"Why didn't Adam physically die the day he ate of the Tree of Good and Evil?


 

Genesis 2:17 says,

“But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."

Why did Adam not die in the 24-hour day that he ate of the Tree of Good of Evil? The Hebrew word YOM (day) can mean a long period.

·       Genesis 5:5, says,

“So, all the days (YOM) that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.”

One theologian explains,1 "Hebrew text uses an idiomatic construction translated as “dying you shall die. It's exceedingly difficult to defend the position that “dying you shall die” warns of natural consequence...to interpret Genesis 2:17 as announcing natural consequences instead of a juridical penalty ignores the overwhelming biblical evidence." Thus "dying yea shall die” is a Judicial penalty not a natural consequence. However, it has natural consequences in this case Adam being banned from the Tree of Life.

·       Genesis 3:22

“Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man ...might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever. He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned in every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.”

God stationed s cherubim angel to not allow Adam back to the Tree of Life to stop him from living forever. It seems overboard as a run of the mill angel could accommodate this. This suggests it was to halt another cherubim (Lucifer) from wanting Adam to live indefinitely in a state of sin. The guarding Cherubim was "loaded for bear" with a “flaming sword.” This was a definite leg up on Lucifer.

But could such a restorative tree exist? In the last 15 years a new field of science called epigenetics has been discovered. A fellow colleague  said we will be living to 140 years of age within the next 10 years. Many trials are having promising results.2

When the Lord returns to his Earthly Kingdom his knowledge will pervade the whole Earth. Keep in mind the Millennial Believers will still have Adam's sin in their body. But due to the knowledge of the Lord they will live upwards of a thousand years. This knowledge will likely include the field of epigenetics so that people can live these ages. Just about every illness is due not as much to genetic mutations but rather epimutations. So, could such a tree have epigenetic restorative properties to it? I think so.

But then one must ask why was such a tree necessary wasn't Adam perfect? Genesis does not record that Adam was perfect but that he was made "very good."

·       Genesis 1:31

“God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.”

God created an entropic universe for sunlight, food digestion and even friction to climb a hill.

·       Romans 8:20

“For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hopes.”

This means entropy worked on man's genetics and epigenetics so God created a solution in the tree. Adam may have eaten from it for thousands of year's. No way to know.

There is an overlay with Lucifer as he walked in the garden before Adam fell.

·       Ezekiel 28:13

"You were in Eden, the garden of God;.."You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there..You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you.”

In Job Lucifer speaking as a ghost tells Bildad thru Eliphaz:

·       Job 25:4

"If even the moon has no brightness and the stars are not pure in His sight.”

Perhaps Lucifer did not like the entropic affects in "his garden.” For ages Lucifer witnessed mass extinctions. Maybe he didn't like this.

Adam was made to take over and further God's plan of grace to defeat Lucifer. When Lucifer and Adam fell neither ruled the garden rather Lucifer did rule the world.

·       Job 1:7

The Lord said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the Lord and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.

The new heaven will not be entropic.

·       Revelation 21:1

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

Looking at the rivers around Eden many think it's at the bottom of the once dry Persian Gulf. Scientist feel rapid glacial melting did this. I personally think a mega tsunami helped suddenly flood this area. Might explain a boat traveling 700 miles from the Indian Ocean’s "ring of fire” where huge undersea tsunami causing earthquakes arise.

An incredible recent article concludes all man and 9 of 10 animals came from one pair each. The lead scientist said, "I fought against this conclusion.”4

I wonder why? Can't have genetic proof of Noah and the animals can we!

When you look at the genealogies of the antediluvian civilization, they all lived about the same amount of time usually 800-900 years. If Adam's sin was especially heinous, he should have not lived the same amount of time as the rest, but he did. The only thing he had in common with the rest of these people is that they did not have access to the Tree of Life.

During the Millennium ten gentiles will hold to the coat of a Jewish person just so they can present themselves before the Lord. After they are cleansed by a Sacrifice possibly by David, they will be able to present themselves to the Lord.

·       Ezekiel 45:22

“On that day the prince (David?) shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.”

You have to know that one of the first scientists in line will ask Jesus for the equation to combine general relativity with quantum mechanics -The Theory of Everything. I'm guessing it will be more elegant than Dirac’s equation. I'm also guessing that God will instantly create a website called Godepedia that answers all these questions. It could happen.

It's of note when scientists study founder effects on populations like salmon they've noticed that the original pair that is separated from the others will have accelerated aging.3 This is also due to epigenetics not having the full compliment of genetic alleles to act upon. Epimutations causes faster aging and disease shows up. This would explain that after Noah lifetimes of people fell dramatically and consistently.

When Jesus rules the earth in his kingdom water will flow from Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and fishermen will line the banks of the Dead Sea.

Ezekiel 47:9

“It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others become fresh; so, everything will live where the river goes.”

Astonishing enough folks will start to resent Christ from the beginning culminating in the Gog and Magog revolution.

·       Zechariah 14:17

“And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them.”

Apparently incredible prosperity with no aging or wars will be lost on many.

So, if by drinking the water from the temple or by new medical treatments due to the knowledge of God the millennial people will approach Adams original state. They will have in effect a new tree of life. Of course there will be a new Tree of Life in the new heaven not for aging rather to heal the nations.

·       Revelation 22:2

“..On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

Likely due to the effects of remembering the entropic sinful universe they came from Jesus will:

·       Revelation 21:4

“And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

Just like Harry Potter Voldemort (Lucifer’s) name will never be mentioned or remembered. Lucifer has no personal name for humans. All his work and name will be forgotten.

But a long physical life is not the answer. When Lucifer is released, folks numbering as the "sands of the sea” will once and for all revolt against God. It doesn’t end well for them.

·       Revelation 20:8-9

“and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.

“And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

The ultimately cure for Adams sin is a new eternal body given to those who believe. It's as available as asking for a drink of water.

·       Revelation 21:6

“Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost."

Notes

1.     Stephen Bauer, PhD, "DYING YOU SHALL DIE: THE MEANING OF GENESIS 2:17" https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2011/12/dying-you-shall-die

“2 Supplementing Glycine and N-Acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) in Older Adults Improves Glutathione Deficiency, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Inflammation, Physical Function, and Aging Hallmarks: A Randomized Clinical Trial,”
Premranjan Kumar, PhD, Et al, 17 August 2022

https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glac135

3 "Shrews on small islands: epigenetic variation elucidates population stability,”
Ilkka HanskiJuhani Kuitunen

October 1986

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1986.tb01209.x

4. Why Should Mitochondria Define Species?

Mark Y. Stoeckle, David S. Thaler

March 7, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1101/276717

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