What does the above have to do with Adam and Eve never having eaten of the fruit of the tree of life?
The scripture above that I previously provided, demonstrates without a doubt that they had not eaten from the tree of life. Just as it only took one bite of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, it would also only take one bite from the fruit of the tree of life to obtain eternal life. It's not something that you have to continually eat in order to maintain eternal life.
To be clear, if Adam and Eve had eaten from the tree of life just once, they would have lived forever and in a fallen state, as well as all of their offspring.
Yes, that is exactly correct! Again, the verse that I provided above demonstrates that they had not yet eaten from the tree of life. All it would have taken was one bite and they would have lived forever, as all of their offspring.
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[FONT="]The scripture above that I previously provided, demonstrates without a doubt that they had not eaten from the tree of life."
[/FONT]this doesnt prove a thing like that bro. the tree of life has nothing to do with thier Knowledge of Good and evil. why do you assume only one bite of the tree of life then you are immortal? what do you have to support that conclusion?
if you look closely God says " you will surely die in the day you eat of the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. as soon as they take the fruit and eat it, God comes near and they are afraid and Hide from Him. it is then that He expells them from the garden and at that point He closes off the way to the tree of life.
its not debatable that they had free access to eat of the tree of life, they were given freedom to eat of any tree in the Garden. why would anyone assume they had never eaten from the tree of life when God makes clear they are free to eat of it along with every tree, and then warns them of the One deadly fruit?
ever wonder why they were near the tree of good and evil? it was in the center of the Garden with the tree of life, stands to reason they were eating it when satan tempted them with the fruit of death. really the two trees are life, and then the other is death. its called the tree of the knowledge of Good and evil, but God makes clear it is death for man. theres absolutely no way to prove of they ate, or didnt eat from he tree of life, were not told, we do have though a very clear scripture telling us they were commanded By God that the tree of life was for them to freely eat of.
you are missing a very important point. if its like you say and one piece of fruit mean theyd live forever, then Gods warning of death would be null and void. they could just eat the tree of life once and then the tree of death and nothing would happen. thats the flaw with assuming they hadnt eaten the fruit of life. just like any food, its what we eat every day that sustains us. we can feed on sin, which is death, or Gods will which is life. the logic of one bite means immortality is not really there to be seen. if so it makes God a liar when He warns them that the day they eat the fruit of death theyll die.
God gave man the choice of life or death. he tells Him " you are free to eat of any tree in the garden" ( that includes both the tree of life, and the tree of death. then He warns Him " but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you must not eat for in the day you eat of it, you will surely die"
he doesnt make it impossible for them to eat the fruit, he tells them they are free to eat any fruit they choose, and then warns them of the consequences of the tree of death. the choice is the same in Christ, we are free in all things, but the fruit of sin will certainly kill us if we feed on it, where as if we feed on the Bread of Life, we will live forever.
thats where choice comes to man you have free will God tells adam, but this fruit will kill you" .......man has to have the ability to choose to do what is right or we are not in Gods image. so freedom of will and choice is a necassary part of being Gods People. were not slaves, but those who love God and see his word as it is...life and not death