JESUS SAVES - FROM WHAT? -Humans were not meant to die -Conclusion

Did Adam understand that prohibition?  He knew what death was; he had seen animals die.  If Adam were created to die eventually, God's warning would have had little meaning. Instead, Adam realized that if he obeyed GOd and did not eat from that tree,  he would live on endlessly-he would not die.

Some believe  that the tree symbolized sexual relations, but that could not be. After all, Jehovah wanted Adam and his wife to "be fruitful and become many" and to  "fill the earth and subdue it." (Genesis 1:28)  The prohibition applied to a real tree. Jehovah called it "the tree of knowledge of good and bad" because it represented his right to determine what was good or bad for humans. By not eating the fruit of that tree, Adam would have shown not just his obedience but also his appreciation of the One who created him and who had blessed him so richly. 

Note: It wasn't all Adam's fault, Eve and the serpent talked him into it.   

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