WHO PULLS THE TRIGGER

"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" Gen. 2:17.

Thou shalt SURELY die.

Did Adam die "in that day"? He surely did. That was the beginning. Death, of course, is not only physical but spiritual also. And it does not mean cessation of consciousness. But in all its representations, it is "a separation". Adam first realized a spiritual death. He and God had to separate, not just geographically, but relationally. Adam was not just "evicted" from the garden. He was prevented from being present with God. He was prevented from eating of the Tree of Life. No more walks together in the garden. Man, today, can not fathom the dread of this situation. I would guess that not even Adam realized what happened to him – at first.