Understanding God’s election
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Having known the nature of the Lord from his previous sinless state, gave Adam the advantage of having no hesitation to wanting to be restored to what he had lost in relationship to the Lord.
In contrast to Adam. Man is born into a world of lies that will distract and draw one away from seeking the Lord immediately.
Adam immediately wanted to be right back in the Lord's realm = faith = giving him imputed righteousness.
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more,
having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Jesus was the messiah and all the Patriarchs were seeking the messiah, even Adam.
Abraham looked forward to Jesus.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.
The only name under heaven by which anyone can be saved across time.
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more,
having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Jesus was the messiah and all the Patriarchs were seeking the messiah, even Adam.
Abraham looked forward to Jesus.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.
The only name under heaven by which anyone can be saved across time.
The Tree of Life made you able to never age.
Always remaining as you are at the moment you ate of it.
They were free to eat of it as long as their bodies remained unfallen.
That is why they had to be cut off from having access after they fell....
For, God knew that their bodies had to die to what they had just fallen into.
If God were to ever resurrect them, with the new everlasting body?
The original bodies (now fallen) needed to die.
The Tree of Life would have prevented their physical deaths.
Always remaining as you are at the moment you ate of it.
They were free to eat of it as long as their bodies remained unfallen.
That is why they had to be cut off from having access after they fell....
For, God knew that their bodies had to die to what they had just fallen into.
If God were to ever resurrect them, with the new everlasting body?
The original bodies (now fallen) needed to die.
The Tree of Life would have prevented their physical deaths.
That has zero to do with you saying Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Life before being banished from the garden. Unfortunately, you are not honest enough to admit that it is an assumption you have made, illogical at that, and rather than simply fessing up that what you claim is nowhere in Scripture, you resort to fabrications, red herrings, erroneous assumptions, and false accusations instead.
A common idea that's been around for ever.
The text does not say 'perfect'.
The word 'good' is used many times in Genesis 1.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit
with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.
The word 'perfect' is never used in Genesis.
Most of the Old Testament was a mere shadow and was fulfilled by Christ.
Christ generated a completely new creation and this time around it is perfect.
The text does not say 'perfect'.
The word 'good' is used many times in Genesis 1.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit
with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.
The word 'perfect' is never used in Genesis.
Most of the Old Testament was a mere shadow and was fulfilled by Christ.
Christ generated a completely new creation and this time around it is perfect.