Yes — the second law of thermodynamics is what Les Feldick sees as the ongoing deterioration of creation after sin, a process commonly called entropy.
Les defines the second law as the condition in which everything is dying, degenerating, and moving into a less usable state (Clip 3). He teaches that this began when Adam sinned and death entered the world (Clip 2). The first law, by contrast, governed the original creation where nothing was being destroyed or rotting (Clip 1).
Romans 5:12 — Les explicitly uses this verse to show that death came through Adam, which he ties to the onset of the second law of thermodynamics.
Genesis 3:16 — This verse records the curse on the woman, which Les points to as an example that everything traces back to sin and the curse.
Scripture does not use the phrase 'second law of thermodynamics,' but it reveals the reality behind it. Genesis 3:16 records the curse touching human experience: sorrow, conception, and childbirth pain. Romans 5:12 explains that sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed on all men. These are the scriptural facts that Les connects to the scientific principle of decay.
Les Feldick sees thermodynamics as demonstrating how the Fall changed creation. Before sin, he says, the first law of thermodynamics was in place: nothing was being created or destroyed, and there was no deterioration, dying, or rotting (Clip 1). After Adam sinned, the curse fell on the whole creation, death entered, and the second law of thermodynamics came into play (Clips 2-3). Les defines that second law as everything dying, corrupting, and degenerating into a less usable state (Clip 3). He ties this to Romans 5:12, where death passes upon all men, and to the curse in Genesis 3 (Clips 0-3).
Les defines the second law of thermodynamics as the reality that everything is dying, degenerating, and going into a less usable state. He says it came into play when sin and death entered the world.
Les teaches that when God finished creation, the first law of thermodynamics was in place. Nothing was being created or destroyed, and none of creation was dying, deteriorating, or rotting. Everything was perfect and good.
Les connects the beginning of the second law to Adam's sin. As soon as Adam sinned, the curse fell not only on Adam and Eve but on the whole creation, and death entered. With that, the second law of thermodynamics became operative.
The Bible does not use the modern scientific term 'entropy' or the phrase 'thermodynamics.' Instead, Scripture gives the underlying cause: sin, the curse, and death. Les applies the scientific term to explain what the curse set in motion.
The Curse and Human Suffering
Les shows that even childbirth pain traces back to the curse, reinforcing the connection between sin and the decay we experience.
The First Law Before the Fall
Les says the first law of thermodynamics was in place at creation: nothing was being created, destroyed, or deteriorating.
Death and the Curse
Les says the curse fell on the whole creation when Adam sinned, and with it came death; he then asks what the second law says.
The Second Law Described
Les defines the second law as everything dying, corrupting, and going into a less usable state, the process that the question calls entropy.
Thermodynamics Defined
Les explains that thermodynamics comes from thermal, meaning heat, and dynamics, meaning energy, setting up his scientific discussion.
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Genesis 2-3 Bible Study: How the Fall of Man Changed Everything
The tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. So how many two particular—I've already said it—how many particular trees? Two. We've got here the tree of life, and someplace just a little ways away from it, I think, was the tree of good and evil.
Genesis 3:16: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Les cites this as part of the curse that changed human experience after sin and death entered creation.
Romans 5:12: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Les connects this to the moment the second law of thermodynamics began operating.
Entropy is the concept of everything moving from a more usable state to a less usable state. Les describes the second law of thermodynamics in those terms after sin and death enter the world (Clip 3).
Les teaches it began when Adam sinned and death entered the creation. Before that, the first law of thermodynamics described a creation with no dying, deteriorating, or rotting (Clips 1-3).
The Bible does not use those exact scientific terms, but it reveals the cause of decay: sin entered the world and brought death. Les says that is when the second law of thermodynamics became operative (Clip 3, Romans 5:12).
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