Gen 1 is obviously very poetic text. Gen 2 is in contradiction to Gen 1. You cannot read them both literally, its impossible. Either one of them is not literal or both of them.
The context of R 8:19-23 is not about Adam and about his fall. Where do you see it there?
If death did not exist prior the fall, how could Adam understand the problem with "you will die"?
Also, what was the tree of life there for, if nobody and nothing was able to die?
No contradiction. A recap with more detail, that is all. To reiterate, then add more detail is no contradiction. I have heard this ploy used before. It could only fly if pigs could. It is call interpretation of man not guided by the Holy Spirit.
The Tree of life was a symbolism for WISDOM:
The Blessings of Wisdom
…17Her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful. 18
She is a Tree of Life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed. 19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.…
This is going to get deep! The WORD created Wisdom before all other creatures. She is a spirit created and loved by the Triune , One God. The Tree of Life represents her.
The Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil actually represented Lucifer unbeknown to him. God knows all. He knew what Lucifer would
do and revealed it in the Garden before it happened , through the symbolism of the two trees. Lucifer reject Wisdom in heaven and got man to on earth. In wisdom is the preservation of life. You speak as though the the Tree of Wisdom is only eaten from to receive life, that is not true wisdom sustains , and protects life. That is the symbolism. For if you notice , Adam and Eve are banned from the Tree of Life only AFTER THEY DISOBEY. This brought about the fall of human nature and all creation because it allowed Lucifer to govern. Since man was given dominion over all the created earth, his fall affects all the created earth. If he did not open the door to sin and bow down to an angel -man in Wisdom would be in control, not man in sin.
Lucifer was the Guardian Cherub in the garden andof the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil.
Ezekiel 28:13-15
…13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation. 14
You were an anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. 15From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways until wickedness was found in you.…
In this part of Ezekiel , he shares who Lucifer -satan once was. If the Harlot RCC embraced the Book of Enoch as the ORTHODOX have (ETHIOPIAN) and ANCIENT HEBREWS whom they received his writings from- people would understand this better:
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You were an anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
Lucifer was on the mountain of God , this is the temple of God at the highest heaven , In the writings of Enoch it explains the different levels of heaven. Lucifer was, if you will the announcer , and trumpeter of God to all brought before him. He was ever before God in heaven. The angels were created before man and were given free will at their creation. They had the knowledge of good and evil within them from the moment God designed them. Hence why the tree represented Angels. For man knew not of evil until a fallen ANGEL exposed them to it. We know at Lucifer's fall he took a third of the heavenly host with him. This is before even what the watchers did in Noah's time.
So ,what is the Revelation talking about? It was written after all, after the casting out of Lucifer from the highest heaven.
Revelation 12:7-12
Michael Defeats the Dragon
7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 12 Rejoice then, O heaven and you that dwell therein! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”
To be CONTINUED...........