(b) Could animals have died when Adam or other animals ate them for food? Again, the answer would be "No!" Not only animals, but man and woman were told they were to eat only plants (Gen. 1:29). Animals could not have died from eating each other; Genesis 1:30 tells us their food was also to be only plants. Also, as God created everything "good," animals could not have killed each other for the sake of killing. This would be opposite in meaning to "good." God, being a good God, would not create animals so that the stronger tried to eliminate the weak in a fight for survival. Also, as everything was created good, there could not have been disease to kill off animals or man. Diseases today contribute to our bodies wearing out, but this would not be consistent with what has been pointed out earlier.

(c) Could animals have died accidentally? Again, this would go against the concept of "good." Such a question overlooks the sovereignty and greatness of God. As we have seen, God can sustain things so that even clothes dont wear out. Before sin came into the world, death wasnt even a question God had total control of the creation and sustained it 100 percent! There was no corruption and no decay. Hence, death wasnt even a possibility. Adam was made in the image of the all-caring God, and the animals were in his charge. He cared for them. Death and bloodshed came into the world as a judgment from God for mans rebellion. But at the same time, death was the very means by which man was to be redeemed. So bloodshed could not have existed before mans fall.