. The master frankly forgave them both. Which one of His servants would love Him more?

Back to your original question: No, the state of man in the garden of Eden was apparently one of innocence. He was mortal, I think he could die physically, but he had no knowledge of good and evil, like a child before he is held responsible. A non-sinning Adam would not pass the sinful nature to his offspring. So we could assume rebellion would never have occured.

So, this age was the so-called "age of innocence". It is a far cry, however from the future state of glorification where we shall know even as we are known.

So, let me ask others this question: Are we wrong to assign the corruption of earthly phenomena (destructive floods, earth quakes, etc.) to the result of Adam's fall?

Maybe the garden of Eden wasn't such a utopia after all?