I looked up the meaning of “stump rot” and read the following: a disease of the tea bush in which the main central stem is rotted by a tooth fungus. I guess you can’t be a successful tea bush if you have stump rot.
Let me bring this subject closer to home with Job 13:28:
“Man decays like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Beginning with birth, we are rushing towards such a final ending. How and why did we awaken one day and find ourselves in such a mess? What is the purpose behind all that is experienced here? Some of the theories are time and chance, evolution, or a creator whose experiment got out of control.
Could the answer to this phenomenon lie in the ancient words of Scripture? Is it possible that from Genesis to Revelation light might illuminate this curse that has been placed on man? If nothing else satisfies the inquiring mind, why not give the Bible a chance? We have nothing to lose and eternity to gain.
Give it some thought.
Gary