The Saddest Man

Our Sunday school literature currently has us in Genesis. As I was reviewing the creation account I was reminded of a comment by Bible teacher John Phillips. He said something to the effect that Adam had to be the saddest man on the planet (at least the saddest living prior to the deluge). I think Phillips is on to something here. Consider Adam and his long, long life span. He had plenty of time to see the outworking of sin and was only one of two people on earth that remember live previous to the introduction of sin. Imagine the thoughts that must of weighed Adam's mind. Thrown out of the garden, one son murdered another son, helplessly watching Eve in the agonies of childbirth -- Adam's life was one long diary of the results of the curse. Adam stood on the very beginning edge of history and he could see the world preparing itself for the flood. Surely, Adam was the saddest man prior to the flood.