Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 78
? 71 (Genesis) reads: "And the Lord God said, Behold the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. " Now here we have two trees, one of knowledge of good and evil and the other that of life. Since Adam partook of the tree 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 (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 3: 4) 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: