RE: Why was Adam exempt from the transgression when the transgression was disobedience?
September 14, 2014 at 9:45 pm
(September 14, 2014 at 2:43 am)Esquilax Wrote:(September 12, 2014 at 9:51 am)Drich Wrote: Adam and Eve before the fall were immortal. Once the ate the forbidden fruit, their imortal lives ended. They died. Perhaps in a spiritual sense as well, but their physical immortality their life up to that point ended.
Ohhh, so you mean they "died" in the sense that they "lived," then? And apparently lived for a lot longer than normal humans do today, too!
What does the term death even mean, if you're going to apply it to literally the exact opposite of what it means?
Oh, and incidentally, where in the scriptures do you get this idea, anyway? Because surely you didn't just make it up to cover for a lot hole, right?
They did die in a spiritual sense. They were destined for eternal death in hell rather than eternal life with God. The bible often speaks of spiritual death. Romans 6:11-13 NIV:
"11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life;"
Why would the writer of Genesis say that they died a spiritual death and go on to tell about their lives after leaving the garden of eden?
