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Rom.5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren't like Adam's disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

What is the apostle Paul point here? Is he saying after the law of Moses death no longer reigned over mankind in general, that is, ruled over mankind, no! He is not, what he is saying in context to the book of Romans, when sin is not charged by the law of God its not sin, the power of sin is the law this is Paul context. Not that sin stop ruling over human at the giving of the law, it did however, start to be broke up after the law was given.

Romans 5:13 For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

In other words, sin is in the world, how by Adam's sin, Adam is put outside of the garden of Eden in to cursed soil to live and work, but symbolic the condition of Adam heart is soil rip for planting many seeds of sin. When Moses was given the power of sin, the law, those seeds of weeds sin burst into Forrest of every kind of sin being exposed and judged by the power of the law.

Romans 5:20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;

Sin was not charged until the law of God given to Moses, which charged, and convicted sin laying its penalty upon every human under the law of Moses, in this case it was the Jewish faith. Hence, God himself judged what was sin and what was not, not man and his laws, but Jehovah God the King of the universe charged all mankind with sin simply by looking at the law recorded for us in his word the bible.

Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."{Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21}

Romans 7:13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

Every mouth was shut condemned and convicted of God righteous law not one person could boast in standing righteous on their own merit. God was making a bigger point, one that many of the Jews overlooked and many to day over look, and what is that? Mankind must be given grace, or undeserved kindness there is no other why out of death into salvation and eternal life. The human race has fallen into a deep dark pit with no way out. Moreover, they have been convicted and charged with a crime putting them into that pit of sin. Now it takes God to hand us the rope, not because we deserve the rope, but because of God's own goodness and kindness in helping his enemies.

Galatians 3:22 But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

Romans 10:10 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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