Well I don't know what Adam and Eve - who were alive [zao] and would have remained that way forever - thought about whether or not they could lose their connection to the only source, which is the eternal life [zoe] that exists in the Word (John 1:4), and Christ alone possesses in Himself.
Jesus told us to fear Him who is able to destroy both body and soul in "gehennah" - which is the metaphor He always used when speaking of everlasting destruction. Was He talking about a resurrected body and soul being destroyed in gehennah following the judgment of the dead, or about what would happen before those judged in that way had risen from the dead bodily?
Or was He just using 'figurative' language about something that He knew would never happen, just in order to put fear into His hearers?
That's all I see. I don't see a detailed explanation of why the 7th trumpet talks about the time of the dead being judged, or why Jesus and the apostles both spoke about only one day of judgment when the dead will be judged, if there will be a second day when the dead will be judged at the close of the millennium.
Nor do I see an explanation of why the exact same blessings described for those in the new heavens and earth are described for those who came out from great tribulation at the end of this age as though they will immediately be taken up into the new heavens and earth following the return of Christ.
All I see is what looks to me like a parenthetic passage (Revelation 20:1-10) which
(a) appears to be an anomaly to the rest of the narrative regarding the return of Christ; and
(b) contains two witnesses within the passage which prove that it can't be talking about something taking place "now, and since the ascension of Christ till the return of Christ".
What I also see is the opening of a narrative in the first three chapters of the Bible closing in the last three chapters of the same Bible.
Open (first three chapters): Beginning of time: God's creation (Genesis 1:1-31).
Close (last three chapters): Christ makes all things new (Revelation 21:5).
Open: Perfectly good (Genesis 1:31).
Close: Only righteousness dwells in it (Revelation 21:27).
Open: Tree of life (Genesis 2:9, 16-17).
Close: Tree of life (Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:1-2, 14, 17).
Open: Adam given dominion (Genesis 1:26-28).
Close: The dominion of the last Adam (Revelation 20:4 - also see Revelation 3:21).
Open (first three chapters):
(a)
Satan's deception of Adam & Eve (which began with the words "You will not surely die" - Genesis 3:1-7, 11-19).
(b) Expulsion from Eden (Genesis 3:22-24).
(c) Death of Adam (the first death) - 930 years later (Genesis 5:5).
In-between the opening chapters and the closing chapters:
--- "I am the Resurrection [anastasis]
and the (eternal) life [zoe]!" (John 11:25 - Jesus) ---
Close (last three chapters):
(a) Revelation 20:4, 5b & 6:
"Then
I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God.
These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand.
They were alive [zao] and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. This is
the first resurrection [anastasis]. Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years."
(b)
Satan's deception of the nations (Gog & Magog) (The first deception began with the words, "You will not surely die"):
"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city:
and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. *
"Fear not them which kill the body [soma], but are not able to kill the soul [psuche]: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul [psuche] and body [soma] in gehennah [G1067 geenna]." (Matthew 10:28).
"And the devil that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night to the ages of the ages." (Revelation 20:7-10).
I know what Amillennialists will say, but they always, always ignore ALL the scriptures which negate what they say, OR change the meaning of the scriptures so as to force them to comply with Amillennialism, OR change the meaning of the Greek words used in order to force the scriptures to comply with Amillennialism.
I'm not interested in any of that. I'm only interested in the truth of scripture, and in the authority of scripture over me, and over my mind - which means that I'm forced to acknowledge the fact that I see scripture teaching about A DAY in which the dead will be judged, and pointing to a new heavens and new earth at the commencement of the ages of the ages, at the time of the return of Christ,
AND to a thousand-year
age commencing at the same time - which to me begins at Revelation 20:1 and ends in Revelation 20:10, and is a parenthetic chapter in-between verses talking about the judgment of the dead (when the 7th trumpet sounds) and THE SAME judgment of the dead in Revelation 20:11-15.
Adam believed he could not lose his own immortality because he was alive [zao] in his body and would have lived forever - but he lost his connection to the source of life [zoe].
That was the first time. The first time, Jesus came to save us. The second and last time, scripture says,
and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. *