Timtofly
Well-Known Member
You stated Adam had an opportunity, yet you still have not proved that God gave him one. And since he was being booted out of the Garden, an opportunity to gather would be better than to just bite once and leave the fruit still hanging on the tree, since obviously removing any fruit is called gathering.You said “gather”… I didn’t.
You said “ I said gather”…I didn’t.
“If” “A” person “takes” “A” fruit from “A” tree,
And eats “A” fruit. They have “not gathered’.
“IF” Adam …
Gen 3:
[22] And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
“THEN” Adam would have LIVED FOR EVER.
Adam did NOT put forth his HAND and TAKE ALSO of the TREE OF LIFE.
[23] “Therefore” the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
“Therefore”….”Because” Adam DID NOT “ALSO” TAKE and EAT of the TREE OF LIFE….
ADAM was SENT OUT OF THE GARDEN.
Gen 5:
[5] And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
AND…..OUTSIDE of the Garden ADAM Lived and Adams body DIED at AGE 930 years.
Not my job to Understand FOR you, what “gather” means, what “IF” means, what “opportunity” means,
"collect plants, fruits, etc., for food"
God used the word "lest".
"and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:"
"God was preventing Adam from using his hand to gather."
That is the opposite of opportunity. Adam had no opportunity, because God did not allow it.
Adam's dead corruptible physical body died 900+ years later.
Adam's original incorruptible, without sin and death, physical body was replaced with his body of death the instant he disobeyed God. That is physical death. What you call physical death is the end result of Adam's condition of death the moment Adam disobeyed. The end was the separation of soul and body. The soul either waited in sheol or Abraham's bosom. The body returns to dust.
The reverse will happen at the rapture and just as instantly.
Enoch was a type of those caught up at the Second Coming. He was translated that he should not see death. Noah is a type of those being removed from Judgment, but still living on the earth after Judgment.
The church will not be found on the earth during the Millennium. Nor will Adam's dead corruptible flesh. The firstfruits of the Second Coming harvest chosen directly by Jesus will be the first generation of that Millennial Kingdom.