the archives of fable and mythology, and left on the shelf to gather dust, yet to others it is a book that is unique, in that its claim to be the Word of God is recognised. So let us consider, first of all, exactly what it is that we wish to be saved from, and when we have done this, we will be in the position to see what can be done to save us from the position that we have inherited. I say inherited because that is how the Bible describes our current position in relation to death. But let us go back to the beginning of time: "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth." Gen 1:1 The Beginning. The first chapter of the Bible tells us of this beginning, and informs us that God created the universe, and also created the various life-forms on it. "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold it was very good." Gen 1:31 And that included everything: all planets and stars, all plants, all land animals, all birds, all marine life, and human life -- all was classed as very good. The second chapter of Genesis revisits the creation scene, but with more detail on the creation of the first human couple. The third chapter tells us how things began to go wrong . This was not through any mal-creation on God's part, but on the blatant disregard of the human pair to God's commands that