But I strongly disagree with those who say a defect is from sin. At least of their own making.
I was referring to an intrinsic defect, not one made by an outside influence. I would say Jesus was born perfect and lived perfectly healthy, but I realize he had "defects" once he was beaten and hanged, but that still came from the sin of others.The comparison is the sin and trespass offerings of the Hebrews. The trespass offering dealt with specific individual sins. The sin offering was for the condition of sin. So yes, a baby born deformed is not guilty of the trespass, but he has sin because of Adam's nature.Had Adam eaten of that Tree of Life instead, he would have become like God. What if the devil came along and defected him by pouring acid on him? Well, the same thing that happened with Christ--- Adam would have regenerated (like in those Sci-Fi movies perhaps). Jesus died and was regenerated. I seriously believe a lot of our laws of nature, at least relating to life, would have been different without sin, and nobody would have been born defective. Jesus came as the last Adam to restore what should have been.This is no means a critique of handicapped people by any stretch of the imagination. Rather, this has to do with the Savior, who was the new Adam (the way the original was supposed to have been). Had Jesus any intrinsic defect, he would have been an imperfect offspring of Adam's race, and probably not conceived by the Holy Spirit.