Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 56
56 of knowledge and started to know of good and of evil, God ousted him from the garden of Eden lest he should partake of the tree of life and inherit eternal life. . IS DEATH CROP OF SIN ? . . Again, Genesis (Ch. 2:17) shows, death had not been appointed for Adam before he sinned. For, it is written: "For, in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. " It meant that if Adam and Eve would not eat of it, they would not be liable to death. Death was, therefore, an outcome of the act of eating of the tree. Had they not partaken of it, they would not have been liable to death. . Similarly it is further said: "And the serpent said to the woman, ye shall not surely die” (Genesis, Ch. 3:4). į. This again shows that death has been related to partaking of the fruit of the tree under reference. The same view is upheld in Romans (Verse 12 Chapter 5). It reads: "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that will have sinned. ". Again, according to Jacob (Ch. 1:15): "Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. ". These references lead, on the one hand, to the finding that according to the Bible, eating of the fruit of the tree would make. Adam liable to death, while the tree was life-giving and partaking of its fruit would not kill a man but would perpetuate his life; on the other hand, as stated in the Romans and in. Jacob death was the crop of sin. In other words, if Adam and. Eve had not sinned, they would not have died. Coupled with the contents of Genests, Verse 22, Chapter 2, it makes amazing